DDO 10th Anniversary Celebration

[Dreppo]

I would love to see housing added as a DDO feature, but I don't think this is appropriate for the anniversary. The anniversary usually has an EVENT associated with it. I think the anniversary should have an exciting, immersive event. I wasn't here when devils invaded Stormreach. But something like that. Maybe dragons? Some kind of server-wide event that would bring people together to fight for a common need. And maybe one that alters Stormreach permanently (like when the market tent was destroyed).

[The_Human_Cypher]

I would love to see housing added as a DDO feature, but I don't think this is appropriate for the anniversary. The anniversary usually has an EVENT associated with it. I think the anniversary should have an exciting, immersive event. I wasn't here when devils invaded Stormreach. But something like that. Maybe dragons? Some kind of server-wide event that would bring people together to fight for a common need. And maybe one that alters Stormreach permanently (like when the market tent was destroyed).

Yes, a Live Event with a new raid or quest from the event's story line added to the game afterwards would be the best anniversary gift that DDO could give to the community. My main concern about a Live Event is that there would probably be massive lag from trying to run the event on the servers. Lag has gotten worse it seems (I have had almost no problems with lag myself) from the Devil Assault days and running the Live Event may end up driving people away from the game instead.

If the developers are willing to write a live anniversary event, what does everyone think of my airship battle suggestion? Something involving dragons would be fun as well, as you mention above.

[Douglas21]

A live event with magnitude and lasting consequences similar in scale to the Devil Invasion would be great. I would especially like it if the details were kept secret, revealed only in game as the event progressed, for a strong surprise and investigation factor.

"A bearded devil just killed me in the Marketplace!??!? *** is going on?"
*quest notice pops up* "Defend against the devil invaders!"

[SisAmethyst]

...Player Housing is not it, I'm sorry.

I agree there (sadly can't give more rep right now)

Things that might be it:

The Lord of Blades deciding to march on Stormreach, cue random battles all over the place, think Mabar/Cove in terms of how spawns might work.

The Hags deciding to finish off their Droam plotline finally and march on Stormreach... yes this is the same idea as lord of blades but with different enemies

...

Some interesting ideas there and I would love to see some Stormreach questing arcs being continued, there is still so much potential in Eberron!

[dontmater]

one 10 year old cake for every year the account played. tine to separate the men from mice

[Kawai]

Good stuff Op.
dunno about housing tho.

id personally go for a cameo crossover w/ Game of Thrones.
~slay the three dragons~ :P

besides, elves live in Trees, or something?
-i dun wanna start my day -every day- when logging in, @Kings Forest.

im purrfectly happy presuming meh toons live on a flying... ship.

and also?
those Trailer Parks that i swear some of u reside in?
-would like be sooo wrong in our lovely marketplace.

[Daine]

How about a personal cabin on the guild airship? It could just be another option when you click on the top deck door to go to your cabin, once inside you could invite people on board to come to your cabin.

Of course I don't see it happening, but making player housing a cabin would certainly reduce the development load.

[Flavilandile]

LOTRO is giving out cosmetic gifts and other goodies to VIP and Premium players for its 8th anniversary, based on the tenure of their accounts.

Now how do you calculate the tenure in DDO for us European Refugees ?

While for LoTRO it is easy, they moved the whole servers in the US ( and updated the client to point towards the right servers ), for DDO we had to recreate new accounts on which our characters
were dumped. I'm convinced that Turbine has no clue ( and know way to know ) who from Europe is a Founder, a first month player or a late comer to the game ( before transfer ).

So should they calculate from the date we created the account ? or consider us as First Month players ?

[acdccod]

one 10 year old cake for every year the account played. tine to separate the men from mice

Great idea

[Pehtis]

Every player get one free birthday character slot. It is a unique event only character slot. It will be a 28pt character (yes you heard me 28 pointer ). Race and Classes will be limited to those that were there in the original year.

Only this slot can be used during the event and get the birthday rewards. Everyone starts at level 1.

That unique character is immune to all Guild Buffs (no buffs for you). It will have no access to shared bank. In game mail will also be disabled for that specific character (no freebie stuff from Alts). Character trades will also be disabled. Grouping will be limited to your level range. Basically the idea is that you are all alone with no one to give you a helping hand after your shipwreck in this strange world except your fellow players who are equally stranded.

Special daily quest will be introduced to go meet a particular NPC or maybe several NPC's in Stormreach (similar to the mechanism for crafting hall guy). That way you get to visit and note different parts of the town you have previously ignored. Each quest completion gives a cake piece. 5 pieces can be turned in for a complete Lesser birthday cake or something like that.


* Those that get that dedicated event character to level 10, get a UNIQUE special birthday cake.

* There will also be a special Saga Event that will require the completion of ALL dungeon quests at level 10 and under (which of course will be listed). Normal, Hard, Elite version of that saga will have a special prize called SAGA BIRTHDAY CAKE (these will have seriously good prize). It will be Bound To Account.

Levelling experience is doubled (or whatever number is required) for that DDO Birthday character to ensure you can do all level 1-10 quests on Normal, Hard, Elite and still remain within level range.












p.s Maybe something like this will make level 1-10 quest very popular ensuring NEW players checking the game out during this hopefully promoted event period get into some good groups and hang around afterwards.

[The_Human_Cypher]

Guild Wars (not Guild Wars 2) is planning its 10th Anniversary celebration this month. The game has been in "maintenance mode" (no updates) for about two years now but they are still having a birthday bash with events and gifts.

http://massivelyop.net/2015/04/16/gu...ampaign=buffer

"Players can participate in several events including dodgeball and rollerbeetle racing. There will be a new pet for Rangers (the Hound of Balthazar) and birthday present vouchers for characters eight years or older."

If a game that is no longer being actively developed can have an event like this, I think that DDO should be able to swing a live event for its 10th anniversary.

[General_Gronker]

This is the one thing that really frustrates me...

Is yelling at people for yelling who aren't yelling, let alone about what you seem to think they are yelling about? Yeah, that sounds like it would be frustrating. So . . . stop doing it?

The airship idea is only barely slightly better than the housing idea (IOW, it's not very good). But don't stop trying to think of stuff!

[The_Human_Cypher]

Is yelling at people for yelling who aren't yelling, let alone about what you seem to think they are yelling about? Yeah, that sounds like it would be frustrating. So . . . stop doing it?

The airship idea is only barely slightly better than the housing idea (IOW, it's not very good). But don't stop trying to think of stuff!

The Live Event for the 10th Anniversary could instead build on the Shavarath / Vale of Twilight story line that is going to be developed with Updates 26 and 27 later this year. The Live Event could even be Devil Invasion II: The Sequel! The mechanics for this live event already exist, so reworking it for the 10th anniversary is probably doable.

[Enderoc]

Forget adding stuff!

How about fixing the basic and bring this game back to some glory... hey maybe even a little advertisement..
I can set you guys up with my people, It's really cheap if your promoting a game the rest of your company hasnt forgot about.


But yea, No player housing. I see that making things worse as far as stability.
And this game isnt WoW.
ALOT of the stuff I see you guys suggest is just gangked from WoW




WAIT WAIT WAIT maybe turbine can take..

LoTR, DDO, That batman game and what ever else they produce and take the main toons from each game and put them in a Click and Blast play style...

We can call it.. Tactical Turbine Team Play TTTP For short.

OR we can put all our favorite mobs and toons on cards...
We can call it...... THE KEY TO EVENINGSTAR!

Get it... cause the key to eveningstar is kinda like a hearth.....
You dont get it, its cool.

And EVERY anniversary only happens once.. Kinda the whole thing with numbers, They go in sequence and keep going.

Unless your get divorced alot then you can have alot of 1ST's!

Dude go home ganked from WOW, you are a nut. Seriously... go home.

[Enderoc]

How about a dice cup with 2-D/10s in it (D&D 10 ) where we have 10 days and 10 rolls for random prizes (no card crunching). Including plus 7 tomes for both skills and stats. As for housing , they could do small airships not guild affiliated...no buffs just a housing/inventory unit. I could see selling an airship with an adventure pack. The Navigator will only go where the players have already gone in their immediate lives.

[The_Human_Cypher]

How about a dice cup with 2-D/10s in it (D&D 10 ) where we have 10 days and 10 rolls for random prizes (no card crunching). Including plus 7 tomes for both skills and stats. As for housing , they could do small airships not guild affiliated...no buffs just a housing/inventory unit. I could see selling an airship with an adventure pack. The Navigator will only go where the players have already gone in their immediate lives.

This is an interesting idea. Dice instead of cards, with nothing to dupe (presumably). A live event would be more memorable and add a new quest or raid to the game.

[salmag]

I would like a gnome playable race (which I've wanted for the past 10 years). Add Kalashtar, Shifter, WF Scout to the mix as well.

I would like familiars for Wizards/Sorcerers, along with the ability to brew potions.

I would like animal companions for Rangers.

I would like a more refined, i.e. better, crafting system.

Seeing how ALL of my "would likes" should have been added within the 10 years since DDO was developed, I hope that happens.

[The_Human_Cypher]

I would like a gnome playable race (which I've wanted for the past 10 years). Add Kalashtar, Shifter, WF Scout to the mix as well.

I would like familiars for Wizards/Sorcerers, along with the ability to brew potions.

I would like animal companions for Rangers.

I would like a more refined, i.e. better, crafting system.

Seeing how ALL of my "would likes" should have been added within the 10 years since DDO was developed, I hope that happens.

Brewing potions for wizards, warlocks, etc. can be added when the crafting system is revised, which is unlikely to happen until 2016. I hope that the new crafting system has additional features instead of just bringing everything that exists now up to level.

As of the 10th anniversary, a live event would be superior to just gifts or cosmetics. We have had some suggestions so far like Devil Assault II but are there any more?

[Wierdattacx]

I'd like to see the anniversary cards made usable again since I'm not the only one who saved a lot of theirs to use or trade and am now stuck with a bag full of unusable cards with so much potential

[The_Human_Cypher]

One further thought regarding the 10th Anniversary event in February: kobolds jumping out of a giant 10th Anniversary birthday cake must somehow be included during the event. That is all.