So I'm new

I love energy blasts. I have several characters with it, and my main is energy/energy. It's not anywhere NEAR as bad as crybabies say it is. The only complainers are the ones who don't understand where to bring mobs of enemies or to at least bring some controllers. Besides, this is supposed to be an action-oriented MMO. Those scrappers should be running after those bowled-over enemies. If you've got energy to type, you've got energy to run.

And no, that character's fine. Just be sure to color your AoEs (when you get them) as bright as possible so you blind every whiny melee character you ever team with. Those losers.

Hello new person!

Hi there,
Something I've not seen brought up is... villain (aka red ) side play.

Don't forget to roll a villain at some point and come on over to the dark side to give it a try.

Most of the villain group recruiting is in Cap au Diablo and Port Oakes.

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I'll let you in on a little secret, the vast majority of the people who play villains are pretty nice.

Villain archetypes play differently than the heroes do, while there are similar roles ( brutes take aggro similarly to tanks, Stalkers hit hard in melee, corrupters can have healing ) they are different. A brute can have a damage bonus that a scrapper can only dream of, but to get it that high, they often have to walk dangerously close to defeat.

Before playing around with the other travel powers, give flight a try. Because hey! Flying around? That's cool!

I'll give you the same general advice I gave Urchin.

You want personal advice?
Leave, Now.
J/K.

All joking aside, welcome to the game and server!
Over the time I've been playing, I've found it to be a great game with (mostly) great people in it. I'm also relatively new to the server, but I already love it, and if you like RP, I'm sure you'll fit right in.

As for advice, I have a few things I've noticed myself.

1: You'll more than likely end up creating many, MANY alts. I did, but maybe not EVERYONE is an altaholic. Seriously take time and try out the character creator, it may take weeks to find a character that suits you.

2: Once you have a character you are happy with, play with him a while, MAKE SURE you like them and are comfortable playing them.

3: Time to RP, this is a bit harder, in your characters description, I would recommend that you let it known that you are a new RPer or moderate RPer. Proceed to Pocket D. BE CAREFUL in here, some people REALLY get into character, complete with prejudices and animosity. Also, some merely use RPing as an excuse to be an @-hole. So tread carefully.

4: There are plenty of neat RPing SGs, but before you even do that, I'd recommend you play for a bit, canvas the game and see some of them for yourself. Don't jump in right away. Who knows? You may not even keep your toon.

5: You ever need advice, hit me up in game @Silas the Longshot, I'll introduce you to some decent RPers.

6: Good luck!

Welcome to the game and the boards. Glad to hear you are already have a good time. We all feel this game is great too as I'm sure you can see by the enthusiasm in the advice posts.

Join a VU2010 by typing
/chatjoin vu2010
(I think i got that right)
You can also search for a channel in your options if that doesn't work for you.

Why join a channel? Many players form teams and task forces through the channel and it is also a good place to ask questions.

Don't be afraid to ask questions. There are a few players who will give you grief but who cares about them. For every one of them there are 3 who are willing to help.

As JJ said before you can't send tells on a trial account so joining a channel will let you talk with these other players. There are also tons of other channels out there. If you are really confused and want to talk with me, I usually listen to the Rookery. channel. (Don't forget the ".".)

A couple other bits of advice. Don't worry about the powers you pick. You really can't go too wrong and, even if you do, it isn't hard to fix any "mistakes". You may want to visit the blaster and tank boards to see if anyone has posted any "builds" for your power sets. Keep in mind that posted builds are just what that player thinks works best. It may or may not be your cup-of-tea so don't take those as gospel, look at them more as a template.

Don't just join a SG that broadcasts for members. Find players that you are having fun playing with and ask to join their SG. Advantages to this are you will already know at least one player in the supergroup and you will already have a player who probably plays the same times you are. There are expections but it is generally the case that those broadcasting for members are kicking non-productive members from the group so you can find yourself without a group without any warning. (That is a generality of course. There are many good groups broadcasting but it is impossible for a new member to pick out the good from the bad.)

If you like to role-play the 2 preferred places are Atlas Park under the Atlas statue and in Pocket D. The first entrace to Pocket D is in Kings Row. You'll have to look around on your map to find it. You click on the truck door to get inside.

Last bit of advice, on a trial account you are limited to a level 13 character. (Actually you will be 1 XP from level 14.) Just keep that in mind if you wait to activate your account and wonder why you don't seem to be getting experience anymore.

Good luck and keep having fun. Enjoy the road to 50, play the content and don't rush to level up your character, because the road is the game.

Just an FYI: trial accounts can't join global channels for the same reason they can't use broadcast or request or send tells. Gold farmers used them to spam ads.