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Old 12-07-2007, 07:45 AM   #6
Molly
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Re: Can "Not Newbie-Friendly" be a Selling Point?

I couldn't agree more.

To some people 'newbie friendly' seems to mean a game where newbies are pampered and power-levelled and showered in high-powered equipment and spell-ups by both imms and players. To me that is not newbie friendly at all, it just creates level 50 newbies who know zilch about the actual game and are totally helpless when left on their own.

It might not be immediately apparent, but you do a new player a much larger favour by directing them to the right helpfile, so they can help themselves, than by leading them around by the hand.

Also 'challenging' and 'not newbie friendly' are not synonyms.
A game can be hard as hell, but still be newbie-friendly.
Likewise a game can have moronically simple mechanics and zones, but without proper starting info about the syntax and general lay-out, it's still not newbie friendly.

We're not making any secret in 4D that we are mainly targeting the 'smart' players, who like to use their brains. But we still like to think of ourselves as newbie friendly, because we provide basic and accurate information on both the website and in-game.
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