What is a "Time Sink" and Why Would You Want One?

[Dingo123]

Why not do it on hard/elite the first time? Chances are someone in your group will have it open. Did Waterworks on hard with my level 2 cleric and a pug group. (Note: this is my first serious DDO based cleric.) Most fun I've had in waterworks since I ran it the first time.

And that's my point.. SOMEONE will have to run through it three times, and everyone ELSE will have to use them for it.

That's **** poor game design.

[Falco_Easts]

And that's my point.. SOMEONE will have to run through it three times, and everyone ELSE will have to use them for it.

That's **** poor game design.

I disagree

Takes a lot more dev time to make new quests. Makes more effective use of time to make a single quest last 3 times as long. Not as a good as a new quest no, but better then no quest. If Dev's are strapped for time and budget this is a good way of capitilising.
Like I said, new quests are beter but as for as time:new material ratio I think this is as a good ratio we can expect.

[~Inotna]

DDO is the first mmo I have played that doesn't require grinding to learn skills or raise levels/ranks. The devs are trying their hardest to get more content out to us. It does take some time but they want to get it right so we don't have alot of downtime. The deities know we are all bored out of our skulls with the current content but the DnD system has never been easy to program for. Time sinks like crafting and such would be a good idea just to break the monotony of running potp over and over and over and over and over again. Have patience.

[Frodo_Lives]

There is nothing wrong with the idea of crafting (if done right) or some sort of card/gambling games. I'd like something to do if I just wanted to log on for half an hour or while I was waiting for a friend to log on. That being said time sinks are not a real deal breaker for me.

The only way I'd really take advantage of crafting is if the let you customize your armor/weapon/hat appearance. I hope that they don't make crafting so that you can make top end items without significant cost (not just plat) and can find a way to implement it without screwing up the already screwed up economy.

[Cowdenicus]

There is nothing wrong with the idea of crafting (if done right) or some sort of card/gambling games. I'd like something to do if I just wanted to log on for half an hour or while I was waiting for a friend to log on. That being said time sinks are not a real deal breaker for me.

The only way I'd really take advantage of crafting is if the let you customize your armor/weapon/hat appearance. I hope that they don't make crafting so that you can make top end items without significant cost (not just plat) and can find a way to implement it without screwing up the already screwed up economy.

To add to that, I hope it is a real plat, item and time/xp sink. and I want to craft.