Looks like Feather of Sun pulled a “Well, actually” on Jerry.

https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/484249-Updating-Named-Items-(from-twit...

[QUOTE=SolarDawning;5944101]Implementation would not be difficult.

A pass over all pre-existing named items from older content to audit which effects are on them, swap some out for stronger ones, and in some cases change base properties of that named item, would take about 8 work-hours from one designer.

Remember, it's been done before. There's more stuff now, but it didn't take that long last time.

It's a lot easier than making brand new items- the largest burden of which is working out an interesting concept, choosing effects to match the concept, selecting an appropriate model/icon, and flavor text. Scripting brand-new custom effects adds a lot of extra time.

The real cost, and what makes it more difficult, is fitting it into the schedule as a priority over, say, working on character classes/abilities, or extra work on new items for the next update. Every hour spent comes at the cost of working on something else.
Often, the answer is that it's just better in the long run to add new things.

*waves*
And with that, I'll poof back into the ether. [/quote]

I love how Cordo pretends he's a programmer.
And people believe it.

my boy

takes few hours and a redbull to raise stat mods on already coded and developed loot. I could go through hundreds and my typing skills are slow. I did it for darkest dungeon, did it on old emulators back in the past. fucking pathetic excuse by cordo and ssg.

Get another fucking intern for fucks sake.

Only reason to read Jerry posts is to wait for him to do things like this. Completely arrogant and silly.

QuantumFX wrote on Feb 24^th, 2017 at 9:13pm:


But seriously, this quote sums it all up.

It's the same reason scientific papers don't get peer reviewed...

Because it's not sexy to check someone else's work, and you don't get accolades or grants for proof reading 300 pages of academic dross.

So you move on to something else and leave potentially beneficial or potentially dangerous concepts adrift in limbo while you analyze the chemical composition of red ochre stain on a 5,000 year old pot shard.

After all, what does the world at large care about more than red ochre? 

Rubbinns wrote on Feb 25^th, 2017 at 8:47am:

Talk about wasting your time on a shit game.

Lhynn wrote on Feb 25^th, 2017 at 4:24pm:

well i play ddo, so....

Revaulting wrote on Feb 25^th, 2017 at 6:27pm:


I enjoy people sticking up for themselves.

I disagree with feathers choices on loot and his ideas about randomization.  I think he brought in the fun combo effects like Thousand Suns and Heavenly Wrath and such.  Which were cool. I could be wrong. 

Regardless, I suspect they just don't want to revitalize older named loot vs wanting to but it being a lot of effort.  I think the flaw I see in their logic  is that it will get people to buy those adventure packs. So it CAN be a revenue generator.  But it's clear they aren't open to it.

Ah Pook wrote on Feb 26^th, 2017 at 1:01am:

Their idea of improvement is always bad?

spathic wrote on Feb 26^th, 2017 at 7:03am:


Good points. Seems painfully obvious, really.

Reaver's Refuge comes to mind.

Do something to balm the salty feelings of everyone who ground out Dragontouched Armour back in the day (I wasn't one of them).

Do something about the almost entirely abandoned House Cannith pack and Alchemical Crafting.

Because that should be a thing, since there's SFA at Lvl 20 for newly Heroic capped or new eTRs in the way of decent or even serviceable gear.