imma really give it a shot this time around i did the beta for it and was not that pleased however ive been reading and hearing thru the grape vine that it has gotten better with patches over time so i think since its finally going to be free i might have give it a play.
After playing the beta and seeing that Turbine really hasn't learned from previous mistakes, I am going to decline playing DDO even as a free game.
Nerfs to XP for popular missions (thereby making it more dependent on doing every little quest in order to level) in addition to the new 'Dungeon Alert' system just make this game unplayable for me.
For those of you who haven't caught on to what Dungeon Alert is - this mechanic forces you to kill every mob in a dungeon in order to avoid having MAJOR debuffs on your party if they try to sneak past mobs. This mechanic is extremely undermining to good Dungeons and Dragons play, and is a way to cover Turbine's ass in their poor decision to use shared hardware instead of dedicated server farms. The Dungeon Alert is a way to control lag during in game play (serious stuttering). Turbine blamed it on players not killing every mob in every dungeon for the lag problem, rather than their own shoddy servers.
That's just the final straw - it's all down hill for them from here.
Turbine should save all money they got and make a Asherons Call 3 with Cryoengine 2 or unreal engine 3. Check what they made Acherons call 1+ 2. Also look at some other games and make really good one.
Yes, absolutley. This is a classic mmorpg, in the role-playing sence. Character customization is graet, hero/class diversity is great, graphics are good, gui and system flexibility is graet, story is great with the vocal narratives as your questing, and quests are very appealing. . .not to mention grouping is really fun and immersive.
This game really should at least be tried by anyone that is remotely interested in mmo's; and its free right now.
I would be giving it a whirl if Codemasters brought it to Europe. The low population etc is offputting for me. But with going F2P it should breathe new life into the playerbase and make the game alot more enjoyable.
I would be giving it a whirl if Codemasters brought it to Europe. The low population etc is offputting for me. But with going F2P it should breathe new life into the playerbase and make the game alot more enjoyable.
Play on US servers . I'm from Poland and I'm not going back to old subcription system Codemasters want to maintain ("for now").
We need to create unofficial European server on F2P DDO: US and advertise it on various forums. That way there will be lots of players on any possible hour - either EU or US folks.
I will have a European guild, but it's for Polish players. Arcane Brotherhood PL - if someone from Poland reads it, send me a message! Other than that, I think we should open a thread here and chose ONE server for all European players. US time makes it harder to play with US people, so we should, as Europeans, group on one server. In other words, let's choose one server which will be unofficial European server in DDO US . I'm considering Thelanis or Argonessen, as well as Gallandha.
I will have a European guild, but it's for Polish players. Arcane Brotherhood PL - if someone from Poland reads it, send me a message!
Other than that, I think we should open a thread here and chose ONE server for all European players. US time makes it harder to play with US people, so we should, as Europeans, group on one server.
In other words, let's choose one server which will be unofficial European server in DDO US . I'm considering Thelanis or Argonessen, as well as Gallandha.
I suggest Thelanis, lots of EU players here
Yeah, and so I've hear : ). So most likely - Thelanis will the new European player home.
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imma really give it a shot this time around i did the beta for it and was not that pleased however ive been reading and hearing thru the grape vine that it has gotten better with patches over time so i think since its finally going to be free i might have give it a play.
After playing the beta and seeing that Turbine really hasn't learned from previous mistakes, I am going to decline playing DDO even as a free game.
Nerfs to XP for popular missions (thereby making it more dependent on doing every little quest in order to level) in addition to the new 'Dungeon Alert' system just make this game unplayable for me.
For those of you who haven't caught on to what Dungeon Alert is - this mechanic forces you to kill every mob in a dungeon in order to avoid having MAJOR debuffs on your party if they try to sneak past mobs. This mechanic is extremely undermining to good Dungeons and Dragons play, and is a way to cover Turbine's ass in their poor decision to use shared hardware instead of dedicated server farms. The Dungeon Alert is a way to control lag during in game play (serious stuttering). Turbine blamed it on players not killing every mob in every dungeon for the lag problem, rather than their own shoddy servers.
That's just the final straw - it's all down hill for them from here.
i'll be playing it
Turbine should save all money they got and make a Asherons Call 3 with Cryoengine 2 or unreal engine 3. Check what they made Acherons call 1+ 2. Also look at some other games and make really good one.
I doubt I will play it again. I did not like it when I tried it before and making it free is not going to change that.
Yes, absolutley. This is a classic mmorpg, in the role-playing sence. Character customization is graet, hero/class diversity is great, graphics are good, gui and system flexibility is graet, story is great with the vocal narratives as your questing, and quests are very appealing. . .not to mention grouping is really fun and immersive.
This game really should at least be tried by anyone that is remotely interested in mmo's; and its free right now.
I would be giving it a whirl if Codemasters brought it to Europe. The low population etc is offputting for me. But with going F2P it should breathe new life into the playerbase and make the game alot more enjoyable.
Ive thought off and on of giving it another shot so now that its free i most likely will.
Play on US servers
. I'm from Poland and I'm not going back to old subcription system Codemasters want to maintain ("for now").
We need to create unofficial European server on F2P DDO: US and advertise it on various forums. That way there will be lots of players on any possible hour - either EU or US folks.
Polish Sword Coast Legends Portal http://www.swordcoast.pl/
SwordCoast.pl Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SwordCoastPL/
SwordCoast.pl Twitter: https://twitter.com/SwordCoastPL
Polish Neverwinter Portal http://www.neverwinter.com.pl/
Polish D&D Online Portal http://www.ddopl.com
DDOpl Twitter: http://twitter.com/DDOpl
Great DDO PodCast by Jerry & co. http://www.ddocast.com
I heard it was going f2p so I bought it! lol of course I'm playing it when it's f2p! Turbine is going to win.
Like it has for the last three years?
I suggest Thelanis, lots of EU players here
I suggest Thelanis, lots of EU players here
Yeah, and so I've hear : ). So most likely - Thelanis will the new European player home.
Polish Sword Coast Legends Portal http://www.swordcoast.pl/
SwordCoast.pl Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SwordCoastPL/
SwordCoast.pl Twitter: https://twitter.com/SwordCoastPL
Polish Neverwinter Portal http://www.neverwinter.com.pl/
Polish D&D Online Portal http://www.ddopl.com
DDOpl Twitter: http://twitter.com/DDOpl
Great DDO PodCast by Jerry & co. http://www.ddocast.com