By the way, how is armor in DDO ? I mean, style wise? Any screenshots of armor / helms ?
I love mean looking armor (not to brag about but to make me feel like a true warrior :P)
The different styles and colors in DDO armor make for some cool or mean looking characters. I have on set(and I am sure others here do too) that has spikes all over the shoulders and even on the boots. Another set I have is known to friends since I found it a couple years ago as my easter egg armor. It is a Brigadine set that is all pastel colors and makes my dwarf look like he just came from the easter egg coloring factory. People still ask if I have that armor to this day because it was just that memorable. Nothing in GW ever had that effect on me.
By the way, how is armor in DDO ? I mean, style wise? Any screenshots of armor / helms ? I love mean looking armor (not to brag about but to make me feel like a true warrior :P)
Its a mixed bag in DDO. Some look great and others... not so great. There are only a few things that show up on your character. Your main armor slot, helm, shield, and weapons. I was dissapointed that your cloak, boots, bracers, and jewelery are not visible. I like the style better than GW and am thankful that its not over the top like WoW.
MOD 9 is vaporware. Turbine cannot even commit enough resources to the game to run a fully instanced game without major and regular lag issues (a game of 6 person private instances mind you) not to mention servers that do not crash every few days. DDO has some good elements and can be a good game, although it has never been worthy of the traditional buy the box and pay monthly MMO model - but Turbine has run it in to the group and there are so few people left anymore it is obvious Turbine has stuck it well on the back shelf just seeing how long they can get just enough subs to keep from pulling the plug. Hell, it is just a matter of a couple days before the three year anniv and not a single word from them, no big event, nothing - they can't even afford to have some web schmucks stir up things on the site (of course, they can hardly manage to even keep the site up for more than a couple days without crashing so perhaps that is the reason.
Anyways, DDO has its issues and its qualities for sure - but those aside the way Turbine is running it on the cheap these days makes it really not worth bothering with. DDO is 'withering on the vine' at best.
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In addition to the obvious trouble the game is in in terms of subs and Turbine's waning support, the other problem with MOD 9 is the difficulty of adding 4 more levels of content. The 'crafting' (see repeating content over and over to loot tons of pieces and waste sub time) has introduced really overpowered items so any content baalnced for these will be totally inaccesable to people without the stuff, greensteel. Most folks don't/won't spend months grinding to get those items so that means the new content, enough for four high levels, will either be churned through by people with the stuff or impossible for those without it. And if they try to add the content in the mid range then the XP system will make it useless for filling those levels for all but new characters. So unless MOD 9 consists of a coupel high XP, ridiculously jack in the box quests that are only really fake content (i.e. crap you do over and over and over just to fill time) it is just not very likely to be possible given the sparse populations and ever decresing commitment of resources from Turbine.
This may not be the best way to start a post unless you're willing to eat those words when Mod 9 is released. It may be delayed. It may not be the best thing since sliced bread, but you and I both know that it will be released.
As for the rest of your post... DOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!
MOD 9 is vaporware. Turbine cannot even commit enough resources to the game to run a fully instanced game without major and regular lag issues (a game of 6 person private instances mind you) not to mention servers that do not crash every few days. DDO has some good elements and can be a good game, although it has never been worthy of the traditional buy the box and pay monthly MMO model - but Turbine has run it in to the group and there are so few people left anymore it is obvious Turbine has stuck it well on the back shelf just seeing how long they can get just enough subs to keep from pulling the plug. Hell, it is just a matter of a couple days before the three year anniv and not a single word from them, no big event, nothing - they can't even afford to have some web schmucks stir up things on the site (of course, they can hardly manage to even keep the site up for more than a couple days without crashing so perhaps that is the reason.
Anyways, DDO has its issues and its qualities for sure - but those aside the way Turbine is running it on the cheap these days makes it really not worth bothering with. DDO is 'withering on the vine' at best.
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In addition to the obvious trouble the game is in in terms of subs and Turbine's waning support, the other problem with MOD 9 is the difficulty of adding 4 more levels of content. The 'crafting' (see repeating content over and over to loot tons of pieces and waste sub time) has introduced really overpowered items so any content baalnced for these will be totally inaccesable to people without the stuff, greensteel. Most folks don't/won't spend months grinding to get those items so that means the new content, enough for four high levels, will either be churned through by people with the stuff or impossible for those without it. And if they try to add the content in the mid range then the XP system will make it useless for filling those levels for all but new characters. So unless MOD 9 consists of a coupel high XP, ridiculously jack in the box quests that are only really fake content (i.e. crap you do over and over and over just to fill time) it is just not very likely to be possible given the sparse populations and ever decresing commitment of resources from Turbine.
Did DDO steal something from you that you high jack all the recent threads?
If by up turn you mean that at peak hours maybe 100 or so people are logged on to a server rather than 80 or 90 the fine - it is on an upturn if you say so. ROFL. DDO is so on life support it is absolutely hilarious that anyone would characterize it as being on some kind of upswing.
"Vaporware is a term used to describe a software or hardware product that is announced by a developer well in advance of release, but which then fails to emerge after having well exceeded the period of development time that was initially claimed or would normally be expected for the development cycle of a similar product."
If by up turn you mean that at peak hours maybe 100 or so people are logged on to a server rather than 80 or 90 the fine - it is on an upturn if you say so. ROFL. DDO is so on life support it is absolutely hilarious that anyone would characterize it as being on some kind of upswing.
"Vaporware is a term used to describe a software or hardware product that is announced by a developer well in advance of release, but which then fails to emerge after having well exceeded the period of development time that was initially claimed or would normally be expected for the development cycle of a similar product."
While I agree that the server stability has been poor lately I have to call shenanigans on the 80 people on the server during prime time. There are sometimes that many people in Meridia at 3am EST on Thelanis. Thelanis has a couple of Aussie guilds and they run that time so your count of 80-100 is BS at best. My guild alone was running 2 full shroud groups at the same time yesterday afternoon. So according to your numbers my guild is 35% of the Thelanis population. Sorry but I think your estimate is way off.
I am not happy with the delay of Mod 9 and the absolute lack of communication from Turbine, but you are way overboard with your ideas.
This has 10 people on what you can see of this list. If you look to the side of the list you'll notice how much more room there is to scroll down. I'd say there is a bit more than 100 lol. Possibly even 800-1000.
First of all, of course my numbers where in jest - go bid on a sense of humor for crying out loud. Second, let's just accept that number put forth above showing maybe 1000 people on in the afternoon (that is specious as the servers where down all day yesterday so at the time he claims the shot was taken the server was not even up). Nevertheless, 1000 people on a server in the afternoon with 5 servers means around 5000ish players off peak - if that doubles to 10k or triples to 15 (pretty unlikely) that means the game is around (what most sites suggest) less that 20k subs. This is not a vibrant and healthy population. The lack of info from DEVs (near cone of silence for months on many things), the no info on MOD 9, and the total lack of anything regarding the upcoming (like a week or something) 3 year anniv, along with the degrading server performance (frequent server lag and hour long+ server downtime every few days) clearly indicates the game is, at best, getting set aside and at worst being left to wither.
Look, I like DDO for a few weeks here and there, but lets be honest - this is a decaying game and nowhere near a growing game and even in house at Turbine the game is openly treated as a red headed stepchild.
If by up turn you mean that at peak hours maybe 100 or so people are logged on to a server rather than 80 or 90 the fine - it is on an upturn if you say so. ROFL. DDO is so on life support it is absolutely hilarious that anyone would characterize it as being on some kind of upswing. I will say it again, MOD 9 = vaporware.
There's roughly 100 people visible in the LFM pannel during peak hours on Ghallanda and on a friday evening there's frequently more. the server list normally has about 500-800 visible during evenings on the weekdays. Keep in mind that if someone has their character flagged as anonymous they will not show in the Who but they will through LFM's. Granted, that might not fit everyone's definition of a lot although when you have most online games maintain a server cap of around 1k-3k it does convey a message of it being relatively populated.
The nonsense you spew is akin to someone screaming they're going to kill themselves to get attention from an ex-lover and your tone is generally deceitful throughout the forums. Too bad you have absolutely nothing to contribute.
edit: as for you other ficticious claims of no info for months about mod 9, there's been anouncements of coming additions each week for the last few weeks. It's one thing to assume but to portray yourself in this manner is pitiful.
As I've stated in another thread I've resubbbed to D&D (Euro) recently, rather than re-activate my old characters I've re-started.
Population wise it looks pretty good, though most groups are for mid-range 6-9 and the top end 16.
I have struggled to find a group for the harbourmaster's seal, in fact I have taken to paying the bribe to enter the Marketplace. I would have rather run the Waterworks again, but no takers. This made me feel I was alone (sob) at level 2 despite the fact there are plenty of groups running dungeons at that level. Guildies I assume.
Perhaps I'd best join a guild, get into a zerging group and run with it. I'd rather not though, so I'm giving it a week to see how it pans out.
First of all, of course my numbers where in jest - go bid on a sense of humor for crying out loud. Second, let's just accept that number put forth above showing maybe 1000 people on in the afternoon (that is specious as the servers where down all day yesterday so at the time he claims the shot was taken the server was not even up).
I've got a pretty sweet sense of humor so I think maybe you need to not be the mmorpg.com forum game basher. It seems just about every post you have has a negative slant. Not just here but on the other forums you post.
Try A.M. You can even look at the time I posted the shot and the time I edit my post.
First of all, of course my numbers where in jest - go bid on a sense of humor for crying out loud. Second, let's just accept that number put forth above showing maybe 1000 people on in the afternoon (that is specious as the servers where down all day yesterday so at the time he claims the shot was taken the server was not even up). Nevertheless, 1000 people on a server in the afternoon with 5 servers means around 5000ish players off peak - if that doubles to 10k or triples to 15 (pretty unlikely) that means the game is around (what most sites suggest) less that 20k subs. This is not a vibrant and healthy population. The lack of info from DEVs (near cone of silence for months on many things), the no info on MOD 9, and the total lack of anything regarding the upcoming (like a week or something) 3 year anniv, along with the degrading server performance (frequent server lag and hour long+ server downtime every few days) clearly indicates the game is, at best, getting set aside and at worst being left to wither.
Look, I like DDO for a few weeks here and there, but lets be honest - this is a decaying game and nowhere near a growing game and even in house at Turbine the game is openly treated as a red headed stepchild.
Are you crazed? How can you judge whether it is a vibrant community by the number of subs? More so, you don't even know the number for sure...
Turbine clearly invests in New Player experience, so you think that's the way a producer of "decaying game" takes care of himself? Invest in "decaying game" which will bring them loss? Decaying games are left behind...
And about decaying and nowhere near growing, it's just BS what you write. Absolute, in fact, an absolute lack of knowledge. You just copy "urban legends" which are age old, and obviously don't know what you're talking about. Nothing to discuss here, I think you're just a provocative and it's best to not feed you. Sorry, you're just plain wrong and still post like you knew the facts - which are only your opinions, not much linked to facts. I'm sure you can't leave it to yourself, no, you must argue even if everybody disagrees pointing good arguments.
Let's just agree - you think DDO is doomed, decaying, etc. And I'll go on celebrating 3rd year of DDO, anniversary starting from 27th Feb .
First of all, of course my numbers where in jest - go bid on a sense of humor for crying out loud. Second, let's just accept that number put forth above showing maybe 1000 people on in the afternoon (that is specious as the servers where down all day yesterday so at the time he claims the shot was taken the server was not even up). Nevertheless, 1000 people on a server in the afternoon with 5 servers means around 5000ish players off peak - if that doubles to 10k or triples to 15 (pretty unlikely) that means the game is around (what most sites suggest) less that 20k subs. This is not a vibrant and healthy population. The lack of info from DEVs (near cone of silence for months on many things), the no info on MOD 9, and the total lack of anything regarding the upcoming (like a week or something) 3 year anniv, along with the degrading server performance (frequent server lag and hour long+ server downtime every few days) clearly indicates the game is, at best, getting set aside and at worst being left to wither.
Look, I like DDO for a few weeks here and there, but lets be honest - this is a decaying game and nowhere near a growing game and even in house at Turbine the game is openly treated as a red headed stepchild.
Actually you are wrong about the servers as they were up in the early afternoon. I logged on to do some auction house stuff around 2:30 and was on for half an hour. It is quite clear you are the typpe of person who does not deal in facts or actualities. When called out on your obvious BS you tell people to get a sense of humor. Maybe you should get a sense of reality and realize you fail as a comic.
Most sites that discuss such things estimate that 25-30% of a games total subscriptions will ever be on during prime time. DDo has been having server and lag issues. Could part of the problem be the servers are getting full? Since coming back a month ago I have met quite a few people like me who left before the server merge and are now returning. DDO is drawing back people who left. This is a good sign. Maybe the game never gets huge numbers but I think this game has already shown the ability to hold a core fan base and with improvements grow. Turbine needs to take advantage of this, but I must admit their recent trach record of barely there communication does not bode well for them.
So you work at Turbine and know what they do in house? Or is this more of your jesting?
Actually you are wrong about the servers as they were up in the early afternoon. I logged on to do some auction house stuff around 2:30 and was on for half an hour.
He said "At 12:30am est on Khyber", the servers where down at that time for scheduled maintenance, it was later in teh day when they went down for their weekly several hour crashes.
As for the rest - whatever you fanboys want to argue DDO is the very definition of a gme in decline. It has about as low a population as is possible to even remain open and that is confirmed by a number of independent sites as well as Turbines own lack of commitment to the game in terms of proper resources to ensure stable servers, lack of nearly any promotion or marketting, total lack of events for the third anniversery coming in just days, and the current vaporware status of MOD 9. But go ahead, tell us all how the game is not a very lightly populated niche game that gets scant attention from the broader MMO public and the developer, I know all the fanboys are good at creating their own reality.
Actually you are wrong about the servers as they were up in the early afternoon. I logged on to do some auction house stuff around 2:30 and was on for half an hour.
He said "At 12:30am est on Khyber", the servers where down at that time for scheduled maintenance, it was later in teh day when they went down for their weekly several hour crashes.
As for the rest - whatever you fanboys want to argue DDO is the very definition of a gme in decline. It has about as low a population as is possible to even remain open and that is confirmed by a number of independent sites as well as Turbines own lack of commitment to the game in terms of proper resources to ensure stable servers, lack of nearly any promotion or marketting, total lack of events for the third anniversery coming in just days, and the current vaporware status of MOD 9. But go ahead, tell us all how the game is not a very lightly populated niche game that gets scant attention from the broader MMO public and the developer, I know all the fanboys are good at creating their own reality.
How am I suppose to take you seriously when you quote my 12:30am twice and don't realize that it's A.M. You know in the morning not in the afternoon. When it's the afternoon there is a P.M. after it. I took that screen shot at 12:30 am this morning when I responded to the thread.
I don't think us fanboys are saying DDO isn't static, were just saying it's no more static than most other mmo's. Also you have yet to prove which other mmo's are less static.
Actually you are wrong about the servers as they were up in the early afternoon. I logged on to do some auction house stuff around 2:30 and was on for half an hour.
He said "At 12:30am est on Khyber", the servers where down at that time for scheduled maintenance, it was later in teh day when they went down for their weekly several hour crashes.
As for the rest - whatever you fanboys want to argue DDO is the very definition of a gme in decline. It has about as low a population as is possible to even remain open and that is confirmed by a number of independent sites as well as Turbines own lack of commitment to the game in terms of proper resources to ensure stable servers, lack of nearly any promotion or marketting, total lack of events for the third anniversery coming in just days, and the current vaporware status of MOD 9. But go ahead, tell us all how the game is not a very lightly populated niche game that gets scant attention from the broader MMO public and the developer, I know all the fanboys are good at creating their own reality.
First I suggest you learn to tell time as AM means morning. You said they were down all day and I told you when I logged in. There is the proof you are simply making false statements to try and prove a weak and false point.
You have no idea of the actual number of people playing, you are just throwing out numbers and trying to look like you know that which you have no idea about. Is DDO a niche game? Yes it is. Does that mean failure or dying game? Not automatically, just to people like you who think if it is not WOW or has WOW numbers it has failed. I left DDO almost 2 years ago and was predicting its doom then and now I came back and I was wrong. The game did not die and the population seems no worse now then it did when I left.
You continue to call MOD9 vaporware, you do realize you are not using the term accurately right? You talk of the broader MMO public as if you were some expert in this field. Please give us your qualifications so we can decide if your expertise is of any use.
How do independant sites that have no access to Turbines subscription totals confirm anything? Are you one of those people who believes anything he sees because it is on the internet? Obviously you failed reading as I have been critical of DDO and would never qualify as a fanboy, except to you because you need to use that term in your lame attempt to ignore posts that have facts as you try to pass off your posts of made us stats as just trying to be honest. No one is buying it, your sales pitch is so bad you could not sell water to a desert nomad.
Actually you are wrong about the servers as they were up in the early afternoon. I logged on to do some auction house stuff around 2:30 and was on for half an hour.
He said "At 12:30am est on Khyber", the servers where down at that time for scheduled maintenance, it was later in teh day when they went down for their weekly several hour crashes.
As for the rest - whatever you fanboys want to argue DDO is the very definition of a gme in decline. It has about as low a population as is possible to even remain open and that is confirmed by a number of independent sites as well as Turbines own lack of commitment to the game in terms of proper resources to ensure stable servers, lack of nearly any promotion or marketting, total lack of events for the third anniversery coming in just days, and the current vaporware status of MOD 9. But go ahead, tell us all how the game is not a very lightly populated niche game that gets scant attention from the broader MMO public and the developer, I know all the fanboys are good at creating their own reality.
How am I suppose to take you seriously when you quote my 12:30am twice and don't realize that it's A.M. You know in the morning not in the afternoon. When it's the afternoon there is a P.M. after it. I took that screen shot at 12:30 am this morning when I responded to the thread.
I don't think us fanboys are saying DDO isn't static, were just saying it's no more static than most other mmo's. Also you have yet to prove which other mmo's are less static.
People like that never have facts or reality to back up their statements, they just continue to use words like vaporware and fanboy to try and cover the fact they have no knowledge of what is going on. Typical of the breed and I am pretty sure he got his numbers mixed up for his age in his profile.
Originally posted by Rokurgepta People like that never have facts or reality to back up their statements, they just continue to use words like vaporware and fanboy to try and cover the fact they have no knowledge of what is going on. Typical of the breed and I am pretty sure he got his numbers mixed up for his age in his profile.
Cranking up the rhetoric is a very common sign of a weak argument.
The mod 9 vaporware statement did make me smile though, put something in where you can clearly be proved wrong and can have it quoted at you everytime you come to visit. Doh!
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The different styles and colors in DDO armor make for some cool or mean looking characters. I have on set(and I am sure others here do too) that has spikes all over the shoulders and even on the boots. Another set I have is known to friends since I found it a couple years ago as my easter egg armor. It is a Brigadine set that is all pastel colors and makes my dwarf look like he just came from the easter egg coloring factory. People still ask if I have that armor to this day because it was just that memorable. Nothing in GW ever had that effect on me.
Its a mixed bag in DDO. Some look great and others... not so great. There are only a few things that show up on your character. Your main armor slot, helm, shield, and weapons. I was dissapointed that your cloak, boots, bracers, and jewelery are not visible. I like the style better than GW and am thankful that its not over the top like WoW.
I also find WoW gear over the top.
I prefer more realistic armor but I can't hide my dissapointment that there's no cloaks (and hoods!).
But not a game breaker anyways
You can find cowls still I think. Not to mention bandanas and hats as well as many types of helmets.
Pics of different types of armor www.flickr.com/photos/35611909@N07/
nice pics!
MOD 9 is vaporware. Turbine cannot even commit enough resources to the game to run a fully instanced game without major and regular lag issues (a game of 6 person private instances mind you) not to mention servers that do not crash every few days. DDO has some good elements and can be a good game, although it has never been worthy of the traditional buy the box and pay monthly MMO model - but Turbine has run it in to the group and there are so few people left anymore it is obvious Turbine has stuck it well on the back shelf just seeing how long they can get just enough subs to keep from pulling the plug. Hell, it is just a matter of a couple days before the three year anniv and not a single word from them, no big event, nothing - they can't even afford to have some web schmucks stir up things on the site (of course, they can hardly manage to even keep the site up for more than a couple days without crashing so perhaps that is the reason.
Anyways, DDO has its issues and its qualities for sure - but those aside the way Turbine is running it on the cheap these days makes it really not worth bothering with. DDO is 'withering on the vine' at best.
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In addition to the obvious trouble the game is in in terms of subs and Turbine's waning support, the other problem with MOD 9 is the difficulty of adding 4 more levels of content. The 'crafting' (see repeating content over and over to loot tons of pieces and waste sub time) has introduced really overpowered items so any content baalnced for these will be totally inaccesable to people without the stuff, greensteel. Most folks don't/won't spend months grinding to get those items so that means the new content, enough for four high levels, will either be churned through by people with the stuff or impossible for those without it. And if they try to add the content in the mid range then the XP system will make it useless for filling those levels for all but new characters. So unless MOD 9 consists of a coupel high XP, ridiculously jack in the box quests that are only really fake content (i.e. crap you do over and over and over just to fill time) it is just not very likely to be possible given the sparse populations and ever decresing commitment of resources from Turbine.
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MOD 9 is vaporware.
This may not be the best way to start a post unless you're willing to eat those words when Mod 9 is released. It may be delayed. It may not be the best thing since sliced bread, but you and I both know that it will be released.
As for the rest of your post... DOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!
MOD 9 is vaporware. Turbine cannot even commit enough resources to the game to run a fully instanced game without major and regular lag issues (a game of 6 person private instances mind you) not to mention servers that do not crash every few days. DDO has some good elements and can be a good game, although it has never been worthy of the traditional buy the box and pay monthly MMO model - but Turbine has run it in to the group and there are so few people left anymore it is obvious Turbine has stuck it well on the back shelf just seeing how long they can get just enough subs to keep from pulling the plug. Hell, it is just a matter of a couple days before the three year anniv and not a single word from them, no big event, nothing - they can't even afford to have some web schmucks stir up things on the site (of course, they can hardly manage to even keep the site up for more than a couple days without crashing so perhaps that is the reason.
Anyways, DDO has its issues and its qualities for sure - but those aside the way Turbine is running it on the cheap these days makes it really not worth bothering with. DDO is 'withering on the vine' at best.
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In addition to the obvious trouble the game is in in terms of subs and Turbine's waning support, the other problem with MOD 9 is the difficulty of adding 4 more levels of content. The 'crafting' (see repeating content over and over to loot tons of pieces and waste sub time) has introduced really overpowered items so any content baalnced for these will be totally inaccesable to people without the stuff, greensteel. Most folks don't/won't spend months grinding to get those items so that means the new content, enough for four high levels, will either be churned through by people with the stuff or impossible for those without it. And if they try to add the content in the mid range then the XP system will make it useless for filling those levels for all but new characters. So unless MOD 9 consists of a coupel high XP, ridiculously jack in the box quests that are only really fake content (i.e. crap you do over and over and over just to fill time) it is just not very likely to be possible given the sparse populations and ever decresing commitment of resources from Turbine.
Did DDO steal something from you that you high jack all the recent threads?
You do know the game is on a up turn right?
-Almerel
Hello my old friend.
If by up turn you mean that at peak hours maybe 100 or so people are logged on to a server rather than 80 or 90 the fine - it is on an upturn if you say so. ROFL. DDO is so on life support it is absolutely hilarious that anyone would characterize it as being on some kind of upswing.
I will say it again, MOD 9 = vaporware.
"Vaporware is a term used to describe a software or hardware product that is announced by a developer well in advance of release, but which then fails to emerge after having well exceeded the period of development time that was initially claimed or would normally be expected for the development cycle of a similar product."
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While I agree that the server stability has been poor lately I have to call shenanigans on the 80 people on the server during prime time. There are sometimes that many people in Meridia at 3am EST on Thelanis. Thelanis has a couple of Aussie guilds and they run that time so your count of 80-100 is BS at best. My guild alone was running 2 full shroud groups at the same time yesterday afternoon. So according to your numbers my guild is 35% of the Thelanis population. Sorry but I think your estimate is way off.
I am not happy with the delay of Mod 9 and the absolute lack of communication from Turbine, but you are way overboard with your ideas.
At 12:30am est on Khyber
This has 10 people on what you can see of this list. If you look to the side of the list you'll notice how much more room there is to scroll down. I'd say there is a bit more than 100 lol. Possibly even 800-1000.
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f141/Almerel/NewPicture1.jpg
Edit: The graphics are on Very low because I'm on my laptop. Just want to stop the people who will start QQ about the graphics.
-Almerel
Hello my old friend.
Did DDO steal something from you that you high jack all the recent threads?
You do know the game is on a up turn right?
I suspect the poster is just a bit needy (take a look at his previous posts, it is just DDOs turn for a trolling). Best to not feed it.
Yes, there's many times more players than 80-100 on the EU servers too. Not long ago I saw 3 instances of Markeplace. So that's just untrue AgtSmith.
Other than that, why don't you go and praise tha games you like? Are there any?
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First of all, of course my numbers where in jest - go bid on a sense of humor for crying out loud. Second, let's just accept that number put forth above showing maybe 1000 people on in the afternoon (that is specious as the servers where down all day yesterday so at the time he claims the shot was taken the server was not even up). Nevertheless, 1000 people on a server in the afternoon with 5 servers means around 5000ish players off peak - if that doubles to 10k or triples to 15 (pretty unlikely) that means the game is around (what most sites suggest) less that 20k subs. This is not a vibrant and healthy population. The lack of info from DEVs (near cone of silence for months on many things), the no info on MOD 9, and the total lack of anything regarding the upcoming (like a week or something) 3 year anniv, along with the degrading server performance (frequent server lag and hour long+ server downtime every few days) clearly indicates the game is, at best, getting set aside and at worst being left to wither.
Look, I like DDO for a few weeks here and there, but lets be honest - this is a decaying game and nowhere near a growing game and even in house at Turbine the game is openly treated as a red headed stepchild.
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There's roughly 100 people visible in the LFM pannel during peak hours on Ghallanda and on a friday evening there's frequently more. the server list normally has about 500-800 visible during evenings on the weekdays. Keep in mind that if someone has their character flagged as anonymous they will not show in the Who but they will through LFM's. Granted, that might not fit everyone's definition of a lot although when you have most online games maintain a server cap of around 1k-3k it does convey a message of it being relatively populated.
The nonsense you spew is akin to someone screaming they're going to kill themselves to get attention from an ex-lover and your tone is generally deceitful throughout the forums. Too bad you have absolutely nothing to contribute.
edit: as for you other ficticious claims of no info for months about mod 9, there's been anouncements of coming additions each week for the last few weeks. It's one thing to assume but to portray yourself in this manner is pitiful.
As I've stated in another thread I've resubbbed to D&D (Euro) recently, rather than re-activate my old characters I've re-started.
Population wise it looks pretty good, though most groups are for mid-range 6-9 and the top end 16.
I have struggled to find a group for the harbourmaster's seal, in fact I have taken to paying the bribe to enter the Marketplace. I would have rather run the Waterworks again, but no takers. This made me feel I was alone (sob) at level 2 despite the fact there are plenty of groups running dungeons at that level. Guildies I assume.
Perhaps I'd best join a guild, get into a zerging group and run with it. I'd rather not though, so I'm giving it a week to see how it pans out.
The game is far from dead btw.
I've got a pretty sweet sense of humor so I think maybe you need to not be the mmorpg.com forum game basher. It seems just about every post you have has a negative slant. Not just here but on the other forums you post.
Try A.M. You can even look at the time I posted the shot and the time I edit my post.
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Hello my old friend.
Are you crazed? How can you judge whether it is a vibrant community by the number of subs? More so, you don't even know the number for sure...
Turbine clearly invests in New Player experience, so you think that's the way a producer of "decaying game" takes care of himself? Invest in "decaying game" which will bring them loss? Decaying games are left behind...
And about decaying and nowhere near growing, it's just BS what you write. Absolute, in fact, an absolute lack of knowledge. You just copy "urban legends" which are age old, and obviously don't know what you're talking about. Nothing to discuss here, I think you're just a provocative and it's best to not feed you. Sorry, you're just plain wrong and still post like you knew the facts - which are only your opinions, not much linked to facts. I'm sure you can't leave it to yourself, no, you must argue even if everybody disagrees pointing good arguments.
Let's just agree - you think DDO is doomed, decaying, etc. And I'll go on celebrating 3rd year of DDO, anniversary starting from 27th Feb
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Actually you are wrong about the servers as they were up in the early afternoon. I logged on to do some auction house stuff around 2:30 and was on for half an hour. It is quite clear you are the typpe of person who does not deal in facts or actualities. When called out on your obvious BS you tell people to get a sense of humor. Maybe you should get a sense of reality and realize you fail as a comic.
Most sites that discuss such things estimate that 25-30% of a games total subscriptions will ever be on during prime time. DDo has been having server and lag issues. Could part of the problem be the servers are getting full? Since coming back a month ago I have met quite a few people like me who left before the server merge and are now returning. DDO is drawing back people who left. This is a good sign. Maybe the game never gets huge numbers but I think this game has already shown the ability to hold a core fan base and with improvements grow. Turbine needs to take advantage of this, but I must admit their recent trach record of barely there communication does not bode well for them.
So you work at Turbine and know what they do in house? Or is this more of your jesting?
He said "At 12:30am est on Khyber", the servers where down at that time for scheduled maintenance, it was later in teh day when they went down for their weekly several hour crashes.
As for the rest - whatever you fanboys want to argue DDO is the very definition of a gme in decline. It has about as low a population as is possible to even remain open and that is confirmed by a number of independent sites as well as Turbines own lack of commitment to the game in terms of proper resources to ensure stable servers, lack of nearly any promotion or marketting, total lack of events for the third anniversery coming in just days, and the current vaporware status of MOD 9. But go ahead, tell us all how the game is not a very lightly populated niche game that gets scant attention from the broader MMO public and the developer, I know all the fanboys are good at creating their own reality.
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He said "At 12:30am est on Khyber", the servers where down at that time for scheduled maintenance, it was later in teh day when they went down for their weekly several hour crashes.
As for the rest - whatever you fanboys want to argue DDO is the very definition of a gme in decline. It has about as low a population as is possible to even remain open and that is confirmed by a number of independent sites as well as Turbines own lack of commitment to the game in terms of proper resources to ensure stable servers, lack of nearly any promotion or marketting, total lack of events for the third anniversery coming in just days, and the current vaporware status of MOD 9. But go ahead, tell us all how the game is not a very lightly populated niche game that gets scant attention from the broader MMO public and the developer, I know all the fanboys are good at creating their own reality.
How am I suppose to take you seriously when you quote my 12:30am twice and don't realize that it's A.M. You know in the morning not in the afternoon. When it's the afternoon there is a P.M. after it. I took that screen shot at 12:30 am this morning when I responded to the thread.
I don't think us fanboys are saying DDO isn't static, were just saying it's no more static than most other mmo's. Also you have yet to prove which other mmo's are less static.
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Hello my old friend.
He said "At 12:30am est on Khyber", the servers where down at that time for scheduled maintenance, it was later in teh day when they went down for their weekly several hour crashes.
As for the rest - whatever you fanboys want to argue DDO is the very definition of a gme in decline. It has about as low a population as is possible to even remain open and that is confirmed by a number of independent sites as well as Turbines own lack of commitment to the game in terms of proper resources to ensure stable servers, lack of nearly any promotion or marketting, total lack of events for the third anniversery coming in just days, and the current vaporware status of MOD 9. But go ahead, tell us all how the game is not a very lightly populated niche game that gets scant attention from the broader MMO public and the developer, I know all the fanboys are good at creating their own reality.
First I suggest you learn to tell time as AM means morning. You said they were down all day and I told you when I logged in. There is the proof you are simply making false statements to try and prove a weak and false point.
You have no idea of the actual number of people playing, you are just throwing out numbers and trying to look like you know that which you have no idea about. Is DDO a niche game? Yes it is. Does that mean failure or dying game? Not automatically, just to people like you who think if it is not WOW or has WOW numbers it has failed. I left DDO almost 2 years ago and was predicting its doom then and now I came back and I was wrong. The game did not die and the population seems no worse now then it did when I left.
You continue to call MOD9 vaporware, you do realize you are not using the term accurately right? You talk of the broader MMO public as if you were some expert in this field. Please give us your qualifications so we can decide if your expertise is of any use.
How do independant sites that have no access to Turbines subscription totals confirm anything? Are you one of those people who believes anything he sees because it is on the internet? Obviously you failed reading as I have been critical of DDO and would never qualify as a fanboy, except to you because you need to use that term in your lame attempt to ignore posts that have facts as you try to pass off your posts of made us stats as just trying to be honest. No one is buying it, your sales pitch is so bad you could not sell water to a desert nomad.
He said "At 12:30am est on Khyber", the servers where down at that time for scheduled maintenance, it was later in teh day when they went down for their weekly several hour crashes.
As for the rest - whatever you fanboys want to argue DDO is the very definition of a gme in decline. It has about as low a population as is possible to even remain open and that is confirmed by a number of independent sites as well as Turbines own lack of commitment to the game in terms of proper resources to ensure stable servers, lack of nearly any promotion or marketting, total lack of events for the third anniversery coming in just days, and the current vaporware status of MOD 9. But go ahead, tell us all how the game is not a very lightly populated niche game that gets scant attention from the broader MMO public and the developer, I know all the fanboys are good at creating their own reality.
How am I suppose to take you seriously when you quote my 12:30am twice and don't realize that it's A.M. You know in the morning not in the afternoon. When it's the afternoon there is a P.M. after it. I took that screen shot at 12:30 am this morning when I responded to the thread.
I don't think us fanboys are saying DDO isn't static, were just saying it's no more static than most other mmo's. Also you have yet to prove which other mmo's are less static.
People like that never have facts or reality to back up their statements, they just continue to use words like vaporware and fanboy to try and cover the fact they have no knowledge of what is going on. Typical of the breed and I am pretty sure he got his numbers mixed up for his age in his profile.
Cranking up the rhetoric is a very common sign of a weak argument.
The mod 9 vaporware statement did make me smile though, put something in where you can clearly be proved wrong and can have it quoted at you everytime you come to visit. Doh!