i see thise guides coming with mixed feelings
this way more newcomers will get help, since the mentors can't be there all the time, but if you force, i mean pay, someone to do this
the question is how the info will look like, and how the helping is done
(i guess the one or other mentor will have a second ava soon checking out what they actually tell the ppl
)
atm we have, according to
MA, a quitting rate of about 70%, the one i recognized is more about 80-90%, and I am not sure if those guides will help that much in this case
and since macros for players are not allowed, but i guess the guides don't have to care, write a macro telling a newbie how to turn, you will need it often
another idea, some tips what they should tell
-how to turn
-oil rig is bad for newbies
-how to sweat
-how to use chat (soc chat etc.)
-oil rig is bad for newbies
-common scams (upgrade/color armor...)
-how to trade
-friendlist and use
-there are MENTORS!!
-oil rig is bad for newbies
well, depending on how many guides you will have, be sure those guys are good paid, since they do the first steps of mentoring, they will have to tell a lot of stuff a lot of times
maybe another thingie to tell them
-there exists a Forum
-there are some guides written (hint
)
as little hope for the mentors
you cannot enter the newcomer arrival zone anyway, but there is still a wall around it, and just one route to escape
and this way you will most likely don't have to tell all the stuff mentioned above again and again
PS, offering services as guide, i guess im qualified enough, and i guess i could spend some hours during the week as guide there
that forms a new idea
get some ingame ppl for guides, that can enter the zone, or as advisors
some ingame experience won't hurt there
PS2, as long i can have disciples i will most likely, it is not that easy to escape the claws of the newbie harvester
PS3, a newcomer arrival zone is in New Oxford directly close to the tp
happy zone closing
"City of Culture, please don't enter", wonder what Vexxed will tell you
PS4, if this is the start of taking the mentor system away, you might have an even higher quitting rate, not just necessary mentors, but you will also avoid a first person in fl for newcomers to ask, and therefore a possible friendship that(from your eyes) keeps the disciple/newcomer ingame and depositing
PS5, as little summarize (bit sarcasm)
-axe1x0 "corrected" ,melee users dissappointed
-amp change, ranged users
-malls, first shop buyers
-guides, mentors
what is next? land owners are left(well, atrox egg)
i rather stop, but as i said, we will see how it works out