PS2 makes new players unhappy

[IHateMMOs]

Originally Posted by Rahabib

As someone who is new to PS, there are a few things that were confusing to me and took me a while to figure out.

First off, the map. When you spawn at the warp gate the first time there are no green dots. No where it says - you have to instant action, or re-deploy. No where does it say anything about squads. So a lot of new people truck out into the vast emptiness, thinking, "hmm.. I remember there was a explosion icon somewhere in this direction."

Second, No where is it stated in game how you get credits. So you start killing things and then eventually you get some. But when you kills things you get XP not credits - it was a bit confusing to me when I first started. Back when I very first started, they still had Araxium, which I can bearly tell you how that worked because I had to look it up. Same with the credits.

Once i grabbed an Sunderer thinking I could deploy and use it as a spawn like I saw everyone else doing - obviously that didnt work. What about buying weapons or attachments - oh you have to equip it first. That I had to just play around with it and then find it.

So the fact is, there are some things thats easy to people who use the internet to google things, but not intuitive to just figure out.

I guess this is where you tell me how I am too stupid to play the game or something else demeaning. Normally, I probaby wouldnt say anything but I know others who have the same questions - just look at the new player boards.

No, I don't call people stupid just because they don't understand the game. It's just that there's an entire website dedicated to all things Planetside, where you can find anything you need. Don't know how to use the map, ask someone, watch a tutorial video, read up on it in the wiki. I was confused about many things in firefall, and the wiki is useless, so I tried out some things, asked some people, and I figured out what I was supposed to do. Same method can be used with Planetside 2, especially with 2 full wikis. All you have to do is research some things. Doesn't require too much work.