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New player experiance

FantraFantra Member, Alpha Two
in General Discussion
My biggest problem playing ashes atm is that icons dont show on the map. That makes it very hard to navigate easily in a new world. Basic luxery like that should be added.
there is no way to get basic upgrade to the gear from vendors or stores. Making us buy small upgrades while leveling up will make the start more pleasent.
And why is there no shortbow spawn in the start area. the longbow is to slow and boring to use. The questing also needs some interface updates to have it show where to run without opening the world map. Also a short main story quest to start things out would be nice. And please let us pick the quest icons to *!* and *?*, not the book looking thing.

Comments

  • VolgarisVolgaris Member, Alpha Two
    I think your icon showing on the maps like you have some gps or something is too much. I think you should have to buy or find a map.

    To get upgrades of gear youre supposed to craft or buy from a player. Although that does need some tuning.

    Just be happy with the longbow, you'll get a shortbow in a little bit, they're extremely simple to make and will take you hardly any effort once you figure out the crafting system.

    Hard no on the !/? markers, those are poison. Read the NPC name and find them. Read the quest. There is a beginning quest too, there are several. Stop just pressing F, F, F, and read. There's so lore in there and they explain some things too, that will help you, BUT you'll need to put in a little effort. Overall quests need work, but not what you're asking for. Quests need to be interesting and meaningful. You should want to do a quest to find out what happens, not because it gives you a shiny reward or exp.
  • FantraFantra Member, Alpha Two
    edited August 31
    what i ment with the ^!^ and ^?^ was just the icons over the NPC. thats all. player costimization. would love a gps system UI like soo many other MMORPGS out there. have in mind im a casual gamer with not much time to play games. so to much work playing the game. makes me not wanna play a game. but we will se how it developes.
    MAP icons should be there allways. it will be on a secound monitor from a 3rd party anwyas. might aswell just have it in the game.
  • TrikkiTrikki Member, Alpha Two
    Honestly, the map is a disgrace and should be addressed ASAP. The map is the soul of your world and this is a terrible representation of Verra. The zoom levels, the lack of information, the black boxes, the inability to resize it. It's a bit of an eyesore.

    The quest font and size is also a big problem which contributes to confusion of a new player.
  • nanfoodlenanfoodle Member, Founder, Kickstarter, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    Fantra wrote: »
    what i ment with the ^!^ and ^?^ was just the icons over the NPC. thats all. player costimization. would love a gps system UI like soo many other MMORPGS out there. have in mind im a casual gamer with not much time to play games. so to much work playing the game. makes me not wanna play a game. but we will se how it developes.
    MAP icons should be there allways. it will be on a secound monitor from a 3rd party anwyas. might aswell just have it in the game.

    I agree with this on same lvls. Do we need a book icon for an npc only says hello? Can we have an icon for quests, and another for everything else?
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