Humble Beginnings
New players entering the world of Mir will likely fall into a single category — former players of the game who are coming back for nostalgic value. I can’t imagine many truly first-timers giving a game this old a try, but I will give a short rundown of the early game for their benefit. There are four classes to choose from during character creation – Warrior, Taoist, Wizard, and Assassin. Players can chose to be either male or female but have no further customization options beyond that. There is a very liberal naming policy which allows players to use both numbers and letters – I saw a guy named H1N1 running around town while I was playing. Each account has three character slots per server, but there is currently only a single server. New characters all start out in the tiny ‘Border Village’ located to the south south of Bichon Castle, a much bigger city. The first nearby NPC will invite players to join the ‘Newbie Guild’, which offers a 20% Mir2 Gold experience boost. After accepting this offer players will notice several other NPCs with exclamation marks over their heads. The standard series of talking quests will introduce players to all the local shop keepers, which will offer additional quests in turn. Besides hunting & questing, new players are taught how to gather meat from the animals they hunt. Meat can be sold to the local butcher for a nice sum of gold, and is likely to be the best source of income for beginners.
