I know what you mean. My first two days were awful. No one spoke to me. I tried. I then became a junker. The odd one spoke to me, but then i saw that other factions had more fun. So i joined the LPI. I honestly think you just have to find the right bunch of guys.
My thanks does go out to the LPI though, they have made my Disco experience improve alot!! To be honest so have alot of Liberty lawfuls have oh and dont forget the pirates!!
I thought the same when i was very new, It takes a while, to gain trust and stuff in the Disco Community. Takes time to get noticed I guess. Post Wisely.
The Community is alot harsher than the Freeworlds Community, But i guess they have to, there are too many idiots joining discovery because it's such a great mod.
The Game is great, Enjoy it. Read the rules, make sure you know your stuff. And maybe join a faction, that way it makes for the best of an experience.
I'm sorry that your first week was difficult and I hope that from now on it gets better. I'm about to search for your character biography and see what it's all about.
I recommend starting as either a miner or a trader. As either occupation you can try and interact and become friends with factions. That allows you to make friends and experience the factions for yourself.
When I first started playing here, I was a zoner independent trader that supported the corsairs with food and water. After a month or so I joined The Brotherhood and had a fun time. Unfortunately I quit playing shortly after that and returned around a year later. Currently I am the leader of Universal Shipping Incorporated, if you're interested in joining a faction keep us in mind. We have a long application (non-public), but you don't have to write up a character biography before you can join. We require a bio prior to being promoted in our ranks.
Anyways, if you need anything or have any questions, just PM me or anyone else here. Most of us in the community are willing to help!
We are not an official faction but have a decent rp and a good group of friends who will assist you in acheiving whatever goals you are trying to achieve. Whether it is having fun or joining an official faction.
The best advice I can give as far as disco goes is;
Expect nothing. There's a large chance even with that epic roleplay story you wrote, you won't get your SRP'd Scylla with Lane Hacker guns, or that Rheinland captured Liberty Fighter.
Do not be afraid of PvP or view as some kind of horrid plague like most people around here seem to.
Join a faction that has good people. I used to lead the ]NTF[ and [HF], and I know for a fact they're not full of arses. The [LN], VR-, VF-) and TAZ also have good people, and are pretty newbie friendly.
Trading factions are a different matter, as most of them have roleplay that's a bit below par. Although I think USI has shaped up a bit, and RepEx have always been good, though they're a bit inactive. GMG is an excellent choice too.
If you need any help, don't be afraid to toss me a PM.
' Wrote:Maybe players in role-playing communities naturally try to build their status in the community just like they do ingame. And for certain types of people this means not to lower themselves to being unfriendly to noobs, and to defend their own status and faction aggressively against noobs who try to hang out with or challenge them in any way. Its amplified by the fact that a high status or being on top gets you extra bonuses here, like leading a faction, joining certain factions, getting special equipment permissions. And an effective way of staying on top is not to help anybody up.
Maybe this isn't the place for it, but I find that last paragraph reeks of cynicism to the point of stupidity. As a former leader of two, not one, but two factions. Helping people up isn't the way to the top, that's true. But on the flipside, neither is being outright bad to them. I got to where I was by being myself. No more, no less. I made the NTF and got it to the point where it is now out of sheer perseverance, and I was handed the HF because the former leader thought I was the most qualified person for the job at the time.
On top of this, you've got to realize that some people are just plain dumb. I've had many a newbie *and* veteran fly up to Fort Leniex on my watch during my time in the HF, trying to buy Spyglasses. These are people who would've run around New York shooting everything and going OOC. Did I tell them they couldn't have it? Yes, absolutely.
Did I open up a can of worms about it on the forums? Hell no. Believe it or not, myself and other people in or formerly in positions of power are not all elitist bastards, and to this end I'll direct you to Joe (leads the LN, also an admin), Yuri (Formerly led the Keepers, was largely involved in the devteam for a time), Doc Holliday (Leads the TAZ, also an admin), and Virus (Former admin, leads the Phantoms).
Power can corrupt, but there's no guarantee that it ever will. It depends on the integrity and ideals of the person, NOT the position that they're in.
I have to say, my experience continues to be that The_Scarlet_Pimpernel's quote there is quite accurate.
Although I've managed to meet some friendly faces now, the majority of my interactions continue to be with players who seem more interested in protecting their position than actually engaging in roleplay.
Just yesterday, for instance, I was destroyed by a member of a house military who had misunderstood his own faction's laws. The goods I was carrying were legal (I'd checked beforehand and I double checked again afterwards), but despite my urging him to check the relevent information (both in character and out), he refused and merrily destroyed me - and then had a good time mocking me when I whisped him afterwards.
Like I said, I've met plenty of good apples now (including those of you who've replied here, thanks again), but there does seem to be a small but visible section of the community who regard their positions as some sort of proof of their superiority rather than taking them as an opportunity to roleplay.
' Wrote:Like I said, I've met plenty of good apples now (including those of you who've replied here, thanks again), but there does seem to be a small but visible section of the community who regard their positions as some sort of proof of their superiority rather than taking them as an opportunity to roleplay.
A friendly tip...if you're planing to stay..get used to it, cause you will see alot more of it.