Downtime Notice: 7:00 AM - 3:00 PM Eastern (-4 GMT) Thursday, October 22nd

[Frelorn]

UPDATE: Khyber and all of the other game worlds have reopened!

The DDO Game Servers and myaccount.turbine.com will be brought down on Thursday, October 22nd from 7:00 AM - 3:00 PM Eastern (-4 GMT) to release Update 28 Patch 1 and the new DDO Store. Thanks for your patience, and we'll see you back in the game soon!

[Drwaz99]

2 official days of Lama. Lol.

Also, Not showing up in the Dev tracker.

[Steve_Howe]

2 official days of Lama. Lol.

Also, Not showing up in the Dev tracker.

Community Managers have the option of whether their posts show up in the Dev Tracker or not.

My guess is Frelorn forgot to turn it on for this post.

[JOTMON]

Community Managers have the option of whether their posts show up in the Dev Tracker or not.

My guess is Frelorn forgot to turn it on for this post.

or he didn't want anyone to notice..

[Morroiel]

The DDO Game Servers and myaccount.turbine.com will be brought down on Thursday, October 22nd from 7:00 AM - 3:00 PM Eastern (-4 GMT) to release Update 28 Patch 1 and the new DDO Store. Thanks for your patience, and we'll see you back in the game soon!

You've GOT TO BE KIDDING ME?!?

2 days for balance changes to be tested on lamannia?

Can you guys please start listening to players? A balance patch with this many ramifications shouldn't be rushed out the door. I beg you to listen to your playerbase for once.

[Duhboy]

You've GOT TO BE KIDDING ME?!?

2 days for balance changes to be tested on lamannia?

Can you guys please start listening to players? A balance patch with this many ramifications shouldn't be rushed out the door. I beg you to listen to your playerbase for once.

They won't listen to the playerbase because they are more interested in nerfing everything. And with this patch starts the death of DDO it was fun while it lasted.

[Qhualor]

They won't listen to the playerbase because they are more interested in nerfing everything. And with this patch starts the death of DDO it was fun while it lasted.

heh, ive been hearing this for 6 years.

[Powerhungry]

heh, ive been hearing this for 6 years.

Me too.
Sadly, I think this one may be right

[Duhboy]

heh, ive been hearing this for 6 years.

So have I.... in other games that continually pulled this kind of sh*t. And they all fell through. Some people have already quit and went to other games and I don't blame them.

[Uska]

So have I.... in other games that continually pulled this kind of sh*t. And they all fell through. Some people have already quit and went to other games and I don't blame them.

they would have left anyways and name one game that is 1% as good

[blerkington]

heh, ive been hearing this for 6 years.

Hi,

The fact that it hasn't come true yet doesn't mean it never will. Let's not get too complacent here.

Then there's the issue of declining player numbers. Bleeding to death from a large number of small cuts is not really any better than a single massive heart attack.

Thanks.

[Qhualor]

Hi,

The fact that it hasn't come true yet doesn't mean it never will. Let's not get too complacent here.

Then there's the issue of declining player numbers. Bleeding to death from a large number of small cuts is not really any better than a single massive heart attack.

Thanks.

yep one day they will be right. I think you are reading more into my post though. it was just a comment i can say after playing for 6 years hearing the same thing every single update.

I don't deny declining numbers, but there is a lot more to it than one or two things or whats happening in the next patch. I do think some people are being a little over the top about the changes. all ive seen in these threads is "MY build will be broken" when it affects ALL melee and warlock builds. my characters will be just as "gimped" as the guy next to me. ill sound like a broken record, but I haven't seen any unplayable classes in 6 years despite the hundreds of changes. logging into Lamania and seeing not even 100 players logged in at any given time and some of them beating the snot out of a kobold for "testing" and using that as a true basis of information tells me that maybe people are just afraid of change without truly checking things out. keep in mind though that I have said my opinion on these changes and I don't like all of them, but I do like the intent behind it. I even suggested to Sev that I would PM him videos if character copy would work. one thing that Sev is right about is that some of the same people that suggested balance changes, even the most ridiculous of suggestions, have done a 180 degree turn.

[Kuttamia]

They won't listen to the playerbase because they are more interested in nerfing everything. And with this patch starts the death of DDO it was fun while it lasted.

Ddo is not going anywhere mate, that "death" prediction have been going on for years and there are no evidence to suggest any going concern problem with this game.

[Kylstrem]

"We will Balance this game with EXTREME PREJUDICE!!!!"

[Gothdom]

I don't think this patch will be good. I think it should've been postponed. I don't understand how they still go through with it after the backlash it got from everyone. Although, maybe the forums ended up being as vocal as usual... Maybe someone from Turbine can express why 18.1 is still green lighted?

[Strider1963]

Ddo is not going anywhere mate, that "death" prediction have been going on for years and there are no evidence to suggest any going concern problem with this game.

Just remember, if nerfs such as this make people unhappy (and I know quite a few that are), sooner or later the proverbial "Straw that broke the camels back" will be reached, and the servers will be even more sparsely populated than they are now, and any game will lot survive long with less and less paying players....

[ForumFrenzy]

Ddo is not going anywhere mate, that "death" prediction have been going on for years and there are no evidence to suggest any going concern problem with this game.

No concern, other than a steady shedding of player base that is: http://ddoracle.com/Traffic.html

[jalont]

No concern, other than a steady shedding of player base that is: http://ddoracle.com/Traffic.html

That coincides with the buffing of characters and lack of challenge.

[Zzevel]

They won't listen to the playerbase because they are more interested in nerfing everything. And with this patch starts the death of DDO it was fun while it lasted.

It isn't the death, but it is subscribers lost.. and at this point we are getting pretty slim on those around here... A game fix is supposed to make like better, yes you have the people it does not affect and the nodders who like to see the more powerful nerfed, but in the end you have a lot of players and invested time (and money) who just got the Turbine 'Too Bad' we made the change and already got your money so you can quit now if you want.

No I am not leaving but i am sad that I do know people who are angry and plan to leave (ok, i'm a little happy to see at least 1 person go). I do have around 5 or 6 toons pretty severely affected (I like flavor of the month toons) where 2 +5 Heart's is simply not enough to fix them. I know I am done spending money in the store (and I do spend quite a bit) because I don't feel I should pay to make changes to something I spent so much time on the first time around that is now broken because someone else changed their mind.

There is a middle ground to appease the player-base and Fred for 5 days isn't it. Throw us a carrot, an LR+5 won't fix anything a +3 wouldn't fix (you splash either 2 or 6), what about Fred for 30 days and a coupon for 4 +3 LR's? It doesn't solve all my problems and it still takes my time to make the changes, but it shows that you care about the larger accounts with 20+ playing toons as well as that person who has 1 toon. They can use 1 heart on a 2 level splash or 2 for a 6 level splash. Hey they can use all 4 to remove a 12 level splash if need be, it isn't a +20 for everyone but hey the 95% of build really shouldn't need a +20 (they just want them).

[Uska]

They won't listen to the playerbase because they are more interested in nerfing everything. And with this patch starts the death of DDO it was fun while it lasted.

1. ddo will be here for awhile

2. Its not really nerfing its rolling back some of the powercreep that never should have been done haven't you seen all the threads on how the game is to easy? I would rather they roll us back then beef up the mobs more because then they might have to beef us up again and continue the power creep