Talk:Starting out

Price for Novice Traps

For those wondering why they're different from the Trapsmith, the price of the Wooden Base is factored into the price of the High Tension Spring (600 + 300 = 900 gold) and the Tacky Glue Trap (550 + 300 = 850 gold). This is also how it is shown in the in-game tutorial. Please see this screenshot for proof. --Mikeyco 09:00, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

New Larry page [1]

I think it might be a good addition to the Starting Out page also. -- Camomiletea 20:53, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Starting in Meadow?

I'm not sure if it's just an error/glitch, but i managed to get one of my friends to start playing MouseHunt today, and he started out in Town of Gnawnia.

Screenshot: Screenshot

I removed his profile pic and name for privacy reasons. --S18067 14:43, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

…erm… why does it say » Hunting Since: Dec 05, 2009 ... Hunter’s Title: Novice (34 % ) « if he started playing today?

____m. 22:04, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

dunno... He literally only started on 7 Aug. I know he didn't MH before. --S18067 18:28, 15 Aug, 2010 (UTC)

Ever since Novice was split into Novice and Recruit, percentage points in Novice have been very easy to gain, and I'm sure the event-triggered diamond mouse helps out greatly. I was looking up Larry's Sandwich today because I notice it's a collectible I don't have. It's not listed on the Collectibles page of this wiki yet. --Dreamwalker 23:11, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

Wait, nevermind. I didn't notice the thing about his "Hunting Since" date. Perhaps he installed the app on that date but didn't even make his starting trap selection until Aug 7th? I did something similar to that with MythMonger last year. --Dreamwalker 23:13, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

Changes to introduction

It seems the page is out-dated again. Browsing a few random Novice ranked players, it appears to be a hunt for a Dwarf mouse which has stolen Larry's sandwich. From what it looks like:

• 1st Hunt is a failed Dwarf hunt (I sounded my Hunters Horn for the first time! The Dwarf Mouse that stole Larry's sandwich took a piece of cheese from my trap and got away! )
• 2nd hunt is a random mouse. (I caught a mouse, but it's not the Dwarf I'm looking for. )
• 3rd hunt is a random mouse again, however it can be a failure to capture a Dwarf.
• 4th Hunt is a capture of Dwarf mouse.

I've not seen any results pointing towards a Dwarf attraction on the second hunt. I don't know what else would be different however. Draobyek 11:22, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

I've updated the intro sequence based on looking at several Novice ranked players, but I'm not sure whether it changed to 4 hunts or whether the FTA just doesn't appear in their journal. I'm not brave enough to create a new FB account just to redo the tutorial myself, though. Does anyone have a friend just starting that can improve our notes? -- ericb ^talk_contr 12:51, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

The whole thing has been revamped. I joined Hi5.com to try MH over there and see for myself the new changes. I'm making notes; but if you'd like to try it too, that's a way to see what the new players see. Major rewrite is needed for this article. -- camomiletea 02:45, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

I'm wondering if it would be a better idea not to follow the in-game newbie guide closely, but rather make a general outline for newbies instead? -- Grexx 12:49, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

I've started on Hi5 as well, and noticed that this page is out of date. I've got screenshots for all but one message, which I accidentally skipped. I'd be willing to update the page. Also, there's a thing called "Training Goals" for newbies now. -- S18067 ^talk_contr 19:23, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

I copied the text of the tutorial thing except for one message too. Hopefully, it's not the same message we both skipped ;) I'm missing the bit just after: "What? Where did... Hey! A cheeky Dwarf Mouse just stole my sandwich! Let's get your trap set up now so that you can help me catch that thieving rodent!" -- camomiletea 01:55, 8 November 2010 (UTC)