As a mentor, I've come across various returning players who feel daunted by having to get back into the game and re-learning many things. Novice Network can help with things like remembering how Retainers and Gear Sets work, the Active Help can explain features the player will come across such as being in a party, interacting with quests, etc.
When I first started, I found the Active Help prompts to be very helpful, even if many of them were slightly redundant due to my prior MMO knowledge, having the confirmation that I understand what it was helped a great deal.
When a player returns from a hiatus, however long that may have been, they are prompted upon first logging in if they wish to don the returner status and gain access to the Novice Network.
I think that it would be great to also ask them if they wish to reset their Active Help entries and doing that for them if they wish it. Offering this reset as a function in the game itself could also work!
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When I first started, I found the Active Help prompts to be very helpful, even if many of them were slightly redundant due to my prior MMO knowledge, having the confirmation that I understand what it was helped a great deal.
When a player returns from a hiatus, however long that may have been, they are prompted upon first logging in if they wish to don the returner status and gain access to the Novice Network.
I think that it would be great to also ask them if they wish to reset their Active Help entries and doing that for them if they wish it. Offering this reset as a function in the game itself could also work!
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