Tutorial Island: Should it be optional?

[Brontay]

Yeah it probably should be a required thing, but it'd be nice if there WAS a way to skip it, like a quiz that you could take, to ensure you had the know-how to play already, if it was a second account :)

[Ouchy]

when i read this at first i though "keep it it slows down all the bots!" hey...

 

people have already posted it :x :cry: #-o :|

 

tutorail island is a vital part of the game. for one. if you cant complete the tutorail or you dont like it, you wont play :)

[darkforaster]

Yeah it probably should be a required thing, but it'd be nice if there WAS a way to skip it, like a quiz that you could take, to ensure you had the know-how to play already, if it was a second account :)

 

 

 

I also agree with this.

 

 

 

Tutorial island should be optional, but in order to skip it you must first prove that you are experienced in the game. this stops noobs just taking the easy option.

[Alex_Ewan_1]

It teches newbs how to start off in rs. We would have even more begging, bugging people etc.. without it. Also people would be even more nooby if they ddint know how to mine, cut a tree ect...

[viz94]

i was going to mention that you should take series of question before you start tutorial if you wanted to skip, but then noticed the post about the quiz. anyways just building on that idea, you could have some question that are random, like the questions in SoS. A bit off-topic: Also before you start tutorial you could have some questions that will prevent autoers from proceding, again like those in SoS, just this time you could make it so that even noobs can answer: like "What is after 1,2,3". Simple yet effective. If the questions are random autoers cannot go though, thus humans will be needed....

[Coinkydinky]

We'd get an overflow of macros :shock:

[neogeo0823]

Not only should they keep it, but I feel they should make it BIGGER! Yes, thats right, I feel that tutorial island does not teach the new players enough about the game to be successful on their own. Keep in mind, I havent done it since I made my account two years ago, but I dont think its changed since, so heres what I think should change:

 

 

 

1.) They should keep you there until your total level reaches a certain amount. This amount should be made by getting two or three levels in at least 3 or 4 f2p skills, each of which has a cap while on the island of something like level 5 or so.

 

 

 

2.) The island should make you do some sort of basic quest. Something as simple as cooks assistant. Ill admit, it was the first quest I did after leaving the island, and it never occured to me until I found Tip.It that I had to mill the wheat to get flour. If there was a quest that showed me that you can use items with things and process goods, I wouldve been more prepared.

 

 

 

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3.) You should have the option of returning tothe island to go through a refresher course if you forget anything. Once i got off the island, it was about two months before I began mining, smithing and smelting, and I had forgotten all of it.

 

 

 

I also approve of the idea of a tutorial level for new members as well. I played for about a year before becoming a member and when I switched, it was all new and unfamiliar to me. If there was some kind of guide to the member world to tour me through the world, show me what quests I could start right off the bat, and tell me about the new skills I had, I wouldve become a much more proficient member much faster.

 

 

 

EDIT: Also, this thread reminds me off this comic: Linky

[aspokaspofkjsopfkapo]

its not like tutorial island is super duper hard

[Iamdan]

i was going to mention that you should take series of question before you start tutorial if you wanted to skip, but then noticed the post about the quiz. anyways just building on that idea, you could have some question that are random, like the questions in SoS. A bit off-topic: Also before you start tutorial you could have some questions that will prevent autoers from proceding, again like those in SoS, just this time you could make it so that even noobs can answer: like "What is after 1,2,3". Simple yet effective. If the questions are random autoers cannot go though, thus humans will be needed....

 

 

 

Well that wouldn't work. Macros can answer questions like that easily. However my idea would work, (on the first page) and everyone seems to be ignoring my post.

[thered]

definitly keep it mandatory it is very important and its not like it takes very long :thumbup:

[Guest Efete]

Why it's good: It would be good because then you could make a pure without having to waste all that time getting past the tutorial when you could have been getting up that 5-10 levels in a skill. Plus, for the new players, they could ask the Lumbridge Tutors if they needed help. They could also just have the items from Tutorial Island in their inventory when they start out. People also do make Tutorial Island Macros so even if JaGeX doesn't do this it still wouldn't completely destroy macros much more than it would if we said yes.

 

Why it's bad: There are two reasons why this would be bad. If they made this update, then anyone who is just starting out, would skip the tutorial as they would think they could ask around, figure it out by themselves, or maybe they just didn't think they'd need that kind of knowledge as they'd think it would be more advanced and they would just figure it out later. Aren't noobs already annoying enough? The second reason is because of the macros. Many people, especially sites that set up bots to chop yews, sell them for 310gp each, and sell the gold for real world money, which violates Rule #12-NO Real World Item Trading.

 

What I think: I think Jagex needs to restart in a new version of RuneScape. They could add all updates they were going to add, they could make their servers more advanced to block any macros, and they could make a whole new account system. What I think Jagex should do is make this and then let you have multiple characters to an account. You could choose your main, then they could even make an offical pure/mini system. You could choose just to make a mini, or you could choose what skill you wanted to make pure. That way you could set up more settings with your account. I think they should also start taking e-mail addresses to prevent multiple accounts just for rule-breaking. If one gets muted, they all get muted. You could make multiple characters on an account anyway so they might not even want to let you make multiple accounts just to keep things under control.

 

 

 

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[Dracion1]

No, for a good reason. Faster bot creation.

 

 

 

It's also very useful, and it only takes 15 minutes, so why remove it?

[reaper88888]

Keep it. It weeds out all the kids with attention spans of under 5 minutes.

[Arturo770]

Keep it. It weeds out all the kids with attention spans of under 5 minutes.

 

 

 

Lol, but i think that it must teach crafting and some skills that are no explained.

 

 

 

And other tutorial when you come members for first time

[Theboy1001]

To be honest, the 5 minutes it takes players to do it will not slow macroers at all. If there is a differance, it would not be noticed.

 

 

 

New players, however, may skip the Island. I think, maybe you should be asked some questions about the game. If you answer enough correct, you may skip it. You may not re-take the test.

[foodmanfood1]

you need to use tutorail island so that its harder for people who make files fast for their illict reasons, but for experianced players who at one point wanted to make a pure fule with his friend for pking fun :( its annoying to have to go through there...

[whatisup618]

No they should keep it. That way p[layers dont have to be asked basic questions such as " How do i fight something" ( :D ). I personally think there should be a second tutorial when you get to members ( especially for con... that can get confusing )

[Deathmath]

the tutorial teaches people to play, we don't need any people who breeze through and then ask how to walk.

 

 

 

Yeah. Besides any autoers or spam accounts are easier to make. Generally when I skip tutorials I am horrible at said game and quit.

[Roseiah]

I am on the fence on this one. As I have several accounts Tutorial Island slowed down the making of my accounts down severely. I most certainly would of liked to not do Tutorial Island. On the other hand, not only does Tutorial Island slow down the account making process it also teaches basic Runescape skills to new players. Without knowing these skills new players would turn to other players and ask them for help. Jagex would then be flamed for taking away the Island and leaving all these new players to annoy everyone else. On the other hand though, a lot of new players already ask existing players for help, it is one of the great annoyances to some players, but the numbers would dramatically increase and make it about 10 times more annoying to even enter Lumbridge.

 

 

 

So, considering all this, even though personally I would love to be able to not do Tutorial Island, I would rather new players were taught these things before they entered Runescape so they wouldn't have to ask us.

[EragonShadeslayer]

People who don't pay attention to Tutorial Island become N00bs because they did not pay attention at all and therefore have no idea how to play the game. No Tutorial Island is a recipe for disaster to the community as a whole. So I strongly feel that Tutorial island should be mandatory.

 

 

 

P.S. Please do not confuse the word noob with newb my definitions are:

 

Noob - a very rude and annoying person who is new to the game, who did not bother reading any of the instructions, and who asks questions with answers that should have been learned from Tutorial Island or just a very rude and annoying person overall.

 

Newb - a hopefully polite person who is new to the game and asks questions that only an experienced player would know.

 

 

 

Hoping I don't start a flame war,

 

~Eragon~

[duncdar2]

 

 

 

All in all tutorial island is good :)

right on

[nzall]

 

 

 

All in all tutorial island is good :)

right on

 

 

 

I personally am fed up of tutorial island, and i have only been there thrice. It is personally really dull. It is also contradictory. it says at the begining "Talking to people is one of the most important things in the game" yet it blocks chat, so when someone gets to the mainland there first words are: "OMG i have **** stuff!" rather than "okay let's go train " or "Wow this game looks good, i wonder how to play"

 

 

 

Yes it should be optional. How many scammed players want to sit infront of the computer screen for 30 minutes just clicking on people, just to restart their account.

[Yomyth105]

tutorial island keeps newbs from asking nooby questions like why can't i fight you?

[nzall]

tutorial island keeps newbs from asking nooby questions like why can't i fight you?

 

 

 

 

 

But on tutorial island, it does not explain about the inability to kill other players

[Fairness]

At first I was like: Why can't Jagex add an option to bypass the island via an existing account? But with tutorial island taking like 5 minutes, I don't see why this is a serious issue any more. Such an option would still be welcome to me though.