do you do the tutorial?

I used to do the old tutorial every time. I'd set up my UI do all the missions (when it became an option, I started auto-completing the door mission every time) and go to Atlas or Galaxy based on what kind of character I was playing (for some reason, if it was a grim/gritty type hero I'd send it to Galaxy).

I've been skipping the new tutorial ever since the first time I did it live, though. I don't know exactly why. If you asked me at any given time I'd tend to say that I *like* the new tutorial better than the old, but I just don't feel compelled to do it.

Well making a new character answered that for me. I do the tutorial. Wether it's from the old 'Statesman Sez' or a sense of completion, I do it. It's an easy level, and is different enough from the rest of the game to make it worth the visit.

Having made as many characters as I have, that says something (at least, to me). The original was good for a badge, the new one isn't but I play it anyway for the vocals, and, to be honest, the ease of reaching level 2. The vocals are a nice touch, and enough to drive me back to it when I decide to make a new character, since it doesn't exist at any other point in game, which can be considered a shame really.

I'd still do it if they added it (such vocalization) other places, however, would it make it more of a consideration? I don't know... I'd probably still play it for the easy level.

If it's any consolation, I'd hoped for more verbosity in the DA arcs, for what that's worth.

More voice stuff would be awesome - it'd be great on the Trials, to go with the captions.

I do it on every character. For one thing, I can stand there before I start, collecting the 736 Account Items in my mailbox and setting up my bars without the distraction of a dozen team invites and tells asking me to join sewer runs I would get if I was just standing in one spot in Atlas doing those things.

OTOH, I don't know how it is on the Windows side of things, but but the horrendous lagfest that tutorial is on a Mac (on my Mac anyway) kinda makes a poor first impression of the game.

I do it almost every time. It gives me time to set up my hotbars and chat channels, grab my character stuff from email and then gives me a quick mini-comic to play through. I enjoy it all the while fully aware of how on rails it is. The only time I will skip it is if I think my starting two powers will take too long to clear out the shivans before the boss shows up. Nothing worse than brawling shivans to death.

I haven't touched that 'thing' since I21. Pretty much what Sam said; "Lets take out all the actually useful stuff and put it in some badly written rail-road missions with annoying characters instead, AFTER you need information like levelling up. Oh, and we'll teach them how to give us money instead. That's a GREAT idea!"

It's like EA, all over again...

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Originally Posted by Zwillinger GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.

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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.

Skip it.

I'd like to remind people that by the time you're fighting the giant Shivan, you're already level 2.

Considering that you're literally unable to be defeated in the tutorial, the lack of XP after the level up is understandable.

But while you're fighting the shivan for no XP, you could be fighting Hellions. Which are worth XP.

That timed experiment Firespray posted about above? Try that same thing, but time it to level 3 instead. That's where you'll see a real difference.

I've gone through the new one twice, one of those times was an accidental misclick.

To everyone yelling "but it's a free lvl!!!" Takes 30 seconds to go from lvl 1 - 2 once you zone into Atlas, and you don't need to rearrange your power bars to street sweep a mob or two. I don't.

I'll even roll a new toon right now and give you exact lvling figures from 1 - 2 if you like. =P I know someone'll dispute it, heck, I can probably do it faster. lol

I run it just so I can pick that guys pocket. Where else in CoX do you get a chance to pick somebodies pocket?

I used to do it redside - it was faster than street sweeping to 2. Now however, the Giant Shivan segment takes upwards of 5 minutes and that's time better spent powerlevelling.

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Originally Posted by Shubbie Im very good at taking a problem and making it worse.

what the heck, a new tutorial?!

and here I was going to try not making any new alt this time around....grr!