Vote for Turbine

[Kistilan]

Servers up - my threat worked. There is some advantage to Tolero following me after all!

Yeah preventing you from getting banned is hard work by nipping your posts before they become furious balls of fire.

[Demoyn]

C'mon Khyber - the thread at Escapist has been locked - it's almost like home.

That's exactly why me and all my friends will be voting for Nintendo. Well, that and the fact that Turbine can't seem to fix anything these days.

[kingfisher]

wrong one !

[Altarboy]

All of us are unhappy with Turbine at times, I want mod 9 as much as the next guy...maybe even more so. Yet any problem or issue we have with them should not be used to cloud our judgement of their work and giving us such a wonderful game.

It is just like family. You might not get along with them well all the time, yet when someone trash talks them you are right by their sides with all the love you have for them. And you support them regardless of how you feel right now about them.

It is how I feel about this contest.

Unfortunately Q I feel like this game has been on a downward slope since mod 4. I don't pretend to know what happened on the development end and I am reasonably sure the lack of quality content, the non-existant customer service, the lag, the server problems, the silence from the company is due to funding and idiot upper management rather than the current crop of Dev/IT/Moderator but, taking all that in, my vote would have gone to Valve and now Nintendo

[Quanefel]

Unfortunately Q I feel like this game has been on a downward slope since mod 4. I don't pretend to know what happened on the development end and I am reasonably sure the lack of quality content, the non-existant customer service, the lag, the server problems, the silence from the company is due to funding and idiot upper management rather than the current crop of Dev/IT/Moderator but, taking all that in, my vote would have gone to Valve and now Nintendo

I hear that from people about this contest yet, those same people are still playing.....

I guess I don't understand that.

[Kistilan]

Unfortunately Q I feel like this game has been on a downward slope since mod 4. I don't pretend to know what happened on the development end and I am reasonably sure the lack of quality content, the non-existant customer service, the lag, the server problems, the silence from the company is due to funding and idiot upper management rather than the current crop of Dev/IT/Moderator but, taking all that in, my vote would have gone to Valve and now Nintendo

If it has been downward since mod4....

Why are you tossing clams to Turbine still? I'm not upset that you're here -- it's an honest question. Most people stop paying for services that they see as dead ends or empty promises.

[babygirl]

If it has been downward since mod4....

Why are you tossing clams to Turbine still? I'm not upset that you're here -- it's an honest question. Most people stop paying for services that they see as dead ends or empty promises.

cause of the ppl....alot of ppl play just cause of the ppl that they met through the game, heck most of the time that I log on is cause of ppl but I like raiding too

[Altarboy]

If it has been downward since mod4....

Why are you tossing clams to Turbine still? I'm not upset that you're here -- it's an honest question. Most people stop paying for services that they see as dead ends or empty promises.

Ultimately all MMO's are dead ends.
This game will not be here in ten years and I feel like we might just be seeing the end.
Please don't misunderstand my frustration.
I want it to succeed. I think a complacent attitude is what will sink it.
I have loved this game since release but, I think we care about it more than they do.
I am not talking about Tolero and the like I mean the decision makers. I think LOTRO was the start of the end for DDO. It took the companies focus and funding away.
The original game is what lured me, the community what keeps me.
I was a big pen and paper guy and I think if this game was just some knock off called something else it wouldn't get the loyalty it gets.
The $15 monthly is insignificant to me, the downtime, lag, lack of new content, broken promises, missed deadlines, customer service is not.
Heres a fun thing to try for ya...try buying a game card for someone else online it's an absolute exercise in frustration.

[babygirl]

Ultimately all MMO's are dead ends.
This game will not be here in ten years and I feel like we might just be seeing the end.
Please don't misunderstand my frustration.
I want it to succeed. I think a complacent attitude is what will sink it.
I have loved this game since release but, I think we care about it more than they do.
I am not talking about Tolero and the like I mean the decision makers. I think LOTRO was the start of the end for DDO. It took the companies focus and funding away.
The original game is what lured me, the community what keeps me.
I was a big pen and paper guy and I think if this game was just some knock off called something else it wouldn't get the loyalty it gets.
The $15 monthly is insignificant to me, the downtime, lag, lack of new content, broken promises, missed deadlines, customer service is not.
Heres a fun thing to try for ya...try buying a game card for someone else online it's an absolute exercise in frustration.

Amen! No wait **** that.... Awomen! woot!

[Sharzade]

MMOs are ultimately social networks, and since DDO began I've gotten tons of fun out of this one. I like the realtime action combat mechanics/free updates etc.

I especially like that DDO attracts a slightly older playerbase than other MMOs. On the whole, I think the updates have contained a wide enough mix of content to make me happy in some way or another. I still have lots to do on a lot of characters, so I'm not sitting around not needing stuff on main characters etc. There's still tons of stuff I need to craft, raid for, and work to be done on lowbies etc.

The Nintendo game most likely to be able to compete with DDO in terms of making a social network might be Animal Crossing (which I have and like tons - I'm pretty girly ). The guys in my guild told me that they were "horribly damaged" from what they saw of Animal Crossing on YouTube, so I suppose it wouldn't be much of a draw for guys in general.

In terms of creating a social venue that appeals to more mature players, Turbine gets my vote in the coming round of the Escapist Magazine competition.

Sharz