TOPIC: [SSRP] New player help

Server Name:
SSRP

Suggestion Title:
New Player help

How would it benefit the server:
New players often find this server challenging to start on, as it throws you in the deep end. A lot of new players are driven away by this fact.

Potential Issues/Exploits:
People using family sharing to get bonuses (disable some bonuses for family shared accounts)

Additional notes:
So this is gonna be a mega suggestion of things that'll make new players adjust easily.

A short tutorial: A nice short and simple tutorial showing them how to access vital functions, mine, and other things a new player might need to know

Savebase toolgun: A toolgun that is simple, you click to copy every prop of a single player. This means new players can easily save their base if it ever gets raided, because most new players are unaware of the adv dupe tool or find it too hard to use

A Low level event: A simple event/job that is fun, easy and aimed at new players. Something that will not draw the attention of high tier players to attack them, will allow them to gain resources to further themselves, and give them experience.

Player help: A daily objective and general reward should be available for helping new players. New players would give commendations which would give a reward. Perhaps an un-tradeable resource used to create top tier items. This would prompt players to help new players.

New Player Benefits: If squads are implemented then adding a new player to your squad would introduce bonuses. Things like increased cash from printers of the entire squad. This would encourage users to base with new users.

Identifiable new players: New players would also be given an Icon that would notify players they are new. This hopefully would appeal to the good nature of humans to help, or at least get bonuses.

Great Suggestion

+Support

Tutorials could also be given by admins.

AA RFLeX wrote: Or you could automate it and let the admin's do F1s and RP and have a built in tutorial

Really great suggestion; even I did not know dupes were possible until this thread... the issue with people is that they are too embarrassed to ask for advice half the time so putting it up as a neat little tutorial for first comers is great.

Relcodem wrote:
That's why incentives to help new players would be really good

Soxey with dem good suggestions

Coutinroy wrote: U know it boiii

BOOMP

great suggestion

You can make a youtube tutorial and let the new players make a choice if they want to see it or not. The link for the video will be here on the forums then.

That would be effort.

AceInsidious wrote:
When players are new they don't really know about the forums.

Coutinroy wrote:
When I was new I had know idea there was a forums until my friends said go to the forum to join a gang

Not really needed, If any new players message a staff to help them get the idea of the server I'm sure all of us would help.

Jordz wrote: There's a great quote that I have picked up somewhere:
"Never force something, encourage them to do it through mechanics"
Basically, always use the mechanics of the game to encourage players to do what you want them to do.

This means less staff time being consumed. The same could also be done for things like RDM and such.

If Zarp was properly re-designed you could reduce the amount of RDM. A lot of RDM is people joining and just going ham.
If weapons prices go up, and they are given a mentor to teach them. Before they can get a weapon they will become more invested and less likely to break rules.

If zarp started to take this approach gameplay and rules could be more organic and would require people to less rely on the F1 system. Which usually leaves the player with a negative experience.

I often find myself explaining to a lot of new players how the basics of SSRP and I Think This would be extremely helpful to new players

BUMP because it's yet to be added.