Alyra - New section suggestion

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I'm sure many will disagree but anyway.

As we are seeming to have quite a few new players coming in the the game I think it would be nice to have (prabably under community) a section solely for new players.

Things that regular players feel they should know about (like the great post about common scams) can go in there.

As many new players ask the same questions regularly it would also probably be easier for them to find the answer to their question.

The typical one that comes up again and again for instance ......

"I used my scroll, I'm in Giran and have no Adena - how do I get back?"

I also think it would help make new players feel more at ease as this is the type of game that has a large community presence which new people will take a while to feel part of. Having their own section I think would give them their own little community to be part of while they get used to the game (regular players obviously still use it to answer their questions) and they are all in the same boat as it were - well hopefully not the one from TI, takes ages ;)
if noobs were dumb enough to not read up in here before trying the game, or were silly enough not to go looking for more yellow exclamation marks, what makes you think they would read a section entitled "NOOBZ ONLY LOLZ"
Lol just the kind of answer I'd expect from Spud.

Anyone got any sensible comments to make?
I think this would turn into the same thing as the Player Questions. People have questions. They ask them. People respond. Whether it comes from a veteran or a noob it's still the same workflow.
A New Players forum might be a bit redundant when we have the Player Questions section, but maybe I can tweak that area (change the title and description) so that it serves both purposes. With that said, we are exploring some different forum programs that, if we switch to, would change things up a bit (for the better) too.
Hurry up with the exploration :) And update the whole site while you're at it, pleeease.
By the way, the Player Questions section is better to be the first in the list. You know those noobs... :D

By the way, the Player Questions section is better to be the first in the list. You know those noobs... :D



Good point! Alrighty, I switched it up a bit and added to the description.
A new forum would be fantastic. Don't use Vbulletin, it's pants IMO, Invision all the way ;)
Invision? I've not heard of that one. I'll check it out. Thanks!
Aw.. whynot vbulletin?

love that software!

invision... = eww...
We'll pick whichever one has the best security, and will give us all the features we want. I've got a list of "must-have features", many of which are based off of suggestions folks have made here, that we're working around.
I like it the way it is right now, with the player questions (back) on the top of the list.
Cool that solves the newbie thing thanks Alyra :D

Cool that solves the newbie thing thanks Alyra :D



You bet. ^^

We'll pick whichever one has the best security, and will give us all the features we want. I've got a list of "must-have features", many of which are based off of suggestions folks have made here, that we're working around.



Take a look at SMF

http://www.simplemachines.org/


We'll pick whichever one has the best security, and will give us all the features we want. I've got a list of "must-have features", many of which are based off of suggestions folks have made here, that we're working around.



Take a look at SMF

http://www.simplemachines.org/



What a great endorsement to link to a broken site. :p

srsly, I dunno why any customer would care what software they use to run it -- I'd rather they keep it the same and avoid unnecessary downtime.
(case in point, the stratics "improvements" that have led me to never use their site anymore)
The main L2 Stratics website hasn't been improved at all yet, thats why you're seeing issues. As noted in the other thread, things hit a snag, so the main site wasan't moved (All the forums were).

We're sorry about that, should be resolved as soon as the move is done for real for the site itself.

What a great endorsement to link to a broken site. :p






Link is fine for me.

I actually use that forum. It's good stuff. It integrates well with many databases and CMS. And if NCsoft NA seriously considered using it, they should write/call the developers and get on the beta for 2.0
Does that mean the forum software will be changing NC wide?

many of which are based off of suggestions folks have made here



would you be talking about my suggestion I made a few weeks ago in site forum? as one of the suggestions your looking at changing.

I'd like to know why my avatar has to be reset every time I sign into the site...it never appears, until I reset it.
OH NO MY POSTCOUNT
Unless they carry over!

OH NO MY POSTCOUNT



you know it would be nice if post counts reset.

then we could get rid of the loser that have 5k++++ counts.

then we could get rid of the loser that have 5k++++ counts.



:(