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chikahiro
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Champions is different, no bones about it. With old MMO's dying, new MMOs coming up, and folks wanting to play something between major updates on currently running ones, I think it would be beneficial to make it easy to transition into CO.
A general guide to how to play, "if you're used to X, this is our Y," type thing would be a good idea. Don't rely on the forums! Make it, put it on the main page, and go from there.
Having "if you hated X, then you'll love our Y" would be good as well.
I've seen at least two big games with quizzes players can fill out, then get suggestions on what the game has to offer their playstyle. That'd be another thing to look at.
Making it a series of blogs, following hypothetical gamers from another titles, could be interesting/engaging, giving an understandable way to show/demonstrate differences.
"Here's Frank. He likes to tank in EverWar of WorldCraft 2, but prefers to jump in and play, not spend hours learning how to make builds/specs. Here's some AT's he'd like."
"This is Shellye. She's played Yet Another Fantasy MMO Online for years, and loves to get into the nitty gritty of mechanics. Here's why Free-Form is what she's been dreaming about."
"Steve is a long-time player and is a great team player. He hates soloing, hates outleveling his friends, hates being on the "wrong server," and generally is happiest in the middle of an epic fight. Here's how Champions Online makes sure you never have to play alone."
A general guide to how to play, "if you're used to X, this is our Y," type thing would be a good idea. Don't rely on the forums! Make it, put it on the main page, and go from there.
Having "if you hated X, then you'll love our Y" would be good as well.
I've seen at least two big games with quizzes players can fill out, then get suggestions on what the game has to offer their playstyle. That'd be another thing to look at.
Making it a series of blogs, following hypothetical gamers from another titles, could be interesting/engaging, giving an understandable way to show/demonstrate differences.
"Here's Frank. He likes to tank in EverWar of WorldCraft 2, but prefers to jump in and play, not spend hours learning how to make builds/specs. Here's some AT's he'd like."
"This is Shellye. She's played Yet Another Fantasy MMO Online for years, and loves to get into the nitty gritty of mechanics. Here's why Free-Form is what she's been dreaming about."
"Steve is a long-time player and is a great team player. He hates soloing, hates outleveling his friends, hates being on the "wrong server," and generally is happiest in the middle of an epic fight. Here's how Champions Online makes sure you never have to play alone."
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"Hey, I'd like to make X! How could I do that?"
"Well, instead of giving you a build, how about we give you some guidelines, and a few samples? We'll explain our reasoning, and suggest some alternatives, too."
It seems that, unlike STO, you guys benefit more from subscribers than Free or Lifetime players, so explaining and helping people to understand and enjoy the Free Form system would be most advantageous.
My blog! Zen|Dilithium tracking on Thursdays
http://samonmaui.blogspot.com
As a lifetime member of STO, I officially became a financial liability as of April 2012 when compared to a subscriber.
http://co-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=178041
And playing by myself since Aug 2009
Godtier: Lifetime Subscriber
Ah, thank you! Had no idea that was going on! @_@
And I'd contribute, but I'm not even close to being an expert at this game. I figure that the devs would be best able to do things, especially since they know what they want/expect to be the baseline for performance. Players, IMO, can get a really inflated sense of what's required
My blog! Zen|Dilithium tracking on Thursdays
http://samonmaui.blogspot.com
As a lifetime member of STO, I officially became a financial liability as of April 2012 when compared to a subscriber.
Check CO Wiki. Player created. Volunteers updating it, without much(none) help from Cryptic.
It's all up to us. Sad but true.
And playing by myself since Aug 2009
Godtier: Lifetime Subscriber