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Posted - 2015.07.02 19:58:55 -
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CCP Rise wrote:Q: 'Opportunities are bad, they've made the NPE much worse'
A: As you know, we did a lot of testing on this system and would not have pushed it out to 100% of new players if it was doing damage. That said, it isn't doing enormously better than the old tutorial and we think there is still lots of room for improvement. We have an iteration plan already in place which we will begin testing within the next couple weeks.
Is'nt doing enormously better? Well, so what.
I'm no rookie without knowledge of EVE and therefore can't comment on this from a rookie's point of view, but anyway:
In my opinion, Opportunities are way better than the pilot certification course (the first Aura Missions). I can't tell how often rookies could'nt find the [Faction] Cargo Rig and choosing an Academy office as the container to get a misson item from repeatedly made new players confuse them with (Imperial Academy) station. Often enough, however to create a short "guide" to have the images that could work as answer for the most common questions. For a basic tutorial. Draw your own conclusions (well, you did and chose Opportunities). These flaws together with a total lack of fool proof mechanics - what happens when the player decides to travel to a different location than the one for the mission.
This is something where Opportunities really did improve, given their non linearity.
But repeatedly observing the same questions about Opportunities, for example, how to fit a low slot module, where to get one, and what a low slot module is in the first place, shows that there really is a lot to improve.
The complete removal of all tutorials, including the ones for the career agents also causes additional issues should a rookie find those by himself - or get them reccomended from residents of the various help chats (good that you at least consider to reintroduce a recommendation to them during the opportunities, like there was for the first iteration).
I'm really curious about what your improvements for Opportunities and the general overhaul of the NPE will reveal next.
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