Dear Ariella New Player Guide - Revision history

Ariella: /* Miscellaneous Tips to make you look savvy */

2011-11-28T00:07:07Z

Miscellaneous Tips to make you look savvy

Ariella at 23:57, 27 November 2011

2011-11-27T23:57:58Z

Ariella: /* Where shall I live? */

2011-11-27T23:44:48Z

Where shall I live?

Ariella: /* Miscellaneous Tips to make you look savvy */

2011-11-27T23:42:55Z

Miscellaneous Tips to make you look savvy

Ariella: /* Miscellaneous Tips to make you look savvy */

2011-11-27T23:39:42Z

Miscellaneous Tips to make you look savvy

Ariella: /* Miscellaneous Tips to make you look savvy */

2011-11-27T23:27:40Z

Miscellaneous Tips to make you look savvy

Ariella at 23:10, 27 November 2011

2011-11-27T23:10:57Z

Ariella: /* Wassup with this Acro thing? */

2011-11-27T23:06:58Z

Wassup with this Acro thing?

Ariella: /* Picking up the pace on bricks and boards and flaxing */

2011-11-27T22:59:02Z

Picking up the pace on bricks and boards and flaxing

Ariella: /* Universities, Schools, Techs, Skills...what's the difference? */

2011-11-27T22:49:29Z

Universities, Schools, Techs, Skills...what's the difference?

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	Consider paying for a year at once and getting free camp decoration, one free sheep (male or female), a medium stone, 2 cornerstones, and fireworkds. You do NOT have to buy a T-Shirt to get this.		Consider paying for a year at once and getting free camp decoration, one free sheep (male or female), a medium stone, 2 cornerstones, and fireworkds. You do NOT have to buy a T-Shirt to get this.
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		+	A good browser function is Ctrl+F to bring up a Search tool to use when you have a Foraging page up.

	Macros are wonderful to use but BEWARE! If you do not respond to a chat and are macroing you can be thrown in teppy jail.		Macros are wonderful to use but BEWARE! If you do not respond to a chat and are macroing you can be thrown in teppy jail.

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	Now you can warp back to your Expedition Site for less cost than if you set a Waypoint at your home. Once you get to your Expedition Site you can also click it and choose to warp to the Home Location you set earlier (at a less cost than if you Waypoint home). So save on Travel Time by using Expedition Sites.		Now you can warp back to your Expedition Site for less cost than if you set a Waypoint at your home. Once you get to your Expedition Site you can also click it and choose to warp to the Home Location you set earlier (at a less cost than if you Waypoint home). So save on Travel Time by using Expedition Sites.
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		+	=== Setting Offline Chores ===
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		+	Click Self -> Options -> Offline Chores -> Offline Options. After completing the required amount of manual production you can choose to magically produce mats while offline. BEWARE -- TO GAIN THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF TRAVEL TIME, DO NOT CHECK ANY OTHER OFFLINE CHORE. Each offline chore reduces the amount of travel time gained while offline.

	=== Picking up the pace on bricks and boards and flaxing ===		=== Picking up the pace on bricks and boards and flaxing ===

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	Take your time! Don't rush into building your home at the first place you land. Yes, everyone is hurrying around doing things like busy little bees. But patience is a virtue also.		Take your time! Don't rush into building your home at the first place you land. Yes, everyone is hurrying around doing things like busy little bees. But patience is a virtue also.
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		+	Egypt is divided into regions (each tale the number changes). Each region has one set of Universities and at least one set of Schools and one chariot stop.

	A polite citizen of Egypt will ask the current residents if it will be encroaching into their camp to live there. Please never build right next to anyone or crowd others already there. Leave plenty of space (your own whole green area) for yourself to expand with more compounds, warehouses, flowers, etc coming later into the tale. '''Always clean up the 'Newbie' beginner machines like your small distaff, brick racks, flax combs.'''		A polite citizen of Egypt will ask the current residents if it will be encroaching into their camp to live there. Please never build right next to anyone or crowd others already there. Leave plenty of space (your own whole green area) for yourself to expand with more compounds, warehouses, flowers, etc coming later into the tale. '''Always clean up the 'Newbie' beginner machines like your small distaff, brick racks, flax combs.'''

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	Hit F11 to bring up the Friends List. Hit F11 to reduce Friends List to only those friends online. Hit F11 a third time to make it go away. Click bottom field box where it says "Enter Player Name" and type a player name to enter it or delete one you already have.		Hit F11 to bring up the Friends List. Hit F11 to reduce Friends List to only those friends online. Hit F11 a third time to make it go away. Click bottom field box where it says "Enter Player Name" and type a player name to enter it or delete one you already have.
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		+	To change your appearance...click Self -> Appearance.

	You can join any number of guilds. You are not limited to only one guild. They are like social clubs, learning and regional clubs, test clubs and skill clubs. The Goods guild is excellent to do trading.		You can join any number of guilds. You are not limited to only one guild. They are like social clubs, learning and regional clubs, test clubs and skill clubs. The Goods guild is excellent to do trading.

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 Put up your F3 map right away. You can stretch it and move it all over.
 /chat <whomever>....to put up a chat tab with someone <br>
 /tell <whomever>.....to talk to someone in Main, but beware that most don't notice! <br>
 /join <channel tab>....An Egyptwide channel 'Egypt' and a trade channel 'BAZAAR' are excellent channels.  In 'Egypt' you can ask questions and join in sociallizing. <br>
 For Current Events Calendar....Click Self or hit Escape -> Utility -> Show Calendar. <br>

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	To minimize Items/Skills/Principles Tabs, click on the active tab.		To minimize Items/Skills/Principles Tabs, click on the active tab.
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		+	Camera views F5 - F8. F7 is most commonly used. F8 has two settings, hit once (not used often) and then twice. This second view is great for prospecting and for camp decoration. Click self -> Utility -> Camera.

	Hit F11 to bring up the Friends List. Hit F11 to reduce Friends List to only those friends online. Hit F11 a third time to make it go away. Click bottom field box where it says "Enter Player Name" and type a player name to enter it or delete one you already have.		Hit F11 to bring up the Friends List. Hit F11 to reduce Friends List to only those friends online. Hit F11 a third time to make it go away. Click bottom field box where it says "Enter Player Name" and type a player name to enter it or delete one you already have.

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 Teach what you know!  Once you have learned a Technology from a University, you can teach it to other players. Learn from your buddies. Click someone else to see what you can teach them.  You may teach or receive a lesson once every 5 minutes.  You may teach or receive only one Technology at a time.  You cannot concurrently learn and teach at the same time.  Social gatherings like digs are excellent times to teach.
 === Picking up the pace on bricks and boards and flaxing ===
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 Knowing the above, take a day to go around Egypt and ask player by player to acro ONE time so you can see if they are your Master.  Then revisit those Masters once in awhile.  This is the quickest way to gain facets.
 === Guilds. You mean I can be in more than one Guild?! ===

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 Watch on the Egyptwide channel for Acro Parties.  Consider helping to teach for even quicker progression on this acro test.
-You gain 1 Dexterity point for every 4 moves you have. Dexterity improves how quickly you can run offroad. It takes 7 facets to have a complete move.
+You gain 1 Dexterity point as you gain more Moves. Dexterity improves how quickly you can run offroad. It takes 7 facets to have a complete move.
 === Expedition Sites....Waypoints...Which is Which? ===

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 Flaxing...DO NOT enable Options/One Click and Related/Enable hotkeys on flax.  UNCHECK that one or your avatar will lose time running to every flax bed.  You already made Tab like Mouse for boards.  Right click to pin your Plant flax box.  Place your mouse so it hovers over the Plant flax box.  Use the Tab key to plant and the up and down arrows to move as you plant. Practice with rows of 3x6 and then try more later.
-Stand in the center of your beds.  Hover your mouse over the first flax bed and Tab, then move cursor over middle of box and tap Tab until you can select Weed and/or Water.  Do that for each flax bed quickly and come back around for another go if your type of flax requires it.  Then do the last round to Harvest flax.
+To grow then harvest what you planted stand in the center of your beds.  Hover your mouse over the first flax bed and Tab, then move cursor over middle of box and tap Tab until you can select Weed and/or Water.  Do that for each flax bed quickly and come back around for another go if your type of flax requires it.  Then do the last round to Harvest flax.
 === Wassup with this Acro thing? ===

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 To check what level you are and what you can currently buy at a School or obtain free at a University, click the clipboard icon on your screen.  You can type /info <your name> to check your level too.
-Teach what you know!  Once you have learned a Technology from a University, you can teach it to other players. Learn from your buddies. Click someone else to see what they can teach you.  You may teach or receive a lesson once every 5 minutes.  You may only teach or receive only one Technology at a time.  Social gatherings like digs are excellent times to teach.
+Teach what you know!  Once you have learned a Technology from a University, you can teach it to other players. Learn from your buddies. Click someone else to see what you can teach them.  You may teach or receive a lesson once every 5 minutes.  You may teach or receive only one Technology at a time.  You cannot concurrently learn and teach at the same time.  Social gatherings like digs are excellent times to teach.
 === Picking up the pace on bricks and boards and flaxing ===