Rush Tactics #11 — Noob November: A Noob in its Natural Environment

December 11, 2012

Having devoted the last 30 days to helping noobs improve in AOE, Josh and Greg want to find out if they’ve actually succeeded in building a guide to help new players. So they grab their friend Gavin Townsley who has only dabbled in AOEO and walk him through the beginner process. Along the way, Gavin asks his noobish questions, and Josh and Greg do their best to answer.

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The Questions

1. Which Civilization would you recommend to a new player?

2. What should I do on my first day?

3. What should I ALWAYS do when I login?

• Crafting mats
• Look at Trade channel
• Neighborly Defense (pre-40)
• Alliance crafting turn-ins (post-40)

4. What community resources are there for picking the right civ, units, etc?

• Official Empire Handbook
• Official phone app shows crafting and stuff too
• Forums are really good – rare for MMO – small community, helpful
• Unofficial AOEO wiki
• Unofficial database

5. How do I prepare for PvP?

• Skirmish
• What are Alliance Wars? How do I prep for them? (This could be a repeat if this is PvP)

6. How soon can I play with friends?

7. My friends play Greeks and Norse. Should I play a different civ or can we be effective as the same civ?

8. Any questions about stuff to buy?

• What are Empire Points?
• What should I save my EPs for?
• Should I purchase anything as a new player?
• What is Vanity Island?

Us:

Greg is an entertainer extraordinaire, gondolier and PC Gamer contributor. Josh is a game designer at SOE and former editor for PC Gamer and the Official World of Warcraft Magazine.

Feedback

Email us: RushTactics@outlook.com.
Talk with us on Twitter: @jaugustine and @greghenninger.
Join us in-game: Greg is “Dev117” Josh is “TheGameDiplomat” .

Special thanks to Josiah Pang for making our logo, Jason Shaw for the music, and all the community that helped us improve our strategy on the forums.

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