The Suggestion Box!

[Gimpinator]

In an effort to make DDO more enjoyable for everyone, I've decided to submit my kick-ass ideas for your own pleasure, and hopefully to see atleast one of them imeplemented into the game. I'm sure we'll see alot of constructive suggestions / feedback here, and most of it will already been said at an earlier time; Please feel free to move the thread to another forum if you see fit.

Kick-ass idea #1: Advanced Metamagic Assigning.
- The role of a good caster is a tedious one indeed. It involves much toggling between Metas, and limits our effectiveness to due to our inherent laziness. Do you grow tired of turning off Heighten to save a few spell points when casting "Heal"? Do you get sick of turning off extend to pass out buffs? Do you wish Empower, Maximaze, Enlarge and Quicken effected only pre-determined spells? You do not, because you are lazy; But I do! I propose a new system; The Advanced Metamagic Assigning!

When you decide to add this righteous feature to DDO, you should give us the Check-Box-Option in the Gameplay section of the Options Panel (off by default so people don't lose their minds). Once enabled, ALL memorized spells you cast have no applied Metamagic. To apply specific Metas to each spell, memorize the spell and then Ctrl+Right-click from the Spellbook, and then select which Metas apply to that specific spell, via a little pop-up window. K'POW! This not only makes casters more effective, but also makes Metas like Enlarge a viable option!

Kick-ass idea #2: Fix the Buff-bar display.
- With the new addition of 'Ship Buffs', the display of your buff-bar is practically impossible to work with. If my Barbarian didn't stop taking damage when he swung his weapon, I would never know when Frenzy wore off. This isn't the case for short-term buffs, such as the Paladin's Divine Might. It makes for an unenjoyable play. Force the buffs to move onto Line 2 when they reach your resolution width!

Kick-ass idea #3: User-chat upgrades.
- Not many people use the Userchat feature, but for those who do, some upgrades would be much appreciated. The option for the creator of the Userchat to view members from the Social Panel would be very handy, and while you're at it, can you give said creator the option to boot-by-account and change password via Social Panel?


Feel free to sign and add your own suggestions. Mine are probably not original, but with enough interest, maybe we can make a change. I especially like Kick-ass Idea #1. 'Nuff said.

[GoldyGopher]

WHy not post these in the Suggestion Forum?

[Kaldaka]

WHy not post these in the Suggestion Forum?

The best suggestion yet!

lol

[pandalet]

yes please to both of those!

[moorewr]

Both are urgently needed!

[Gimpinator]

Well... A slight oversight on my part. It seems my ideas have already been mentioned, and I'd rather not contribute to the clutter you call Suggestion Forum. You can let this post die off or delete, I guess. :'(

[Kaldaka]

Yeah the suggestion forum has ideas that can easily get drown out within hours. I got another good suggestion, they should restructure the way suggestions are read by devs. Like some way of sticky'ing them until they've actually been read by someone who 'matters' so that the 'add-on' posts after the fact don't make the ones above it drop down the list ...

[MsEricka]

As suggested above, I suggest that suggestions be posted to the suggestions forums

Just a suggestion ya know.

[moorewr]

Nah, too many suggestions in there.

[mehlinda]

Very funny, I had been thinking of the metamagics idea for a few monts but was too lazy to post it and I was talking with the op about this very thing when he sent me the link to this thread.

IMO, a caster with the feats would make a mental decision to caste a maxximized, extended, quickened firewall whenever he did it if appropriate so assigning certain metas to spells makes sense and would be inherent..

very signed

[Missing_Minds]

Well... A slight oversight on my part. It seems my ideas have already been mentioned, and I'd rather not contribute to the clutter you call Suggestion Forum. You can let this post die off or delete, I guess. :'(

*shrug* So make them again. Visibility of ideas and refreshers can be a good thing.

It seems we gamers don't care a whole lot who originally came up with a good idea, but more about getting the idea implemented. (but it really is nice when credit can be given.)