It's been a long time since I've done the tutorial and I can't really remember very well what it was like. I know the new version of the first zone will be coming and wanted to suggest making it so the tutorial could be repeatable. Despite the helpfulness found on the forums, I think this would be nice for new users.

We're actually going to pretty much nix the tutorial all together.

Instead, when a user registers an account, they will be forced to generate their pet first and will be unable to go anywhere else. Once they create a pet, it will automatically be added to their party and ready to battle.

From there, we'll somehow direct users to the map to begin immediately exploring. Some text intro, etc, and they'll have tasks to go through Esior's Fields. As they get into a battle, or find a treasure chest, etc, information will pop up informing the player of what's going on.

For the other features on the site (stables, hatchery, etc), the first time a player visits that page it will display an information box on what the feature is and how to use it.

We will also have the option to re-display those information boxes at any time.

We may also have some sort of checkbox available for new players. The checkbox could list relevant features of the site and check it off once a player has visited that feature. But, the checklist would just be for guidance - not mandatory.


The goal is to basically get new players into the action immediately after creating their account and give players complete flexibility in where they go. We've found that many users claim it's too hard to figure out how to explore and they try to go to places we have "blocked" off - which causes confusion. So we think it's best just to let new players go where they want.

That sounds like it might solve the very common problem with misunderstanding and confusion with the "Capture a sylesti" part of the turorial. ^^ It seems like a lot of people have problems with that one.