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Should Beginning players get a free Pick Axe?


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Poll: Should Beginning players get a free Pick Axe? (46 member(s) have cast votes)

Should Beginning players get a free Pick Axe?

  1. Voted Yay! (34 votes [61.82%])

    Percentage of vote: 61.82%

  2. Nay! (6 votes [10.91%])

    Percentage of vote: 10.91%

  3. I Haz a Better Idea! (7 votes [12.73%])

    Percentage of vote: 12.73%

  4. I don't care! (8 votes [14.55%])

    Percentage of vote: 14.55%

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#1 fs_dyrnuth

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Posted 14 September 2008 - 19:20

This is just a poll for the Pick Axe suggestion made by WhatYouSay:

Change one thing (to improve the game for beginners):

Automatically equip all noobs with a Pick Axe. Nothing turns off a player from a game like getting beat up by a Rat in the first combat.


Also, if this get's instituted, I think all existing players level 1-3 should be given a free pick axe too.

Ok, vote!

(And I just realized I created this in General instead of Suggestions, so if a Mod could move it, that'd be sweet... All Hail the Pick Axe!)

#2 fs_killer422

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Posted 14 September 2008 - 19:20

i would say rusty dagger

#3 TheEggman

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Posted 14 September 2008 - 19:47

and with that - you will introduce them with item mailbox...brilliant idea

So get this, i wake up one mornin and look myself in the mirror, it is the walrus that i see.


#4 doa4life

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Posted 14 September 2008 - 19:54

ill buy any noob at lv 1 a pick axe


Im waiting. :P

#5 emesupr

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Posted 14 September 2008 - 19:55

Yeah I think this would be a pretty good idea.

Start off the noobs with a weapon and maybe a rune? (so they know what a rune is!!)

Make it pretty weak and maybe not transferable.

#6 fs_bladeboss

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Posted 14 September 2008 - 21:20

Yes. Good idea

#7 ScarletTestAce

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Posted 14 September 2008 - 21:25

"I Haz a Better Idea!"

Give them full equip..starter stuff of coarse. better then having to farm gold for items

#8 fs_deciever11

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Posted 14 September 2008 - 22:00

i agree it might keep more players playing instead of dying and quiting

#9 fs_phool

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Posted 14 September 2008 - 22:42

Start them with the pickaxe equipped and maybe also start them at the store that sells the mystic pick axe recipe and the mystic ivy. Maybe even have the guy at Timoths Wares welcome them to the game and tell them about how to make the mystic pick axe... New players would likely stay a lot longer in the game if they were given a helping hand like this :)

#10 fs_tawniteamo

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Posted 14 September 2008 - 23:03

I thought it was a good idea when WYS posted it :P

#11 fs_supmet

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Posted 14 September 2008 - 23:10

"I Haz a Better Idea!"

Give them full equip..starter stuff of coarse. better then having to farm gold for items


Ya a full set that will let them kill level 1 creatures would be good

#12 fs_rulen

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Posted 14 September 2008 - 23:24

I agree! I remember when I first started out I was like 4 hitting the natives and dying to everything else (other than rats). Couldn't really get into the game until a benevolent person was kind enough to give me an infernus set and a sword. Then I started one hitting got all kinds of guild offers and ended up where I am now.... Broke but in a good guild lol

#13 fs_strong1982

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Posted 14 September 2008 - 23:29

Start them with the pickaxe equipped and maybe also start them at the store that sells the mystic pick axe recipe and the mystic ivy. Maybe even have the guy at Timoths Wares welcome them to the game and tell them about how to make the mystic pick axe... New players would likely stay a lot longer in the game if they were given a helping hand like this :)



briliant

#14 fs_phool

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Posted 15 September 2008 - 00:20

I thought it was a good idea when WYS posted it :P


I must have missed that lol or read it and forgot I read it doh!

Still a good idea whoever thought of it. :)

#15 fs_dyrnuth

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Posted 15 September 2008 - 00:40

I think it was WhatYouSay's idea. I think it's awesome though, so I wanted to make a separate poll for it.

I also like the idea of starting the pick axe in your item mailbox AND starting the new players standing next to the guy from timoths wares who could say something like "Come see me at my shop" and gives you a quest to go find timoth's shop.

This introduces equipment, shops, item mailboxes AND quests.

I'm not so crazy about the full equipment idea though... You've gotta have something to work for.

Although another idea would be to introduce a new item to the game, like say a "Rusty Pick Axe" and Timoth says "Bring that to my shop and I'll shine it up for you" and when you get there, TA DA! Shiny new Pick Axe!

#16 DarthViper

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Posted 15 September 2008 - 01:44

Yes, free pick axe for new players, as well as two other items to fill up their backpack.

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#17 Morgwyn

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Posted 15 September 2008 - 09:58

Bad idea. Here is a much better idea.
Give all new players 1 fsp, and the instruction they can buy a pick axe for 1 fsp from me.

#18 fs_dyrnuth

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Posted 15 September 2008 - 14:04

Bad idea. Here is a much better idea.
Give all new players 1 fsp, and the instruction they can buy a pick axe for 1 fsp from me.


Brilliant... Ya that's exactly the input we were looking for. Thanks for playing... O.o

#19 fs_jimmyjoe

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Posted 15 September 2008 - 20:52

added my version to the suggestion thread :D

#20 Morgwyn

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Posted 15 September 2008 - 20:54

Actually the input was as good as the original idea.
How easy do we have to make the game?

Only thing that has to change is that some jerks buy up low level items and sell it for fsp to make a profit off the noobies.


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