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« on: December 30, 2005, 01:28:43 am »
I was meaning to make some lengthy reply about the dynamics of drawing players into a new game - level of complexity vs ease of use, etc... but after tonight I\'m just packing it in, instead.
Oh, I did find my way around the Death Realm using the -fullbright settings. Once someone shows you how to do it and you actually *can see* the map then it isn\'t too hard. Although it would still be murder for a noob unless he just happens to find a kind soul when he dies. Most people who download PS probably uninstall after dying and never finding their way out of the DR, but hey, if that\'s the way you like it. I only stuck around for so long because I really wanted to find a nice mmorpg to play around with, so I was rather hellbent on giving it my best shot.
The thing that made me suicide my character and pack it in was the fact that I\'m still owning exactly 0 trias after three evenings of PlaneShift and I have no pickaxe for mining, nothing to kill rats with, nothing to really do exept impotently walk around trying to GET SOME SENSE out of the NPC\'s who just want me to rephrase everything endlessly... and I like to think that I can speak rather good english even though it\'s not my native language. Surely SOME quest should have dropped out of them by now.
The NPC\'s are morons. There is no documentation about how to get started (no REAL documentation). The forums provide you with some vague idea about what to do. But you\'re still left to fend for yourself 99.9% of the time. Sorry, but that just won\'t do. What\'s the USE of having a newbie forum section if it\'s filled with piffle? New players dont come here for \"some vague clue\" they come here for ANSWERS. Unless you are get someone to babysit you and walk you through the game every step of the way, this is just too hard. Couple that with the cumbersome in-game chat and you\'re up a certain creek without a paddle.
I have been trying my hand at this for three evenings now and I still have no idea how to actually GET STARTED. I have scouted out the location where I go to mine, but I can\'t mine without a pickaxe. I need some money. You can get money for killing rats, I understand after reading the forums. No use talking to Harnqvist because he\'s an idiot. I tried to venture into the sewers a few times to kill some rats. The rats were either \"impervious to attack\" or just killed me without my doing any damage. Apparently I need some sort of weapon to kill them. For a weapon I need some money. Sweet Jesus Christ, why do you PUNISH new players to this extent? Enough! Getting somewhere in PlaneShift without a personal in-game babysitter to hold your hand and tell your everything in person is impossible it seems. Doesn\'t that tell you that there\'s something fundamentally wrong here?
But I think you cater to a totally different crowd. The \"game\" aspect of this \"mmorpg\" is completely and utterly lacking. This is more of a \"3d roleplaying chat\" than a mmorpg. (and dont start splitting hairs, you know what I am referring to) Well, each to his/her/its own. Hope you have fun marrying each other in your 3d fantasy world. I think I\'ll go find a mmorpg that you can actually *play* a little bit as well. Bye bye now & Take care.
Oh, I did find my way around the Death Realm using the -fullbright settings. Once someone shows you how to do it and you actually *can see* the map then it isn\'t too hard. Although it would still be murder for a noob unless he just happens to find a kind soul when he dies. Most people who download PS probably uninstall after dying and never finding their way out of the DR, but hey, if that\'s the way you like it. I only stuck around for so long because I really wanted to find a nice mmorpg to play around with, so I was rather hellbent on giving it my best shot.
The thing that made me suicide my character and pack it in was the fact that I\'m still owning exactly 0 trias after three evenings of PlaneShift and I have no pickaxe for mining, nothing to kill rats with, nothing to really do exept impotently walk around trying to GET SOME SENSE out of the NPC\'s who just want me to rephrase everything endlessly... and I like to think that I can speak rather good english even though it\'s not my native language. Surely SOME quest should have dropped out of them by now.
The NPC\'s are morons. There is no documentation about how to get started (no REAL documentation). The forums provide you with some vague idea about what to do. But you\'re still left to fend for yourself 99.9% of the time. Sorry, but that just won\'t do. What\'s the USE of having a newbie forum section if it\'s filled with piffle? New players dont come here for \"some vague clue\" they come here for ANSWERS. Unless you are get someone to babysit you and walk you through the game every step of the way, this is just too hard. Couple that with the cumbersome in-game chat and you\'re up a certain creek without a paddle.
I have been trying my hand at this for three evenings now and I still have no idea how to actually GET STARTED. I have scouted out the location where I go to mine, but I can\'t mine without a pickaxe. I need some money. You can get money for killing rats, I understand after reading the forums. No use talking to Harnqvist because he\'s an idiot. I tried to venture into the sewers a few times to kill some rats. The rats were either \"impervious to attack\" or just killed me without my doing any damage. Apparently I need some sort of weapon to kill them. For a weapon I need some money. Sweet Jesus Christ, why do you PUNISH new players to this extent? Enough! Getting somewhere in PlaneShift without a personal in-game babysitter to hold your hand and tell your everything in person is impossible it seems. Doesn\'t that tell you that there\'s something fundamentally wrong here?
But I think you cater to a totally different crowd. The \"game\" aspect of this \"mmorpg\" is completely and utterly lacking. This is more of a \"3d roleplaying chat\" than a mmorpg. (and dont start splitting hairs, you know what I am referring to) Well, each to his/her/its own. Hope you have fun marrying each other in your 3d fantasy world. I think I\'ll go find a mmorpg that you can actually *play* a little bit as well. Bye bye now & Take care.