I really like Exile’s Reach and I think it’s a good experience for new players. I do however agree that you don’t learn extremely much about the game there. But that’s also because it’s only from level 1-10 and most of what you need to know about the game is related to end game content.
WoW really lacks end game tutorials in my opinion. So many players completely suck in M+ because they have no idea how to use the utility of their classes. I bet there are plenty of Rogues that never utilize Gouge in M+ for example, because they don’t know any better.
Incredible, everything you said is wrong.
off the top of my head:
-movement
-facing your enemy
-basic combat
-aggressive vs nonagressive monsters
-how to add abilities to your action bars
-how to do quests, including ones that require using an item
-how to use vehicles
-how to use the lfg tool
-how to sell/buy things at vendors
-eating/drinking to restore health and mana
-dying, now even more intuitive with the new map markers
-how to find things in capital cities
-including in particular where the mount trainers are and how to train them and put them on your bar.
-how to enter groups with the lfg tool
-yes how to use the AH is included, the first time you enter the AH and open it you get a short tutorial
It's really thorough, but okay, what can we add considering it's literally just for levels 1-10? Maybe...
-multiple action bars exist in the settings
-make autoloot the default or tell players where that is
-mailboxes, having the NPCs send you a mail with an item attached at the end teaching you how to do the same.
-profession trainers
Its not perfect but its 100000000000000000000000x better than initial leveling experience which we had until now.
Insanity is repeating the same action and expecting different results. *Cough, Blizzard!, COUGH*
Pretty sure there were in game tutorials in vanilla.
And the game manual also had plenty more stuff than just keybinds.
It went over:
-realm types
-the whole ui,
-questing,
- npc characters,
-spells, health, mana,
- looting items,
- action bars,
- dying & resurrecting,
- chat,
- learning new spells,
- macros,
-grouping up with people
- reputation,
- pvp
Hell it even had a dictionary for mmorpg terms and other useful words such as aggro, carebear, debuff, griefer etc.
It definitely could do a lot more, but it is flat out, by like a million fold, the best WoW's ever had in terms of trying to do a tutorial, and is well over a decade overdue at this point.
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I'm assuming that this is a very bad attempt at trolling but that's just an assumption.
There is no way that they could teach every single MMO mechanic in one area. Much of that takes time and gradual experience. What Exile's Reach does teach you is enough to build a foundation to enjoy the game, and honestly is a much better tutorial than many MMO's out there. I think Exile's Reach is fantastic personally!
Why would blizzard teach you about 3rd party addons and dps logs? Lol OP has to be trolling.
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Dont forget, it also said you could die - as a ghost!
On Topic, I just think people expected it to handhold a brand new players way through the entire game - every facet, every possibility, and thats just not reasonable at all. Pet battles, raiding, pvp, dungeons including M+ and keystones, dailies, WQ, reputations, every bolt-on system the game has ever had, bgs, arenas....The list could go on for pages, and it is extremely unrealistic to expect any form of tutorial to cover all these off even in 50 levels, let alone 10.
When we look at other, FAR simpler games, the tutorials still only cover off the VERY basics. Looking at BF4, the SP teaches you the VERY basics of movement, weapon handling, vehicles, and thats about it. All the intricacies of the game are learned by playing the game, or talking to others who do. Online resources exist for to help out new players, but ultimately, the only way to learn is to play. I was a passenger in a chopper just 2 days ago, and the pilot was quite good - been playing for a few years he said, and yet he was blown away when i started repairing the chopper from the side/door seat. Its not that he was a "bad" player, or that i am a 'good' player, but he doesnt play engi, and just didnt realise it was possible, he was a casual player. Now he knows. The list of things i have learned in wow through a similar scenario is endless...
did you know you can eat AND drink at the SAME TIME?
Last edited by arkanon; 2020-10-21 at 08:05 PM.
Blizzard has a few teams to work at the same time.
Shadowlands' delay has nothing to do with this team.
This thread is absolutely one of the worst troll threads I have seen on this site. Someone just needs to shut it down there is no point to it.
It teaches quite a bit for new players. Definitely disagree with OP.
Worst troll thread ever. If you are going to bait people at least use something credible. 0/10 effortless troll