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New Players

Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2005 5:40 pm
by DELETED
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Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2005 11:28 pm
by Chilliwack
i agree wholeheartedly. i always try to be nice to everyone, but sometimes, yeah, i do make some joke-ey answers... but i try to help them get the real answer, however i can help, if at all, and i encourage others to do the same

Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 1:02 am
by Gilgolad
Someone with the power to do so should re-write the help files. They haven't been updated much, and most of it means nothing to new players.

I support the re-writing of the help files into "The Guide to Dark-Legacy for Dummies" So everyone can understand it.

I actually wrote a 7 page "Newbie Guide" so my friend could learn the important stuff to survive on DL. He's not a very smart person, so i had to write it so he couldnt possibly screw it up. (He did anyways. Make it idiot proof and someone will make a better idiot.)

Most of it needs to be edited so it makes better sense, but it would be a start. If some caretakers or writers would like to see it gimmie your E-mail and i'll send it to ya.

Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 2:26 am
by Kiasyn
which helpfiles need updating?

Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 10:45 pm
by Gilgolad
Pretty much all of them, so when you type in help for one thing it doesnt give you something completely irrelevant. If you need an example, just wait for a new player to start asking their first questions. Throw the topic of the question into the help files, and then pretend you're a newbie trying to make sense of it. If you think it wouldnt' help a player new to MUDing, re-write it.

Then there's some things where you put it in the help file, and it only gives you limited or no help whatsoever on it. I know alot of the game is to figure it out on your own, but i think anything craft\fighting related\equpiment specs, should detailed in the help files.

Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2005 2:07 am
by Isabelle
Give me one example, i find it extremely hard to believe that the helpfiles on dark-legacy are either non-existant, or impossible to understand, or somehow completely vague.

You are either talking about a different mud, or someone is here trolling for responses.

If there is something that needs to be updated, post specifics, and we will fix it.

I don't know of a single thing ingame which does not have a helpfile.

Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2005 7:12 pm
by Chilliwack
bounce doesnt have a helpfile, as of the writing-time of this ^^

Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2005 8:13 pm
by Zidane
there are a lot of changing recently with celeborn around im sure with a little patient the "help files" would be updated :D

Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2005 12:14 am
by Isabelle
if your best shot is for a command / spell thats like 1 day old, then i'm not worried.

Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2005 3:50 pm
by Chilliwack
heh, i was just kidding, i knew it wasnt a major overlook/whatever