Starter island skipping needs some serious work. : Othor Games

» Sat Mar 15, 2014 7:09 pm

If I was a brand new player and didn't already know about the starting islands, I would have no idea they even existed, let alone how to start the quests there or even get there as it currently stands. Once I arrived on the Ebonheart Pact main zone after Coldharbour there is a nearby questgiver to start the quests there in Stonefalls, but literally ZERO information on how to get to the starter island of Bleakrock or even that I'm supposed to talk to Rana to start that quest chain once I got there. The boat to get back to Bleakrock isn't even close to where you get dropped off after leaving Coldharbour. Not only that, but a lot of the stories seem borked and odd with you auto-skipping the islands and starting on the main island. They really need to add more guidance and fluidity to this.

Personally I think you should go to the starter islands by default and then be given an option to skip them, that would eliminate most of the problems currently.

» Sat Mar 15, 2014 4:04 pm

Chill, man. This is just beta testing and they want people to check out different content than just the starting areas.

» Sat Mar 15, 2014 4:30 pm

I did DC and AD and there was a quest giver right there where I arrived who would take me to Stros or K's Roost. Maybe EP is bugged?

» Sat Mar 15, 2014 5:55 pm

This was a permanent change, not done just for the beta

» Sat Mar 15, 2014 10:37 pm

I'm a new player, playing EP, and found the game to be rather challenging (which in many ways is great).

But when I eventually came back to the main city to repair and look around again (felt like I missed something, quests I had were getting rough).. I got the quest to take me to Bleakrock.

Liking the game so far, especially crafting! Would have been nice to have a little more guide in my guided-autonomy early on, though.

» Sat Mar 15, 2014 8:43 pm

we know that but they are working on the voice over and polishing that.

Just take time

» Sat Mar 15, 2014 8:44 pm

Yes, you will permanently be able to skip the starter islands. But they can change how its done very easily between now and launch. How about you leave some /feedback in game? These aren't even official forums.