Tell The DDO Community Team #21

[Arundil]

Question 1
Which of the following do you prefer to play DDO with:

• Standard Keyboard
• Standard Mouse
• "Gaming centric" keyboard (example: G-15)
• "Gaming centric" or specialty mouse (example: trackball, weight cartridge, etc)
• Game controllers (example: x-box)
• Other (please specify)

Standard mouse, ancient keyboard (keyboard actually came with an old 386, but I love the feel and it still works flawlessly)

Question 2
What is your greatest in-game achievement?

My favorite achievements are always beating the new quests when nobody knows anything about them, even if there's a wipe along the way. I get really frustrated when a group abandons a new quest at the first bloody nose.

Question 3
Do you visit any DDO related fansites? If so, which is your favorite and why?

No.

This week's question(s) are:

Question 1
What is a non-questing activity you would be interested in? For the purpose of this question, "non-questing activity" is defined as any fun activity you can do while you are waiting to form a group, between quests, not in the mood to run a quest, etc.

Crafting. I'm opposed to adding mini-games. It can be difficult enough to get a group together without half the server sitting around playing poker.

Question 2
What do you feel is the most difficult level range to play to date?

7-10 seem to be the slowest levels for me. The highest levels are frustrating because I rolled a fighter instead of a barbarian.

Question 3
What are 3 of your favorite things about DDO?

I really like the combat, I like the loot system, I like character customization. (I also really like that you don't have to waste half an hour or more traveling to the quest).

Question 4
What are 3 things that are your favorite in gaming, but are not in DDO?

Crafting, housing, guild halls

[tihocan]

If you missed last week's questions, you're welcome to answer them now in addition to this week's:[/center]

Question 1
Which of the following do you prefer to play DDO with:

• Standard Keyboard
• Standard Mouse

Answer in quote...

Question 2
What is your greatest in-game achievement?

Nothing really great, but my 3 characters are (almost) favor capped, and I'm happy about it

Question 3
Do you visit any DDO related fansites? If so, which is your favorite and why?

DDOWiki, because it's got lots of very useful game info about classes, spells, rules, etc.

This week's question(s) are:

Question 1
What is a non-questing activity you would be interested in? For the purpose of this question, "non-questing activity" is defined as any fun activity you can do while you are waiting to form a group, between quests, not in the mood to run a quest, etc.

No idea, really. All I can think of would most likely bore me pretty fast. I'd rather go play Mario Kart Wii

Question 2
What do you feel is the most difficult level range to play to date?

It's been too long since I have levelup up a new character to answer this. I never found a particular range to be particularly difficult though.

Question 3
What are 3 of your favorite things about DDO?

1. It's D&D
2. It's a group game
3. It doesn't require me to play 40h/week

Question 4
What are 3 things that are your favorite in gaming, but are not in DDO?

1. Karts
2. Soccer balls
3. Adventure puzzles (in the spirit of Monkey Island) - unfortunately it wouldn't really work in a game where you keep repeating the same quests, but I miss situations where we need to use our brain (puzzles are ok but mostly repetitive)

[Krago]

Question 1
What is a non-questing activity you would be interested in? For the purpose of this question, "non-questing activity" is defined as any fun activity you can do while you are waiting to form a group, between quests, not in the mood to run a quest, etc.

Gladiatorial events. Make an arena where PvPers come to duke it out while others can make make bets on who will win. Make it more formal where people can sign up and get squared off against others at their level.

Question 2
What do you feel is the most difficult level range to play to date?

9-12, its hard to find groups that will something other than Von runs.

Question 3
What are 3 of your favorite things about DDO?

Graphics - I like running a quest and just noticing the detail that was put into the walls, ceilings etc.
Puzzles - Some of the puzzles in the quests are a great challenge
D&D Feel - I think Turbine has managed to capture the feel exceptionally well.

Question 4
What are 3 things that are your favorite in gaming, but are not in DDO?

Overall Story Line - Hate to bring up Star Wars Galaxies but they had something all characters could participate in when not running quests, the whole Civil War thing. If something like that could be implemented, oh boy!
Guild Halls - Something that would allow players to decorate/customize their meeting places. Would give players a much more personalized attachment to Stormreach.
Live Events - Random events with global messages. Like an army of kobolds is assembling the Cerulean Hills or the Hill Giants are rampaging through the marketplace.

Here's mine

[Nymie_the_Pooh]

[CENTER]
Question 1
Which of the following do you prefer to play DDO with:

• Standard Keyboard
• Standard Mouse
• "Gaming centric" keyboard (example: G-15)
• "Gaming centric" or specialty mouse (example: trackball, weight cartridge, etc)
• Game controllers (example: x-box)
• Other (please specify)

I am disabled so use a keyboard with programmable buttons that is contoured to fit my hands better. I use a Logitech cordless optical mouse.

Question 2
What is your greatest in-game achievement?

Sort of a low one, but soloing the STK giant construct with a rogue using an admantium throwing dagger.

Question 3
Do you visit any DDO related fansites? If so, which is your favorite and why?

I visit http://www.ddocast.com/ regularly and sometimes listen to various episodes more than once. I receive pretty much all my DDO news from there. I am also part of the myspace group, but there is very little actual discussion of DDO taking place there anymore.

This week's question(s) are:

Question 1
What is a non-questing activity you would be interested in? For the purpose of this question, "non-questing activity" is defined as any fun activity you can do while you are waiting to form a group, between quests, not in the mood to run a quest, etc.

Perhaps some minigames of some sort. Gambling, crane games, the drinking game from LotRO, and stuff like that. The Zelda series is pretty good about side things like this and it would be interesting to see how side games along those same lines could be worked into an MMO environment.

Question 2
What do you feel is the most difficult level range to play to date?

Seven through nine and possibly ten. I solo for the most part, and hitting level seven is like hitting a wall.

Question 3
What are 3 of your favorite things about DDO?

1 Jumping

2 The Combat System. If it wasn't for this, I wouldn't be here.

3 Thinking. I hear complaints about the AI, but it's some of the best AI in any MMO I have played.

4 Community. I know you asked for three, but this really is the best community in any MMO right now.

Question 4
What are 3 things that are your favorite in gaming, but are not in DDO?

1 Pets. The robo-mutts are a nice addition, but I would love to have a companion for my rangers and upcoming druids that can always be out.

2 Quests scale to party size. I have yet to understand why go with instanced quests for the whole game and not have it take the size of a party into consideration alongside the difficulty setting. Well, I understand, but I think the game would have scaled to a much larger audience if such a feature were in place. The game fails to utilize what is perhaps one of the biggest benefits available for instanced quests.

3 No save points/rest shrines. This is minor, but many RPGs have gotten to the point where the player can save anywhere. This takes care of some minor inconveniences. I see rest shrines in the same light as those save points. A lot of games with save points let you camp at those points too which pretty much makes them rest shrines as well. I understand they are there because the game is using the D&D license, but there were already quite a few liberties taken to where the purists that refuse to try anything different are not playing. I personally prefer the model of regenerating over time and putting all the powers on a cooldown than having to use a shrine. Again, I realize that this echoes the D&D model, but I feel it's a bit old and better systems for recovery exists.

[TheDoctor]

Question 1
What is a non-questing activity you would be interested in? For the purpose of this question, "non-questing activity" is defined as any fun activity you can do while you are waiting to form a group, between quests, not in the mood to run a quest, etc.

A. Practice spells/moves/items in an arena with monster of choice similar to pvp ie no item dmg on death etc.

Question 2
What do you feel is the most difficult level range to play to date?

2-5 is painful but its all good, I dont find it that hard to lvl up its just there are a lot of players with full char slots now and not many are taking their lowbies to L16 so its hard to find a group L5-13.

Question 3
What are 3 of your favorite things about DDO?

A. 1. DND theme
2. Perpetual characters (dont have to start again when new content comes out)
3. Living software (is still being developed and is changing/growing all the time)

Question 4
What are 3 things that are your favorite in gaming, but are not in DDO?

A. 1. Stats - things like Named monsters killed, Highest lvl monster killed, how many of each type of monster killed, favorite weapon, favotite spell, most dmg dealt with spell and weapon, age of character (ie creation date), number of character deaths.
2. Randomization - PnP DnD has a lot of random events that are possible based on a DM's roll, this game would greatly benefit from things like wandering monster and trap randomisation.
3. Change to first person view - It would be unreal to take a first person perspective and actually swing that sword or cast that spell.


: ) thx 4 asking.

[Ministry]

My Responses in Red...

This week's question(s) are:

Question 1
What is a non-questing activity you would be interested in? For the purpose of this question, "non-questing activity" is defined as any fun activity you can do while you are waiting to form a group, between quests, not in the mood to run a quest, etc.

I love soloing the vale and orchard. More open, soloable (is that a real word?) areas. I do this all the time now while waiting for parties, guild activities, etc. It would be great if these areas were bigger and there were random encounters, not just the same ones all the time.

Question 2
What do you feel is the most difficult level range to play to date?

9 and 10 is the worst for me.

Question 3
What are 3 of your favorite things about DDO?

1 - The combat system
2 - How close it is to the PnP experience I use to love
3 - The community. For the most part the players are great. DDO seems to have more of the best and brightest players / people in any game I've ever played. Much fewer mindless children.

Question 4
What are 3 things that are your favorite in gaming, but are not in DDO?

1 - Character customization - in creation and along the way... look of toon and outfits.
2 - Pets - Pets that are more than those short term spells, and those silly iron defenders... more like familiars that will last a long time and give you more benefit, like adding to stats or skills or help you by protecting you more, tripping opponents, etc...
3 - More storyline / continuity. Things more connected, leading to cooler rewards if you follow a path and do things a certain way, etc.

[I_Bob]

Question 1
What is a non-questing activity you would be interested in? For the purpose of this question, "non-questing activity" is defined as any fun activity you can do while you are waiting to form a group, between quests, not in the mood to run a quest, etc.

1. some sort of customizing place - haircut, dyeing clothes. etc.;
2. fishing, hunting in nearby areas for fun and profit;
3. an arena where we could try out new weapons, spells, techniques, etc. on various monsters.
4. mini quests for all levels, like the giant caves for when you only have a few minutes to "kill"

Question 2
What do you feel is the most difficult level range to play to date?

8-11 - finding groups can be hard, and not that much to do at these levels so it's harder to get XP

Question 3
What are 3 of your favorite things about DDO?

1. Love the combat system
2. Instanced quests and loot, cuts down on grief-ing
3. Some of the dungeons designs are downright great
4. Good group of people playing

Question 4
What are 3 things that are your favorite in gaming, but are not in DDO?

1. Housing - Oblivion does it great and is very useful and would give something to do while waiting for groups to form; provides a unified area for all our personal characters to share un-bound items, gold, etc., provides area for crafting and all;
2. A "live" city - doors that open, even if it's just to a NPC having dinner, vendors actually at the stalls hawking their wares; dogs and kids running loose; weather that has an effect - puddles, lightning, occasional tornado, and all; beggars you can actually give money to; a wandering prospector, pirate, etc. with a treasure map or two for sale; posted notices of different short quests that get put up every week or so...
3. Randomization and non-linear solutions

[dragonruler]

Question 1
Which of the following do you prefer to play DDO with:
Standard Keyboard
Standard Mouse
"Gaming centric" keyboard (example: G-15)
"Gaming centric" or specialty mouse (example: trackball, weight cartridge, etc)
Game controllers (example: x-box)
Other (please specify)

i personally like the G-15

Question 2
What is your greatest in-game achievement?

capping 3 very well built characters

Question 3
Do you visit any DDO related fansites? If so, which is your favorite and why?

nope...


Question 1
What is a non-questing activity you would be interested in? For the purpose of this question, "non-questing activity" is defined as any fun activity you can do while you are waiting to form a group, between quests, not in the mood to run a quest, etc.


Question 2
What do you feel is the most difficult level range to play to date?

well i normally dont have trouble but recently im having trouble with lvl 9

Question 3
What are 3 of your favorite things about DDO?

the raids, spells, weps...although i think i like the crafting more

Question 4
What are 3 things that are your favorite in gaming, but are not in DDO?

ill get back to this one.....

[salmag]

1. Crafting

2. 8-11

3A. The people I guild with,
B. the people I PUG with, and
C. playing the game

4A. I enjoy crafting in other formats (I do NOT enjoy the Raid crafting and Grinding this game is offering for crafting),
B. I enjoy ranged combat in other formats (DDO ranged combat is much, much weaker that it should be)
C. I enjoy GNOMES (something truly lacking in DDO)

[insania2016]

Question 1
Which of the following do you prefer to play DDO with:
Standard Keyboard
Standard Mouse
"Gaming centric" keyboard (example: G-15)
"Gaming centric" or specialty mouse (example: trackball, weight cartridge, etc)
Game controllers (example: x-box)
Other (please specify)

Standard mouse and keyboard - old school RPG pc gamer.

Question 2
What is your greatest in-game achievement?
Unlocking the Drow.

Question 3
Do you visit any DDO related fansites? If so, which is your favorite and why?
Not really.


This week's question(s) are:

Question 1
What is a non-questing activity you would be interested in? For the purpose of this question, "non-questing activity" is defined as any fun activity you can do while you are waiting to form a group, between quests, not in the mood to run a quest, etc.

There are not many non-quest activites other than beating up each in pvp. It would be nice to have a level of world interaction that you see in old rpg games like the Ultima series and even the online version, fallout, elder scrolls series, etc.

This is a static world that seems very dead.

Question 2
What do you feel is the most difficult level range to play to date?
The level difficulty is dependent on your level and the level of the quest. I find the grinding for ingredients and quest items to very challenging and not very enjoyable.

I've ran many Gianthold, Shroud, and Orchard quests and I'm frustrated I have to run them many times over and over again to get an item or make to the raid. Grinding is the not the answer to giving people something to do.

Question 3
What are 3 of your favorite things about DDO?
Character customization with skills etc.

Question 4
What are 3 things that are your favorite in gaming, but are not in DDO?

World and NPC interaction. D&D is a living and breathing world, DDO is not.

[5footStep]

This week's question(s) are:

Question 1
What is a non-questing activity you would be interested in? For the purpose of this question, "non-questing activity" is defined as any fun activity you can do while you are waiting to form a group, between quests, not in the mood to run a quest, etc.

Question 2
What do you feel is the most difficult level range to play to date?

Question 3
What are 3 of your favorite things about DDO?

Question 4
What are 3 things that are your favorite in gaming, but are not in DDO?

1. If I had player housing or customizable avatars I would be into that... anything that allows me to change my appearance or setup/appearance of housing would be cool

2. Lvl 10

3. combat system, eberron lore, community

4. Customizable characters, player controled housing/social structures, crafting

[Deriaz]

Question 1
What is a non-questing activity you would be interested in? For the purpose of this question, "non-questing activity" is defined as any fun activity you can do while you are waiting to form a group, between quests, not in the mood to run a quest, etc.

Anything to basically improve the Role-playing aspect of the game. More detailed armors, including docents, more emote animations, etc.

Question 2
What do you feel is the most difficult level range to play to date?

I have to say level 5 to. . . I dunno. 10? The mid-range. 1 to 4 is a breeze, and with the LOAD of EXP at the high end, 11 - 16 is no sweat. But my glass ceiling is consistently 5 because there isn't too much variety being run, nor are there many good EXP quests there (that I've seen).

Question 3
What are 3 of your favorite things about DDO?

Only 3? Bah. . . . Ok, um. . . The community. . . The lore of Eberron, and. . . I guess the combat system. But, come on. Only 3? I love the graphics, I love the DM voice-overs, I love the storyline and how detailed it is to every quest, I like how raids relate back to other raids, I like the challenge, I like-- *Gets pushed off the soapbox.* Hey! I've got one more to answer. . . *Gets back on.*

Question 4
What are 3 things that are your favorite in gaming, but are not in DDO?

Hmm. . . This is tough for me, because DDO is really all I play. . . I like co-operation (Rock Band Quickplay), but that's pretty much already here. . . I like customization (Class-based RPGs), but that's already here. . . I dunno. That's really hard for me to answer.

-D

[scampb]

If you missed last week's questions, you're welcome to answer them now in addition to this week's:

Question 1
Which of the following do you prefer to play DDO with:

• Standard Keyboard
• Standard Mouse
• "Gaming centric" keyboard (example: G-15)
• "Gaming centric" or specialty mouse (example: trackball, weight cartridge, etc)
• Game controllers (example: x-box)
• Other (please specify)

Question 2
What is your greatest in-game achievement?

Question 3
Do you visit any DDO related fansites? If so, which is your favorite and why?

This week's question(s) are:

Question 1
What is a non-questing activity you would be interested in? For the purpose of this question, "non-questing activity" is defined as any fun activity you can do while you are waiting to form a group, between quests, not in the mood to run a quest, etc.

Question 2
What do you feel is the most difficult level range to play to date?

Question 3
What are 3 of your favorite things about DDO?

Question 4
What are 3 things that are your favorite in gaming, but are not in DDO?

LAST WEEK

1. Standard keyboard and mouse
2. Hmmm, not too sure bout dat one
3. No, not yet

THIS WEEK

1. Slayer runs (is this a quest?) or organize backpack (selling/auction/restocking)
2. Highest toon is level 10. None really difficult yet but it is getting harder and harder to earn the XP to level up
3. PUG's and meeting new people, running with guildies, loot runs looking for the uber piece of equipment
4. DDO is really the only game I play so.......no comment

[Gennerik]

Question 1
What is a non-questing activity you would be interested in? For the purpose of this question, "non-questing activity" is defined as any fun activity you can do while you are waiting to form a group, between quests, not in the mood to run a quest, etc.

I'm really not a mini-game fan in most games that I play, so there are very few things outside of questing that I would realy feel that I like enough for me to still play DDO while not really playing DDO. Normally in groups when times were slow or the DM was dealing with other characters I'd be researching making new spells or items on my wizard, but that's kind of difficult to do in DDO. I think that maybe it would be nice just to be able to tinker with my character (i.e. how they look, having more fun with the biography section, etc).

Question 2
What do you feel is the most difficult level range to play to date?

I think the most trouble I have is once I get to level 5. This lasts until around level 7 or 8, maybe more now that the cap has increased, but it's been since about level cap 12 since I actually got a character past level 6 and still had fun doing it. It just seems like a really slow range to play through as the lower level quests on Hard/Elite can be extremely difficult and many level 5-7 quests aren't quite exciting (or involve Tangleroot). It seems to be the stopping point on many of my lower level characters.

Question 3
What are 3 of your favorite things about DDO?

Quests. I like having small group instances that don't involve other players. It makes me feel like I'm actually in a group that is doing something that matters.

Character development. DDO gives players more choices when making and leveling characters than pretty much any other MMO out there. Outside of looks, it ends up giving each character a unique aspect when playing and can completely change party dynamics even when running the same quest.

Active combat. I've started to get a little bored with it as modules progress just because now everything has so many HP that even killing a simple monster takes forever and actually being able to dodge really doesn't work unless you're probably playing on the server and not on a client, but the active combat system still is much better than hitting a button and letting your character go swing away.

Question 4
What are 3 things that are your favorite in gaming, but are not in DDO?

True crafting. It was one of the main reasons why Wizards actually mean something in DnD. They could make magic items without having to sacrifice combat ability. The fact that any character can make a magic item takes that away, especially when compared with a Sorcerer that has more spell point, casts faster, and still normally has enough spell slots for any adventure they run.

Character and armor display changes. Sometimes you'd like for your character to adapt as you play in looks as well as ability. I think we'd also need more looks to really alllow us to look unique, even if some are unlocked as you play.

The Still Spell feat. I mean seriously. So simple, yet so wonderful to any battlecaster.

[Claver]

Question 1
What is a non-questing activity you would be interested in? For the purpose of this question, "non-questing activity" is defined as any fun activity you can do while you are waiting to form a group, between quests, not in the mood to run a quest, etc.

I'd like to be able to gamble vs other players with in game gold or magic items in virtual poker, and other card games, in the bar. It would be cool if DDO could develop a simple virtual collectable card game analagous to magic the gathering based on the Dragon Mark Houses or Gods or other lore of Eberron for play in the taverns.

Question 2
What do you feel is the most difficult level range to play to date?

My first character was probably level 11 before I joined a guild. This was before the server merge. It seemed like it was almost impossible to find PUGS for levels 8 - 10 @ that time and of course soloing @ that level without twinked out gear was extremely difficult (the xp death penalty hurt quite a bit because I was always trying content that was new for me and hence suffering massive death penalties). I now play in both a larger guild and a small static group and haven't experienced the same pain advancing through 10th level with my other characters.

Question 3
What are 3 of your favorite things about DDO?

* DM Narration adds so much flavor

* The focus on group play - viva la voice chat

* The fact that I don't have to run 15 minutes every time I want to get to a quest and that I actually have a quest to go to not just a cave where I kill 10 rats to collect thei tails.

Question 4
What are 3 things that are your favorite in gaming, but are not in DDO?

* I liked that in Legend of Zelda, Ocarina of Time you could actually play songs, by pushing buttons on your controller, sometimes just for creative amusement; sometimes with a sense discovery unlocking a magical song with ingame effects. Being able to play music in the game, even if other players could squelch it, would be a fun feature.

*Intellivision had a game back in the early 80s that was a simple stick figure hockey game. What made it so cool was that the referees were inconsistant with penalties - just like real sports. I could trip and high stick my friend and talk trash and bait him into retaliating - odds were the ref would whistle the penalty on him and he would get 2 minutes in the box. The misapplication of justice; it was the best thing ever. I'm not sure how this would link to DDO but that game mechanic made me so happy. If ever DDO adds some sort of "sport" event like troll ball or dwarf tossing make sure the rules are inconsistently enforced. It is fun to take cheap shots and sometimes get away with it!

* Do you remember the game Die By the Sword where you actually controlled the stroke of the protagonists sword and sword arm with the mouse. You could have a sword fight while swinging upside down while your foot is caught in a rope trap. Now that game felt like what I imagined Dungeons and Dragons combat to be! None of this zerg through row after row of monsters with 3 second kills. Fights vs. 3 opponents at a time were tough, involved lots of bleeding and circling and felt more like a boxing match than a speed bump. One of the many things l liked in this game was that you could put on the shamans mask and suddenly you were disguised as a pig faced orc who could infiltrate the complex largely ignored by the other orcs. DDO offers stealth and invisibility but it doesn't offer disguise. There should be more opportunities to defeat our foes by tricking them with deception. Revisit Bluff and Diplomacy skills; align them closer to pen and paper and create opportunities for out thinking opponents.

[Affront]

Answer 1 - burgling stormreach houses with my rogue? I suspect it's not very D&D but I would not mind running some flavor 'quests' that didn't revolve around fighting but did carry one or two or three of the story lines within the city. I guess that's some story telling within the mechanics of the game. It's not a very repeat-play-able idea though (repeatability being what MMOs need to provide as we spend so much more time playing than we should). Sort of like the 'making a name' story arc in the harbor.

Answer 2 - I have touble in the middle levels - now that stretches from about 7 to 13 or so. I think this is because I pug a lot and often don't feel like creating a group (or confident that I can lead a group through a quest).

Answer 3 - in no particular order ... dynamic and twitchy combat system, mutability of character capabilities (point buy system at creation, skill points, enhancements, items), and general look and feel of the place (especially since getting my new PC).

Question 4 - High end quests which aren't raid related. It seems to me that everything in the vale is oriented towards providing crafting ingredients. Giant hold quests are mostly all about getting enough bits to satisfy the giant so that we can kill some more giants. [the second and third sentences were in support of my first ]

[Rav'n]

Question 1
Which of the following do you prefer to play DDO with:
Using Keyboard/Mouse now. Would like to try xbox game pad at some point.

Question 2
What is your greatest in-game achievement?
...um... I have a life... so the achievements here don't really matter...do they?

Question 3
Do you visit any DDO related fansites? If so, which is your favorite and why?
no


This week's question(s) are:

Question 1
What is a non-questing activity you would be interested in? For the purpose of this question, "non-questing activity" is defined as any fun activity you can do while you are waiting to form a group, between quests, not in the mood to run a quest, etc.
hanging around in my GUILD HOUSE!

Question 2
What do you feel is the most difficult level range to play to date?
8-10...getting to level 10 to EFFECTIVELY get into Giant Hold (for slayer purposes)

Question 3
What are 3 of your favorite things about DDO?
1) Action animations-running, fighting, flipping...etc. They are unbelievable.
2) Class/Race choice


Question 4
What are 3 things that are your favorite in gaming, but are not in DDO?
1) MASSIVE explore areas that take longer that 30 minutes to run.
2) Repurcusions for the choices you make in game and in character development.

[Baervan]

Question 1
What is a non-questing activity you would be interested in? For the purpose of this question, "non-questing activity" is defined as any fun activity you can do while you are waiting to form a group, between quests, not in the mood to run a quest, etc.

Almost everybody is going to say some method of generating revenue but I'll go against the grain and say that I'd like to see some kind of reference library and/or hall of records added to help "flesh out" the game.

The reference library would be available for us to learn more about the people/places/things/monsters of Eberron/Stormreach and as new monsters or areas are added to the game the reference library would be updated.

The hall of records area would:
- Keep track of a server's character/guild census. This could be used for example to see which character names were in use making character naming a whole lot faster than the shot-in-the-dark method we have now.
- Maintain a server's hall of fame for quest record scores/times. It'd add server wide recognition of accomplishments and add a competitive element to the game.

Question 2
What do you feel is the most difficult level range to play to date?

10-13. Unless you're running Giant Hold content ad nauseam the loot and XP payoff for most non-raid quests in this range are mediocre.

Question 3
What are 3 of your favorite things about DDO?

- Voice chat sets it apart from other games.
- Game interface is flexible and easy to work with.
- DDO has a really good real time combat system. Sure there are some AI issues but in general the combat system works very well.

Question 4
What are 3 things that are your favorite in gaming, but are not in DDO?

- Character look customization after creation. We need a Stormreach barbershop and tattoo parlor.
- Solo quests. Sometimes you don't feel like logging on and waiting for the right groups to be made so there should be more solo stuff. DDO's latest take solo quests are merely gimped regular quests which really isn't what a solo quest should be about. I'd love to see some higher level solo quests eventually added; maybe some class specific ones too.
- DDO is sorely lacking a method that punishes or rewards a character based on moral choices that they make. All the really good recent RPG's had some way that measured a character's decisions in this manner. It would give DDO an added sense of dynamics if you could do "evil" things in quests and it would affect not only the outcome of a quest but how some groups treated you outside the quest environment. A roleplaying game should let you actually do some roleplaying and not just kill virtual monsters.

[RazorrX]

Question 1
What is a non-questing activity you would be interested in? For the purpose of this question, "non-questing activity" is defined as any fun activity you can do while you are waiting to form a group, between quests, not in the mood to run a quest, etc.

Normally I am selling, repairing, restocking between running quests. Not big into crafting, Do not really go in for PvP so not a whole lot that I can think of to pass time if I am waiting for group. Generally if I do not find a group quickly, I either start one or go run something solo.

Question 2
What do you feel is the most difficult level range to play to date?

Around 8-12 gets slow for me, up to that is pretty easy to group, etc. and above it is easy.

Question 3
What are 3 of your favorite things about DDO?

1. Monks!
2. Combat System
3. D&D Basis

Question 4
What are 3 things that are your favorite in gaming, but are not in DDO?

Comparing DDO to other MMOs or Other games in general?

If I use Other games in general then against NWN2:

1. More Races (Shifters (not in NWN2 but are in Eberron), Half Elves, etc.)
2. More Classes (Druids, Warlocks, etc.)
3. Real Prestige Classes

[Bladedge]

Last week's question(s):

Question 1
Which of the following do you prefer to play DDO with:
• Standard Keyboard
• "Gaming centric" or specialty mouse (example: trackball, weight cartridge, etc)

Question 2
Killing multiple dwarfs with the pillar in the titan awakes.

Question 3
There are DDO related fan sites.

This week's question(s) are:

Question 1
Mini-games

Question 2
Levels 9-12

Question 3
Quests (non-raids)
Active combat
people

Question 4
Customizing character appearance and armor.
Cursed items
Half-elf