What's the best way to teach a 9yr old the ropes of EQ? I started a character to play along with her and show her how things go, but it isn't like the "old days" where there were a ton of other low-level people that could form groups. Still, I'm guessing that's the best way to do this. She can learn how her toon acts in a variety of situations & learn EQ etiquette at the same time. But since none of my chars are over 26 (and I only played on original EQ until the mid-30's) maybe I'm going about this all wrong. What do y'all think?
While in theory we want to keep the game clean for kids to play... I wouldn't let them really interact until lvl 15 irl... you should turn off chat channels, ooc, shout, auction, say... Let them play sandbox style unless you want them introduced to people like Nukem, Fansy, or Jonathan. On the other hand my sweatshops are always hiring.
Probably doing fine just grouping and leveling up in interesting places. Explore a bit. The only times I've had bad/mediocre results introducing people to the game were when I overdid the PLing and twinking. The skinner box doesn't quite take hold if folks get an unrealistic expectation for the speed/difficulty of the game.
I taught my 7 year old cousin how to play. Just set him loose in either FoB or Freeport, they will kill rats and snakes for hours. Prob do want to keep him out of alliance chat. Actually it's not too bad in there, i bet he wouldn't even get most of the jokes. Have fun
Yeah, I'm not PLing much - Suffering took her from 4-7 so she could group with my 14 druid (that I made at the same time she made her pally & then saw a PL opportunity while she was in bed). I haven't seen too much off-color stuff that she would understand or that I would be worried about.
I would keep her characters /anon or /roleplay, less likely to have people interact. Don't post her character names either.
