What are we playing DDO for?

[Talon_Moonshadow]

Two ways to answer.

Why am I playing DDO, as opposed to playing another game?
I really like D&D! (3.5 rules btw)
I like playing with other real people.
The built in voice chat here is very nice. (ok...not perfect, but from what I hear other games have nothing at all!)
Game design limits griefing.
it is sooo cool to "see" D&D, like this. PnP was great, but to see Kobolds and Dragons on my screen has been a lot of fun.

I barely played NWN2 because of how much fun I have had in this game.



The other way to answer is Why do I play DDO....as in, what is my motivation to play...in-game?

That would be for the adventure.
To do the quests. To be inside the quest. Actively facing a challenge.
I need loot and XP too, but that just comes naturally from doing the quests.
I'm an adventurer who plays for the adventure.

[Tholar]

DDO gives me a good excuse to not go clean the garage.

[Dissindra]

to shoot things cause i'd go to jail if i did it in real life

good point

Training for the day when DDO becomes a high paying profession.

or when invading aliens challenge us for a DDO contest ...

[Dissindra]

... it is sooo cool to "see" D&D, like this. PnP was great, but to see Kobolds and Dragons on my screen has been a lot of fun ...

right, ditto ... that's also why I don't like others rushing ahead, because I want to SEE them fighting things ...

... I'm an adventurer who plays for the adventure.

cool ... same here, and it helps that I am forgetting the details of the quests :P
wow, and you got over 6.000 posts? looks like you discovered another dimension to the game there, too

[Dissindra]

DDO gives me a good excuse to not go clean the garage.

but ... but ... your garage needs love too

[Zharfie]

The built in voice chat here is very nice. (ok...not perfect, but from what I hear other games have nothing at all!)

I'd prefer having nothing at all... the voice chat is so horribly badly implemented that I die a little bit each time I even try to think how easily I could write a better one... or even just adapt an actually good voice chat system (mumble...) to ddo if I had the access to the source code


I play DDO for fun, but I want to play my guitar instead! - that's more fun, **** DDO...

[Kovalas]

Personally, I find the idea of Number 1 - To meet people on an MMO as a bit weird and creepy...

Does anyone really play a video game to 'meet people' ??

Maybe as a bonus you might, but as a primary reason?? Weird!

Kov

[txnroger]

You forgot....

The Glory
The Bragging rights

The Chicks!!!!

Most important to have fun it is a GAME.

Chicks? All the chicks on the game are married!

[BattleCircle]

Chicks? All the chicks on the game are married!

LMAO

No not all of them

But Most of the chicks are not chicks

[Dissindra]

... But Most of the chicks are not chicks

BUT, you will meet mechanical chicks, as well (warforged females). how cool is that ^^

[Dissindra]

... All the chicks on the game are married!

not true, I know of some boys and girls who found together while playing DDO, with moving together and stuff
...
though, one of them seperated again, in the meantime :P
...
so, don't give up hope, txnroger

[DrenglisEU]

For me having fun with a familiar bunch of loonie toons :-D

[Dissindra]

Personally, I find the idea of Number 1 - To meet people on an MMO as a bit weird and creepy...

Does anyone really play a video game to 'meet people' ??

Maybe as a bonus you might, but as a primary reason?? Weird!

Kov

as opposed to playing a solo video game, for example. in the sense of having real people "around" you, or at least behind all the chars running around.

and right, we used to have sit-ins, too, like meeting all in harbour, standing around, watching everbody dance and poke and jump and having a chat for half an hour before leaving again ...

ofc, it's only sort of "meeting" people