Newbie FAQ suggestion

[LadyPhoenix]

Can this be linked from the LOG IN screen? I have a friend trying to decide what she wants to be, but without seeing the FAQ she doesn't really know enough about the game to decide. I didn't even realize this omission until it was pointed out.

[Catscradler]

Here's a link you can give your friend for now: http://lotgd.net/petition.php?op=faq

[LadyPhoenix]

It's more of a suggestion for future players. She's already created her character (after I logged in to walk her through the things in the FAQ.)

[Catscradler]

Then again, the FAQ doesn't say anything about character creation or the effects of each choice. There's nothing wrong with someone creating a character just to read the FAQ and try out the game and then abandoning it for deletion.
Right now the settings on the central server are:
Days to keep level 1 accounts with no dragon kills? 5
Days to keep all other accounts? 23

Talesin's server can handle a couple extra accounts for a few days, I should think.

[LadyPhoenix]

There is when the server requires email verification (like dragoncat) as you now have an account tying up your email address. But then again, dragoncat also has a suicide option, so they could just suicide.

There really should be something about races and character classes that newbies can access, even if it's just general information.

[whitey]

seems like a good idea, ive been playing for a while and i dont really see the difrences in the various races and classes, id love to find out myself.

[neXus]

They can always come over here and check the newbie section... there is a newbie primer and there's going to be a primer for LORD players (work in proggress) and some more... so even without a login or anything else, it's possible.

[LadyPhoenix]

In that case, there should be a link to the forums from the log in screen, since at this time they still won't know about any of this until AFTER account creation.