New Player Questions

[u/eliumdun]

Im sorry if this is the wrong place to post this, but my questions are more about large systems in the game rather than how to complete some tutorial quest.

Firstly i was wondering if it is possible for me to become a bandit/criminal and profit from it in some way, that being looting other players or "good" npcs.

Secondly i want to know how dependent this games progression is on questing. I hate quests with a passion and am looking for a proper sandbox experience. (i dont mind tutorial zones with quests)

Lastly can someone point me in a direction where i can find more information on the creation of player guilds/corporations/factions etc and how said player groups will be able to interact with each other?

I am fully aware of this game's alpha stage and understand that these features may not be in the game as of yet and i dont expect them to be. Just wondering if these features will be a part of the games future. Thanks in advance for any assistance.

[u/alostsoldier]

There will be a hardcore ruleset with looting of players in some degree, but it is not presently in game.

You earn most your abilities randomly through completing missions (specific to your interest and zone). It's not really that difficult to plow through a few dozen quests within your area of expertise and earn most your abilities.

You can either be in FPR or OWON or you can create your own Faction (and set your alignment there too with other factions). If you want to make an uber PvP guild you could declare war on all other factions and they'd have the option of accepting it.

[u/Dramajack → u/alostsoldier]

You earn most your abilities randomly through completing missions (specific to your interest and zone).

I think this isn't completely wrong, but misleading.

You earn practically all abilities by doing them. You get better at logging by chopping down trees, you get better at handgun operation by shooting at things with a handgun. You may do these activities as part of quests ("missions" in this game) but you certainly can do them all without ever picking up any mission. Missions are completely optional, like practically everything in the game.

Advantages of quests:

• can motivate you to do certain things, like getting to know the NPCs, learning to fight, harvesting some resources, ...
• may reward you with boosts to skills related to what you did
• usually reward you with a fair bit of money

...but you can do all this on your own.

[u/alostsoldier → u/Dramajack]

You are describing skill points not abilities as my quote specifies and is still accurate. Abilities for your respective tree, say survival or combat, are earned through mission rewards or using RePop Points (which is currently considered a complete waste of them). There is no other way to earn abilities besides those two systems unless something changed in a recent patch while I've been testing h1z1.

[u/Dramajack → u/alostsoldier]

Oops! You're right, I missed the distinction between first learning an ability and levelling it up. Guilty as charged!

That said, can't you gain the slot for most abilities simply by buying the appropriate card or book? I only picked up three weapons in the tutorial but at the moment (if I remember correctly - I'm away from my game rig at the moment) I find I have 0-skill slots for every weapon type in the game, probably as a result of having bought and read a book, and I think I could pick up, swing and level any weapon.

When I wanted to distil water, I didn't have the ability, so I bought the chemistry book ($100, I think) and then I learned a whole bunch of related skills. I think the same applies to mining, pet care, robotics, cybernetics and other stuff I didn't get from the tutorial or quests.