Title or flag for "new player guides" for players

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide Gameplay Feedback
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While realizing that the Mourning Star is not a quest hub, I do realize an influx of new players (as with every major patch/promotion or new class release).

Would it be possible to introduce something akin to a “guide” flag ingame and or in the forums to people to show them around?

I am not talking late game builds etc. just “onboarding” to help digesting all the information the game throws at you. Darktide is alot deeper mechanics and character build wise than you expect as a new player and it can be pretty overwhelming.

Not talking any gm or moderator privileges just basic info you COULD research by yourself (weapon stats, masteries what the different stations do) … but sometimes you would rather not research by yourself because reasons… you get the idea.

The idea is to disarm potentially awkward situations were the party assumes every low level is a reroll of a vet and act snarky for a “not so great play” only to realize they are genuinly new and did not know better (you get the idea - why did you wake up the demon host? the what? or did you not know this mission is on a time? what timer? … situations).

Vice versa, maybe a flag for new players who would like to get more info as well (click here if you are a new player and would like assistance).

Maybe a cosmetic item or emote you can use on the mourning star that makes you actively stand out so people can interact with you prior to examing your build etc? My Ogryn usually wears his leopard print pants when assisting new players for instance :slight_smile:

Just an idea, my base dna is mmo pve player so I tend to carry that onto every coop game I play ^^

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Darktide could definitely benefit from sherpas, probably wouldnt be too hard to add that to the party finder where a new player(s) can make a party tagged for a sherpa where they can just quick play join. Could pretty easily tie that into rewards like in game titles similar to the “havoc on hand” penances. Though issue is that people generally dont voice chat in this game and Im pretty sure half the playerbase doesnt know the party finder exists lol.

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I think the easiest way to do this would be just to have an “account” level for each player. See their total level for all classes they have. I guess they could have deleted all their characters. Maybe a way to inspect them and see what penances they have and have not completed.

I would also love to see whether they need idols or martyr skull so I know whether to bother helping them for the penance.

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Yeah, honestly I think incorporating the True Level mod in some capacity would help, but have account level displayed so it’s clear when a player is really new rather than just leveling an alt character.

Having some kind of opt-in flag for new players isn’t a bad idea, but discoverability can be an issue when you’re relying on a newbie (who’s probably already overwhelmed learning everything) to find that option and enable it. The game would either need to prompt the player about enabling the new-player flag or just do it automatically.