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Originally Posted by cyan3
Maybe today because most new players are just lazy and not very smart when it comes to leveling up
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Well, you have to take this into consideration, for a new player who has nobody helping him/her (and also maybe have no reason to believe he/she needs help)
1. First thing they do is make tools and stuff, and probably start baking bread because they see their food meter is going down. That's already some time wasted with the mining + more
2. Once they finally feel that situation is under control, they'll go craft weapons and armour. This will take up more time with more mining + crafting + traveling between towns (remember, they dont know where everything is... and their speed sucks, and they probably dont realize they're being weighed down by materials, tools, etc... )
3. They feel ready to go kill some monsters...so the leveling begins. With this kind of equipment, they won't make it in the HH at level 1, so they have to go kill shell bomys and other overworld creatures
4. After a while it'll get boring and seem pointless killing overworld creatures... so they'll go to the HH, and likely die a lot
(Edit: and who can forget ship-building? I know that kept me entertained as a newbie... and nowadays you have to buy cannonballs, so that could take up more time. They're not lazy, they just don't know what this game is centered on, and how so many parts of it are unused)
I could go on, but you get the point; newbies can spend lots of time with "pointless" aspects of the game
It's easier if you know someone who plays, even if it's another newbie, as long as he knows a little bit, and has the prayer skill, he can just bless you a bow to govannon, and tell you to go kill baddies in the HH, and T-rexes in the underground-dungeon. And that eliminates steps 1-4.... just with a simple bow