Have you ever read the manual.

Discussion in 'General' started by Roflcopter Rego, Oct 21, 2009.

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Have you read the manual?

  1. Never begun to read it.

    20 vote(s)
    28.2%

  2. Never read from start to finish.

    9 vote(s)
    12.7%

  3. Have at some point read all or near all of it.

    42 vote(s)
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  1. Roflcopter Rego

    Roflcopter Rego Member

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    There seems to be a fap craze over reading the manual with some people, and I wanted to know if it was justified. So have you, as a member of the forums with at least a reasonable level of skill, read the manual?
     
    Roflcopter Rego, Oct 21, 2009
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  2. Dubee

    Dubee Grapehead

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    nahhhh
     
    Dubee, Oct 21, 2009
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  3. Omneh

    Omneh Member

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    No.

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    Omneh, Oct 21, 2009
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  4. Lollum

    Lollum Tester++

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    I once just took a quick look at it.
    And it is so slim now that people really should read it.
     
    Last edited: Oct 24, 2009
    Lollum, Oct 21, 2009
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  5. Varbles

    Varbles Simply Maptastic. Staff Member

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    I read the whole thing because there were actually some good tips, like binding the f menu etc.
    Only problem is i found out about it after i had gone through all the rigors of being a noob already. I think it should open up after you download/install the game.
     
    Varbles, Oct 21, 2009
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  6. McGyver

    McGyver Experimental Pedagogue

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    I read the whole thing from start to finish before joining my first game. Nevertheless i had no clue what to do and stayed at the base to build some walls.
     
    McGyver, Oct 21, 2009
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  7. ScardyBob

    ScardyBob Member

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    Yup. Read the whole thing as I was downloading the mod. I even printed out the tech tree when I started commanding. The manual doesn't make you a good player, but it helps with simple stuff like choosing classes or how to build a vehicle.
     
    ScardyBob, Oct 21, 2009
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  8. LordDz

    LordDz Capitan Rainbow Flowers

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    Read it when I downloaded the mod, kept reading it.
     
    LordDz, Oct 22, 2009
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  9. manbeef

    manbeef Member

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    Yep, like a good noob I sat down and RTFM before I started playing.
     
    manbeef, Oct 22, 2009
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  10. OuNin

    OuNin Member

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    I read the manual about a month after I started playing. It filled in a lot of gaps.
     
    OuNin, Oct 22, 2009
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  11. Fooshi

    Fooshi For fuck's sake Fooshi

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    never really read all of it, just the part with commanding and research
     
    Fooshi, Oct 22, 2009
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  12. Emp_Recruit

    Emp_Recruit Member

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    I read over it when beerdude was making it for stuff to add and whatnot but I never read it to learn anything.
     
    Emp_Recruit, Oct 22, 2009
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  13. Sheepe

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    The manual didn't exist when I started playing... But I have read a fair amount of it regardless...
     
    Sheepe, Oct 22, 2009
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  14. Deiform

    Deiform Member

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    I read the wiki about 1 year after I started playing. But there was no manual when I first started.
     
    Deiform, Oct 22, 2009
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  15. Marshall Mash

    Marshall Mash 3D Artist

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    Never read it, first thing I did after installing Empires was to create my own server and learn some of the basics. After that I joined a public game, and things went kinda smooth from there.
     
    Marshall Mash, Oct 22, 2009
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  16. Kane

    Kane Member

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    Nope, did not read it.
     
    Kane, Oct 22, 2009
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  17. Ikalx

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    I think I read all or most before I joined a server. It's a pretty good manual with lots of pictures (whee!) and clear tips. It just helped with getting to grips with the way the game worked, still had to ask some questions, but I could function as a player better from the get go.
     
    Ikalx, Oct 22, 2009
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  18. Silk

    Silk Mapper

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    I read the first one years ago, but almost nothing of it is still relevant.

    I don't even know the research tree these days. Everything keeps changing so there's no point in trying to understand the full picture anymore. I just run and shoot a lot nowadays.
     
    Silk, Oct 22, 2009
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  19. -=SIP=-

    -=SIP=- Member

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    Read the wiki after played a while.
    Especially the printable version of the research tree is a must have for every new commander. And therefore I have updated the wiki ^^.
     
    -=SIP=-, Oct 22, 2009
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  20. Z100000M

    Z100000M Vithered Weteran

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    I studied the whole wiki before dling, but that was only because of steam saying that empires is out when it wasnt.
     
    Z100000M, Oct 22, 2009
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