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baltec1 wrote:Teckos Pech wrote:baltec1 wrote:
It's never had classes that's just something you imposed upon yourself.
Wait, I have not proposed classes. I said "career"....note the quotes. Basically it is like how character creation once was, but only after the NPE so the new player can make a more informed choice. Possibly with some free SP to help "teach" them how how to allocate SP, and b "teach" it could be by making a bad decision as well. Past that nothing is restricting the player in what they train. Same thing. Shoehorning players into "careers" when they enter the game isn't a good thing to be doing.
Ehhh, while I am a firm believer that the 5 level system is the great equalizer between newer and older players, I don't have a huge problem with a more structured NPE that provides a better core set of skills for a particular type of career in EVE. A system designed to give new players a distinct starting point and designed from the ground up to help a new player make sense of how things work in EVE.
I don't even have a big problem with adding in a few more specific basic skills given once the player decides what general career they are most interested in pursuing at first.... although that is a slippery slope as just throwing exp or skills at new players for no reason (or with no distinct purpose) is generally a poor idea.
The only reason why I'm not too upset about the idea, if it is done in a very structured (career oriented) way is for two reasons:
1: If the player decides that career path isn't for him/her, they can easily shift into something else... usually with few wasted skills.
2: Everyone has 3 alts they can start on different paths, the one they tend to gravitate to will end up being their main.
I wouldn't change the sandbox nature of EVE for anything, however I do recognize the massive confusion (due to lack of structure) can be overwhelming to new players, hurting new player retention. Perhaps it wouldn't be such a bad thing to ease them into realizing they can actually do anything they like, as opposed to other games, by starting them out with a NPE that seems a little more normal to them.
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