Wednesday 13 July 2011

Not so Noob!

Left it a few days before updating this to get a more of a feel for things.  I now feel I have a bit good grasp of the basics - I have hunted, surface mined and crafted.  No per taming yet and no underground (UG) mining.

Qweeg also got his first global the other day - 7k in SAU from rock picking.  Globals are awarded in Skill Advancement Units rather than cash in this game, which can be used to unblock skill levels.  Nice gold swirlies to see so early on in Qweeg's AW life.  In addition he also reached stage one in Ore Gatherer (next stop Uberville ;) ).

I have also had some time to think about the path I think I would like to progress with Qweeg.  UG mining is appealing but is apparently costly.  There are a lot of components needed to craft the tools for mining so this makes initial investment high, and certain level of hunting skill is required to be able to mine in the best places.

Given the tools are expensive I am thinking that Qweeg should have one crafting speciality - mining tools.

So the plan in very broad terms is:


  • Skill up basic mining skills using Pick mining
  • Skill up hunting to a decent level - with special focus on being able to take on robots (a lot of the mining tool components come from them)
  • Skill up crafting to the point of being able to make basic mining tools
  • Start UG mining


Clearly this a long term goal - for example Geology needs to be at least level 3 for example before I unlock the next related skill and start to be able to identify some more mined resources.

Hunting is particularly slow to skill at the moment until I at least build up my avoidance up enough to be able to take on a few more mobs.  So that is going to take a while.

But I feel happy that at least I have a plan now - even if it is likely to change moving forwards.