The Gift of a Pirate Hat.

[MsEricka]

Seriously? All this whining over a hat? Who cares, it's FREE! Put it on and try and have some fun instead of complaining about every little thing that you can.

[DasLurch]

What? It makes all kind of cents.

Don't you mean it seems priceless?

+1 btw

[DasLurch]

This needs to be seriously rethought as the concept of Tr'ing and keeping characters is a fairly new one. Up until F2P you basically had to delete and start over if you wanted to fix something other than a feat change. Most long time players have very few if any of their original characters left.

The simple fact is up until F2P we had serious limits on number of characters etc and any serious nerf meant a reroll.

I have been a monthly subscriber for all 5 years and I will get one final tier hat.

I've been here almost as long (March 2, 2006), and I'm looking at none frm what I can tell. I've never needed to do a greater re-incarnation because I re-rolled all of my old characters to 32's well before shroud came out. I haven't TR'ed any of them because I am a bit too crazy of an "Alt-i-holic" and character slots are one of the few things that I can spend TP on for a VIP account. I hope I'm seriously misreading something here.

[Shade]

This needs to be seriously rethought as the concept of Tr'ing and keeping characters is a fairly new one. Up until F2P you basically had to delete and start over if you wanted to fix something other than a feat change. Most long time players have very few if any of their original characters left.

The simple fact is up until F2P we had serious limits on number of characters etc and any serious nerf meant a reroll.

I have been a monthly subscriber for all 5 years and I will get one final tier hat.

Arkos it's a hat.

Not an epic sword of shadows..

No one cares if you hat doesn't look as shiny because you had to reroll.

Reroll irl for caring so much about a petty comestic item

If it actually has some stats or something, maybe i'd understand.. But really, no one cares that your hat isn't quite a shiny as the next guys.

I made my main char like the day the game went live and never rerolled.. I want a hat that gives +20 strength!

[Shade]

This list doesn't make any sense.

I agree.. They shouldn't be so vague and mysteriously about something so simple.

It should say exactly how long ago you need to have made your character.

Is it 1 tier per year? per 6 months? per 3 months?
tell us. its ok, we just wanna know.

[Tendare]

I have to agree with some here. IT's a hat.

Unless it has a +10 to Con or some uber stat on it. It's a hat!!!!!!

Better to complain about lack of new content for 5th anniversary. I expected more for February's release.

But I will wait and see to give judgement till the whole package is released.

[slimkj]

Seriously, you guys saying it's just a hat - you need to reread the tier six hat description. That sounds like some kind of megahat. The kind of hat you only get to see once, maybe twice in your life, if you're lucky.

I heard it's got a feather 18ft tall.

[Natashaelle]

I wonder whether our old European characters were born on [actual creation date] for hat deciding purposes, or [transfer to Ghallanda date].

... I wonder if the MyDDO bugs won't interfere with the character creation date ...

[Schmoe]

Who knew that free hats could cause so much drama?

[Veileira]

... I wonder if the MyDDO bugs won't interfere with the character creation date ...

I wonder if characters that show up broken on MyDDO as never having been updated will get a hat at all?

[Uska]

Who knew that free hats could cause so much drama?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DKyq...eature=related

[Smexxy]

From what I have gathered, it is the amount of time you have actually logged on each individual toon, not when each toon was created. Also, if you have played a 28 point toon for X amount of hours, yu can achieve the 6th tier, but you could also have a 36 point TR, and have played for a one Tiers worth of time less and receive the same tier.

[Coldin]

I hope people get some screenshots of all the different types of hats.

[Sillk]

I hope there's a bonus if your character has actually completed Euphonia's Challenge.

[Ovrad]

Who knew that free hats could cause so much drama?

Ever heard of a game named team fortress 2 ?

[Memnir]

The tiered idea is frankly horrible.
A better route to go is to make any and all gift items equitable across the board - and was one of the reasons why the Birthday Cake such a good thing. Thumbs down on this whole scheme - it really blows.

[CaptGrim]

From what I can tell the only thing different about the hats is the look and the % boost of doubloons you gain from killing mobs, I'm pretty sure all hats have 3 upgrade slots.

Its really not a big deal unless you want to roleplay in ur uber Admiral's hat in the 3 barrel cove tavern, otherwise /showhelmetoff and profit.

[Barumar]

The tiered idea is frankly horrible.
A better route to go is to make any and all gift items equitable across the board - and was one of the reasons why the Birthday Cake such a good thing. Thumbs down on this whole scheme - it really blows.

I have to disagree with you on this one. Giving those that have been around since the beginning of DDO, and are still playing/paying something 'special' (again AS Shade said it IS just a Hat!) is kind of a neat idea for the 5th Anniversary of DDO.

I hope it is balanced so those that play the **** out of a character they re-rolled get points too, but all in all I like it .

Barumar

[Eladrin]

From what I can tell the only thing different about the hats is the look and the % boost of doubloons you gain from killing mobs, I'm pretty sure all hats have 3 upgrade slots.

That's correct. Also, all six hats are available in Euphonia's Barter Box for doubloons if you hate the look of your own.

[Mellkor]

I dont understand why there is so much fuss over this. I like the idea of a veteran reward system that grants unique items that get better based on accomplishments and time served. Great idea. I like it! Whatever system it is, please make the rewards unique. I do not like the idea of being able to just buy the very same thing without the status that goes with it.