This is happening more and more often...

In the last 3 months, I've noticed a sharp upswing in YouTube PMs and comments on my trailers asking "how do u get there" or "how do i get that" or "where is that?" (They are, in fact, referring to places like Cimerora or Ouroborous, or getting stuff like the Epic Archetypes or Roman armor. For some reason, my I-12 trailer gets the most of these.)

I'm wondering if this is yet another side effect of people only playing the AE content and skipping the regular stuff.

Maybe I should put a link in at the end of each video pointing to the ParagonWiki. Hmmmmm...

Still, I keep telling them when they ask...

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

I think i would've been ruder and just said "You'd find out if you'd step outside of the AE"

Maybe they are new or never played the game xD *cough*

No 4reel, I think in order to get to the AE you should have to have a 50 with atleast 155 hours of real game play on it.
With atleast 25 NORMAL gameplay badges.

It's best to pop a paragonwiki.com down there and say look that over. i wouldn't go much farther than that. Make them go out and learn stuff, if they want to sit in the AE building and learn nothing, that's fine with me, keep them there and off the tf's that i do. I'll be happier because of it. Don't hand feed them, but answer questions as you can. It's what i do. I try not to be spiteful or arrogant, but sometimes it sneaks out.

You're very nice and it's great that you try to help. I think some of us old guys and girls get abit bent out of shape over it sometimes. It's frustrating and gets on my nerves sometimes, but i do what i can.

You could always make a video of a character walking out of AE and getting on the train and then send them a link to that.

Subtle AND helpful.

The saddest part is that once they found out where those places are, they'll go back to the MA, anyway. OR SO I AM LED TO ASSUME.

I'd really love to see a 'How not to AE' video made.
It could be really funny if done right. I'm thinking along the lines of the classic 'Your powers and you' vid.

There is a whole world of places to explore and they spend an entire career. (I call the 1-50 journey for my toons a career...) they spend the whole time on one map, fighting the same boring mobs...

Just never saw the appeal personally, then again I never played WOW. We need some kind of disclaimer on the box, letting all the blizzard refuges know, that this game doesn't start at the level cap.

1 gig of ram is sufficient for the game still, non?

I've 1.5gb and working not too bad.

Maybe you've done this already, but maybe create a "newbie's bloopers" vid. Y'know, stuff we all had to learn the hard way....

-- the "ins" and "outs" of trams... you can't take the tram from the exit side. Also, learning which trams go where (that one actually took me a while).

-- picking your battles... 'cause a level 5 isn't really tough enough yet to take on an orange & 4 yellows. Or, trying a "pull" and ending up with the entire group. Or, while fighting one group, accidentally aggroing a second.

-- becoming street smart... along with avoiding those pesky reds & purples at low levels, how the heck to get over fences and walls.

-- follow the beacon... just because it's suddenly off screen doesn't mean it's stopped existing.

-- the joys of learning how to run when speed boosted... yes, you'll probably feel like the roomba vac at first.


I'm sure you get the idea... it could be fun and informative.

To be fair, I've seen older players who still don't know about Cim, who didn't AE up.

If it's because they don't read the patch notes, maybe they're returning from a hiatus.

Hence my OP statement with "I wonder if..."

My husband has just chimed in across the desk agreeing with the idea of making a "Things Every CoH Player Should Know" video. (However, he suggested starting it with a player coming out of the AE building, stopping, immediately doing the /cower emote with the text bubble "AAAAGGGGHHHHHHH!!!! DAYLIGHT!!!!!!! AAAAAGHHHHH!!!!" and then promptly dashing back inside.)

I like the idea of "which trams go where", "follow the beacon," "how to run when SB'd", and so on. "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about COH But Were Afraid to Ask."

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

I love MA, I really do. But it's done this game no favors at all. A part of me wishes it was never made. But only a part.

WARNING: I bold names.

You know, I just had a thought.

Will there be AE buildings in Praetoria?

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite