Friends don't let friends play DDO drunk

[gorloch]

Sorry to hear about your friend, but playing drunk is a blast.

I second that. makes you do crazy things, spend money, laugh till you about pee your pants but in all it is so much fun.


PIXA

[Bacab]

Ask him to roll a HIGH STR/CON WF barb. Then you should make a WF SOR and run around hasting him and repairing him. It will teach him how real melee (RNG is melee too, not BOW only though) do damage. He will then start to enjoy the game. You may need to remind him to use "RAGE" occasionally.

After a while he will enjoy leading in kill count and start to play the game "right".

[BrotherX]

Ask him to roll a HIGH STR/CON WF barb. Then you should make a WF SOR and run around hasting him and repairing him. It will teach him how real melee (RNG is melee too, not BOW only though) do damage. He will then start to enjoy the game. You may need to remind him to use "RAGE" occasionally.

After a while he will enjoy leading in kill count and start to play the game "right".

Good suggestion but after you reach a certain point some players don't want to start over again at level 1 (or 4 if you have the favor). I deleted my 1st 5 toons after reaching 5th level because I goofed the build. Deleted my Monk 3 times and I finally got it right .... I hope.

[rizzle86]

lol i think imma buy a joy stick it sounds fun......long as its a nicer one u can twist to turn the char hot key some buttons....it would be boss and id feel like a ninja doing so irl

[Demaril]

play with him the same way he does with you, see if it gets annoying for him aswell :P

[Eighnuss]

After this thread fills with logic and alternatives, you should link it to him so that he can see first hand that there are better ways to achieve similar goals. Nothing will explain your desires better than this thread, and possibly he could learn from any alternatives offered within.

[jandhaer]

Have you told him the wonders of "Drunken Raid Nights"? Some servers have them as long standing traditions.

When informing him make sure you tell him that to join such blessed debauchery that he will have to at least level his toon up to get in. (give him a reason to advance his toon, by luring the fun hes missing in front of his nose)

Another note is that his shenanigans will most likely be encouraged in such an environment, or most likely not even noticed. Such a crowd is fairly forgiving :-)

They are usually scheduled ahead of time, so by agreeing to go along with him your buddy wont feel abandoned and you 2 can cut loose. (after time he'll get to know some of the other gamers so might allow more breathing space between you 2 always having to game together)

Anyways just an idea that would let him enjoy the game his way in an environment he could flourish in, while not making you look like an elitist jerk who wants him to play the way you think he should.

FYI I play messed up quite often, it truly is a blast. Especially on those nights when you log on to find that all your buddy's are too lol good times

[Bunker]

Please change the Title of this thread to:

Friends don't let friends necro threads

-Bunk

[danotmano1998]

He's definately a real life friend..

Compromise, and you'll both win.
Let the little things go that bother you but don't really matter in the long run.

The most important thing is to have fun, that's the root reason most people play video games. (Or it SHOULD be, anyhow.)

[Missing_Minds]

After this thread fills with logic and alternatives, you should link it to him so that he can see first hand that there are better ways to achieve similar goals. Nothing will explain your desires better than this thread, and possibly he could learn from any alternatives offered within.

Naw, after this thread necro, we need to see a post from the OP about what the final resolution was.

[soloman]

Your post reminds me of a situation I was in a few years ago. One of the first friends I made playing this game was a guy that we will call "Dave".

Dave was a great guy who had some knowledge of slayer areas that I didn't have at the time. After runnign together for a while, Dave decided to join the guild me and my brother started. Not long after joining the guild, Dave started having serious computer issues, and was unable to play at the level that we all knew that he could.

Thats not completely accurate, he couldn't get through a single instance without lagging out at standing by the entrance till the quest was finished. Me being the loyal type, I ignored Dave's computer issues, and even as the guild grew larger, and we were working to complete end-game content, I never considered dumping him from the guild. He would appologize, and I would always say "no problem bro"

Fast forward 3 or more years, and a lot of things changed. I became a burned out gamer, and was in the midst of a long hiatus from DDO. Many of my guildies either left the guild, or got to the point that they were rarely online, which I am sure, happens to many guilds. Dave, however, finally started finding his groove, after being carried for so long, he had finally got his computer fixed, and was runing end-game content.

About a month ago, I got a nice surprise when I logged onto the game. Dave had left a message on the guild page that said he was tired of carrying a dead guild, he was moving on to better things, and dropped all his toons from the guild. I was completely shocked, and for the first time in a long time, I felt betrayed.

If I knew then, what I know now, I would not have changed the way I handled the situation with Dave. I believe I behaved honorably, and even in the height of my power-gaming, never considered acting as though this game actually means something (so my soul is still intact). Virtual accolades mean ****. The only thing that does matter, is how we treat our fellow gamers, and the real people in our lives.

Edit: Until I quit drinking, I wasn't aware that it was possible to play DDO sober.

[THOTHdha]

Friends don't let friends play DDO drunk

*blink* You mean some people are playing sober? *gasp*

hehe, I had the same issue. Only for me, it was my brother not a friend. He is so terrible at any kind of video game that isn't a Modern Warfare clone! I just talked to him about it, and made him understand without hurting his feelings that while I do enjoy doing things with him, I enjoy advancing my characters too.

We ended up making characters on another server that we occasionally play together, usually an hour or two a week. It isn't really enough time to actually get anywhere, but it gives us a chance to do something together, and isn't so long that I get frustrated with his terrible playing. In fact, that is about all that I have been playing the last few months...

[Singular]

Sorry to hear about your friend, but playing drunk is a blast.

I gave you plus one for your comment

Play drunk is totally fun! And so is that other way to play that involves baked goods

[Singular]

Your post reminds me of a situation I was in a few years ago. One of the first friends I made playing this game was a guy that we will call "Dave".

Dave was a great guy who had some knowledge of slayer areas that I didn't have at the time. After runnign together for a while, Dave decided to join the guild me and my brother started. Not long after joining the guild, Dave started having serious computer issues, and was unable to play at the level that we all knew that he could.

Thats not completely accurate, he couldn't get through a single instance without lagging out at standing by the entrance till the quest was finished. Me being the loyal type, I ignored Dave's computer issues, and even as the guild grew larger, and we were working to complete end-game content, I never considered dumping him from the guild. He would appologize, and I would always say "no problem bro"

Fast forward 3 or more years, and a lot of things changed. I became a burned out gamer, and was in the midst of a long hiatus from DDO. Many of my guildies either left the guild, or got to the point that they were rarely online, which I am sure, happens to many guilds. Dave, however, finally started finding his groove, after being carried for so long, he had finally got his computer fixed, and was runing end-game content.

About a month ago, I got a nice surprise when I logged onto the game. Dave had left a message on the guild page that said he was tired of carrying a dead guild, he was moving on to better things, and dropped all his toons from the guild. I was completely shocked, and for the first time in a long time, I felt betrayed.

If I knew then, what I know now, I would not have changed the way I handled the situation with Dave. I believe I behaved honorably, and even in the height of my power-gaming, never considered acting as though this game actually means something (so my soul is still intact). Virtual accolades mean ****. The only thing that does matter, is how we treat our fellow gamers, and the real people in our lives.

Edit: Until I quit drinking, I wasn't aware that it was possible to play DDO sober.

You just wrote a storyline for a movie script. Substitute any rising athlete or musician for gamer and you have the plot of basically any "rising star" story.

hahaha! It's great, I love it.

Maybe one should be written about gamers...hmmmm...