moradread
01-18-2017, 10:10 PM
Please consider adding Essence of Cleansing to DDO Store so toons no longer need 20 completions. Given that Shroud isn't run that often anymore 20 is even harder to get to. Make it expensive though so there is at least a little internal debate about whether to try for 20 completions or spend a lot of DDO Store points.
Some folks might also like for you to add the shards to the store as well, but I personally think that is too much. Nobody would run Shroud except for new players.
edited addition:
It is true that at the moment there are more Shroud groups than usual, but once the rush to get greensteel handwraps is over it will go back to being sparse. Also please consider the newer players. When I first started I was able to get maybe 9 Shroud completions per month, but once the the rush for handwraps is over I would guess that new players will be lucky to get in 5 runs a month. So it will take them almost twice as long. The newer players shouldn't have to wait longer than we did to get the same gear. Also consider that most vets have multiple cleansed items. I have three on my main toon. So at best it took me maybe two and half months to get each essence or seven and a half total. For newer players it will take longer. For some of the new players who formed their own guilds and don't join public groups very often it will take a lot longer and the entire time they are playing they will know that they could have better gear which will seem very unfair.
I would also point out that basically anything in the game that doesn't compromise the game play significantly should be available in the store. The more money the company makes the longer the game runs. Hopefully. The more money they make the more content and support and bug fixes. Hopefully. So far no one has said adding the essences would be unfair. The replies so far believe it unnecessary in which case add the essences to the store since in their opinion it will have no effect.
Some folks might also like for you to add the shards to the store as well, but I personally think that is too much. Nobody would run Shroud except for new players.
edited addition:
It is true that at the moment there are more Shroud groups than usual, but once the rush to get greensteel handwraps is over it will go back to being sparse. Also please consider the newer players. When I first started I was able to get maybe 9 Shroud completions per month, but once the the rush for handwraps is over I would guess that new players will be lucky to get in 5 runs a month. So it will take them almost twice as long. The newer players shouldn't have to wait longer than we did to get the same gear. Also consider that most vets have multiple cleansed items. I have three on my main toon. So at best it took me maybe two and half months to get each essence or seven and a half total. For newer players it will take longer. For some of the new players who formed their own guilds and don't join public groups very often it will take a lot longer and the entire time they are playing they will know that they could have better gear which will seem very unfair.
I would also point out that basically anything in the game that doesn't compromise the game play significantly should be available in the store. The more money the company makes the longer the game runs. Hopefully. The more money they make the more content and support and bug fixes. Hopefully. So far no one has said adding the essences would be unfair. The replies so far believe it unnecessary in which case add the essences to the store since in their opinion it will have no effect.