EXASTRA INVICTAS
Crux Special Tasks Group
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2013.06.07 09:07:00 -
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We need DUST oriented racial videos. Only slight changes to dialogue are necessary, focusing more on the dropships than the spaceships, with relevant DUST related video feeds of course. For example, the Gallente video while talking about how they are "Fierce defenders of personal liberties" could show some Madrugar tanks unleashing some wicked blaster firepower alongside some AR wielding ground personnel. Flashes of the individual suit designs would be good, giving players a sneak peak to the Light, Medium, and Heavy suits of each class. One or two clips related to Gallente spaceships doing orbital bombardments would also be nice, so the DUST player gets to see what his race's spaceships look like as well (may be a factor in his choice of race if he wants to play both games).
The in-game tutorial has been discussed to death in this thread but it's a very important addition to the game. It could be done in a full white room under the pretense that it's all holographic training (Assassin's Creed style) or it could be done on a small mock-up map similar to the ones we already have, if not an actual map.
The Tutorial should teach players:
1) About the MCC, its importance, uses, and how to jump/deploy inertia dampeners
2) How to walk, crouch, strafe, and aim
3) How to fire, how to use Aim Down Sights, and how to swap weapons instantly AND how to use the weapon wheel (include a snippet about how swapping to your sidearm is always faster than reloading your main weapon)
4) How to gauge weapon efficiencies and distances
5) How to read the health indicator, how shield recharging works, and how armor repairing works (slight explanation of the differences)
6) How to throw grenades, how to cook grenades
7) What the (currently 3) different types of turrets are, and how to use them in combat (vs drones for tutorial)
8) How to deploy equipment/what the types of equipment are
9) What a supply depot is, and how to use it to change battlefield roles instantly
10) Where stamina is and what it's used for
11) How to melee, how to use Nova Knives
12) What the basic vehicle types are and what their battlefield role is
13) How to capture an objective
After this battle tutorial is complete, THEN put the merc in his Merc Quarters. All of the small tutorials will need redone, they are boring, bland, and uninteresting. New Players will likely skip over them due to information overload when trying to navigate the Neocom, only to miss important information. An oral/visual tutorial of the neocom might help mitigate this.
In the dropsuit fitting area, offer a video tutorial of what fitting is and how it works. EVE players know it all by now, it's no problem. Dust beta players have learned what it is by now, too. But there's ALWAYS a big learning curve when it comes to fitting for new players and explaining what CPU/Powergrid is and how different modules/weapons require different amounts of each will help people out just a little bit.
Explain what skill points are, what they do, how skills work, how bonuses work, etc. Explain how the character accumulates skill points (passively and actively) and explain that SPECIALIZATION is the key to success in DUST. Tell them their SP are important and they should think carefully about what they want to do in battle before spending SP.
IMPLEMENT CERTIFICATES into DUST and explain what they are and how they are used. This will help a new player learn what he should be training based on which role he wants to play, and it also helps him pick a role due to the certificates offering little snippets about what they provide and how it will affect you. |