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Quickstart
« on: October 16, 2011, 06:29:27 PM »
Something I've picked up on whilst manning the Help channel on Defiant is that whilst Paragonwiki is an invaluable resource for established players and very useful to link new players too, it's all rather overwhelming for new players to browse directly.

To clarify; if you don't know what you're looking for it's hard to find it :)

My suggestion is to create a "quickstart" page for new players, linked somewhere obvious such as the Main Page, which contains links to the various key bits and pieces that they're likely to need; how enhancements work, how the Rewards system functions, what Ouroboros or The Midnighter Club are and how you get to them, etc.

By simply linking to existing pages it minimizes the maintenance required to keep the page up to date and gives new players somewhere to start when they're trying to figure out how the game works.

This isn't a "someone should do that" thread, btw, I'm more than happy to do it myself, I just wanted to solicit some feedback before I put a lot of effort into it :)

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Re: Quickstart
« Reply #1 on: October 16, 2011, 07:19:33 PM »
Wasn't there supposed to be a link on the main page to The Players' Guide to the Cities? I'm gonna stick it up there soon.

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Re: Quickstart
« Reply #2 on: October 16, 2011, 07:21:50 PM »
And that's exactly the sort of thing I was talking about and couldn't find anywhere :)

Might need a bit of updating for Freedom though.

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Re: Quickstart
« Reply #3 on: October 16, 2011, 09:18:47 PM »
Might need a bit of updating for Freedom though.

Most of the content in there has needed updating for a while.  It's suffering from some pervasive rot.  But I can only do so much all by myself, so the more people that get in there making updates, the merrier.  :)
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Re: Quickstart
« Reply #4 on: October 16, 2011, 10:38:04 PM »
In that case I'll start work on it tomorrow :)

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Re: Quickstart
« Reply #5 on: October 17, 2011, 02:03:43 AM »
http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Main_Page

I added a "quickref" section at the top...don't know if I like how BIG it is, it forces down the news and details quite a bit.

It is a transcluded article (so non-admins can edit it since Main_Page is protected due to spam), which can be found here:
http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Paragon_Wiki:Quick_Reference
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Re: Quickstart
« Reply #6 on: October 17, 2011, 02:17:48 AM »
I updated it to remove three lines (by creating a fourth column), which cuts its footprint by about a third. It's much less unwieldy on the front page now.
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Re: Quickstart
« Reply #7 on: October 17, 2011, 08:27:03 AM »
I like it; it's a "if you don't know what you're looking for it's probably one of these" banner which I think will really help newbies to find their way around.

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Re: Quickstart
« Reply #8 on: October 17, 2011, 10:42:55 AM »
Well I've started work updating the various pages attached to the Players Guide, but is there anyone Macish who can provide up-to-date information for the Mac section of http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Game_Client ?

I neither know much about nor have access to any Apple products so I can't do much with it, but I know at least part of it is obsolete since the Launcher became mandatory.

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Re: Quickstart
« Reply #9 on: October 17, 2011, 07:15:49 PM »
http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Main_Page

I added a "quickref" section at the top...don't know if I like how BIG it is, it forces down the news and details quite a bit.

It is a transcluded article (so non-admins can edit it since Main_Page is protected due to spam), which can be found here:
http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Paragon_Wiki:Quick_Reference

I was looking to see someone suggest this so I can say....

Good job.   :)