Donate 6 Astral Shards

[Systern]

c'mon now, really?

When you're wandering around the Wheloon Prison wilderness area, there's the "Natives" that you can talk to to leave the area. It's basically the same thing as freeing slaves in underdark or House of Broken Chains.


Except there's the option to "Donate 6 Astral Shards" to free them...

and it's the First dialog option.


How much money do you think is going to be lost by misclicks or not reading the dialog?


Paying for the convenience should be the characters LAST resort, not their default, go to, first option....

[ProducerRowan]

Please bug it. Intended that the skill checks are your first option.

[danotmano1998]

So is this intended to be put in everywhere in the game?

Can't kill the boss? 50 shards!
Can't open that secret door? 20 shards! (Already in game now)
Can't open elite? 10 shards!
Can't get the loot you want? 5 shards! (Already in game now)


Really???

I knew it was only a matter of time before these started seeping into the game more, but this goes above and beyond what I thought you guys were willing to do.

[patang01]

That option was a bummer as well. I don't mind you making money so DDO can continue running but this is just wrong.

Wrong on so many levels.

[chrisdinus7]

So is this intended to be put in everywhere in the game?

Can't kill the boss? 50 shards!
Can't open that secret door? 20 shards! (Already in game now)
Can't open elite? 10 shards!
Can't get the loot you want? 5 shards! (Already in game now)


Really???

I knew it was only a matter of time before these started seeping into the game more, but this goes above and beyond what I thought you guys were willing to do.

All of those basically already exist. You can buy elite unlocks in the store.

There is no kill the boss option, but you can get pots and rez cakes to ensure victory. Barring that, you can buy the loot from other players anyway.

Still the price here seems extreme, and too easy to accidentally use.

[Glenalth]

This is just like the bells of opening being usable for freeing slaves from collars.

It is somewhat annoying in both cases since you can't get these things in game other than incredibly rare drops.

[Zzevel]

Please bug it. Intended that the skill checks are your first option.

Can we bug report your error in this type of logic?

[Keldornn]

Wow, and I thought the AS re-roll idea was absurd.....this is just saddening really. It seems as though everywhere I look while playing this xpac, I am constantly bombarded with messages or reminders to spend astral shards. Maybe it's just me but every time I see things like this, it makes me NOT want to spend money on this game.

I've been playing DDO just shy of 4 years and have enjoyed every minute of it while also spending a considerable amount of money on the game. Even with all the headaches from bugs, nerfs, horrid drop rates and mind numbing altar crunching (seriously, how hard is it to code a calculator?) but this game is starting to feel like a browser based facebook game to me where everywhere I go, I get spammed with AS options and that is, well, very displeasing to say the least.

Please please please rethink on the direction you are taking this game.