Yoshida: New Player 30/08/2011 Opinions

[tachikoma]

Its great to see a new players perspective of the game with a nice overview of what they think could improved upon. Not sure why some forum ppl are harassing the poster. I hope se reads this and already has these tutorials and fixes in mind.

The most profound issue is obviously the wards. The issue of being forced to zone anywhere from 10-20 times in order to buy what you want at an early level is silly. And add on top of it that you are zoning into one of the most laggy places and the problem sprawls out of control. I have learned to enjoy the wards but I would much prefer new players to be greeted with a nice easy to use and understand interface. One that works quickly and gets the job done fast.

As a software designer I always have to keep in mind "how is this going to be used, who is using it, and what are they trying to accomplish". Before adding fluff that I think is going to make the feature nicer in my opinion I try to ask myself is it going to make their job/task easier or harder? And is it worth the effort to maintain. Yes they may think XYZ feature sounds cool but always gotta remember its main purpose. Right now the wards offer fancy pipe dreams of "maybe our retainer can go shopping for us!" this should have been immediatly overwridden by "the overhead and server stress created by this is not worth the benefit."