Newbs don't read Runestones.

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Nogetsu
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Newbs don't read Runestones.

Post by Nogetsu »

I have incountered a problem with the construction of the Tutorial Isle at Novigard. Dispite the large amounts of Runestones in the area, nearly all the Newbs that had spawned there just walk past them and wonder the area getting lost, bored and starved before quitting or such. Those that I stop and ask if they want some help I ask if they had read any of the runestones. They each say no. Or 'Whats a Runestone'...

What I would love is a way to either make them stand out as something to click on and look at...

Or for a Pop Up to appear when they Spawn at the Charter Stone which I can have read, "Right Click the Runestones you Come across to learn how to Play...

Or something like that...
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Cain
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Re: Newbs don't read Runestones.

Post by Cain »

"Charlie don't surf."
I once dreamt of crafting beautiful thane's rings... then I discovered Big Bear Bangers. Now I smash beautiful things.
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Jackard
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Re: Newbs don't read Runestones.

Post by Jackard »

Simple: make wooden signs. Everyone is familiar with those, from RPGs or games like Zelda.
Nogetsu
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Re: Newbs don't read Runestones.

Post by Nogetsu »

Cain wrote:"Charlie don't surf."
Huh??? Missed the reference... And Point...
Jackard wrote:Simple: make wooden signs. Everyone is familiar with those, from RPGs or games like Zelda.
Yeah that might help if they existed. I think I would look at one of those if I saw it instead of a Runestone. But seriously, you start the game and see a lot of these things, wouldn't you try clicking it???
Sweetness
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Re: Newbs don't read Runestones.

Post by Sweetness »

Block their path with runestones. Then they have to try clicking on them.
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Jevon
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Re: Newbs don't read Runestones.

Post by Jevon »

Make an alt who just spams shouting "Right click the runestones!" 8-)

Edit: Improvised NPC
Nogetsu
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Re: Newbs don't read Runestones.

Post by Nogetsu »

Sweetness wrote:Block their path with runestones. Then they have to try clicking on them.
And how would they get past... Its still on Village grounds cause of the aura that a Charter stone emits ...

Jevon wrote:Make an alt who just spams shouting "Right click the runestones!" 8-)

Edit: Improvised NPC
Would be great if I had the ability to do so...
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Re: Newbs don't read Runestones.

Post by kimya »

thats true... ive met a newbie recently and he didnt know how to interact with a runestone. didnt even care, it seemed...

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but if theyre SO NOT curious, they deserve to drown. :?
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VowOfSilence
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Re: Newbs don't read Runestones.

Post by VowOfSilence »

first thing i did when i was new was reading runestones.
unfortunately, i started in brodgar and they said north,e,w,s, and "faggot".
then, i got lost like everybody else and quit the game for 2 weeks -.-

starting in towns generally shouldn't be possibe, only fast-traveling to them.
there's no point to starting in a town.

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