Just wanted to share my Dalaya starting experience, perhaps others experienced this and it may help ease the starting up process.
When I first got interested about Dalaya, the first thing I wanted to do was get on the forums and talk to other players about the game to see if it was for me. It did not occur to me to register a game account on the main website since at that time, I just wanted the game experience with other players.
When you try to register on the forums before registering your Dalaya account, you repeatedly get an error about "incorrectly answering the NoSpam! question". At first, I thought I was missing the image verify question, but I ruled that out by purposely typing a wrong answer and noticing the error was different. I scoured the registration page and could find no NoSpam! question. I tried various other tricks for 15-30ish minutes trying to figure out what I was doing wrong and got very frustrated. I figured out the Dalaya account necessity after trying a few Google searches and turning up the answer in an unrelated thread.
My suggestions for possible fixes:
- Add a note to the registration page pointing the user to the Dalaya account registration
- Add a note about this to the FAQ
- Post this as a sticky in a relevant sub-forum
- Add a note about this in the "getting started" section on the main website
I imagine a number of people want to discuss the game before going through the downloads and giving it a try. This may make the experience easier for the next person who goes that route.
Thanks guys, I'm looking forward to trying out the game!
When I first got interested about Dalaya, the first thing I wanted to do was get on the forums and talk to other players about the game to see if it was for me. It did not occur to me to register a game account on the main website since at that time, I just wanted the game experience with other players.
When you try to register on the forums before registering your Dalaya account, you repeatedly get an error about "incorrectly answering the NoSpam! question". At first, I thought I was missing the image verify question, but I ruled that out by purposely typing a wrong answer and noticing the error was different. I scoured the registration page and could find no NoSpam! question. I tried various other tricks for 15-30ish minutes trying to figure out what I was doing wrong and got very frustrated. I figured out the Dalaya account necessity after trying a few Google searches and turning up the answer in an unrelated thread.
My suggestions for possible fixes:
- Add a note to the registration page pointing the user to the Dalaya account registration
- Add a note about this to the FAQ
- Post this as a sticky in a relevant sub-forum
- Add a note about this in the "getting started" section on the main website
I imagine a number of people want to discuss the game before going through the downloads and giving it a try. This may make the experience easier for the next person who goes that route.
Thanks guys, I'm looking forward to trying out the game!