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    so.. while waiting for a raid to fill i get REALLY REALLY bored. could you guys let us spar/fight/duel something. make waiting for a raid to fill fun please.
    i find myself and others saying "glad im not paying for this ****" vip from ftp beta till 10.9.2012 fix it...fix it Now!

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    I usually scroll farm. Von5 is a great place as is chrono. both raids.

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    This is what challenges could have been, if they'd let them scale to 12 and designed them with this in mind.
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    There's this thing called PVP that you can do in taverns...it lets you
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    I always thought they should put in in-game card or dice game you could play while you wait
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    Here are some things that you can do while waitng for the raid to fill.

    1) Get snacks and drinks ready and close at hand.

    2) Take that last BIO break.

    3) If you smoke (but not in the house) go smoke one.

    4) Visit with spouse, play with kids if you have them.

    5) Watch a movie or two.

    6) Read a book.

    7) Take a nap so that you are fresh when the raid starts.

    8) Go to the forums (the true PVP of DDO) and find something to post about.

    9) Check everyone in the raid on MYDDO and decide that they are GIMPS and you do not want to carry them through the raid. Then rage quit.
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    Quote Originally Posted by justhavinfun View Post
    Here are some things that you can do while waitng for the raid to fill.

    1) Get snacks and drinks ready and close at hand.

    2) Take that last BIO break.

    3) If you smoke (but not in the house) go smoke one.

    4) Visit with spouse, play with kids if you have them.

    5) Watch a movie or two.

    6) Read a book.

    7) Take a nap so that you are fresh when the raid starts.

    8) Go to the forums (the true PVP of DDO) and find something to post about.

    9) Check everyone in the raid on MYDDO and decide that they are GIMPS and you do not want to carry them through the raid. Then rage quit.
    Awesome! I have been in many a raid where people who were waiting from the start, and complaining about how long the raid is taking, suddenly announce they have to go afk and leave for a longish period to bio/makefood/smoke just when we fill. LOL
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    Did you cap your crafting yet?

    Buy back your whole buyback cache, deconstruct it all, craft some shards, decon the shards... by the time you are done the raid should have filled.
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    Quote Originally Posted by toaf View Post
    so.. while waiting for a raid to fill i get REALLY REALLY bored. could you guys let us spar/fight/duel something. make waiting for a raid to fill fun please.
    Devs used this as one of the main reasons for the challenges before U11.
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    It will be nice if more/all wilneress areas was raid friendly.
    There is no much reason you shouldnt be able to run Vale while waiting for Shroud to fil.

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    GW2 dynamic events gets rid of this.

    I think DDO should add something to this effect, waiting forever for a divine/tank sucks.

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    i always take a smoke, or scroll farm, if im lucky ill do both same time

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    Very, very unlikely to happen but if something like this could ever be implemented it would be very cool : D

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    i was thinking more of something like let the party members spar eachother. would at least make it so we didnt have to go anywhere
    i find myself and others saying "glad im not paying for this ****" vip from ftp beta till 10.9.2012 fix it...fix it Now!

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    Quote Originally Posted by toaf View Post
    i was thinking more of something like let the party members spar eachother. would at least make it so we didnt have to go anywhere
    NO thanks I dont want some clown always challenging me while we wait for a group to fill then taunting me when I refuse to do something I find pointless and booring.


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    Subterrane and house c are both raid wildernesses which make for a good choice when waiting. It would be nice if there were more places you can go in a raid party...

    Subterrane is a nice challenge but quite doable with the right toon (evasion helps)
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    Quote Originally Posted by toaf View Post
    i was thinking more of something like let the party members spar eachother. would at least make it so we didnt have to go anywhere
    You can do that already! Go to a tavern and talk to the guy by the brawling pit. He will set up a deathmatch or capture the flag arena for you.

    Or you can simply use the brawling pit. The house D and J ones are almost always empty.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kmnh View Post
    You can do that already! Go to a tavern and talk to the guy by the brawling pit. He will set up a deathmatch or capture the flag arena for you.
    Can't do a CTF/Team Deathmatch match while in a raid party.

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