The tutorial, a recipe, and familiar faces (screenshots)

[Stugein]

Wasn't quite sure where to post this (database updates? off-topic? baking?) so please feel free to move this if need be.

I started a L1 throwaway to run at the new tutorial. One of the sections of the new tutorial is a tradeskills explanation using baking for an example.

Hailing Frizznik Hailstorm (!) and saying "what rat steaks" makes him give you:

Gloomingdeep Rat Meat
NO DROP
This item can be used in tradeskills.
WT: 1.0 Size: SMALL
Class: ALL
Race: ALL

and

Kobold Cooking Sauce
NO DROP
This item can be used in tradeskills.
WT: 0.1 Size: SMALL
Class: ALL
Race: ALL

Combining in the Oven that Frizznik is standing next to results in:

Gloomingdeep Rat Steak
NO DROP
HP +5
This is a hearty meal.
WT: 0.1 Size: SMALL
Class: ALL
Race: ALL

I had to keep hailing Frizz to load up on ingredients to nail down the trivial since the recipe isn't in the new tradeskill UI and isn't learnable. Recipe trivializes at 15. It also appears to be a no-fail combine, but that needs to be confirmed (didn't fail in 3 stacks worth starting from 0 skill...plus it's a tutorial recipe so..probably no-fail).

This place is neat. Very slick tutorial. Very well done. Maddoc and Absor make appearances there as well. Screenshots below:

Frizznik teaches us to make rat steaks:


Maddoc - making sure newbies don't trip over their shoelaces and kill themselves:


Absor manning the forge:

[Aluaeia]

Strange, my mule went into the tutorial, and the rat steaks were already in the UI (autolearned, just search for rat), trivial 15 confirmed.

[Stugein]

Strange, my mule went into the tutorial, and the rat steaks were already in the UI (autolearned, just search for rat), trivial 15 confirmed.

Weird. I tried everything I could think of, but even after I trivialed them I couldn't get the recipe in the new UI.

[Lilosh]

Absor sells/trains weapons?

That's QUALITY!

-Noishpa "ABSOR SMASH" Taltos.

[Ngreth Thergn]

(added to db)

[Krazick]

OK to properly set the sources... need to know what the Zone name is for the tutorial zone... or is it just "Tutorial Zone"?

[Rabdos]

Do you have to start a new character to get into the tutorial? I've got a couple mules that are only lvl 2-3 anyway. How do you get into it?

[lonewylfe]

Click Tutorial at the character selection screen

[Maddoc-the-Wayfarer]

Maddoc - making sure newbies don't trip over their shoelaces and kill themselves:

Are you kidding? And just who do you think is TYING those shoelaces together, hmm?

-- Maddoc

[Elenara]

Do you have to start a new character to get into the tutorial? I've got a couple mules that are only lvl 2-3 anyway. How do you get into it?

Any character under level 5 will work but make sure they aren't overweight because the tutorial is like a normal zone and you need to be able to move about.

[Dumpty]

If you use a pre existing character htough the automated tutorial hangs at the banker step and wont progress just repeating that screen because you wont have the pack and gold coin in the bank to take out that it asks you to.

[Krazick]

Couple of items I noted about the tutorial

1. The Merchant (at least when I ran it last night on Innoruuk) was buried in the ground, and Hailing would not work...
2. The default buttons setup still had "Sense Heading" button hot-keyed to "2"... Since Sense Heading defaults to a skill of 200, it makes no sense to me to have it.
3. There were no doors that I could find in the tutorial... or ladders... These seem like reasonable things that should be there and would require little adjustment. Maybe add in a minor quest to find a PC... which the path would show you to open a door, then go up a ladder... chat with him... give him an item... and return (going back down the ladder).

[Tinile]

1. The Merchant (at least when I ran it last night on Innoruuk) was buried in the ground, and Hailing would not work...

I had an NPC half underground also (was the kitty for me). I camped out and came back in and it fixed itself.

[Furyrpied]

Zone name is Gloomingdeep somethinerother (i think it's mines)
You know... a ladder turorial would be great.. I still don't know how to go down one without just jumping off and taking some damage...

And I've been playing now for over 3 years....
/sigh

[Krazick]

couple other thoughts I had:

1. Give some instruction on Looking Up and Down...
2. Give some instruction on finding a "ground spawn"... like a key... or food item...
3. More Explanation of the various UI Components... preferable here where another "layer" would highlight (via a thick circle - think marker/highlighter on paper) around the item... explaining it... ie..

a. This is the Target window, which shows you your current target. The bar is the relative health of the target. The frame color is the consider color. If the frame is flashing (around your window) you are attacking.
b. This is the group window... other member of the group will have bars indicating their relative health... and a green bar below their red health is their pet's health.
etc..

4. Explain the Compass Window (or did I miss that lesson?)