New Player Experience
Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2024 7:52 pm
I've had quite a hard time getting into the game and have some suggestions and general issues with it I would like to leave here.
Firstly, consistency between this site and the actual game aren't very good, example hillfolk are called this on this website in every instance but on the actual game all their helpfiles are listed under hillman without working for hillfolk which made it very hard to use. Another example is if you use the travel command and try to stop or move out of it, it tells you "You have to stop moving.." of course you then think you should type stop to stop moving but instead you have to type halt. Never does the game rever to stopping as halting, would recommend consistency here two.
Second, I think all races should be pickable in the character creation, simply put a warning at the top for the races that often experience trouble. Having them not be an option at all not only makes it alot harder to make those characters but also can lead to incorrect skills or fashion that doesnt fit at all.
Third Make helpfiles just give you the info you need to play the game. I think having the helpfile be a paragraph of text that doesn't truly give you what you need to play sucks very badly and makes them really unfun to use. I remember specifically trying to learn what defense should be used against what, and instead of actually telling me what weapons they are good against it hit me with a paragraph about the lore behind why the defense works without actually saying what weapons its good against other then a vague idea for a weapon, such as dodge being good against weapons that require precision, does this mean a dagger and bow, probably does it mean a sword, maybe. Problem is there is no way to know for a new player and that SHOULD in my opinion be info all players get to see.
Now some small personal gripes and problems that make it really hard to get back into it.
I really liked the rp but felt heavily pushed down, and often threatened, this made me want to become stronger and train, so over the last 3 days trying to get my axe skill higher and after help from a experienced player, helpfiles and staff I was unable to rank up a single skill level. This was so unfun that I haven't really felt the want to rp or play the game at all, in general the entire game requires to constantly play with others to get anything which sucks for me a european.
I would like to see, a way for players to be able to catch up to already existing characters and maybe simplifying the system a bit. The game feels like it lacks new players badly.
Lastly, I wanted to play a acolyte and a reever, now after learning the only reever is barely active i focused on being a priest with ambition of inquisitor, over the last week or so, I never got introduced into the guild or group, which really sucked and made me feel like i shouldn't even try.
I think this game is a little to focus on the real long term of the game making it really hard to get into the game. It feels currently like I am joining a dnd campaign with all the characters being level 20 except mine which is level 1. That feeling is very rough especially in a world that is SO hateful towards anything that isn't orthodox. I'll try the game for a bit longer but man I really hope you guys make growing or playing law enforcement more fun.
Firstly, consistency between this site and the actual game aren't very good, example hillfolk are called this on this website in every instance but on the actual game all their helpfiles are listed under hillman without working for hillfolk which made it very hard to use. Another example is if you use the travel command and try to stop or move out of it, it tells you "You have to stop moving.." of course you then think you should type stop to stop moving but instead you have to type halt. Never does the game rever to stopping as halting, would recommend consistency here two.
Second, I think all races should be pickable in the character creation, simply put a warning at the top for the races that often experience trouble. Having them not be an option at all not only makes it alot harder to make those characters but also can lead to incorrect skills or fashion that doesnt fit at all.
Third Make helpfiles just give you the info you need to play the game. I think having the helpfile be a paragraph of text that doesn't truly give you what you need to play sucks very badly and makes them really unfun to use. I remember specifically trying to learn what defense should be used against what, and instead of actually telling me what weapons they are good against it hit me with a paragraph about the lore behind why the defense works without actually saying what weapons its good against other then a vague idea for a weapon, such as dodge being good against weapons that require precision, does this mean a dagger and bow, probably does it mean a sword, maybe. Problem is there is no way to know for a new player and that SHOULD in my opinion be info all players get to see.
Now some small personal gripes and problems that make it really hard to get back into it.
I really liked the rp but felt heavily pushed down, and often threatened, this made me want to become stronger and train, so over the last 3 days trying to get my axe skill higher and after help from a experienced player, helpfiles and staff I was unable to rank up a single skill level. This was so unfun that I haven't really felt the want to rp or play the game at all, in general the entire game requires to constantly play with others to get anything which sucks for me a european.
I would like to see, a way for players to be able to catch up to already existing characters and maybe simplifying the system a bit. The game feels like it lacks new players badly.
Lastly, I wanted to play a acolyte and a reever, now after learning the only reever is barely active i focused on being a priest with ambition of inquisitor, over the last week or so, I never got introduced into the guild or group, which really sucked and made me feel like i shouldn't even try.
I think this game is a little to focus on the real long term of the game making it really hard to get into the game. It feels currently like I am joining a dnd campaign with all the characters being level 20 except mine which is level 1. That feeling is very rough especially in a world that is SO hateful towards anything that isn't orthodox. I'll try the game for a bit longer but man I really hope you guys make growing or playing law enforcement more fun.