Making the wrong impression on new players

[Tachyon]

I am not sure whether or not I should write an elaborate paragraph on how teaching or at least helping new/inexpirienced players with snub combat is close to an impossibility.

The tl;dr version would be that no one remotely bothers to put in some kind of effort beyond click-shoot. (And then often goes on to say how bad/hard/complicated pvp is and that the better pvp'ers are whether lifeless nerds or simply use hacks of sorts and relentlessly bash "noobs" to feel better.)

However, I do agree that factions, especially the official ones, should try to actively recruit ingame, not only to show their presence, but also that someone cares. (IMG| does this, shameless self-advertisement.)
From that point it isn't hard to show a newcomer the world beyond caps.

Bla.

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