Fail wrote on May 6
th, 2015 at 11:04pm:
DDO is a huge pita to learn and the online resources someone like me comes to expect simply dont exist, so figuring out the game becomes more of a chore than anything else;Thats not a learning curve, its an exercise in absolute frustration.
It wouldnt be so bad if the people in game were helpful or if Turbine didnt constantly screw with the rules, or if some helpful web resources existed besides a outdated and underwhelmingly confusing wiki, but thats not the reality.
This^
Largely the "people/wiki not helpful" is Turdbin's fault - too few people and too many changes for the wiki to keep up with - but the result is a crater in the support base for new players.
Starkjade wrote on May 7
th, 2015 at 12:48am:
You wouldn't believe the amount of helpful guides and resources that were lost when they changed the forums over a few years back. It's not that people don't want to write out a blog or a guide, it's that they don't want to do it again.
Yeah, and even for the things that managed to survive, you can't tell what's relevant and what isn't.
Starkjade wrote on May 7
th, 2015 at 1:50am:
The forum change was like burning the Library of Alexandria, as far as this game goes.
OldCoaly wrote on May 7
th, 2015 at 9:59am:
If they take the time to study and learn how to close this gap, they are rewarded by Vargina and Severance using a bulldozer to implement new systems when a little finesse of the old environment would have been sufficient.
It's frustrating as hell for many people who may not want to be the best players, but would like to get more than 10% of the kills in a two person group.
Again, you've hit the nail on the head. I play fantasy games to get to be a hero. I don't care if I don't lead the kill count, but I want to feel I've contributed to the win. I want to feel like a sane and reasonable player would invite me back out of self interest rather than charity.
Power creep and spreading the player base makes that less likely, which provides a strong disincentive to group, and removes most of my motivation to buy anything.