m4lacka wrote on May 29^th, 2020 at 2:12am:


A "service" that handles exploits, account trades and all the stuff that would win you a ban from the game. They also implied it has been profitable but, so far, they have provided no way of actually get in touch to them except via PM here on the forum and I hope Strakeln is getting paid for providing the actual customer service they've been bragging about so much.

I've read a lot of a phantom site that is supposedly been worked on but it is all there is right now, words.

I'm neither for nor against this but this whole "operation" stinks to high heaven as, so far, we only have the word of ddoplayer98 and nothing else to back up the "successful" service he might be in charge of

EDIT
Here's the website
https://www.dupeddostore.xyz/

EDIT2
This would be better fir into the other thread but I've taken a look at the store, I will wait until I know for sure i can actually buy something without fear of being found out or reported in any way but the prices seem good. Hell, you could argue they are even fair.

I know that the publisher for ssg has a voice in the matter of prices for stuff but had those fools actually pursued a decent business model they would be swimming in dollars.

Hopefully it's not a farce and I will gladly buy a few things

Artorias wrote on May 29^th, 2020 at 3:49am:



Have you not read my posts? I specifically personally tested him to see if it was all b.s.

It’s not. I’ve now successfully purchased items 3 times. He has some measures to protect people from bans, so that can get clunky, but it works. I started by PMing here. He then refers you to discord or Skype.

When you buy, he delivers half the stuff up front before payment. If there are delays, he has excellent customer service.

I give him a 9/10 overall.

Head-Meat wrote on May 29^th, 2020 at 10:12am:


Surprised that someone doesn’t just take your word for it and has to do their own research to find their answer? Have you met you?

Regarding the server: an attempts to monetize based on micro-transactions WILL get you a big fat lawsuit from SSG, hands down, no question, you will be violating the law. What you need to do instead is a DONATION-based system(I saw this work very successfully for an Everquest EMU community a while back). You can give rewards based on donations made outside of the server, and that will generally keep you out of dodge. The EQ EMU community was running while EverQuest was still actively running but before they had transitioned to the F2P model they use now.


As far as what we'd like the server to be like? Well, you've probably noticed virtually EVERYONE has a different idea about what they want, you'll never make everyone happy.

What I suspect would draw in more players, though? Faster level progression + higher drop rates. No one wants to invest years into building a character on a rogue server that could get shut down at any moment. But give, say, 4x current experience and 10x current drop rates? People will come for that because they can progress with a casual investment of time.

Head-Meat wrote on May 29^th, 2020 at 3:44pm:

RE: Monitization: I play some Fortnite with my kids. One of things that impresses me is that they do NOT sell any P2W. It's all skins, cosmetics, and other things NOT essential to gameplay. That's respectable, imo.

With DDO itll be difficult to impossible to add new cosmetics to the game, BUT not that tough to create a shitload of them from existing art assets.

The key is not to "monetize" but to "accept donations for server costs/maintenance". I played an an EverQuest Emu server back in 2009 or so(when EQ was still big business), they were bringing in quite a bit of $$ from donations and had cleverly side-stepped legal trouble from freakin' SONY(who are much bigger and more litigious than WotC) in this way. And yes, they had modified the game significantly.

Its a very key legal difference between "buy these cosmetics" and "donate money for free cosmetics".

And honestly I wouldn't be all that concerned about Wizards of the Coast. If the likes of Blizzard and Sony aren't stamping out emulators that make money, WotC is probably not going to bother.

Edrein wrote on May 29^th, 2020 at 7:18pm:


Yes but in 2009 Sony still owned EverQuest, which is what/when I was referring to.


Edrein wrote on May 29^th, 2020 at 7:18pm:


Can you do anything to help with this project? Besides be negative? I'd really, really like to see a DDO server emulator exist.

Head-Meat wrote on May 29^th, 2020 at 3:44pm:

Edrein wrote on May 29^th, 2020 at 9:45pm:


I like to think it says more about the vault this place is not known as a center for happyness and positivity.

Edrein wrote on May 29^th, 2020 at 9:45pm:


So aside from issues with monetizing the server(which is a very long ways out anyway), d'you have any other advise/suggestions?

Run a U11 server. Than from that balance things as possible. Just change some things like the requirement to re-run DQ1 every time you do DQ2, and to make a new sigil every life.