How are these brand new players going to even know how to chat? They barely know how to use /party or /yell yet they magically will know to type /assiste? If you were going to do this, then the ? status should of been extended and a message given every time they login that how to ask questions while it's active.Requirements for Chatting
Players must meet certain requirements to chat in the Assist Channel.
Be a new player
Players who have just started the game and are classified as New Adventurers. Such players have a “?” icon displayed next to their name.
2 days? why not a week bare minimum?Be a returnee
Players for whom at least 48 days have passed since their last login are classified as returnees.
Players will be able to chat in the Assist Channel for 48 hours of login time from the moment they are designated as a new player or returnee. New players will be able to continue to use the channel during these 48 hours even if their new player icon is removed.
ok it's 48 hours playtime, which is better but still seems low.
Another issue is this only works in towns, which makes it identical to /yell. I'm confused what the point of this is. Do you want mentors to be pro-active or just answer questions nobody will ask?
You know what would of been better than this? A LFG channel that works in all regions of the game (except battlefields) and not just towns, that would of been really helpful. Right now, players who want to group up for content have to sit in towns and wait for shouts. Instead of going and doing things while reading lfg as you do in every other mmorpg.