Vyzion Eyri
The Southern Legion
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Posted - 2012.12.31 00:48:00 -
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The difference between DUST and EVE currently, however, is that there is no NDA on EVE.
I've never played EVE but I've seen the graph of the learning curve comparisons.
What I have played is PotBS, and I'll admit, I did have to get off my lazy arse and into the forums for some external assistance, including spreadsheets. It was simply too complicated at first for me to wrap my head around in a week, even a month, of playing with a society (PotBS clan/guild equivalent) and talking to them on vent. That is, a month of talking to seasoned vets and I still didn't completely understand the game fully. That's what made it so exciting for me, though.
Whilst I, as mentioned above, have never experienced EVE, I will believe this adapt and die/htfu mentality is well founded and the complexity is truly staggering.
However.
EVE has wikis, videos, tutorials, forums, websites, more websites, resources and just general publicly published information which become resources for a potential newbie to use to learn about the game. We must, in this age where people turn to Google instead of the village elder, take external resources into account.
Where are these resources for DUST? Since we can't disclose any information publicly, we are limited to these forums.
I see myself as one of those typical forum warriors, upholding the lulz and potentially witty remarks, filling it with content, absorbing its unique community, and occasionally posting thought out posts but mainly trying to acquire likes.
But when I saw these forums? So dark, I thought. The colour scheme really does matter.
Once I got over that I think, where should I start? There really is no introduction section.
I then think, how do I integrate myself into the community, become seamless in my presence?
It took me a while to finally join into discussions and stop lurking around.
So if I, someone who's used everything from writing forums to Minecraft forums to browser game forums to wiki forums to forums with a population of two was reluctant to access this resource, imagine what all those people who just want a simple guide or something short and sweet to read which will alleviate all their troubles, will think?
Too much navigation is required here, with the hundreds of pages of feedback, suggestions, technical difficulties, to find what is needed.
As for the training ground, it yielded great information for me. But only after a broad search for the information I needed, then I personally had to open up threads and find what I wanted myself. Being who I am, I enjoyed the search. But others may not.
Take for example Calamity Jane . Jane's first post was made only because someone specifically called her out. And the advice on her unique build, that unique play style, could've suited some poor sod who was struggling with an ar because he liked Cqc but kept getting torn to bits by heavies. But when he comes on the forum is he going to search for Calamity Jane?
Resources, folks. Dust currently has next to nothing compared to even the smallest of games out there. I've been a part on one browser game, which was also in its beta stage, was still in beta when I kind of quit and probably still is today, and it had relatively the same amount of information that is currently published for DUST. A low key, independent browser game, created by one man who had a dream. Why? Because it had a wiki, a community, public project, which anyone can contribute to anonymously, which becomes a spider web of links and connections.
The NDA is suppressing this information and perhaps we should wait for it to be lifted before we create some VR or fixed dropsuits game mode to help out the newbies. |