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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 2890846" data-attributes="member: 177">Because first impressions matter.It has been seen quite clearly in other markets - ease of adoption is crucial to expanding your user base.&nbsp; If the user does not quickly and easily get into fun and interesting things, into the meat of your product, you vastly decrease your chances that they'll adopt it.Imagine, if you will, you describing one of your best action-adventure war stories to someone.&nbsp; They think, &quot;Hey, that sounds fun!&nbsp; I wanna do that!&quot;&nbsp; But when you first set them up, they spend hours with you pouring over a book, and making choices about mechanics they don't yet understand.&nbsp; Their first contact with the game is paperwork and arcane rules, not cleaving orcs.&nbsp; That's likely a lost sale.For most initial experiences the faster you can get from, &quot;What kind of hero do you want to play?&quot; to the first, &quot;The orc laughs at your puny shortsword!&nbsp; Roll initiative!&quot;, the better.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 2890846, member: 177"] Because first impressions matter. It has been seen quite clearly in other markets - ease of adoption is crucial to expanding your user base. If the user does not quickly and easily get into fun and interesting things, into the meat of your product, you vastly decrease your chances that they'll adopt it. Imagine, if you will, you describing one of your best action-adventure war stories to someone. They think, "Hey, that sounds fun! I wanna do that!" But when you first set them up, they spend [i]hours[/i] with you pouring over a book, and making choices about mechanics they don't yet understand. Their first contact with the game is paperwork and arcane rules, not cleaving orcs. That's likely a lost sale. For most initial experiences the faster you can get from, "What kind of hero do you want to play?" to the first, "The orc laughs at your puny shortsword! Roll initiative!", the better. [/QUOTE]

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