Fresh player group

[Alch1e]

Hello, and welcome to my post.

I recently was able to convince 6 of my friends to play RoR with me. A lot of us played on the original servers but we're basically new players. We all received mail saying we could do a dungeon which we're down to do, but I was under the impression that one should not do PvE content because you'd miss out out on Renown. Does the dungeon just offer little in the form of XP and it's mostly just gear?

Second, we've been doing our own thing as we're leveling through T1 in our own groupand queuing up for scenarios when there are only six of us, but I'm assuming that won't cut it when we get to the next tier. Should we just follow the group as best we can and wing it or just try to join up in any warband that will have us? I'm open to starting our own warband, but we're not familiar with the zones at all and wouldn't know what objectives to go to. We'd probably stand a better chance than if we were just a group of six, but I'd assume people are looking for a more structured warband.

Lastly, what is the blue currency to purchase the tradeskill materials? I'm assuming there are other ways to get those items but that's just the most readily available way I've seen. Are there any guides for tradeskills someone could link to?

Thanks for all the fun fights the last few days, looking forward to seeing you out there.

Ps. For some reason this was flagged as spam and I'm unable to post it in general. Maybe this is a better place for it?

[Nekkma]

Second, we've been doing our own thing as we're leveling through T1 in our own groupand queuing up for scenarios when there are only six of us, but I'm assuming that won't cut it when we get to the next tier. Should we just follow the group as best we can and wing it or just try to join up in any warband that will have us? I'm open to starting our own warband, but we're not familiar with the zones at all and wouldn't know what objectives to go to. We'd probably stand a better chance than if we were just a group of six, but I'd assume people are looking for a more structured warband.

You will learn zones and the flow of rvr soon enough. Just test what your group can do. Joining a good wb as a sub 40 is difficult (especially as dps). If you feel underpowered at some point just zerg it up and follow some wb for a while. Make sure your gear is updated to your level and always use talismans (bolster will at points make sub 40s pretty strong).

[Fey]

One thing I would recommend is having one of your more crafting minded members pick up Apothecary and cultivation. Honestly all of you should pick up apoth/cultivation. Then get someone who likes to farm, and have them go butcher. Cultivation will provide you with stat potions, while butchering provides armor/absorb potions. There are friendly crafters in game that will assist you.

Dungeons are absolutely your friend. Do the first one, can't recall what it's called, but the set bonuses are a real advantage. Plus once you get into tier two the bolster mechanic really boosts those gear sets.

If you have access to potions, and full set gear, you will own everything in mid-tier scenarios.

Welcome to the fun. I would kill for five of my friends to start the game.

Definitely do the dungeon for the Keeper set as well, once you get out of tier 1. Visit the wiki for supplemental gear. The underwork jewelery for example is quite good. I believe that is around level 23/25, and can be purchased in appropriately leveled chapter camps.

[Alch1e]

Thanks Nekkma and Fey

I think that we will get the hang of T2-4 zones and hopefully we won't just get stomped every time we try to venture out. We've watched some videos and learned the importance of keeping bolstering fat via gear and talismans.

Thanks for the heads up on Apothecary, I've started it as well as talisman making on another character. Not familiar with butchery but I assumed that would be somewhere along the lines of PvE? I guess if they're lower level they're not gonna give much xp anyway.

And yeah, it has been a blast so far. One of my friends loves the Slayer lore and has a dwarven bloodlust that I will get moderated about if I describe it here.

Thanks for the help!

[Emissary]

Thanks Nekkma and Fey

I think that we will get the hang of T2-4 zones and hopefully we won't just get stomped every time we try to venture out. We've watched some videos and learned the importance of keeping bolstering fat via gear and talismans.

Thanks for the heads up on Apothecary, I've started it as well as talisman making on another character. Not familiar with butchery but I assumed that would be somewhere along the lines of PvE? I guess if they're lower level they're not gonna give much xp anyway.

And yeah, it has been a blast so far. One of my friends loves the Slayer lore and has a dwarven bloodlust that I will get moderated about if I describe it here.

Thanks for the help!

Welcome to the server might want to check out Hazmy's guides for new players on his youtube channel

https://www.youtube.com/@HDHaZmY

and check out Troma's websites first steps guide

https://thewarcamp.com/guides/first-steps/

[Coocooclock]

A new player? And you brought 6 other players with you? Nice im really glad to hear that because ive been on this server over 5 years now. And ive heard that alot. You know theres a new player here, theres a new player there, there everywhere! The devs might want to fix the population counter for the website because the number of players never really increases on there! I just find it amazing that we have a server full of new players all the time, yet the population count drops or stays nearly the same during the past 5 years i have been here!

[Alch1e]

A new player? And you brought 6 other players with you? Nice im really glad to hear that because ive been on this server over 5 years now. And ive heard that alot. You know theres a new player here, theres a new player there, there everywhere! The devs might want to fix the population counter for the website because the number of players never really increases on there! I just find it amazing that we have a server full of new players all the time, yet the population count drops or stays nearly the same during the past 5 years i have been here!

Well I imagine a lot of people post with the intention of staying on, and then may receive weirdly passive aggressive messages from others that discourage them from sticking around. That and I heard it gets a bit hard to find warbands when you get to T2-4, and it's difficult at 40 to get geared. That's just what I've read though.

[Templa]

You can go ahead and do dungeons without worry. As well as PvE. If you want to level purely via PvE you just have to take into account that you lack RR once you hit lvl 40 and will be more squishy. Out of my many chars i tested leveling up in various ways. And a mix of spamming Scenarios while doing PQs (give the blue crests) was the most enjoyable way. Definitely grindy and for stretches very frustrating when hitting premades as a solo, but you are premade so you will enjoy.

Edit:
Dungeons in ascending order according to obtainability:
lvl 17 sacellum/sewers
lvl 32 gunbad (gear usable once you hit lvl 40 and a good beginner Set to keep the dungeon grind rolling)
lvl 32 Beastlord (not 100% sure about the level you have to be to accept the quest. There are a few special world bosses with a quest to kill them all, that reward the beastlord set. This is a good beginner set for lvl 40. and can be mixxed with other gear pieces)
lvl 40 City Dungeon (good entry set for many classes)
lvl 40 Bastion Stairs (set to compete with in endgame if you know how to play your class)
Lvl 40 Hunters Vale (not to experienced with the set and it's "meta" application)

Beastlord Guides:
RoR wiki guide
my beastlord chaos guide

[SZ244663]

Hello, and welcome to my post.

I recently was able to convince 6 of my friends to play RoR with me. A lot of us played on the original servers but we're basically new players. We all received mail saying we could do a dungeon which we're down to do, but I was under the impression that one should not do PvE content because you'd miss out out on Renown. Does the dungeon just offer little in the form of XP and it's mostly just gear?

Second, we've been doing our own thing as we're leveling through T1 in our own groupand queuing up for scenarios when there are only six of us, but I'm assuming that won't cut it when we get to the next tier. Should we just follow the group as best we can and wing it or just try to join up in any warband that will have us? I'm open to starting our own warband, but we're not familiar with the zones at all and wouldn't know what objectives to go to. We'd probably stand a better chance than if we were just a group of six, but I'd assume people are looking for a more structured warband.

Lastly, what is the blue currency to purchase the tradeskill materials? I'm assuming there are other ways to get those items but that's just the most readily available way I've seen. Are there any guides for tradeskills someone could link to?

Thanks for all the fun fights the last few days, looking forward to seeing you out there.

Ps. For some reason this was flagged as spam and I'm unable to post it in general. Maybe this is a better place for it?

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