Index of Basic Information
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This is meant as a reference for New Players to more easily locate the information they need. The information contained is primarily links and descriptions to other pages throughout the wiki. If you're here, the you've probably noticed the relative lack of centralization, making it quite a task for new players to find what they're looking for. That said, this is meant as a collection of bookmarks and descriptions for myself as much as anyone else.
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Guides and References
Small collection of the most useful sources of information for new players. Even the not-so-new may find this to be a nice collection of starting points to find what you are looking for.
New Player References
First and foremost you really do need to read the Player's Guide
Then it's a matter of getting your Empire started out well, which are addressed well here:
| Beginner's Guide | The Basic introduction to the game. Goes more into the gameplay and getting started than the PDF "Player's Guide." |
| Noob Guide to Basic Understanding of i3042 | Fantastic and fantastically brief direction for Newcomers to get some idea of a direction for their empire. |
| Farming for the City Slickers | Very important tidbit about handling your population. |
| Player Created Guides | Eventually you will want to read everything here. |
For those of you not quite ready to do the heavy reading, below is a basic summary that won't help nearly as much as reading at least the Beginner's Guide.
Main Categories
| Maps | The Star Map, Planets, Zones, Sectors and other useful information. |
| Points | Basic information regarding the game currencies (Build Points, Research Points, iCash, iPoints, etc...) |
| Factions | Game Clans, and Inner Sphere factions. |
| Combat | Mostly useful things about Invasions, Raids, and Recons. |
| Weapons | References Ballistic weapons, Missile weapons, Energy weapons, Autocannons, and more. |
| Units | Battle Armor, Vehicles, and Mechs. |
Management
Regarding the basics of how to get your empire up and rolling.
Getting Started
Check the Beginner's Guide for the best starting reference, ormy Quick Start Guide for a quick step by step process of getting some buildings built.
Basic Guidelines:
- 1 Farmer / 12 Population
- 1-4Rp / 10Bp
- Avoid unemployment and keep facilities staffed
- Production Goals:
- 20Rp 200Bp
- 50Rp 1000Bp
- 500Rp 3000Bp
- A $20 Donation when you start is about equal to the first 3-6 months of building without a donation.
- Just make sure you type your username correctly when you donate.
Infrastructure and Planet Management
Research
Welcome to the War
Once you have a suitable Capital built, you'll want to join a faction and get yourself a planet... then the real fun begins.
Production
Once you have firmly established your home planet, its time to think about producing your own units. Producing any unit typically works in stages.
- Refining
- Building Refineries to employ miners
- Converting MPoints to Minerals
- Iron, Silicon, Nitrogen, etc...
- Production
- Buy a Blueprint or Research Components
- Armor, Engines, Movement, Structure, Weapons, Ammo, etc...
- Create a Production Order, and ensure required minerals are available
- Either with MPoints, or by purchasing the minerals (24hr shipping)
- Place the Order (costs BPoints)
- Buy a Blueprint or Research Components
- Construction
- Identical to Producing Components, except it requires components instead of minerals.
- Still requires either a blueprint or the research
- Requires alot more BPoints
Don't even consider trying to produce all the minerals and components you will need... it can be done... but can also be quite a headache. Instead keep in mind that every mineral, component, and unit is available for purchase or trade somewhere. You'll save yourself time and resources if you do your homework before trying to build everything yourself.
