Turbine Dev's an interesting read.

[stazer]

WARNING: NSFW LANGUAGE

http://rubenfield.com/?p=86

I was reading this at work...as opposed to working...thought SOME of it applies. Mainly the emphasis on "changing an mmo post launch". I think you guys did certainly prove the broadness of that statement wrong with the f2p model and its success...but that was based around subsection/business model changes, not directly connected to game play.

Just my 2 cents and words from a peer...

Oh..and I have fun playing DDO...gonna keep playing it till I don't.

[dkyle]

Update 5 is nowhere near as big a change as SWG's NGE. The TWF and THF nerfs aren't really even as significant as the WoP stat damage nerf. That destroyed a whole class of builds; U5 just reduces all melee DPS across the board. Some specific builds lose more than others, but none are rendered useless.

[knightgf]

Some specific builds lose more than others, but none are rendered useless.

Those Ranger 6 builds sure are to be rendered useless after this update...what, don't believe me? Look in the dev comments in that gigantic thread about the nerf and you might find something about it...

Oh, and the twf nerf isint everything we have to worry about...the 2nd biggest nerf I see coming down is the AoE spell nerf, where if you walk a certain distance, or if you die, any spells the caster had up will go away. Buffs won't, but AoE spells, like firewall and Dimension Door, will go away if one of those conditions are met.

Plus, I play this game for free. Unfortunately, this kind of stuff happens when "free" is mentioned into something...theres always a catch, even if they say there isint...but at least I dont lose money...

[Josh]

Turbine management and developers don't make mistakes.

Duh.

[knightgf]

Turbine management and developers don't make mistakes.

Duh.

Ahh...my sense motive skill doesn't even need to remind me about sarcasm...

[dkyle]

Those Ranger 6 builds sure are to be rendered useless after this update...what, don't believe me? Look in the dev comments in that gigantic thread about the nerf and you might find something about it...

Tempest I splashes lose a few more % points of DPS than some other builds. Finesse WoP rapier builds went from among the greatest to utterly pointless. That's what I mean by useless.

Oh, and the twf nerf isint everything we have to worry about...the 2nd biggest nerf I see coming down is the AoE spell nerf, where if you walk a certain distance, or if you die, any spells the caster had up will go away. Buffs won't, but AoE spells, like firewall and Dimension Door, will go away if one of those conditions are met.

Firewalls going away I have no problem with. Ideally, the AI would be smart enough to not stand in FWs when no PCs are nearby. DDoors going away is stupid. Hopefully they'll fix that.