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Make the game more newb friendly
exori:
this game isnt newb friendly at all and thats the problem.
if u want to have good game you need solid base of players playing it and also what u need is constant flow of new players.
when i started playing i was very close of quitting. was reading wiki and i learned that i need to make a tent. i got few brahmin hides and died. got it again and died again and so on and on. then i was lucky enough to meet one of my countryman in NCR who helped me to get my first tent (ty BigGunThug) and that kept me playing.
so i suggest that u implement an easy quest that will get u 10 brahmin hides to get your first tent. after u get the tent its easy. u can pile up some loot and continue playing.
quest should be something easy to make. like travel from VC to NCR and then to Hub and deliver message, or something like that. rly simple, possible to do it only once not to exploit.
this solution is very simple, doesn't require lot of programing (people tend t forget that when they make various suggestions) and should be easy to implement.
u finish the quest, get 10 brahmin hides, make the tent so u have something to start from and u can play normally.
maybe you can also add that you get some basic weapons, like spear, spiked knuckles, mauser and some ammo. some caps would be also nice, like 500. all that loot wouldn't affect in game economy on any negative way and it would help new player to have something to start with.
also u should work on advertisment and try to attract some more players, because at this tempo the game is losing more players than its getting and you will be left with only a small group of hardcore players playing.
as i understand u barely have money for servers, so the players by themselfs can help with this by advertising the game on their national forums.
maybe u could implement referal links to encourage players to get new players to the game.
you could implement some achivments for recruiting players. people love to get achivments. dont pay in caps, it will get exploited by alt chars.
TKs-KaBoom:
nah.... seriously this game is pretty pathetically easy. Sure the first time you play it is frustratingly "difficult", but to some extent that's part of its charm. Being able to accomplish a goal, making your first tent is a thrilling exhilarating experience! If you actually sit down, read the wiki, plan out what to do, it isn't hard to do all by yourself. For example, make your char in the planner, do the first few quests in ncr. Gather up some fruit and flint and then wood, make rotgut. Take rotgut and make molotovs, then go kill some mantis. There you should be lvl 3.Right now you DON'T need a tent, you don't have anything! Do some more basic quests like the goofy ones up in modoc to VC, ez. By about level 4 or 5 you should be able to go to 38,x (I forget right now...) with a crafted mauser and weak healing powders in turnbased and get 10 moo moos quite easily. If you can't do this, your really just too lazy to play this game imo and the game isn't going to get any better for you anyways.... To say that 90% of the population of the world isn't cut out to play a game without instant gratification and hello kitty (or WoW) easiness is an understatement.
Oh and I forgot, if you need helpful people and your not a complete asshole, try IRC #thelastlight. There are many people there that will probably help you get your first tent.
exori:
--- Quote from: TKs-KaBoom on November 28, 2012, 11:36:23 am ---nah.... seriously this game is pretty pathetically easy. Sure the first time you play it is frustratingly "difficult", but to some extent that's part of its charm. Being able to accomplish a goal, making your first tent is a thrilling exhilarating experience! If you actually sit down, read the wiki, plan out what to do, it isn't hard to do all by yourself. For example, make your char in the planner, do the first few quests in ncr. Gather up some fruit and flint and then wood, make rotgut. Take rotgut and make molotovs, then go kill some mantis. There you should be lvl 3.Right now you DON'T need a tent, you don't have anything! Do some more basic quests like the goofy ones up in modoc to VC, ez. By about level 4 or 5 you should be able to go to 38,x (I forget right now...) with a crafted mauser and weak healing powders in turnbased and get 10 moo moos quite easily. If you can't do this, your really just too lazy to play this game imo and the game isn't going to get any better for you anyways.... To say that 90% of the population of the world isn't cut out to play a game without instant gratification and hello kitty (or WoW) easiness is an understatement.
Oh and I forgot, if you need helpful people and your not a complete asshole, try IRC #thelastlight. There are many people there that will probably help you get your first tent.
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and tell me, in that process how many times will new play die and he will be forced to start over getting stuff so he can lose it again?
new people should be able to play the game not be forced to read the wiki and the forums be4 they start to play.
and the point is not to scare off new players in the first day they start to play. you need to attract them and encourage them to play the next day also.
TKs-KaBoom:
--- Quote from: exori on November 28, 2012, 11:58:29 am ---and tell me, in that process how many times will new play die and he will be forced to start over getting stuff so he can lose it again?
new people should be able to play the game not be forced to read the wiki and the forums be4 they start to play.
and the point is not to scare off new players in the first day they start to play. you need to attract them and encourage them to play the next day also.
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Pick an easier game.... :o
exori:
--- Quote from: TKs-KaBoom on November 28, 2012, 12:04:31 pm ---Pick an easier game.... :o
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ye right,
with that attitude this game will never get better.
it will only get worse.
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