Man do I miss the old days.

[Shaamis]

seriously though back in the "old-days" when you didn't know the quests it was fun , but now that you are top dog you afraid of a little noobage? Maybe the excitement before was that you were in risk. But now you are just grinding to get it done rather than have fun, is my point so you don't want any risk, which is where the fun is.


and
Oh noes your DDO E-peen is 2 years bigger than mine, good job.

Actually.......what we did back in the old days is worked as a team over voice chat, brought pots so the cleric didnt feel like they were being a slave to teh group, and tactically advanced through a quest. we took notes (like in a PnP game) and planned how to pull monsters and take them down as efficiently as possible. we also did millions of loot runs for well-sought after items such as +5 full plate, +5 tower shields, or <GASP> +5 Mithral full plate!?! omg, there was a number of people that had THOSE you could count on one hand back then.

The problem with you young whipper snappers is that you didnt have to run a quest a unch of times to get the loot you need, so you didnt have to run the quests as much as we did, with the limited resources we had. Efficiency of resources was the key, not time.

Nowadays, like in my above example, if a new player has to wait for more than 5 minutes, he dc's cuz he's bored.

We used to just TALK to each other, and get to know each other.

now get off my lawn.

[mws2970]

+1

Thanks. Did I get a golf clap as well? ^.^

[stainer]

Was Hordo mostly a soulstone in the old days, or is that a product of F2P?

[Yajerman01]

The problem with you young whipper snappers is that you didnt have to run a quest a unch of times to get the loot you need, so you didnt have to run the quests as much as we did, with the limited resources we had. Efficiency of resources was the key, not time.

Lets not forget that we also took -xp hits everytime we died.....O man..........

I miss recalling while running too!

[Disavowed]

seriously though back in the "old-days" when you didn't know the quests it was fun , but now that you are top dog you afraid of a little noobage? Maybe the excitement before was that you were in risk. But now you are just grinding to get it done rather than have fun, is my point so you don't want any risk, which is where the fun is.


and
Oh noes your DDO E-peen is 2 years bigger than mine, good job.

It has nothing to do with 2ys difference. It's the fact that you opened your pie hole and made a remark that you know nothing about. Only a noob is going to come on here and make a statement that I needed to be carried. I don't care if you've been on here for 1 month or 4+ years. Either way a comment like that made about me says one thing, and one thing only. You're a noob and you have no clue.

I'm by far not one of the most uber players on here, but I have always been able to carry my weight on here. More importantly I've always helped out the newbs who are willing to learn. I look at the AH and what people are buying for gear and think about the millions of plat I've given away in gear to newbs over the years. I don't regret it for 1 second and still give gear away to newbs who show the right attitude.

I'm not afraid of newbage. I embrace it. I can't stand noobage and won't tolerate it. My point is and was back in the day. A newb would join and we'd be excited to teach them and help them. If you joined an LFM and were new you said so, and you were taught the quest. Now you try to join and you have to pass a test. Or if it's your LFM and you bring a new person along and try to teach them you get nothing but grief.

So yes I miss the good old days when I could join a group or put up my LFM and it was going to be good times. When you've pugged 1/10 as much as me let me know. I know what it's like to pug and up until recently felt it was the best experience in the game. It's sad but I can't say that anymore.

I don't see why me or anyone else should have to prove their worth to join a pug. On the flip side I don't know why a new person can't let people know their new and take some advice and guidance. Instead they disreagerd directions do their own thing and screw up the quest. Their attitude is failure is an option and who cares if we do fail. This is fine if it's only 1 or 2 people in the group, we'll manage, but lately it's 4-5 of the people in the group. So it leaves one no option but to just solo. That's the cold hard facts of pugging on DDO these days.

[Disavowed]

Lets not forget that we also took -xp hits everytime we died.....O man..........

I miss recalling while running too!

Hordo was and always will be a soulstone.

[Saaluta]

It has nothing to do with 2ys difference. It's the fact that you opened your pie hole and made a remark that you know nothing about. Only a noob is going to come on here and make a statement that I needed to be carried. I don't care if you've been on here for 1 month or 4+ years. Either way a comment like that made about me says one thing, and one thing only. You're a noob and you have no clue.

I'm by far not one of the most uber players on here, but I have always been able to carry my weight on here. More importantly I've always helped out the newbs who are willing to learn. I look at the AH and what people are buying for gear and think about the millions of plat I've given away in gear to newbs over the years. I don't regret it for 1 second and still give gear away to newbs who show the right attitude.

I'm not afraid of newbage. I embrace it. I can't stand noobage and won't tolerate it. My point is and was back in the day. A newb would join and we'd be excited to teach them and help them. If you joined an LFM and were new you said so, and you were taught the quest. Now you try to join and you have to pass a test. Or if it's your LFM and you bring a new person along and try to teach them you get nothing but grief.

So yes I miss the good old days when I could join a group or put up my LFM and it was going to be good times. When you've pugged 1/10 as much as me let me know. I know what it's like to pug and up until recently felt it was the best experience in the game. It's sad but I can't say that anymore.

I don't see why me or anyone else should have to prove their worth to join a pug. On the flip side I don't know why a new person can't let people know their new and take some advice and guidance. Instead they disreagerd directions do their own thing and screw up the quest. Their attitude is failure is an option and who cares if we do fail. This is fine if it's only 1 or 2 people in the group, we'll manage, but lately it's 4-5 of the people in the group. So it leaves one no option but to just solo. That's the cold hard facts of pugging on DDO these days.

I still try to teach the newbies at times, but now that I have gone f2p and am farming favor for tp to buy packs, I find myself just soloing more often than not. Hopefully when I get enough tp in the next couple months to be able to afford GH and Vale at least, I can start up my teaching runs again

And once I do get those areas I would be glad to run with you all again Oh, and ^.^ good thoughts

Saal

[Zuldar]

Yeah, I miss the old days too.

3 LFM's total in the LFM window. Servers totally empty looking like a ghost town. Waiting for the day when you hit log in and find out they finally shutdown the the servers.

Those old days were great.

Sure there may be a lot of lfm's now, but they're all filled with coyles. Too bad there's no option to knock your fellow party members out.

[Disavowed]

Sure there may be a lot of lfm's now, but they're all filled with coyles. Too bad there's no option to knock your fellow party members out.

I'd +1 you if I could. Very funny. I spit water on the keyboard.

[Disavowed]

I still try to teach the newbies at times, but now that I have gone f2p and am farming favor for tp to buy packs, I find myself just soloing more often than not. Hopefully when I get enough tp in the next couple months to be able to afford GH and Vale at least, I can start up my teaching runs again

And once I do get those areas I would be glad to run with you all again Oh, and ^.^ good thoughts

Saal

I've got a level 4 TR and a level 12 tr. Look me up whyen your ready. Always good running with you.

[Caine33]

Sure there may be a lot of lfm's now, but they're all filled with coyles. Too bad there's no option to knock your fellow party members out.

+1 for the reminder.

Hated Coyle. He died more than I did.

[Uska]

I will say I have had better luck with pugs on ghallanda then I have on khyber but that could be play hours but even on khyber most of my pugs are fine except for tod lately cant find a decent tank anywhere lately no one can seem to hold aggro either through intim or hate.

[Shaamis]

I've got a level 4 TR and a level 12 tr. Look me up whyen your ready. Always good running with you.

Let me know too, I have 25 character slots and have 2 free

[Elyanna]

Back in the old days where a rogue literally could not beat the tutorial level. Unless you had insane luck...

This was a fun time considering my first ever DDO character was a rogue. Oh and getting him to level 10 (cap) and finding out no matter what I did, Diplo, subtle backstab, Bluff... you name it I could pull agro of people and die in seconds even with not dumping con was a great time also.

[Disavowed]

Let me know too, I have 25 character slots and have 2 free

I thought I was bad at 17 toons.

[Alabore]

When you join a group you have no clue what your walking into.

I used to be aggravated by it.
Failing a quest ain't nice...

Now I try to have fun, no matter what
Either they are good at the game, and I get to watch real pros, and learn a new trick.
Or they suck at the game, whatever the reason, and I get to feel better, and maybe, even save the day.

Either way, I walk away a better person.
All in all it is good fun.

[ladyzerlynda14]

Yeah, I miss the old days too.

3 LFM's total in the LFM window. Servers totally empty looking like a ghost town. Waiting for the day when you hit log in and find out they finally shutdown the the servers.

Those old days were great.

LOLZ

From one extreme to the next wasnt it?

[Disavowed]

I so forgot about the old tutorial. That brings back memories for sure. The different training rooms and you'd actually get a little xp for those too.

[Lorz]

Was Hordo mostly a soulstone in the old days, or is that a product of F2P?

The official record shows....that Hordo...has ALWAYS been a soul stone.

ALWAYS.

/DISAVOWED...im gonna disown you now.....because i didnt see you beating me to the punchline.......curse this work day........for once again work has caused me to fail the quest....of beating you to the answer!!!!!!....i will have my revenge.!

[Elyanna]

Hordo was and always will be a soulstone.

No truer words will be spoken...