Frustrated with the dev team

[MeleeAddicted]

https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...ancement-trees
https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...t=#post6144017
https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...81#post6261281
https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...24#post6263524
https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...97#post6259897
https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...86#post6257586
+1 in-game.

Still not a single reply from the dev team and of course no-fix.


Thanks a lot!!! I really hope, you are getting the same customer service anywhere.

[Crazeyred]

https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...ancement-trees
https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...t=#post6144017
https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...81#post6261281
https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...24#post6263524
https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...97#post6259897
https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...86#post6257586
+1 in-game.

Still not a single reply from the dev team and of course no-fix.


Thanks a lot!!! I really hope, you are getting the same customer service anywhere.

They have a CS system out side of Game and sorry but the Forums isn't it..

[Andu_Indorin]

They have a CS system out side of Game and sorry but the Forums isn't it..

Customer service? I don't think they can address the issue of a bug.

And last time I checked, they didn't seem to be addressing anything at all …

[MeleeAddicted]

They have a CS system out side of Game and sorry but the Forums isn't it..

I have already reported the bug the way you are saying and I only got an automatic message.

[jkalten]

Incoming description change in 3 .. 2 ..
=)

[MeleeAddicted]

Updating post.. The bug still exist. It has changed a bit though, now I always get a flat 20hp. It used to give me temporary hp(amplified with melee power) just once, when i first trained the enhancement.

[MeleeAddicted]

Updating post.. The bug still exist. It has changed a bit though, now I always get a flat 20hp. It used to give me temporary hp(amplified with melee power) just once, when i first trained the enhancement.

I will keep updatiing the post till i get an answer and a fix at last.

The bug still exist.

I also figure out that the feedback(vicious strike) does nothing when the enemy cast a spell. The debuff that i see in-game is also wrong, it says it does 10d10 damage on spellcast.

From in-game description:
Vicious Strike:
Melee Attack: Deals +1/+3/+5[W] damage and inflicts Feedback on the enemy for 6/12/18 seconds. (Cooldown: 12 seconds)
Feedback - On Spellcast: Caster suffers 6-60 force damage. This damage is increased by the target's Spell Power.

[MeleeAddicted]

I will keep updatiing the post till i get an answer and a fix at last.

The bug still exist.

I also figure out that the feedback(vicious strike) does nothing when the enemy cast a spell. The debuff that i see in-game is also wrong, it says it does 10d10 damage on spellcast.

From in-game description:
Vicious Strike:
Melee Attack: Deals +1/+3/+5[W] damage and inflicts Feedback on the enemy for 6/12/18 seconds. (Cooldown: 12 seconds)
Feedback - On Spellcast: Caster suffers 6-60 force damage. This damage is increased by the target's Spell Power.

Updating post... The bugs still exist. Still no reply from anyone.

[SpartanKiller13]

Thanks a lot!!! I really hope, you are getting the same customer service anywhere.

Still faster than Comcast.

[LightBear]

I'm just pleased that one member of the dev team finds it fun to figure out what the heck is going on rules wise in the "sources" of DDO.
And is vocal enough to share it with the community when she spots something off plus has enough power to make changes how she sees fit.

[MistaMagic]

https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...ancement-trees
https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...t=#post6144017
https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...81#post6261281
https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...24#post6263524
https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...97#post6259897
https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...86#post6257586
+1 in-game.

Still not a single reply from the dev team and of course no-fix.


Thanks a lot!!! I really hope, you are getting the same customer service anywhere.

Ok I have to ask that "What makes you so Special" that the Dev team have to drop everything to sort your bug, loads of people have things that are bugged but I do not see them repeatedly whining

[TitusOvid]

Well, he found a bug and reported it. Is it unreasonable to think that bugs get fixed? A lot of players just don't care anymore or don't expect anything faster because we gave up or we are fed up with the bug fixing. Doesn't mean SSG could do a better job.

Cheers,
Titus.

[janave]

There is a patch coming with some decent fixes.

I have a strong feeling that your frustration is misdirected, and likely you may wanna consider to let the production/management know to raise the priority on fixing existing stuff, and that they may want more Q/A personnel, or find a way to clone Lynnabel + Steelstar + Coco, whichever they find feasible.


In-development things take precedence, they probably should for best results, however..

IMO, a good practice would be every year to release one major bug fixing patch, yup all fixes, including items, enhancements and quests, and hopefully large improvements for storage systems. DDO occasionally is heavy on sideways production, a patch focusing on the core values, and quality perception would serve a ton of good long term. Maybe it is harder to measure but players taking fewer and smaller breaks from the game is also money!


Developers often have to sacrifice a ton of their own times to get around these bugfixes, that is a lot to ask honestly directly from someone who gets paid for the same office hours, outside the developer culture people often underestimate the mental space used up for "looks tiny on the surface" bug type stuff :d.

[MeleeAddicted]

Ok I have to ask that "What makes you so Special" that the Dev team have to drop everything to sort your bug, loads of people have things that are bugged but I do not see them repeatedly whining

Nothing makes me special. This bug exist from update 19 and as it seems to me, it will never be fixed. However, a reply would be worthy from them, to let me know that they will fix it when they have the time to do it. All the other games I have played (that i pay for the game) they dont want to have any bugs and they keep chasing for any new bugs that may occur. I am not saying is easy to do on a 13-14 year old game with lots of different programmers.

[LiquidZombie]

This game has dozens, if not hundreds of bugs. Some of them (for example guard items not doing their correct amount of damage) have been unfixed for literally years.

Yes, it's annoying and frustrating, but if you think they're suddenly going to drop everything else and fix your particular bug if you just spam the forums enough times, I'm afraid you have some very unrealistic expectations of how this particular game is developed.

[MeleeAddicted]

This game has dozens, if not hundreds of bugs. Some of them (for example guard items not doing their correct amount of damage) have been unfixed for literally years.

Yes, it's annoying and frustrating, but if you think they're suddenly going to drop everything else and fix your particular bug if you just spam the forums enough times, I'm afraid you have some very unrealistic expectations of how this particular game is developed.

I wanted to ask a question because my mathematics skill is not as good as I thought. This will help me stop re-posting every update. I was trying to figure out how many temporary hit points I would get if the skill was working.


Vampiric Bond: At Weapon Bond 100+, your weapon provides you 20 temporary hitpoints when you damage an enemy. These Temporary hit Points scales with 200% Melee Power. This can trigger at most once every 12/9/6 seconds.



The question is how many I would get if I had 250 melee power.

Could someone do the mathematics for me and explain to me how?
Thanks in advance.

[Satyriasys]

Living with countless bugs, design flaws and overall jankyness is a consequence of playing a game from a small studio.

[Discpsycho]

Vampiric Bond: At Weapon Bond 100+, your weapon provides you 20 temporary hitpoints when you damage an enemy. These Temporary hit Points scales with 200% Melee Power. This can trigger at most once every 12/9/6 seconds.

The question is how many I would get if I had 250 melee power.

Could someone do the mathematics for me and explain to me how?

Generally, the formula for melee power scaling is the following:
Damage = baseDamage * (100 + MeleePower)/100

In your case with 250 MP,
Damage = baseDamage*(100+250)/100
=> Damage = baseDamage*3.5
=> Each hit does 3.5x the base damage

Vampiric bond is similar, except that it grants temp HP. If it had normal scaling, you'd get 20 * 3.5, or 70, temporary HP per proc.

Instead, it scales with 200% melee power, so the formula (as far as I know) becomes the following:
TempHP = baseTempHP * (100 + 2*MeleePower)/100.

Plugging in for baseTempHP and MeleePower...
TempHP = 20 * (100 + 2*250)/100
=> TempHP = 20 * (100 + 500)/100
=> TempHP = 20 * 600/100
=> TempHP = 20*6
=> TempHP = 120

I don't have a Barbarian with access to that skill at the moment, so I can't confirm that this equation is correct or that the scaling is working as intended. If you're getting a different number, please let me know and I'll try to figure out what's happening

[MeleeAddicted]

Generally, the formula for melee power scaling is the following:
Damage = baseDamage * (100 + MeleePower)/100

In your case with 250 MP,
Damage = baseDamage*(100+250)/100
=> Damage = baseDamage*3.5
=> Each hit does 3.5x the base damage

Vampiric bond is similar, except that it grants temp HP. If it had normal scaling, you'd get 20 * 3.5, or 70, temporary HP per proc.

Instead, it scales with 200% melee power, so the formula (as far as I know) becomes the following:
TempHP = baseTempHP * (100 + 2*MeleePower)/100.

Plugging in for baseTempHP and MeleePower...
TempHP = 20 * (100 + 2*250)/100
=> TempHP = 20 * (100 + 500)/100
=> TempHP = 20 * 600/100
=> TempHP = 20*6
=> TempHP = 120

I don't have a Barbarian with access to that skill at the moment, so I can't confirm that this equation is correct or that the scaling is working as intended. If you're getting a different number, please let me know and I'll try to figure out what's happening

First of all thanks a lot for the reply. I could not find a way to do it myself...

This skill is currently unavailable due to bug, but I always had the curiosity on how many temp hp I would get.

Since you helped with calculations, I am pretty sure it is not worth all the spam I did...

Probably a rework but who knows only developers may do...

Thanks again!

[Goalt]

They don't patch anything anymore. Probably don't even have a dev team (for bugs) nowadays...