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[Shiranai]

[CENTER]It's time to talk to Tolero!

Question 1
If you could describe your favorite play style in one word, what would that word be?

Question 2
What is your favorite thing about DDO?

Question 3
If our CEO gave you a ring of three wishes, what would you wish for?

1) Semi-casual: about 3 hrs/day
2) Combat system: Very much interactive.
3a) Get rid of SPAM Permanently!
3b) Random content/traps/monsters/random encounters. Make ALL outdoor areas completely random where monsters are.
3c) Create other ways to gain exp other than the continual grind. Start a new character for the 10th time and have do the same quests over and over and over again to get to where you were.

[Brenolan]

Question 1
Achievement

Question 2
Hands down the combat system, better than any MMO (to date).

Question 3
Wish 1: Gnomes
Wish 2: Artificers
Wish 3: Gnomish Artificers

[Griphon]

1) Guild

2) Quests that don't have bring me 12 things that you get by killing these certain type of monsters... Those are way to boring!

3)
a) Fill out the rest of the classes in PHB and Eberron campaign setting.
b) Fill out the rest of the Races in PHB and Eberron campaign setting.
c) Addition of Psionics to complement the first wishes.

[Claver]

Question 1
If you could describe your favorite play style in one word, what would that word be?

SLOW-PACED

Question 2
What is your favorite thing about DDO?

Emphasis of a good quest storyline over mindless grinding. I've quit several MMORPGs because the focus seemed to be endless killing for no purpose other than to gain XP. I need to have a purpose and a mission for escapist fantasy.

Question 3
If our CEO gave you a ring of three wishes, what would you wish for?

1. Advertise via a major $50 expansion. The game will wither without advertising. You will get free advertising if you electrify the gaming magazines with stories of a new expansion. As an expansion I suggest adding Evil alignments with at least 75 new quests to support evil storylines. 60% of those quests should be for levels 1 - 6; running the same quests over and over when players start a new character class gets old. Modify the favor system so that players have to more carefully choose which side they support via quests they run i.e. evil black guards lose a little favor with the emerald claw whenever the run silver flame quest with the converse being true for good paladins.

2. As part of a paid expansion (Evil, see above) allow players to trade in a character slot of the appropriate level to start a new character that is a monstrous race. For example, if I wanted to play a minotaur barbarian I would have to retire another character that is 5th level or higher. If I wanted to play a troglodyte cleric I would have to retire another character that is 3rd level or higher. The idea is to balance out the advantages some of the monstrous races provide. A 1st level barbarian minotaur is probably equivalent to a 5th level fighter. Some less imposing races might not require retiring another character - a 1st level kobold sorcerer for instance probably is not unbalanced.

3. Make skills and feats matter more in the game than uber gear that anyone can buy on the auction house. Quests already have runes for stats like intelligence and strength. The same could be done with skills. Perhaps there is a magic panel for controlling stone gollems that, if deactivated using a Use Magic Device check would deactivate the stone gollems. Maybe there are biting and stinging insects in a swamp that prevent spell casting and give a -4 penalty to melee attacks unless concentration checks are made. Use the heal skill on soldiers with food poisoning to bring more troops online before a major seige begins. Use listen to hear a password to an entrance that would allow players to avoid a big fight. Use repair device to activate an elevator to another region of the dungeon. The problem with uber loot, in addition to over powering the game, is that it makes individual character choices less relevant. There is less incentive to play the same character class twice. If intimidate was made more useful in quests I might make a fighter specializing in that skill. If there were a fair number of other quests where balance was of critical importance I might make another fighter with perfect balance. Players would be less hungry for new content because existing content would play much differently when different characters with a dfferent skill focus do those quests. As the game stands today, the gear on the character is the most important thing. If my fighter has a paralyzing longsword; that's all that matters. His swim skill or listen skill or bluff skill has much less impact on how the quest is experienced.

[HumanJHawkins]

QFT

Hey... I thought swearing (even abbreviated swearing) was illegal here. Mind telling us what *your* "F" stands for?

<Just razzing you to point out how ridiculous and impossible all of the thought policing in the forums is. No actual complaint or offense intended.>

[Juni]

Question 1[/I]
If you could describe your favorite play style in one word, what would that word be?

1. Lite RP Guild groups

Question 2
What is your favorite thing about DDO?

2. Combat and voice chat

Question 3
If our CEO gave you a ring of three wishes, what would you wish for?

3.
A. Housing both guild and player. Guild housing for storing guild loot, a place to set up NPC vendors like potions scrolls stc.. also mail & AH everything a char could ever need in one area. Big Benfit for being guilded. Also a guild PVP area for guild events or PVP training. Player Housing for extra storage and a place to easily exchange items between chars without spending lots of money mailing. Maybe add a rent fee to the house to help keep money sinks in place.

B. More classes, races, monsters There is so much in the world of D&D and I understand that stuff can't be added all at the beginning but I would like to see an incresed rate in adding new monsters classes and races to the game. It has been so long since drow was added I really wish we would have had atleast 3 new races and 2 or 3 new classes in the 2 years of the game. Also only adding 1 or 2 new monsters each mod isn't that impressive. I would also like to see some revamps of older quest as new monsters and the alike are added.

C. MORE CONTENT WITH A RANDOM FEEL
1. More low lvl so lvling up new chars doesn't feel like such a boring grind, new mid lvl for the same reasons and of course more high lvl content so that higher lvl chars don't get burned out as fast after each mod. Basiclly lots and lots of content.

2. Revamp older contect with random traps, random spwans and random layout changes stuff to mix older content up some so it feels different when you reroll or when those new classes and races are finally out.

Whats in red thats my answers.

[SteeleTrueheart]

Question 1
If you could describe your favorite play style in one word, what would that word be?

Fun

Question 2
What is your favorite thing about DDO?

The flexibility of character creation and the active combat system.

Question 3
If our CEO gave you a ring of three wishes, what would you wish for?

1. Aasimar/Tiefling as playable races.
2. Enhancements to be non class restricted. (Have the prereqs be: feats/BAB/caster level etc.)
3. An expansion to be considered. I love this game and I want more and I am willing to pay for it. This should come after all core races/classes are implemented.

[sparkling_diamond_l]

Question 1
If you could describe your favorite play style in one word, what would that word be?

Question 2
What is your favorite thing about DDO?

Question 3
If our CEO gave you a ring of three wishes, what would you wish for?

1. laid-back
2. Meeting nice people
3. a. Druids
b. More solo stuff at all levels
c. playable Vampires (as a race or class)

[Invalid_86]

#1 I play to have fun. On some quests it's quick and dirty, on others with guildies or just cool people it's relaxed with alot of goofing off.


#2 It's a tie between private dungeons, i.e. no sitting in the wilderness waiting for monsters to spawn, and the social aspect. It's nice to play a game with other people- DDO is geared towards that.

#3A Reign the game in a bit to follow more PnP rules.

#3B Please give us more cosmetic options for our characters

#3C Core races/classes have been pretty well covered by everyone else's wishes, so how about proper prestige classes?
Or more weapons? AOO's? Touch AC's? Collectible eggs to turn into the Stormreach Easter/spring holiday bunny for goodies this spring? I'm flexible on this one.

[tihocan]

Ok my answer to Q3:
- More players to play with! I want at least 1 million DDO players
- Full revamp of the melee/ranged combat system to make it closer to the spirit of the PnP rules, while still appropriate to DDO's real time combat (the current increasing to-hit progression just does not work at high levels, and the animation speeds are not coherent between different combat styles or weapons)
- Full revamp of the random loot generation to get rid of the stupid "1 prefix + 1 suffix" limitation

[rimble]

1) Completionist

2) The free-form class system. I can't stand the thought of making another same-as-everyone-else LOTRO Minstrel when I can log in to DDO and make some whacky Bard/Fighter/Sorcerer.

3) a) Reversal of fiddling with base equipment statistics: specifically, increased threat-range and crit-multiplier weapons were a bad idea.
b) Finish out the existing classes more quickly, it's getting very frustrating to not know where you stand when making a new character, and the respec system is pretty painful (depending on how involved your Feat chains are).
c) Don't restrict 'Prestige Class' Enhancements to require any particular class ranks.

[aldan]

1. Having fun

2. The combat style, nothing else like it.

3.
a. Searchable and filterable auction house.

b. Show completions done for normal, hard, elite in compendium. so we can max the xp bonus. ( S N H E) for the difficulties.

c. CONTENT, and good content. Hire more devs.

[JayDubya]

Question 1
If you could describe your favorite play style in one word, what would that word be?

Question 2
What is your favorite thing about DDO?

Question 3
If our CEO gave you a ring of three wishes, what would you wish for?

1. Explorer
2. Fast paced combat action with lots of variables (spells and such)
3a) The dungeon design tools to be made available to the public, so we could build dungeons that you could evaluate and import into the game.
3b) Work a new deal w/Atari so you can do more advertising
3c) Anticipate the results of the crafting system - make some dungeons that are insanely hard w/current equipment and builds, even for the elite players. Give people a reason to go fetch collectables to upgrade their equipment.