I’m a beginner at KSP and I expected the career mode to be more like a guideline. When I first opened sandbox I was overwhelmed by the sheer amount of parts. I had no idea what the difference was between all those different engines or fuel tanks. Not even those numbers in the tooltip told me something. So I looked into science. That was better, because I had limited parts and the sciencetree told me what parts were more advance than others. Then I started career and the very first contracts worked fine. Then I put my first satellite into orbit and those tourist contracts started flowing in. Now I’m basically on my own (and Jeb is grumpy because those tourists reached space before he did). I wished the contracts would be like a space program where one step leads to another. Launch a vessel Reach the upper atmosphere Reach stable orbit Do science over polar region (teaching me how to change orbits) Land on certain places on Kerbal Probe to Mun Docking in space Landing Probe on mun Bring back some samples from mun And from there all those next steps, minmus, probe to other planets, flybys, science. All in a certain order that reflects their difficulty. And for beginners like me there could be special tips with each contract that explain difficulties and help get all essential parts together. All those other contracts could stay (with a filter that rules out those I could not achieve yet with my knowledge) I like the humor. But maybe give those space program contracts, that have to be fulfilled another color or priority.
