I'm interested in writing. I've already written my own little tutorial script.
I remember seeing somewhere on here that someone suggested that we focus on teaching the spider at first, since it's the most simple ship to pilot, and I agree with that. There's just too many advanced things about all the ships that we take for granted because we have been playing for years, and have gotten so used to them that they are second-nature.
I also think that a tutorial arena that allows new players to furball in a smallish dueling arena would be useful, to help teach newbs how to pilot and fight without the pressures of base. Remember that getting used to the movement and physics of this game is harder than we think.
My tutorial runs about 4-5 minutes spoken and covers ENERGY, WEAPONS, MOVEMENT, and AFTERBURNERS as used on the spider, all the things necessary to get a new player flying and fighting at a basic level.
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