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Whatever people think newbies need to know. What would you have liked as a newbie? The only thing it shouldn't be is really really long or exhaustive. It'd be nice if it had answers to "what should I do now?" that true newbies need, but not so long it makes them recoil and say "maybe I'll go play Xbox instead". | Whatever people think newbies need to know. What would you have liked as a newbie? The only thing it shouldn't be is really really long or exhaustive. It'd be nice if it had answers to "what should I do now?" that true newbies need, but not so long it makes them recoil and say "maybe I'll go play Xbox instead". | ||
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In that case - I think I'll go on with the path that I've started because people can always look at the [http://lusternia.com/newbieguide.php New Player Guide] which I've linked. | |||
In no particular order: | |||
* Ways to connecting to Lusternia (covering clients, nexus, port # and such information) | |||
* Creating your First Character (Portal of Fate, advantages, link to playerorg page) | |||
* Welcome to Lusternia Proper (who a new user can get help from, how to access help files) | |||
* Roleplaying (emoting, chatspeak, descriptions etc) | |||
* Skills (how to learn, how to ask a tutor how far you are in a skill, link to skills page) | |||
* Suggested Equipment (what should be bought, for 2k or less, how to search the aetherplex for a certain item, how to refill from keg using empty vials) | |||
* Newbie Hunting, Influencing and Questing (covering the concepts of hunting, influencing and questing, and citing the existing pages) | |||
* Miscellaneous commands (news system, messages) | |||
* Suggested Reading (organized according to topic) | |||
So basically an advanced version of HELP WHATNOW. I figure by the time they get to Guild novicehood they should have a decent idea as to the world and someone will likely have taken them under their wing. | |||
Latest revision as of 15:03, 24 December 2010
Should this include: the journey through the Portal of Fate, the collegium, and life as a novice within a guild/being rogue?
Who knows?
Whatever people think newbies need to know. What would you have liked as a newbie? The only thing it shouldn't be is really really long or exhaustive. It'd be nice if it had answers to "what should I do now?" that true newbies need, but not so long it makes them recoil and say "maybe I'll go play Xbox instead".
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In that case - I think I'll go on with the path that I've started because people can always look at the New Player Guide which I've linked. In no particular order:
- Ways to connecting to Lusternia (covering clients, nexus, port # and such information)
- Creating your First Character (Portal of Fate, advantages, link to playerorg page)
- Welcome to Lusternia Proper (who a new user can get help from, how to access help files)
- Roleplaying (emoting, chatspeak, descriptions etc)
- Skills (how to learn, how to ask a tutor how far you are in a skill, link to skills page)
- Suggested Equipment (what should be bought, for 2k or less, how to search the aetherplex for a certain item, how to refill from keg using empty vials)
- Newbie Hunting, Influencing and Questing (covering the concepts of hunting, influencing and questing, and citing the existing pages)
- Miscellaneous commands (news system, messages)
- Suggested Reading (organized according to topic)
So basically an advanced version of HELP WHATNOW. I figure by the time they get to Guild novicehood they should have a decent idea as to the world and someone will likely have taken them under their wing.