Public Newcomer Helper Log Thread

[Sassafras]

A combo post of two shifts. Was happy to meet and help out some great guys including Event-Horizon, Mark.Ford, Los_My_Uit, Hirano_Takayoshi, Tzoky, Kemp, Louis.Desaix, and [TMG]Quinn.Leo.

Let me see now, helped out with the /givecash command, mining scrap metal in Pittsburgh, upgrading to class 4 shields on the Rhino, discussed factions in Bretonia with a player ultimately deciding to join the BAF, and gave out a nice beginning trade run to Kusari:

Manhattan -> Planet Kyushu: neon
Planet Kyushu -> Fuchu Prison (Shikoku): light arms
Deshima Station (Shikoku) -> Manhattan: h-fuel

Two things that were interesting.

Fellow named [BPS]-Wicked launched out of Erie then proceeded to kill every under-level ship within range. Seeing a common theme here I asked him if he spoke English, answer was "No". He said he was German. I switched to Google Translate and found a translation from English to German to "Stop for a moment". He thankfully complied. I then searched my skype chats for a German speaker. Found some in both RM and RHA chats. Having my interpreter lined up, I went back in game. Sadly and with a bit of frustration on my part, the player had logged off.

Second thing was a player called me who had a Freelancer ID and was flying a Liberty gunboat. He told me the tale that LN ships were destroying his gunboat since he had a Freelancer ID. So he asked me if a Freelancer could use a Liberty gunboat within the roleplay rules. I told him the answer was No. A Freelancer, which is only a civilian, could not use a navy/military ship. He then started to debate with me why he should have said ID/ship combo.

You know, debating with an Angel about a rule is pointless. We can't change them, and in his situation, it would have saved him much grief to just get a different gunboat or ID--problem solved mucho easy.

As the Corsairs would say, "adios amigos".

Angel Sass