[Aphelion]

Originally Posted by Raz

The big problem is that the only way people learned this was by being told. The game didn't tell you!

The real issue is getting the new game to teach people properly.

WoW didn't succeed because of quests. It succeeded because anytime people needed to know something or learn anything, it told you exactly what you needed to know. It's a game where information is easy to organize. (Also, the game engine is rock solid)

Oh god, too true. Players don't want to have to go to the forums and either wade through posts looking for helpful information, or post a n00b question and get flamed for it. New players want ingame solutions to ingame problems. Forums are too often a band-aid (and RP tool, but an ingame RP tool would be cooler).