April 9, 2007
6:57 am
I stumbled upon this title while website hopping. I saw some nice screenshots at the site so I decided to give this baby a try. I downloaded and installed the game client and after registering twice I was ready to enter the Entropia Universe
After logging in, the first thing you’ll have to do is create a character and so I did. I had some flimsy moments with the character creation. I can’t seem to control my mouse which keeps moving unexpectedly and it reminded me more of Second Life although SL has more options. Once you have created and named your character, you’ll be transported to the Entropia Universe.
In-game, I didn’t know what to do so the first thing I did is study the game’s interface which wasn’t that very hard. Next was I studied how to move. Now this was a challenge because you have 2 views, first person and third person view, and 2 ways to move, the mouse and the keyboard but I just decided to play it like Rakion Online which is third person with mouse and keyboard.
Moving around like a crazy idiot, I ran, jumped and walked around the New Arrival area. I also got some information from clicking some NPCs that were there and the help icon will flash and flash as I get near to some new stuff in the area.
After some reading and asking I learned that as newbies what we can do was to gather sweat, yes SWEAT, from monsters. The sweat we collect can be sold to other players for PED. I went out of the base to look for monsters. The map was big and the monsters were quite far apart. I also didn’t know that the monsters were aggressive. I spent a lot of time running back to the nearest gun turret being chased by monsters.
At first I thought that I need to be extremely close to the monster to gather their sweat (yuck) but it seems that the gathering skill has a good range so you can gather from a safe distance. Well, it’s not really safe since the monster can move to your direction and once it notices you it will chase you.
Being a newbie in Entropia is quite boring but someone told me that it gets better as you progress and gets further into the game. Well, I really hope so!
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By Kabalyero 538 views
April 9th, 2007 at 10:01 am
It’s a Real Cash Economy. It’s slickly designed to be very addictive. It’s a clevery disguised Casino, and people have literally spent I am not exaggerating: 1000’s and 1000’s of $ US to get anywhere skillwise. I would stay away unless you have a huge amount of money to lose. The makers (MindArk) say it’s ‘dynamic” meaning they change whatever they want whenever they want, whenever a player has found a way to break even. It is very common, the norm actually, to spend 20$ US per hour, HOUR! to play and some players spend $200 US per DAY.
Be Very Careful.
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April 10th, 2007 at 12:49 am
Thanks MSD, I did read something like that in the game’s description.
$20 per hour, WOW, there are so many rich people out there
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April 23rd, 2007 at 4:24 am
MSD is wrong, the norm is more like $1 per hour. This is written on the Entropia site. But what Entropia does right is that it allows for people with little time and a lot of money to be equal in an mmorpg, as money = skills in Entropia.
Also don’t forget that you can sell your skills and items for real money if you want to. Which other game allows for that?
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April 23rd, 2007 at 5:38 am
Entropia is 1 of the best mmorpg games I have played and the longest surviving game on my computer.It has a very mature community which makes it a very nice looking 3d chat room with players from all over the world.If you want to play with your money you must play smart and use the right tools with the right skills,dont try to run before you can walk or you will lose.You can get all the info you need from Entropia homepage and forums,info is important so do your homework it will make a big difference to your game.
A good tip is to join a society or get a mentor this will help a lot in your early progression.Dont go into this game with the idea you will make money straight away just economize your spending or you will lose.
Entropia is a world that has many options for activities and Character classes i.e hunting ,crafting,mining and many more.This is good online entertainment and recommend you try as there is a lot more to discover there.
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April 26th, 2007 at 5:27 pm
EU can be as cheap or expensive as you like it’s all up to you.
You read about EU on my blog on my website at http://MyEntropianLife.blogspot.com
Cheers
Thoreau
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