noamineo wrote on Nov 10^th, 2017 at 10:09pm:

It is if you're farming for something in particular.

noamineo wrote on Nov 10^th, 2017 at 10:09pm:

This.

It's not about getting lost in explorer areas... I am willing to bet most people left playing this game, myself included, can find our way through any wilderness area blindfolded while juggling torches and riding a unicycle.

The problem is... WTF for?

Its about expediency, not hand-holding.

I am looking to save a run out that I've done literally hundreds of times already and maybe skip some bullshit along the way. It's fitting that Wheloon is a prison, becaude we've all done time there.

Hard fucking time.

And since all my toons now have their PDK Favour to upgrade CitW weapons or buy their Red Dragonscale Whatever, I ain't never going back.

Anyone remember the old Guild Ship Farshifter? The guy that made you complete the explorer areas before he'd send you to where-ever?

That was an elegant mechanic... it wasn't an onerous chore and incentivized running wilderness zones. That coding clearly exists, and is stable unlike so many other "features", so why not just plug it in and save everyone the grief?

Oh Wait... Harper's Travelarium now available in the DDO Store for 4995 TP. 

Epic 3BC for Cursed Blade of Jack Jibbers, assuming you still need it.

Epic Gianthold for buying the few augments like Topaz of Necromancy that haven't been made obsolete.

Wheloon is great xp and really good reaper xp.. cant skip that.. but i dont like the quests either..haha

I run 3BC, GH and Wheloon every epic life for the sagas.

Demoyn wrote on Nov 13^th, 2017 at 10:28am:


It's more for guild xp for me, since I have a guild with just my toons in it. And an occasional skill tome if any useful ones are there.

I can only do dailies so much without throwing up a little in my mouth. I do all the sagas to break it up a little bit.

Rubbinns wrote on Nov 13^th, 2017 at 11:09am:



That happens too. Usually on the High Road quests part of the sagas.

Wheloon you can bang out in about ~30 minutes once you know the shortcuts/tricks.  Mirror at the very least is worth learning how to do quickly.  I think my best time was 3 minutes or so.

Daggertooth wrote on Nov 7^th, 2017 at 8:16am:

^This

The game has so many mechanics left over from an earlier time that served a valid need then but are counterproductive now.

Evolve or die.

Encouraging some grind to stretch out content used to be valid - there was enough relevant content and new content came out frequently enough that you could keep a mid speed player engaged over a year. Making them run or making them watch a slow animation or a long talk with a quest giver extended it without undue pain. But now extra grind and delay just annoys people and sends them into their next break from the game all the sooner.

Having mail expire in 3 weeks is another one - it used to motivate people to log in frequently, but with weeks or months away from the game more and more the norm rather than the exception, it just makes returning and thinking of what mail you might have lost a downer.

Now a much smaller population is spread across a much larger game world, letting people get to a quest fast just makes sense - bring on the teleport!