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by VTurtle
Sat Jan 28, 2012 1:28 am
Forum: General
Topic: Ways to get newbies to stay
Replies: 33
Views: 7341

QUOTE (fuzzylunkin1 @ Jan 26 2012, 11:58 PM) Here's one place where integrated voice chat could be useful. It's not hard for anyone to get Mumble and connect, but new players usually don't even bother to look. The text/voice chat feature is truly impressive, but it's one more addition to the hefty ...
by VTurtle
Fri Jan 27, 2012 3:58 am
Forum: General
Topic: Ways to get newbies to stay
Replies: 33
Views: 7341

Uh, Hello again. I joined up almost exactly a year ago and played for a month or so. I was thinking that it might be fun to get back in again and since I see this thread here I figured I'd give you my thoughts. One thing I read on the common newbie mistakes article on allegwiki is the following: Bro...
by VTurtle
Wed Feb 02, 2011 4:39 pm
Forum: New Pilots Forum
Topic: The Old Stupid Questions Topic™
Replies: 155
Views: 11979

A phrase I've seen occasionally is "int bombing." What is that? It would seem to mean interceptor bombing, which does not compute.
by VTurtle
Tue Feb 01, 2011 6:25 pm
Forum: New Pilots Forum
Topic: Topic Of the Week - Proxing an Aleph.
Replies: 14
Views: 1568

One thing I've been wondering: What's the difference between prox and caltrops in terms of damage and duration?

I plan on looking this kind of thing up in the Core Editor eventually, but it will probably take quite a while before I can parse that comfortably.
by VTurtle
Tue Feb 01, 2011 2:12 pm
Forum: New Pilots Forum
Topic: The Old Stupid Questions Topic™
Replies: 155
Views: 11979

Question: If I fly a ship that costs money (say a fighter-bomber which I did get to fly once) and somehow manage to survive long enough to re-dock (which didn't happen) and want to change ships what happens to the fig-bee? Does it just remain purchased for me ready for the next run? Basically I'm tr...
by VTurtle
Tue Feb 01, 2011 1:13 am
Forum: New Pilots Forum
Topic: Check in here!
Replies: 217
Views: 8225

VTurtle checking in.
by VTurtle
Wed Jan 26, 2011 6:38 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Welcome Newbie Players
Replies: 1006
Views: 101047

I guess I might as well introduce myself. I'm VTurtle, also known as "that newb who flew around the base several times the other night looking for the #$@# green door until he gave up and let the autopilot handle it." I normally go by Valiant Turtle, but had to shorten it here. I noticed a...