The brief:
IMPORTANT: Hoard the [Trophy Booster] Stars you earn in your bag. Stop
spending KoE, Credits, Argents and Victor Medals for now. Spending
them now will cost you lots later. Ask a commander why and when it's wise to spend them, or see your Discord
guides and channels and voice in your browser @
https://discord.gg/dmSQ7sY
Daily [Directives] and personal [Operation] give Junior Gods the good to great rewards. Make teams and/or spend faith. Solo, finish all your [Bastion] quests. Earn seasonal mounts. Story quests are less important. Ignore Thea, Terra, Hostile Territories, Distortions, Nightmares, and Cognition quests until you unlock your Elder God or a leader invites you
personally to one.
Every day check and handle F9, 9, L, N, B, Invasion Atlas, Y > RECENT, K >ToK, >Cath, >ToD. Often, check Shift K> Directives and Y>Operations and run them to earn Followers, Science, Deeds, and Premium Boosters that you spend fast. Save and hoard TB stars, Argents, and Victor Medals for items on sale. Use stims on grey dirs for better prizes.
Use god form on group missions to earn the most [Divine Deeds]. Rarely go god on squads (they are easy) or invasions (very expensive, so use a team) or trails (give no deeds for gods). Look for and give /invites. Ignore the "find a group" button. Bi-weekly, try to join a ITA and ITAP team in Tacit Dunes for prizes
The deets:
This briefing starts with "Cultivate friends from everywhere." We expect and encourage new gods to let higher rank players assist with their directives - we know they are tough, and ALL of us got help from others. Let us pay it forward for you
Make friends by giving other players a commodity that the game cannot give them: Respect. Use simple manners like "please" and "thank you" (tyvm) a lot, say "afk" and "back" when others are working with you, "sorry" when your err, acknowledge requests from others, especially group hosts and team leaders, follow instructions and help if you possibly can. You get the idea.
After that, you can provide an even rarer commodity: Admiration. When another player does something you truly admire, tell them in public chat. It can be part of a thank you. "How did you do that cool move?" "How can I get a copy of your nifty item". Give criticism in private, if at all. Nothing is more humiliating than a public chastisement, or causes more anger when it's embarrassing or unwarranted.
Last, originate communication often. "Welcome back", "I'd like your advice...", even "I'm glad because you...", are great things to tell anyone. Gives honest praise whenever you can. Add "
answer all your communications, (even if it's been a while since it was sent) to your daily list, then start a few. (This works beautifully in real life, too.)
Daily (if not more often) tend to your:
Adepts (L), (manage them)
Prizes (F9), (accept them)
B-Bag (open boxes, use the best items, sell the rest, buy necessary slots),
Sales (N), (consider dailies and packs, but usually don't buy)
I-Invasion Atlas (spend [Eidoi]),
Community Chat (Y>Recent) (review, reply, be friendly),
Shift-K to [Hall of Deeds] (spend your [Divine Deeds]),
Shift-K Tower and Cathedral (visit for daily rewards, spend nothing), and
Shift-K AELION screen...
[Directives] give juicy "catch-up" prizes over the [JOIN] buttons:
[Followers] immediately boost your Cathedral Might,
[Scientific Development] coins click in Bag to boost your ToK Might,
[Trophy Booster] stars HOARD until a [Hall Trophies] sale, and
[Divine
Deeds] spent in your [Hall of Deeds] in the [Capital] give buffs and abilities.
Use those Deeds to fill the first
three [Hall of Deeds] tabs (Knowledge for Support, Willpower for Tanks, War for Damage) about in the order presented to unlock Elder God status.
To get the six
Avatar Trophies you need to unlock the first three HoD tabs, take every "Trava" (Training Avatar) invitation you can. Players who solo a lot should work half-way thru the fourth tab [Halls
of Travel] early, using up some credits.
Other valuable Directive prizes are:
[Victory Medals] to hoard until a [Hall of Trophies] sale,
[Premium Days] to use on days when you game a lot,
[Premium Boosters] to use right away for extra daily prizes,
[Argents] to save for legendary weapons and other must-have items on sale,
[Sparks of Transform] to save for new classes, and
large [Credit drops] to hoard for now. You'll need 2.6 million later. Do buy open spaces to enlarge your Bag as you need them. Don't spend credits in the Cathedral or KoE in the Tower while you are in catch-up
After your 1) daily Directives and Operations ("Dirs&Ops"), 2) [Bastion] quests (range easy to hard) offer additional skills and resources. Open all you can: they overlap with each other and your directives so one mission can get you many completions. You can use use a [Stimulant] to bypass one bastion quest anytime.
3) The two [Inghar Test Area] group adventures in Tacit Dunes province (ITA and ITAP) need at least two strong players to complete even one round there. They award [Argents] and other prizes to all participants every week, and special prizes every two weeks.
Less important are 4) Seasonal (easy) and Story quests season 2 or 3 (vary easy to hard), 5) You can safely ignore quests in Thea, Terra, Hostile Territories, and Distortion quests (all very hard) for now although they give buffs and prizes. Guides and rising rank make them easier as you continue playing. 6) You cannot join most Nightmare quests (unlock with Trial Rank) or Cog quests (unlock with Elder God status) yet.
7) When a Pantheon leader or trusted Elder arranges and invites you to a special mission or class or duty, try to accept it if at all possible. The personal prizes might not seem great, but the jumps in status, leader boards, team play, experience, training, and future invitations are surprisingly rewarding.
Now, let's get your Adepts and Faith maximized!