Gorman wrote:Infiltrate is non-standard so that will never be in the instructions anyway, thus moot point.Danqazmlp wrote:Just because you have seen people go unanswered does not mean it doesn't happen, far from it.
I think as somebody who has been in the game for a while, you are underestimating how confusing the game can be to a new player. Just because the game mode is CTF or TOW does not mean it is simple to understand when you first load up the game. There are a large number of questions usually asked which could easily be put into an instructions page.
- Where is the intel?
- What do the icons mean?
- How do I capture tents?
- When does the capture bar move?
- Why is this tent not capturing?
- Where do I take the intel?
Those are just a few examples of questions I've seen asked which could easily be put into a page, possible in the loading screen or after it which could be simply clicked past by those who know it. As I've said, it wouldn't effect older players whatsoever, but would give some explanation to newer players.
As I have also said before, it is very unlikely that any new player will go out of their way to read instructions, so putting them in the readme or elsewhere on the website is not an effective way of teaching.
If you don't think they will read then why bother?
Everything in the game works exactly as anyone would expect and is standard.
Where is the intel? It is the cross, as always
What do the icons mean? Red cross gives health, circles are people, cross is an objective, as always
How do I capture tents? Walk up to it, as usual
When does the capture bar move? When you are capping/loosing, as usual
Why is this tent not capturing? Because you can't cap it, as one would think
Where do I take the intel? Back to my base, there is only 1 marker for friendly base so no contest
I dunno, I never had a problem or even had to think for a second for any of these when I first joined. Maybe because I had played a game before.
There is no way that we can build an entire tutorial in to the game, so having people read the wiki/forums like a normal person would is the best thing to do. I know i had read the entire wiki and the forums by the first week of playing, but that is mainly because I don't like to derp around and complain that a game is hard instead of doing something to figure it out.
EDIT: Kind of ironic that this era is the easiest to search and learn new info, yet people are apparently the least likely to...
Again, you neglect to read the entire thread...
This would be editable within each server, so that even custom made game modes would have their own description by the script maker.
People won't go out of their way to read instructions, but they may be more inclined to do so when they are put before them in the game. That is why putting them elsewhere will not get them read by a new player. There was no point in you answering those questions, they were just examples of what has been asked in-game and could be answered in a small screen in-game.
Drunk: You also seem to not want to read the rest of the thread. It has been explained that the text in-game is hard to read and disappears very quickly. It is also limited to how much information can be shown.
