Make the Rules a little more pointed out maybe? An RP tutorial on startup perhaps? I don't know, some kind of small database that they're forced to look at so people can know what to do when they get in game. Just point out the Leetspeek is a sin, have them pick an Allabi kinda thing, and let them go from there. Oh and if someone had enough time on their hands, an overall spreadsheet of the factions with summary detail of who they are and how they act, etc. etc.
Ive recently taken a newbie (let me clarify how new I'm talking. It took me 10 minutes to explain to him how to get to Pittsburg) under my wing. And he said that after two days of forum surfing ha had no idea what the rules meant. So maybe we could make them less complex and confusing and more simple?
' Wrote:This thread is so stupid that a bird sitting on a nearby tree just EXPLODED.
IMO, putting the starting system right next to NY solved nothing, really. But there's no where else to put it, the NPCs are too strong everywhere else.