Curious (in General)

So what's the NUB percentage look like nowadays?

Start an NCB and let us know.

I created an NCB 2 weeks ago and it has a 879% bonus.

Makes me want to start an NCB :(

Is the NCB and NUB the same?

Not even close, lol. They get that much of a money boost and free ba all 6 months.

NCB pales in comparison :x

The exp bonus is the same. NUB just gets added benefits.

New User Bonus is infinitely better than the New Character Bonus because on top of the outrageous exp you also get outrageous money and free BA, whereas right now my BA is $6,533 apiece.

Wow, and you're only at 700k MPR. That's insanely expensive.

The BA isn't "free". It is taken out of their money bonus so in reality they can actually get less money than a vet running a NCB if they play it wrong.

I wouldn't be surprised if I could run an NCB better than the avg NUB due to my experience/items. And by better I mean more MPR and CBD gained throughout the run.

Elite we know you could do more than anyone else :)

Wow. 6.5k/BA sounds prohibitively expensive.

Yeah, I'm at 8.9k per ba.

Do it! Do it! Do it!

I wouldn't mind doing a NCB myself except I lack the time to be online every 5 hours for the early weeks.

You guys ever get the feeling some new users are veteran players who just want the NCB.
I mean they're here for like a week and they have a good strat AND good items that make a perfect strategy

i mean NUB*

I moved to a new address and could have gotten away with doing that...but then I realized it didn't matter to me all that much so I just started a NCB with this one instead. I did consider it to be honest though :)

@Newlin: I can't because I'd loose too much tattoo growth :(

@Untouchable: I have in the past but then I realized it probably doesn't happen and if it does, it doesn't matter. There hasn't been any notable NUBs in a long while.

makes me a lil mad that i pissed away my NUB but hey community isnt as thriving as it was so it doesn't really matter

I feel like cracking 65% of immortal's mpr wouldn't be too difficult with that kind of bonus.. but really the most important reason for me to run an NCB would be for tattoo growth and not for mpr. My 9.3mil tattoo just isn't cuttin' it anymore. Even better, 9.3mil MTL is only 3.6mil mpr.

@dos - the only disadvantage is that it wouldnt grow a bit until you reached that limit. IF I were to do it again (which isnt nearly as big of a deal as you :) ) I would start with a base tattoo and use it until my main tattoo equalled my max tattoo. I would then sell my starting tattoo and then switch back to my main one.

^

I have made almost 10 mil since August 3rd doing just that. The growth up until 800k mpr is amazing but then that ugly (and seemingly endless) score dead zone just encourages me to start over from scratch.

After this one I will probably do a real NCB run, since I still have some OK gear left over from Black Mesa.

Mmm, that sounds like a good amount of money :) probably a better idea.

Store 1600 BA
Spend all during exp time while building up a base tat
Sell tattoo
Rinse & repeat?

yup.

Actually, it would be better to keep playing the character as EXP gains go up with MPR.