Hello,
I'm a new player, played through the tutorial, which was pretty straightforward. Now I am in Chapter 2. The way I understood it, it should be possible to explore and do things independent of story mode. I walked around a lot, found possibilities to get creatures and buy items, but that's about it. The rpg items mostly need some passphrase which I don't have and many places seem inaccessible. I typed some things I thought made sense into the rpg items, sometimes this resulted in a page which made me think something might be possible with entering that word later, but that's it. I did not find any enemies against which I could win (was attacked by a few players, but seemed pointless to start fights at this stage) and the only puzzle I found was the Broken Pattern Gazebo. Now I explored Marind Bell and a little more, so I guess my questions are:
- Where do I get hints on how to progress in the game or how to solve things? The chat is mentioned often, is that talking about the chat which is location-based? I only saw very few locations where there were players talking right now. So I'm guessing it's a little hard to find players who will answer a question in the next five minutes. The Live Help button seemed to be more like technical help or bugs.
- How do I progress? Just go through the story mode until more possibilities open up? Or can I do more in other areas than was possible in the Marind Bell area?
By the way: Do the principle points I get actually do anything? Whatever I choose there did not seem to have any impact on the story so far.