New Player: First Impression of Discovery and it's learning curve.

[Kalhmera]

your "level" depends on how much money you have and ship, Thats it..

Then downgrade the ship to a Stargazer and lower its hull value so at least becomes some sort of challenge for new players so at least if you're idle you get killed by one npc. Killing enemy npc is very valuable in Penn right now. A Focal Group can be something as simple as to get a kids to play in Penn and watch them play, see how they interact and check for feedback. If they join each other to finish missions and also checking the learning curve. This data is priceless.

Freelancer Discovery GC is not a "level up" game, this is a roleplay server, the only level up you get is RP ones, the more high profile your RP is the more interaction comes your way. I.E being a criminal and having people know your name you will get bountied,

This isnt a game like COD or MWF where you level up and get new weapons.

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[Manu]

Freelancer Discovery GC is not a "level up" game, this is a roleplay server, the only level up you get is RP ones, the more high profile your RP is the more interaction comes your way. I.E being a criminal and having people know your name you will get bountied,

This isnt a game like COD or MWF where you level up and get new weapons.

Not sure what COD and MWF means.

[Laz]

Call Of Duty
Modern Warfare

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[Manu]

Ah got it. But correct me if I'm wrong those are single players.

[Manu]

You haven't yet approached the real "learning curve problem", trust me.
And not that this game really has such a problem, just need some time to get along.

Yes that's what I'm talking about. Creating content for the time in between. Check what I wrote about the time and learning curve issue.

[Manu]

Just stepping in for a moment only to hop out, again.

Maybe to simplify tags, they could be spelled out instead of being abbreviated? I'll admit that even as a veteran, there are still some tags I come across where I'm left scratching my head as to what the heck they're trying to represent.

Some factions are short enough to fit into [brackets] or (parenthesis), but for those with longer names, they could be semi-short hand, such as [KuNavy], [RheinMil], [I.Miner'sGuild], [G.Miner'sGuild], etc.

They don't even need to be in brackets and considering the 23 letter limit. With also optional (000)- (as example space for branches). included. Also some don't need the [house]. So basically after the | The faction can write whatever they want.

Some Examples:

[L]Police|(000)-_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[L]NAVY|(000)-_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[R]Kruger|(000)-_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[L]LSF|(000)-_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G]Solar|(000)-_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[L]Ageira|(000)-_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[L]DSE|(000)-_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B]Police|(000)-_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[K]KNF|(000)-_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[L]InterCo.|(000)-_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[L]Rogue|(000)-_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[L]Xeno|(000)-_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B]Gateway|(000)-_ _ _ _ _ _
[B]Molly|(000)-_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B]Bowex|(000)-_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B]Wild|(000)-_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _


For a new player this could be a game changer in terms of being active in rp as quickly as Discovery wants us to. Perhaps this means nothing for most of you cause you got years in the game, got used to or surpassed the curve. But for a new player this is a problem. There could also be a rule set regarding abbreviations for long words, security, gov and corporations.

[Thexare]

[B]Gateway| alone is 12 characters dude.

It's not happening.

[Manu]

Those were just examples. Either way, Gateway is a Corporation and can be abbreviated in many ways. Could be a rule of thumb for factions surpassing a certain number to get abbreviated but if at least a quarter of factions get simplified that makes a huuuge difference, cause as things are now hmmm. I can only give my feedback and point of view from a New Player perspective. The devs have or will eventually read this and draw their conclusions. and its up to them to use my advice or not. At least I know I let them know what I feel is Damaging the experience and only hope something can be done about it.

[Manu]

Also if something like this is to be implemented it has to be done unilaterally, no polls, not much asking or poking around question and not much discussion. Cause otherwise it will never be done. Present the rule set, implement and get over it kinda way. Will many complain? Of course. But that Player list will look so damn neat and organized, and clean! Don't think they will ever return to the current Hieroglyphic wall.

[E X O D I T E]

Back in my day, young-uns learned what all those heiroglyphs meant one at a time by interacting with other people.

This is Discovery Freelancer. It's more fun to Discover^TM other people's things in-game rather than to have it all handed to you, from my experience.

Side note: Seriously, get a Skype/Discord, and hop on this server. There are players who are more than willing to help you in real time.

EDIT: Your proposal would also functionally kill piracy because we'd all have to self-identify as pirates in such a jarring way that the newbiest of newbies would say "Oh no, pirates", and no trader with half an eye on the playerlist will go near a system with a pirate in it. I, for one, prefer a relative veil of anonymity in the playerlist so the traders don't immediately log their shiny caps and pile in on me. No, really, ask LH~ about it. They spend most of their time in untagged ships specifically to avoid the situation I just mentioned.

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