Character Slots for Monks?

[Starspawn]

I haven't seen anything anywhere yet so I'm wondering if we can get a definitive answer. Will we be getting an extra character slot for monks? We got an extra slot when drow were introduced and we got extra slots when we hit 1750 favor. I currently have 9 character slots on my main server (with my 1750 favor character). Coincidentally, there are 9 different character classes so during the almost 2 years since we got drow, I reserved one slot for each character class and at least one of each character race and have leveled up a character of each class. I don't have any room to try monks and I don't particularly want to delete a character to create a monk. I like to run a character of every different class and race just to experience the content of DDO from different racial and class perspectives.

Please please please make sure that we get another slot for monks so I can have fun leveling up a monk to add to my stable of characters.

Can I get a confirmation that we will?

If not, can someone explain why we're not going to get one?

[Dracolich]

I dont have an answer but will chime in on my thoughts.

I hope they add an additional character slot...to those that are not already above their current max.(IE those that did not take advantage of the server merge by making toons on all servers) Those people already have their extra ones. If they do not add an aditional slot I myself wont be too effected but I can see were others will be.

[narizue]

I think that an additional character slot is pretty much essential from a PR standpoint. I know that I did not open up extra slots via the merger or that other method that shall not be named, but I have a full set of characters. I want to play a monk but would either have to delete an existing character or start playing on a new server. Neither is a particularly appealing option. Some comment one way or the other from our wonderful community relations team would certainly be appreciated. I don't know, or even no is better than silence.

[Memnir]

If the answer is No to the question of getting more character slots, I know a lot of folks who will leave. I'm not saying that as any sort of threat, since I'm not one of them - just stating what I've been told by many friends and acquaintances in the past few weeks. I know a lot of people.

With a brand new MMO fresh out of the gates, this would be a really bad time to give people an excuse to go and check it out.

[JacknCoke]

If the answer is No to the question of getting more character slots, I know a lot of folks who will leave

LMAO!!! I just spit coffee all over my desk. That's a good one...

[feynman]

Actually, I think they should let us have as many characters as we want, but only allow us to have 2 characters under level 3 at any time. This would keep everyone happy, but prevent people from intentionally filling up the server with level 1 toons (and they'd do it, too). If that becomes a problem, then start archiving characters who haven't been played in, say, a month.

I would also like to address the issues surrounding the monk:

Dear Turbine,

W_T_F?!?!?!?!

I mean, come on, monks?! When the clear weak point of the entire game is the reliance on a single healing class? Druids should have had priority over monks, and I personally would have gone for Favored Souls, mainly to give the clerics a break. Now, I'll grant you that monks are essential to the game, because, um, well, there were all those great books about a... no, he was a wizard... or that movie with... no, they were rogues...or in the TV show...whoops, no monks there...or that legendary monk, um, what's-his-name...or Khelgar in Neverwinter Nights 2, but no, wait, sorry, he sucked if you made him a monk...BRUCE LEE! Yea, that's the ticket! Monks are essential to D&D because Bruce Lee...oh yea, he's dead.

[Lizardgrad89]

I dont have an answer but will chime in on my thoughts.

I hope they add an additional character slot...to those that are not already above their current max.(IE those that did not take advantage of the server merge by making toons on all servers) Those people already have their extra ones. If they do not add an aditional slot I myself wont be too effected but I can see were others will be.

/signed


Those with 20 toons were clearly told they could have the extra but couldn't make any new ones without deleting. They made the choice to have 10 mules, they need to live with that decision now.

My advice to the 20 toon crowd: Buy a second account, create 9 new toons, move all your stuff over, delete these mules, create your Monk. Alternatively, have a big vendor sale, delete the mules, build your Monk.

Wouldn't be right for those of us who were farsighted enough to see that the toon overage could become a problem later on to now have to watch while others get a "oh, ok" pat on the head and another new slot and get to keep all those mules as well.

[Samadhi]

/signed


Those with 20 toons were clearly told they could have the extra but couldn't make any new ones without deleting. They made the choice to have 10 mules, they need to live with that decision now.

My advice to the 20 toon crowd: Buy a second account, create 9 new toons, move all your stuff over, delete these mules, create your Monk. Alternatively, have a big vendor sale, delete the mules, build your Monk.

Wouldn't be right for those of us who were farsighted enough to see that the toon overage could become a problem later on to now have to watch while others get a "oh, ok" pat on the head and another new slot and get to keep all those mules as well.

And for those of us that are over 9 without a single mule, but all capped characters? What would you recommend for us?

[Dracolich]

And for those of us that are over 9 without a single mule, but all capped characters? What would you recommend for us?

Buy a second account. Those of us who didnt abuse the character slots during merge are coping just fine with 9 characters.

[Dark_Helmet]

Buy a second account. Those of us who didnt abuse the character slots during merge are coping just fine with 9 characters.

Nice ASSumption on your part, but not all of us "abused" the merge. I was on travel during the merge and never created characters just to be mules:

My problem was originally Turbine gave a limited amount of slots and said you have XXX servers to create characters so go make 5 characters on each server. Later on, the favor and mod 5 slots came along (but that is 2 per server).
Then, when they merged 3 servers, we got a measly 2 extra slots instead of triple the slots? At a minimum, they should double the max number (9) and give us 18.

So, there are those of us who were following the advice of Turbine (not abusing it) that are now getting screwed (along with those who were abusing the slot counts by making tons of mules).

[geoffhanna]

And for those of us that are over 9 without a single mule, but all capped characters? What would you recommend for us?

I hope you get a new slot for your Monk too. And I hope I do. And I hope we all do.

I don't care how many character you have. Have a hundred. Whatever. I only play my nine. Don't want to delete any of them. But I would like to play a Monk too.

[Rogosh]

I suspect very strongly that there will be a 10th slot added at Mod 7. No evidence, no hearsay. Just a feeling of overall karma and rightness.

[ccheath776]

And for those of us that are over 9 without a single mule, but all capped characters? What would you recommend for us?

Read above. If you have 20 chars, even if they are all capped, you will need to delete down to get a monk.

Mis-planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on theirs.

You were told long ago anyone who had over the 9 slot limit because of the server merge would be able to keep those characters. But they would not be able to create a new one until they deleted down.
Makes sense to me.

Plus there was another post, also long ago.
It said basically this.

You got a certain amount of slots 7 I think it was. One additional for drow, one for 1750.
There was a snafu/bug that allowed at one time people to make a 10th. This slot was reserved for when monks came out.
That bug was fixed and some DID in fact make a 10th character.
They were told at that point, you can utilize the 10th slot, we wont delete your character, but you will not get an additional slot when monks come out.

So for those who have 9 slots, you will get a 10th slot.
For those who abused the bug and utilized that 10th slot, you will not get an extra slot.
Those who have 20 + chars because of the server merge, you will also not get an extra slot, delete down until you can create a monk.

Unless this changes or I am corrected, that is how it was stated many months ago.
Requesting an extra slot because you dont want to delete your 20 capped players is not something I sympathize with and I dont know what to tell you on that. That is turbines call. Threaten, beg all you want, but in the end you have double the amount of characters everyone else have, why should you get special treatment? But thats just my opinion. Take it for what its worth.

[wolfy42]

If someone has double the # of characters why not just allow them to transfer half of them to another server?

[lissa_981]

Read above. If you have 20 chars, even if they are all capped, you will need to delete down to get a monk.

Mis-planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on theirs.

You were told long ago anyone who had over the 9 slot limit because of the server merge would be able to keep those characters. But they would not be able to create a new one until they deleted down.
Makes sense to me.

Plus there was another post, also long ago.
It said basically this.

You got a certain amount of slots 7 I think it was. One additional for drow, one for 1750.
There was a snafu/bug that allowed at one time people to make a 10th. This slot was reserved for when monks came out.
That bug was fixed and some DID in fact make a 10th character.
They were told at that point, you can utilize the 10th slot, we wont delete your character, but you will not get an additional slot when monks come out.

So for those who have 9 slots, you will get a 10th slot.
For those who abused the bug and utilized that 10th slot, you will not get an extra slot.
Those who have 20 + chars because of the server merge, you will also not get an extra slot, delete down until you can create a monk.

Unless this changes or I am corrected, that is how it was stated many months ago.
Requesting an extra slot because you dont want to delete your 20 capped players is not something I sympathize with and I dont know what to tell you on that. That is turbines call. Threaten, beg all you want, but in the end you have double the amount of characters everyone else have, why should you get special treatment? But thats just my opinion. Take it for what its worth.

Quoted for truth and now the thread can end.

Well said, cc.

[Dark_Helmet]

I haven't seen anything anywhere yet so I'm wondering if we can get a definitive answer. Will we be getting an extra character slot for monks? We got an extra slot when drow were introduced and we got extra slots when we hit 1750 favor. I currently have 9 character slots on my main server (with my 1750 favor character). Coincidentally, there are 9 different character classes so during the almost 2 years since we got drow, I reserved one slot for each character class and at least one of each character race and have leveled up a character of each class. I don't have any room to try monks and I don't particularly want to delete a character to create a monk. I like to run a character of every different class and race just to experience the content of DDO from different racial and class perspectives.

Please please please make sure that we get another slot for monks so I can have fun leveling up a monk to add to my stable of characters.

Can I get a confirmation that we will?

If not, can someone explain why we're not going to get one?

Not to mention no slots to handle multi-classed characters or different races...
Before the server consolidation, they advertised that we would have plenty of slots since we could just create characters on other servers... then they consolidated the servers which made me go over the slot count and I didn't want to delete any of them.

Or maybe waive the $25 cost to transfer a character (or 3 ) to another server to make room...

[Omega2K]

I remember a day where there were Warforged all over the place (back in Alpha)...

I remember a day where there were Drow all over the place...

Will there be a day with Monks all over the place? Yes, most assuredly... But who will heal these Monks? Perhaps they should give everyone one more Character Slot to make a Cleric or a Bard... And after they level that toon up to say level 8, a Monk slot will open up... Hrmmm...

On a serious note though, I have a lot of Characters (about half of them due to Server Merges) and I am rather attached to them... I am definitely not going to delete 10 or more Characters to open just one Monk Slot... They can forget that... If Turbine wants me to play a Monk (and give myself some new entertainment value for DDO) then they will need to give me another Character Slot... It's just that simple.

[Slapphappy]

Hey it is me again on my character slot soap box. I agree that if giving us an extra slot for monks is not a necessity for Turbine, then it is certainly a very good idea. It is a little thing, but if they don't do it, they will frustrate a LOT of people. Personally, I would like 5 more slots when mod 7 comes out. How about it dev's?

[Samadhi]

Hey it is me again on my character slot soap box. I agree that if giving us an extra slot for monks is not a necessity for Turbine, then it is certainly a very good idea. It is a little thing, but if they don't do it, they will frustrate a LOT of people. Personally, I would like 5 more slots when mod 7 comes out. How about it dev's?

agreed

[Jaywade]

I'm hoping for 2 just one I don't think would be enough (I my self have 9 lvl 16 and I'm deleteing) I would like to try a monk and a bard again ....can't really see a reason not to increase to at least 1...but 2 would be better