Zifrian
Licentia Ex Vereor
Intrepid Crossing
213
   |
Posted - 2012.02.18 13:11:00 -
[1] - Quote
Just a few thoughts but for me having people to talk to other than in the rookie chat is the main thing that should be encouraged.
- Create more opportunities for fleeting with people. Right now the progression is, do missions and train until you can do level 4's solo. EVE isn't a solo game after you leave empire. It's even a bit hard to do in empire if you are lowish sp. Maybe make small level incursions? I'm not sure how you could do this but having some way to group with people to do something would be a benefit. Perhaps limit participation by SP's or account active time.
- There are a lot of skills that "Cannot be trained on Trial accounts," well why not fliip that around and add stuff you can ONLY do on Trial accounts? Perhaps the first suggestion for grouping? What about giving access to a few things that are only trials? Like suggestion #3?
- Industry is horribly prohibitive to new players - HORRIBLY - I remember the first BPO I wanted to get and make (Salvage Rig) and it took me 2 months to research it. Suggest allowing people on trial accounts special access to lab slots in empire? I know what you are thinking, people would just sign up for trials and abuse it. Perhaps, but getting into industry is not easy and for a new miner/industrialist, this might ease...
 the pain some.
- Make Faction Warfare more interesting for empire pvp
- Add "Hey, did you think about...?" things to the help system for more triggers like when looking at skills...and salvaging comes up. "Hey, did you know you can salvage wrecks for materials to sell? They can make you some extra isk!" Sometimes you have no clue of the different options in the game and going through the list of tutorials is only going to turn people off to looking for this information - Lead them to it.
- Tutorial for "professions" that highlight the different things we do in game. The old lists didn't make any sense - and hence, why I maxed charisma so I could be a "Trader". Type up realistic professions like Trade, Industry, Pirate, even High-sec ganking. Right now the tutorial lists these really broad "Careers." Military? What's that mean? Do you mean Mission Runner? Do you mean PVP? Look at what corps are looking for (which is someting you want new players to join). They want miners, mission runners, PVPers, incursion runners, etc. Not Military, Business, etc. I see that you are trying to make an immersive RPG thing here, but somehow combine the two so it all makes sense in the sandbox.
- I don't see a tutorial on the certificate system. While many of us know what to train already, the amount of knowledge and experience contained in the certificate list is a must-have for a new pilot. Something to describe this system and explain it would be huge in helping people decide what to train next. Right now it's mildly confusing to vets and I'm sure a complete mystery to new pilots. This was added a few years after I started but I would have liked it early on.
- Add a list of items you can use or "Unlock" with the certificate planner. For example, So you have the certificate to Caldari Military Basic? What the heck does that mean? You can fly all Caldari T1 frigates and here is the list of them with a right click so I can buy them on the market? Ahh ok now I see what I have to train to do that and how much it will cost me.
- In connection with the certificate system, how about public fits for new players? I had no idea what to use when I got started until I asked in rookie chat for a few hours. Finally someone said, try 125mm rails with Antimatter charges....holy crap, I can kill things! Imagine you are just starting and you want to be a "Mission Runner" profession. You open up the certificate planner, see that Caldari Frigates is where you want to start and there next to the skills you need is a a suggested fitting button. Hit that and you see the materials you need for a fitting that meets the requirement of the certificate. Now you have the expert knowledge and experience of veterans on how to start out all at your finger tips.
Thats all I have for now. Hope that helps!
Maximze your Industry Potential! - Get EVE Isk per Hour! |