New Players need some love

[Tears of Destiny]

Tears, stop the blue font already! 

NO U

This is not blue anyways ;)

[Jarlek]

I just retired today and I went on EU_5. Spawned late and saw one of my allies fighting a 2hander with a claymore (sigh, dickheads). Did my ninja-run up behind him and slashed him with my khyber knife. He died. Lvl 1, first round and a kill. Fuck yeah!

[Zanze]

I got two kills my entire first gen(I respecced about 8 times in that timeframe as well, so about 10 million xp worth. For pros, yes I know respeccing resets kill counter. Yes it is sad enough that I never killed anyone before that either). I am now gen 14 and top the scoreboard at least once every 5 games. Patience is winner. Stick in there, find some good people to teach you how to play and go kick ass. (Have your teacher be someone of the class you want to play! I was taught by a shielder and a pikeman and now play hoplite as a result)

[Ptolemy]

I just retired today and I went on EU_5. Spawned late and saw one of my allies fighting a 2hander with a claymore (sigh, dickheads). Did my ninja-run up behind him and slashed him with my khyber knife. He died. Lvl 1, first round and a kill. Fuck yeah!

And then I killed you with my bastard sword.

I admit it, I felt mean.

[Zlisch_The_Butcher]

And then I killed you with my bastard sword.

I admit it, I felt mean.

Jarlek deserved it for being a killstealing noob.

[Jarlek]

And then I killed you with my bastard sword.

I admit it, I felt mean.

You killed my as I was running and typing "FUCK YEAH, LVL 1 KILL IN FIRST ROUND!", but it ended up being said in deadchat, so you didn't see it xD

[Ptolemy]

You killed my as I was running and typing "FUCK YEAH, LVL 1 KILL IN FIRST ROUND!", but it ended up being said in deadchat, so you didn't see it xD

Now I feel even more mean


I think I'm going to adopt green text... because.. why not.

[BlackMilk]

Now I feel even more mean


I think I'm going to adopt green text... because.. why not.

because it's gay as fuck and makes you look like a attention whore.

[Ptolemy]

because it's gay as fuck and makes you look like a attention whore.

At least it's not fail 3D writing.

[Grumpy_Nic]

I think a certain percentage of the market tax should go into a pot for new players and they get around 10k to buy equipment, maybe just after hitting lvl 15 or 20 or something like that.

[Patoson]

You are dieing because you are a newbie and this game takes a fairly high amount of skill, it's not because you are low level. Many good players can post positive kill:death rations at lvl 10. As a newbie you have no sense of timing, awareness, footwork and other important combat techniques and tactics. while the guys you are up against are skilled gamers who have 1-2 years experience and knowledge of such things, and are drawing on these things to own you, not just raw power.

This is why Age of Conan's PvP drew me back - learning while everyone else had years of experience and full gear. There was no need to call him a newbie though.

And I repeat: levelling should be a lot faster until level 24 or so. Let beginners be competent (in terms of looms) fast enough and not after a year. The mod might be dead in a year (who knows?).

I don't like idea to give anyone any advatage i didn't get as bigginer.

That's as if our ancestors who didn't have the same civil rights we have now claimed we shouldn't have them because they didn't have them in their lifetime.

[[ptx]]

Newbie = beginner, it it not an insult, unlike noob.

[Vibe]

Vibe's got plenty of love for everyone, big, small, young, old..

24/m/calradia

pm

[rustyspoon]

And I repeat: levelling should be a lot faster until level 24 or so.

There is a benefit to slower levelling. It gives new players a feel of how certain stats effect their builds. As new players often start throwing points into things without first reading the forums, imagine the horribly broken builds they will end up with if they quickly get points to throw into things. Levelling from 25-31 would be terribly painful for them.

At least with slower levelling, if they make a mistake it won't hurt them too much as they'll have more time to catch it. One errant point here or there isn't a major issue.

[Jarlek]

I think a certain percentage of the market tax should go into a pot for new players and they get around 10k to buy equipment, maybe just after hitting lvl 15 or 20 or something like that.

I WONDER WHY THAT SOUNDS TERRIBLY FAMILIAR?

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Take all the marketplace tax and out it in "Meow's Fund for Struggling Kittens", which he can use to give to random new accounts to help new players.

Or he can go bananas and use it all on catnip. Whatever he prefers.