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[Remington] Astrub Academy studies, teaches and more! So I've noticed a lot of newbies wandering around without a sense of direction lately. This is a real shame if you ask me. So I guess I'll do what I can to help: start a helpful and cooperative guild newbies can join to have experienced guides helping them learn the controls, get the hang of their chosen class and generally make their entry into the World of Twelve as swift and painless as possible.
Unfortunately, right now I'm alone, and there's only so much time I can dedicate to the game. So I'm looking for active, interested and polite players to help me.

Here's a charter of sorts:

As a teaching member of the Academy, you'll have to:
1. Be there to help players less-experienced than you are.
2. Be polite, patient and tolerant. As obvious and idiotic the question seems, you'll have to explain it.
3. Be willing to seek out and offer assistance to newbies.
4. Avoid giving easy solutions to the game's many choices, secrets and inner workings, such as exact formulae, optimum builds and exact locations of a secret; but provide the inquirer assistance in reaching them by him- or herself.
5. Speak English at at least a moderate level. Perfect fluency is not necessary, but extremely pleasing to see. Knowledge of other languages is a huge bonus, as well.

Additionally (Or alternately), you can join as a researcher, and help with:
1. Exploring the game's mechanics, working out the more minute details of how the game world works - including things like formulae, AI behaviour and so on.
2. Writing guides, manuals and descriptions, ranging anywhere from class strategies to crafting recipe lists, to guides on decorating your Haven Bag.
3. Should we ever acquire a site, wiki, IRC channel or anything of the sort: maintaining them.

And of course, you're always welcome as a student. All you have to do is ask.

There will be a list of persons to ask, but at the moment, it's just me: use forum's PM function or inquire with Zamashet in-game.

In any case, the Academy would prefer to stay neutral: avoid going into politics or non-friendly PvP. While these subjects will be explained, understanding them enough to participate de-facto means you're ready to graduate. Reputation is also important, so avoid attacking others, physically, verbally or ideologically. Everyone likes a good prank, but it's not fun when someone's crying, pointing fingers or fighting. As long as you adhere to those two rules (of sorts), you can stay as long as you like.
Your choice of nation doesn't matter, either. You can join even if you're in Astrub and haven't chosen yet. We'll help with that, too.


This post has been edited by Grichmann - January 18, 2012, 15:59:19.

Hey there. i have just started playing this game with a friend of mine. we really liked it but we have some issues. I would love it if we could join your guild and learn a thing or 2.we are playing a Cra and a Xelor. lvl 20 and 22 at the moment. Our in game names are Deadlythrow and Shamaya.

Id love to join as a teacher, Whats your in-game character name? Grichmann (and how can we meet arrange to be online at same time)

In game name : Alphy


This post has been edited by Venusquake - January 15, 2012, 00:27:41.

I've tried contacting you guys a few times over the last few hours, but didn't manage to catch you. I'll keep trying - I'm usually on at various points throughout the day, so I'm bound to catch you eventually.

And come on, I've left my character name in the original post: it's Zamashet!


This post has been edited by Grichmann - January 15, 2012, 11:16:26.

Hi there. I like the sound of the guild you're trying to create.

Just wondering; which nation you're aligned with? I've just started playing and I'm getting to grips with the game. I'm guessing you have to be part of the same faction to be in a guild together.

Actually, no: you can join any guild regardless of nation, but you won't be able to be in the same party as your guildmembers whose nation you're currently at war with. In fact, you can even create or join a guild without choosing a nation at all.
So as long as I have your character's name, I'll keep trying to get you an invitation.

Hey dude can i join my name is
Thornz

Hey dude can i join my name is
Thornz

Thanks very much Grichmann, I'm learning already

I'm just messing around at the moment; trying out the different characters and seeing which nation I like best. At the moment I'm leaning towards the Sadida class and the nation of Sufokia.

I'll send a message when I've locked in my final choice and decided on a name.

Also wondering; will all characters be deleted at the end of the open beta, or will you still be able to play them after release?

The server will undergo a complete wipe, as far as I'm aware. Everything will be deleted.

Not so good idea during beta,but after the game is released and You still will be eager to run this project it can turn out to be great.
Somehow i can compare this to E.V.E online academy corporations,where newbie players could join to taste and learn the real game.

Im too lazy to join in because my gaming time is now limited but i wish You good luck and hope that You will still want to run it after the wipe.

This sounds right up my alley. I'm still really low atm (lv6 I think) and kinda on the fence about seriously playing the game, but if I can understand the game a bit better I'll be able to make a better informed decision. Please add me. I'll try to contact you ingame as well. My character's name is Faina

I'm inspired partially by an organisation from EVE, yes. Not the starting corporations, but a certain player-run one. You probably know it if you've played the game.

I'm a bit strapped for playing time at the moment, so it might be a bit hard to catch everyone. Real life picking up pace and whatnot. Terribly sorry about it. I haven't abandoned the idea, I check back at the forum often and try to log in at least a couple times during the day to try the names listed. You could try writing me a PM telling me when you usually play to speed the process up somewhat.

Hey Grichmann. My beta character is called Iden. Cya in game  

Character name is Makien.

I want to be a researcher. Finding out how the game works in all its aspects is something I've been thinking about a long time.

As you might have noticed, I haven't been around a lot lately. Gotta reinstate that I want to get it off the ground, but just can't afford to play much because of a series of unlucky coincidences in real life. I estimate that I'll be back in force by mid-February at the latest, and stick to sticking to meta-game activities (Such as the forum) in the meanwhile.

However, that does not mean the project is frozen: you see, Yechnagoth has joined us. You might know her from the forum, she's really helpful, nice, and more active in the game than I am. Contacting her (character name: Gwendolyn) with join requests or questions is probably a much better bet at the moment than trying to catch me.