Guild Wars 2

I only recently remembered that these things exist. Heck, it’s even one of the buttons at the top of the screen- hints you’ve unlocked.

Right now it seems to be basically a set of tutorial elements, using pop ups to describe basic things like ‘what is an event’ and add the information to the hint log book.

But wouldn’t it make sense to add new hints for new content, seeing as the new content often brings information that everyone should know?

For example: lots of people have been burned by ascended items, not realizing that they shouldn’t buy two of the same ring because the rings are unique. If there was a hint triggered by acquiring your first ascended item, which introduces the concept of a ‘unique’ quality item, then virtually nobody would end up in that situation. And when they did we could just blame them, instead of thinking that it’s not a great system that makes it so easy to never learn that little fact.

Or another fractal-related one is that so many players new to fractals are just totally lost about how the personal level and reward system works. If there was a set of hints explaining this- some triggering upon first fractal, others triggering when you reach personal level 10 and can start getting rings and pristines- people wouldn’t be forced to come to the forums/reddit/wiki just to get a basic understanding of fractals.

Since there’s already a system in the game to teach people things like this, why not keep making use of it? There are certain things that experienced players should be told too, at least where new content is concerned.