How to frustrate new players: Final Exam!

[Sento de Benimaclet]

In final exam cerberus they do too much damage in a few minutes.  It would not be more affordable for new players surprise versus one belle poule or essex? 

[Aster]

Wouldnt a be poule and a essex be way harder as they are better in every way?

[Lt Sekiro]

For new player , final exam should not  be rushed...

Why? , a new player need to learn to handle a ship before the final exam 2v1.

 

For that you got a rattlesnak before the final exam, to go open world and learn something in first real fight.

Don't rush it new player , take u time with the C zone to learn the game better  vs easy ia, and then make final exam.

 

Old player , you arleady know the game , you don't need to cry with a easy final exam for pre release player.

 

Greatings, Lt Sekiro

[jodgi]

7 hours ago, Liberalism said:

Shooting angles are unreal

[jodgi]

Apart from the general bot firing angles I think the exams are perfectly fine, though.

[Zlatkowar]

8 hours ago, Flinch said:

Its really not a good tutorial. Its a great scenario and great 'test' but its really silly to expect noobs to manage it.

This has been repeated over and over again but walls have no ears eh.

[Barbancourt]

3 hours ago, Angus MacDuff said:

 I'm even seeing players complaining on global that they cannot get past the Dismasting tutorial.  I have to say that as a tutorial, this is a Fail. 

IIRC the demasting tutorial usually takes several attempts, since hitting masts with individual shots is pretty hard. 

[vazco]

21 hours ago, Flinch said:

Its really not a good tutorial. Its a great scenario and great 'test' but its really silly to expect noobs to manage it.

You know that the goal of an exam is for noobs to actually NOT BE ABLE to pass it, right? Exam is a test of your skills, not a tutorial.

[Forbin]

[AeRoTR]

Just put both exams out of tutorial, problem is solved 👻

Tutorial tab and additional Navy Exams tab. 

Edited June 15, 2019 by AeRoTR

[Marlinspike]

Because the exams were difficult, I had a genuine sense of accomplishment when I completed the Endurance exam, and one of these days I’ll feel the same way about the Final exam. 

[jodgi]

10 hours ago, Liberalism said:

 

Uh, oh! Something is more broken than it should be.

[Barbancourt]

10 hours ago, vazco said:

You know that the goal of an exam is for noobs to actually NOT BE ABLE to pass it, right? Exam is a test of your skills, not a tutorial.

These exams test your understanding of the fatal weaknesses of the lazy AI design

 

[Barbancourt]

22 hours ago, Spikes said:

 

Granted, I don't think the exams and the final are really meant to be done in rapid succession, especially not the final.

OK, but now it just tests whether you know the same mistakes the AI always make.  Read forums, follow formula, $PROFIT$.

[vazco]

12 minutes ago, Barbancourt said:

These exams test your understanding of the fatal weaknesses of the lazy AI design

 

They efficiently test your ability to angle, strategize, demast/board/focus on weak sides. If they test anything else, it's not bad. People who passed exams are worthy to join a clan. It's a well designed test.

[Barbancourt]

But all you have to do is board and exploit the AI's inability to win boarding

[jodgi]

Why do you care so much about the bots' abilities?

hello kitty bots.

[Barbancourt]

23 minutes ago, jodgi said:

Why do you care so much about the bots' abilities?

hello kitty bots.

because they're 90% or more of the content

[Clifford Scott Wilson]

Im a noob and im struggling with the exams. Its the short time limits on the early exams that are making it so tough. Im usually winning the battle, but run out of time.

[vazco]

8 hours ago, Barbancourt said:

But all you have to do is board and exploit the AI's inability to win boarding

If you want to give your statement any credibility, show a noob who passes a final exam just by boarding. You need more than that. John Hood from this thread is a great counter-example.

[vazco]

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Edited June 16, 2019 by vazco

[Cpt Shadow]

For what its worth Im going to put my view.   People have been irritated by many things on release and a general feeling you didnt get much for help to test the game.  I have come to see this differently, its a different view for sure.  Being able to do the exam is a bonus to long term players! New people not being able to do the exam straight away makes sense.  How could they?  Bought the game, logged in, did the exam, now Im at 280 crew, if that was the case then we (the people who put in the game testing) would of been given less.

We were given advantages and yes its hard for a new player? Did you want an easy game? Because if you did this is not it!

In fact as time has gone on I can see we were given many small advantages.  People will always want more, its human nature.

Look at it this way, a person buys a car and they have never driven before, they then think that because they bought a car they automatically qualify for an easy driving test? Really????

 

[Capsize More]

This is called an elipses...  it is used for something other than ending sentences.  For that, we simply press the period key once.  Thank you and sorry for the off topic grammer nazi-ing so late after the op has left the building.    

[Guest]

We saw a new (enemy) player in a basic cutter sailing around in our waters trying to enter any port without success. I don't know how devs could assume that a new player shall finish the final exam when there is not even a guide that is telling new player that he can't enter enemy ports in his basic cutter when he is exploring the OW.

[Genevieve Malfleurs]

No need to rush through the lower ranks. I´d strongly suggest for new players to stick with the small ships for a longer time, free the book slots on them.

Then people will be prepared for frigates and should do the final exam easily. By the way, it can be so much fun to sail the 7th and 6th rates effectively!

Best wishes, Genevieve