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ishark · September 22nd, 2009, 01:44 PM

The difficulty level does not need to be uniform across all missions.
On Silan, having the marker on the map can be useful, as new players have to learn about a lot of new stuff already.
Low-level in mainland should be relatively clear, without being a flag on the map (approximate position on the map relative to a known reference place).
As level goes higher, they can be more reliant on landscape features, as probably a high-level character has visited many places and may have ideas about where places are.

While adjusting difficulty may be hard, Ryzom has some really serious "fail" points which will instantly drive away a player which is not strongly motivated. An example is the resource tracking: not only at low level it's useless, it positively looks bugged, it should either be modifies so that at low level it's actually serviceable, or simply moved up at harvesting 50. Today's MMO market is saturated, a half-buggy look is enough to drive most people away.

September 22nd, 2009, 01:44 PM	#16
ishark Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 23	Re: Help! Have you completed any rites? The difficulty level does not need to be uniform across all missions. On Silan, having the marker on the map can be useful, as new players have to learn about a lot of new stuff already. Low-level in mainland should be relatively clear, without being a flag on the map (approximate position on the map relative to a known reference place). As level goes higher, they can be more reliant on landscape features, as probably a high-level character has visited many places and may have ideas about where places are. While adjusting difficulty may be hard, Ryzom has some really serious "fail" points which will instantly drive away a player which is not strongly motivated. An example is the resource tracking: not only at low level it's useless, it positively looks bugged, it should either be modifies so that at low level it's actually serviceable, or simply moved up at harvesting 50. Today's MMO market is saturated, a half-buggy look is enough to drive most people away.