Shinyshoes wrote on Jul 29^th, 2023 at 6:17pm:

I briefly quested with Lynabel once on Sarlona. They seemed to be 'decent' probably in the realm between a casual player and slightly more above that.

They were relatively 'nice' to me despite already having a high dislike of me on the forums/reddit by then.

Of course they were also trying to play incogneto and not be noticed by folks. Only found out later on when folks were witch-hunting them sadly.

I think the devs can't genuinely play without people harassing them. Not that I'm defending the devs.

Sev Seems to be against instant healing effects because they make the game too twitchy. (His comments on D4 leech system.)

I hugely agree here.

Healing should be limited to a "Darkest Dungeon campfire mechanic," or severely restricted in most cases. It produces an incentive for good gameplay whereas excessive healing makes games lack all pressure. Resurrection mechanics seem fine to me but IMO they should only occur at shrines or they should come with an extreme penalty. The penalties we have in DDO are much too boring.

Unfortunately the "cat is out of the bag" with DDO difficulty. Any changes to reaper now will be met with extreme criticism. This is primarily because it got tied up in XP. If the challenge mode had been cultivated not as an extra XP grind then I think people could accept massive changes to the system, but as it is there will be a "loss of investment" which makes the community averse to any changes.

This is just a sad lesson in game design: crappy rewards are still rewards and you can't take them away without compensation. Don't lock your difficulty behind crappy reward systems. Fucking hamster wheel enthusiasts might make good business in the short term, but they make for a terrible future for your game. They will want nothing to change which disturbs the meaning of their tireless and meaningless journey through your game-ether.