Originally Posted by
Brad, STL/MO
DON'T BE A GIMP
All of this advice assumes that you are at least minimally equipped for your job. If you can not answer yes to all of the following questions, then you are not adequately equipped. Please, strongly consider fixing any of these problems before you ask other people to trust you to do your part.
Do you have at least 15 points of armor, per level of mission you're going to run, in melee, projectile, energy, and chemical AC? (At very low levels, you can bring this down to 10. Some of you, especially opifexes, will have trouble making that energy requirement at first.) If not, do you have enough NCU space free for engineer, adventurer, or martial artist shield buffs?
If you do most of your work with a weapon, is it at least equal in QL to the mission you're going to run? Is it at least 25% above you in level?
If you do most of your work with nanos, are you up to date in all of your useful nano lines? Are your most important ones purchased, installed, and able to be used at QL up to 25% above your level?
If your weapon uses ammunition, did you bring plenty of it, at least 1000 rounds? For fast weapons (up to 1.5/1.5 speed), did you bring twice that much?
If you depend on nanoprograms for your primary function, do you have at least enough Time & Space and Treatment to use the Nano Chargers closest to you in level in the store? Did you bring enough of them, at least 100 charges, and preferably 200?
Can you use first aid kits at at least the next available QL below your level that's available in stores? Did you bring at least 20 of them? Same question for Treatment Labs, with at least 100 charges?
Did you raise your Body Development skill as far as it will let you?
Are you wearing a set of implants, complete in their coverage of every useful skill for you, equal to or above you in level? Are your most important ones at least 25% above you in level?
Are you wearing an NCU belt and a complete set of NCU Memory Upgrades at at least 50% above your level?
Have you raised your Map Navigation skill as high as you can, at least to 130? Did you equip the Machines, People, and Monsters map reader upgrades as soon as you possibly could?