I didn’t like ‘Ed’, In the creation chamber he looked good, but in the World - ew - ugly. So I have created a new account for the game. I am using this forum account to tell my tale and ask my questions so as to not get anyone in trouble or make problems here.
For my Second Charcter (nameless here so as to not cause issues for my “mentor”). I decided to make the deposit - after jumping through loops and burning rings, I finally managed to get my card to ok me $10.00 (I have to wait until billing cycle to deposit more US Dollars for a “code”). My initial attempt was to deposit $100.00 US - thinking that that would be more than enough and demonstrate my willingness to be part of this “new” colony and its economy.
Please to note my disappointment to discover that I could only deposit ten a month until I get this “code” on one of my bills. Unfortunately I no longer get a paper bill for my credit card so it better show up in my on-line account or I will never be able to deposit more than $10.00 a month.
First I appeared at the Port Atlantis, I didn’t even make it to the entry gates to talk to the Civilians before a person runs up and offers to be my mentor. I say yes, I guess I need one since I am really new to this World.
Then he gets me to buy Goblin Armor, which all needed major repairs, then got me a Jester d-1 which needed lots of repairs, then told me to run north/north east to Phoenix and hunt there. He made me his “freind” and told me to contact him anytime he is online to ask questions via the Freind’s channel.
The total price for all of that stuff (Armor and weapon) without the ammo was almost 50 PED. For the items and of course to fully repair them (all were completely drained to a little red point)
After getting killed three times (couldn’t figure out how to move about after all the Game has changed between Ed and my New character, I had figured out how to manuver before this change, now its different), I finally reach Billy’s space port, then a death and a terminal revive I find myself in Pheonix.
Since getting there and hunting I find that all of my money is used up in buying ammo. After all a Jester uses two rounds of Medium cell ammo, and of course with a few Less than 1 Ped loots and only one loot worth 1 Ped and a 5 Ped pistol (dead, needed 42 peds of repair and took 6 shots of small cell ammo) I was not breaking anywhere near even.
After a few days of hunting and sweating (Actually I was sweating critters, then grabbing my Jester and killing them when they started attacking) I find that Sweat has sunk to a low of less than 3 Ped. With ‘Ed’ I was selling at 3.9 to 4 ped for 100 sweat in a bottle. Around the same time as the game controls changed the market crashed I guess.
Though the Guide makes the suggestion to go to the PK area and get oil to sell, what it fails to tell you that even armed with a Jester you are a dead man so might as well forget that idea. The Sweat Market is not there, and sweating appears to not work too well, lots of failures - after a few days playing (hours playing, in reality this is spread out over a couple weeks since I do have a life beyond the Colony ;)) I have managed to get 182 sweat.
Everytime I have been on line my Mentor is either not on line, or he logs in for a minute or two and logs off and completely ignors my messages sent via the freinds channel.
It will be a little longer for my billing cycle (I assume once a month means a month after your deposit date). So I can not deposit for a little while.
Is this normal activity for the game or am I just extremely unlucky when it comes to hunts. It seems that most of the animals I have killed have no loots. I have roamed further afield, further north to Forth Ithica and Hadeshiem areas. I stick with what I can kill with a jester d-1 before it takes to many points from me - Usually I can kill about a dozen creatures before having to park myself and regen.
Exosuars, the Snotty guys and the tall blue birds around Fort Ithaca have been what I have hunted. There are some very fast birds which I hit once and then they run too fast for me to hit them again.
I have tried to find out what else I can hunt with a jester, but again my Mentor doesn’t get on line often or doesn’t answer my questions.
Also, I wanted to be a miner, but my mentor told me to be a hunter because hunting is easiest.
I think I am doing something dreadfully wrong here, I missed something or am not doing this right. Anyone have any suggestions on how to actually find creatures with loot?
thanks 
So, no worries mate.[/li][li]That said, don’t go rushing into that $100 deposit. Ok. Listen up, pls! For your own good! :wise: I just encountered a guy near Aegis Mound… he was wearing some decent clothes and was throwing bombs for mining left and right. He was killed b/c he was not armed in any way and he asked me where the tp… he just needed to look over his shouldar a little to the north but he was clueless! I told him it’s to the north, then added that it’s the blue dot on the map 
