Should I commit suicide?
Unsure how to progress

Hello,

I am new to Sindome and muds. I am struggling to figure out what I should do next.

So far I have created a character with an approved history, purchased clothing, explored some of red sector, accessed the grid and the employment forum, and completed some of the tutorials. Somehow I have no money (maybe pickpocketed?). My character is 20 days old so I no longer can use coffins. I have been squatting an open apartment in red sector. No luck so far on finding a job.

I based my stats on the fixer template because of my experience with Shadowrun on the console. But I feel my skills don't align with any available jobs.

Strength: active

Perception: listless

Endurance: frail

Charisma: ordinary

Intelligence: ordinary

Agility: ordinary

Luck: cursed

Stealth: mediocre Trading: Ordinary

Pistol: poor Disguise: poor

Dodge: poor Systems: poor

What makes the most sense for me is to suicide and start over with skills that are tailored to a job I see on the grid.

Any advice?

Loon

Never commit suicide or post your @stats in public.

Your stats don't really matter at this point. The question is do you like your character? You might feel screwed, but there is always a way, you just need to figure out what you need to do.

You're not really given enough UE in chargen to be a master at whatever archetype you pick, so you'd only end up with a slight if at all advantage.

If you like the character you've written and the friends you've made IC thus far, just work towards investing your UE in what you want to do down the road. You can also seek advice IC from characters who do the same thing to help you out.

Someone will come and say it, probably better than I, don't post stats or IC things for your character anywhere other than xhelp to talk to the GMs.

With that said, I am also a new player who's character is not very old at all.

The best advice I can give you is make connections with people. Find them, talk to them, see where and what they do. Ask around for advice in the game. If you are stuck trying to become something, find someone who's good at it and try to ask them for mentoring or assistance.

I have asked in xhelp if my character mechanically was a mess. Don't ask for specific stat/skill advice, but if you ask in general you probably will get a: you're fine, or you're not kind of answer.

I would try to get any kind of job by asking around people in game. Use @request puppet if you need to talk to a NPC about a job. Your first job may have nothing to do with what you want to do, but will let you survive and make connections for when you get a little more into your skills/stats. Hopefully when you mechanically catch up to where you feel you need to be, you have the connections and RP to make it happen.

I am still relatively hopeless at mechanical checks in the game but feel like I'm making progress to what I want to be and more important I'm meeting people and making connections all the time. Stick with it and develop the social while you are struggling with the mechanical.

I'm perfectly satisfied with the idea of my character, my history and the work I've put into describing it. I'm just at a loss when it comes to making any money. None of the jobs I see on the employment board need any skills I have. So I thought it would be a good idea to tailor my skills to jobs I see (although I wouldn't have known them without already having a character).

I will give it a shot, try talking to people to see where it leads and ignore the employment board for now.

Makes sense, thanks Jade.

I am new here as well and have only been playing about two months so far.

If you like your character, I suggest holding onto them. Your stats will change dramatically as you continue to play and gain UE. You can't really re-use your story or personality though. If you start over again, the odds are you will not make the same connections.

My suggestion is to look harder for jobs. There are jobs out there. Ask around.

Hint: Don't get fixated on getting "the" job that you want. Take any job that you can find, get a steady supply of chy going.

Check out this video tutorial about founding employment - https://www.sindome.org/tutorials/finding-employment/

Also @newbie - 7 (Making Money)

I really like some of the advice people have given here. Though I wanna add something just to make sure you got it entirely. Going with the fixer sort of build, even though you shouldn't've shared your stats.. you can make plenty of money without ever getting a formal employment. You can even if you had another 'build' or focus. A lot of people depend on new immigrants for things because they're not as 'tainted' and maybe more gullible. You can probably find a lot of tasks to do to make some easy chy, just keep an eye and ear out and listen to SIC. Ask around. Ask on SIC or anywhere really. Even the Grid is an option to ask people where they hang out or introducing yourself IC to the city if that is what your character would do.