Suggestion for Store Item: Soverign Runes

[taurolyon]

I feel I speak for many when I talk mention the frustrations and aggravations of having no control on what dragontouched runes we make or loot, so I'd like to suggest that several of the sovereign runes make it into the DDO Store. I personally would spend up to 1000 TP to save me many more lost hours of fruitless labor.

Specifically, I would like to see the runes that pertain to set bonuses:

• Sovereign Rune of Glacial Assault
• Sovereign Rune of Levik
• Sovereign Rune of Lorrik
• Sovereign Rune of Tharne

[The_Brave2]

Sorry, paying TP to save yourself farming time is to much pay to win for my tastes, they already did a major overhaul on runes in past updates

While I do agree it is a grind to get what you want, any good piece of gear is going to take time

[Arwitch]

/not signed

The random loot is part of the DDO system and for a long time we didn't even know what the rune we looted was until we put it on the armour! The fact that the runes are now named, giving us the chance to swap the runes in the chest is more than enough IMHO.

There are many threads asking for the ability to buy these types of things in the store and there is a strong response from the community that it is not the way we want the game to go.

[slimkj]

Not that I think it usually matters, and I know my own join date doesn't reflect when I started playing, so it could be inaccurate but I do find the correlation between agreement and join date here amusing;

Suggestion - Feb 2006
No - Dec 2009
No - Mar 2010

I think someone who's been around since launch is sick to their back teeth of grinding RR.

[The_Brave2]

Not that I think it usually matters, and I know my own join date doesn't reflect when I started playing, so it could be inaccurate but I do find the correlation between agreement and join date here amusing;

Suggestion - Feb 2006
No - Dec 2009
No - Mar 2010

I think someone who's been around since launch is sick to their back teeth of grinding RR.

As Per join date and argument, there are plenty of people with join date 06 that have less experience than 7-10. All depends on when you actually started playing, and how you played when you did. for example a 06 member could of taken a 4 year break and started playing not too long ago. I see it all the time.

Not that im discrediting any 06 join dates, just thought I should comment on it.

[slimkj]

I know, I did say it could be inaccurate. It just painted a familiar picture of misery and RR grind for me, is all.

[taurolyon]

The main reason for my suggestion was my cleric farming for Lorriks. I built the character strictly for healing, so it had little to no melee prowess. I would occasionally find guildies (or the occasional nightmarish pug group) running for tempests, which I mentioned earlier would ultimately be a fruitless endeavor. After several weeks of farming, I gave up and TRed. But I'm sure I'm singing the same old song here.

My OP suggestion was to give a player what they wanted (provided they've completed the prerequisite quest), as well as give some DDO store revenue. I still feel this is a valid suggestion.

[jwdaniels]

NO!

It's not that hard to get the runes you want - just group with people you know and swap when they're in the box. Putting specific ingredients for items in the DDO store is a terrible idea for reasons that have already been mentioned in every thread that pops up suggesting this.

When people cancel their subs and stop playing because anyone can just start an account and buy whatever they want that won't be so great for revenue.

[k1ngp1n]

No.

Let me say it again,

No.

No named loot whatsoever in the store.

[Aaxeyu]

I'd prefer that they make the grind less of a nightmare instead. But selling them in the store would be better than what we have now.

[PurdueDave]

Some incentive to run the RR chain would be nice.

I can't speak for everyone, but my MO would be to run the whole thing once or twice to get draconics. Turn those in for the eldritch and then just grind Prey for tempest and make the extra tempest to Sovs rather than reflagging SoS every time.

Maybe a draconic turn in for Tempest and Sovs as well? Maybe move the runes to the end reward and pop 3? A little incentive to something other than just grind Prey.

[k1ngp1n]

I'd prefer that they make the grind less of a nightmare instead. But selling them in the store would be better than what we have now.

The reflag process is stupid, IMO. But putting runes in the store is not a better solution - it opens up a slippery slope from which there is no turning back.

[Dandonk]

No thanks to (more) Pay2Win.

[Crann]

Although alot better than before, getting the right Runes is still a PITA.

I do not think they should be for sale in the DDO store though.

I think I'd rather see a trade in system....turn in maybe 10 runes for your choice of the same type.

That way you would know you were at least working towards something if you were not lucky enough to pull the one or get passed the one you wanted.

[Bilger]

/not signed to putting in store.


An alternative might be to do like they do for eldritch

50 draconics = 1 eldritch list
100 draconics = 1 tempest list
150 0r 200 draconics = 1 soveriegn list

Just an idea!!

[Rumbaar]

You used to be able to crunch draconics to make other runes before they made them visible?

[Darkrok]

You used to be able to crunch draconics to make other runes before they made them visible?

Yeah, it was pretty silly. It gave you an entire list like it does now but none of them showed a name.

[RTN]

Two ideas to make it better:
No reflag. We don't reflag the Deeps, we shouldn't have to reflag SoS either.
At your 20th completion, you get a full listing of the runes from SoS for your end reward.

[Paleus]

The main reason for my suggestion was my cleric farming for Lorriks. I built the character strictly for healing, so it had little to no melee prowess.

No to your suggestion. What would be next, 2000 TP for an epic Sword of Shadows? Paying for loot is a bad idea imo.

However, I would like to suggest you reconsider your gear choices. If you have access to Amrath Pack, run ToD. There are two belts that have superior ardor clickies. For 18 minures you would have better healing than with lorricks and you would not have to use up three item slots to get it.

[Rumbaar]

Yeah it was a shame we can't crunch to get what we want, I know they reduced the random nature of crafting. But they didn't reduce the grind required to get what you want.

However, I would like to suggest you reconsider your gear choices. If you have access to Amrath Pack, run ToD. There are two belts that have superior ardor clickies. For 18 minures you would have better healing than with lorricks and you would not have to use up three item slots to get it.

Aren't these runes used with some of those sets to complete/supplement those sets?