How to do some basic stuff....

[kahbee]

Game didn't really give me any sort of tutorial.

How do I pickup drops after I die? I have stood right in the golden circle thing but can't find out how to pick them back up..

And how do I lean out of a car to shoot? Is it Q and E? because I saw those in the control configs, just haven't tested out.

and how do I talk in specific chats like team chat for when doing missions?
AND how do I whisper people?

Thanks :D

edit: turns out there is a tutorial but I didn't see a way to start it

[Bailsitto Brambilla]

Well, I always wanted someone to guide me through the basics, F is pick-up items, X is drop small items (Clicking while holding larger items simply drops them)
You lean out of cars with A and D, Q and E are used along with the right click "zoom" mode to lean around corners to shoot without standing in the open.
Chat keys are as follows: (type these into the chat box, press enter and the channel is locked until you type in another command)
/s -Say, tell everyone within 100m of you something (white)
/d -District server chat (everyone anywhere) (white)
/t -Team chat (cyan)
/g -Group chat (green)
/c -Clan chat (everyone in the clan you join) (blue)
Whisper has two options
Whisper (must be entered every time): /w -name- eg; /w mudjunkie (talks specifically to the person)
Or:
Click their name in the chat box and the whisper command opens automatically, or replies to the whisper.
Hope this helps.

[kahbee]

Thanks a lot. Really appreciate it :) This helps a lot.

Another question for anyone. How does notoriety work? I read a wiki page on it, but it didn't quite tell me.
Does having a higher level simply give more people permission to kill me? I know at level 5 anyone can attack you. what's at the other levels?

If I'm level 0 then will enforcers not be able to attack me (outside of missions or if caught in the act) and I can walk right by them? What about other criminals?

and how can I tell criminals and enforcers apart?

[Bailsitto Brambilla]

Notoriety is a money multiplier, Enforcers earn it by killing Criminals, lose it by running down/shooting pedestrians or running down signs and roadside objects (but the penalties are much smaller than hitting a pedestrain) and Criminals can earn it doing just about anything, looting, mugging, running people down. Levels can be lost with inactivity or dropping money off after a ram-raid or picking up evidence.
So the higher level, the more money you get for killing or doing mission tasks.

Level 5 is simply a way to stop major dominance of good players, letting anyone kill them and collecting a $500 bounty on their head. Level 0-4 means you are immune to becoming bounty, but bounties can kill you no matter what level you are.

When you are level 5 as an enforcer, other enforcers will gain penalties for killing you (Loss of level and no money), while Criminals can team-kill you if you are a criminal with bounty next to them (no honour among theives!) but sometimes they won't kill you.

To tell crims and enforcers apart is easier in missions or when they are bounty, as enemies have red names and allies have green names. Symbols appear beside their names, and the guide is as such, http://www.apbrwiki.com/wiki/Threat_Level
Hope this helps.

[kahbee]

Thanks again. Been playing a bit so I'm starting to get the hang of it. The threat level guide helps.

So does your actual icon as well as the colour type change depending on your performance? Or just the colour? I mean if you're a gold hitman and you lose like 1,000 matches in a row would you become a bronze scrub or would you just become a bronze hitman?
Because I always hear people saying "oh 3 golds vs 3 bronzes not fair" and surely if the icon meant something as well then a bronze hitman would be better than a gold scrub

and why the hell does it keep putting me against top golds. it's impossible to kill them. not even worth trying.

[Bailsitto Brambilla]

Your icon (rank) can only go up, as it increases with your rank, if you lost enough times you would theoretically go from a gold hitman to a bronze hitman. Level/rank is translated as contacts passed, but due to the erratic nature that you can pass contacts with, it is only a small measure of skill.

A gold hitman could loose to a bronze scrub, if the bronze either hacks, is damn good, new to the server but a 215-or-so on another server, or a de-threat which is when a gold looses purposley to become a lower rank, go to a lower district and earn cheap money, most high-rank bronze-greens-silvers are de-threats or just bad at APB.

APB has some idea that Golds and Bronzes are equal and will pair the two together/against, so you have to try to get to green to avoid these unfair match-ups as a gold in a bronze server will simply wipe the floor with you, most of the time.

If you stick with it, you could do wonders.

[kahbee]

Oh that makes sense. Well in that case this must of been a glitch. Earlier today I all of a sudden appeared a silver bass knuckle. Then it went back to the normal circle thing a mission later. I was upset that I magically got up really high and then went down super low. XD

Thanks for clearing everything up. :D ever since I became silver I've had a tougher time fighting against people that aren't golds :(

[MentallyillGamer(Kaddam)]

make sure you have a gun that allows you to shoot out of cars because shaw and alig won't allow you unless you rather use a pistol to shoot at cars...

[Ankarin]

Also the titles like Scub and Hitman, are just titles you unlock and you can select any you want. Titles are not apart of 'How good you are' icons.

[kahbee]

okay I have one more question.

What is this "J" currency? at first I thought it was what costed real money, but that seems to be something else.

[Bailsitto Brambilla]

Again, I shall help. J is Joker Tickets, doing "Activities" in fight club (run down 2 people, 15 assists, etc.) gives you joker tickets, Activities are in groups of 15 or 40 or top 5% of players who have completed activities at ANY point during the week.
Each week the leader boards (Press F6 to see) reset and you do the same activities again.
They are useable in the Joker Centre, Social District and are used alongside in-game money to purchase previously ARMAS-only items and other small things like that, Guns, car kits, Vegas 4x4's and crowns are just a few things avaliable.