Monster Manuals

[OfElectricMen]

The Monster Manuals need some updates. There's plenty of critters still absent from the MMs (I don't know how many Fire Giants and Will O Wisps I've killed at this point). So we need to start adding the missing critters.

Equally important, though, are the rewards. And the truth is that Art and More Lore are terrible rewards. If you want to keep Art and Lore, that's fine, but toss in like, I don't know, an extra 10 DDO Points or something with them.

But I'll admit it: mostly, I want more Companion rewards. I think the following should provide Companions for Account Mastery rewards:

Animals (All)
Constructs (All)
Elementals (All) - This includes the Mephits (unless you're going to properly reclassify Mephits as Outsiders with Elemental subtypes)
Magical Beasts (all) - This would induce me to spend more time in the Underdark fighting for my miniature Purple Worm companion
Oozes (All)
Undead: Skeleton (could be the skeleton of any of the other companion types), Zombie (ditto), Shadow

For the ones that don't provide Companions, you could add a choice of whatever the current Account Mastery reward is or a free piece of companion gear.

[erethizon]

I would definitely like to see them prioritize making more Monster Manuals until every enemy you encounter in the entire game is in a Monster Manual. The only possible exception would be if fewer than 10 types of opponents remain that are not in a Monster Manual (and in that case a new Monster Manual should be added upon adding the 10th uncovered category of monster to the game).

[Yokido]

^ /Signed, have a MM that covers nearly all species. But I do think they've done an excellent job already, considering how much good effort they put into those books.

Perhaps a benefit for finishing an entire Monster Manual chapter? Maybe a MM-specific currency and 3-4 NPCs that form a monster hunting society (Unique Bane augments!)?

[JohnFlory]

Yeah. MMs would be the kind of thing I'd be all over, if there was at least some value in them. They're fun, cool and fill my OCD requirement, but ultimately they still feel like a waste of points/money.

[Alrik_Fassbauer]

The MM UI could be a little bit bigger, too.

[erethizon]

Yeah. MMs would be the kind of thing I'd be all over, if there was at least some value in them. They're fun, cool and fill my OCD requirement, but ultimately they still feel like a waste of points/money.

They are actually the only thing I am willing to purchase when not on sale. It is far more rewarding to kill things when I know there is a point to doing so.