http://obsidian.darkbb.com/advice-and-faqs-f18/-t1.htm Advice and Frequently Asked Questions for new pilots. All you old timers put away those zimmers and walking sticks, and wheeze some good old advice to help all our new recruits. Wed, 06 May 2009 12:21:50 GMT 10 http://i32.servimg.com/u/f32/11/90/22/17/opc40012.png http://obsidian.darkbb.com/advice-and-faqs-f18/-t1.htm http://obsidian.darkbb.com/advice-and-faqs-f18/medusa-skilling-t804.htm superlars
You gain around 0.25 man/tac a day up to around 75 Man and 70 Tac! So drop those guns and start hitting those monsters for some really nice skills! ]]> Advice and FAQs Wed, 06 May 2009 12:21:50 GMT http://obsidian.darkbb.com/advice-and-faqs-f18/medusa-skilling-t804.htm#6117 http://obsidian.darkbb.com/advice-and-faqs-f18/medusa-skilling-t804.htm http://obsidian.darkbb.com/advice-and-faqs-f18/skillgains-spreadsheet-t732.htm superlars I noticed this Pardus forums earlier, some people have really put some time into coming up with this formula (Owen Hunter (orion)and Kilian (pegasus). Anyway, I just stole their formula and put it into a spreadsheet that can do the following: * Tell you what gains you get from a certain amount of rounds vs. a certain NPC * Tell you how many APs you need to gain a certain amount of skills * Tell you the APcosts to acure a certain amount of ASPs * and other stuff related to the ... Advice and FAQs Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:46:12 GMT http://obsidian.darkbb.com/advice-and-faqs-f18/skillgains-spreadsheet-t732.htm#5579 http://obsidian.darkbb.com/advice-and-faqs-f18/skillgains-spreadsheet-t732.htm http://obsidian.darkbb.com/advice-and-faqs-f18/retreat-chances-vs-npcs-tac-not-man-affects-t731.htm Redwing I have just finished (in Orion) an extensive series of test runs of retreat chances against Euryale Swarmlings. In summary, the number of attacks that one makes prior to retreating makes no difference to the chances of a successful retreat. Maneuver makes no difference to the chances of a successful retreat. The only skill that affect retreat chances is Tactics. Following are some summaries of tests: A ) Offensive combat vs. defensive combat 1-round attack, immediate retreat, with ... Advice and FAQs Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:59:23 GMT http://obsidian.darkbb.com/advice-and-faqs-f18/retreat-chances-vs-npcs-tac-not-man-affects-t731.htm#5570 http://obsidian.darkbb.com/advice-and-faqs-f18/retreat-chances-vs-npcs-tac-not-man-affects-t731.htm http://obsidian.darkbb.com/advice-and-faqs-f18/ambushes-settings-t615.htm Orak Ambushes are one of the most efficient combat approaches in Pardus. Instead of trying to catch your enemy in open space and of guard, you find out his location and set an ambush on a tile they are likely to fly through, to try and send them home in a pod. It is important to always have a retreat point set. For that you need an ambush teleporter (ship equipment) and it has to be done within 10 minutes of laying the ambush. When laying ambush you can specify a lot of settings, such as attack ... Advice and FAQs Thu, 08 Jan 2009 05:24:25 GMT http://obsidian.darkbb.com/advice-and-faqs-f18/ambushes-settings-t615.htm#4561 http://obsidian.darkbb.com/advice-and-faqs-f18/ambushes-settings-t615.htm http://obsidian.darkbb.com/advice-and-faqs-f18/package-ranking-guide-authored-by-midas-t589.htm bogram 1. try to avoid sectors like sobein and lavebe, due to the excessive amount of energy travel and low amount of bulletin boards. (unless you see many missions there..). 2. start your trip with 5k aps. plan your root as that in about 3k aps you'll have a TO with drugs. take 12t, and continue. 3. remember what targets you generally saw on BB and act according to it. if there are many missions on the other direction - do the reverse. otherwise, consider doing the other half of the circle threw ... Advice and FAQs Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:23:26 GMT http://obsidian.darkbb.com/advice-and-faqs-f18/package-ranking-guide-authored-by-midas-t589.htm#4389 http://obsidian.darkbb.com/advice-and-faqs-f18/package-ranking-guide-authored-by-midas-t589.htm http://obsidian.darkbb.com/advice-and-faqs-f18/owl-combat-guide-t544.htm superlars Advanced Strategic Combat - Improving Coordination When you are coordinating an assault towards another alliance or faction (in case of war) and you expect a lot of resistance, there are a good many ways to improve on your performance as a team. The following is a list of useful suggestions: 1. Communications: Arrange for either TeamSpeak or another Voice Communications (perhaps Skype) to be installed and ready on all participants. Communication is absolutely vital for a good operation. At ... Advice and FAQs Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:49:21 GMT http://obsidian.darkbb.com/advice-and-faqs-f18/owl-combat-guide-t544.htm#4048 http://obsidian.darkbb.com/advice-and-faqs-f18/owl-combat-guide-t544.htm http://obsidian.darkbb.com/advice-and-faqs-f18/owl-skilling-guide-t543.htm superlars Skilling Guide - Feel Free to Contribute I think a few tips on increasing skills in a fast and efficient manner is important so here are a few notes. Overskilling: First of all, it is important to note that skills and experience go hand in hand. Should you spend all your time skilling without ever killing a creature, you would soon exceed your skill limits as dictated by your XP. The Fearsome Ship Calculator ([Pardus Manual - Links - Data Vault - Fearsome ship Calculator]) contains ... Advice and FAQs Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:48:08 GMT http://obsidian.darkbb.com/advice-and-faqs-f18/owl-skilling-guide-t543.htm#4047 http://obsidian.darkbb.com/advice-and-faqs-f18/owl-skilling-guide-t543.htm http://obsidian.darkbb.com/advice-and-faqs-f18/image-pack-guide-t262.htm deamons This is the Image pack guide, complete with screenshots for Internet Explorer 7-8 If you have Fire Fox see the post below. Create a folder named "pardus" in your C: drive Inside the pardus folder you save (download) the imagepack (it's an images.zip file) Unpack the images.zip to another folder named "images" (this goes automaticly if I'm correct) this is what you have now: pardus > images + images (.zip) delete the images.zip file or ... Advice and FAQs Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:00:40 GMT http://obsidian.darkbb.com/advice-and-faqs-f18/image-pack-guide-t262.htm#1518 http://obsidian.darkbb.com/advice-and-faqs-f18/image-pack-guide-t262.htm http://obsidian.darkbb.com/advice-and-faqs-f18/starbase-combat-t276.htm Orak These are copies of Scarless (OWL) and Daemon Mightflame's (OWL) description of Starbase combat. Before putting down the quotes though few basic things: Once an SB is attacked all defenses target the attacker, more or like like building combat, you will return fire at a single defense at random. Existing defenses are Small Defense Artillery, Medium Defense Artillery and Heavy Defense Artillery. The SB consists of a central unit - Command Center surrounded by Habitat Rings, ... Advice and FAQs Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:44:48 GMT http://obsidian.darkbb.com/advice-and-faqs-f18/starbase-combat-t276.htm#1670 http://obsidian.darkbb.com/advice-and-faqs-f18/starbase-combat-t276.htm http://obsidian.darkbb.com/advice-and-faqs-f18/faction-relation-and-reputation-t185.htm Falk (an alliance msg send by Orak. Very useful, so saving it here for eternity ) Hi all, following the resent changes in faction relations that include what many believe to be a brewing war between the empire and the Federation and the dropping relations of the Union with the other factions i would like to explain the possible reasons and results to our newer pilots. At this manual page you will find the effects on one's reputation as a result from armed conflicts and affected by current ... Advice and FAQs Thu, 29 May 2008 17:00:32 GMT http://obsidian.darkbb.com/advice-and-faqs-f18/faction-relation-and-reputation-t185.htm#930 http://obsidian.darkbb.com/advice-and-faqs-f18/faction-relation-and-reputation-t185.htm http://obsidian.darkbb.com/advice-and-faqs-f18/best-buildings-for-profit-t154.htm SilentRose Whoever knows the profits for buildings, Please post here. And/or post the best building to have for profits. Advice and FAQs Thu, 15 May 2008 20:57:52 GMT http://obsidian.darkbb.com/advice-and-faqs-f18/best-buildings-for-profit-t154.htm#681 http://obsidian.darkbb.com/advice-and-faqs-f18/best-buildings-for-profit-t154.htm http://obsidian.darkbb.com/advice-and-faqs-f18/economy-and-trading-guide-t97.htm Orak Notes toward a guide I'll adoupt Marquis' system, since writing this things takes for ever and it will come in parts. So before the actual guide is written i'll put the main chapters and topics here to expend on them in the following posts. Eventualy the first post will become sort of an index page. This guide concerns Trade and Economy but is not only for traders. Everybody have buildings, and to make a building profitable you have to know how to set it up right. Fighters, hackers ... Advice and FAQs Sat, 12 Apr 2008 23:35:18 GMT http://obsidian.darkbb.com/advice-and-faqs-f18/economy-and-trading-guide-t97.htm#434 http://obsidian.darkbb.com/advice-and-faqs-f18/economy-and-trading-guide-t97.htm http://obsidian.darkbb.com/advice-and-faqs-f18/ranking-and-exp-ing-notes-towards-a-manual-t94.htm Marquis Ranking Manual Contents 1. Table and Tips 2. Missions defined 3. Mission Tactics 4. 1-13 Ranking Guide 5. Ships for Ranking 6. Union ships and equipment 1. Table and Tips Ranking Table RankTitleNo. of Missons% per mission 01Flunkeyn/an/a 02Minion812.500 03Acolyte234.348 04Bookie462.174 05Collector831.205 06Accountant1330.752 07Cleaner2010.498 08Made Man2880.347 09Chief3970.252 10Kingpin5300.189 11Nephew/Niece6900.145 12Son/Daughter8780.114 13Godfather/Godmother12950.071 ... Advice and FAQs Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:25:17 GMT http://obsidian.darkbb.com/advice-and-faqs-f18/ranking-and-exp-ing-notes-towards-a-manual-t94.htm#429 http://obsidian.darkbb.com/advice-and-faqs-f18/ranking-and-exp-ing-notes-towards-a-manual-t94.htm