Epic scrolls?

[kernal42]

The concern is that there are no generic scrolls to be had on Lamannia now, which could leave us with the old, busted system of scroll drops.

This is precisely consistent with furby's interpretation, as there are no new epics on Lammania.

[Calozz78]

Did a little testing in von1 and the scroll of (Standard): <rgb=0x00FFFFFF><rgb=0x00FFFFFF>You gather a Scroll of the Stonemeld Plate from the Minotaur Page.</rgb></rgb> dropped. Epic scolls in von series are still item specific.

[NinjaNeed]

For the millionth time...

GENERIC SCROLLS ARE ONLY FOR NEW CONTENT NOT CURRENT (ie pre U9) CONTENT!!!

So, you see a von scroll specific for an item, is that wrong? Was VON out BEFORE U9??? Yes, therefore it is WAI!!!!

[Teharahma]

For the millionth time...

GENERIC SCROLLS ARE ONLY FOR NEW CONTENT NOT CURRENT (ie pre U9) CONTENT!!!

So, you see a von scroll specific for an item, is that wrong? Was VON out BEFORE U9??? Yes, therefore it is WAI!!!!

QFT
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[Calozz78]

Feel better? I forgot to quit real life and devote all my time to reading every post and taking notes. I do apologize and will let my boss know your unhappy with my performance.

And the only reason I said anything to feed the trolls is because I am guildies with OP. SO if he is asking, I am responding IF I know anything FIRST HAND. Now off to work, have fun trolling.

For the millionth time...

GENERIC SCROLLS ARE ONLY FOR NEW CONTENT NOT CURRENT (ie pre U9) CONTENT!!!

So, you see a von scroll specific for an item, is that wrong? Was VON out BEFORE U9??? Yes, therefore it is WAI!!!!

[Cold_Stele]

Can anyone link in the original dev comment, my search-fu is weak.

IIRC it said something along the lines of 'existing scrolls won't be changed'.

That can be interpreted as EITHER - existing scrolls in your bank or existing scrolls in the loot table.

[darksol23]

Can anyone link in the original dev comment, my search-fu is weak.

IIRC it said something along the lines of 'existing scrolls won't be changed'.

That can be interpreted as EITHER - existing scrolls in your bank or existing scrolls in the loot table.

+1 The original quote was very ambiguous what would happen with current epics. In the last week there has been a massive sell off of desert raid scrolls on Cannith. It feels like the great WoP sell off of 2008 (or whenever the heck it was). It would be nice if this could be clarified...

a) Making "high-end" scroll worthless now or later doesn't really matter. If they are going to do it retroactively to existing epics, might as well come out and say it. All that changes is who's left holding high value scrolls that just became worthless.
b) Those who do farm scrolls could stop doing it until the mod

[CaptGrim]

This whole topic makes me LMAO.

I could be wrong and if I am please link an actual dev quote.

BUT,

The way I understand it, it was one guy at pax BSing with the guy that did the tresure.

He said hey those scroll drops suck.

O,rly?

Yeah, could you do something bout that?

I guess we could make them standardized non item specific. That would prolly make it suck less.


Before going all crazy about this id like to see a design dev quote, preferable eladrin, stating that this is indeed the plan. As oppossed to the much more sensible and less system breaking suggestions like 3 to 1 trade ins, increased drop rates, or 10th or 20th completion lists.

Imo this is exactly why they don't like talking about possible ideas before they are set in stone.

[Eladrin]

No changes have been made to Epic Scrolls for Update 9.

We are considering making changes to the way that Epic Scrolls are handled in the future. We've got several different proposals that we're looking at. (One of which was making the scrolls typed by area.)

[Zerkul]

The concern is that there are no generic scrolls to be had on Lamannia now, which could leave us with the old, busted system of scroll drops, which works so good for the game economy so far.

Fixed .

[GoldyGopher]

No changes have been made to Epic Scrolls for Update 9.

We are considering making changes to the way that Epic Scrolls are handled in the future. We've got several different proposals that we're looking at. (One of which was making the scrolls typed by area.)

Eladrin,

I am thankful no changes as drastic as what has been suggested is being augmented.
I personally would prefer to see a trade-in barter system where characters trade in 5/10/15 scrolls for the specific scroll they are looking for.
In addition I would love to see another look see to see if many of the items can get small bumps to make them more useful.

Thor

[Cyr]

No changes have been made to Epic Scrolls for Update 9.

We are considering making changes to the way that Epic Scrolls are handled in the future. We've got several different proposals that we're looking at. (One of which was making the scrolls typed by area.)

Thank you for the response Eladrin.

I assume you guys have been reading the various threads about this idea and the counter proposals so I will leave it at that as my ideas have been stated a few times in this regard.

[darksol23]

No changes have been made to Epic Scrolls for Update 9.

We are considering making changes to the way that Epic Scrolls are handled in the future. We've got several different proposals that we're looking at. (One of which was making the scrolls typed by area.)

Thank you for the dev input.

[maddmatt70]

No changes have been made to Epic Scrolls for Update 9.

We are considering making changes to the way that Epic Scrolls are handled in the future. We've got several different proposals that we're looking at. (One of which was making the scrolls typed by area.)

Thank you for dispelling this rumor which was running rampant in game and the forums and was affecting scroll values, expectations, etc. It is funny how powerful a rumor can become. +1 reputation for this post.

[Hayday]

No changes have been made to Epic Scrolls for Update 9.

We are considering making changes to the way that Epic Scrolls are handled in the future. We've got several different proposals that we're looking at. (One of which was making the scrolls typed by area.)

Great relief to hear this. Thanks for the clarification.

[Alavatar]

I personally liked the idea of Epic Scrolls becoming generic.

[Gratch]

Ug.... despite U9 ushering in the era of arcanes blasting the (#*%!@% out of epic mobs, I was truly hopeful for any sort of change to get rid of specific item epic scroll farming. It's been 8+ months since the words EPIC REBOOT. There should have been something done for U9 so I'm not putting on my farmer hat, ignoring guildies and groups and repeatedly killing the same stuff. Chrono, our newest epic being the king of this annoyance.

I realize this uses the same resources as the CCove box, BETA crafting and the new U9 "still worse than greensteel" L14 items and those are priorities, but still... there was hope for something. Hope is now crushed. Panda is sad.

[DrakmireTS]

No changes have been made to Epic Scrolls for Update 9.

We are considering making changes to the way that Epic Scrolls are handled in the future. We've got several different proposals that we're looking at. (One of which was making the scrolls typed by area.)

Disappointing. This, combined with how things with monks appear to be falling out, might indicate it's time to take another extended break from DDO to catch up on all those single-player games I've been neglecting.

[fuzzy1guy]

No generics yet.

But strangely... scrolls seem to fall like candy on lam. couple hours of screwin around testin in epics got me more scrolls than the last 3 months of epic farming on live.



And thats just.... ok. i won't say it. But you know it is.

Hope this scroll drop rate stays on live.

[Krell]

I personally liked the idea of Epic Scrolls becoming generic.

Agreed.