leveling is part of the game, so it should be easy in like that you reach max lvl in a week or so. since there is a story behind the game and you learn that with doing quests as lowbie. if you're not interested in that well then it sucks cause its still part of the game. but i agree some parts are too hard for newbies and might make them wanna give up.
The problems why newbies leave are in my experience( i dont say this are the only issues, just what i noticed so far):
- some beginner maps have really lack of other players,
- some quests are not quite easy to understand, atm im really lost with a quest given by keenu at zant. Since it isnt clear about what i have to do.
- first are the monsters doable but then you arrive at Zant the mobs start to hit much harder. which makes it harder and you die faster and be honest nobody likes to die,
- Also i noticed some quests only give exp when you finished the quest completely or they don't give exp at all. I think giving exp when a part is finished might help the process and give exp with all quests.
- Furthermore its the attitude from the higher lvl players, some are lvling their alt but ignore other players who ask for help or buffs. Which makes newbies feel ignored.
- Also i think it would help if you can see when a player is afk or not, so charname turning red when someone is afk maybe? That way a lowbie knows that the player wont reply since he/she is afk.
all this is just my experience from starting a lowbie from lvl 1 without any buffs or items from other chars.
I might notice more things later in the progress of lvling that char.. But i think Zant is the biggest issue, Since there are a lot of quest and some even send you to breezy while those monsters are above your lvl. Some quests aren't quite understandable and the woopies easily kill you if you go kill them too fast. This map has lots of difficulties, i don't know yet after Zant.
Edited by angeltje, 05 July 2015 - 04:17 AM.