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Gawna Ex Member	Re: What has Turbine done right with DDO? Reply #50 - Nov 5^th, 2012 at 4:08pm	Print Post
	I remember reading on one of the dev's MyDDO pages that the Coal Chamber voice change is totally unintended (NO RLY???). It said they probably had the voice actor try a bunch of different voices and then used the wrong ones which is why it's not consistent.


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scraap Ex Member	Re: What has Turbine done right with DDO? Reply #51 - Nov 5^th, 2012 at 4:10pm	Print Post
	Carpone wrote on Nov 5^th, 2012 at 3:52pm: Examples? Already listed the random encounter node system, so there's that for keeping you guessing once you know the terrain like the back of your hand. Blue vs green random loot + level appropriateness is another, but leaving Canith fallow when it's obvious to anyone that looks at the new exploits they entered into the system when they played with what's a pre/suffix that it's half-automated already. (Maj, consider this my bug report since I was asked to lay off till they 'had more bandwidth' :p) The tech is obviously there for flying mobs judging by the Chronoscope Abishai, and that would add reams to the 3d game, not to mention give a small bump to ranged as utility vs 'just throw bigger numbers at it'. They've got the tech for mines now, but it's neither useful outside of soloing, nor used by mobs in a non-static manner. They've got a dodge score but no touch attack check vs it (since it's the closest PnP concept to the notion) for players or mobs, and seem if anything to be leaning more towards stat-simplification, not more required to do more things, if the PRE writeups are anything to be take as an indication. Should I continue? Edit: Aeolwind wrote on Nov 5^th, 2012 at 4:02pm: Quest flagging like the Crypts & using the flagging mechanic from say Red Fens. And 1000 times this for fucking Threnal already goddamnit.
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Tobril Honourary Australian Offline Hi Welcome Posts: 744 Joined: Aug 29^th, 2010	Re: What has Turbine done right with DDO? Reply #52 - Nov 5^th, 2012 at 5:05pm	Print Post
	My post wasy back when: http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=325048 Basically D&D online spelled the doom for me avoiding MMO's. Spell animations look like they probably should. Same for sounds. Artwork is generally pretty good. Bugs are silly out of control right now and hopefully they get a chance to pay down some technical debt and fix a lot of things.


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Glenalth Puppy Farmer Offline Not banned, just bored Posts: 1602 Location: Albuquerque Joined: Sep 13^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: What has Turbine done right with DDO? Reply #53 - Nov 5^th, 2012 at 7:05pm	Print Post
	Carpone wrote on Nov 5^th, 2012 at 3:20pm: You must be playing a different game than I am.� Voice acting in DDO is horrendously done.� Gianthold falsetto voices make my ears bleed.� The only voice acting Turbine did well is getting the actor for Deckard CainEliminster, but he's got very little dialogue so far. It should have been Ed Greenwood.


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mystafyi Abbot Raider Offline I Love Drama! Posts: 836 Joined: Nov 10^th, 2010	Re: What has Turbine done right with DDO? Reply #54 - Nov 5^th, 2012 at 7:25pm	Print Post
	Carpone wrote on Nov 5^th, 2012 at 12:08am: What MMOs are you comparing DDO against?� Best in what ways?� While the forums are better moderated than other MMOs, the quality is mediocre. I started playing mmorpg's back with UO, then migrated to EQ, GW, AC and a few others of little note. Chit man, im over 40 now, I can barely remember my name let alone games I played As for the community, I am speaking of the players and less of the forums. It just seemed to me that the player base was very involved, active and just well.... damn good. The past year or so I will not speak of since a vast amount of folks I knew left or barely play. In no way was I speaking of the {fek I had to edit myself it was so derogatory} that call themselves turbine community reps.


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Carpone Puppy Farmer Offline I Love Drama! Posts: 1695 Joined: Jul 2^nd, 2011 Gender:	Re: What has Turbine done right with DDO? Reply #55 - Nov 5^th, 2012 at 7:35pm	Print Post
	Glenalth wrote on Nov 5^th, 2012 at 7:05pm: It should have been Ed Greenwood. Every D&D fanboi would have jizzed in their pants if Ed Greenwood lent his voice to Forgotten Realms quests ala Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson.� How the fuck did this not happen?� Why has Monte Cook and other D&D gamergods not lent their voice to DDO content? Rhetorical of course, unless you're secretly a DDO line producer.
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karatekid Self-Proclaimed Puppy Farmer Offline Posts: 4830 Joined: Aug 13^th, 2012	Re: What has Turbine done right with DDO? Reply #56 - Nov 5^th, 2012 at 8:26pm	Print Post
	Carpone wrote on Nov 5^th, 2012 at 3:52pm: Gianthold voice acting isn't bad humor; it's slipshod on a shoestring budget. As was (and yes, I'm still pissed about this) fucking up Fred's voice in Sane Asylum. Those two packs were some of the best storytelling in DDO, and they completely borked the voice in SA. Only thing I can figure is they ran into an issue with the voice actor and had to pull his work out after a bit. But the new voiceover is crap. This is Turbine - do some things really well, then step on them.


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OldCoaly Puppy Farmer Offline Why did you think this time would be different? Posts: 1564 Location: WAAHH!!!Testing stuff is HARD! Joined: Jul 1^st, 2011	Re: What has Turbine done right with DDO? Reply #57 - Nov 5^th, 2012 at 9:05pm	Print Post
	karatekid wrote on Nov 5^th, 2012 at 8:26pm: This is Turbine - do some things really well, then step on them. You've captured the essence of it.

	Groo The Wanderer wrote on Sep 8^th, 2013 at 10:43pm: they will probably congratulate themselves on how long they "kept it going" never able to see that it could have easily managed to keep itself going for far longer if they had just meddled far less drastically and with some semblance of an actual gameplan. Darth Anonymous wrote on Feb 1^st, 2014 at 1:11pm: Hearing something has "merit" but we don't have "time" kind of says everything about how Turbine works on things. eighnuss wrote on May 27^th, 2014 at 12:52pm: everyone but turbine knows that we are sad they are destroying our game majmalphunktion wrote on Aug 30^th, 2013 at 12:12am: I don't make the game, I just get tested what they build. Sorry you are not happy. Skoodge wrote on Nov 27^th, 2014 at 6:54am: DDO is easy to summarize - the greatest game to suck the most ass. GooFY wrote on Mar 2^nd, 2015 at 5:36pm: Turbine - So incompetent that we are skeptical when they report their own incompetence. � Meursault wrote on May 11^th, 2015 at 8:10pm: Other companies will settle for shitting out garbage, Turdbin actually prefers to. Especially if they can get us to buy it, that just cracks them up. Meursault wrote on Nov 12^th, 2015 at 2:50pm: Breaking something and putting it back together isn't as good as not breaking it to begin with, it's not even close. palmer01 wrote on Nov 20^th, 2015 at 9:05am: Devs do not care what players want - they already have an agenda and give out token gestures so the paladins can feel worthy. PersonaNonGrata wrote on Oct 4^th, 2016 at 1:24am: The DDO devs aren't motivated by a positive user experience.
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cdr Horoluth Raider Offline sleetstormer Posts: 2813 Joined: Dec 29^th, 2011	Re: What has Turbine done right with DDO? Reply #58 - Nov 5^th, 2012 at 11:29pm	Print Post
	The falsetto voices are fucking awesome. One of the few things in the game that's a throwback to real D&D.


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Jaxx Fleet Admiral Offline Posts: 1003 Joined: Aug 8^th, 2009	Re: What has Turbine done right with DDO? Reply #59 - Nov 6^th, 2012 at 12:02am	Print Post
	Yes, hearing Gawna as the voice actor for "Cry for Help" is one of my favorites!


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Terebinthia Horoluth Raider Offline All your cupcakes are belong to me! :D Posts: 2499 Joined: Jan 6^th, 2011	Re: What has Turbine done right with DDO? Reply #60 - Nov 6^th, 2012 at 2:32am	Print Post
	Carpone wrote on Nov 5^th, 2012 at 3:20pm: You must be playing a different game than I am.� Voice acting in DDO is horrendously done.� Gianthold falsetto voices make my ears bleed.� The only voice acting Turbine did well is getting the actor for Deckard CainEliminster, but he's got very little dialogue so far. I always think they were trying for a little of the retro pen and paper feel with the GH voice acting, personally. Plus of course the woman crying for help isnt actually female. I like the lady who does the Droaam stuff, she is quite easy on the ears. Enjoyed Yalthoon and the green dragon in Dont Drink the Water too.


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rest One Man Wolfpack Offline Posts: 7223 Joined: Aug 13^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: What has Turbine done right with DDO? Reply #61 - Nov 6^th, 2012 at 10:31am	Print Post
	Wait.... you're telling me there is audio to go with DM text? WOW. Next you'll tell me there's MUSIC in this game.


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Gawna Ex Member	Re: What has Turbine done right with DDO? Reply #62 - Nov 6^th, 2012 at 11:40am	Print Post
	Jaxx wrote on Nov 6^th, 2012 at 12:02am: Yes, hearing Gawna as the voice actor for "Cry for Help" is one of my favorites! HEEEEEEEEEEELP MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE


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cdr Horoluth Raider Offline sleetstormer Posts: 2813 Joined: Dec 29^th, 2011	Re: What has Turbine done right with DDO? Reply #63 - Nov 6^th, 2012 at 12:02pm	Print Post
	rest wrote on Nov 6^th, 2012 at 10:31am: Next you'll tell me there's MUSIC in this game. I like the music... when it's at 2%. It's nice to have a little BGM.


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Osharan Tregarth Horoluth Raider Offline I'm an ass... Deal with it. Posts: 2663 Location: Fresno Joined: Aug 23^rd, 2011 Gender:	Re: What has Turbine done right with DDO? Reply #64 - Nov 6^th, 2012 at 1:02pm	Print Post
	Quote: HEEEEEEEEEEELP MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Pleeeeeasssee Heeeelpppp

	I'm the 'sharans(Osharan, Asharan, Osharina, Asharina, etc.) And Epoxy.� And Notverysexy. Dovie'andi se tovya sagain
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wumpus Korthos Resident Offline I Love Drama! Posts: 42 Joined: Apr 22^nd, 2011	Re: What has Turbine done right with DDO? Reply #65 - Nov 6^th, 2012 at 3:32pm	Print Post
	Ckorik wrote on Nov 5^th, 2012 at 12:00pm: People keep claiming this - but in my experience a mob will hit you even if you are a mile away from it. You never had an ogre triple hit you after you saw it wind up and ran 200 yard away? really? "active dodging" may work - but it' snot as "active" as you think - the mob rolls an attack roll before you even see it start to swing - if that roll hits - you get hit, regardless of where your client moved your toon to. It's all an illusion Triple hits.� Yea, that got "fixed" back in the great stealth TWF nerf.� I guess it was something they "got" right� but no longer "have" right.
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Gawna Ex Member	Re: What has Turbine done right with DDO? Reply #66 - Nov 6^th, 2012 at 4:30pm	Print Post
	Osharan Tregarth wrote on Nov 6^th, 2012 at 1:02pm: Pleeeeeasssee Heeeelpppp Osh, they should hire us to do the voice acting. We would be amazeballs!


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Eladiun Completionist (i.t.p.) Offline Two Time Loser Posts: 8398 Location: Rhode Island, USA Joined: Jun 17^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: What has Turbine done right with DDO? Reply #67 - Nov 6^th, 2012 at 4:40pm	Print Post
	Quote: Osh, they should hire us to do the voice acting.� We would be amazeballs! They would need to change the ESRB rating.

	Nevynn wrote on Nov 18^th, 2010 at 11:38pm: Anybody coming to this board expecting anything more sophisticated than a dick joke had better get used to disappointment. Calvet wrote on Oct 20^th, 2011 at 12:18pm: I just got that impression after you spent 13 pages calling out eladiun for being an interwebs bully when anyone who's been posting on here already knew that.� I mean, he's proud of it and hardly tries to hide that at all. Quote: Eladiun is an awful person
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Osharan Tregarth Horoluth Raider Offline I'm an ass... Deal with it. Posts: 2663 Location: Fresno Joined: Aug 23^rd, 2011 Gender:	Re: What has Turbine done right with DDO? Reply #68 - Nov 6^th, 2012 at 5:07pm	Print Post
	Quote: Osh, they should hire us to do the voice acting.� We would be amazeballs! I'm in!

	I'm the 'sharans(Osharan, Asharan, Osharina, Asharina, etc.) And Epoxy.� And Notverysexy. Dovie'andi se tovya sagain
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Osharan Tregarth Horoluth Raider Offline I'm an ass... Deal with it. Posts: 2663 Location: Fresno Joined: Aug 23^rd, 2011 Gender:	Re: What has Turbine done right with DDO? Reply #69 - Nov 6^th, 2012 at 5:08pm	Print Post
	Eladiun wrote on Nov 6^th, 2012 at 4:40pm: They would need to change the ESRB rating. Maybe...

	I'm the 'sharans(Osharan, Asharan, Osharina, Asharina, etc.) And Epoxy.� And Notverysexy. Dovie'andi se tovya sagain
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Gawna Ex Member	Re: What has Turbine done right with DDO? Reply #70 - Nov 6^th, 2012 at 5:53pm	Print Post
	Eladiun wrote on Nov 6^th, 2012 at 4:40pm: They would need to change the ESRB rating. A for Awesome!


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Osharan Tregarth Horoluth Raider Offline I'm an ass... Deal with it. Posts: 2663 Location: Fresno Joined: Aug 23^rd, 2011 Gender:	Re: What has Turbine done right with DDO? Reply #71 - Nov 6^th, 2012 at 6:03pm	Print Post
	Quote: A for Awesome! Yes. That's exactly what I was thinking too. Honest.

	I'm the 'sharans(Osharan, Asharan, Osharina, Asharina, etc.) And Epoxy.� And Notverysexy. Dovie'andi se tovya sagain
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rest One Man Wolfpack Offline Posts: 7223 Joined: Aug 13^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: What has Turbine done right with DDO? Reply #72 - Nov 6^th, 2012 at 8:14pm	Print Post
	Quote: A for Awesome! Are you changing the Gawnphabet? I thought A was for Anal.
	« Last Edit: Nov 6^th, 2012 at 8:15pm by rest »

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Osharan Tregarth Horoluth Raider Offline I'm an ass... Deal with it. Posts: 2663 Location: Fresno Joined: Aug 23^rd, 2011 Gender:	Re: What has Turbine done right with DDO? Reply #73 - Nov 6^th, 2012 at 10:30pm	Print Post
	rest wrote on Nov 6^th, 2012 at 8:14pm: Are you changing the Gawnphabet? I thought A was for Anal. Shhh.. We're trying to sneak it past the censors.

	I'm the 'sharans(Osharan, Asharan, Osharina, Asharina, etc.) And Epoxy.� And Notverysexy. Dovie'andi se tovya sagain
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Zhalian Dragon Raider Offline Drama is best served fresh. Posts: 280 Joined: Feb 23^rd, 2012 Gender:	Re: What has Turbine done right with DDO? Reply #74 - Nov 6^th, 2012 at 10:31pm	Print Post
	It would at least be more interesting

	Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you walk into an open sewer and die. - Mel Brooks
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