Hello from Jakarta!!

There are a million and one answers to your questions :P and a million and one paths you could follow as a new player.

First you need to decide between Calypso and Rocktropia (if you are starting today) there will be more planets within the next month or so.

Calypso: The first Planet and definitely the most established. It has a fully functional economy where everything produced can be bought to someone who could use it. (in theory anyways, some stuff is less efficient so people don't buy it, but it is possible to use) It has a new player area to start in (the Gateway) that you can do beginner missions before actually starting on the real planet. Once on the planet there are tons of missions you could choose from or do your own thing as you choose.

Rocktropia: A relatively new planet. Has a much smaller community. (but more of a community feeling since everyone knows everyone) The economic circle isn't complete yet since there are some hunting and mining resources that can not be used yet. (the blueprints should be released any day now we are hoping so that they can be used) Since it is new there are more opportunities for a new player to be a "pioneer" and establish yourself as a part of the planets history.

There are advantages and disadvantages to both planets, but think about it before you start, the travel fee between them is 40ped one way.

I would recommend not depositing for 1 week if you have the willpower.
Spend that week exploring, learning the controls, studying the different markets for both mining and hunting, and sweating some.
As a depositer you wont need the ped earned from the sweat, but you will gain some skills, and more importantly familiarity with the game before wasting your real money on the learning experience.

After the week is over deposit your 500ped and then start having the real fun :P

If you want to mine i would choose just ore or enmatter to start with, get those tools from the trade terminal and 100 bombs or probes. Then go mininng.

If you want to hunt, then buy the opalo and vivo t1 from the trade terminal and the cheapest set of pixie armor you can buy from a trader or auction. (use your first week of learning to understand what markup values are for things and where to find traders) Buy 50ped of ammo (that will last you a few hours with your opalo and start hunting the lowest level mob for the planet you are on. (diakeba, merp, exa, snables on Calypso) (lone wolves and video vixens on Rocktropia)

That is the quick summery, but there is so much that you have to learn by doing and asking as you do. A good society is imperative to your learning experience. You should ask around, do a little research on different societies, or sign up for the "Adopt a noob foundation" here on entropiaplanets.

If your over 18 and from north america, drop me a pm, I might have a slot for you :P

good luck and have fun,

narfi

 

Rocktropia is not part of Calypso, they both are different planets in the Entropia Universe. Calypso does have 2 continents where you can travel between for free with the teleporters (TP) and 2 space stations which cost money to go to (25 ped I believe). The advise Narfi gave is a good one, try to play a while without depositing anything. There is a lot to do on Calypso without depositing anything. Try to find all TP's ask a lot of questions, gather some sweat and explore the planet, there are some very nice looking spots to discover. After than, when sweating becomes boring, you could deposit a bit and buy yourself your starting gear, depending on what you wanna do (hunting, mining, crafting) I would advise to try all professions out to see what you like best and then stick with it for a while to get your skills up.

Reading your first post you seem to be a sensible guy not expacting to make lots of money and buy a space station anytime soon (or ever), this is the right way to look to the game if you ask me, sure you can make money, but only a few do and they most likely invested lost of money.

On other thing is to read EVERYTHING you can find about EU, learn about the mobs, the items and the locations

Get Alice's newbie guide if you have not done so already: rp.apachenet.de

 

The entire "Universe" is one game, there are different planets with their own unique animals and resources but you can still travel back and forth or purchase items in auction from the other. The only separation between planets is the 40ped travel fee and the 23% auction transport fee. Those two fees keep most people on the same planet most of the time because it would be to expensive to travel around too much. Also some Calypsians don't like Rocktropia because it is "different" (zombies and vampires instead of robots and dinosaurs) and some Rocktropians dont like Calypso because the people there are rude and stuck up. Its all about perception and you can have fun with either with the right attitude.
While I am on Rocktropia I can still talk to my society on calypso using soc chat and any of my friends on Calypso through PMs as well.

You cant breed animals. You used to be able to tame animals but that function isnt working yet in this version, it should be working again by the end of the year hopefully.

have fun,

narfi

 

yep sweating is grinding, its aiming your sweat gun, pulling the trigger, failing or succeding (about 1/5 ratio maybe) repeat a few times till you die, run back out and repeat.

It can be very booring if its not your cup of tea. But because there are areas where lots of people sweat it can be very social as well, and some people enjoy sweating for years on end.

Its all about personality, attitude and expectations. You will gain skills, and be able to sell them for a small amount of ped, but the skill gain is slow and the ped earned is laughable compared to what you could make an hour in a rl job.

I guess the point is if your going to sweat do it for fun, dont expect it to be your new get rich quick job. If you play for fun and separate ped from dollars in your mind, then it can be very fun and rewarding.

gl and have fun,

narfi

 

yep sweating can be very boring, bu there are ways to make it more fun. The Swunt is one of them, but you will need a weapon for that. Sweating a mob until dry (no more sweat) and then kill it. You can even do this with a large team on big mobs. Ambulimax at Nea's Place is the most famous example. You can also give yourself a challenge by tying to get an amount of sweat in the shortest possible time. There is a thread on PCF that challenges you to get 55 pulls of sweat in the shortest time possible, I never sweat, but that was very fun to do :D

 

Please continue to update us on your adventures, its good to hear impressions of the gateway and how its going since we cant go there anymore.

gl and have fun,

narfi