This game is unplayable for new players

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Re: This game is unplayable for new players

Postby sMartins » Sat Jun 09, 2018 5:41 pm

I agree that the game should have a map divided in some kind of tiers to incentivate people with the same knowledge/experience to play togethere.
Grass land should be the first tier where new players spawn, easier conditions and some benefits for being there as a new player ... then higher tiers, forest, mountains, etc... harder to live in with more rare resources, etc ... for more experienced players.
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Re: This game is unplayable for new players

Postby strpk0 » Sat Jun 09, 2018 5:42 pm

sMartins wrote:I agree that the game should have a map divided in some kind of tiers to incentivate people with the same knowledge/experience to play togethere.
Grass land should be the first tier where new players spawn, easier conditions and some benefits for being there as a new player ... then higher tiers, forest, mountains, etc... harder to live in with more rare resources, etc ... for more experienced players.


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Re: This game is unplayable for new players

Postby » Sat Jun 09, 2018 5:46 pm

sMartins wrote:I agree that the game should have a map divided in some kind of tiers to incentivate people with the same knowledge/experience to play togethere.
Grass land should be the first tier where new players spawn, easier conditions and some benefits for being there as a new player ... then higher tiers, forest, mountains, etc... harder to live in with more rare resources, etc ... for more experienced players.


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Re: This game is unplayable for new players

Postby Karokan » Sat Jun 09, 2018 6:03 pm

sMartins wrote:I agree that the game should have a map divided in some kind of tiers to incentivate people with the same knowledge/experience to play togethere.
Grass land should be the first tier where new players spawn, easier conditions and some benefits for being there as a new player ... then higher tiers, forest, mountains, etc... harder to live in with more rare resources, etc ... for more experienced players.


While nice conceptually, that just puts all the new players in one place and makes them easier to find to grief. I don't know if any of you played World of Warcraft.. but as soon as the new players hit zones where PVP was enabled, it was hell. It didn't matter if the level cap was 50 and they were only 11, there were max level players sitting in your designated newbie area stabbing you repeatedly and killing your questgivers.
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Re: This game is unplayable for new players

Postby shubla » Sat Jun 09, 2018 6:05 pm

ThatAlex wrote:, get rid of the some of the toxic players

Two options.

1. Get rid of toxic players
2. Multiplayer

You can only choose one of them.

i have never had any problems with big factions! They only kill me when I try to get killed.
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Re: This game is unplayable for new players

Postby MagicManICT » Sat Jun 09, 2018 6:09 pm

ThatAlex wrote:The world map is completely covered with players, making it impossible to learn the game and build a base for yourself since it will always get destroyed by some big Faction.

Are you saying this just to say it, or have you experienced this recently? Statements like this aren't exactly helpful without details--in general or specifically--of what happened. The last six to twelve months I've had little to no interaction with other players, and I've settled in some pretty populated areas... or at least areas that "look" populated. (That is an issue on it's own, but different from this one.) And this is an MMO. The players are expected to police themselves, not have the developers babysit the actions of the community. Have you done anything yourself to change the outcome of the world? I hesitate to do so, but... I'm calling bullshit here, at least until more information is presented, and will hold back putting labels on this thread, but it looks like a very dated complaint. (I realize your account is new, but the argument reminds me of another player in the past who made very similar statements.)

And if you aren't willing to help yourself, I don't see why anyone else should be willing to help you, player or developer.

Along the same lines ive noticed that this game has almost no exposure and that is largely because making a Series on this game is nearly impossible, since players will hunt those people down, making them stop the series or playing all together.

Well, if you were a developer, and half the people trying the game had complaints like yours, would you want to expose it to the world to get some possible long term negative press, or wait until the game became more refined over time?

Another thing to ask is "Do the developers really want the game to get big?" Getting big means hiring more staff and going from development into management. There's big, and then there's big enough. I think most game developers just want to be big enough--pay their bills, feed their family, create the art that they want to create. Instead, too many are forced into taking deals to be bigger and having to deal with all that a publisher requires.

sMartins wrote:I agree that the game should have a map divided in some kind of tiers to incentivate people

Go play Salem and see how that turns out. Go play EVE. I can think of a few other examples. It don't work. Same assholes just figure out ways around the rules. That's what griefers do. Step up your game and figure out how to counter them. If mechanics don't exist to properly balance the equation, then bring it up, but don't bring up this kind of crap that has been proven time and again by AAA developers to not work
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Re: This game is unplayable for new players

Postby Artemiswhb » Sat Jun 09, 2018 6:24 pm

ThatAlex wrote:you need to teach players how the game actually works without basically forcing them to reset every 2 days because theres no safe space in the world.

ThatAlex wrote:Along the same lines ive noticed that this game has almost no exposure and that is largely because making a Series on this game is nearly impossible, since players will hunt those people down, making them stop the series or playing all together.

ThatAlex wrote:If you want this game to become something bigger, which i really do want, get rid of the some of the toxic players.

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Re: This game is unplayable for new players

Postby julian12it » Sat Jun 09, 2018 6:27 pm

Join a village, look for other people that are in the same tier as you or try joining someone larger so that they can mentor you. We all started from the bottom and worked our way up. I started with my brother and a friend, they bailed on me, I went on to look for villages and started playing with random people. Politics is always going to occur in this game, crying on the forums just makes you look more of a noob if anything ngl.
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Re: This game is unplayable for new players

Postby azrid » Sat Jun 09, 2018 6:51 pm

OP pm me and I will show you a place where you can play.
Also even if you start in the area of an established and active village they would be stupid to shoo you away.
Only active villages that shoo you away are cheaters who don't need extra working hands because they have bots for everything(butchering animals and even eating food). Also don't listen to monkeys who pretend bots aren't real. Everyone else welcomes new players around them since you have a lot to offer to them.

Unless of course you just posted out of your ass then you can forget my offer to help.
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Re: This game is unplayable for new players

Postby strpk0 » Sat Jun 09, 2018 6:59 pm

Wow you guys are TOXIC! :shock:
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