Jadd Hatchen
Kinda New here
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Posted - 2014.07.31 15:41:00 -
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CCP Rattati wrote:Dear Community
I would like to request your assistance in coming up with tips/hints that could ease our new players journey into DUST 514. Not just for brand new players, but also simple "aha, moments"
Our intent is to then use these tips, at least on the Launcher News, maybe in game News, even the first emails a player gets, newsletter, wherever it might help.
I even think some simple Lore tidbit would be fun, for example, racial fitting styles, some information on the NPC corps (I am always intrigued by the Kaalakiota, Gurista, Six Kin but they are a mystery to non-EVE players), same with Breach, Tactical etc.
Let me kick off a few, any help on this is appreciated but the community, game masters and myself are working on a solid list, and appreciate any help you can give. Basically a keyword and a little explanation, in one or two sentences. I.e.:
1) Battlefinder: Public Contracts are a great place to start for new players and old while Factional Warfare may warrant caution for less seasoned players
2) Equipment: You can equip ammo and armor replenishing Nanohives for you and your teammates
3) Weapon: The Mass Driver fires explosive rounds in an arc, much like a modern day Grenade Launcher
4) Weapon: The Laser Rifle fires a continuous beam that increases in damage over time, but overheats
5) Dropsuits: Heavy Frames are the only Dropsuits that can equip the powerful Forge Guns and Heavy Machine Guns
5) Dropsuits: Light Frames are the fastest Dropsuits
6) Dropsuits have slots for weapons, equipment, high modules, low modules and grenades. The slot layout can be very different per Dropsuit and Race.
7) Dropsuits have two types of limited energy reserves, CPU and PG. Weapons, equipment, modules, weapons and grenades use variable amounts of CPU and PG.
Thanks!
None of this really matters if the player community is taking care of it for you. By that I mean... YOUR VOICE COMMUNICATIONS IN THIS GAME SUCK SO HARD THAT THEY ARE CAUSING YOUR NEW PLAYER EXPERIENCE TO FAIL HORRIBLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Seriously! Fix the voice comms so that they are actually the default method of communication in this game and then old players will want to help new players. Veterans will share the tips and tricks with the average players to make them better etc.
Right now all the voice comms get used for are a bunch of idiots complaining about how OP that guys's gun is or why the other team has too many tanks. Either that or I hear babies crying, parents yelling at kids, police sirens in the background etc. Make your PTT the default and make it possible to PTT while dead and in menus. Because having no COMMS DISCIPLINE contributes to the uselessness of the current state of the voice comms.
Create a tiered method of comms so that squads can talk to one another, but squad leaders can still communicate also.
Make sure that new players know that voice comms are key to winning an that they should use them all the time!
Show the name of who is currently talking at the top of the screen!
All these things and so much more...
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