Kimberlite wrote on May 1
st, 2014 at 9:18pm:
Sigils of leveling. I think they came out with F2P in Sept 2009, and it looks like they were dropped in Feb 2010.
Yup, sounds about right. Thanks.
Meli wrote on May 1
st, 2014 at 10:19pm:
I remember those. I got my one to go from level 4 to level 5 but couldn't find one to go past level 8 and stopped playing that character.
You were not alone in that.
GamerGirl wrote on May 1
st, 2014 at 11:37pm:
yep, i remember those, thank god they got rid of those
They were idiots to put them in, and "smart" to take them out.
My point is that I don't see hearts as any different from the sigils - they just get in the way of me progressing my character (i.e. letting me play the game). They serve no purpose other than as a revenue generator for Turbine. I don't mind giving Turbine money for any number of things, but not to just get some roadblock out of my way, that they put there in the first place, just for that purpose.
I can easily imagine folks getting to 28, raiding a bit, and then just saying "OK, great, I guess I'm done. Bye!" I may end up being one of those people sooner or later. I'm pretty stubborn about not paying for things that I don't think I should have to pay for. And yeah, that will be my choice, so it's on me. But that's still one less player in DDO, and I bet I'm not the only stubborn one out there.