Level Tipps for Beginners

[Winter]

Other iDeers? Maybe better English.. 

How to level up more quickly

1. Try to join populated servers.
2. Learn to play. You need to understand concepts like saving the last bot, placing cades effectively and shielding. Furthermore, its a co-op mod, so learn to play in a team, help each other and you ll get way further.
3. This might be just my personal point of view, but as your first character, choose a pikeman, as pikeman youre good at killing nords from afar, but youre still able to help by slashing if necessary, and quite strong even as a lower level char already. Moreover, avoid hybrid builds, it might seem good at first, but in the long run its not worth it.
4. Buy and equip a barricade as soon as possible, cant stress enough how crucial those have become.
5. Check the forum for other guides, there are tons of those, and some can be pretty helpful.

If you want to know how to level up really quick, ask Winter, he should know best. 

Secret admin hacks, of course.

Honestly, I just brought in a Fire Blade, Worm Bane, or Fell Edge (based on tiers of richness) for the first couple levels.  I'd play medic when I was unable to contribute in a better way, as a few heals are usually better than a few more regular Barricades on a server that already has Short Heavy Barricades.  My best advice would be to join servers with larger amounts of people AND to make sure you have a friend or two to watch your back and possibly spawn you in some gear.

It might also be a decent idea, if you are a donator or willing to spend the extra cash, to put all of your assist experience into melee first and hike up the Commando tree.  Melee experience is the easiest and fastest to get, so you can get access to Hard/Ragnarok quicker.  Once you are there, getting the Ranged Experience is a cinch.  Once you have enough for the class of your choice, you can respec (this is only recommended if you want to go Archer/Crossbowman, as Pikeman levels up fairly quickly as well).