Originally posted by Bent DDO is but a shadow of a dream.... Let 100 people play it and only 10 won't have compliants. It would be better if players were upset about lag or downtime... but sadly its the game itself that people disagree with.It's becoming clear to many that DDO won't make it as an average p2p game, unless instancing reduces that cost so much that bandwidth is cheap compared to other MMOs, DDO may well go the way of AC2.The more people find about about DDO and the more they play it the more they seem to hate it. It's understandable... DDO has to not only please MMO players... it has to also please D&Ders. So they have two communities of players they can anger. I doesn't seem they are doing a good job pleasing either.The stuff we were relying on to be good (combat system, well down quest)... the "hook" of the sale. We are now hearing (from beta people) is lame, uninventive, and annoying. What are we left with?
I've had the exact opposite experience that you have. Of all the people I got to try the ST or who I've told about it, 75% or more are now planning to buy the game. Not all gamers are as picky or as demanding as the hardcore MMO players or the elitist PnP Players. Some people just plain want to have fun and can enjoy a game even if it doesn't match their specific vision of what the game should be like. I've played PnP for over 15 years and I have NO problems with the changes they have made to the game, I've also been playing MMO's since UO came out and I am welcoming the changes they are making to the same old boring formula. And so are most of my friends. The game is not perfect but it is damn good for what it is and will only get better with time. If it doesn't I simply won't play it.
Yes, I was just trying to explain where all the "hate" was coming from. Why people are saying they've "never seen so much hate for a game still in beta."
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I've had the exact opposite experience that you have. Of all the people I got to try the ST or who I've told about it, 75% or more are now planning to buy the game. Not all gamers are as picky or as demanding as the hardcore MMO players or the elitist PnP Players. Some people just plain want to have fun and can enjoy a game even if it doesn't match their specific vision of what the game should be like. I've played PnP for over 15 years and I have NO problems with the changes they have made to the game, I've also been playing MMO's since UO came out and I am welcoming the changes they are making to the same old boring formula. And so are most of my friends. The game is not perfect but it is damn good for what it is and will only get better with time. If it doesn't I simply won't play it.
Yes, I was just trying to explain where all the "hate" was coming from. Why people are saying they've "never seen so much hate for a game still in beta."