Oh as I didn't see the annoucement until this morning...

Fuck you for phasing out the Frog Client, you're going to loose a lot of Frogs over that one.
And I really would like to know how you managed to circumvent the Loi Toubon...
( not that I care much, I play mostly in yankee and with the yankee client )

Great, Feather_of_Sluts is gonna fuck up augmentation. Oh joy.

Schmoe wrote on Nov 21^st, 2012 at 4:26pm:

Exactly. And WoW's gem system scales in power with each new release, something which hasn't happened in the 3 years that DDO's augment system has been live.

There was exactly one thing FoS said I found noteworthy: You can overwrite existing augments without 'clearing' the item.  Yay for small things.  It really, really sucks cleansing a double aug slot item like Epic Boots of Corrosion.

Things players care about that FoS didn't talk about:
1. New augment effects.
2. Either salvaging already placed augments (unlikely due to the comment above) or making them easier to craft.  If they still cost 30 epic dungeon tokens and continue to not drop in MOTU, RAAAAAAGGGGGGEEEEE.

Things players dont care about:
1. Removing the device from the crafting equation.  I don't care if I have the option to swap augments in a dungeon, unless augments are as plentiful as lesser/greater essences.

AtomicMew wrote on Nov 22^nd, 2012 at 5:02am:

1.  He knows current augment system and clearing is a crappy user experience.  He plays.
2.  I think wonder of potions could be wondrous, as in fun, if he did it right.  I don't think it is a waste of time, yet.  Will wait and see.
3.  He came to these forums when people were doing what you were doing and told them they were wrong.  I am good at my job too.  On the rare occasin that some idiot suggests otherwise, I will, when I am in the mood to, inform them that they are quite wrong.  That is called earned confidence.  I respect that.  Try telling some of the better players here that they suck,  and I wouldn't view them as a "smug ahole" for telling you to suck it.

malo wrote on Nov 22^nd, 2012 at 1:36pm:


Good players know they're good. 

If they screw up, they learn from it.  They make mistakes, but they rarely make the same mistake twice.

If another player tells a good player that they suck, the good player will consider the input in the context of the person saying it.

I don't think I've seen a good player feel that they had to tell anyone that they are a good player.  They know it and are recognized as such by their peers.

There are players who tell other players that they're good or great or whatever.  Just because someone says they're good at something does not make it so.  Even if they stand on top of a chair and wave their arms.

JDollar wrote on Nov 22^nd, 2012 at 3:36pm:



Your experiences may be different than mine.

My experience has been that the people who yell loudest about how awesome they are usually aren't.

If you want to bitch about random loot/effects, then go back to the source.  Gary Gygax was the king of random loot tables.  It's in the DNA of the game.  I don't particularly like the randomness, but I also accept it's not going away anytime soon.

malo wrote on Nov 22^nd, 2012 at 1:36pm:


1.: We know he plays. He was the guy who built that heal amp shit DPS SolarPhoenix build. It's certainly no mystery why he sucks so badly at making DPS weapons. He was not a DPS player. He was a niche player. That is pretty abundantly clear in the types of items he designs.

2.: I'm wondering who is honestly going to stockpile potions of wonder for a rainy day, and drink them in a clutch situation. In my guild it's a rule to drink it as soon as you loot it. At that point the quest is generally over. The "over 100" random effects will do absolutely nothing because we're about to recall out and go to another quest. 

Someone else already said: people drink them and say "oh that's neat" and then boom 10 seconds later no one remembers or gives a shit about what effect just proced. But then again maybe all these exit surveys say things like "potions of wonder are sucky! that's why I quit!"  Oh wait, the exit survey has been broken for months. Nevermind.

JohnnyD,

Muhammad Ali was certainly a spectacular athlete and great performer for press conferences.  Nobody would dispute this and I do not think anyone would suggest that he sucked at Boxing or showmanship.  He may not have been the best at monogamy, but I think most people have forgiven him for his extra marital affairs.

However, he was an outlier.  People capable of that level of performance are exceptions, not the rule.


I hope you are not suggesting that it's reasonable to equate someone posting a message in a thread in the Vault saying "I'm great at my job" with Muhammad Ali.

rest wrote on Nov 22^nd, 2012 at 8:26pm:


And I have to remind you, potions of wonder do not stuck. One potion, one inventary slot.

Quote:


It's not a strict rule, but we all like to see if someone is gonna die.


We also have a new rule that you have to use hair dye when you loot it. 

Nobody will get in trouble if they don't but it's fun.

cdr wrote on Nov 23^rd, 2012 at 12:32am:


Didn´t know that. Good to know.

1) Muhammad Ali, as he said later, was not the greatest. The greatest is Allah.
2) Muhammad Ali did this for some purposes. There is some discussion what his purpose was.
3)....
4) For me he was the greatest.