Newbie Island clearance

**Werevixen** · Jul 24th, 2007, 05:01:11

My thread is not a battleground! *Broomstick shaking*

**Clamdigger** · Jul 24th, 2007, 14:47:34

We need to organize a search party for CallmeBurma, missing since page 19.

He's probably trying in vain to farm up some AI weapons at the Shuttleport.

**meatybtz** · Jul 24th, 2007, 17:26:25

Originally Posted by Clamdigger

Sour, tired, long time players. Why keep going? The answer is because the game is good. It just needs a little updating from time to time. Here's hoping FC's next few patches and the engine update get the job done. Bugs are inevietable in video games. The only real bug is when the devs stop trying to repair them.

If you want to fix NI:

Start with the morningstar and toon selection, followed by the ICC Space Station, complete with NPC's. Put them in the ship, let them watch it crash (but in an updated and more graphically enhanced video). The crash may not be the best story ever, but at least it's A story. As of now, I pop out of what must be a sand crab hole on a beach.

Restore the loot, in all of its obscurity and mystery, including TMTS's. Give the aliens back their drops, and let players walk into the alien ship, which can be tiny, and allow very short instanced missions. Other than that, let NI go back to the way it was, but leave the new missions in. That, combined with the engine upgrade, should really give AO a boost. New froobs will come, stay, and eventually upgrade.

I can go with that, because its exactly what we all asked for back when it was first changed. Though I love you instanced AI ship thing. That would be a cool addition... I also agree about making the character building and the transportation to RK more "interesting" graphically.

**Powerglide283** · Jul 24th, 2007, 22:02:30

Now there's a nice movie title! Unfortunately the present Newbie Island experience is closer to watching a film strip on coal mining. I agree that the learning curve is steep, it was for me even though I had a friend advising me on the mechanics and preventing me from going down many dead end paths. I thought it was a great mixture of people with widely varied experience levels. You had a lot more conversation, I thought, with players helping each other. I'm sure a lot of questions were answered by people with experience waiting for something to spawn. Anyway I would vote to put things back, at least partially.

**Elsix** · Jul 25th, 2007, 16:15:43

Just bump. Already said everything above.

**Werevixen** · Jul 26th, 2007, 03:21:45

Oh my god, it's at the top again.

**Eskarin** · Jul 26th, 2007, 13:08:03

Also add ARK Stripers near Bronto @ Island and noone will leave teh island

(No trox in Tutu plz)

**Werevixen** · Jul 27th, 2007, 09:02:06

Originally Posted by Eskarin

Also add ARK Stripers near Bronto @ Island and noone will leave teh island

(No trox in Tutu plz)

Get out of my thread!

**Gimpeline** · Jul 27th, 2007, 19:53:59

Sign me up.
I have been a froob for almost 2 years, and have never been comfused by the alien drops and I doubt that anyone has.

**Clamdigger** · Jul 27th, 2007, 19:58:19

Originally Posted by Gimpeline

Sign me up.
I have been a froob for almost 2 years, and have never been comfused by the alien drops and I doubt that anyone has.

Well how did you post on forums then?

IDK what's so confusing about "must have Alien Invasion." That's more of an ad than a puzzle.

**Werevixen** · Jul 27th, 2007, 23:03:55

List again updated.

**DragonBrother** · Jul 28th, 2007, 01:46:26

Hey Tani reckon you can put a Total Signed at the bottom of the petition? It would be good to know how many we have without trying to count them

I know im lazy

**Gimpeline** · Jul 29th, 2007, 09:50:16

Originally Posted by Clamdigger

Well how did you post on forums then?

IDK what's so confusing about "must have Alien Invasion." That's more of an ad than a puzzle.

Take a guess "I have been" meaning, I'm not anymore and for the other part, and read the thred

"I think it was said somewhere that the Alien weapons were removed because they were confusing the newbie froobs too much."

**Ayria** · Jul 29th, 2007, 10:39:51

Lots of changes occurred to newb island in the name of newb friendliness. Funcom did not want to confuse the newbs with all this uberly complicated stuff that told you in plain english if you could use it or not.

The real reason behind nerfing the island? I don't know; but I find it hard to believe that they really think they were making it better for newbs with these changes.

**Elsix** · Jul 29th, 2007, 12:00:58

The 2 main requirements for NI:

1. Give people a hamburger (RK items)
2. Show them a BBQ behind the corner, so they could see, but not eat (SL/AI/LE items)

Right now, even a hamburger isn't that ****y. Where're all old good items like rings/imps/Waste collector NCU's/ etc?
Yep, finally we have a backpack to take items with you to mainland, but we don't have any goods to take with us

P.S. Can pet parsing/pet responce time be fixed, at least for QL<6 pets? If I payed attention to it before, my engi would never be 220. It just would never be.

**Clamdigger** · Jul 31st, 2007, 16:14:16

Bump.

**Jedisas** · Jul 31st, 2007, 20:38:10

Originally Posted by Clamdigger

Bump.

Cmon Devs.. Sirilon.. Someone..

**Clamdigger** · Aug 1st, 2007, 19:44:32

This would be a good fix during the long downtime scheduled next week.

**Elsix** · Aug 2nd, 2007, 10:03:52

Bump, damnit! Do it already!

**Graftmage** · Aug 2nd, 2007, 10:40:22

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