Menace of the Underdark, Update 14 Patch 2 is Online

[eris2323]

So... about those release notes....

?

[NytCrawlr]

There is also a very good reason why you shouldn't be using Avast in the first place.

Also, an in-game working BUG REPORT system is nice too. Is that fixed yet?

Yes! Again! At least for me anyways, filed several today.

[eris2323]

Which I showed people how to correct, but was piled on for doing so by those who still insist on blaming DDO and will not listen to anything that explains it may not be a DDO issue. Because it must be DDOs fault. Because we must vehemently blame DDO on their forums, then log in and play more DDO after doing so.

Last PC reboot, 14 weeks ago.

In the pro world, we keep our hardware on 24/7 unless theres a real reason to turn it off.

Do share....

Turbine can't fix the problem on their end, if it's something I can do on mine, that's fine.

[danotmano1998]

You're so vain, you probably think this thread is about you... don't you? Don't you?

He had some dreams, but they were clouds in his coffee.

[Chai]

Could be possible, absolutely - a response from Turbine could have helped - a few simple google searches do point to exactly what the problem is - after DDO caused a blue screen and gave me some details, finally.

Every 2nd update, this happens. In between, it is fine. I asked, to see if this could possibly HELP them with other bugs.

No answers from devs. Fine. I get it. From their actions on Lam and on the forums, most of them don't give a care about it. Just Forum Posters who think they know everything.

Gotcha.

Devs dont do tech support. Tech support does tech support.

Turbine has failed in this update solely because they listen to forum posters too much, it seems.

It is not just me who sees this - by making the game hard for OMG SHADE or OMG THRUDHHEHEHRHEHR - you have annoyed the rest of us. A lot of people I've been talking to are wondering why DDO wants to drive all their business away to make the game harder (and more annoying) for 1% of the 1% of players.

But this is the path turbine chose. I will put up with it as long as I am able.

Is that why 2 out of the 3 difficulties in epics are easier than old epics? Seems to me that the end game was just blown wide open, and epics that were only playable by a smaller percentage of the DDO population in the past are now being enjoyed by more players than they ever have been. This also makes all the gear drops associated with those epics accessible to those players as well.

Ive also seen people who have been on hiatus for longer than a year logging back in to check it out.

[Captain_Wizbang]

It is not just me who sees this - by making the game hard you have annoyed the rest of us. 1% of players.

The game is too easy as it is!
And you're 100% correct, you are in the 1% bracket/

[eris2323]

Is that why 2 out of the 3 difficulties in epics are easier than old epics? Seems to me that the end game was just blown wide open, and epics that were only playable by a smaller percentage of the DDO population in the past are now being enjoyed by more players than they ever have been. This also makes all the gear drops associated with those epics accessible to those players as well.

Ive also seen people who have been on hiatus for longer than a year logging back in to check it out.

Easier? Maybe. More annoying? Yes, by about a hundred times. I could go run any epic now. If I am willing to:

chug a pot every 21 seconds (or cast a spell for a minutes protection)

know that my freedom of movement spell is.... well..... working for two spells?

know that spell wards are solely for annoyances.

Gameplay, from level 1-25 is now so annoying - the game is built on annoyances. It's working. Annoying me right out of the game.

Doesn't matter if those 'epic levels' are easier. They are just plain annoying to play.

All of the people *I* saw coming back have already left again - too buggy for them. They'll try again after a few more patches. Barring... I think 2 people off the top of my head.

I'd still like to see the post about how to cure ddo's memory leak from switching characters though...

[eris2323]

The game is too easy as it is!
And you're 100% correct, you are in the 1% bracket/

The game is not too easy for everyone. I'm sorry, you're wrong. It might be too easy for 6 guys on the forums who complain endlessly.

Casuals and new players are still having difficulties.

[Qezuzu]

It is fine if DDO is not programmed well enough to work with popular virus checkers.

That's not how antivirus programs work.

There's no such thing as "programmed well" to a computer. Only humans can recognize bugs. Computers do exactly what their programming tells them to.



Avast is as likely to recognize DDO's memory leak as you are able to interpret this QR code.

[Cyndrome]

The game is not too easy for everyone. I'm sorry, you're wrong. It might be too easy for 6 guys on the forums who complain endlessly.

Casuals and new players are still having difficulties.

There are 3 difficulty settings for casual players to play. Other than epic elite, if you are using pots you are playing wrong.

[Chai]

Do share....

Turbine can't fix the problem on their end, if it's something I can do on mine, that's fine.

http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php...wap+lag&page=4

[eris2323]

There are 3 difficulty settings for casual players to play. Other than epic elite, if you are using pots you are playing wrong.

Yawn - yeah - *I* am playing wrong.

Sure.

Pale masters have no way to fix stat damage from poisons - because of devs not thinking.

But I'm playing wrong.

Sure.

[eris2323]

http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php...wap+lag&page=4

Wow, another DDO forum post filled with arguing people...

I guess I'll have to go through it all and see if any devs said anything about it as well.

But thank you - if I see good advice in there, I will follow it.

[Cyndrome]

Yawn - yeah - *I* am playing wrong.

Sure.

Pale masters have no way to fix stat damage from poisons - because of devs not thinking.

But I'm playing wrong.

Sure.

And that makes the game too hard?

[eris2323]

And that makes the game too hard?

Makes it more ANNOYING.

It is not hard, for me. It is ANNOYING. Hard for other people, newbies, casuals, people who don't keep up with the forums.

But, no, it's not hard, for me. It's annoying. I shouldn't have to use 16 workarounds to get my class to work through the bugs.

As in, it is no longer as fun as it used to be. It is annoying, and starting to get BORING.

Yes; I understand some of these are bugs; perhaps some code should have NOT been put to live before it was fixed.

But then again.... look at the raid that just went live. Obviously turbine no longer cares if things work or not.

[Cordovan]

The Lamannia Release Notes for this initial push of Update 14 Patch 2 are now available. Please note that these notes are in a particularly early state, even for Lamannia, so it is very likely that there are omissions and/or changes that will be made to them.

http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=376774

[Quarterling]

Gameplay, from level 1-25 is now so annoying - the game is built on annoyances. It's working. Annoying me right out of the game.

So can you leave already so we can live without your inane complaining please?

So... about those release notes....

And if you were a bit more patient, Cordovan just posted them.

[Tid12]

The Lamannia Release Notes for this initial push of Update 14 Patch 2 are now available. Please note that these notes are in a particularly early state, even for Lamannia, so it is very likely that there are omissions and/or changes that will be made to them.

http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=376774

Cordovan, can you please tell us on what you are working or a hint at least? Most curious about Shadowdancer destiny (completely broken), Assassinate and WF heal amp.


And about Epic hirelings, can you give them Heal too?

[eris2323]

So can you leave already so we can live without your inane complaining please?



And if you were a bit more patient, Cordovan just posted them.

Just to anger you, no, I won't leave yet.

Thanks for telling Turbine Customers to stop being customers though! I'm sure they LOVE that.

[Cordovan]

Cordovan, can you please tell us on what you are working or a hint at least? Most curious about Shadowdancer destiny (completely broken), Assassinate and WF heal amp.


And about Epic hirelings, can you give them Heal too?

We'll be updating the notes in the coming week(s), and will have more concrete information then. At this point, it's simply too early for me to even hint at what else will make it into the patch. I'm sure you can imagine that there's a bunch of work being done, and too many things are in an undefined state in terms of their yes/no/in-patch-ness to really get into at this time.

I definitely know your interest in this, though, and we'll do our best to keep you up to date when we can.