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Strategy Tips in the Quest Log: Annoying or Handy?

09-13-2004, 07:04 PM#1
aaero
I've spent a whole lot of time over the last couple of days writing up strategy tips for heroes and for gameplay overall for my map. Now that I've spent all this time, I decided to find out whether or not people actually like them. What is everyone's opinion on having strategy tips added to the Quest Log?
09-13-2004, 07:18 PM#2
curi
if it's an RPG i'm gonna spend 5 hours on, and i notice them, or if it's a map that seems cool but is confusing, i guess i'd look.
09-13-2004, 11:03 PM#3
Aardvark-
i use them only if...
a. i dont understand something
b. i like the map and want to learn to be better playing it
c. i want to see if there is anything i missed thats important to what im doing in the map.

if its a map possible to play 1 player, most of the time i look at them.

btw...you can view poll results without voting.
09-14-2004, 05:20 AM#4
sneb
Strategy tips are nice, though i dont really read them if they are to long because of how it prevents you from playing while everyone else is if its multiplayer, but in a single playered game stragy tips are always nice no matter the length. ;)
09-14-2004, 01:38 PM#5
Guest
Hmm. Alot of People dun bother to check quests ><. Like in my kind of map. the Gate Commands and stuff. They just blew the gate open even tho there wuz a trigger for it. N even tho i put 'Press F9 for gate commands!' at beginning of the game. they nvr bothered too. ><
09-14-2004, 04:24 PM#6
aaero
Scythe, I'd say that no matter what you do, the majority of people aren't going to look at/read strategy information - especially if it's a multiplayer map. I have two fairly obvious notifications in my map about strategy being contained in the Quest Log, but I sincerely believe they are rarely looked at.

Incidentally, I think Sneb is right - long-winded strategy tips aren't as handy as a short one, possibly bulleted. The easier to read / scan through the better.