A Beginners Guide:

[Hardy]

This is a guide to starting a new character, right from the start!

Firstly, to understand the game:
The aim of Legend of the Green Dragon is to kill the Dragon. As many times as possible. Thats not quite it, theres a lot more to it, but thats the essence of the it all.

Now, to start.
Firstly, you need to choose a server. Choose a server that best suits your interests. I will be adding a list of servers to this topic once I get the required information.

Next, choose the create a character option on the main page. Fill in your character name (making it something witty and inventive, and without any titles like Lord, or Duchess), and fill in your password. Then fill in the email address bit (I would advise this, I have never received any junk mail from them!!). Finally, choose your gender. This has very little effect, as the LoGD world is one free of prejudices!!

You are now allowed to log in, so click the link. A pop-up window will give you the latest news. You are advised to read every update, as many of these are very important. Once you have read this, close it down, and go back to character creation. If you have not yet read something which is important, it will be highlighted in orange on the left hand side of the screen!

Next, choose your race. If you read the descriptions of each race, you may be able to work out what sort of advantages each one gives. Ask in this board if you're really desperate to know!

Next, you get the chance to describe your history:
Here, you effectively get to choose what type of in-game special ability you will have. There are ways of changing your special ability, so this is not so important. To give a little taster, I will describe one of each type of skill:
Dark Arts: Skeleton Crew: A skeleton minion aids you in your attack.
Mystical Powers: Regeneration: Powers of healing
Thieving: Insult: Lowers your opponents attacking ability.

Finally, you are born. You will become very familiar with this screen, as you will see it every day of your LoGD life! It tells you which day this is at the top, how many turns you get today, how much interest accumulated on your gold overnight, and your mood. Your mood affects how many forest fights you get.

When you continue, you will be taken to the news page. Here, you can see how other Dragon Slayers have been getting on this calendar day. Feel free to laugh at any misfortune your enemies have suffered.

Now, you are in the Village. You may want to chat to other people, or to look around the village. However, if you want to get on with it, you'll need to buy a weapon or some armour. You start with 50 gold, so go to Mightye's Weaponry, or Pegasus' Armoury, and buy their lowest item.
Now, head for the Forest. Kill some enemies, and then return to the village when your turns run out: Dont worry, you'll get some more next game day!! If you were lucky enough to get a lot of money, go and buy a better weapon or armour. If you were lucky enough to get 100 exp, you can challenge your first master. Its best to check by asking him first, to avoid embarrasment. If you beat him, you will advance to level 2!

When you log out, remember that you can be killed in your absence. Although this is not true in the first 3 days (unless you attack someone else) it is worth bearing in mind. When you are killed, you lose a very small amount of experience, and all the gold you are carrying. To reduce your loss it is a good idea to store all your gold in the Bank. They will be quite happy to keep it for you, and may even give you some interest on it!
To make it harder to be attacked, you can pay Cedrik the Barkeep in the inn for a room, and this will automatically hire you a bodyguard.

From here-on-in, its pretty self-explanitory. Read the FAQ, check out areas like The Inn, and learn all about Player versus Player (PvP) fighting for some quick experience.

In no time, the Dragons will be falling like DragonFlies!!

Good Luck

Hardy



(If something is missing, just reply, and ill add it)

[JCP]

Bank. Mention storing money in the bank. :)

BTW, thanks for pitching in - representation from all 3 official servers will make this board more universal.

[Hardy]

Done :D
Heres the new bit so you dont have to search for it:

"When you log out, remember that you can be killed in your absence. Although this is not true in the first 3 days (unless you attack someone else) it is worth bearing in mind. When you are killed, you lose a very small amount of experience, and all the gold you are carrying. To reduce your loss it is a good idea to store all your gold in the Bank. They will be quite happy to keep it for you, and may even give you some interest on it!
To make it harder to be attacked, you can pay Cedrik the Barkeep in the inn for a room, and this will automatically hire you a bodyguard."

Hardy

[Dronak]

As a newbie just trying out the game, could I suggest that you add something about what happens after you die? I just died and don't completely understand what's going on now because it's a completely different world.

[JCP]

As a newbie just trying out the game, could I suggest that you add something about what happens after you die? I just died and don't completely understand what's going on now because it's a completely different world.

Well, what happens entirely depends on how you die.

In the simplest case, after you log out, either in the inn or fields, you may be attacked. If you are attacked and win, you can be attacked again. If you are attacked and die, you will be "dead" and can no longer be attacked.

Until you log in again, when you will automatically resurrect and start the cycle over. So logging out, getting killed, logging back in and out, getting killed, is a good way to lose lots of experience very quickly.

Now, if you attack someone (another player or a creature) and are killed in the attempt, you end up in the Land of Shades.

In the Land of Shades, you have the option of either waiting for the next new day, when you will automatically resurrect, or trying to earn a resurrection from Ramius, the um... "guy" in charge of the Shades. To do so you must venture into the graveyard and fight um... things. Keep checking in with Ramius as you go to see how you're doing.

There's a bit more to explore in the Land of Shades, but that's as much information as we can give without upsetting Ramius.

[Mungo-licious]

(If something is missing, just reply, and ill add it)
I have a few wishy-washy tips for strategy.

It seems to me that there is no one strategy that will guarantee you success in the long run. The only way to advance fast in this game is to be constantly evaluating your situation. What is it that you need at a given time the most? money, or xp? (money equals net worth, i.e. it includes your weapon/armor) This is the basic question that governs most of my decisions. If I am losing too many hitpoints in the forest, and have trouble saving up money in the bank, then I am probably money poor. If I constantly get flawless fights in the forest, then I am probably xp poor. The key is to keep your money and xp in the appropriate balance so that you have the appropriate weapons/armor for your level.

The following lists are just options, and individual strategies will modify which of these you want to use,

For those who are money poor, the following things can help,
slumming (you gain less money per turn, but with less required healing, you might net more gold per turn)
don't attack your master (you'll just have to fight harder monsters, making it all the much harder)
don't pvp, unless there is a bounty (you'll probably just gain xp, making your money poorness worse
Staying at the inn might be a bad idea, as it costs money, and you will only be saving yourself xp that might actually be hindering you at the monent.

If you are xp poor, then you are in a great position to advance quickly
thrillseeking can get you fast xp, but if thrillseeking doesn't get you flawless fights, but normal fights do, you'll probably get more xp doing normal fights.
attacking your master (assuming you have the appropriate # of xp) to advance a level can be good because it gives you access to tougher monsters that give more xp, but again, if it will knock you out of the flawless fights regime, you will probably get more xp at a lower level.
pvp'ing is a great way to get alot of xp fast. The only thing is that it is very risky unless you have a distinct advantage. Anyone who doesn't have a few dk's under their belt will be hard pressed to find a pvp opportunity that won't make your blood pressure rise.
If you've got money to burn, feed your mount, especially if you already have the max weapon/armor. Mounts can really help you advance.
Staying at the inn is generally good, as it decreases your chance of getting killed at night, losing xp.
Of course, my strategum will not work for everyone, as it seems that I'm always changing my strategy as I progress in the game. I'm always amazed at the level of strategy that is possible with this game that seems so simple. Occasionally, friends will watch me playing, and ask, "How can you play that? It looks so boring." Well, there are many levels to this game, there is an exploration game, a really good strategy game, plus there is a whole community of (mostly) good people.
Edit: Although this was created before the multiple villages idea came to central, the ideas still hold true. The only real change that this adds is the choice of traveling or not. As I have not had a chance to play a significant amount with a lower level player with the new village system, I will abstain from giving advice on it, as my main character probably handles the travel system very differently than lower level characters.

[Valheru]

Good input (from a newbie's point of view it will help me a lot) but you have to think like a newbie when you explain these strategies. Only reason I understand what you said is because I tried out all of the character classes before sticking with one, and I've read a heck of a lot about this game for it being my first day.

*A perfect fight in the forest will grant you another turn. You want to keep your turns above 0 or you won't have many options left of playing the game.

*If you decide to break the PvP protection seal of birth, you can receive some # of turns. For example, if you fight someone and lose. You torment souls until you have 100 or more and Ramius will grant you the resurrection option. When you are brought back to life your 0 # of turns maybe more the first time, but after that it ceases (for me at least).

*Travels: starting off you have 3, after reading the newbie guide you know how to use them. Travel to another city and you might chance upon a fight and gain that extra HP or money you need. Make sure you get your travel turns worth by exploring the city.. you might chance upon another turn point or two.

[BLOODDRAGON]

this will probably help you, i already listed all those things Valheru posted, and more, and since its mainly meant for newbies they will probably understand it very well

http://lotgd.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=344

[Valheru]

After you kill the Green Dragon, you start back off at level 1 I am told. My first question is "Can you pick a different class and ability?" Because presently both my characters, one on Central, and one on Dragoncat are Elves and of the Dark Arts.

Also, is there a good thread or link anyone can point me to OR explain how complex or what benefits the classes can be? I understand the brief explanation that:

A theif has the taunt, the dark arts has the skeleton, and the mystical has the regeneration but do they start to play a big role in your character like in other games? And if so, I want to know about it! :P :D

Thanks for tolerating me btw.

[BLOODDRAGON]

After you kill the Green Dragon, you start back off at level 1 I am told. My first question is "Can you pick a different class and ability?" Because presently both my characters, one on Central, and one on Dragoncat are Elves and of the Dark Arts.

Also, is there a good thread or link anyone can point me to OR explain how complex or what benefits the classes can be? I understand the brief explanation that:

A theif has the taunt, the dark arts has the skeleton, and the mystical has the regeneration but do they start to play a big role in your character like in other games? And if so, I want to know about it! :P :D

Thanks for tolerating me btw.

goes to update his Strategy guide, " oh my head is already hurting, and my hands are already numb, i HATE typing!"

[Valheru]

After playing on all main 3 servers, the Alpha server has helped me out the most. Since you don't have the ability to travel everything is in town and I didn't know drinking could get you extra turns. Especially the $50 mug, of course the extra # turns they produce are random.

But I do love all 3 servers equally, Central was just confusing at first for me.

[Mungo-licious]

I personally like "confusing". For a while there, I was starting to get bored with things because I thought I knew just about everything there was to know about the game, and the best strategies.
Now, I'm all giddy about the loads of new possibilities exploding out there on central. All of a sudden, I've had new things to try, and a whole new slew of possibilities for my strategizing.
I think that most people should be struck with a sense of awe when the log on for the first time. If I knew everything there was to know and what I had to do to succeed within the first couple of game days, why would I keep coming back? If I wanted simple, I always have pong to go play. :D
I probably should have done this earlier, but I'd like to welcome you to the world(s) of lotgd. You seem to have a good balance between trying things out, and asking good questions.

[Valheru]

I probably should have done this earlier, but I'd like to welcome you to the world(s) of lotgd. You seem to have a good balance between trying things out, and asking good questions.
Well thank you, and so far I feel very welcome here :)

Now I am playing 4 servers, because after I finish with Alpha, Dragoncat, & Central.. I am left wanting... This new server doesn't have the experience bar, or the 5 or 10 fight option :x

I am sure once I become more knowledgable of the game, and with my character being far more experienced; I will be able to play one account for much longer.

[Mungo-licious]

Now I am playing 4 servers, because after I finish with Alpha, Dragoncat, & Central.. I am left wanting...
Another option would be to have multiple characters on one server. That way you could keep using the official servers. You have to be careful with this though, as different servers have different rules about this. For example, on central, no interaction at all between alternate characters is allowed, no pvp, no chat, no bounties, no even thinking about the other character.
If you do create an alt, JCP has been kind enough to start a clan for alts, <ALT>, which I have never tried, but I'm sure that it's peachy. :D

[Valheru]

If you do create an alt, JCP has been kind enough to start a clan for alts, <ALT>, which I have never tried, but I'm sure that it's peachy. :D
Well, I am not in a clan and I have no idea to their benefit besides meeting friends. That is a topic I couldn't find much info on, but I would like to join one eventually.

The TKG members on Central have been very helpful and kind. So if I was to have myself belong to a clan, I would want to know the members first.

Btw Mungo, if you have MSN Messenger my addy is hdrive@hotmail.com, same goes for JCP and BD.

[Syrius]

Clans are mostly sociable!
Chatting, asking questions, getting help and interaction in general.

Oh, and I'm glad everyones so helpful! This forum is a goodie.

:wink:

[Iscariot]

A few tips I think worth mentioning, which I learned "the hard way" when I began my adventures. (only a farmie on central still, not as many gamedays pr real day as the other server I frequent.)

1: Explore... extra turns can turn up (mind the poor pun) everywhere.
2: Always play with Audreys kittens, even if you're unlucky and loose the game you still get a defensive buff, but ideally, wait untill you have no more turns left...
3: If you're low on money, high on XP and don't really want to advance a level just yet: challenge your master while you are low on hitpoints. (say you have 22 left and are on 7th level.) He will most probably knock you down, and revive you to max hp. You both save money on healing, and he won't hunt you down.. (as far as I can tell.)
4: Flirt with Violet, she's a nice gal! :D

[Nightwind]

i wouldn't wait until the turns where out to play with the kittens. THere's the mater of scars from angry kitten claws if you ....

[Iscariot]

Well, it depends, I've found that an angry kitten is better than a lost turn at least at low levels.

[Fionnabhair]

The question of the kitten scratch scars really depends on what's more important to you at that particular point in your DK quest - are FFs or unsightly scars more important? o=]

[SaucyWench]

Forest Fights? You can get Forest Fights from cats?

Why didn't anyone tell me this????

[Nightwind]

sombody lend me a sarcasm detector... i can't tell about that one there sometimes...

But then gain, I'd be just as sruprised if sombody told me that there was a way to drink the dragonsbreath ale without getting sick and lethargic

[God Valxirion]

Jep DB has a bad buff, a bad effect, is expensive and you can't drink the good drinks anymore for the rest of the day

Anyway, I dont see DB around anymore, is it removed or am I blind?

[jrminga]

Anyway, I don't see DB around anymore, is it removed, or am I blind?

the ingredients to Dragon's Breath are hard to come by; every so often, there's a shortage, and the two bartenders send their minions off to places unknown to restock their bars. Well, Cedrik does, anyway; he certainly has the money.
In short, it's not currently here, and it may or may not be back.

[Nightwind]

i thoguht i saw it in the dwarf town not too far back...

but i czn't understand the real use of something that only lasts for ONE hit...

[Elessa]

i thoguht i saw it in the dwarf town not too far back...

but i czn't understand the real use of something that only lasts for ONE hit...

:shakes her head slowly

tsk tsk

i most certainly can see the use provided by drinking this concoction when i only need to get one blow in to knock unconscious a certain large green creature, before i finish it off with other means available to me.

[Nightwind]

but the large green creature has never been a challenge to me... i hardly need the normal abilities, much less drastic measure...

but it IS fun bragging about doing large sums of dammage to the green one, because of the use of certain buffs and the occasional lucky move

(or setting up backstab and poison dagger in the prevous fight...)

[God Valxirion]

mule daniels is alot better against green dragon then dragon's breath, the green dragon has alot hp so in 1 blow you haven't got much chance to kill him or almost kill him, mule daniels however strikes back when your foe hits you and even hit harder, and combine that with your own strikes and maybe a regeneration the green guy isn't so though after all

[Nightwind]

mule daniels, lightning aura, phonex

i wouldn't even have to swing my weapon

[God Valxirion]

oh never tried lighting aura, but i heard it was really bad

[Nightwind]

i would call it the mystic's weakest link.

as the local setting is 1X you take as much dammage as you inflict...
if it was 1.5 I might use it
if it was 2.5 it might be worth the 5 points to use it.

I would say that the only 5 point one that'sreally worth while is the thief one.
the 5 point dark arts does less then the thief one, for the same number of turns... and might be usable, sometimes, if you spent a lot on foilwench

on the other hand, mystic has very usable 1 2 and 3 drops.
dark has probably the best over all set of powers
thief has the most useful high end set, 2 3 and 5 being very good.

[Acemaster]

Mystic is my preference, as I really like the 1 and 2s... Thievery 3 is horrible though... 3 1's would be far far better...

[Fionnabhair]

I really like the 5-pointer in Dark Arts for the green meanie. Add in a couple of skeletons, and I've gotten a flawless DK at a low DK level. That was so exciting!

[God Valxirion]

i now also play mystic, regeneration is really good and you can use it a couple of times

[Iscariot]

I prefer Mystic myself, since the regeneration can save your bacon if you're waylaid by more than a couple of enemies.

But on the other server I use, (ecsportal) I usually play a Ghoul, and since I then begin every new day with extra hitpoints, I've experimentet with Dark Arts.

[And after 9 DK, I've accumulated quite a high max hp. (51 at 1.st level) even after a visit to the book department of Hikaru.
I've decided that hig hp is better than a bonus to attack or defence, since I always get good results at Poseidons Pool.]

[God Valxirion]

jep but you dont get as much flawless fights then

[SaucyWench]

*chuckle*

Mystic is totally useless to me. What do I want with regeneration of a couple of HP when the monsters can hit me for 200 points at a time? Thievery is much more useful.

In essence what I am saying is that there is no magic perfect strategy. The really beautiful thing about the game is that everything exists in equilibrium to the point that if you choose one advantage it disadvantages you in another way. If you see Audrey first you gain (game secret) however you risk losing (game secret). If you see her last you don't risk losing (game secret) but you miss out on (game secret). There are plenty of other things that work in the same way. I use one advantage that Booger doesn't bother with, and he is number one on the list, folks. So there are ways and means to play and they are all different.

[jrminga]

*chuckle*

Mystic is totally useless to me. What do I want with regeneration of a couple of HP when the monsters can hit me for 200 points at a time? Thievery is much more useful.

In essence what I am saying is that there is no magic perfect strategy. The really beautiful thing about the game is that everything exists in equilibrium to the point that if you choose one advantage it disadvantages you in another way. If you see Audrey first you gain (game secret) however you risk losing (game secret). If you see her last you don't risk losing (game secret) but you miss out on (game secret). There are plenty of other things that work in the same way. I use one advantage that Booger doesn't bother with, and he is number one on the list, folks. So there are ways and means to play and they are all different.

but what if you (game secret) while (game secret) with (game secret)? i only had the chance to try (game secret) a couple of times, and let me tell you, it sure did (game secret)! twice!

[Sneakabout]

Using (game secret) (game secret) with (game secret) while (game secret) is my own preference... also, the (game secret) and (game secret) are extremely useful. (game secret) (game secret) and (game secret) though (game secret) can be annoying, (game secret) helps. (game secret) (game secret), (game secret), but (game secret) (game secret) fragments (game secret). (game secret) (game secret) (game secret) corpulency, (game secret) swandive.

And thats as clear as I can make it, ignoring (game secret) of course.

[echucker]

Using (game secret) (game secret) with (game secret) while (game secret) is my own preference... also, the (game secret) and (game secret) are extremely useful. (game secret) (game secret) and (game secret) though (game secret) can be annoying, (game secret) helps. (game secret) (game secret), (game secret), but (game secret) (game secret) fragments (game secret). (game secret) (game secret) (game secret) corpulency, (game secret) swandive.

And thats as clear as I can make it, ignoring (game secret) of course.

That's all well and good, but that's not taking (game secret) into account. How could you have missed it!?

[jrminga]

Using (game secret) (game secret) with (game secret) while (game secret) is my own preference... also, the (game secret) and (game secret) are extremely useful. (game secret) (game secret) and (game secret) though (game secret) can be annoying, (game secret) helps. (game secret) (game secret), (game secret), but (game secret) (game secret) fragments (game secret). (game secret) (game secret) (game secret) corpulency, (game secret) swandive.

And thats as clear as I can make it, ignoring (game secret) of course.

That's all well and good, but that's not taking (game secret) into account. How could you have missed it!?

well, as long as you use (game secret), you never have to worry about (game secret), so he can get away with it. well, there's always (game secret), but we're not supposed to talk about that,

[UpstandingCitizen Selekta]

Haha. Sneak is so mysterious...I can barely handle myself!
*bows to JRMinga*

[God Valxirion]

I wonder what it is about :?

[asja]

Please halp me. I am traying for a half of hour to get in to the game, and i dont know how to enter. Please help!!!!!!!!!!!!

[YurianStonebow]

Exactly *how* are you having trouble to get in the game? I'm serious.

[asja]

:D :D :D :D :D Sorry, I did not unterstand that I am in the game right now, because i had expected something else. Now I am doing well. Thank you

[Nightwind]

this is something else, the forum...

ok, now I"M confused

[bad]

:wonder what are this <game secret> all those great warriors are talking about...

Must be like the Holy Grail or something.

[jrminga]

:wonder what are this <game secret> all those great warriors are talking about...

Must be like the Holy Grail or something.

i'd tell you, but it's a secret.

[Furion]

*cough* pointless bump *cough*

:bumps X-Kal into a fuirt pile.

Now that's how you bump

[X-Kal]

*cough* pointless bump *cough*

:bumps X-Kal into a fuirt pile.

Now that's how you bump

*pies Furion*

Regarding the bulgarian pack, I implore you to visit dragonprime.net. You're not going to get the kind of support you'd get over here, largely because dragonprime is the primary modder's community.

[Sliph]

Umm, how do we get favor after we run out of soulpoints?

[Lauri]

You don't - you wait until the new day.

[X-Kal]

Isn't there a section in the FAQ about sending you money? :P

Though I think it was something like "No, bribery isn't going to get you alive again, though we would still appreciate the money" - something along those lines.

[RichPlaystation]

I think it used to be (on Dragoncat anyway) but isn't anymore since they added a load more info a while back (I had a read through and I can't see it anyway)

[whirledtraveler]

When I log in at home, it's fine. If I try to log in at work, I get an error. Could this be server issue? Could there be a different server at each location and a character can only log onto one server despite their name/account being in the game?

[Shiqra]

Sometimes work computers give troubles. When I worked for the county I used to get errors whenI tried to play during my lunch break.

[Lauri]

When I log in at home, it's fine. If I try to log in at work, I get an error. Could this be server issue? Could there be a different server at each location and a character can only log onto one server despite their name/account being in the game?
No, more than likely you're trying to log into the wrong server.

There are hundreds. These forums are mainly for the official ones - lotgd.net, logd.dragoncat.net and gemdust.com - if you play on another one your username and password won't work. We often get this complaint from people who signed up on someone else's site.

[whirledtraveler]

Sometimes work computers give troubles. When I worked for the county I used to get errors whenI tried to play during my lunch break.
Dunno. I just noticed that I have the page bookmarked at
home:http://www.orpgs.com/logd/home.php?op=timeout
and at work I googled it under LOGD:
http://lotgd.net/home.php?
and even at home I cannot log onto the second one. I can only log onto the first URL I gave.

It is confusing. If my character is in the game and registered, I should be able to log in. Unless this is like Diablo or WOW where there are different realms. And I somehow got into one realm and cannot log onto anything but that one.

[RichPlaystation]

When you register for a server you register for THAT server and that server alone, it's not like WoW as each server is not the same, some are vastly different so being able to log in with one account would be useless, feel free to sign up seperatly with the same username and password though with mulitple servers though

This does make sense trust me, you may hate some servers for their rules but love others, try them out and see which suits you best :)

[Shiqra]

That might be it - I don't know. My county work computer was so locked down that even Yahoo! was blocked. I think they periodically checked up on the staff to see where they were surfing and blocked more URLs, because one day I couldn't log on to LotGD on my break. Or I was trying to log on to the wrong server - I do dumb stuff sometimes. I never did figure it out, and then my internship was up.

[RichPlaystation]

In that case I have a great but simple tip, when at home copy and paste web addresses into a blank email and send it to yourself and just keep it, if you can acsess your emails from somewhere you can always then visit the correct server (or indeed any other site you would probably forget the URL for) :D

[Lauri]

Sometimes work computers give troubles. When I worked for the county I used to get errors whenI tried to play during my lunch break.
Dunno. I just noticed that I have the page bookmarked at
home:http://www.orpgs.com/logd/home.php?op=timeout
and at work I googled it under LOGD:
http://lotgd.net/home.php?
and even at home I cannot log onto the second one. I can only log onto the first URL I gave.

It is confusing. If my character is in the game and registered, I should be able to log in. Unless this is like Diablo or WOW where there are different realms. And I somehow got into one realm and cannot log onto anything but that one.

You're in the wrong server - every website has its own player database and they're administered by different webmasters.