To return or not return???

[~retbarrier]

DDO will hang around for years...just as asherron's has. Once the novelty of Neverwinter wears off, people will trickle back to DDO. DDO may never be the biggest or shiniest, but DDO is not going away.

No doubt of that. As I said, I still like DDO. Also I would add that DDO is much much better than NWO.
Most of the people that I spoke with said that the LFM is empty, and server populations are decaying. That's why I created this topic. I will consider that you think it worh the shot then.

How on Eberron are you defining "casual" and "hardcore"? Time played? Presence on forums? Use of FotM builds? TRing or not TRing?

You can make the game easy. You can make the game hard. Adjust according to preference.

Trying to set up a guild for EPIC ELITE only probably won't do so well. Most characters will need to run other stuff to get to the point of being able to do them. Most of the characters currently able to do EE content are happy running with their current guild.
Advertising as an EPIC ELITE-only guild is likely not going to attract the sort of people that many would like to share a guild with

I'm not here to argue what's the concept of casual or hardcore and ****. I asked: does the game worth of coming back??
Also, my guild doesn't recruit, its more a family than a guild, so I don't care if I don't attract more player with my new policy of EE.

Ty for your replies

[Loromir]

No doubt of that. As I said, I still like DDO. Also I would add that DDO is much much better than NWO.
Most of the people that I spoke with said that the LFM is empty, and server populations are decaying. That's why I created this topic. I will consider that you think it worh the shot then.



I'm not here to argue what's the concept of casual or hardcore and ****. I asked: does the game worth of coming back??
Also, my guild doesn't recruit, its more a family than a guild, so I don't care if I don't attract more player with my new policy of EE.

Ty for your replies

This forum must be bugged or something, because I really don't remember making that 2nd post your quoted.

[~retbarrier]

Well, I just returned and I just TRed my healer.
Server population looks okay for me, many LFG ups. Lag as used to be and I not yet faced any bug.
I hited on a Elite Chrono, but mostly of players didn't know what they were doing, I believe the main problem was the lack of the leadership (pt leader wasn't doing his job).

Overall, the game looks okay I also would like to say OH GOD! It feels good to return. \o/ \o/ \o/

[thesnoman]

Personal opinions here - please take them as such.

1 - Server population seems good to me - PuGs fill fairly quickly for the most part, and there's plenty to choose from during peak hours EST.

2 - Epic Elite groups can be hard to come by as Guilds tend to run together and there are private channels that are "invite only" where the better players on the server tend to hang out and group together to avoid the drama and questions that come with PuGs.

3 - Most bugs aren't game breaking like the ranged attack bug was. They come and go - every update attempts to fix some bugs and usually creates a few more.

4 - Epic Destinies has blurred the line between "casual" and "hardcore" players, as has end game loot and the Astral Shard Auction House. The good news is that the "Best" end game gear is now divided into EPIC, Epic Hard, and Epic Elite depending on the level of the quest you obtain the loot in. EE Gear is usually worth the grind it takes to get it.

5 - I'm not one that runs much in Eveningstar - I like Eberron. But for me content is content - I'll run it all. There is another Forgotten Realms expansion coming out later this summer so if you like that content, there's more to be had.

6 - Lag - I rarely get it and I'm running on a 3 year old laptop. When it happens, it sucks and it usually affects the whole party and instance...sometimes it's server wide, but that's usually only when the server is crashing.

7 - There is an enhancement pass coming SOON... but who knows if that means 3 monthe, six months, a year, or more. I played around on Lamania when the public alpha was going on and I let me feelings about many things be known...hopefully there are some tweaks and some major changes before the next trial, Beta, and eventually it going Live.

8 - Take a few minutes, update your client, and jump in the game. Personally I think end game is better than it ever has been. It's still grindy, but that's what alts are for (keep 1-2 toons at cap and run other content with alts when you get bored with end game) The new raid is a blast when done right and can be a disaster if even one person doesn't understand what to do.

I'm personally enjoying DDO now more than I have since before MoTU was released.