For the longest time, I remember seeing admins say "A feature like this will NEVER be implemented". Then, as I played longer, I realized why a feature like this was so rejected. Now the admins want to add it in to make the game easier for newcomers? We don't have this now, and my 5 year old nephew can play just fine, and I don't mean just shooting asteroids and killin zebus. He plays a mid-high end monk and often heals for us on uber runs, and plays a mid level zerker killing BGs and Picks on his own. The entire time he's been playing, he MAY have lost 2-3 GG, if that (over 6+ months). The game is not too difficult, it just needs some proper explanation to the new people, as opposed to the "See the rat? Shoot the rat..." tutorials we have now.

I'm not saying I'm against the idea, or for it for that matter, I'm indifferent on the subject really. However, if the general concept is to make it more attractive for the newbies, I say its pretty pointless, and other steps should be taken to connect new players with the SS 'world', as has been suggested already.

Seriously, though, isn't All chat a bit.......obscene for little kids?

Where this WOULD be cool, would be places like dense nebulae and special gals. Currently, the only way to slow someone down in a nebula is to give them a 50% speed aura or something, which really just slows down the game rather than giving the impression of density. This could be ramped up inside a nebula, so you'd have to thrust constantly to get close to maximum speed. Which i think could be really cool for a new uber zone area.

Where this WOULD be cool, would be places like dense nebulae and special gals. Currently, the only way to slow someone down in a nebula is to give them a 50% speed aura or something, which really just slows down the game rather than giving the impression of density. This could be ramped up inside a nebula, so you'd have to thrust constantly to get close to maximum speed. Which i think could be really cool for a new uber zone area.