Mahidhar
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My college friends and I are students no longer. We used to play Wolfteam back in the day(we are playing it even now occasionally), but we also thought it's time to try out a new FPS. Wolfteam was their first FPS game and I was the one who made the call on that.
Recently, I got most of them(like 5 out of 8) actually interested in the game and have a fun time playing it.
So, while doing this I thought to myself; how many of our community members wanted their friends into this game but just couldn't get them interested in it. Therefore, here are a few rules that I followed to slowly get them into the game. I'll list them below, see if you can find anything useful.
Rule #1: Don't hand them the Bazooka(Legions) yet. Let's face it, if your friends are new to the genre itself(like mine), you do not want to start their gaming careers off with Legions(and instantaneously end them with your friends breaking their finger bones trying to press 6 keys at once).
Start with something simple. There are a number of free FPS games out there(excluding Legions) which are small and easy to get into. Once they are familiar with the killing, dying and respawning parts of the FPS, get them to play different game modes other than deathmatch.
Now we all know there's no tutorial for the game. Your friends won't try to learn from you if they are in-game as they just want to play. So the only thing to do is to try and get them to play a game which is similar to Legions but a lot easier to get into. In this case, I've found that *Tribes: Ass-End* serves as the best "tutorial game". The game is much slower, and there are lot less buttons to press at any given time. Unfortunately, Tribes was not so accommodating for my friends as most of them were having download issues with the client. The game does not even offer an offline installer.
Because of this I had to get them all to play Legions directly. So go with Tribes if your friends are able to get it and if you are able to cope with the slow pace of that game.
Rule #2: Get more than one friend into Legions, seriously. Introducing the game to just one person at a certain time was one of the major mistakes I did back in the day. What I've noticed is that it is actually tougher for you to teach the guy to play even if you two are in a private server.
He will not have the patience to listen to you as his gamer instinct will constantly poke him to just play the game and have fun, and not waste time learning about it. This will leave a bad taste about the game in his mouth and even worse, he'll tell the rest of your friends that it sucks.
By bringing multiple people into the game(I'd say a minimum 3 so it could be a 2v2 with you included), they won't get bored because they got each other to kill or fool around with even if they don't try to learn. They'll atleast get a feel for the game, so it's a start.
Try to have gaming sessions with the minimum 3 people at all times. Otherwise, go play something else. Also, try to avoid public servers for the first few days. I told the guys in the server that my friends are new so they should go easy on them. They targeted them especially because of that.
Rule #3: Start off with simulating a game. Get them all into a private server, if anyone in the community wants to help out, let them but be sure that they'll go easy on the newbies. Start a CTF. Since the game is simulated, none of the experienced players will put much effort and they will barely try to win. Take a minute and explain the newbies how CTF works.
Assign them all with the job of enemy flag stealing. On the other hand, ask the experienced players to eradicate all but one of the newbies. Let him get the flag. Explain to your remaining newbie teammates to receive the flag from the newbie carrier as he's hurting and might drop it, while telling the newbie flag carrier that the button to throw is "Q". Congratulations, your newbie friends leveled up(Final Fantasy Victory Fanfare plays). Level up perk is that they will be passing the flag to each other from now on.
Continue the game, but this time let your friends know what it's like to return the flag. Simulate the game accordingly. Meaning, the experienced players need to get purposely shot by the newbies and lose the flag. Explain to the newbies that the enemy flag carrier has a different icon over his head and that they need to kill him and touch your flag in order to return it. Congratulations, your newbie friends leveled up again. Level up perk allows them to actually shoot the enemy carrier now.
Now they understand the basic method of playing a CTF in Legions without getting bored at all. From now on, they'll play the game this way and instinctively reinvent all the techniques needed to play the game efficiently. They will also listen to what you say from now too.
You don't need to teach them about anything in the game because as they play the game, they will bring all the questions to you. Hope this helps.
Recently, I got most of them(like 5 out of 8) actually interested in the game and have a fun time playing it.
So, while doing this I thought to myself; how many of our community members wanted their friends into this game but just couldn't get them interested in it. Therefore, here are a few rules that I followed to slowly get them into the game. I'll list them below, see if you can find anything useful.
Rule #1: Don't hand them the Bazooka(Legions) yet. Let's face it, if your friends are new to the genre itself(like mine), you do not want to start their gaming careers off with Legions(and instantaneously end them with your friends breaking their finger bones trying to press 6 keys at once).
Start with something simple. There are a number of free FPS games out there(excluding Legions) which are small and easy to get into. Once they are familiar with the killing, dying and respawning parts of the FPS, get them to play different game modes other than deathmatch.
Now we all know there's no tutorial for the game. Your friends won't try to learn from you if they are in-game as they just want to play. So the only thing to do is to try and get them to play a game which is similar to Legions but a lot easier to get into. In this case, I've found that *Tribes: Ass-End* serves as the best "tutorial game". The game is much slower, and there are lot less buttons to press at any given time. Unfortunately, Tribes was not so accommodating for my friends as most of them were having download issues with the client. The game does not even offer an offline installer.
Because of this I had to get them all to play Legions directly. So go with Tribes if your friends are able to get it and if you are able to cope with the slow pace of that game.
Rule #2: Get more than one friend into Legions, seriously. Introducing the game to just one person at a certain time was one of the major mistakes I did back in the day. What I've noticed is that it is actually tougher for you to teach the guy to play even if you two are in a private server.
He will not have the patience to listen to you as his gamer instinct will constantly poke him to just play the game and have fun, and not waste time learning about it. This will leave a bad taste about the game in his mouth and even worse, he'll tell the rest of your friends that it sucks.
By bringing multiple people into the game(I'd say a minimum 3 so it could be a 2v2 with you included), they won't get bored because they got each other to kill or fool around with even if they don't try to learn. They'll atleast get a feel for the game, so it's a start.
Try to have gaming sessions with the minimum 3 people at all times. Otherwise, go play something else. Also, try to avoid public servers for the first few days. I told the guys in the server that my friends are new so they should go easy on them. They targeted them especially because of that.
Rule #3: Start off with simulating a game. Get them all into a private server, if anyone in the community wants to help out, let them but be sure that they'll go easy on the newbies. Start a CTF. Since the game is simulated, none of the experienced players will put much effort and they will barely try to win. Take a minute and explain the newbies how CTF works.
Assign them all with the job of enemy flag stealing. On the other hand, ask the experienced players to eradicate all but one of the newbies. Let him get the flag. Explain to your remaining newbie teammates to receive the flag from the newbie carrier as he's hurting and might drop it, while telling the newbie flag carrier that the button to throw is "Q". Congratulations, your newbie friends leveled up(Final Fantasy Victory Fanfare plays). Level up perk is that they will be passing the flag to each other from now on.
Continue the game, but this time let your friends know what it's like to return the flag. Simulate the game accordingly. Meaning, the experienced players need to get purposely shot by the newbies and lose the flag. Explain to the newbies that the enemy flag carrier has a different icon over his head and that they need to kill him and touch your flag in order to return it. Congratulations, your newbie friends leveled up again. Level up perk allows them to actually shoot the enemy carrier now.
Now they understand the basic method of playing a CTF in Legions without getting bored at all. From now on, they'll play the game this way and instinctively reinvent all the techniques needed to play the game efficiently. They will also listen to what you say from now too.
You don't need to teach them about anything in the game because as they play the game, they will bring all the questions to you. Hope this helps.