Tips:

Communication:

say allows you to speak to the vicinity tell "character name" allows you to whisper to someone shout allows you to be heard by all players nearby me "action" can be used to express actions, like "me laughs out loud"

Easy targeting:

Self: F1
Cycle nearest enemy targets: Tab
Cycle nearest friendly targets: Ctrl+Tab
Teammates: F2-F6

Once you've targeted yourself or someone else, you can press T for more information.

Easy follow:

Once you've selected an enemy or player that you'd like to approach, type:

follow

You might also find it useful to create a macro icon for this command, as follows, and place it in your shortcut bar.

macro fo /follow

Self-termination

If you experience a bug that doesn't allow you to
proceed or escape from a zone, then you can kill
your character by typing the following:

terminate

GM petition

If you require GM assistance, you can petition for help as follows:

petition X

A standard petition command might look like the
following:

petition
Help me, I'm stuck in Omni-1, and my character's
left arm has disappeared! I don't know where I dropped it, or that I could drop it.

Show frame rate - Ctrl+Alt+F
Submit bug report - Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F9

Take screenshots

To take a screenshot, press F12. They're saved to
the Screenshots folder located in the Funcom/Anarchy Online directory.

Create macros

To create a macro for a commonly used command like /pet attack, type the following:

macro pa /pet attack

This will create a small, selectable icon that can be put into your shortcut bar for easy use of the pet attack command.

Completing "live-with" missions

To complete this type of mission, once you've found the objective NPC, simply target him or her, and stay within the vicinity for a short period of time. Registering the mission as complete can take as little as 10 seconds, and has on some occasions taken us up to 4 minutes.

Creating implants

Select the nanocluster you want to insert into the implant by left clicking it, then hold it over the implant and shift-right click to combine the two. You can then go to a surgery clinic to install the implant, if you meet the requirements. Nano-programming skill is required for creating implants.

Team looting

As team leader, you can select how loot is divvied up by the team. The most common choice is alpha, where the spoils can be picked up by characters in alphanumeric order. To enable this, type:

team loot alpha

Other choices include "/team
loot leader" and "/team
loot FFA"

New player advice

New players can take advantage of the newbie chat
channel, where GMs and players of up to level 6
can chat about game mechanics and starting strategies. To un-squelch the newbie chat channel, click on the friends icon in the upper right hand corner of the screen, and uncheck the box next to the channel listing. You can also reach the shopping channel this way.