These are the wisdom of my experience. Stuff nobody will tell you like this all at once, neither a game-administrator, nor a game player.
- To call a taxi (neon cab) use your complant's phone function and dial 505-neon: command is "-p 505-neon"
- If you see weird, cool graffiti on the street which consists of two pieces, one of which is two words capitalized (for example "ChampionTetha Master" or "AstroWarrior Madagascar" copy-paste the whole thing between the quotation marks and go to the Oracle and say to him the words. The Oracle is located in the alley just west of Club XS. So standing outside the alley on the street, type "go n n e ne". Then "say to oracle <pasted word>" It will give you a clue on where it drops a debit card with some credits on it.
- If Oracle says "The place where bullets fly" that is the shooting range on the northwest corner of Hosaka ave, just one room east from the corner of Suzuki/Hosaka. Upstairs, search to find the metal door. Enter code the Oracle gave you.
- If clue is about "Kyotohaus" - that means you should call a neon cab and the debit card should be there.
- The Oracle leaves other puzzling clues, which I haven't figured out yet, but there's always money left at the place he sends you to. Discover the rest by yourself. Create a web-site one day and share with the world.
- If you are playing a combat character, build one with maximum points in the stats which govern the combat skill of your choice. Then also have 16 pts in Endurance, 4 pts in Willpower and 10 pts in Empathy (or 2pt in Intelligence and 8pts in Empathy)
- When in combat: use drugs. Whether you have cyberware (implants, chrome) or not -- using combat drugs will give you an edge in the fight. Never use more than 3 shots of the same drug. More will immediately kill your from overdose. Mixing different drugs will cause a permanent damage to a random stat on this clone, that will not transfer to the next.
- In you are injured from a fight, but survived and made it to a clinic: Once the doctor has patched up your wounds, lay down on the floor inside the clinic if safe to do so (ie. assailant not chasing you). Healing inside the clinic areas is at a faster rate, plus laying down heals you faster compared to standing and even faster compared to moving around.
- Don't buy armor and weapons before you have bought cyberware/chrome. Walking around with expensive armor and a good weapon without the cyberware augmentation to fight to protect those from people who want to kill your character for the loot is a mistake. First collect a large amount of credits, then go get yourself chrome, armor and weapons -- all together and at once. Better chance to protect your investment.
- If you have the "Stealth" skill - rather move through the city in Stealth, so that potential assailants don't spot you. Don't stay stealth for too long - it wears off - so the longer you use it -- the less likely it will work. And people get pissed off if they notice somebody attempting to hide (but failing to do so) in their presence.
- Rent coffins in the cubicle hotesl - they can't be raided, broken into or otherwise vandalized (at the moment at least). Provide more anonymity and are cheaper. Apartment rooms can be broken into with brute force or key-code-generators. Plus if you are hiding from someone or something -- every apartment you rent leaves a trace of record on the matrix and a skilled decker can find all your rented properties and where you live by simply hacking a node.
- If you are hiding from someone - turn off your complant - deckers can track your movement outdoors by tracking your complant's signal. If the complant is turned off -- they can't track you.