noamineo wrote on Mar 18^th, 2015 at 6:12pm:



Why Noamineo?

My view is that things like the Monster Manual are a good thing.
They add an element/dimension to the game that is entirely optional.  Like crafting.
It adds depth to the game for some of your players.
Some power gamers will ignore it and some will love it.
It doesn't really affect anyone else.

The only consideration is whether it is worth the development effort.

Other games have different variations of these.  Trophy cabinets, achievements, lodges, guild halls etc.  They encourage people to become invested in the game.

Your concern about achievement hunters is unfounded.  It's the same as flower sniffers or those that must get every optional.  The LFM will likely let you know, and if not, you don't play with them after 1 quest.

If trophies/achievements are visible to other players, then that will appeal to the ego group and they will use it as an epeen proxy - but so what?  They do it now with completion times.   You just ignore it if it does not appeal to you.  I couldn't give a crap about completion times, and largely ignore most of those discussions.
If they're not visible to others, then a different group of players will be interested.  No dramas.

I honestly think a few systems like this would add so much more longevity to the game for many players without any power creep.  I rarely even look at my MM, but I do know players who would pay for these things, so I'm all for it.

Buying xp pot for tp.

Viktor Vaughn wrote on Mar 19^th, 2015 at 10:22am:



I dont know how to dupe them. sucks to be me!

DropBear wrote on Mar 19^th, 2015 at 7:35am:


It doesn't really affect anyone until your party wipes because someone was trying to get the "Always be on Red Alert" achievement, or you have to 5-man a raid because 7 people are standing in corners working on the "jump 500 times in one dungeon" achievement.

These are just examples, but we already have enough shit like that to deal with between perma-deathers and elite-streakers(though the elite streak thing has calmed down a lot). Do you really want to add obsessive and annoying achievement hunters?

Seriously, ask any veteran WoW player, they pretty much either love the system or think it has ruined the game. But exactly fuck-nobody thinks it just "doesn't affect anyone else".

Granted, WoW is considerably more party-intensive, but it's still irritating.

goldgolem wrote on Mar 19^th, 2015 at 11:21am:

I didnt dupe anything.
YOu could have bought medium eberron shards and get 20% xp pots.

Yobai wrote on Mar 19^th, 2015 at 5:49pm:


that would be cool - even more if reward for such achievement would be storage box for them. like zawabis chest for all sands items

Revaulting wrote on Mar 19^th, 2015 at 6:25pm:

heh

I don't feel the urge to do a specific quest order. if the OP restricts himself to a specific time frame, though, it might be important.

Lvl. 1-5:
I do every low level quest 1x with a 50% pot. running (or any pot. for that matter). My goal is reaching lvl. 4-5 asap for voice. But the content is so limitted that an order of quests is irrelevant, you will run them all anyways.

Some nostalgia quests like Tangleroot and STK I do still. I can never have enough DW clickies, he .

Lvl. 6-10:
Same procedure, although I will focus on quests, which are done fast, even if lower xp/min. And after hitting lvl. 7 I do Necro 1, Delera, Tear, Sentinel chain, VoN 1-4, etc. There is so much xp. in that lvl. range that will skip some high xp. quests when reaching a new level. Mostly I skip necro2. Which hurts a bit but since you can run the important quests with redwindow I live with it.

Lvl. 11+:
Sands are mandatory for me, else I do what content there is, again, always trying to bank one level, but using 50% pot.s I never have a problem with that.

goldgolem wrote on Mar 22^nd, 2015 at 1:38pm:

True to some extent, but I ran with lesser pot.s before 50% were available and neither had problems back then in lvl. range 6-10. The bottleneck was lvl. 4 to 6, though. I farmed Ringleader 8 times, after bb was available I ran it 2 or 3 times (e/h/n).

Depends on available content, I guess. Point is, there is no real need for a questorder on 1-6. Run it once and done with it. And since they changed ransack mechanic you can run under level as well.

I hate how i have to treasure my shield and invis clickies more then SoS or mari chain after the loot update but then again i love them almost non-UMD gimps

Back in the day I would power level with Deleras, VON, Sands, and Vale. GH had ok loot but terrible xp except for Crucible.

Revaulting wrote on Mar 25^th, 2015 at 12:45am:



see?  this is why I read the vault.  this shit never even occurs to me.