AndresTalas
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- Oct 11, 2012
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The new starter area is fantastic. Its one of the best starter areas I've seen in an MMO. Really, really good introduction to the game.
The community is pretty darn good. I ran into three players who were substantially helpful early on, one of whom gave me a lift in his VTOL to Twin Peaks and let me help heal him while hunting, another who have me some good advice and pressed a mining tool into my hands, and a third who gave me a decent trade on sweat for needed equipment.
Love the open world, the amazing beauty, the skills system and the depth of the crafting system.
The game appears to have a smaller number of players than I expected - it looks like MA are failing to convert a lot of people who try the game into long-term starters. Personally, I think they slam the paywall down too early - its the little things, like the 0.5 PED non-refundable auction fee, the fact that sweat only appears to be used for a couple of low-demand things and the truly crap rewards in the post-newbie quests.
If MA want newbies to stick around, then in my view they should incentivise the community to buy what they can produce, and therefore have them become part of the economy and society. Otherwise, people will download the game, and then get to the stage where they are poor and with broken gear, and then too many of them will quit.
Basically, invest in your newbies, MA. They are the future of the game.
The community is pretty darn good. I ran into three players who were substantially helpful early on, one of whom gave me a lift in his VTOL to Twin Peaks and let me help heal him while hunting, another who have me some good advice and pressed a mining tool into my hands, and a third who gave me a decent trade on sweat for needed equipment.
Love the open world, the amazing beauty, the skills system and the depth of the crafting system.
The game appears to have a smaller number of players than I expected - it looks like MA are failing to convert a lot of people who try the game into long-term starters. Personally, I think they slam the paywall down too early - its the little things, like the 0.5 PED non-refundable auction fee, the fact that sweat only appears to be used for a couple of low-demand things and the truly crap rewards in the post-newbie quests.
If MA want newbies to stick around, then in my view they should incentivise the community to buy what they can produce, and therefore have them become part of the economy and society. Otherwise, people will download the game, and then get to the stage where they are poor and with broken gear, and then too many of them will quit.
Basically, invest in your newbies, MA. They are the future of the game.