it sure better be lengthy and teach people how to play...and not just walls of text to read, training game modes that allow these lil ADD fiends to learn by doing before the real bullets start flying. MAG dropped the tutorial ball and it wasn't anywhere near as complex as this game.

alot of players are going to be frustrated if a CCP tutorial doesn't teach them the game's basics. Forums will rage everytime someone buys the newest shiny gun with AUR or their whole ISK stash and isn't anywhere remotely close to having the prereqs or skill levels to use it.

we haven't heard anything about respecs (which is cool--it should be very limited) or even if we have the ability to sell unused merchandise back to retailers (no problem here either) I love the marketplace, but "click first, think later" console players are going to feel taken advantage of if they aren't told the basics of how things work in New Eden.

Dust University looks like a great tool, but 80% of the players that download this game are going to be in a rush to hurry up and shoot someone. dump them into a tutorial first for their own good.

I think CCP mentionned Tutorials via the default corp you'll start with when first creating your character.
CCP should definitely offers tutorial through easy PVE missions when starting the game.
MAG did the mistake of offering a crappy tutorial and paid the price as you already mentionned.


Respecs: No use here imo. You get SP and use them. There's no Skill Cap that would stop you from having every skill like in MAG. And also, the fact that you have to think about and prioritize the skill you're gonna learn is one of the strenght of the game. Being able to respec could ruin this a little.

Selling products : I guess we'll have to wait till the player to player market starts till we can sell back our stuff. Or maybe we could have NPC buying those back at 75% of the original price.

Mitauchi mentioned remapping (the respec equivalent in EVE) and its why i mentioned it. pretty sure you can do it once a year there.

Dust University looks like a great tool, but 80% of the players that download this game are going to be in a rush to hurry up and shoot someone and won't even know it exists. dump them into a tutorial first for their own good.

Can't highlight this enough, in regard of Non-EVE players good tutorials can and will impact the success of DUST

IIf CCP decides to include something to get people more familiar with Dust 514, I say the best thing to do is a training mode that starts the first time you play the game. Something like what Section 8 Prejudice has, when you first start, it takes you into a training mode where you get familiar with the controls, the objectives, etc.

it sure better be lengthy and teach people how to play...and not just walls of text to read, training game modes that allow these lil ADD fiends to learn by doing before the real bullets start flying. MAG dropped the tutorial ball and it wasn't anywhere near as complex as this game...spawning a generation of players who called in air strikes when the AA was up and brought repair kits and anti-tank mines to sabo (and who couldnt be faulted because they didnt know better) OH THE HORROR.

alot of players are going to be frustrated if a CCP tutorial doesn't teach them the game's basics. Forums will rage everytime someone buys the newest shiny gun with AUR or their whole ISK stash and isn't anywhere remotely close to having the prereqs or skill levels to use it.

we haven't heard anything about respecs (which is cool--it should be very limited) or even if we have the ability to sell unused merchandise back to retailers (no problem here either) I love the marketplace, but "click first, think later" console players are going to feel taken advantage of if they aren't told the basics of how things work in New Eden.

Dust University looks like a great tool, but 80% of the players that download this game are going to be in a rush to hurry up and shoot someone and won't even know it exists. dump them into a tutorial first for their own good.

obstacle courses? explain

obstacle courses and killhouses the same to me. basically timed courses where you do things like shoot pop-up targets, climb ladders, hack turrets and climb ropes to familiarize yourself with the controls.

MAG had something similar. so did COD Modern Warfare...a good mechanic to get the basics down. IF we can configure it at all and add features or difficulty it would be even better.