Originally Posted by
IronClan
Nice job OP.
The global chat channel not being world wide is one of the dumbest things in a long line of dumb things about DDO as it pertains to new players.
That said it could be surmised that players who need lots of hand holding are probably not going to be DDO players for long due to the relative complexity and D&D rules and the arcane UI of this game. Still I can't help but think a global chat channel would be better for new player retention.
getting rid of E for BB would be a big impact on finding more groups and overcoming the inertia of only ever finding Elite groups to join.
Put the LFM panel on it's own button near the AS would make the grouping options so much more visible (If I had a 100tp for every time I've seen "anyone want to help me do X" or "how do you group in this game" it's obvious that the LFM panel is not obvious enough.
making advice and trade global
making the party chat tab automatically jump to the front on joining a group (with option to disable for Vets)
publishing a new default new player area Keep on the Borderlands with level 1 through 7 content centered in the Hall of Heroes, so the new player would enjoy the more well laid out and less confusing Hall instead of Harbor then Marketplace...