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Easy Start - New Beginner Tutorial

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Since releasing Graal Kingdoms as a completely free game only a matter of months ago we have heard several complaints about our start quest - Too Confusing! Too Hard! In order to rectify this befuddling situation we are proud to announce the new Beginner Tutorial!

This is VERY easy to use! There is a list of tasks to accomplish in the corner of your screen - each task is clearly guided by an arrow leading the way as well as clear instructional information at the bottom of your screen!

Last but not least... we're also giving away 5NC to every new player who completes the beginner quest!

Let the games begin!

Great addition! Is there a reason I see the tutorial on my account?

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Originally Posted by ViperZakuto (Post 1725672)

Great addition! Is there a reason I see the tutorial on my account?

We resetted the tutorial for every player. You can skip it anytime though. Just use the command 'skip tutorial' or press the skip button at the bottom left.

OK thx nico.

I found a serious bug in the system that i will not post on here for abuse reasons. I will pm you that one.

I have some bugs/suggestions I have found in the tutorial.

Task 3 - Should explain how to find sea side farm by holding M and opening map.
Task 5 - James never told me the secret to mine faster. It seems to skip that part
Task 8 - the guy at the lumbermill should also explain you can just grab the belt to add a log. He should say Log and not big board...

When I talked to the son it never said anything about bringing the boat into the water. It just created the boat and destroyed it. It should have you put the 5 boards onto the ship builder then destroy the boat.

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Originally Posted by ViperZakuto (Post 1725675)

Thanks. Will be fixed tonight.

Thanks NicoX360 it is a very great addition for the new players, just dont let to scamm the new players when they earn their nihil coins. ;)

Heres a Thanks You in GK http://imgur.com/R9FR46F

Oh, theres Deshi and me.

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Originally Posted by Vartas (Post 1725694)

We are logging it. Thanks for your heads up though.

Just wanted to point this out...

In case you accidentally skipped the tutorial not knowing there's a reward, you can still complete it by doing all the tasks required. One reward not mentioned in this thread is the Graal of the Starting Quest, which some players might not have gotten yet. It's the only obtainable Graal in the game so far. :p

No idea if it can be dropped, though, because I haven't tried and don't want to risk losing it if the item vanishes. Apparently it's worth about 1,000 platinum, though.

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Originally Posted by Draenin (Post 1725696)

Just wanted to point this out...
No idea if it can be dropped

It can be dropped, i've seen one on the trade tables :)

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Originally Posted by LightDamage (Post 1725699)

It can be dropped, i've seen one on the trade tables :)

yeah, but sometimes like when you create food, pick it up, and then try to drop it gods take it back.

By the way is there any chances to make the quests for GK's like collecting doohickey doors and doohickeys, just like that what i mean is to help new players making the quests too, and make a tracking system just like the arrow that shows you where to go at the begginer's guide quest.

I still feel that its lacking to an extent.

Ponder this for a moment. You're back in the 90's (because thats where my refrences will start tho you can look back further too). You just got a brand new Nintendo 64. You're excited to play it so you pop in Mario 64. The game loads and you go thru some menus. Before the game start's your introduces to the idea that peach is kidnapped. So upon playing you know your purpose in the game. Think of it as guidence thats not in your face anoying every 5 seconds (similar to what dusty was complaining about when Classic was like please take the pot to the graveyard)... but moving along. So you play for hours and beat the game you feel a sense of pride and accomplishment so you load in another classic, Zelda: Ocarina of Time. The game loads up and your in a forest, tho little is explained to the player you realize your suppose to meet with the deku tree. You arrive and a story is told. Now you feel some sort of direction, something that motivates you to aspire to become a greater player, to succeed if you will.

Now lets get into the late 90's (1998), Graalonline comes along (or maybe still called Zelda Online?) Regardless, you load the game up and some levels appear and people around. Your first instinct is to ask for help, or what there is to do/offer. It often leads to confusion. Now see, the top 2 servers.. Era and Zodiac are a littler differet. I can't really speak for Zodiac as im not really a player of the server but when Era first came out it was pretty obvious what you are to do.. Run and Gun !!! So no real explination is needed. During the conception of the idea for the server the primary focus was a server built around high activity (i believe the graal bible says)...

Now logging onto gk, you kinda get an idea of how to control the game, but have no idea what your supposed to do, nor where to go..

Sorry if this post was long but is there any chance that any more thought could be put into actually explaining to, or showing, the player a general direction of what to do? It's commonly over looked critical aspect of the game. Here for those of you who do not know the story behind GK

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Peaceful Life

Life in the Graalian world was peaceful. People built towns, and mined the land of its riches. Farmers planted happily, making sure to water their plants for the upcoming Sylvester.



Merchants sold goods in the streets, as men on horseback patrolled the area for thieves. The people enjoyed the warmth of the day, as the Bomy Moons approached. The world seemed to be in perfect balance.



Preparing for Danger

The world was unprepared for what was about to happen. Sightings of a large meteor were taking place all over the land. Scholars revealed that it wasn't a meteor, but a moon. For many years, the Suns of the Bomy planet had passed near the land. Sometimes, the Suns would pass right over one another. Causing a Sylvester, that heated the Graalian world with bright red intensity.



However, something had went wrong. The Bomy Moon became disaligned from the planet, and was hurdling towards the peaceful world of Graal.



All the Graalians could do was prepare for the worst. The Moon crashed heavily into the sea, causing massive tidal waves to wash over the land. It appeared that the damage had been done... but it was just beginning...



Worldly Changes

The impact of the Moon caused devastating underground destruction. Underwater volcanoes became active from the intense earthquake, causing islands to emerge from the sea. Lava became hard as stone quickly after being engulfed in water. Clouds of ash arose from the water and into the sky.



The tidal waves began to subside, and the half-submerged Moon could be seen in the middle of the land.



Unwelcome Visitors

Approaching the Moon, Graalians witnessed what appeared to be movement on it's surface.



Bomies began to emerge from the craters. When the alien bomies looked around the land, they became enraged. They discovered that their own Bomy race, were being treated like Graalian pets. This caused anger in the alien bomies, and they immediately began to attack the Graalians. The people fought valiantly to save their home. After a long battle, it appeared that the alien bomies had been defeated.



Turn for the Worst

Knowing that they were outnumbered and beaten, the alien bomies enslaved the minds of the small creatures and plants on the land. Seemingly harmless plants and animals began attacking the Graalians. The people had no choice but to retreat. There was little hope left for them, as they quickly fled the island on ships from every shore. They left, knowing that they would return later, to retaliate this assualt. They sailed for what seemed like forever, until they finally found land...



Final Hope

Five islands were discovered by the Graalian people as they approached the shores. The people decided to rebuild their lives on these new islands. They built towns and ports, houses and shops. Soon, they had decided to reclaim the land they had lost. Kingdoms were formed on each island, in an effort to prepare for the approaching battle. These Kingdoms became known as Dustari, Forest, Pirate, Samurai, and Zormite. Each kingdom built armies and castles in preparation for war. It appeared that hope was once again restored in the people of the new lands...



Destiny Awaits

Time is running out... The alien bomies are also building up their civilization. The crashing of the moon has awakened evil deep within the world. It won't be long before the evil spreads to take your land for its own. You must help reclaim the island that was once called home.

Imagine this now, your playing the game, and a npc asks for help explaining there village has been taken over by the bomy that arrive on the planet. This along introduces the beginning of your Journey. You now know whats going on, and have a general idea that your help as "the chosen one" to help defent off the bomys that have invaded.

Conclusion: Players need to know why to play your product, not just how to play it.. =/

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Originally Posted by Torankusu (Post 1725711)

This is no suggestion thread!

Correct, however the topic of discussion still remains relavant as they are 1 in the same. The average noob that logs on is told pretty much you battle other people.. if this is the case I propose a re-write of the non-used story.. so that it actually servers a purpose. but then that would be pointless since no one would ever see it .. =/

Besides it's not even so much of a suggestion as it is a question to a defunct aspect of the game. Yes defunct is the correct word since back in the day when we had a strong player count, we had a storyline. And defunct means "no longer existing or functioning.". You woke up at a ship wreck.. seems ever since that got removed too (ps. this was removed after p2p was introduced) the player count has dropped from around 80-120+ average to 15-30.. if you dont believe me go around as an undercover noob and talk to the other noobs.. youl'l see what i mean o_o

EDIT:
Maybe this is not a bug but really.. my pray hotkey is "p" guess what happens if I press p with this menu up? yeah no longer blessing what ever i was blessing and now across the entire map.. GG WP (good game, well played)

I ran through the tutorial to see how it is, and I kept getting a "failed" when I should be warping to the 7th task. Also, the monster on the tutorial island make it really tough to dig for tree seeds or corn and have a shell bomy attacking you while dodging to plant them or something.

Understandable though, because it teaches players about monsters, but it seems over kill when you have grim reapers next to the first task.