Terraj Oknatis
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Tactical Narcotics Team
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Posted - 2015.09.26 13:46:39 -
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I was watching Jonny Pew today https://www.youtube.com/ and I had an epiphany about how the MPE should go,
This is how I imagine a good NPE experience should go....
When you first log in you get a message saying there is a pirate in the system that you have to destroy. The pirate warps to you (it is a newbie rat that dies in a few hits). Aura comes up and tells you step by step how to shoot the rat. You shoot the rat and it gives you an achievement for your first kill. You also get a bounty that is sizable (Like a million isk). (Aura informs you that you made a million isk) Now you finished the site.
You get an escalation. Aura comes and tells you that there is another nasty pirate one jump over and automatically sets your desto to that system. Aura tells you how to warp and jump the gate by highlighting your overview of exactly what buttons to press. You warp to the system and then aura tells you how to warp into the next site. In that next system you kill that pirate and complete the site. You also get some bounties. Aura comes on and tells you there is another nasty pirate but you need a new ship because the pirate is more powerful. Aura tells you to warp to a station. Again, the station is highlighted on your overview and aura walks you through exactly what a station is and how you use it.
Upon landing in the station aura tells you that she gave you a new ship (bantam or faction equivalent) Aura tells you that you need to fit the ship. Aura shows you how to fit the ship. The modules are in the hull of the ship. (still with civi guns and moduels) With your ship fit, you get an achievement and aura tells you to undock. You then warp to the site and kill a few rats and a structure. Inside the structure there are a few key skill books and some better guns for your ship. Aura tells you to loot the structure. you loot the structure. Aura tells you to go back to station. You inject skill books. and start training. Aura explains step by step how to do all these things.
The Next thing that happens is you get a scanning ship in your inventory. Aura tells you you have to scan down the next site. the modules to the scanning ship are in its cargo. Aura tells you exactly what each module does and how to fit it. Possibly a small tutorial video plays on scanning. You find the site, you hack the cans, you get NPC loot that can be traded at the station for isk by npc buy order. (this can only happen once per character) Now aura gives you your first blue print. It is a one run bpc for your first destroyer. Aura tells you that to get this destroyer you will have to find the minerals. She gives you a venture with a civilian miner. She tells you that you can either mine the minerals by refining ORE, continue hunting pirates to get bounties and pay for the minerals on market, or you can find a real exploration site, and hack the cans for loot to sell, and buy the minerals. (Hacking containers in 1.0 systems can be accomplished by day one pilots. Aura tells you this as well.) There are three big buttons before you. One says MINE, one says SHOOT PIRATES, and the last one says EXPLORE. You choose one and aura goes into the appropriate tutorial.
You create or buy your first destroyer, you get an achievement, and aura tells you that you have got at least the basics down and that although she will be available for reference, she will no longer bug you and that you must now find your own path. The help window automatically opens. Aura tells you that you can ask the community questions at any time. Aura refers you to the mission agents if you think you still need training. The last thing aura tells you to do is join a corporation. At that point your set.n++
Aura can be turned off through an obscure options menu item. Therefore alt pilots don't have to be bothered.
This is direct. This is fast paced. This is rewarding. This does not make you wait. You can jump in and out of this at any time and be in the exact instance you left in. It gets you doing what you signed in to do. Use your internet spaceships to shoot other internet spaceships, go exploring, and yes even mine! |