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THE INEPENDENT TRIBUNE[MoMs]-RETENTION OF NEWBIES

Day 1,517, 05:27 • Published in Pakistan

• by zafthfirst

hello guys..how are y'all?

i've been thinking about this idea lately..tell me what do you think?

lets get to the point..

Pakistan's late president Umer Liaquat once said to me

Do you know what's the most difficult part of a babyboom zaf?
"Retention of Newbies"
All of us have seen newbies coming in the game and asking all type of childish questions(i did that too).
Its not because most of them are dumb(some really are),
The reason is only one, "they don't know what the hell is going on" .

Many people presented ideas to guide them and i've seen people honestly working hard for them But all of this was too time consuming..

So here's my idea..

ePakistan's FAQ

This will be an article published by me,i will update it or write new ones from time to time.
This article will Answer all the basic questions of a newbie regarding the game mechanics and also about pakistan's situation.
Links of All the necessary Tutorials can be included in the article.
..and we'll get the perfect GUIDELINE for a newbie.
so whenever a newbie comes around, u can refer him to this article,also presidents can include this in their msg to newbies..

As i don't think i'm experienced enough to answer all of these questions perfectly,i'll keep in touch with the senior guys and and get the answers from the specialists...

I'm open to all sugestions,senior guys can send me questions that newbies generally ask and newbies can send the questions that they want to be answered..

So what do you think?

Comments

Sheraz Ahmad Day 1,517, 06:03

A nice idea voted

zafthfirst Day 1,517, 07:45

guys if you r reading this..tell me what u think?
i'll only be able to start this if i get positive feedback!

raao Day 1,517, 10:46

Lonqu Day 1,517, 10:54

Voted!

Faris Jalil Day 1,517, 10:58

voted

bozli Day 1,517, 11:03

FAQ is a good idea indeed. From my experience with baby-booms, the key to retention is to keep players interested. Many get confused and quit the game right away. Some of these things must be implemente😛
1) Welcome message should be concise, and it has to contain link to this FAQ, general tutorial and help channel
2) help channel has to be created where seniors will answer all the questions. #epak.help or whatever
3) tutorials have to be published DURING the main babyboom period. recycling old tuts isnt bad idea, but it has to be updated
4) TW with india. If babies see we have no regions, they will give up quickly. Keep them interested, give them war.

with all that in mind, a FAQ would round up everything perfectly and greatly help new players.

Annihilator10 Day 1,517, 11:39

Voted. Nice idea!

Last Son of Krypton Day 1,517, 15:52

yes zafth,
faq is nice idea, and lets see how it goes

Taurus Guy Day 1,517, 21:14

av khan Day 1,517, 22:49

Hmm great idea if newbies were to actually read anything. They prefer to ask rather than read. So that idea of bozli for the link to a chat room would be an awesome idea imo but it won't hurt to have the FAQ thingy just in case we get people who actually have the patience to read and I believe reading rather than asking is the better way to understand but asking after reading is still better.

zafthfirst Day 1,518, 05:22

@Bozli:
great points...specially about the TW with india,i've been thinking about that and it would be alot of fun once we get some regions..

zafthfirst Day 1,518, 05:24

@av khan:
we all know paki newbies due to some reason don't like to visit irc and forums,so i thought of this idea!