User:Thebrassthief/Guide

Just starting out in Urban Dead? Good. That's why I'm writing this. That and a combination of boredom in Wester Civilization, but that's something else. The point of this guide is to get you started as a Survivor in Urban Dead. I'm going to assume your alone and not in a group. I'm not going to go over the interface or anything like that and I'm not going to talk about Zombies. This is about how you should operate as a Survivor while playing. So, let's get started.

Making a Character

Yes, playing Urban Dead starts here, before you even get into the game. Making a character will determine how difficult your life will be early on in Urban Dead. As soon as you press that "Sign Up" button your in the game, no second thoughts. Each class starts with certain equipment and one skill. That skill is either very useful or complete crap and it dosen't say what that class' skill is, so I'll tell you.

Military

• Private - Basic Firearms Training
• Medic - First Aid
• Scout - Free Running

Scientist

• NecroTech Lab Assistant - NecroTech Employment
• Doctor - Diagnosis

Civilian

• Cop - Basic Firearms Training
• Firefighter - Axe Proficiency
• Consumer - Shopping

There are some skills that are not useful at all for a character early on. First Aid, Diagnosis, and Shopping. First Aid will let you heal more HP using a First Aid Kit, but in a way that cuts into your EXP gain. This was never explained why to me so I'm going to tell you why. You heal more HP but you don't gain more EXP then if you healed someone without First Aid. If you are carrying around a ton of First Aid Kit and have the skill First Aid, your only getting half as much EXP as you could. Don't start as a Medic and hold off on getting First Aid. Diagnosis let's you see the HP of all Survivors. This is helpful later like First Aid but not when you start out so pass on starting as a Doctor. A Consumer is the worst thing you could start out as. Shopping is useless in one scenario only: you are in a mall. Shopping let's you pick what kind of store to search when you are in a mall. As a newbie you don't need that. You may never see a mall in your first few weeks. You don't need Shopping.

Skills that are very good on that list are Basic Firearms Training, Axe Proficiency, Free Running, and NecroTech Employment. Basic Firearms Training gives you an increased chance to hit with all guns. It's never a bad thing to increase your chance to hit because it's a direct increase in your EXP gain. A Private and a Cop both start with these. It also opens up all of the gunnery sub-skills. Axe Proficiency is another skill that increases your chance to hit with...axe's. Duh. It's a sub-skill of Hand to Hand Combat, so you can also get that when you have the EXP and increase your hit chance even more. Free Running is the most valuable skill in the game. If you are a new Survivor, Free Running is the first skill you should buy if you didn't start as a Scout. It lets you move from building to building without going outside. In a sense it saves you two AP every time you want to go from one building to the next. Amazing skill. NecroTech Employment is an interesting skill. If you start as a NecroTech Lab Assistant you have an easy way of getting EXP by "tagging" zombies with your DNA Extractor.

So you have all these bad and good skills to start with. What class do you pick to start as then? I would recommend a Scout, a NecroTech Lab Assistant, a Cop, or a Firefighter. Scout's because they start with the best skill in the game. The Lab Assistant have an easy way to get EXP. Cop's have some of the best starting equipment. Firefighters from the get go are melee masters. Of all those, my personal reccomendation is to start as a Firefighter. A Firefighter can kill a zombie on day one. His fire axe and complimenting skill gives him great chance to hit. A lot of people from my group, We Are Nice Guys, started as Firefighters and those who didn't really felt the fact that they didn't have that better starting melee skill. Also, you don't need to look for ammo which is the main downside of starting as a Cop or Private. The Scout doesn't start with a weapon at all! While all that is my reccomendation, start with what you think you'll like. Personally, I started as a Medic. I hated it.

Day 1: "Oh my God it's a zombie get in the car!"

You now have your character. You've been dropped into a random Suburb in Malton. What is the first thing you should do? Check the Wiki!! There is a button that links to the Urban Dead Wiki which is a wealth of information. I assume you know about it already because your reading this. Check what your suburb name is and look it up in the wiki. Skim it. This is important. Rules change from suburb to suburb. Different groups reside in each area. It is important to know who you could possibly run into, what buildings are kept open for newbies to get into, and where revive points are. That second point, finding a building you can get into, is possibly the most important. You will start in a building and once you leave it there is a chance you won't be able to get back in. This is because buildings get barricaded and the building you started in will most likely be Extremely Heavily Barricaded. This means once you leave you can't get back in without free running from one building to the next.

After you check the wiki and what suburb you started in, what should do you after that? Depends on your class. If your a Cop or a Private you should start in a police station. If you do, search ammo. You start with a pistol but you will run out of ammo for it very fast and when you do you have nothing but your fists and you don't want to end up resorting to that. It's also perfectly fine to carry around multiple pistols. In fact it's encouraged! Reloading in combat is a waste of AP. I carry around three fully loaded pistols and two loaded shotguns. Find ammo. If you are a Firefighter, you don't have to worry about ammo for a long time. That fire axe you start with will last you forever. If you can find a building to spend the night in, you can go out every day, whack on zombies, and head back to safety without a care in the world (beyond an invasion of the suburb). As a Scout you need to find a weapon. A fire axe is recommended but any kind of melee weapon will work until you can get your hands on an axe. This should go for anyone who needs a weapon. Even Cops and Privates should carry an emergency fire axe around.

If you've checked the suburb on the wiki, did some walking around, got supplies, and found a building to hang in, great. You are ready to start earning EXP. Now go out and find a zombie and start hitting it. This is how your going to gain EXP most of the time. You can heal people for a small amount of EXP and you can tag zombies if your a NecroTech Lab Assistant but 90% of your EXP is going to be from killing zombies. While you do this you need to manage your AP carefully. The AP system in Urban Dead will screw you over if you don't be careful. My golden rule is at 10 AP, head back to your safehouse. You should be able to get back A-OK and away from whatever zombie you've bee beating on so he doesn't log on and eat you.