Creep side Intro

Welcome to the Ettenmoors, Maggot! Being freshly culled from the weaklings, we expect you to learn quickly and die well for the Eye

So what do you do first? The first step is to find out which creep class you want to play. There are six: the Black Arrow, Defiler, Reaver, Stalker, Warleader, and Weaver; each with their unique strengths and weaknesses. DP and Infamy are both precious commodities and you should concentrate on one character to make him or her powerful. Creeps begin very weak compared to the Freeps and it takes at least a Rank 3 to compete, or a Rank 5 to be a strong contender on the battlefield. So choose carefully by playing each creep a bit without spending any DP and finding one that fits your playstyle. After you decide on your class, buy your active skills first, then passives with what DP you have and subsequently gain. See the respective Creep section for more details and ratings for each skill.

the next step should be to uncover the map. Right next to the War Tyrant in Gramsfoot are a series of quests to go to various keeps and locations. Also in the big yellow tent there are keep-take quests if any of the keeps are held by Freeps. Every time you log in, you should check the big yellow tent for these quests and keep them in your quest log. Venture out into the 'moors with your eyes open, using /advice or /ooc for guidance. Find these locations, complete your quests, then return to Gramsfoot for your very first map: a map to Gramsfoot. Creeps do not have mounts and can never gain them; their mobility lies in gathering maps which are attained by doing quests. Maps set a capable creep apart from one stranded at Gramsfoot. When there are few freeps around, work on the maps.


After you gain your Gramsfoot map, you can throw yourself into the fray and learn the aspects of combat. Buying pots (morale, power, root-break, stun/mez-break) are all very very useful and you should try to keep a supply of them stocked. Additionally, food helps sustain combat. Any time a big fight is brewing, eating some food beforehand will greatly help keeping your morale and power up. Work with your fellow creeps by both listening and communicating over /ooc or any creep-side voice (Ventrilo or Teamspeak) server available. Learn who are the major leaders and who are knowledgeable about their classes to learn from them. Heroes become renown to Freeps, so play smartly.


Creepside Ventrilo information:
Hostname or IP: cali6.nationvoice.com
Port number: 3886

Creeps advance through the ranking system with INFAMY. Infamy is the 'experiance points' that a creep obtains through killing freeps

Maps:

Creeps do not have mounts like freeps do. They have maps. Each keep as 3 maps associated with it. The better the map, the close to the keep you can get to and the shorter the cooldown.

Crude: 30m cooldown(puts all crude maps on cooldown)
Poor: 10m cooldown(puts all poor maps on cooldown)
Good: 5m cooldown each map

Maps are obtained through quest deeds per keep. 50 quests per keep gives you a all three maps (tier 1: 15 quests(crude) tier 2: 25 quests(poor) tier 3: 50 quests(good)) each set of quests are repeatable.

in the moors:

out on the battlefield anything goes. so if you are running around solo know that right out of gramsfoot you are weak. You have low resistances and defenses. until rank 3 you will have a blue ring(normal mob) after you gain all of your passive traits from rank 1 - rank 3 you will be upgraded to a red ring(signature mob) making you tougher to fight. However you are not invincible. fight smart, and use tactics and you will survive longer against a freep. small groups are good to run around with until you think you are good enough to solo on your own.

raiding:

Elendilmir raids are very strict and tactful. E creeps have some of the best raid leaders in the game. It is quite a well established fact, We ARE THE most organized and tactical creep force in the entire game. Adding to the tactics of the force will give you a lot of gain as opposed to going in and doing your own thing. being mobile, understanding of your class and role, and following target assists are some of the basic things you should and must do in creep raids.


for a full manual of everything regarding creepside go to www.theblackappendage.com/monstermanual


Thanks for reading

I was wondering if we could get a group one day to work on maps for our newbie creeps? I have a BA named Hottubbabe that I would like to get working on

I'm fine with that. I can coordinate through Creep vent to keep tabs on any freeps while running through a map run. Of course any freepies that pop up get beat down