If you could IMPROVE a quest with one thing what would it be?

[SpartanKiller13]

I forgot about that... maybe its not as hard coded as I was thinking. Hmmm it opens up interesting possibilities. I still think any quest or wilderness with a stable should have a non-interactable horse placed there for set-dressing. Makes the environment more immersive. For instance, a horse could be added to the stable outside the Harper Lodge in Detour or even the Barn portion of A Stay at the Inn.

I think part of that is just the models? But yeah I agree now that they have quite a few horse models they could take a look at some older quests over time

Also having 3 horses at one stable and none at another makes more sense to me than 1 in ever stable, but YMMV

[Aelonwy]

I think part of that is just the models? But yeah I agree now that they have quite a few horse models they could take a look at some older quests over time

Also having 3 horses at one stable and none at another makes more sense to me than 1 in ever stable, but YMMV

Oh I didn't mean that they should uniformly place just one horse in every stable but that they should pepper the places that already exist and should have logically had a horse or horses with horses now that they exist as creatures/models.

Likewise some of the places that should have sea creatures but do not because they were so late in the game to being created should have some sea creatures added. Such as Ataraxia's Haven could use a Sea Lion rare and crabs perhaps in place of or in addition to the scorpions. 3BC would be better with crabs too. A sea lion rare would also not go amiss in some corner of Into the Deep.

By using the turn of phrase "nice touch" I reminded myself of an earlier thread of mine that would make another singular but quality improvement:
https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...little-touches

Namely adding a pixie to the fairy ring in KotB.

[Jerevth]

If there's going to be exposition, or any long dialogue by an NPC critical to finishing the quest, just make sure killing them "too fast" doesn't break the quest. Please. (Maybe hear the dialogue through a closed door, one that then opens only once they're done, whatever it takes!)

I'd add this-
Implement: Once a quest is completed, there's a "Yep" option that allows you to bypass the flag=complete the dialogue requirements.
It would also cast expeditious retreat on Elminster....

[Palor0]

Puzzle reset buttons or levers would be amazing!

[Tilomere]

Put a 60 second limit on "You must gather your party."

[SpartanKiller13]

Put a 60 second limit on "You must gather your party."

Everyone not gathered by then is teleported to the marketplace /s

But this is also a solution I'm down for

[cdbd3rd]

...
t.. Restless Isles ....

Remove the requirement of a quest item to access the hallway where a rare encounter spawns - or at least change the spawn rate for that encounter to 100%.

My last time in there, I pre-farmed five statuettes, and had 5 failed hallway checks.

[Kielbasa]

Intentionally feeding Garko yourself or a friend give him haste boost.

Mass disable traps in slavers.

[Cantor]

No more actual quest item like keys in inventory. Just flag all the party to use it.

[Sir_Noob]

Devil Assault - gong

Let me fix this for you.

gong should read - More Cowbell!

[Sunnie]

I would improve EVERY quest by adding 1-2% chance for all chests to be mimics.

[yfernbottom]

Brawnpits should be unkillable at the end of a Small Problem. He obviously knows some magic, have him hunker down and activate a magic force field that stops all incoming damage once he gets down to25% health.

Having the one part of the quest that is most likely to fail occur in the last 30 seconds of the quest is incredibly annoying. It makes me absolutely dread what is otherwise a really interesting quest chain.

[Enoach]

This one change would likely affect multiple quests - Fix maps that have multiple floors so people can actually see where they are or potentially others.

[Oliphant]

Sometimes when you zone into an underwater quest, there's a lag and the blue green haze does not load in right away, and before that happens it looks AMAZING. Remove the blue green haze or make it like 20% of current opacity.

[GeoffWatson]

Brawnpits should be unkillable at the end of a Small Problem. He obviously knows some magic, have him hunker down and activate a magic force field that stops all incoming damage once he gets down to25% health.

Having the one part of the quest that is most likely to fail occur in the last 30 seconds of the quest is incredibly annoying. It makes me absolutely dread what is otherwise a really interesting quest chain.

Give him Death Ward as well.
Him dying to an instant kill spell totally sucks.

[voxson5]

I had an idea, if you could could improve a quest/an adventure set/a wilderness with just one addition or change what would it be?

Remove invisible walls - any quest or explorer area.

DDO has some of the most fun freedom to move around and enjoy the verticality of the environment. We're not rooted when we take actions, we can have a billion hotbar'd effects to activate, and we can jump around. Wish there was far more 'depth' to the newer quests instead of just a basic single level with a few ramps and map change overs.

But back on topic. Stuff like the stupid invisible walls in the explorer area of saltmarsh on the run up the hill to haunting of saltmash and around the building is just lazy bad design, and makes no sense.

[GramercyRiff]

The entire section in slave lords 2 where you go underground or wherever you are. Just delete it.

While we're deleting things, get rid of all quest flagging. Low population just cannot abide this bad design.

[cru121]

I like these:

No more actual quest item like keys in inventory. Just flag all the party to use it.

This one change would likely affect multiple quests - Fix maps that have multiple floors so people can actually see where they are or potentially others.

Split ToEE 2 end fight into a standalone quest/raid. The final area is large enough to add some encounters en route.
If that's out of scope... add a teleporter to the final area for all the poor people dying, releasing, and reentering.

[Qui-Gon-Jim]

The Newcomers platforming bit- move the 2nd target lever a bit so it would be more easily targetable without arrows getting stuck on the ledge.

OR I would also settle for a bridge over the chasm.

[Strider1963]

For Gods sakes, speed up Cyan in Partycrashers. Of course on the plus side, if you wanna go eat your lunch, you wont make the quest any longer.