Improving player enjoyment 101... part 1

[Grymli]

Do away with 'bound to character'. There only needs to be one form of 'bound'... and that's to account. You don't want certain items sold... done. Players want more opportunities to enjoy gear they've won... done. Anything that simplifies game rules (one form of 'bound' versus two) is good for everyone.

Bound to account! It'd improve our enjoyment of an already enjoyable game.

We love DDO. We love you. You love us. Show us some love

[kaelis]

No.

[MsEricka]

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This would be **** close to the end of DDO if this was allowed and would be way overpowered.

[chrisgina39]

stupid idea

[Quarterling]

No, this would only promote item hoarding.

[likuei]

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[darkvirus]

Yea.... No I have already had 2 rogues 1 paladin and a ranger take my mysterious bauble. If everyone starts looting them for other toons I'll never get it.

[Grymli]

stupid idea

Not a popular suggestion I see ... and one poor soul, who has probably heard this said to them all his/her life, who needed to be disrespectful.

Questions, discussions, and ideas aren't stupid, poor little child... but your response was.

[Alabore]

Yea.... No I have already had 2 rogues 1 paladin and a ranger take my mysterious bauble. If everyone starts looting them for other toons I'll never get it.

/unsure.

On one hand it would make organising gear easier.
And I would be able to get gear for my alts, while playing my main.

On the other one, I feel what the above poster said.
We'd never get people running quests at level; I'm already seeing groups farming Chronoscope with an open level range 5-20.
And some players would ask for a loot roll on gear they can't use, just because they have an alt that might.

[Grymli]

/unsure.

On one hand it would make organising gear easier.
And I would be able to get gear for my alts, while playing my main.

On the other one, I feel what the above poster said.
We'd never get people running quests at level; I'm already seeing groups farming Chronoscope with an open level range 5-20.
And some players would ask for a loot roll on gear they can't use, just because they have an alt that might.

I hear what you're saying... but I sort of assumed that rolling for gear would be over... which I think would be a good thing because it's a much-abused system. Besides, it should all even out in the end. Fighters may not put up that Torc for a roll because that player has a Wizard alt... but neither would your Fighter.

[Dandonk]

No. Raid loot in particular should generally be BTC, not BTA.

[camels]

not a great idea.

would take sharing loot out of the equation. (hey i don't need it now, but maybe later. screw that guy/girl who could use it right now)

would make this game a easy button. (let me just pass down my DT Armour over and over and over........)


so no, i would not like this.

[Alabore]

I hear what you're saying... but I sort of assumed that rolling for gear would be over...

Last I ran Chronoscope, I rolled for the mysterious gem and lost it.
Then people stopped playing it at level, and now I mostly find lvl 18-20 farming the quest with a few spots for... backpack travellers.

In a sense, BtC raid gear makes sense - as it prevents just that kind of behaviour.
Red Ferns, which also features item sets, makes gear bind to char.
Either system is not properly balanced.
Can't say which.

[Grymli]

*very dead idea buried*

Now tell me what you really think

[azrael4h]

/unsure.

On one hand it would make organising gear easier.
And I would be able to get gear for my alts, while playing my main.

On the other one, I feel what the above poster said.
We'd never get people running quests at level; I'm already seeing groups farming Chronoscope with an open level range 5-20.
And some players would ask for a loot roll on gear they can't use, just because they have an alt that might.

Seconding that; I wanted to run Chronoscope with my FvS, before I outleveled it. I've since outleveled it, and still haven't seen a group form that wasn't no xp loot runs. Saw one running from 3-20 even. Maybe my Sorc will get to run it.

At most, Bound to Account, BtC on equip for some stuff. But even that is more than necessary.

[Lithic]

No.

OMG beak! Log on!

[phillymiket]

I'm not sure this would be good.

I think you'd find that people have their toon that they farm all their equipment for all their other toons for.

Therefore, there would be less variety to the LFMs for runs. The same guild runs with the same toons.

People might expect multi-TRs in runs because vets wouldn't run their new toons on gear raids.

Leveling toons would just be XP only grinds.

LFMs for certain gear raids would be reduced in number as people collect all the loot.

In-game life would become pointless after you collected all the gear in the game you need on your account.

Why do tap runs after you had a few minos? Why do Prey on the Hunter?
Those quests wouldn't be run as much or at all.
New people may end up having a harder time getting their gear at the end of the day.

All TRing would do for you is give you a few stat points and some past life feats because you would already have GS, TOD rings etc waiting for you, passed down from your "farmer" toon.

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[dunklezhan]

Do away with BTC for everything? No, absolutely not.

Do away with it on some specific stuff that currently is BTC for no good reason - yes, I'd go with that.

Why are the end rewards from each quest giver on Sharn Syndicate BTC or even BTA? The end chain reward is BTA, that's fair enough. but each quest reward? Ridiculous. You can't even broker it as a result.

Ditto for the end chain rewards from red fens. Given that the set items drop randomly, and that each is clearly geared for a specific class... these should be BTA, not BTC. You can't sell them except as vendor trash and unless you're going to hang onto them to TR into, having them BTC is just pointless.

Named raid loot & any end chain reward that is a guaranteed drop (e.g. Voice of Master) - yes, I can go with that as BTC. Stuff you get from collectible hand ins or have crafted - yes. The hard to get stuff BTC to reflect the effort involved.

Most everything else BTA, including the stuff that is random but rare such as bloodstone - once you've looted that sucker you really shouldn't have to go through it again...

[Krag]

All epic stuff is already bta.

[Phemt81]

Good idea!!

It would also be a better reward for grinding the SUPAWESOM greensteel item obtained with 300 hours of playing same quest over and over again.

Would also let you use the fantastic picked loot designed for another class.

My fighter found a ring +5 INT, spell storing, +30% damage on 6th level spell and lower, unraveling enchantment... oh, it' s bound to character.

Junk.