Hi, as someone whos a new player and talked to new and older players about this, I think something should definitely be done to help newer players. Currently, the tutorial is alright. It helps teach people understand the basics of the system for the game, but that's about it. I think that certain parts of the tutorial should be more specific, such as how spells functionality works in the inventory. One thing that was really helpful in the tutorial was the particle effect on the ground which led you to where you needed to be to continue. This functionality would be an amazing feature to add for quests, such as a "tracking" function that you could enable/disable with your quest book, which enables particles to lead you to specific locations that are near impossible to find on your own as a new player when starting. This would definitely cause players to continue playing after the tutorial, because they would not have to keep asking the chat for help, which sometimes comes easy and sometimes doesn't. It is very hard to describe how to get across the entire school over chat, and would eliminate the high amount of new players who get lost then eventually just give up if they can't find it or get someone to show them the way. The particle system could just lead from the great hall to the location the quest specifies, so the system would not have to be set up to change due to your location, which would be a lot easier to set up! The only reason I suggest this despite having the /map function and occasional coordinates supplied, is because those features simply don't help most of the time with something as complicated as a Hogsworth castle. The map function mainly helps with general parts of the castle, but not inside the castle. Coordinates are easy to follow if what you need is outside, but if it is on a specific floor, is is very difficult to get to these areas without knowing how to navigate the castle. I would love to hear feedback on this suggestion on ways to make it better, or alternate suggestions to help new players out. Its very disheartening to see so many people excited to try but just get too lost.
Help For Newer Players - Tracking for Quests
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Heya! So I really like this idea, the only issue I could see is that it takes away from the exploration aspect of the update, which is one of the major things I think it was striving for. I definitely agree that going places like the castle (which is for new players/lower levels) can be confusing even with coordinates. Maybe they could do it for a portion of the beginner quests while you get used to coordinates? (Maybe the Year 1 quests) Overall, great idea!
Thats almost exactly what I was thinking! I agree exploration is definitely a key aspect of the fun for the game, but I agree that maybe it should only be for Year 1 just to get the players awareness of direction in the castle established 
Then after, they can play find what they need on their own from there!
Then after, they can play find what they need on their own from there!
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Aurora
Potterworld Legend
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Minecraft IGN:
Invisibilia
Auralock
Dark Follower
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Grounds Keeper
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Vampire
Werewolf
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Heya again @imagery,
Thanks again for taking the time to bring this suggestion up to us! However, we will unfortunately be declining it because it would cause a lot of server-side issues. We do not want to add a ton of interactions to these quests, due to the sheer effort this would take and particles just would not work out due to the aforementioned server issues. However, we are currently working on things to better exploration and to generally help players find locations around the world. There is also an alternative in the works to your idea for first year quests as particles are not an option. For the time being, players can use the Scarlett NPC to help with directions for certain Hogsworth locations.
I hope this is not too disappointing and does not discourage you from making further suggestions, as we really appreciate them!
Thanks again and have a wonderful day <3
Thanks again for taking the time to bring this suggestion up to us! However, we will unfortunately be declining it because it would cause a lot of server-side issues. We do not want to add a ton of interactions to these quests, due to the sheer effort this would take and particles just would not work out due to the aforementioned server issues. However, we are currently working on things to better exploration and to generally help players find locations around the world. There is also an alternative in the works to your idea for first year quests as particles are not an option. For the time being, players can use the Scarlett NPC to help with directions for certain Hogsworth locations.
I hope this is not too disappointing and does not discourage you from making further suggestions, as we really appreciate them!
Thanks again and have a wonderful day <3