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Originally Posted by M0RPH3US
yeah well, they´d be sittin in a parallel universe, deciding to not enter the real universe simply because they quit before
a) finishing the startup quest
and
b) finding the button to enter the "real world"  |
By this you mean they evolve their planet and their evolved planet gets transfered over? if so i expect even those who knows the game would abuse it.. Easy roids, probably easy fleets if you go zik or etd also. As no matter how good you turn bots with AI, they are still bots and will play silly.
Wouldn't it be better just linking speed game and a "newbie guide" somewhere visible? Let them practise with 1 - 5 min ticks, this way they will learn the consept a lot faster and how things works, instead of waiting for one hour long ticks and waiting for things to happend. I think this will be a main issue for new players. Get them addicted first, and before you know it they play real round actively.
Add somewhere on every pa server toolbar:
Main Game 1 hour ticks (press link) (Status: Active/Inactive Tick:x of x)
Speed Game x mins ticks (press link) (Status: Active/Inactive Tick:x of x)
Beta Game x mins ticks (press link) (Status: Active/Inactive Tick:x of x)