Welcome to hellrising and thank you for giving this awesome game a chance. The first thing you need to know is that you are going to die a lot. This is not an error, it's just a byproduct of the fast AP (Action Points) system and how the game currently works. So don't become discouraged when you die three times on your first day, that is typical to even veteran players.
Before starting your character read this! It is recommended to start as the firefighter or soldier class because those are the easiest for getting started. This helps you get XP (Experience Points) more easily so that you can level up faster and get the skills you need/want quicker.
Choosing Your Class
This section lists Pros and Cons of each class playable as Human.
The Soldier Class
- Pros
-Carries an assault rifle from the start.
-Gets "Assault Weapon Training" skill for +10% better chance to hit with assault weapons.
- Cons
-Combat will be your best and only way to gain XP, this could be good or bad depending on your enemies.
-No Walkie Talkie with this class.
The Doctor Class
- Pros
-Carries medkits and is based on healing at start.
-Gets "Analysis" skill, which lets you see the HP of other humans.
-Getting XP with Healing Items is very easy, and should start you off with fast leveling.
- Cons
-No Walkie Talkie with this class.
-Unprepared for combat.
The Carpenter Class
- Pros
-Starts off with Walkie Talkie
-Has ability to make barricades, a useful defense tool.
-The sledgehammer is a solid starting weapon.
- Cons
-Barricades don't give XP, so XP will be slow, unless you want to repair buildings for 1 XP per successful repair.
The Convict Class
- Pros
-Gets "Blunt Weapon Training" skill, a useful starting tool for melee-oriented users.
- Cons
-No Walkie Talkie with this class.
The Police Officer Class
- Pros
-Starts off with a pistol
-Gets "Small Arms Training" skill, very useful, as it applies to shotguns as well as pistols.
- Cons
-No Walkie Talkie with this class.
The Firefighter Class
- Pros
-Has a Walkie Talkie
-Gets "Blade Training" skill, adding 10% more chance to hit with bladed weapons, useful with your axe.
- Cons
-There are few cons with this class that can be listed.
The Vagrant Class
- Pros
-Gets "Scavenging" skill (increased chance to find items), making your gathering process the easiest of all.
- Cons
-No Walkie Talkie with this class.
-Unprepared for combat.
-Starts off with virtually no way to defend yourself.
Starting Off
When you start out with your class, there are a few things to consider. A couple are:
- Do you have a decently safe place to hide while logged off/Out of AP?
- Can you handle combat yet?
- Does your class start off with a walkie and are you going to join a group?
Regardless of this, you should start off by making your way to a location where you can nab a Walkie Talkie and supplies. Fire Stations, Fort Armories, and Police Stations come to mind. Forts are the best place to stock up on what you need. When you've secured your supplies, you'll have probably exhausted a lot of AP. Find a remote place to log off at, and enter your place of choice. When your AP is down, you can do other things, or find a group and browse the forums.
What Skills to Get?
So you got enough XP to level up but you don’t know what to use it on, huh? Anyone who plans on using firearms should buy Ballistics Training, or Melee Training if they are planning on using melee weapons. After this, just go up your weapons tree (i.e. if you're going to use the assault rifle then get Advanced Assault Weapon Training skill). Doctors should get First Aid as their first skill so they can heal more and get more XP. Afterwards get Lab Studies or a weapon skill, to defend yourself or if you you want to get xp from reviving corpses. Scavenging will help you find med-kits quicker so you can use your AP to heal others. After this use your XP as you like because there are no more healing skills. A general skill to have for all classes would be the Hiding skill because it makes you like a ghost to enemies and will stop most low level to mid level intruders wishing to kill you or turn you into a nasty vampire.
General Survival Tips
Here are a few tips that will keep you alive and on top of the game:
- Try to stay in a remote location
- Get a Walkie Talkie (found in Fire Departments, Police Stations, and Fort Armories) and join a group so you can make friends that will help you survive. finding a group is almost non-negotiable, as it is beneficial to you and the group.
- A very common place for revivals is on Comeback Lane, right below Fort Longden.
- If you can’t make it to a safehouse, find a building and stay in there with no barricades and the door open.
- A Kevlar Vest (found in Police Stations) can be worn to reduce the damage you take.
- Always leave the barricades in Forts at light.
- Vampire players are unable to sense humans inside multi-tile buildings (schools, malls, and grocery stores would be examples), so, by hiding in such a building, you can minimize the risk of being killed by vampires while offline.
- No place is safe, only safer.
- Don't waste your XP on skills you don't want or don't need. Since every time you buy a skill, the next skill you buy increases in price, buying pointless skills could hinder you when switching to another race.
Well, this is the end of the guide, thanks for reading!
Q/A
Group Q/A
- Q: Nobody says anything in my group. Why is this?
- A: Either you don't have a walkie talkie, or you have an inactive group. People tend to have inactive group chat due to the recent lack of players.
- Q: there is no active "input theme group here"
- A: create the group you want to be in yourself and invite your friends also read creating a group guide from the front page
- Q: I don't want to be in a group, I just want to be on my own and not get infinite invites. What do I do?
- A: Create your own group and make it apply-only.
Credits
-Bleachbleed for fixing/rewriting what Paladin had written and also fixing some grammar errors
-Funnytool for his original efforts at writing this first before Paladin erased it without permission
-Paladin for taking the time to fix this guide and include more information/correct grammar.
-EVA-251 for fixing information and grammar
-Group Death Squad for being the best group out there
-Hiei229 for making Death Squad
-Me OmegaAkuma for making this guide
-Posted by hiei because he didn't know how to use a wiki, neither do I but I don't care.