Technomage wrote on May 22^nd, 2016 at 10:49pm:



Yup.

Overmind wrote on May 23^rd, 2016 at 6:29pm:


Turbine mgmt is the cancer in WB.

The devs are junior button pushers with no ability to change anything. 
Their work is shit because the mgmt gives them no direction, no budget and likely stupid unrealistic timelines.
The fuckwit Fernand0 is in there driving this mentality forward.
"Publish anything, the stupid fuckers will pay for it, you'll see."


Munkenmo wrote on May 23^rd, 2016 at 5:43pm:

Affirmative!
When they trace your in game accounts because you dare to criticise them or their game, then you have an absence of "thick skin".
I can understand personal attacks, threats and general abusiveness copping some warnings and then bans, but it is pretty obvious they cannot stand any form of criticism.
The Vault exists because their own Comms channels are over moderated, and thus they have lost control of that communication and it pisses them off.

harharharhar wrote on May 23^rd, 2016 at 5:38pm:


I don't believe this will help at all.  I remember the butt hurt *here* when the legendary elite came out and the fort DCs were 90+...

Asheras wrote on May 24^th, 2016 at 10:51am:


I was asked what I would want to resubscribe, not to describe what other people on DDOVault would like to see happen.

I quit because I was tired of doing the exact same thing constantly with no carrot, and no challenge. This would allow for both challenge and carrot. Works for me.

Feel free to write your own wishlist.

harharharhar wrote on May 23^rd, 2016 at 5:38pm:

Its not a burn, it's literally exactly what I said. Though what I want is stated multipliers to work correctly. And for SA damage and RP to apply correctly to xbows. It's not a nerf if they're overperforming.

You should give me credit.

I can't think of any reason to going back to VIP.

VIP lost its appeal when TRs became elite openers. And elite openers were only needed because the grind to Epic cap was so punitive any other way.

MOTU was the last update that I really enjoyed, even if they completely fucked up the game by raising the cap past 20 and introduced Epic Destinies.

Shadowfail was the last time I invested real money into the game, because that whole update was a bait-and-switch of promising an expansion and delivering two small updates instead.

The Monster Manuals were the last new content from the game I enjoyed. However, the Turbine bait-and-switched the third one by replacing TP with AS, without dropping the price of the manual. The fourth one dropped the number of cosmetic pets as reward from two to one, again without cutting the price of the manual. Then the fifth one replaced AS with shitty mysterious remnants, once again not cutting the price of the manuals.

And the last event where it looked like the Devs even cared to give players something decent was the Anniversary Cards, that both the Devs fucked up and the players abused.

Fuck you Mimic Hunt! And I don't know who cared less about the special 10th Anniversay event: me or the Devs that made it. Probably me, because I didnt log in, much less stick my fucking name into the event.

Asheras wrote on May 23^rd, 2016 at 11:24am:

Me too. I never go there. Problem solved.
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Nothing could make me resub. I spent 8 years with a break in the middle VIP and then I quit and bought enough TP to buy up the game, why would I resub now? VIP benefits still aren't enough, especially for someone who's gone premium already. They'd need to radically up the xp bonus or something before I'd even sniff at it any more.

Asheras wrote on May 26^th, 2016 at 9:42am:

If you think the BBB exists for any reason other than to make money by fleecing companies for good ratings, then you're incredibly naive. Go do some research on the BBB. They're as much on the consumer's side as Worker's Compensation Insurance is on the worker's side. And in case you aren't educated on Worker's Comp, they're not at all there to help the worker.

Asheras wrote on May 26^th, 2016 at 9:42am:

This is disingenuous at best.

You know full well that there exists a lot of room between allowing posts that say "this company sucks ass" and what Jerry does now, and you also are quite aware that it would be possible for Jerry to be even handed in his "moderation" without requiring him to allow disgruntled customers to "air their dirty laundry".

It would be enough if he applied his forum symmetrically rules to everyone.

Asheras wrote on May 23^rd, 2016 at 11:24am:


People should give a shit about how the Community Relations Manager does his fucking job.

People at Turbine not giving a shit is precisely why the game is in its current state and continues to decline.

Asheras wrote on May 26^th, 2016 at 2:31pm:


The perception that they're professional and competent.
Not thin skinned amateurs with no fucking clue or vision beyond next week's bagel day.

I would consider VIP again if the game was returned to pre-MotU mechanics (i.e. capped at L20, no EDs, no Iconics, no Epic N/H/E, no PRR/MRR, AC mattered, to-hit mattered, no grazing hits, pre-MotU enhancements, etc.), but kept all the same quests. Back when Epic required teamwork and tactics.

Except scroll/seal/shard. Fuck that system.

Goon wrote on May 27^th, 2016 at 3:05am:

s/s/s would be just fine if they didn't limit the 3:1 swap to only Sands, and to only scrolls.  If it worked for all s/s/s in the game then you could finish your eSoS or whatever you're working on just by picking up lucky shards from wherever.  I know I have a pile of s/s/s for items I never intend to ever use use, much less upgrade.  Opening up the swaps would give them some value and also take note of the fact that upgrading an item to level 20 isn't such a big deal anymore.

Since they already have the tech in place for the 3:1 sands scroll swap it shouldn't take a huge amount of dev hours to make it all scrolls, seals, and shards also.

But Turbine has a fairly entrenched policy of never looking back at old content and making it relevant again, no matter what the means.  So this is just a thought experiment.