New Graal Website

[DustyPorViva]

Originally Posted by WhiteDragon

For anyone attempting this, the purpose of this redesign is to market Graal, not provide a portal for existing users (although that'd be a good separate idea).

And you don't think a new player seeing lots of news and events planned will get them interested? A website like the current one is stagnant, and thus doesn't give the player any sort of idea of how active the game actually is. I know it's a bit ironic given Graal's current... dead state, but it's still something that should be planned for.

For example, logging on to the website and seeing all the planned events for the different servers for Halloween would have definitely intrigued me as a potential costumer. Look at the current state, what is there has been there since they released it. You can dedicate your advertising to an 'about the game' or something section like every other game out there does.

[WhiteDragon]

Originally Posted by DustyPorViva

And you don't think a new player seeing lots of news and events planned will get them interested? A website like the current one is stagnant, and thus doesn't give the player any sort of idea of how active the game actually is. I know it's a bit ironic given Graal's current... dead state, but it's still something that should be planned for.

For example, logging on to the website and seeing all the planned events for the different servers for Halloween would have definitely intrigued me as a potential costumer. Look at the current state, what is there has been there since they released it. You can dedicate your advertising to an 'about the game' or something section like every other game out there does.

Sure. I'm not saying your ideas are worthless. However, dedicating 90 percent of the screen real-estate to something first-time-visitors can't actually understand or care about isn't a good idea.

I don't really want to get into an argument about this, I'm just trying to get my opinion out there, that's all.

[DustyPorViva]

Originally Posted by WhiteDragon

Sure. I'm not saying your ideas are worthless. However, dedicating 90 percent of the screen real-estate to something first-time-visitors can't actually understand or care about isn't a good idea.

I don't really want to get into an argument about this, I'm just trying to get my opinion out there, that's all.

I just checked out the WoW website, and the websites of a couple other popular MMO's and they all have just news on the front page, with separate pages dedicated to actual information about the game.

Ya, it's not a very good idea. Graal has definitely got it right.