hey im rick, and im playin this for the 1st time, can anyone out there please giv me a few pointers on wat to do?

Welcome to VO!

A basic strategy to dodge against bots is to strafe using the a and d buttons. Also try to use the rolls combined with the strafes. (Like a and e or d and q)

The best thing to do right off the bat is to go through the tutorial mission. If you've somehow missed it, and can't seem to find it, then just log out, delete your character, and start again. Then join channel 1 (the help channel) by typing

"/join 1" minus the apostrophes

then work it!

And if you have done the tutorial, then explore son!

Yep, head out there and kick some Orun Collector Butt!

Then you can get rich by trading and mining and then when you are bored with that there's always Sedina B8!

Then you can join in the RP maddness that is the marrow in the bones, where anything you can pretend to do you do, where massive betrayals create new enemies (and out of character friends).

Welcome Rick...I hope you enjoy all of it!