Reddit: Beginners Guide to F2P ArcheAge

[Zeli]

I saw this posted on Reddit and thought it was good info:

SOURCE: www.reddit.com/r/archeage/comments/2gkukc/beginners_guide_to_f2p_gaming_in_archeage/

Benefits of F2P Gaming:

• Life is simple and the game is free.
• No need to worry about land and farming.
• Can focus completely on quests, dungeons, and PVP.

"How do I make money as a F2P player?"

• Do all your quests! You get weapons, armors, and gilda stars from quests. You'll also have lots of money by the time you hit level 50.
• Do dungeons as many times as you can. The drops sell for quite a lot. However, you'll need a Patron friend to help you sell the drops so make lots of Patron friends!
• Offer protection to people doing trade runs. Lots of Patrons are horrible at PVP and need protection when travelling with their expensive trade packs. Trade packs can get pretty expensive and time consuming to make so people are always looking for protection.
• Explore the sea and find valuable treasures in ship wrecks and treasure chests underwater!

"How do I gear up as a F2P player?"

• Do quests! Quests will gear you up all the way to level 50. Here's a list of quests that will give you end game gear: www.reddit.com/r/archeage/comments/2d9x6g/starter_gear_for_a_level_50/
• Do dungeons! Dungeons can give you weapon, armor, and accessories!
• Craft weapons and armor that require metal since you don't need a farm to do that!

General Tips:

• Join a guild!
• Mine every ore you see!
• Get really good at PVP.
• In order to sell in the Auction House as a F2P player, you'll need to buy an Auction House License from other players, from the AH, or from the Cash Shop. You only need to buy it once and it's fairly cheap so it's not a big problem at all!
• Patrons who didn't get land as well as F2P players will have to do illegal farming in order to get resources on their own which means there will always be secret farms to discover and steal!
• Just because you don't own land doesn't mean you can't farm! If you can find a spot that's very hidden you can start your own illegal farm by simply planting your plants in the ground. Other people can steal it though so make sure it's very hidden! I would suggest planting crops that have a short harvest time so it's not out in the open for very long.

One thing I'd like to mention:
Check with your guild on their stance on stealing from hidden gardens before you do it.

[Winin]

Thanks! I'm installing now and will give it a shot this evening after the kids are in bed. Of course you and the Sandbox guys are on different servers.

[Zeli]

Aw... that's always how these things go!

Where did you end up, Winin?

[Slurm]

Probably with the others since we're a known quantity of quitters.

[Zeli]

Sept 17, 2014 5:21:01 GMT -5 Slurm said:

Probably with the others since we're a known quantity of quitters.

Well that's kind of true of anyone playing ArcheAge right? Unless it's their first MMO, they all quite before too.

[Slurm]

Well, yeah. (pssh, look at you bringing sensible reason into this) I meant from an endurance standpoint.

[Winin]

I couldn't get on yesterday. Today Namia (?) was open, so I rolled a guy there. I'm still learning the ropes. I know 0% about the game mechanics. I'm at the point where I can pick a 2nd skill set, but I want to read up more before I do. Got any good starter sites?

[Maric]

You can trade out skills on the fly so don't worry too much about messing up skill choices.

[Winin]

OK, thanks. I took sorcery, songs, and stealth. It tells me I'm a spellsinger. Gotta get back to my bard roots. I might try auras instead of stealth. Seems better for group pvp.