My suggestions to make the game more accessible

I started a new character this afternoon, and I've been keeping in mind how the game might look to a new/free player. I'm almost to level 13 right now and I wanted to share the things that came to mind- Some features/things I would change to make the game easier to get into. I'm not saying that any of this is absolute at all, it's just my personal opinion.

1.) Unlock the camera from back view. I really think that the camera should be able to spin freely by holding down the right mouse button.

2.) Stop the camera from "auto-returning" to back view every time a power is fired. It makes the game feel clunky and awkward, especially in an enclosed space. Having to hold right mouse at all times is not comfortable at all.

3.) Add competent auto-routing to missions/objectives. I recently started playing another MMO that allows for you to double click the location of a quest and be auto-routed to it. It's very competent, in that you don't need to actively jump/redirect yourself like the "follow" function in our game, which is pretty horrible. This other game accounts for and handles environmental obstacles on its own as part of auto-routing.

4.) Implement click to move. This comes from many other games, and I think it's a good feature to have. Some people like moving with WSAD and I'm not saying that should be removed from this game, but I think the option for both would add a lot in terms of making the game more accessible to a variety of potential players.

Edit, because I forgot stuff.

5.) Allow new characters to start with maximum inspiration inventory. Inspirations are a big part of the low level game, especially for soloists which I think many people are likely to start off as. I guess it just seems illogical to me for inspiration storage to grow as you begin to need it less.

6.) Make the training missions begin at level 1, as the first contact available. I don't understand why you would have to "go play the game for a bit, and then we'll show you how afterwards." I just think it was a silly design decision.

7.) Add more TF's to the LFG cue. Death From Below is overplayed because of its convenience, many people get to high levels without having played anything else, which leads me to...

8.) Limit Death From Below runs to only a few times a day per character. Once again the other MMO I have been playing has a low level trial similar to our DFB, but the number of times per day it can me run are restricted. I think this is a good idea.

1) Use the middle mouse button.

2) I THINK there is already a way to do this, in the option menu, but I don't know what it is.

3) How new it this other game? I'm not sure if this old clunker of a game could handle something like that. Would be nice, though.

4) Already in the game. Use both the left and right buttons to click somewhere, and you move there. It does turn on auto-run after a bit, though, but I think you can turn that off.

5) Maximum? I'm not sure. Starting with 10 should be enough, but definitely more than three-four.

6) You learn to play the game in the tutorial, but I agree that more training in the first few missions would be nice, versus waiting for level 5.

7) Agreed. The LFG system needs to be expanded.

8) I don't think that this is a good idea. If you don't want to run it, there's a lot of other things to do in the game. If people like running it, why stop them?

Enabling Free Camera Movement..will also help the camera not do the spastic auto-rotate..

You're talking about "camera view" movement versus "character view" movement.

Games like ....uhhhh, Tomb Raider, Skyrim, etc.: if you push W, you move forward from where your camera is facing.

I *HATE* that. I have stopped playing a large number of games that do that.

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They should make it a toggle.