PlaneShift
Gameplay => Wish list => Topic started by: Suvok on September 21, 2007, 02:02:40 pm
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I was at Harnquist's blacksmith today and I decided to practice the ancient art of 'People-watching'. In the space of 15 minutes, I had about 2 newbies asking me for items, 3 newbies asking me 'how to play this game' and another newbie whose name I will not repeat in the forums, all in an OOC manner.
It is known of course that there are many new players in the game and that most don't read the players-guide. Many assume that this is just another World of Warcraft. I'm sure many RPing oldbies started off as n00bs. But seriously, someone coming up to you in the middle of an RPed conversation asking "can u help me i dont no how to play im a noob" is a tad on the annoying side.
Now the most frequent cause of this is newbies not reading the Player Guide. This is normal among most gamers. Many people don't read manuals. I don't normally. So is it possible that when an account is logged onto for the first time, a informational video is triggered. This video cannot be skipped and continues for about a minute just illustrating the ideals of the game. Basically, it should just say that this is a roleplaying game, what a roleplaying game is, dictionary definition of roleplaying. And where the 'Roleplaying Guide' is found.
Some will ignore it, some won't watch it, but the majority, I believe, will actually take it in. This will hopefully deter the powerlevelling l33ts and inform the willing roleplayers.
So there you go. Pick your flaws :D
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the devs have been working on this so this could be locked as it is something in progress. [well a version of it but i cant say anymore]
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Ah, OK. Looks like I uncovered a Dev scheme. Mwahahahaha.
Do they need any more ideas for it? This thread could be used for that.