I'm seriously worried about the new player experience

[Buggsy]

Originally Posted by SturmovikDrakon

I'm still confused as to how someone could be so lost. If you've played Battlefield and you see capture points, it should click in your head immediately on where you should be going

But anyway

While I like that they've made the tutorial videos, I feel like the entire message was rushed.

yeah its not rocket surgery.

The only problem I had with teaching a complete noob friend to play was where to spawn and spamming QQQQQQQQQQQ. He figured out the spawn thing eventually but the spamming QQQQQQQQQ thing eluded him till the end of BETA.

[TheStigma]

We can make up a whole bunch of sleek, innovative and immersive ways to make new player experience good - but the fact of the matter is that SOE needs this stuff NOW! (ie. within days of release at the most, preferably ON release, which is hours away now).

If this was left up for me to handle I would simply make some videos. People are used to tutorial-videos youtube-style and you can slap something together damn quick - then send it over to professional post-production and they will polish the videos up for you in a matter of hours so they look a little more professional.

The first thing that should greet you as you enter the game for the first time is a big popup that informs you that you should probably watch these short videos before you play to get the gist of the game. Keep it 3-4 videos of a couple minutes each for the "basics", explaining how to interact with players, find battles, and what your basic goals are - then have a few more (as many as you feel is needed) under an "advanced" heading that explains the more in-detail stuff like certifications, how to deploy your S-AMS ect. People will patience will watch those advanced ones, but hopefully most people in general will stick around to watch a couple of minutes of briefing even if they are casuals.

Also make it real obvious how to find these videos again if you need to (needs to be explained in the very first video, as well as be a big obvious button right on the launch-pad).

The video delivery system can as simple as youtube links honestly... I see no need for anything more complicated - and they will work to gather attention all on their own as people notice them and share them.

I heard a rumor actually that RivalXfactor was actually contracted to make a series of 12 tutorial videos for PS2 - so there is a chance that SOE is something very close to what I just described here... I have no source for this rumor unfortunately (and would like to know if there is a solid source for it if anyone knows).

-Stigma

[Rolfski]

Originally Posted by TheStigma

I heard a rumor actually that RivalXfactor was actually contracted to make a series of 12 tutorial videos for PS2 - so there is a chance that SOE is something very close to what I just described here... I have no source for this rumor unfortunately (and would like to know if there is a solid source for it if anyone knows).

-Stigma

I am the source of this "rumor". He stated it 3 days ago, it was a top rated comment in one of his PS2 videos:

[TheStigma]

Yea I actually viewed that video, just never saw that comment.

Wonder when it will be released. Hopefully a little bit before the launch so people who are sitting and waiting for it can enjoy them in good time - even if they are probably mostly geared towards new players. xFactor often drops some small tips and tricks here and there that even experienced players can learn from

-Stigma