I believe that the current tutoral is too short for casual gamers. I am not a casual gamer and I didnt have any trouble with the current tutorial. However a lot of people who are new to MMO's are coming to this game because they like Star Trek and I have found that the learning curve is too steep for many of them. As it is, people are forced to come to the forums or spam simple questions in zone chat.
I think a longer tutorial as a cadet followed by the mission where you get attacked by the borg would be a great way to ease these new players into the game, and also add some cool content! It would be very nice if you could skip the tutorial all together as well. I was thinking a tutorial that takes you all the way through level 6. Players who have completed the tutorial should the option to skip it (or at least, the majority of it) and start at lvl 6 (like when you start a Klingon toon).
At the Academy you would learn all of the basics about the game, and actually be tested on them, before you graduate and are assigned to the Khitomer (or whatever the name of the ship is that gets attacked by the borg in the current tutorial). Of course, you would have to complete the Kobayashi Maru!
You would learn all of the basic stuff that you are supposed to pick up from the NPCs on SB1, and you would actually have to read it because you would be tested on it. I think this would cut way down on the people who Captains and dont realize that you cant train skills that are outside of your class.
On top of being a valuable teaching tool for new comers, every Captain in the shows talks fondly of their experiences at the Academy. I want that experience too!
If you support something like this, please post that you do so that they devs will be more likely to see it. If you have constructive criticism or additional ideas, please feel free to post your thoughts.
that would be great i just suggest that the first 6 Level woul bee the Academy Training and then you start with the Quest about the USS Khitomer.... and it should be skipable...
and you could bee better introduced in Bridge Officer Skills.....
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Levels 1-3
away mission learning and such
3-7 space missions and such
7-10 first missions and how you get command of the starship
and you could bee better introduced in Bridge Officer Skills.....