qweeve wrote on May 17
th, 2014 at 9:00am:
If only there were some means of sending messages over the internet. Something like mail, only electronic. Eh, I'm just talking crazy talk.
Yeah, this. I subscribe to the DDO Sales and Promotions mailing list still, yet on Thanksgiving on The Vault I heard about the DDO Black Friday one day sale. I ended up spending $50 that day. The day
after the sale I got an email from the Sales and Promotions mailing list telling me about the sale I would have just missed had I not been a Vault reader. Turdbin attention to detail, FTW!
Fuck Off wrote on May 17
th, 2014 at 10:07am:
It won't bring back the people that left because of bugs. To get those people, they would have to actually fix something for a change.
Yeah, it's a great idea, but fix the bugs first. Bringing them back now they are going to say "Yeah, even more broken, glad I'm not paing for this crap"
harharharhar wrote on May 17
th, 2014 at 2:29am:
What do you guys think about this crazy idea:
For 1 day, 24 hours only, Turbine offers EVERY SINGLE ACCOUNT that already exists (but no new accounts) full access to all content.
I love the idea! I remember when my parents subscribed to HBO arfter a free HBO weekend. DDO could offer VIP week once or twice a year when every account gets the benefit of VIP (except for the free TP) and let people see if they like it.
And I definitely prefer the same week for everybody over codes they use at whatever time they choose, one of the big problems DDO has is the fact that ghost towns aren't inviting. Having the same week for everybody would give the maximum possible population boost. Of course, if the lag problem is that the code has gotten less efficient then maybe getting everybody on in the same week would be disasterous, if that's the case then the codes are a better idea.
But I don't think having the VIP benefits available for a dozen days a year is going to cause a reduction in sales. If the pack isn't worth playing more than a few days most people won't buy it anyway, and these days many people will assume it sucks (because most new content does) so trying it would lead to increased sales if it didn't suck as badly as was first reported.