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Thread: Fixerspy's Ultimate Noob Guides, 2nd Edition

  1. #21

    Observations on Game Dynamics

    under construction...

    If I leave Noob Island... Can I come back later? No. It is a one time deal. Enjoy it while you can. Once your toon leaves... you can never go back.
    How do I get back to Noob Island?
    You can't. You won't. You don't. You will have to roll a new toon if you want to play there again.

    What is the max level cap for Noob Island?
    Popular belief is that you get kicked out on your 20th ding...

    How many AI levels can I get at Noob Island? Technically you can get 3 AI levels from Noob Island. However... this requires you to stay on the Island until you are level 15. On your 15th ding you will have 2 AI levels... and can fill up and max out your axp pool for the 3rd AI level. Once you are on the mainland, and reach your 25th ding, you will automatically receive a 3rd AI level. REMEMEBER TO HAVE THE AXP POOL FULL AND TO IMMEDIATELY SAVE WHEN YOU REACH THE MAINLAND!!!

    If I chose a faction... then change my mind... can I switch sides? Yes and No. Technically yes... but it is a very difficult process.
    1) you will have to get Both the clan application and the omni application Before you chose a faction for the 1st time. Most of the recruiters won't even talk to you, let alone give you an application, if you have already chosen sides.
    2) once you have chosen a side... you have to wait At Least 3 hours before you can change factions again...
    3) if you have SL expansion pack... you may be required to have a certain amount of faction Before you will be allowed to switch sides... and there is no way to get faction on Noob Island...
    4) The above is based on a Level 1 noob toon... the higher your level the more difficult and the more restrictions will be placed on allowing you to switch factions...

    At this level of the game it would be far easier to just roll a new toon. As for Noob Island... after you chose a faction... the other recruitment officers will refuse to speak with you...

    There is only One Advantage is taking the time to endure this type of misery ingame... For those of you that want to create a uber Clan tweak... Join Omni first... then go run the Omni shoulderpad quest to get Omni-Tek Shoulderpad and put them on. You should also get the Omni sided armor... as its stats are better than the clan sided armor...Next… spend your time running from dyna boss to dyna boss and loot anything others leave behind. You need to earn 14k to buy Omni-Tek Smelling Salts and Omni-Tek Technical Library. Then Go Clan. Note: Remember not to take off any of your omni gear or you will not be able to put it back on. 2nd Note: there are some issues about what the highest level you can be to switch sides on Noob Island and have Smelling Salts equiped…

    I just logged in, but the friend I want to team with is in a different 'instance' of the island... how do we meet up? Go to the Teleport Tower and go inside. Now you are in a different zone... it is instanced too... but so few people are in there that chances are you can easily meet up with your friend inside...

    Where can I buy MEDS or AMMO. Return to Brandon Thorn and give him 3 mob parts.

    Where can I find a surgery clinic to install implants? There are no surgery clinics on Noob Island. The only hope is to loot a portable surgery clinic off of one of the Dyna Bosses... but so far as I know... no-one has ever had any luck with that...

    How do I get in the Alien Mother Ship? If you find out, let me know

    Are there any mission terminals, insurance terminals, or Fair Trade Shops on the Island? Are there any 'Dungeons' or 'Mother Ship' missions we can do on Noob Island. Nope. If there are... I and everyone else have yet to find them... Email or Petition Funcom and ask them to add it to the list of Content Improvements they might get around to...
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    Ok... for those of you creaming your pants thinking of farming Noob Island for uber loot to tweak your Subway twink or low level pvp twink... here are some details on the loot drops...

    Ok... Lets get the bad news out of the way first... if you are dreaming of farming low ql pistols, machine pistols, alien armor and related alien tradeskill items, or low level alien crit scopes ect ect ect then you are dreaming in vain...

    After farming for several days, the above mentioned items have Never Dropped... and although the above mentioned items Can Be Found in AO Vault database at qls that would seem to be found on the island...it would seem that FC doesn't want us creating level 5 God Twinks with Alien Armor and dual welded pistols / machine pistols.

    Then how do you get the above mentioned items that Do Not drop at Noob Island? A few of us have kicked around the idea of creating a small low ql org / city to farm the items from ultra low alien raids... if anyone is already doing this... post your experiance / sucess on the forums please...

    A few notes on the island... The highest ql spawn of the various alien mobs seems to be ql 13... Loot drops at ql 1 - 16... with the best ql loot dropping off of the ql 12 - 13 aliens. There are 8 or 9 bosses on the island... 4 or 5 of them scattered on the beach where you crash land, 2 Bot bosses on the docks, and 1 Alien boss Specialist - Cha 'Heru in the middle shuttleport landing pad area...
    Last edited by fixerspy; Mar 14th, 2006 at 04:07:15.
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  2. #22
    Late Breaking News! $$$ Gold Mine on Noob Island!
    Ring of Luck - Offensive sells to Vendors for $2,000.00

    Drops regurally off of Surf Lizards and Cargo Droids!!!
    New Players! Get Some $$$ before they Nerf This!!!
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    Update: These rings sell to RBB map shop for $3,060!!!!
    Update2: Drop rate was nerfed with last patches. I only got 2 rings in the three hours I was on noob island yesterday.
    Last edited by Darke1dar; Mar 27th, 2006 at 15:08:20.

  3. #23
    haha, omg another great guide fixerspy ><. WOOT!! also theres some new things like the sea shells, and the new gems that sells for $160 creds+ those are great for getting money ^^
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  4. #24
    Nice guide. Pretty useful as I am fixin' to reroll my Fixer there.
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  5. #25

    Smile Thank You

    Dear Fixerspy,
    I'm a returning Newb. Your Guide is still the Best, in my opinion; as it cuts through all the confusing techy talk---& gives us true new players what we need most--- just the Facts, in plain English.... & Fun, too.

    Much Thank Yous from me & some other new Friends.
    ~ Tru

  6. #26

    Still a good deal for a little more effort.

    Revising my edit from above:

    The rings of luck do drop at a decent rate, at least at my favorite hunting spot. My MA noob left the island with a dozen rings in her....Pockets, yes her pockets.

    Key to increasing ring drops may be cleaning up the corpses and deleting the stuff you don't want.

    Just beware of the dreaded Pink Ring, it looks the same, but only brings in 200cr. Was selling rings to Omni map vendor, when the first one came up as a pink ring. Talk about doing a WTF!

  7. #27
    yes, the dreaded pink ring.

    one day last week i spent 3 or 4 hours wacking stuff and all i got was those damn pink rings. I was starting to think that FC had nerfed the rings of luck.

    speaking of which... it wouldn't be the 1st time FC has used one of my guides to nerf stuff when they think we are having too much fun with a good thing.
    /w i have a love / hate relationship with FC about this stuff
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  8. #28
    Still made 36,000cr on the rings I sold which is a good start for a MA.

  9. #29

    Thumbs up Awesome Starting Guides!

    Cheers Fixerspy, & Thanks for these awesome Guides!

    j00 r0xx0r! (((Hugs))) ~Tru
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  10. #30
    woot
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  12. #32
    This is one super fabulous guide, Fixerspy **ClapClap**

    I know I found this usefull to get my character and starter credits going!

    Its a good think some people are dedicated enough to make guides like these.

    Absolutely awesome work (must have taken some sweet time..) thumbs up!
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  13. #33
    36k creds for a start? and you farmed how long? Geez.. go to the mainland at level 5 (after maxing your aixp to get your level 15 ai perks) go to newland. Outside the bronto burger is a little girl, (leona) she has lost her alien doll. help her find it. (delete and reroll the mission to get one close by if necessary) once you return the doll she gives you a lamp. that lamp sells for 30k in omni map/furniture shop. (with the added sale of the loot got in mission you get close to 35k per mission. Rinse repeat and by the time you get to level 15 for your ai perks you will have enough lamps to have made your first million credits.

    The best thing about this alien doll mission is it scales to your level so at higher levels the normal loot gets better and better adding to the credit value of the loot.

    That's my 2 cents.. not a newbie island tip, but it might encourage some players to go to the mainland earlier.

    Cheers!

  14. #34
    Well, thanks for whizzing in my beer. You could have posted this in the how to make money threads. I was doing research for Fixerspy's article, when on a earlier toon I found out that these rings of luck sold for more on Rubi-ka than on noob island. I started this MA, to check on drop rates, and to see what I could buy, and to see how many rings I could bring with me to RK. When I left Noob Isle at Lvl 10, I had most of the items I wanted from the Omni-Tek vendor, all my Newcomer armor parts, some alien weapons, and 14 rings of luck. If backpacks were on the island, I would have farmed for more. sure I spent about 5 hours on the island, but it was for research. How long did it take you to lather, rinse, repeat?

  15. #35
    Few minor errors

    How many AI levels can I get at Noob Island? Technically you can get 3 AI levels from Noob Island. However... this requires you to stay on the Island until you are level 15. On your 15th ding you will have 2 AI levels... and can fill up and max out your axp pool for the 3rd AI level. Once you are on the mainland, and reach your 25th ding, you will automatically receive a 3rd AI level. REMEMEBER TO HAVE THE AXP POOL FULL AND TO IMMEDIATELY SAVE WHEN YOU REACH THE MAINLAND!!!
    I've noticed whatever AIXP you gain on the island cannot be lost after heading to the mainland. You are automatically saved as SOON as you hit the mainland, meaning all AIXP is stored within the character

    Where can I buy MEDS or AMMO. Return to Brandon Thorn and give him 3 mob parts.
    Brandon Thorn does not give you ammo, because of the fact that every single weapon that you can get on the island (read: starter weapons and their upgraded versions) doesn't require ammo

    You do not get 1450 XP from clicking on Brandon Thorn, only the jump from 1 to 2. Know this for a fact because I clicked on him at lv7 (having not clicked on him before) and didn't get anything.
    EDIT: I think I had another character click on him around 100 XP from lv2, and got to lv2 with a sliver of the XP bar filled

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  16. #36
    Nice job fixer! Your noob friendly attitude is one of the reasons I lub yas When more people help out our new players it helps cultivate a better player base, a benefit to us all. WTG!
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    Well Duh lol.

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  17. #37
    Quote Originally Posted by Saetos
    Few minor errors

    I've noticed whatever AIXP you gain on the island cannot be lost after heading to the mainland. You are automatically saved as SOON as you hit the mainland, meaning all AIXP is stored within the character
    Actually saving, or not saving, your character once you reach the mainland has no effect on whether you can lose AXP. You only lose AXP when you're killed by aliens and since most people don't even see an aliens between Newbie Island and Lvl25 they get to enjoy AI3 without ever worrying about losing AXP.

    However, if you were to attend an AI raid after you leave Newbie Island, but before you turn Lvl25, and you were to get killed by aliens you would lose AXP as normal. Which in turn would mean that when you hit Lvl25 you would not quite have enough AXP for AI3.

  18. #38
    ~Edit~ Removed post... info was already posted above...
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  19. #39

    Nerfed rings

    Since 16.3.1 I have not seen a single ring drop on the island. All mobs now drop Take Me To The Shop. Dynas drop several. Still not too hard to make money though, since it doesn't matter what you kill to get Take Me To The Shops.
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  20. #40
    Rings and Alien weapons were removed from the loot tables

    Quote Originally Posted by fixerspy View Post
    What is the max level cap for Noob Island? Popular belief is that you get kicked out on your 20th ding...
    I've never actually bothered getting to 20 myself, but I believe that the level 20 kick comes from Playfield Item: ICC Shuttleport
    Quote Originally Posted by fixerspy View Post
    Where can I buy MEDS or AMMO. Return to Brandon Thorn and give him 3 mob parts.
    Doesn't give ammo
    Quote Originally Posted by fixerspy View Post
    Where can I find a surgery clinic to install implants? There are no surgery clinics on Noob Island. The only hope is to loot a portable surgery clinic off of one of the Dyna Bosses... but so far as I know... no-one has ever had any luck with that...
    Implants no longer drop on the island so you may want to take this question out.
    Quote Originally Posted by fixerspy View Post
    and 1 Alien boss Specialist - Cha 'Heru in the middle shuttleport landing pad area...
    Just thought I'd mention that this guy runs right over to the guards and gets himself killed if you don't aggro him right away
    Last edited by Telcea; Sep 7th, 2006 at 21:05:31.
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