A'Real Fury
D.A.R.K L.E.G.I.O.N
D.E.F.I.A.N.C.E
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Posted - 2013.05.22 23:10:00 -
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The kid, I assume he is a teen based on the voice, does not sound like an idiot but he does sound confused and unsure. He actually sounded fairly reasonable as he actually said the game was OK for a free 2 play game but that he did have issues with it. Calling him an idiot because he did not know as much about the game as someone who has played the game for weeks, months or over a year is completely unfair.
For those of us who remain playing for more than a week it is because we see something in the game that we either enjoy now or for those who are starting to burn out and steadily playing less it is because they see the potential for the future or more likely some element of both.
Now some people say he should have researched the game before or during the period he is playing. But in all honesty how many people do you expect to do research on a F2P game before actually playing it, I certainly didn't. In fact I generally play the game a bit and if I find it an enjoyable experience then it is this point that I will decide to do some research on aspects of the game I find interesting or confusing.
If the first few minutes and hours in the game are not enjoyable or at least interesting then you will loose most of your potential player base long before anybody chooses to research further about the possibilities of the game.
At least in Eve you do get a series of tutorials and starter agent missions which give you an insight into the different options, menus and control systems available to the player in a "relatively" safe environment.
With dust the only option currently available to the player is to select instant Academy battle and pew pew at people. There are no tutorials available and only very limited amount of information provided and this generally in the form of text. I believe CCP need to provide interactive PVE tutorials that go through the basics of the game from the different weapons and modules etc and how to use them "effectively" to more important stuff like how to activate your mic and the fact that you need to re-activate voice every time you move to a different channel to the importance of squads and navigating the various menus. At least in Eve you get an ingame rookie channel that makes it easy to ask questions and get answers.
Yes if a player decides to invest more than a few hours in a game then they could do some research on particular aspects of the game and this is where the playerbase can be most involved but it is CCPs responsibility to ensure as many players as possible get to this stage instead of just ditching this game after the 1st 30 minutes to an hour.
Saying that you do not want players like this in the game may be good for your or even my particular play style or social environment but is not good news for CCP. I like playing with more mature players and I suppose I would be happy if all of the players in the game had the same attitude but that would limit the market for CCP. Please note that I am not equating age with maturity. So long as players are not shouting down the mic how elite they are, ignoring the team, and denigrating the skills of the other players then I am happy playing on the same squad as them.
However, there should be room in this game for these less mature players to ensure the viability of this game They can form their own corps and play with like minded others. A little bit more hand holding by CCP, in the form of interactive tutorials, at the beginning can only be considered as being to their advantage in retaining new players regardless of whether I like their attitudes or not. So long as I have the option to not have them in the same squad as me I.e I join a corp that suits me then I am happy to have them ingame if it ensures that dust becomes a success.
Whether we like it or not we need a certain percentage of the COD, BF3 players to migrate to Dust to ensure that our game has a future. At the end of the day most kids do grow into reasonably mature people and if we are looking at Dust lasting for 10+ years
then it would be good for CCP to have players who grew up with game and are in their mid twenties when dust reaches its 10 year anniversary.
Many of the points the kid raised are valid for different reasons. For example the point he raised about the warbarge does not make him stupid just under informed. If he had received an explanation, say as a small part of a tutorial, that the warbarge was a place that granted individuals the chance to join squads and for squads and teams to discuss strategy then he would have known why it was important. In fact a lot of his questions could have been answered this way thus allowing him a chance to develop a more informed opinion of this game. |