How about some Veteran Player Loving

[Cowdenicus]

What, every single character you have is capped and has used +1 tomes in all their stats and is so excellently played that they never need a rez shrine, Mass uber heal, or rest shrine where one normally isn't? And getting a substantial reduction in the monthly rate if you subscribe long term is useless, too...

Really, if all that is true what could you possibly want anyway?

For my mains, yes. Heck one of them is almost to the point where +2 tomes do him no good.....

[HumanJHawkins]

<CUT>How about giving us a little something we can use. A little respect. A little something that says we believed D&D could make it as a MMORPG and we helped get it off the ground. Something we can be proud of.

Wow... I think they should give you something you could really get some benefit out of... A challenge. They should auto-delete ALL of your gear and money on all of your toons, and then knock you back to 8th level.

Just imagine the joy... You would suddenly have something to look forward to... Everything you pull would suddenly be a "Wow!" instead of a "Meh..."

Mmmmm. Sweet dreams are made of this...

[philo]

I dont think founders, or those who have been around longer should receive any kind of better reward but I would like the reward to be equally useful to all characters.

That cake is just going to sit in my bank until mod 8 when i decide i need to use it for a rez shrine in some quest because im tired of it sitting there (if the rumors about them disappearing are false:P).

Dont get me wrong, it is a great reward for newer players. For someone without a +1 tome that is a very nice upgrade to receive. I just wish the cake genie had something to offer me that was even half that useful. Unfortunately its just taking up much needed bank space ;/.

I would have rather had a mana pot...or a cure serious wounds wand:P I could have at least used those

[BlueLightBandit]

The Star System would help new and old players alike identify one another instantly and encourage an elder-junior relationship strata in DDO.

I would also still like Combat Equipment Damage to be significantly reduced globally.

No it would assign an artificial strata. Assigning people to DIFFERENT groups does NOT bring people closer together.

This reminds me of the experiment they did in the 60's where they separated kids in a school on a random basis. Basically, the kids aligned only with others in their own "clique" and not only did nothing good come out of it, but the majority of the high school kids ended up in physical altercations with members from the other cliques. IIRC they had to stop running the bus service because several kids ended up in the hospital because they were in the minority on their bus route. There is no reason to repeat this.

I'm not saying this will bring in a guaranteed total anarchy... I'm saying that there's no benefit to it. And there's no reason to risk alienating people with no benefit whatsoever.

[Spell]

No it would assign an artificial strata. Assigning people to DIFFERENT groups does NOT bring people closer together.

This reminds me of the experiment they did in the 60's where they separated kids in a school on a random basis. Basically, the kids aligned only with others in their own "clique" and not only did nothing good come out of it, but the majority of the high school kids ended up in physical altercations with members from the other cliques. IIRC they had to stop running the bus service because several kids ended up in the hospital because they were in the minority on their bus route. There is no reason to repeat this.

I'm not saying this will bring in a guaranteed total anarchy... I'm saying that there's no benefit to it. And there's no reason to risk alienating people with no benefit whatsoever.

Ah...Sort of like Guilds I guess?!

[QuixoticDan]

Can't...resist...posting!

Guilds are voluntary, and available to the newest players. They can be used to filter players via association...but that's player-on-player, not supported by officials.

A disclaimer now...I'm a n00b, I tried the game many many months back (right around Drow release, if I remember), couldn't find groups enough, and quit. Now, I'm getting back into it, starting from scratch, so realistically I'm only a couple months old--so I'm biased. I have nothing against more veteran players getting little perks...but honestly, just the state of your character (many capped toons who can't use a +1 or sometimes +2 tome for any stat) is a pretty big darn benefit. It even applies to any new characters you roll--just mail them some of that awesome gear. Heck, it's transferrable!

But, if they implement something for veterans only, and it cannot be a plaque, then the stars idea is pretty cool.

[Hvymetal]

Can't...resist...posting!

Guilds are voluntary, and available to the newest players. They can be used to filter players via association...but that's player-on-player, not supported by officials.

A disclaimer now...I'm a n00b, I tried the game many many months back (right around Drow release, if I remember), couldn't find groups enough, and quit. Now, I'm getting back into it, starting from scratch, so realistically I'm only a couple months old--so I'm biased. I have nothing against more veteran players getting little perks...but honestly, just the state of your character (many capped toons who can't use a +1 or sometimes +2 tome for any stat) is a pretty big darn benefit. It even applies to any new characters you roll--just mail them some of that awesome gear. Heck, it's transferrable!

But, if they implement something for veterans only, and it cannot be a plaque, then the stars idea is pretty cool.

QFT veteran characters already have a benifit from the amount of time they have been played.... their phat lootz

[Big_Russ]

A veteran rewards program would be nice--plenty of other games do something like that.

Turbine really should look into 6, 12, 18, and 24 month rewards--just as a way of saying thank you for sticking with the game so long.

[TFPAQ]

A respec token so you can make changes to your favorite chars without having to re-roll? Once a year on the anniversary of the game. 1 respec token per char, bound change everything attributes, feats, enhancements, ear hair, the works.


Just a thought.....

[Oreg]

Wow... I think they should give you something you could really get some benefit out of... A challenge. They should auto-delete ALL of your gear and money on all of your toons, and then knock you back to 8th level.

Just imagine the joy... You would suddenly have something to look forward to... Everything you pull would suddenly be a "Wow!" instead of a "Meh..."

Mmmmm. Sweet dreams are made of this...

You give me an ability and skill reset with that knock back and I would pay Turbine $35 for the privilege!

[HumanJHawkins]

You give me an ability and skill reset with that knock back and I would pay Turbine $35 for the privilege!

Can't you get back to 8th level in like 2 weeks? So why don't you just delete and remake your toon? Personally, I have always found 8th to about 11th level the longest jump.

Cheers though. I too am in favor of a respec... I want to tweak a few things, but don't want to go through the whole leveling process (it takes me longer than most since I don't play as often).

What brought out the sarcasm (thought I was half serious) was the complaining when you guys "only got about 9 of your choice of +1 tomes (one for each toon)". Talk about hard to please... Sell them for 20K plat each if nothing else and call it a small bonus. Like someone else said, if you have used a tome in every slot on all of your characters, making you more powerful is the least of their worries.

lol.