(Newbie)

05/14/07 11:12 AM

199.217.233.34

So how do I get off this thing.

I'm a noob.
I'm on noob island, I assume. Map zoom level 1 and 3 show my surrounding area, zoom level 4 shows a big color filled world I want to get into.

I'm scouting this game for some friends, if we actually do start playing I'm looking at 5-15 active/casual players, so I need to hurry up and get a start on cutting us out a niche.

If the stuff I do on noob island does not mean anything, I want off. I gather from my reading that the way off noob island is to join a faction, leave the noob faction, or claim a square off the island.

I'm not really intrested in joining an existing faction till I get a better feel for the game and see how we would interact in the confines of it's political base. I cannot seem to find any way to leave the noob faction to get ejected from the island. I've been through the tabs and sub options, I probably am just missing it, help.

I've tried checking the "center view" box and stepping the map on zoom level three a bunch of times, trying to get to the main map, it does not seem to work that way. I cannot seem to zoom into the main map, it always zooms in on noob island as soon as I get out of zoom 4, no matter where i have it centered. I'v tried entering random co-ords and jumping to them hoping to find the mainland shotgun style, I'm still getting the endless green plain... How do I claim land off Noob island if I cannot even look at land off of noob island except from a bird's eye perspective that does not allow selection of zones?

Help would be appreciated, I'm looking to get into the game, not spend a few weeks in a meaningless sandbox. I'm aware that that means I'll probably get my first few empires eaten, thats fine with me. Better to get eaten with the chance to succeed in the open then to survive in a box canyon of "protection".