Kimberlite wrote on Jan 26
th, 2012 at 6:53pm:
You enjoy farming? Most view it as a necessary evil imposed on us by the developers, that gets in the way of having fun.
I play enough that I have no trouble getting almost any non-raid named gear from those quests. I had a Carnifex and some Golden Cartouches long before I had characters that needed them, and I while my first pair seemed to take forever, I have enough things like Visors and Stonedust Handwraps now as well.
Those unlucky people who have run Deleras 20 times in vain, looking for a carnifex are going to be happy about this. The poor buggers who will ransack Eyes of Stone on normal for weeks on end looking for the handwraps will be delighted about this. I'm pretty pumped if things like the Marks will show up on the Lordsmarch list, because the white marks just won't drop for me.
There are a few items that are rare enough that it initially feels like doOOOoooOOOmmmMMMmm to give them away in three casual runs, like the Twisted Talisman. However, I think it makes sense given the upcoming increase in the level cap. If someone has ground out the scroll, seal, and shard, why make them ransack a lowbie protection quest for a Twisted Talisman? Given how many quests there are now in the game, why make it so difficult to obtain end rewards that are great for a few mid-range levels, but are not gear that you would normally be using by level 20?
Before TR's came along farming for the odd/end item for a character was what kept me interested in ddo. Imagine if I would have gotten a end reward item I was really looking for in 3 tries. Then I'd probably be taking months off at a time between updates.
Some stuff is super rare and they should have just upped the rate more or in the instance of ioun stones give them a set place to drop, but the whole thing of do the quest 3 times simplifies the game alot for the people who are more casual.
Don't get me wrong, after I play the shit out of the new quests I plan on getting pales for all my alts that don't currently have them, so I'll be in there with 24 characters till ransack unless the end reward for 3rd time doesn't ransack. And also doing mindsunder for some of those named as well. Can't ever have enough alts with those gloves. :p
And I'll probably even do some lordsmarch or harbor of madness chain for that damned puppy bracers.