How many games does Turbine have to kill before they figure out they are the cause?

Crotch Goblins wrote on May 11^th, 2015 at 10:33am:

As long as they are getting money from it they are  not killing it.

Crotch Goblins wrote on May 11^th, 2015 at 10:33am:

Anyways, I guess now is the time to do favor runs on each server?

Flav wrote on May 12^th, 2015 at 4:16am:


hahaha!

Wait...wait...that seems wrong!

Although I guess the devs get tired of hearing "this game sux!" and "you suck!" over and over again, so they probably just see one poster on reruns.

Meat-Head wrote on May 7^th, 2015 at 8:44pm:


How often do I group with 350 horrible players?  Never.

How often would I group with 700 horrible players?  Never.

Server merge isn't all that interesting to me.  But, if you enjoy grouping with horrible players, a server merge would be a boon. 

Here is the problem Meat, you have the underlying assumption that other players = good (improved game experience).  Therefore more players = more good (Better game experience).  But what if that assumption is wrong?  What if other players = bad (worse game experience).  Then more players is not better. 

Example:
Would you rather have 1 student who is focused and wants to learn or 10 of them in your class?

Would you rather have 1 student who is disrespectful, unmotivated, and rude or 10 of them in your class?

Starkjade wrote on May 12^th, 2015 at 1:45pm:


I was intentionally ignoring this possibility.  I am on Khyber.  There are no good players on the other servers.

Munkenmo wrote on May 12^th, 2015 at 5:44pm:

You have a bank toon on Khyber so technically you're on Khyber too.

Asheras wrote on May 12^th, 2015 at 6:06pm:


I made a human fvs (Favenmo) on each server when the original ottos stones were released. The idea was to have a versatile character that would be welcome in raids or epics, motu put an end to that train of thought.

We can all meet a ton of players outside the game in various social media. Yet, we only have a ~1/8 chance of actually being able to play with them. It was a stupid idea to have a segregated playerbase in the first place. It's time for a megaserver.

Funny, Mod is the only thing where people actually ask for a tank or three.
Deathwyrm depends - don't need melee tank but it kinda sucks to ranged tank her if you have mostly melee deeps.
Tanks in Thunder Peaks ? Lolwut, noone does that ever.

Meat-Head wrote on May 14^th, 2015 at 3:18pm:


I look at it like this. I am just a regular guy in real life. But for an example of what happened to me last night, I joined a pug for Proof is in the poison. It is IP, so I jump in and they are like, "yay phin will save us," then as I get closer the life bars go from alive to dead. I got to be the hero. It is nice to be the hero sometimes.

Were they horrible, I don't know, after I drug there stones to the shrine we had no problems. I wasn't there for the wipe, but they seemed to be pretty careful till the end of the quest. They were first lifers. It was fun.

It is nice to be a piker too, but last night, I was the hero.

Asheras wrote on May 12^th, 2015 at 11:30am:


I really think this isn't so much a problem of horrible players, but a problem of poor design.  There are lots of games where randomway is fun and enjoyable, even with a huge gap in player skill. 

In DDO, there is just too much to discourage grouping and incentivize soloing.  A full 6 man party is literally never optimal for normal quests.  There also isn't any "quick join" mechanic, so newbs sit in empty LFMs, get bored quickly and leave the game. 

A huge problem IMO.