Update ideas that I believe would bring many people to play this game, and keep people that are here playing longer
This game is amazing but is lacking community involvement, Youtuber/media coverage, and a growing community.
- More appealing tutorial
The tutorial is kind of bland, hard to follow, and not streamlined. A tutorial should take place offline, and by yourself. Not in the open, next to many other beginners, and online. I believe there should be 2 types of tutorials. When you make a new character, it should give you an option for a class tutorial (for new players it is mandatory). It should ask you if you are new, and if so walk you through game mechanics, if not, skip to the class tutorial (new players are forced to go through this). The class tutorial is skippable for those that already have a character. Class tutorials teach you all you can do with the class, and how to use it with a group. Tutorials should have a voice walkthrough, and clear, UI, step by step instructions.
- In-game guilds/fellowship and guild activities
-Fellowships should have better internal member ranking, like
Apprentice
Guildsman
Journeyman
Master
Grandmaster
-Fellowship rankings/leaderboard for the most active guild, or the guild with the most awards/dungeons cleared, with various rewards for achieving this status
-Forts guilds can control as a reward, or as a victory in PVP/PVE
EX: Every Saturday at 1600gmt guilds can raid a fort controlled by the guild who won it from last week for 1 hour. Controlling the fort can give you bonuses, a “fountain of youth”, or maybe a temporary good set of armor.
- A new character art style and customization settings
-The floating body with the floating hands are outdated and makes people assume the game is not fully content-filled, and top of the line! I believe it is time for a change. I believe a full-body character with full-body tracking compatibility would attract the most attention from people/YouTubers on the internet.
(My weeb preference is going to be SAO style, but any new, up to date models are welcome)
-If we do get new models, KurtzPel style customization would be great.
- More trees, grasses, and land deformation.
-Artstyle is again great, but I think the landscape can be improved upon to make up greatly for the low detail.
- Drop prices from 39.99 to 19.99-29.99
-If people are skeptical of the game, a lower price would sure encourage more people to continue to play. (If the other changes are implemented well, I am sure you would not even have to have the demo, as people would flock to this game)
- Cleaner UI
-I have no other way of explaining it. It just seems like it could use some usability tweaks.
-Specifically, my experience with quest AI has been confusing, and not easy to manage, I am sure looking at ways to streamlining quest acceptance, and quest navigation would be good.
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Player chill areas
-With the money you might earn, I would love to see an option to go to the bar, where you have the waiter bring you drinks, or you can discuss dungeon plans with a group. Maybe even a library, where you can read books written by the community (developer or mod approved) about certain things, like strategies. -
Official Game/community discord!
-We need an official discord (website advertised) to hang out in, talk to developers, get easier to access update logs. There could be guild recruitment. There are many many possibilities, and the community leaders should take advantage of the easier ways to be in contact with their community.
There is already an unofficial discord, but I believe if it was officialized that would be great. -
Monthly developer Q&A/Showcase videos
-Keep the community informed and hyped! -
Let our more talented community members volunteer.
-We have many talented members in OrbusVR. In an official discord or the forums, if the developers need help, an volunteer work page would be great. Some examples would be original character models, house models, voice acting, or animations.
Please suggest changes or express support for this subject! I will change this post based on all of your feedback as a community!