Zandos wrote on Jun 18^th, 2014 at 7:22pm:


How could he do any worse than majaml?

CORDOVAN IS NO WORSE THAN MAJORMALPHUNKTION.




ergo

MAJORMALPHUNKTION IS NO BETTER THAN CORDOVAN.

Man, how's that feel?

Coming soon to Lotro. duping exploits, infinite xp & more.

I hope he gets back  i rather have a fail developer but who can fix his shits fast than a fail developer who never fix the shit.

majmalphunktion wrote on Jun 18^th, 2014 at 9:18pm:


Much like Rowan's plan before he left to get Sentient weapons done correctly for DDO by the end of the year because it was important to him.

At least you got the in-game bug report working after all these years. Unfortunately, it's not available in-game since it's the ddovault and advertising as such for other players on the shithole forums gets people banned.

OldCoaly wrote on Jun 18^th, 2014 at 5:18pm:



You're a disappointment. 

From the Lotro forums

Seriously?

You knew you were bailing, lied to anyone who listened to you, and had the balls to complain that some posts directed to you weren't respectful enough.

Good plan.  Well executed.

Too bad you couldn't put that talent toward un-assing DDO. [/quote]

I was 100% DDO until my last day there. I stand by everything I ever said to folks, and it sucked that I wasn't allowed to say goodbye properly. There wasn't a vacuum when I left, other than my sparking personality and brass balls for dealing with the seedy underbelly of the community. There is another producer, I have no idea what name he uses on the forums, but he will be fine, but probably far more behind the scenes. We have all worked very closely together for a long time, and he is green as a producer, but his head is in the right place, and his background as a coder is only going to help. He knows the bad places to stay away from. He knows scope. He is kind of an asshole about it...in a good way. There is a new development director/manager whatever, who is a very smart guy. He has spent a bunch of time talking with the PC, I'm not sure if he talks on the main forums yet. The direction I talked about , character, loot exc...is something he wholeheartedly believes in. I'm kind of bummed I don't get to work with him.
Doom...no.
But LOTRO needed help, and I was the logical choice. Rowan and I work very well together, and I'll admit I like a challenge. I wish I had another year on DDO, but that didn't work out. This did all happen very quickly, and with all the flux that has been going on this spring-leadership moves, layoffs exc, it seemed like pulling the band aid off when already in chaos was probably the better move than making another ripple 6 months from now.
DDO is not dying, it's a very happy and engaged team that are trying to put it into a happy place. Yes bugs, release was rushed a bit, features are what some people have said there are. I feel like when I left the future vision was better than anything I've seen for the game in a long time. No pet projects, no half features. Core game improvements.Content.End game. Of course what we think that is and you think may be two different things. Watch for dev diaries and whatnot.

majmalphunktion wrote on Jun 18^th, 2014 at 9:37pm:


Got it. Insulting swords are a priority over an in-game bug report.

majmalphunktion wrote on Jun 18^th, 2014 at 9:35pm:


Probably not a coincidence that you got "promoted" so soon after the debacle that was update 22.  I see guys do that all the time in the military; they fuck something up so bad that the commander moves them to another job where they'll be less dangerous.

You're posting here as if anyone believes the bullshit that spews out of your mouth. That's adorable.

You made your escape from the sinking ship that is DDO on the backs of people who trusted you and told you - in good faith - things that you asked for to make the game better. Exploits specifically. Exploits you and your team could not find. And in doing so your burned bridges. Maybe not with everyone, maybe there are some people  who still wear those rose coloured  glasses and believe you. I'm not one, and I haven't been for a while. I guess that bridge was one of the first ones to go eh?

Good luck in your new post, you're going to need it. If your brief tenure as a producer of DDO is any indication, LOTRO will very soon be going the way of Asheron's Call. And it looks like DDO is not far behind. Hey you can put that on your resume: killed off two decade-old MMOs. Maybe one of the other people who got shitcanned a few months back can get you in somewhere.

majmalphunktion wrote on Jun 18^th, 2014 at 9:35pm:

I'm got a couple mules with some resist-30 amenities stockpiled.

The "producer" churn makes me uncomfortable suggesting that anyone in my guild spend any money on long-term game investments.

I wonder what will last longer:  DDO or 4 score of Greater Shock Resistance amenities.


majmalphunktion wrote on Jun 18^th, 2014 at 9:35pm:

Thanks for that.  You're a peach.


majmalphunktion wrote on Jun 18^th, 2014 at 9:35pm:

What makes you think your "vision" will be seen by your successors to be any more important than any other crafting system, unfinished prestige, borked loot table, "(Error): Error 0x800441f4 received when trying to retrieve information about any support tickets associated with this account.", or the numerous string-table-error-tableDID?

Seriously.  The vacuum of your presence will be as visible as the impression a hand leaves behind when it's removed from a bucket of water.


Good luck with your buddy Rowan over at Lotro.

I hope you check back on DDO once in a while to see how your legacy unfolds.

It was also full of shit. Ghost banning was 100 percent his plan. He just didn't realize he had fucked over the whole table when he went for loot pass. Version 3.

majmalphunktion wrote on Jun 18^th, 2014 at 4:00pm:


If LOTRO needs you more than DDO, then LOTRO's side of the building must be on fire.

Also, as soon as one of us can think up a relevant search string, we'll set you up with the website of the Vault equivalent to LOTRO.

majmalphunktion wrote on Jun 18^th, 2014 at 9:35pm:

This is information, at least. Thanks. It's hard to completely remove the snark from my tone, but I do appreciate that you're communicating.