VET Appreciation Thread

[haku-ba]

Last night I was lucky enough to be shown some very useful tips and tricks to help me whilst playing my Barb by a Hall of Famer. Giving up some time to come and help me out after I posted some questions on here was very much appreciated, and really helped a lot.

So, I just wanted to say thanks to all the players who have taken the time to pass on some of their experience to me in the last eight months. I really am grateful for your help and hope that you feel appreciated by at least some of the new players you help.

I think I have run more than 600 PuGs in that time, and have rarely had any complaints about the veteran playing body. I think that's pretty good for an MMO and you should be congratulated. (No, I am not sucking up, just being honest)

If you are a new player who has been helped out as you learn the game, don't forget to say thanks. To all the VETs out there, don't feel like no one notices or appreciates your time and effort to help us. You are making the game much more fun then other games/communities I have been involved in.

[Aristalla]

You are making the game much more fun then other games/communities I have been involved in.

I love seeing stuff like this and I have to agree wholeheartedly. The community here, especially many of the vets, is so much more helpful and friendly than any other online game I have tried.
Guides galore, websites, podcasts, informative forum posts...you just can't beat that. Not to mention people that are willing to help out in-game by giving out tips, tricks, time, and gear.

Every time I put an item in my 4th inventory slot, I say a silent "thank you" to the vet that gave me my collapsed portable hole, out of kindness, when I was new.

; )

[Ashurr]

/signed +1

[Tapsimanxer]

Every time I put an item in my 4th inventory slot, I say a silent "thank you" to the vet that gave me my collapsed portable hole, out of kindness, when I was new.

; )

same here :) i got my cph from a vet guildie at a time when i didnt know how i could get one.

thank you for clicking "accept" even after i ask you if you let 1st timers pug in your raid group. thx thx you guys. you keep the game going strong.

[Kepli_Moonshadow]

absolutely. I just wish I had jumped on the forums sooner. Joined a guild sooner. Hung out in PuGs sooner. But hey, lessons learned, right?

*hugglez this thread*

+1

[haku-ba]

Glad to see that other players are echoing my sentiment. The vets out there who are willing to part with a little knowledge and advice, and not be too brutal about it, you rock ! :)

[gwlech]

This is one of those threads that blatantly smacks "I want forum rep". :D

[haku-ba]

You want forum rep? Or are you saying that to someone who has it turned off?

[sacredtheory]

Last night I was lucky enough to be shown some very useful tips and tricks to help me whilst playing my Barb by a Hall of Famer. Giving up some time to come and help me out after I posted some questions on here was very much appreciated, and really helped a lot.

So, I just wanted to say thanks to all the players who have taken the time to pass on some of their experience to me in the last eight months. I really am grateful for your help and hope that you feel appreciated by at least some of the new players you help.

I think I have run more than 600 PuGs in that time, and have rarely had any complaints about the veteran playing body. I think that's pretty good for an MMO and you should be congratulated. (No, I am not sucking up, just being honest)

If you are a new player who has been helped out as you learn the game, don't forget to say thanks. To all the VETs out there, don't feel like no one notices or appreciates your time and effort to help us. You are making the game much more fun then other games/communities I have been involved in.

/barf


Nah, just kidding :-)

I agree with you. I remember my first Shroud run was a pug that I joined, the leader had in the group that it was newb-friendly, which was very cool. We went slow and he explained every step in detail to everybody.

[Drfirewater79]

Last night I was lucky enough to be shown some very useful tips and tricks to help me whilst playing my Barb by a Hall of Famer. Giving up some time to come and help me out after I posted some questions on here was very much appreciated, and really helped a lot.

So, I just wanted to say thanks to all the players who have taken the time to pass on some of their experience to me in the last eight months. I really am grateful for your help and hope that you feel appreciated by at least some of the new players you help.

I think I have run more than 600 PuGs in that time, and have rarely had any complaints about the veteran playing body. I think that's pretty good for an MMO and you should be congratulated. (No, I am not sucking up, just being honest)

If you are a new player who has been helped out as you learn the game, don't forget to say thanks. To all the VETs out there, don't feel like no one notices or appreciates your time and effort to help us. You are making the game much more fun then other games/communities I have been involved in.

I love your thread .......

I am one of those kinds of vets ... i pug all the time and love it when someone is new .. it allows me to have fun with them show them all the things that are great about classes pre's missions ..... and so long as they understand that i have experience things usually go really well ....

I think its more about how in game community of DDO really wants everyone to know everything so that pugs run smoother thus allowing for pug raids and pug elite missions to not be as stressful to some of the great players we have in this game ... .

I think SOME new players get under appreciated too ... .you seem like one of them

Some people forget what it was like learning to play this game when coming from slower mmos or console games back ground ... and new players who pick things up quickly and listen well in game make a vets teaching/leading job very easy ....

if only all players could work together in harmony and bring that same understanding to the forums rather then the poo slinging that usually happens on the forums.

So to you I say Thank you for having the courage to stand up as a new player giving your testimonial ...

May your slays be plentiful.

[haku-ba]

I am one of those kinds of vets ... i pug all the time and love it when someone is new .. it allows me to have fun with them show them all the things that are great about classes pre's missions ..... and so long as they understand that i have experience things usually go really well ....

I think its more about how in game community of DDO really wants everyone to know everything so that pugs run smoother thus allowing for pug raids and pug elite missions to not be as stressful to some of the great players we have in this game ... .


Awesome. I hope all the new players you help and PuG with realize that it is not easy to 'teach' people things, and that with a little listening and attention they will likely have a lot more fun and enjoyment with their playing. I teach adolescents every day and I know it is not an easy thing to do, but I feel adults are even more stubborn to learn at times.

Don't be stubborn fellow newbies :D

[Drfirewater79]

Awesome. I hope all the new players you help and PuG with realize that it is not easy to 'teach' people things, and that with a little listening and attention they will likely have a lot more fun and enjoyment with their playing. I teach adolescents every day and I know it is not an easy thing to do, but I feel adults are even more stubborn to learn at times.

Don't be stubborn fellow newbies :D

I have said it lots there is a difference between being new and being noob

vets can be noobs too ..

as long as people are willing to listen and learn i think the DDO community is almost always willing to give there opinion ... advice ... and know how to anyone willing to listen.

the trick is listening :P