Just a few points:
1. Uni chat - was only ever intented as a Q & A channel, it states it on the pop, its "the players" that have chosen to treat it as a social channel.
2. Rites - the introductionary missions you get on arrival on the mainland lead you to it and how to get started with them.
One of the things I loved about ryzom when I started (in Beta) was the discovery of things (doing it the hard way). The current picture I get of Ryzom is that there is an expectation that New Players need to know everything about the game at the start for them to enjoy it. These days I see more are more "Spoon feed" players. Lvl 250s who have very little idea of what that skill really does.
New and Old players are equally to blame for the "Rush to the end". Some New players want to know if this game has all the "Great Features" their old game has. Some old players want to share all their knowledge to "Help" the new player love the game as much as they do.
Just my opinion.
UNI should be for Q and A, there are other channels for social chat (Guild, team, region, around and faction).
Content should be there to be discovered.
1. Uni chat - was only ever intented as a Q & A channel, it states it on the pop, its "the players" that have chosen to treat it as a social channel.
2. Rites - the introductionary missions you get on arrival on the mainland lead you to it and how to get started with them.
One of the things I loved about ryzom when I started (in Beta) was the discovery of things (doing it the hard way). The current picture I get of Ryzom is that there is an expectation that New Players need to know everything about the game at the start for them to enjoy it. These days I see more are more "Spoon feed" players. Lvl 250s who have very little idea of what that skill really does.
New and Old players are equally to blame for the "Rush to the end". Some New players want to know if this game has all the "Great Features" their old game has. Some old players want to share all their knowledge to "Help" the new player love the game as much as they do.
Just my opinion.
UNI should be for Q and A, there are other channels for social chat (Guild, team, region, around and faction).
Content should be there to be discovered.