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I may have gone overboard with the big red text, but if I could make a pop-up window for every new player on EZ, this is what it would say. I'd say 9 out of 10 players the come here make this mistake.

--[[User:Kruciel|Kruciel]] ([[User talk:Kruciel|talk]]) 18:38, 23 October 2015 (UTC)

I try to avoid red or bolded paragraphs whenever possible. One example where I see it as necessary to have bold (but even then not red) is in the [[Progression]] page, in the warning "NOTE: DO NOT COMPLETE THIS EPIC UNTIL YOU ARE FLAGGED FOR PLANE OF DRAGONS, as you will not be able to use your epic augment without a weapon skin purchased from Plane of Dragons."

Other non-critical "suggestions" I would prefer to leave as non-bolded black. Just my opinion.

Later on, it says "Since EZServer is a boxing server, you will eventually need to create more than one character. Characters gain the same experience solo as they do in a group, so it may make sense to create multiple characters to start. However, you can get to level 70 with just one character if you choose to start with just one."

You're right that players make that mistake, but I'm not sure it's a huge mistake for a few reasons:

1. I started with just 1 character
2. It's easier to learn the mechanics of the game with just one
3. It's easy to level more afterwards to 70, since 1-70 is effectively the tutorial.

I'd be in favor of putting a slimmed down and black version of that text at the front (where you have it), but I would be personally against the red. Just my thoughts.

Something like:

"On EZ Server, All experience penalties from grouping and raiding are disabled. Because of this, it may be a good idea to play multiple characters to begin, since you will eventually need to have more than one character to progress."

Basically just moving up the existing warning to the front instead of the back.

My 2 cents

--[[User:Darpey|Darpey]] ([[User talk:Darpey|talk]]) 18:54, 23 October 2015 (UTC)