My take on improving new player experience

My take on improving new player experience

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Posted by: Akyl.8647

Akyl.8647

Just add in an AI companion you know? the one you get to pick as your BFF on the start of the game. He tells you how to fight as he is more experienced. He will give you dialogue on what to do and maybe show you some sweet moves. He will tell you where to go and if the area is a high level area he will tell you the place is a no no or we kinda feel inexperienced for the area. He/she will teach you how to dodge, will guide you through the places history(how this place became this place, etc), combo finishers, and any ideas you can think off.

This will not only help the new players but also the old players. It allows us customized NPC that can be found in our housing right? OMG. That’s right our house is no longer empty with NPC’s we couldn’t care less about. Later on the game we can unlock more NPC that we can play with and give us a far more understanding of each zone.

All in all I find my solution much better as we don’t have dismantle something that already works but it also adds depth and flavor to the game.

Magicmike’s video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-On3Ya0_4Y
Magicmike’s reddit post: http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/2fzrg9/new_leveling_systems_working_great/

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Posted by: Vayne.8563

Vayne.8563

They’d actually planned AI companions when the game was first announced, but decided it would be too many on the map at one time at big events, so they scrapped it. I’m pretty sure it was a decision based on lag.

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Posted by: Healix.5819

Healix.5819

Imo, they should add a low level fair that features encounters styled like the Queen’s Gauntlet. Each encounter should teach something specific that works up to a “show me what you know” styled boss.

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Posted by: Akyl.8647

Akyl.8647

@Vayne with the system they have in place it can easily be fixed and prevent players to come in and create a new instance of it. You could also stop them from following you on major cities to remove the lag.