Seeth Mensch
Damage Core corp.
The Superpowers
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Posted - 2013.08.15 14:10:00 -
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I am a new player. I suspect I'm a little unusual in that I like to read about what a game is about, and I joined because some friends have been playing since beta. Apparently, it was different.
The Academy was not really useful for me as a tool. This is already obviously a FPS, I don't need that mode to find that out.
Give me a (as other players suggested) environment to learn to use vehicles. How about a weapons testing room? A quick session of this-is-what-high-low-equip-weapon slots are? Have your magical voice lady run through a fitting assembly, which then is taken out on the field....and skipping it is optional, but you can come back again to check things.
I liked the academy, I don't enjoy getting pubstomped when I start. But it doesn't really seem to do what I am reading CCP wants it to do. |
Seeth Mensch
Damage Core corp.
The Superpowers
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Posted - 2013.08.17 14:50:00 -
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So I had an idea:
The Battle Academy isn't bad as a concept. But what if you could "rent" a space to use any weapon or vehicle, free of other people. For weapons, a simple shooting range, and vehicles could simply be one of the regular maps with nobody else on it.
As long as a person is in the BA, this rental doesn't cost anything, but when they leave, it costs a nominal amount of ISK to use (for no reason other than RP value, I think). Maybe even go nuts and give a small amount of SP as a one-shot for each new thing a person tries; that will persuade a lot of folks to at least "tap" each thing, and a lot more to really try to make it function for them. And a practiced blueberry is a better blueberry, right?
If you have a link to the practice room with the game types, even newbies would find it easily, and I am pretty sure that the vehicle practice room would receive regular use. I stress that this should be simple, no puzzles or wacky "go through this ring, land over there, etc etc.--just give folks a chance to do some game basics with all the gear that DUST has to offer, so we newbs know what we want and can figure out how to use it!
I lost over 400k ISK when I actually *tried* to use my dropship, and have spent at least 2.5 million total now learning how to fly. I would really love the chance to learn how to do it without people stealing the ship, or screwing over my teammates because I have to learn how to fly while they are all carrying me to victory. I'm lucky--I have a supportive corp, but I can just feel the accusatory eyes of the silent majority as they battle for their lives, and occasionally see the inverted flying coffin lunging by overhead... |