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1/24/2014 20:28:54   
Mecha Mario
Mechanized Plumber
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January 24, 2014
Welcome to Delta V

As you may have noticed, this week's release is a wee bit behind. We've been working all this week and most of the week prior to develop a new tutorial to welcome new players to the worlds of Delta V in style! This requires a lot of custom programming and loads of new artwork to make the experience streamlined and exciting. When finished, it will be leagues ahead of what we have now: randomly placing a new character in the midst of Central Station without the foggiest clue of what to do!

Since the success of this new feature is so crucial to maintaining new players, we're devoting the weekend to refining this feature to release early next week. We don't want to risk releasing the tutorial Friday evening, only to find that new players coming in over the weekend are getting stuck, frustrated, and logging out forever!

In the meantime, check out this brief rundown of what we have so far. It may not be thrilling for you veteran players, but it is interesting to think about from a game design standpoint: how to introduce EpicDuel to a new player without overwhelming them with options!


Soft Landing

Welcome to the Feldspar Flats! This region near Central Station was mark for heavy construction before the war against Baelius. Now, it's littered with the ruins of abandoned scaffolding and rogue construction robots. Miraculously, life still flourishes in this region, as the volcanic soil is quite nourishing for plant life.

Your first task will be to move around the screen. This may seem overly-simplistic for veterans, but you might be surprised by how many players first attempt to use the keyboard for movement!

Ok, you've overcome that challenge. Feeling good! Ready for a mission?


AI Trainers (relatives of the M4tr1x AI) will offer simple missions, introducing players to missions as an important means for collecting credits, experience, and items. They will also serve as an introduction to some quick battles against Renegade Junkers. Apparently, years of neglect and dust storms have corrupted their programming and made them openly hostile to new arrivals.

Collect Robot Parts to help the AI Trainers reset their programming!

Be sure to disarm them! You'll need all the help you can get to face the enemies ahead!


After completing this mission chain, new players should have a weapon for each slot (primary, sidearm, auxiliary). This will guarantee that new players emerge from the tutorial more battle-ready than before.

Whoa! This fellah means business!

Learn about Physical/Energy Damage and Defense/Resistance by defeating a series of Boss Junkers.

These Junkers are bosses in name only. They can be handled easily with the right equipment.

That doesn't mean they're harmless, though.


Gather their Corrupted Chips and return them to your trainer for your reward!

I think I see the problem: It was set to MURDER!

Your journey isn't over yet! We've moved the alignment selection from the character creation process to the tutorial. Representative NPCs will plead their case and request your pledge of support. If you accept, you will be offered a new mission to complete an automatch battle.


After you complete the battle (win or lose, all you need to do is complete the battle), turn in the mission, and the gate to Central Station will rise, allowing you to join the rest of the experience EpicDuel community!

Don't forget your "One Small Step" achievement!


Legro Inmortuorum Poster

And now a word from HeroMart!

HeroMart is proud to offer an Art Nouveau (French for New Art) inspired poster of Dage and his undead legion! This new 24” x 36” high quality poster by Diozz featuring Dage and his undead army will be a great way to make your room feel more alive! Or rather undead.


Order the poster soon, because I don't think anything this awesome is going to stay on HeroMart's shelves for long! Did I mention it also includes a mysterious new blade, Dage's Desolation, in EpicDuel?

Tags: Nightwraith Tutorial HeroMart Dage Diozz


< Message edited by Mecha Mario -- 1/24/2014 20:30:26 >
DF MQ AQW Epic  Post #: 1
1/24/2014 20:33:22   
NDB
Member

Bazooka and Outlaw E for free? I'll never need to buy weapons again for my alts...
Epic  Post #: 2
1/24/2014 20:50:49   
Ranloth
Banned


 ^ In a way, it's a balance change. Credits are hard to come by for some players and they waste them, thus ending up underequipped. Now, everyone will have full equipment, which is really good.
AQ Epic  Post #: 3
1/24/2014 21:00:30   
NDB
Member

Wish that they had made a new gun and aux though. So that you can re-purchase for free like the starter primaries in case you happen to sell them. It also really puts Bazooka and Outlaw E to shame.
Epic  Post #: 4
1/24/2014 21:34:12   
toopygoo
Member

hey, can anyone tell us how much "one small step is worth" please?
AQW Epic  Post #: 5
1/24/2014 21:47:52   
One Winged Angel1357
Member


 Beats my old system of rushing into Running Errands and Golden Gun Gal for a free aux and gun
AQ DF AQW Epic  Post #: 6
1/25/2014 3:19:02   
Scyze
Member

I was hoping that there was an update last night, I guess we'll have to wait until next week. :P
AQ DF MQ AQW Epic  Post #: 7
1/25/2014 7:23:10   
Ranloth
Banned


 Although, I wish they revamped Bazooka or - as already mentioned - made a new one. It's a fairly old Aux, and looks meh, compared to newer items - new players may get attracted by a fancy art too. Same can be said about Hunter's Claws, which look... bad. <_>
AQ Epic  Post #: 8
1/25/2014 9:20:54   
Scyze
Member

It's my birthday today, I've decided to play EpicDuel. I'm not enjoying playing ED, however. I might leave.
AQ DF MQ AQW Epic  Post #: 9
1/25/2014 10:39:59   
Calogero
Member

quote:

Since the success of this new feature is so crucial to maintaining new players, we're devoting the weekend to refining this feature to release early next week

New players... a Tutorial will do less than Actualy focusing on Balance
AQ DF MQ AQW Epic  Post #: 10
1/25/2014 10:48:44   
Mother1
Member

@ calogero

Actually with this everyone will be able to do missions within and get free items so they are fully equipped at the real early levels. That alone helps because many players are under equipped at times due to many reasons, and this will bring that down really low.

That right there helps balance out matches better since there will be less players who are under equipped and now there will truly be no excuse for you being under equipped.
Epic  Post #: 11
1/25/2014 11:05:00   
comicalbike
Member

well until they fix the balance lots will still leave so should do both at the same time
Epic  Post #: 12
1/25/2014 11:07:35   
Ranloth
Banned


 Balance is subjective. What is balanced for one, is imbalanced for others. Plenty of examples from in-game and Forum alike.

Tutorial was still necessary for years now - what's the point to have players playing the game, if they have no idea how to, and just quit? Both are necessary, but balance needs time - you can't expect weekly changes and major at the same time.
AQ Epic  Post #: 13
1/25/2014 11:08:16   
One Winged Angel1357
Member


 Just fully gearing players can double the amount of stat modifiers they have so yeah that is a good thing. But I kinda wish they had made training gear that kinda resembled like Air soft or Paintball weapons kind of as a joke saying this is your training gear don't go hurting yourself
AQ DF AQW Epic  Post #: 14
1/25/2014 11:15:30   
Scyze
Member

I wonder if the Developers will add in the Super Bowl Achievement.
AQ DF MQ AQW Epic  Post #: 15
1/25/2014 16:06:39   
Dual Thrusters
Member

Boss Junker looks cooler than the Warbot ;_;
MQ AQW Epic  Post #: 16
1/25/2014 16:41:10   
Scyze
Member

Cause it's BOSS!
AQ DF MQ AQW Epic  Post #: 17
1/25/2014 17:19:28   
Drianx
Member

There's one more thing to be revised, and that is the Delta V map.
It only helps those engaged in the war to jump to strategic positions.
Otherwise it is useless for any other player - no NPCs, no shops, no clues for ongoing missions (for example after accepting a mission where you need to bring back 2x Pink Batteries from... where?).

< Message edited by Drianx -- 1/25/2014 17:20:14 >
AQW Epic  Post #: 18
1/26/2014 9:28:34   
Scyze
Member

I had asked Faith if EpicDuel could have an item which comes with the new Dage poster. It came true! *Thank me later, or don't if it was already meant to happen*
However, I am a bit disappointed over the item that comes with it. It looks like it's a sketch, rather than the finished product. I hope that it's not the final piece as it doesn't look too good in detail. I like the design of it, but it just looks like it's not the final piece. http://heromart.com/cat/pics/DagePoster_ED.jpg
AQ DF MQ AQW Epic  Post #: 19
1/27/2014 7:36:16   
Pemberton
Member
 

 The game is pretty self-explanatory before but adding more and more complicated clutter made it look more confusing.
And let's be honest here, there are no new players.
Post #: 20
1/27/2014 17:15:06   
s0u1ja b0y
Member

This is why people quit ed. They keep making changes for minority not majority
Epic  Post #: 21
1/27/2014 17:21:14   
Mother1
Member

@ sou1ja boy

actually this change for a change isn't for the hardcore players but for everyone.

It helps out hacked players since with this they have a chance to get free equipment viva tutorial missions which saves them the trouble of farming needlessly for credits to replace lost items, It helps out new players since they will learn how to play the game instead of just going in blind not knowing the difference between physical and energy weapons Etc, as well as giving them gear to help them in actual battles, and for those who already know how to play the game they can still do the missions, and get the free cheevo at the end.

So this update will have something for everyone just about.
Epic  Post #: 22
1/27/2014 21:47:13   
DarkLore
Member

Great update for this week! I'm only level 17 but have played the game since ED partnered with AE. This will be good since I lack almost every kind of weapon for each slot.
AQ DF MQ AQW Epic  Post #: 23
1/29/2014 5:45:13   
Pemberton
Member
 

 The game itself is unplayable and this is what they update for a whole month??? Tutorial for "new" players???
I made a level 1 and let me tell you, there are no new players.
Post #: 24
1/29/2014 5:51:37   
Ranloth
Banned


 Let me bring up people complaining about "noobs" not knowing how to play. And lack of items. And how it was a crucial feature in every single game, to know how to play.

Your Level 1 player has nothing to do with "new players" you speak of. It's not even relevant at all, because you have nothing to back up your statement with. Biased statement, with a hint of flamebait and no data to back it up with. If you want to make a statement and convince people, use some data. Opinions mean nothing if you want to bring up the facts.
AQ Epic  Post #: 25
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