Where are the Loot weekends?

[Deval]

Not because of downtime or anything, but wondering where the good old 50% xp bonus and +1 loot weekends are????

Correct me if i'm wrong, but I reckon we haven't had one for at least 18 months or so.

Could be a good way to draw people back to game as well.

Something to do before next mod?

Make the grind worth it?

Level up some lowbies?

Cmon Turbine, keep us happy

[Clay]

bonus xp? Sure

+1 loot? no thanks.

[Impaqt]

Every weekend is already a Loot weekend.

I've been an advocate of +1 loot tables inthe past. and I'm still not against them, but really, What is +1 really going to give us nowadays that isnt already there?

[Memnir]

I tend to be an understanding and forgiving kinda guy. I don't see every server hiccup as needing some form of compensation from Turbine...

That being said, we've put up with an awful lot of server-side issues over the past few months. An inordinate amount of lag & shut downs has a very demoralizing effect on a paying community of players - and I think that last night's outrage was a perfect example. If we had stable servers, nary a hint of lag, and everything was running smoothly for months and months prior to last night's quad-outage - people would have been a lot more understanding and forgiving. But the reality is that people are getting tickeded off (rightly so) - and Turbine needs to do something other than Tolero posting "Sorry!" every **** time - multiple times a week.


I think we should get something... loot weekend, XP weekend, something. But, it's gonna take more than a dragonshard and a candy cane this time. Enough is enough - time for a meaningful mea culpa, Turbine.

[Ministry]

I would just like it if Turbine would say...

"Well everyone, it's been a challenging year out there in the real world and here in Stormreach and with the release of Mod 9 we realize some of you may want to roll up new characters, so we have decided that the weekend following the release, we will have a XP weekend to help kick it all off. Thank you for your continued support and happy leveling."

[Kaldaka]

+1 loot - meh, but ...


I SAY YES TO AN XP WEEKEND!!!


Come'on Turbine, when's the last time we had one of these???

[Deval]

The system works!

It aint 50%, but im not gonna complain.

Thankyou Turbine finally

[Kraak]

This is one of the worst ideas I've seen in a long time. An xp weekend right before they bump the level cap. This isn't going to kill the game but its going to take a big hit. So, let me get this straight, you want to bum rush all your lowb's/midbies to 16 this weekend. Well then what happens? Mod 9 pops. Then its a bum rush to level 20. Then I'm bored. Lets roll a new toon. Holy **** - I have to cover 20 levels pretty much solo'ing everything. Level's 8-16 will be a ghost town. This game is no fun. This sux. They can't attract players. Turbine you suck. I'm bored.


The xp weekends can be nice but the timing of this one is bad. Really bad. And the incessent demands for one have finally pressured Turbine into making a bad decision. Everyone would be better off with a cake if Turbine wants to do something for the players because of the infrastructure issues that have been going on. But an xp weekend right before the mod release - just plain a bad idea. But not the worst idea.

The worst idea is a loot weekend right before a level cap increase. Great - if I loot everything I can, I'll end up with a bunch of ML16 weapons, and ML15 items. A lot of them RR WF I'm sure (which hey, would work out for me personally). Then in anywhere from 3-6 weeks from now (assuming they release the mod for DDO's anniversery). We'll have access to level 18/20 weapons, and level 17/19 items. Great. Just great.

I admit that I'm bashing pretty hard here, but this just isn't a good idea anyway you cut it. And putting pressure on Turbine to make bad decisions in the name of customer service for problems that they are crapping their pants about. (whether you like it or not, the pinata's that you call Tolero, Tarrant, Eladrin, and "the Dev's" are doing this to pay rent, put food on the table, and maybe find some time to enjoy life outside of our little fantasy world; and they're working their butts off to make this an enjoyable experience for all of us)

Call fanbois/troll what have you. But they know they've really screwed up with where ever they put their servers. They really do want to do something for us. But an XP/Loot weekend while expeditious, right now its just probably the worst idea they could implement. That said, it by and large is coming from incessent, demanding screaming from the chicks in the nest. It just seems too much like one-dimensional, mob mentality to me and will, in the end, hurt us more than help.

[gorloch]

This is one of the worst ideas I've seen in a long time. An xp weekend right before they bump the level cap. This isn't going to kill the game but its going to take a big hit. So, let me get this straight, you want to bum rush all your lowb's/midbies to 16 this weekend. Well then what happens? Mod 9 pops. Then its a bum rush to level 20. Then I'm bored. Lets roll a new toon. Holy **** - I have to cover 20 levels pretty much solo'ing everything. Level's 8-16 will be a ghost town. This game is no fun. This sux. They can't attract players. Turbine you suck. I'm bored.


The xp weekends can be nice but the timing of this one is bad. Really bad. And the incessent demands for one have finally pressured Turbine into making a bad decision. Everyone would be better off with a cake if Turbine wants to do something for the players because of the infrastructure issues that have been going on. But an xp weekend right before the mod release - just plain a bad idea. But not the worst idea.

The worst idea is a loot weekend right before a level cap increase. Great - if I loot everything I can, I'll end up with a bunch of ML16 weapons, and ML15 items. A lot of them RR WF I'm sure (which hey, would work out for me personally). Then in anywhere from 3-6 weeks from now (assuming they release the mod for DDO's anniversery). We'll have access to level 18/20 weapons, and level 17/19 items. Great. Just great.

I admit that I'm bashing pretty hard here, but this just isn't a good idea anyway you cut it. And putting pressure on Turbine to make bad decisions in the name of customer service for problems that they are crapping their pants about. (whether you like it or not, the pinata's that you call Tolero, Tarrant, Eladrin, and "the Dev's" are doing this to pay rent, put food on the table, and maybe find some time to enjoy life outside of our little fantasy world; and they're working their butts off to make this an enjoyable experience for all of us)

Call fanbois/troll what have you. But they know they've really screwed up with where ever they put their servers. They really do want to do something for us. But an XP/Loot weekend while expeditious, right now its just probably the worst idea they could implement. That said, it by and large is coming from incessent, demanding screaming from the chicks in the nest. It just seems too much like one-dimensional, mob mentality to me and will, in the end, hurt us more than help.

Well said Kraak.


PIXA

[elraido]

This is one of the worst ideas I've seen in a long time. An xp weekend right before they bump the level cap. This isn't going to kill the game but its going to take a big hit. So, let me get this straight, you want to bum rush all your lowb's/midbies to 16 this weekend. Well then what happens? Mod 9 pops. Then its a bum rush to level 20. Then I'm bored. Lets roll a new toon. Holy **** - I have to cover 20 levels pretty much solo'ing everything. Level's 8-16 will be a ghost town. This game is no fun. This sux. They can't attract players. Turbine you suck. I'm bored.


The xp weekends can be nice but the timing of this one is bad. Really bad. And the incessent demands for one have finally pressured Turbine into making a bad decision. Everyone would be better off with a cake if Turbine wants to do something for the players because of the infrastructure issues that have been going on. But an xp weekend right before the mod release - just plain a bad idea. But not the worst idea.

The worst idea is a loot weekend right before a level cap increase. Great - if I loot everything I can, I'll end up with a bunch of ML16 weapons, and ML15 items. A lot of them RR WF I'm sure (which hey, would work out for me personally). Then in anywhere from 3-6 weeks from now (assuming they release the mod for DDO's anniversery). We'll have access to level 18/20 weapons, and level 17/19 items. Great. Just great.

I admit that I'm bashing pretty hard here, but this just isn't a good idea anyway you cut it. And putting pressure on Turbine to make bad decisions in the name of customer service for problems that they are crapping their pants about. (whether you like it or not, the pinata's that you call Tolero, Tarrant, Eladrin, and "the Dev's" are doing this to pay rent, put food on the table, and maybe find some time to enjoy life outside of our little fantasy world; and they're working their butts off to make this an enjoyable experience for all of us)

Call fanbois/troll what have you. But they know they've really screwed up with where ever they put their servers. They really do want to do something for us. But an XP/Loot weekend while expeditious, right now its just probably the worst idea they could implement. That said, it by and large is coming from incessent, demanding screaming from the chicks in the nest. It just seems too much like one-dimensional, mob mentality to me and will, in the end, hurt us more than help.

No one is forcing you to roll a new toon and zerging him threw levels because it is a bonus xp weekend. Not only that, but the loot most likely isn't going to help anyone because with the next mod they will be releasing higher level loot as it is. How in the world is this going to ruin anything? Some people get to level up some toons a little faster than before so they can get to run the new content quicker with them...boo hoo.

[Deval]

This is one of the worst ideas I've seen in a long time. An xp weekend right before they bump the level cap. This isn't going to kill the game but its going to take a big hit. So, let me get this straight, you want to bum rush all your lowb's/midbies to 16 this weekend. Well then what happens? Mod 9 pops. Then its a bum rush to level 20. Then I'm bored. Lets roll a new toon. Holy **** - I have to cover 20 levels pretty much solo'ing everything. Level's 8-16 will be a ghost town. This game is no fun. This sux. They can't attract players. Turbine you suck. I'm bored.


The xp weekends can be nice but the timing of this one is bad. Really bad. And the incessent demands for one have finally pressured Turbine into making a bad decision. Everyone would be better off with a cake if Turbine wants to do something for the players because of the infrastructure issues that have been going on. But an xp weekend right before the mod release - just plain a bad idea. But not the worst idea.

The worst idea is a loot weekend right before a level cap increase. Great - if I loot everything I can, I'll end up with a bunch of ML16 weapons, and ML15 items. A lot of them RR WF I'm sure (which hey, would work out for me personally). Then in anywhere from 3-6 weeks from now (assuming they release the mod for DDO's anniversery). We'll have access to level 18/20 weapons, and level 17/19 items. Great. Just great.

I admit that I'm bashing pretty hard here, but this just isn't a good idea anyway you cut it. And putting pressure on Turbine to make bad decisions in the name of customer service for problems that they are crapping their pants about. (whether you like it or not, the pinata's that you call Tolero, Tarrant, Eladrin, and "the Dev's" are doing this to pay rent, put food on the table, and maybe find some time to enjoy life outside of our little fantasy world; and they're working their butts off to make this an enjoyable experience for all of us)

Call fanbois/troll what have you. But they know they've really screwed up with where ever they put their servers. They really do want to do something for us. But an XP/Loot weekend while expeditious, right now its just probably the worst idea they could implement. That said, it by and large is coming from incessent, demanding screaming from the chicks in the nest. It just seems too much like one-dimensional, mob mentality to me and will, in the end, hurt us more than help.

NOT SIGNED AT ALL

We have not had one of these for approx 18 months


What else is there to do in this game at the moment other than levelling new toons.
What better way to get new players, or players to return.
Finally something goes our way and you complain about it.

Mob mentality is the way it should be. Its the old arguement that governments should fear the people, not people fear their governments.

The rolling of a new toon generates some form of excitement, other than the grind and grind that is DDO atm!

The new mod, when it eventually comes out will provide many challenges. New quests will arrive for your high level toons, and xp will not be a problem, you arguement states that this is the wrong time to do it, well if they did it after the MOD, your toons would be capped again and then what do you do!

In closing, let us rejoce in getting something for us for a change, let us have a good few days and get something for our money.

Personally I would say keep the loot and give us more bonus xp!
Having more toons at a higher level more the new mod is better dont ya think?

If all ya toons are capped, well loot then, otherwise let us enjoy our 1 weekend in a year and a half

[darkrune]

An all large scale shroud run... every chest that you open has only large scales....... j/k

no loot weekend please we are way too monty haul as is...

xp weekend oh hecks yeah time to level another toon to cap that i will get bored with the grind (that ddo does not have according to the box) due to lack of content...

how about they schedule a "developers work all f-ing week and weekend to actually get some new content out" weekend...

just my 2cp take it for what it is worth

Dark

[Aesop]

XP weekend ... I have a few Characters to level up Just wait til I say its ok to have one... I hate missing out on events like that... but I also spend time with my SO and would not miss that for anything having to do with a video game

Now what would be really nice is a

20th Run Roll

All Characters are set to their 20th (or next higher multiple there of) Run on every Raid. This way no one misses out because of prior engagements. They just may be delayed until later.

Aesop

[Deval]

Well I think we can all agree, that a xp weekend is the way to go.

Come on turbine, after the last couple of days getting booted, laaaaaag etc etc, I reckon its on the cards

[ace_mason]

/Signed for xp weekend.

[Puby]

Woot lets do it! An xp weekend sounds great. No +1 to loot pls
/signed

Puby

[Xalted_Vol]

I agree loot weekend yay lets do it Turbine.