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Revision as of 12:44, 15 April 2007
Welcome to Anarchy Online! The group of guides found on this page and linked into this page are meant to serve as a guide to your first experiances on the game to help you get orriented with how the game is played and how the different systems work.
Creating a Character
The first step of playing Anarchy Online is to create a character. You will find offical instructions on how to do so in the chapter about character creation in the online manual. Note that you can store eight characters on your account at the same time, and delete characters to make place for new ones. Don't be afraid to experiment a bit.
Through this guide we will make an example character to walk you through many of the low level quests and events found early in the game.
Choosing A Breed
After starting the character creation process, the first choice you need to decide on is the choice of a breed. A breed is similar to a 'race' in other games, although all the breeds in Anarchy Online come from the same groups of human ancestors, and many are genetically engineered, but they are all essentialy 'human'.
The choice of a breed effects several things in game. The first thing is influences is how much each of your base abilities cost. Some breeds favor certain base abilities like Strength or Agility, and have to spend fewer points on improving it; on the other hand, those same advantages come with abilities that are disfavored and are more expensive for characters of that breed to buy. The second thing that breed has an effect on is the amount of health and nano pool a character gets for each point in the skill that controls them. Choice of sex has no influence on game mechanics, females are equivalent to males. Here is a basic overview
you can find more indepth information on Breeds here. When you have decided on a breed and gender for your character by clicking on the model you want, click on the button labeled 'next' While some of the options are very tempting, for this character we are going to go with a Solitus Male to get an even spread of different attributes for what ever profession we choose. |
Choosing Appearance
Choosing A Profession
The choice of a profession is all important in character creation because it determines how much your skills cost, what your list of abilites (defined by your nano programs) will be, and several other features related to the expansions such as Perk sets and Research lines. Some professions are more difficult to play that others due to a combination of cost of equipment or the need for special stategies for playing the character. While more indepth information can be found in the Professions guides, an over view will be give here. When reading through the information given in character creation, remember that many things have changed since the descriptions were written so you may wish to do a little background research before you commit to a profession. There is no law against experimenting though, and some times that is the best way to find out how a profession plays.
If you do not have the Shadowlands expansion the options for Keeper and Shade will be greyed out and unusable since they can only start in the Shadowlands. |
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After some thought of either choosing an Enforcer, a Martial Artist, or a Soldier for their combat abilities, we decided that big guns were awesome so we decided to go with a Soldier for our orange haired Solitus.
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Choosing a Name
While the choice of a character name is ussualy personal, remember that you need a name that isnt offensive in some way. Additionaly, if you want to PvP you might want to use a name that is not based on a profession theme, such as 'Ihealall' for a doc or 'Fullautoshtr' for a soldier, because those names allow people to pick you out very quickly in combat. If you are having trouble finding the name you want, consider adding a number to the end of the name. Once you have a name that you like you can start playing the game. If you have the Shadowlands expansion you can choose to start in the Jobe training area, or go to the ICC shuttle port on Rubi-Ka. If you have a free account you must go to Rubi-Ka. |
The User Interface
The main article for this topic can be found at: User Interface
The shortcut bar allows you to have everything action you need easily available at all times, without having to keep several windows open on the screen. It has ten layers, accessible by left-clicking the arrows next to the layer number or by scrolling the mouse wheel up or down. You can jump directly to a layer by holding shift and clicking the corresponding layer number, 1 to 0 (10), on the keyboard.
Each layer can hold ten shortcuts, linking to attack actions, nano programs and more. To activate a shortcut, left-click it, or press the corresponding number, 1 to 0 (10), on the keyboard.
Upon entering the game shortcut bar will already contain some shortcuts; Start Attack (1), Walk/Run (2), Sit/Stand (3), Follow (4) and Exit (0). Follow is actually a macro - a chat command made into a shortcut, and allows you to follow your current target, whether friend or foe, until you press a movement key.
How to add different actions to the bar will be explained throughout the guide, as it varies slighty with what you want to add. To remove a shortcut, move the mouse pointer over it and hold the left mouse button down. The shortcut will attach to the mouse pointer. Move the mouse pointer away from the shortcut bar and release the mouse button. Right-click once, and the shortcut will be gone.
You can toggle the visibility of the shortcut bar by pressing y on the keyboard. The shortcuts will work through using the keyboard even if the bar itself is hidden.
Mini-Map
The mini-map in Anarchy Online is a very handy tool that can be used both indoors and outside. It provides a local map of the zone you are in. To activate it press CTRL + 6 or select mini-scroll bar option 6. The map will should appear along the right side of the screen. The stores map terminal provides additional maps and upgrades to the map.
Source
http://www.anarchyonline.com/content/guides/beginnersguide/gettingstarted.html