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Loot: When monsters are green or yellow to you [your CL or up to a CL lvl above you], then they're at maximum loot drop rate. In other words, you'll get more loot when you defeat monsters that are as strong, or stronger than yourself. When monster appear blue, they are to easy for you to defeat & subsequently they drop less loot. When monsters are purple to you, they drop no loot at all. if you have any questions about this please pm me.
any who on to the next tip.

There is a training session for the game, it is pretty thorough, but not everyone reads everything and I definitely don't cover all the topics. So let me throw out some tips for playing. so ill give it my best:

1) You can view your character info by clicking the button with the person silhouette on the Progress Hub or the wing-shaped widget in the upper, right of your screen That opens the Character Info window that shows all your stats, G'hi abilities ans so on.

2) You can see the buffs/de-buffs on you and on your Crew by opening the Crew List. (Click the Crew icon on the lower, left of your Action Bar.)

3) Watch your orb count. When you get four or five of them, go to the Null Chamber and power your rings up. EVERY QUEST GRANTS AT LEAST ONE ORB (and later quests reward you with *lots* of orbs)...so try out the quests to gain orbs easily. (The quests are also where the storyline resides, so it shouldn't be too laborious for ya.

4) Remember that you can SALVAGE rings that you don't want to use. The act of salvaging a ring breaks it down and you get some of the orbs invested in it back so you can use them to power up a different ring! (You always get at least one orb, even if the ring is brand new.)

5) Try to pull monsters away from a group. That won't always work. Some groups are all allied together and they are one for all, and all for one in their defensive strategy. Don't be afraid to run when grossly outnumbered. Try hitting and running a bit to get out of a mass scrum, then hitting, running, etc.

6) you will Learn to love the Quick keys. They allow you to easily cycle through targets on the screen without having to click on them.

7) Monsters come in different varieties. A standard "grunt" is easy to kill. His lieutenant is easily solo able, but way tougher than a grunt. But demi-bosses (like the Gnome Commander)...well...those are group targets. Beware of them. They have more health and they're Attack is terribly powerful. (And we won't even *discuss* real bosses here. You're still some distance from those kinds of critters.)

cool A Crew can overcome some difference between your toughness and a monster's toughness...but it will only overcome so much. If you take a group of CL1.0 players into Bass'ken Lake, then you're going to get worked. There's no doubt about it. Raise your ring levels and try finding a place to fight that's more your speed.

Also be cool USE YOUR BUFFS! Especially when in Crews. If you don't use your buffs, it's about the same thing as volunteering to enter a swordfight without armor or a shield. You won't last long. Turtle, Teflon Spray, Knife Sharpen, Keen Aye!, etc., etc., etc.

If you're in a Crew, then having someone dedicated to healing is not a bad idea. It can be a really fun way to play (saving your teammates' lives is fun), and it's also important so that offensively-oriented players can utilize their skills without worrying about staying alive.

10) If you are having trouble clicking on your Crewmates when trying to heal them? Fear not! Click on their name in the Crew list and, voila!, they are targeted and you can heal them easily.