However, I think what new players really need is not so much a free pass but a way to safely practice and learn how to use their character's skills. The placement of target dummies, at player starting locations, for weapons training, and NPC provided tasks, to learn the rudimentary steps necessary to improve trade skills, would be adequate for this purpose. This allows the new player time to make the necessary adjustments either in their game settings, or learning curve, to be effective with their entry-level weapons and skills.
To Wandering Mist's comment, why not just make someone PvP immune for the first 10 hours of their account?
what if someone creates an account, but then has work or school?
Make it the first 10 hours of online activity then.
The issue with this is that it means that for $15, people are able to spend 10 hours transporting materials as they see fit, with no potential for attack.
Gank the new players. This will help them feel included in group activities on the server, and familiarize them with the guild/grouping systems and their importance. Keep ganking until they figure it out. You're helping, good job. You're a pillar of the community.
Sorry to react to a 2-year-old forum post, but a nice addition to the game for new players could be special quests which need to be completed by a team consisting of an experienced player and a new player.
These quest(s) reward both players very useful items (like potions or such) on the condition that they complete the quest(s) as a team. Either player can ask in the world chat to team up, or there can be a type of "matchmaking" mechanism for which players can sign up at the quest related NPC. Once a "match" is found (experienced player + new player), both will be asked through a pop-up window whether they want to teleport to a "starting location" (this is so that players can leave the quest related NPC to engage in other quests or matters while waiting for a match). If "no" is selected (could be because a player is busy and/or has changed their mind), they will simply cancel participating in the quest until they apply at the quest related NPC again for matchmaking.
Going offline while waiting for a match should automatically result in cancelling the "matchmaking".
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that would work
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The issue with this is that it means that for $15, people are able to spend 10 hours transporting materials as they see fit, with no potential for attack.
Any kind of PvP immunity is easily exploited.
These quest(s) reward both players very useful items (like potions or such) on the condition that they complete the quest(s) as a team. Either player can ask in the world chat to team up, or there can be a type of "matchmaking" mechanism for which players can sign up at the quest related NPC. Once a "match" is found (experienced player + new player), both will be asked through a pop-up window whether they want to teleport to a "starting location" (this is so that players can leave the quest related NPC to engage in other quests or matters while waiting for a match). If "no" is selected (could be because a player is busy and/or has changed their mind), they will simply cancel participating in the quest until they apply at the quest related NPC again for matchmaking.
Going offline while waiting for a match should automatically result in cancelling the "matchmaking".