Editing Beginner's Guide (section)

== Getting Started ==

Obviously you will first have to create a Perfect World Inc. account [http://pwi.perfectworld.com/ here] with a username and password and download the game before you can play. The download may take a long while, so be prepared. I advise you have your information ready, having an e-mail address is essential. Although a Facebook account is not mandatory it is advisable if you want some extra benefits from Perfect World.

You will want to read the game's [http://www.perfectworld.com/about/terms Terms of Service] because your lack of knowledge will not keep you out of trouble if you don't play nice or try to hack the game.

Once you start the game and sign in you will have to create a character that you will play. The game offers 5 different races each having 2 Classes; [[earthguard]] with [[mystic]] and [[seeker]], [[human]] with [[blademaster]] and [[wizard]], [[tideborn]] with [[assassin]] and [[psychic]], [[untamed]] with [[barbarian]] and [[venomancer]] and [[winged elves]] with [[archer]] and [[cleric]]. Each has it's own special abilities and you can make 8 different customized characters on a single account. When you make a character experiment with the customization adjustments so your character will look just as you want to be. After you finalize your character you will have 24 hours to make a few more adjustments to your character's appearance, after that time expires it becomes permanent. You can of course delete a character at any time but it will take about a week for the character to be deleted off the server. During that time you can choose to restore your deleted character if you want it back.

Once you have made a character you will log it on to the server and will appear in the starting location of that character's race and class. A help window will pop up. You should read this in detail and keep the help window active for as long as you need help while playing.

There is a lot of things to learn but not all of it needs to be learned right away. 
But before you start to actually play your character you should check the User Screen interface.
One of the more important things on the interface is the 2 "Quick Launch Bars" (QLB, #17 and #20 seen in the [[Beginner's Guide#The User Screen|User Screen]] picture below). These can be moved and opened to show all the available spaces to place the icons that activate your skills or make change to your character. 

Here is a quick over view of what you can do to setup the Quick Launch Bars (QLBs):
* Position the QLBs; turn the vertical bar (#17) to horizontal (click the very small circled arrows on the bar) and move it about an inch over the other QLB (#20).
* Open the bars to show all slots (as many as you can for now).
* Press "R" on the keyboard, this is your Skills window (not many in there yet). Some of the skills are already on the QLB. You can move the skills onto the bar were you want them or drag them off the bar to remove them.

To add new skills or replace the ones you dragged off the QLB drag the skill icon from the Skills window to a slot on the bar. Now when you want that action while playing just click the icon that is on the bar. (Careful not to drag it off screen because PW doesn't have a way to lock them down).

[[Image:PW Quick Launch Bar.jpg]]


This is what you came for: '''Actual Game Play'''<BR>
First thing to do is to talk to the Guide NPC (Non-Player Character, the game's characters for interaction with players). You will know you have quests at NPCs because they will have a Shield icon over their head. Most of the time you will want to take the quests that they offer.

My advice is to get every quest you can while in an area, check them out and then do all of them. Sometimes you won't want to do a quest after checking it out because it a special event or quest chain you might not be ready for. Jolly Jones NPC who is in this area has such quests that are not what you would want to start as a brand new player fresh out of the gate. 

Now you are on you way, so as long as you read the help you can start to get the hang of playing your character. PW does a good job of allowing you the gradually get the feel of what to do and as you progress, make mistakes you will learn new ways to speed up your leveling and be a better player. 


Information Resources about PW<BR>
PW Wiki [[Main Page]]<BR>
A list of abbreviations and terms often used in PW [[Abbreviations and Terms - Alphabetical]]
[http://pwi-forum.perfectworld.com/ PW Forum]<BR>
[http://www.pwdatabase.com/pwi/search_item PW Database website]<BR><BR>