Please add FUN and CONVENIENCE to the game

[likuei]

To the powers that be, here is a suggestion that the DDO population would really take a liking to. Since the benchmark for all of the other suggestions is the FUN FACTOR and CONVENIENCE, this will not only increase he FUN factor for the majority of the population, but be a financial boon for your company. This post may be a little long winded, but I am sure you will see the benefits of each point.

1. Allow 32 point builds to be purchased at the DDO store. After seeing the number of favor points needed being over the number of ten, it simply diminished any desire for me to play the game. It is not FUN to be made to work for something that I may (eventually) pay for on a monthly basis. DONE ... next.

2. Allow the purchase of levels to be purchased at the store to a max of level 15. There is so little solo content that can be breezed through after level three, that I feel like I am being left behind when I do not level at least once a day. There are those that I see leveling much faster than that and that is no FUN. Who likes being left behind? GETTING THERE ... having level 4 now is nice, crank up the levels!

3. Allow +2 tomes to be purchased at the DDO store for double the price of +1 tomes. Also, please make them available for purchase and use at level 1; it is no FUN hearing/reading about all of those players that are getting +2 or better tomes. Obviously they have more time than I do to play the game, but I want to be able to have the FUN they are in the higher level content, the stuff that is up-to-date and only available to 32 point builds with all of their stats augmented with tomes. It is also CONVENIENT, as I do not have nor want to have my FUN time become work. DONE ... now add +3 tomes.

4. Allow all raids to have a solo version. It is no FUN when you cannot find a group to do the raids AND/OR you have not broken into a guild or static group. When I played other D&D games, you could solo all of the content and that was extremely FUN. I would like that same experience to be ported over to this game. Adding EPIC is nice, now go the other way please.

5. Allow collectibles and gold to be purchased in the DDO store. When I hit level two, I heard/read about what other players are calling the Power 5 weapons. Those seem to be the benchmark for weapons that are needed for play in the game. Make them twice the price of the magical weapons currently purchasable in the DDO store; it would save me undue stress and (hopefully) allow me to be a viable player when I am solo the content. It would also be CONVENIENT, as I would not have to grind areas like the Shroud over and over ad nauseum to make just one item. ALMOST THERE ... keep working on it please.

Please review your stance on these things as I STRONGLY feel that they would be great additions to the game, again, for the FUN factor, CONVENIENCE and for the finances of the game. Thank you for your time.

[Angelus_dead]

There is so little solo content that can be breezed through after level three, that I feel like I am being left behind when I do not level at least once a day.

That is untrue. Your observations are probably mistaken, or at least incomplete.

[Enochroot]

Fun is usually in the obtaining, and rarely in the having.

[Letrii]

Is this a joke thread?

[exvanguard]

maybe it is just me but hitting the "easy button" does not make the game fun for me.... if u can spend a few dollars and start with a lvl 15, 32 point build with all +2 tomes and be able to solo the raids what is left to do besides play5 levels worth of content?
At least for me, the fun is in the journey - not being the first to the end. I mostly solo and have 3 toons (the highest of which is lvl 9) after 2 months of very casual play. Maybe there are a lot of players who would rather buy an end game toon and get bored after reaching the end game too fast - I am not one of them. I get a sense of accomplishment by earning the rewards of the game

[Missing_Minds]

1. sure. I've got no issues with that.
2. NO.
3. NO. In fact I want them to remove the +1 tomes.
4. It already exists. it is called NORMAL.
5. NO. have fun hunting.

[johnburr75]

OMG devs out there do not do this (tho I do think 1750 favour for 32 point is a bit of a haul, but who cares if you have a 28 point or 32 point build - its not like anyone uses PvP or something ).

OP, why not play neverwinter nights 2. It meets most of you requirements. You can start up a server, login as a DM and give yourself whatever equipment you want and level up instantly to your hearts content. You can even have your mates join so you get some online action.

[Jayfunked]

Please add option of buying a T-shirt from store for $100

Slogan on front:

Things to do today

complete DDO

and have a box with a cheque in it.




On the back:

Because that's how I roll.


This should come with a certificate of game completion and a foam axe with the words 'I kicked some' so I can show future generation proof of my feat.

[sephiroth1084]

Is this a joke thread?

That was my first impression as well, but if it is, it fell flat, and HOW!

Someone needs to brush up on their smarmosaurus abilities.

[Jukken]

Sarcasm can be a powerful way of discussion.

Of course it's all redicilous, apart from the discussion how 32-build system is made. Just make it so when hitting required goal, you CURRENT character gets the bonuses aswell. Deleting the character and starting all over is a totally idiotic system.

[Borror0]

I hope it's sarcasm... anyway, let's respond seriously.. just in case...

Since the benchmark for all of the other suggestions is the FUN FACTOR and CONVENIENCE, this will not only increase he FUN factor for the majority of the population, but be a financial boon for your company.

Majority of the population? Fine, let's look at it from that angle.

Allow the purchase of levels to be purchased at the store to a max of level 15.

If you intend to benefit "majority of the population" then this suggestion is a bad one as it screws up a large portion of the achievers who will lose a big accomplishment (ie leveling to 15). Considering that DDO has been around for over three years now, it's fairly certain that its playerbase is mostly constituted of players who enjoy its main mechanics (like leveling) and could possibly leave if a major change was done.

As a result, it's very likely that there is a large percentage of achievers in DDO who enjoy the process of leveling and would object to a mechanism that allows to bypass it so easily without accomplishing any other in-game achievements.

Additionally, it can easily be argued that leveling is most of the game 9or at least a significant one). Thus, it could easily be argued that asking to skip it is a good example of players asking for something that is bad for them. After all, even if the journey is the reward, people still just want the princess.

[...] it is no FUN hearing/reading about all of those players that are getting +2 or better tomes.

Fernando Paiz said that he objected selling end games items because he believed that "Questing for great gear is one of the the things that DDO is all about" and that they "do not want to take away the fun of pulling a great item from a chest, crafting a killer weapon or finally winning that auction you've been bidding on".

There is a lot of truth behind that statement. In reality, if we value an achievement, it's because of the challenge we had to overcome.

In other words, it could be labeled as another example of players asking for something bad for them.

Allow all raids to have a solo version.

There are many problems with this. One being that it limits the developers in regards to what they can do for an instance.

It also means that it removes the last forced grouping, which is arguably bad for the health of an online game.

Allow collectibles and gold to be purchased in the DDO store.

The inflation that would result from that would be ridiculous.

[rayflo]

hahahhahahaha

[enochiancub]

Please tell me this is another satire thread.

[HeavenlyCloud]

Ibtf!

[DoctorWhofan]

To the powers that be, here is a suggestion that the DDO population would really take a liking to. Since the benchmark for all of the other suggestions is the FUN FACTOR and CONVENIENCE, this will not only increase he FUN factor for the majority of the population, but be a financial boon for your company. This post may be a little long winded, but I am sure you will see the benefits of each point.

1. Allow 32 point builds to be purchased at the DDO store. After seeing the number of favor points needed being over the number of ten, it simply diminished any desire for me to play the game. It is not FUN to be made to work for something that I may (eventually) pay for on a monthly basis.

Err...well no. It isn't THAT hard.

2. Allow the purchase of levels to be purchased at the store to a max of level 15. There is so little solo content that can be breezed through after level three, that I feel like I am being left behind when I do not level at least once a day. There are those that I see leveling much faster than that and that is no FUN. Who likes being left behind?

Let me get this straight: you want an EASY BUTTON? If that was true and people could do that, you will seee a dramatic line between the people who WORKED for their levels and raiding successfully andthose who "bought" thegame finished complaining about how hard the raids are... Part of the FUN is leveling, not everything presented on a silver platter cuz you had the money.

Wait! didn't you complain about paying for stuff?

3. Allow +2 tomes to be purchased at the DDO store for double the price of +1 tomes. Also, please make them available for purchase and use at level 1; it is no FUN hearing/reading about all of those players that are getting +2 or better tomes. Obviously they have more time than I do to play the game, but I want to be able to have the FUN they are in the higher level content, the stuff that is up-to-date and only available to 32 point builds with all of their stats augmented with tomes. It is also CONVENIENT, as I do not have nor want to have my FUN time become work.

No. THey are not all that rare. I get one once every two weeks, and that's on my very light raid load. But then again, you wanted to PAY for your levels with cash so this isn't surprising either.

4. Allow all raids to have a solo version. It is no FUN when you cannot find a group to do the raids AND/OR you have not broken into a guild or static group. When I played other D&D games, you could solo all of the content and that was extremely FUN. I would like that same experience to be ported over to this game.

NO. The point of a raid in ANY MMMO is NOT DOING IT ON SOLO. There are people who can solo some of the raids right now, without an easy button. THen again, they didn't paid for their level 15s and they didn't buy +2 tomes either. Oh, some of them actually EARNED 32 pt. favour.

5. Allow collectibles and gold to be purchased in the DDO store. When I hit level two, I heard/read about what other players are calling the Power 5 weapons. Those seem to be the benchmark for weapons that are needed for play in the game. Make them twice the price of the magical weapons currently purchasable in the DDO store; it would save me undue stress and (hopefully) allow me to be a viable player when I am solo the content. It would also be CONVENIENT, as I would not have to grind areas like the Shroud over and over ad nauseum to make just one item.

NO! Okay...you just want to buy thegame completed.

THe Shroud?? Ok, this is got to be a joke now. You're kidding right?

Please review your stance on these things as I STRONGLY feel that they would be great additions to the game, again, for the FUN factor, CONVENIENCE and for the finances of the game. Thank you for your time.

PLEASE tell me this is sarcasm!

[uhgungawa]

I'm pretty sure it's satire for all the other threads out there with people wanting the easy button installed

[Pirate-Jake]

Please add option of buying a T-shirt from store for $100

Slogan on front:

Things to do today

complete DDO

and have a box with a cheque in it.




On the back:

Because that's how I roll.


This should come with a certificate of game completion and a foam axe with the words 'I kicked some' so I can show future generation proof of my feat.

Nah Have it say, "I Kicked some Axe!"

[Myriam]

Buying tomes? No.
Suffer it as I have.

Three years playing, and my friends can testify to this, I have never, ever pulled a tome. Not once.

I also once famously pulled a masterwork Bastard Sword out of Stormcleave on Elite on a +1 loot weekend so that very fact demonstrates my luck with end loot.

As for level 15? Yeah... getting there is half the fun, and really, after level 10 or so, the quests really aren't as fun as they were.

I'll take Gwlyan's Stand over Prison of the Planes any day of the week.

And to whichever dev designed Gwylan's Stand, I love you!
Don't know why I love that quest so much, but it's my absolute favorite. I even made sure it was my last quest to hit 1750 on my first character.

[SquelchHU]

I was with him until he got to point 2. It's people like that that give the tedium = difficulty people that complain about others wanting 'easy mode' fuel for the fire.

Edit: And sure enough, that's exactly what happened.

[moomooprincess]

I do not want to have to work for it.

Give it to me. I deserve it. I am entitled to have everything given to me.

32 point builds are nice, but a 28 point character is viable for the game. Many 28 point builds still run ALL the quests.

The true power behind any character is the player. If you are lacking player skills, then 4 more points will not help you.

As you can guess, I am NOT with the OP.