Ralais Bromian
Eveville Empire
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Posted - 2012.02.18 05:59:00 -
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I don't know if this has been suggested, but I believe that because there is in fact so many profession options, it's hard for a new player to fathom what any given one of them really means, much less understand the investment it takes to be good at it. Also, I remember I started with close to 1m SP, and nowadays new toons get way less than that... seems an unfair advantage.
I'd propose that new toons, ONLY while doing tutorials, be allotted some sort of "Temporary SP" that they can allocate based on the tutorial. For example, when doing combat tutorials, give enough temporary SP that the person can fly a cruiser, and give suggestions as to what skills they'll need to decently fit it for various purposes (this leads nicely into "how to fit your ship" tutorials). Then when the person does another tutorial, say industry, the combat tutorial temp SP goes away, and they reallocate SP to fly a basic mining barge with strip miners.... while doing the tutorial they can change those SP all they want to try different things.
It seems like new players are forced to "learn Eve" in a frigate when they will likely rarely fly one once they have picked a path... The basic idea is let them fly the middle of the road ships/fits between frigates and "professional [fill in the blank]" so they can get a good taste of what they have to look forward to. And finally, as a "graduation gift" for completing every single tutorial, they get to do one final allocation of SP and KEEP THEM as a head start towards their chosen profession.
I also tend to agree towards protecting trial accounts from hisec ganks in all their forms... I've had three friends try Eve, get ganked while still on trials (two with no fault of their own, ie not canflipped, straight up suicide gank, the third was victim of "feel free to loot my wreck bro"), and all three say %^*$ THIS $#@$!!! Perhaps tutorial missions could take place on a closed course as it were... noobs sharing the safe space temporarily until they're ready for the real world... I remember being a newbie chat channel that you could only get into on a new account, and only for a month before being banished forever... something like that.
EDIT: Now that I think of it, this "safe space" would be idea for a Free to Play option... let people play for free in these truly safe spaces all they want, but if they really want to play, then they have to pay, and hopefully by then they'll really be ready. |