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I signed up a couple days ago but I haven't heard back yet. Anybody have any idea about how long it takes to get a response?

 

Usually 3-5 business days. (Just about a week; and you'll hear either way)

 

Thanks Bel. I'll keep my fingers crossed.

 

No problem. Good luck! Don't be discouraged if you don't get in the first time...It took me a couple attempts before I got in.

I think BTA had to rewrite his bio 18 times before they accepted him! That's just a rumor though...

 

Heheheee...

It seems i am the most reckless guy on SP.

I counted my character so far and this is 10th. The thing is i've lost all of them in a week's time

This time i actually expect to survive... I'm level 2 druid and have 20HP. That, i belive is enough not to die in one hit.... At least i hope so. And i have another name than Gothmog

Last night was awsome... I didnt get even 1xp but it didnt matter much. I was wandering around asking if anyone knew the way to the White Chalk Hollow and came across a woman who finaly knew that. But it was already late and she said she doesnt want to venture in the dark. So she invited me someplace (secret you know wouldnt want that place too crowded ) with a big pool. We took a bath and it was really hot steamy and such in there... We stayed there all night. I think you can imagine what happened. Suffice to say i was very pleased i havent gone to White Chalk Hollow or anyplace else that time .


I'm trying to stay alive now

 

Noticing that Daggerdale is a very crowded server. I'm wondering if this is a good thing or a bad thing for someone just beginning....wouldn't a less crowded server have greater opportunities? Perhaps the greater population makes it easier to find a group, but I'm unsure. What are your thoughts?

 

I like it there...There are a lot of people, but that means there's plenty of opportunities to roleplay!

The other plus: Going anywhere alone is almost certain death for a new player. Meet people. join a group!

 

True ... see my posts in teh "Taste of ALFA" for the plots going on. Daggerdale has been fun.

 

While it's nice to log on and be guaranteed to be able to get with a party, it would be a good idea to spread some of the players out a bit more though. Last night a group of 5 of us ventured out on a short static quest on DD. Unfortunatley, the quest had recently been completed by another group (or a solo PC, it's an easy quest) and we had to wait ~20 minutes real-time for the bad-guy to respawn. So I highly recommend trying other servers. I'll be moving on (again) to another server soon, probably Arabel once it stablizes. With luck I'll be taking a few other PCs with me

(aside)

Reason #101 for playing a female character:
You'll never run out of healing potions. Male PCs, even the brutes, can be hugely generous

 

I agree about the quests. I usually use them just to kill some time, but it kind of grew a little last night.

The way the quests on DD are set-up (as on TVS) is that each party member has to be on the same 'chapter'. So, with the villian in black quest everyone has to 1) have received the quest and 2) spoken with the arcane sgt. You're supposed to be able to do those separately; as long as you're on the same 'chapter' when you complete it, it should work fine. I took the time to make sure Math's character was set-up and at the same point as mine - I'm hoping it worked. Tested those quests *a lot*.

 

Arabel has some Fed-exing quests that can be soloed if you are in a 'difficult' time zone, however both Arabel city and Arabel countryside servers have to be up.

Alfa really comes to life when you join up with othr players. Of course you don't know their alignment and motives so roleplaying the getting to know you phase and staying IC is vital.

 

I submitted my application today, so I'll keep my fingers crossed for the next few days.

If I get accepted in, there will be a human cleric of Helm, named Beofar Hornstar, desperately looking for his kidnapped, adopted drow daughter, in... Daggerdale. (I know, not very original)

This is actually the first non-halfling character I'm playing in a rpg in a long time. But I guess I can always play a halfling again, when Beofar dies. When I made this character and the story up, I actually named him Beofâr, but I couldn't submit the application with an 'â' on the form. Now the name looks kinda lame.

One final question; if you're character dies, do you have to start playing on the same server, with your new character, or can you continue on a server on the other side of Faerûn?

 

Silverblade ... good luck to you. Its been a blast.

I have a feeling Gnolyn's bandit quest wouldn't have been so long if he hadn't been nice to n00b's like me ... and that Brillian idiot!

After death, you can go anywhere. New life, new place, new history.

 

Well, I usually try to be nice to noob's Serioulsy, I always find it's useful for a new, or relatively new player to be 'brought' into ALFA game-play, rather than to have to stumble around and hope something happens to them. Seems that this does happen a fair amount, especially shortly after Live. So I usually try to give 'em a helping hand, or a not-so gentle shove in some cases Not sure what the story was with that other player though - could have been a language problem, but after Kataney spent 5 mins shouting the same phrase at her, "Vot. Ess. You. Name.", well you have to wonder.