post here if youthink double exp or loot weekend is better

[bus]

what do you think if they'd give us a choice between exp or loot for a weekend what would you decide.

[Maxwell1380]

what do you think if they'd give us a choice between exp or loot for a weekend what would you decide.

hmmmm....seeings how I'm capped, unless they bank my xp do I really have a choice?

[Korvek]

what do you think if they'd give us a choice between exp or loot for a weekend what would you decide.

Neither. We don't need anything unless the servers stay down another 5 hours or so.

[Mirak]

Xp

[Noctus]

Neither nor.

[Tenkari_Rozahas]

considering the flood on the servers when either of these two are implmented is'd say neither, becasue then everyone and their uncle will be on and just make the game more unplayable and crash more often.... creating a vicious circle.

[Spectralist]

XP. + loot weekends always leave problems behind them.

[Mhykke]

I'd rather they have a "double ingredient drop" weekend from the shroud. :)

[cdbd3rd]

Do we still get to post if we suggest, "neither"?


(even though I've never turned down extra XPs, ain't gonna go lobbying for em either.)


:p

[Lorichie]

Neither.

R

[bobbryan2]

Neither. We don't need anything unless the servers stay down another 5 hours or so.

How many rollbacks have we had in the last 6 weeks?

[arcsonist]

I have seen vorpals, smiters and endgame items in the vendors so what harm can actually come of it. xp weekend is bad just due to the fact that once capped xp is useless leveling is not that hard with a good group of guildies and we really dont have a lot of end game content out yet to keep us busy on capped characters.

[Wizzly_Bear]

a +xp would be great to help me get more capped characters.

a +ingredients would be great to help me get started shroud crafting.

a +loot is nearly worthless. started back over on thelanis about a month, maybe 2 ago and im already up to 1milpp despite buying pots, scrolls, gear, large bags, tomes, etc.

[wamjratl1]

I'd rather they have a "double ingredient drop" weekend from the shroud. :)

I would be sooooo on board with this one!

[Chaos000]

I would be more in favor of a no raid timer weekend. (be fun to hit 20 raid completions in a day)

[In_Like_Flynn]

Neither

[Wizzly_Bear]

I would be more in favor of a no raid timer weekend. (be fun to hit 20 raid completions in a day)
ooooooooooooooooooooooo, that would be nice to

[issiana]

xp or nothing, theres way to much monty haul as it is.

[Pyromaniac]

I'll vote for a cash refund....

[Mudcnd]

+ loot day or nothing .
Xp is easy to get ..
A loot day would be nice , give us a taste of what look might be coming down the pipe when the lvl cap goes up.

If you think a +1 loot day would destroy the game , you might as well quit before mod 9 hits.

Getting a nice piece of loot always renews my interest in the game , heh and its been months of just vendor trash.

The no raid timer idea would be cool tho

[Logicman69]

Ok.. I'm going to ask a really stupid Noob question here, so let me prep myself (*chugs a pot of Flame Resist*)..

What is a "Loot Weekend"??

I haven't been playing DDO for that long (only one capped toon) so I have not had the pleasure of experiancing one of these. What do they consist of?

*Sheild Block On*

[Chaos000]

The no raid timer idea would be cool tho

not sure how hard it would be to implement tho'

oh, logicman a +1 loot weekend is when all the chests in the game pulls from a loot table that is one level higher.

they used to do this back in the day when the servers were down for a considerable amount of time. It also happened on an anniversary.

that compounded with a +50% xp made it a whole lot easier to level up a character for those re-rolling their old toons.

[Irongutz2000]

Ok.. I'm going to ask a really stupid Noob question here, so let me prep myself (*chugs a pot of Flame Resist*)..

What is a "Loot Weekend"??

I haven't been playing DDO for that long (only one capped toon) so I have not had the pleasure of experiancing one of these. What do they consist of?

*Sheild Block On* They add +1 to the lvl of loot in the chests, so a lvl 17 quest would have lvl 18 loot etc.

[Logicman69]

not sure how hard it would be to implement tho'

oh, logicman a +1 loot weekend is when all the chests in the game pulls from a loot table that is one level higher.

they used to do this back in the day when the servers were down for a considerable amount of time. It also happened on an anniversary.

that compounded with a +50% xp made it a whole lot easier to level up a character for those re-rolling their old toons.

Gotcha.. so a Level 5 quest would have a level 6 loot table attached to all the chests. Thanks for clearing that up, Chaos.

So Shroud and Hound would drop named items at a greater rate?

[KLBen]

If you had to tie me up and torture me to choose, I would go for loot. The one toon I have that I would really like the XP for is capped till Mod. 9 anyway. ;)

[deathtouch]

Would rather go with double ingredients / rune weekend.

[Chaos000]

or a "no re-flagging for pre-quest" raid weekend (sorjek free-for-all)

[valorik]

I would like xp, but I don'tr think we really deserve it

[Junts]

I'd rather they have a "double ingredient drop" weekend from the shroud. :)


Maybe then I'd pull a scale; 22+23+8 runs on my toons (i stay on timer pretty well, just dont have that many) since module 8 release, and no scales :P

[Boldrin]

Neither, I don't get to play on weekends, lol.

[Mudcnd]

Gotcha.. so a Level 5 quest would have a level 6 loot table attached to all the chests. Thanks for clearing that up, Chaos.

So Shroud and Hound would drop named items at a greater rate?

Nope raid loot stays the same.

[KoboldKiller]

I could care less if they had a 4x exp and a 10x loot weekend. I haven't played more than one Shroud in nearly a month and right now nothing Turbine does will change that.

[Donnie]

4x exp and a 10x loot weekend

I'll take it!

:D

[ZNKJ1234]

what Do You Think If They'd Give Us A Choice Between Exp Or Loot For A Weekend What Would You Decide.

Loot

[DelScorcho]

xp is currently worthless to me, so + loot. Good time for it - with the planned level increase, it will only be a few weeks of banked ML 20 items.

[Kalanth]

At this point, knowing just how easy it is to get XP and good loot, I would have a hard time picking either one. However, if done before Mod 9 released I would say +1 loot weekend which would provide some higher level gear for characters that would soon be able to use it. If done after Mod 9, give me the double XP weekend so I can zoom to 20 with my favor capped toons and enjoy the perks of being truly powerful.

[Shyver]

I would be more in favor of a no raid timer weekend. (be fun to hit 20 raid completions in a day)


or a "no re-flagging for pre-quest" raid weekend (sorjek free-for-all)

I would banish the wife and kids from the house for the entire weekend and move the microwave and mini-fridge to within reaching distance of the computer. :D

[Wizzly_Bear]

I would banish the wife and kids from the house for the entire weekend and move the microwave and mini-fridge to within reaching distance of the computer. :D
dont forget a couple buckets or empty bottles.....

[ShaeNightbird]

XP gets my vote. Nobody I have is capped.

[cdbd3rd]

dont forget a couple buckets or empty bottles.....

Those come from the fridge as a natural by-product of fridge content usage.

Empty a bottle...
Fill a bottle...
Empty a bottle...
Fill a bottle...

Etc. ;)


(Also works well with a cooler for that 8-hour drive to Gen-Con. Have to admit having the top off the Jeep made it quite a challenge...) :o :D

[Wizzly_Bear]

Those come from the fridge as a natural by-product of fridge content usage.

Empty a bottle...
Fill a bottle...
Empty a bottle...
Fill a bottle...

Etc. ;)


(Also works well with a cooler for that 8-hour drive to Gen-Con. Have to admit having the top off the Jeep made it quite a challenge...) :o :D
ya know....sometimes youre frikkin weird as heck....love it, lmao :D

[Kistilan]

Neither.

This is getting ridiculous with probono entitlement.

Turbine gave us some +1 loot weekends when things were REALLY bad (down time in the 5-10 hour range or longer). The servers were down for an hour? Maybe two? C'mon, no computer is perfect. When we signed the EULA we agreed and acknowledged things like this would happen.

EVERY game has these problems. I've been on far worse (Ultima Online, Asheron's Call to name 2) and I never got my cookie for the down time.

Be happy when they give us something we don't request. But for the love of your game, try not to act like a kid demanding his treats, ya? This community is better than that. Turbine will eventually give us something cool if problems with servers become unbearable -- no need to lobby for it.

[cdbd3rd]

ya know....sometimes youre frikkin weird as heck....love it, lmao :D



Only "sometimes" ???


Hmmm.


/Makes note to work harder on that. ;)

[Wizzly_Bear]

Only "sometimes" ???


Hmmm.


/Makes note to work harder on that. ;)
sorry, didnt mean to offend your weirduberness. youre always weird, just sometimes moreso than others.

:D

[Xithos]

XP weekend; high level random loot vendor trash just isn't very exciting anymore :)

[Brutous]

It doesn't matter to Ruc The Pickpocket...
However I would take exp any day. Loot is nice, but.... meh, I rather just have exp. Either way if it bring more people together to play I'm for it.

[Chaos000]

Be happy when they give us something we don't request. But for the love of your game, try not to act like a kid demanding his treats, ya? This community is better than that. Turbine will eventually give us something cool if problems with servers become unbearable -- no need to lobby for it.

totally in agreement. I was only tossing in some idea variants that might work better than a +1 loot 50% bonus xp weekend. If I'm lucky a dev might come across it and might consider implementing it on an Anniversary or something.

If they did a re-activating all old accounts for a week and removing raid timer and pre-raid mechanisms for that period of time, I can almost guarantee you'll see some old people coming back and seriously consider staying at least for a couple of months. (won't make their wives very happy but I digress)

[Wizzly_Bear]

Turbine gave us some +1 loot weekends when things were REALLY bad (down time in the 5-10 hour range or longer).
imo, the game crashing with no (or 30 sec) warning 1/week (and now 2/week this week) for 2 months IS REALLY bad.


The servers were down for an hour? Maybe two? C'mon, no computer is perfect. When we signed the EULA we agreed and acknowledged things like this would happen.
and we also agree to not have to continue our service (and payment) if we dont like what we're getting.


EVERY game has these problems. I've been on far worse (Ultima Online, Asheron's Call to name 2) and I never got my cookie for the down time.
so we should settle for what we got? no thank you. its outright stupid to accept poor service, especially if you're paying for it. the fact that there exist worse situations does not excuse them to offer us bad service. and worse than stupid, its downright unAmerican. demand better or settle for junk.


This community is better than that. Turbine will eventually give us something cool if problems with servers become unbearable -- no need to lobby for it.
we're better than expecting compensation for poor service? i dont think so. im certainly not, nor do i ever hope to be. and the problems with the servers ARE becoming unbearable. do you think your boss would be ok if you just out of blue decided to stop working once a week?

[BlackSteel]

loot weekends always bothered me, b/c like boldrin, it was a very very rare occasion I got to log in on a Sat or Sun. Back when loot weekends were rather common and people would quickly sack PoP, I think I missed every single one.

I'd vote for a 50% exp bonus for the anniversary (to last a week or two) if the level cap was not going up, or 2 weeks prior to the mod, if we could get a sneak peak at the release notes to go along with it. Or to follow the anniversay once all the previously capped characters are already capped again. Basically an exp bonus that helps out rerolls more than anyone else.

[cdbd3rd]

sorry, didnt mean to offend your weirduberness. youre always weird, just sometimes moreso than others.

:D

http://home.att.net/~cdbd3rd/lol.gif

"Weirduberness" ... I like that.

:D

[Vengenance]

I'd say a couple more character slots and double xp weekend would be quite cool.

[Krell]

I'd rather they have a "double ingredient drop" weekend from the shroud. :)

Good idea. You can add "the shard will always be in the chest" weekend. Pulling that first shard seems like pulling an Icy Rainment sometiimes.

[wamjratl1]

Good idea. You can add "the shard will always be in the chest" weekend. Pulling that first shard seems like pulling an Icy Rainment sometiimes.

I hear that from folks but I have shards out the wazzooo. Lg scales, tho... another story.

[Kromize]

just wonderin...wat kinda loot would u hope to pull with a +1 loot bonus?

[branmakmuffin]

Neither. We don't need anything unless the servers stay down another 5 hours or so.
That's not responsive to the question. The question was if they gave us a choice, which would you choose?

I imagine those with capped characters would pick loot, and those with non-capped characters would pick XP. Therefore, XP is my pick.

[shores11]

what do you think if they'd give us a choice between exp or loot for a weekend what would you decide.

I do not like either option. When they occassionally had 50% XP increase and +1 lot weekend it was a bad thing. Things like that are the fastest thing you can do to kill a game.

[shores11]

and we also agree to not have to continue our service (and payment) if we dont like what we're getting.


Your right you have that option you might want to take it. I do not throw idle threats out like you do. If I truely felt that way I would be gone not say I can quit and not do it.

I understand this will happen and accept that along with the fee I pay. Paying $10 - $15 per month for this game is nothing compared the the overall great entertainment value it has.

[BlackSteel]

an hour of unexpected down time does not warrant a loot or exp weekend, even if it does happen twice in a week.

loot/exp should or could happen for other reasons, but not b/c of such a short server outage. And demanding money back is laughable, I wouldnt even want to bother with the transaction to reimburse 2 cent.

[Wizzly_Bear]

Your right you have that option you might want to take it. I do not throw idle threats out like you do. If I truely felt that way I would be gone not say I can quit and not do it.
never made a threat. if i truly felt that way i would be gone as well. i still enjoy the game itself, just despise the lack of customer service/support.

[Hafeal]

Neither.

This is getting ridiculous with probono entitlement.


Geez, speak for yourself. I want all my characters capped when I log in, with all class appropriate raid gear in my back-pack. And I will only really be happy if they give me 10 shards of Supreme power and 10 of all large ingredients. Oh, oh, and did I mention I want an in-game horse? and a puppy too!


:D

[Kistilan]

never made a threat. if i truly felt that way i would be gone as well. i still enjoy the game itself, just despise the lack of customer service/support.

I'd like to point out that Tarrant & Tolero & Quarion have always come onto the forums ASAP when servers crash and make an announcement. They also get the servers up as quickly as possible.

If that's LACKING customer service support, I don't think they can please you. I think they're superb when the game crashes.

[Wizzly_Bear]

I'd like to point out that Tarrant & Tolero & Quarion have always come onto the forums ASAP when servers crash and make an announcement. They also get the servers up as quickly as possible.

If that's LACKING customer service support, I don't think they can please you. I think they're superb when the game crashes.
those 3 are. the in game service sux donkey b#!!$ 90% of the time.

[Kistilan]

those 3 are. the in game service sux donkey b#!!$ 90% of the time.

Yeah... :( Game Experiences vary. I usually have great luck and sometimes I get a GM's number for a date out of it too (smooooooth).

[Wizzly_Bear]

Yeah... :( Game Experiences vary. I usually have great luck and sometimes I get a GM's number for a date out of it too (smooooooth).
good for you. i almost never get good service here so i usually dont even bother. when i lost all my characters to hack, i contacted to get restored in game. got new password and such, then asked if they could retrieve my characters. they said no. understandable, but i want to check so i ask to speak with a supervisor. conversation ends and now i cant ever start another one.

[cdbd3rd]

.... Oh, oh, and did I mention I want an in-game horse? and a puppy too!
:D


Puppies we have. (Summoning I, Iron+ Companion, etc.) Even if no one likes partying with them. :rolleyes:

Horses OTOH, would be cool - preferably before level 35 (or 25 for Founders) :) Even better, a Giant Lizard!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyG4iFYdsYA) (Star Wars, Revenge/Sith) :D

:D

...which prods my further off-topic thought. Where are our monstrous lizard/beetle encounters?
:confused:

[KoboldKiller]

I just want more period. I want more content, more levels, more classes, etc........

Than maybe I'll play again.

[Korvek]

That's not responsive to the question. The question was if they gave us a choice, which would you choose?

I imagine those with capped characters would pick loot, and those with non-capped characters would pick XP. Therefore, XP is my pick.

Bah. In that case, XP.

I have several low level characters I need to level. However, I'd prefer it were spread out like previously. +25% over a week or so.