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Poll: What does it take for a person to no longer be considered a new player?
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As per the title, choose an option you think would work for what you think. Please share your thoughts on why you feel this way.
Poll: What does it take for a person to no longer be considered a new player? 41 votes
The character level determines it.
0%
The amount of time they put in determines it.
24%
10 votes
Their skill level and ability to adapt and learn the game mechanics determines it.
31%
13 votes
There is no such thing as a new player. This is CO after all.
12%
5 votes
A combination of the above.
31%
13 votes
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I do not consider level, for a new player, once they get out of the tutorial, which can be done in less than an hour, could turn around and buy the level 30 boost package along with ten 1 level boosts and hit level 40 before their second hour even hits. They would not have learned much at this point and would still be a new player.
As for skill level, there are players who have been playing for years who couldn't fight their way out of a paper bag and who balk at the simplest of instructions, needing hand holding on every little thing. They don't qualify as new. Character level sort of goes hand-in-hand with time put in since it takes time to level up, so naturally by the time you level to 40 you would no longer be new - level up packs are a special case in which a player bypasses this. I'm not sure how CO being CO would somehow cause the concept of newness to exist, the game isn't that special.
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That was more or less a sarcastic addition due to the few times I've seen people say that CO never gets new players.
Ha! Fair enough.
Mm, the OP wasn't specific was it. New to video games? New to MMOs? New to CO? New to a certain part of CO? I assumed new to CO.
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Stats, skills, how mechanics of different powers interact with each other, good ways to level, good ways to earn resources, devices, vehicles, queues, teaming up, how/when/how long to BLOCK!, 80 different kinds of currency, where and when certain events happen, etc.
It's not the most complex game, but if you're really trying to make a powerful character and play it well, there's some research to be done.
Yeah, that is something I forgot to take in consideration. Technically, I am talking about being new to CO. But, this opens up a different type of question.
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The question is when they stop being a new player, not what is a new player o3o
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As was pointed out, was not asking what makes a player new, but what does it take for a new player to not be considered new (to CO).
The second time you load up CO as your no longer a new player. Because you've played it before.
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Ok, that works.
They can spend 80-100 hours playing on Tailor and Roleplaying but knowing nothing about the basic battle mechanics and the power progression system, this makes them still newcomers for the Core system of the game
If they spent 80-100 hours that means they made it through the tutorial, which means they've been exposed to the core systems of the game, meaning they're not new. Basically anyone who has made it through the tutorial is no longer new to the game.
One thing we can for sure can conclude from this thread is this: By the time they hit lvl 40, players have been "not new" for quite a while.
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They'll have learned everything they need in the tutorial to battle those bosses. Even if they are lucky enough to get carried through 100% of the Grabs they queue for, watching experienced players will teach them things as well ( especially watching me ).
When they hit 40 they might be new to endgame, but that's not what this poll was asking. By the time you hit 40, you could only be new to CO if you had someone else playing the game for you that whole time. I'm pretty sure you can't even buy level up packs before you finish the tutorial.
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I've also seen vets not do well. Including me.
I don't think either skill level or knowledge is a measure of how new a player is. And both new players and vets go through periods of time when they are better off by either increasing their knowledge or increasing their skill level via practice to apply that knowledge.
New player just means someone who has not played much. It doesn't mean that they don't know what to do or that they are not capable of doing it. Regardless of knowledge or skill level, I would say that after their 1st month in the game, a player is no longer new.
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Nepht and Dr Deflecto on primus
They all thought I was out of the game....But I'm holding all the lockboxes now..
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I'm judging you o3o
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No, going on that picture you judged yourself.
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