Comments on: How not to do a crafting tutorial

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Thu, 07 Jan 2010 09:07:07 +0000

[...] another post where we decided to switch to playing Fae. Also some more about crafting in EQ2 and how not to write a crafting tutorial. And this was my summary of the [...]

By: spinks

spinks — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:14:27 +0000

This is why I was saying that when I actually tried it, I thought it was much easier than the tutorial implied. (Or rather, after having seen it, I now understand what the tutorial was getting at ).

By: We Fly Spitfires

We Fly Spitfires — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:28:09 +0000

I never paid any attention to any tutorials in EQ2. Crafting is easy once you figure you just gotta spam abilities

By: Wiqd

Wiqd — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:50:29 +0000

Actually you don’t want to pull the skills out of the book and put them on a bar anyway. When you begin crafting it automatically puts the icons you need on a bar in its own window. At least that part is helpful. You USED to have to pick and choose which ones you wanted and it sucked when you had to figure them all out.

And yes, never used autopilot unless you’re in highsec space. Even then it’s iffy. I use it when I go long distances and have to AFK, and now they bring you out of cloak closer to the jump so it’s nicer than it used to be.

By: JC

JC — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:21:37 +0000

Yeah, EQ2′s tutorial for crafting tried to be all specific but just makes it worse. Frankly, the original tutorial they had on the Isle of Refuge at launch was the best one, IMO. FWIW, EVE’s tutorial for traveling to another system tells you to use the auto-pilot, but any player will tell you to NEVER use the autopilot. . . .

By: smakendahed

smakendahed — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:45:41 +0000

This is a pretty common problem in EQ2. They do that all over the place and in some cases it was really bad. Take Nagafen for example. You’ll notice the chat bubble and response show up near the NPC’s head. Nagafen is a really tall model and I remember having to look up when he talked so I could actually interact with the chat options. hehe