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HamsterIV:
Manual tells new players the importance of listening to pilot/captain, the difference between repair and rebuild, and how to spot. That is all I need a new player to know before they join my ship.
Helmic:
--- Quote from: HamsterIV on April 04, 2013, 06:13:34 pm ---Manual tells new players the importance of listening to pilot/captain, the difference between repair and rebuild, and how to spot. That is all I need a new player to know before they join my ship.
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It also hides that among a lot of not-as-useful information. The tools, for example, can be completely be replaced by a link to the Roles screen, preferably with an overlay telling you how to switch stuff out. The tools already explain how they work, and moreover they're always kept up to date. No need to worry about an outdated manual.
Of course, a game like this that relies on a rather lengthy manual is doing something wrong. The REAL tutorial as of right now is other players, the explanations we give during the heat of battle are some of the most concise and useful stuff there is. Seriously, just record someone that's known for quickly training newbies while he's quickly training newbies, edit it for readability, and present that as the new manual. Ideally that tutorial will come out with Adventure Mode and will put you through a fun little mission to explain all the bits and baubles in detail without boring you to death.
Keon:
Ask others for help! Best tip out there.
HamsterIV:
Back in my day we had proper manuals. My fist boxed video game was about he battle of Brittan, it came with a 150 page manual that had a description for what each dial on the flight sim was. It had pages dedicated to multi step air to air manuvers. It also had a summarized history of the first half of World War 2, major air battles, and the bios of famous aces.
Helmic:
And you walked ten miles to school in the snow uphill both ways.
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