I'm trying and failing at not giving a shit about the next update.

I went for a long run and still couldn't stop thinking about it because every few seconds I would realize another thing that would be undercut by the intential blanket reduction of procs. I doubt that I have thought of even half of the items and my list crazy long after just a couple miles.

So I'm asking you all to set aside the normal vault "the devs are idiots and don't play" reflex for a moment and consider this. Is it possible that they don't really (and I mean really) understand or comprehend just how many things this will impact?

It's a serious question, because I honestly think for good or bad this may be the biggest change to the core game that impact characters in over 5 years, and it is coming out of nowhere and will be in place in just a week or two. This change will do way more to game play, characters, items, than any Epic destiny changes or cap increase and it will proposed and implemented in less than a month start to finish.

Kinda breathtaking actually.

All of which begs the question was this a lag solution they came up with recently when the animation change didn't really land much impact and they are rolling out in hopes to shut up the lag-complainers, or was this paradigm shift always their intention and they used all the hullabaloo over the bows and to cover?  Personally, I'm guessing the first, and that they don't realize exactly what they have done.

Im betting they think it is a trade off, and they can build on what they have destroyed from here.

Dragonborn wrote on Apr 7^th, 2021 at 5:10am:


It's a fair question so consider this. This group of devs has a habit of abandoning plans they already set in motion not even a year ago (bag for horses that got turned into a medium ingredient), idiots or not, they don't seem to be able/willing or even caring about what the game is about.

Even their posts give a distinct impression that it's just a job for them, they don't seem to put any passion in it. Core mechanic or not, if they decided it has to go or forgot in favor or something else, they won't give a shit, off you fuck. They would get rid of the D20 if they found out it doesn't suit their plans for DDO, you know it's true.

This is most likely the first and easiest fix they have started to investigate after all these years. They really have no idea if this will even work. Look at the comments from the devs on the forums. Please raid, please let us know if the 10 people raiding on lamania are causing anyone to lag in
kothos. They are clutching at straws looking for easy, cheap fixes. Stuff that Sev can mess with, without having to actually get dedicated software programmers to fix the shit show.

I withhold judgement to see if it works to reduce lag to a significant degree.

Q: Are they incompetent, or are they lying piles of shit?

A: Yes.

I really seriously feel like they have one process running that pops the next thing off their proc queue or whatever the fuck they called it.  ONE.

But this isn't our first "this will fix lag" rodeo is it? Just ask all the poor archons who were darkened.

For fucks sake 15 years ago hardware was practically punch cards compared to today. If your combat MMO hardware and software can't handle combat, FIX YOUR FUCKING SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE.

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Yeah thats what it sounded like to me too. But it can't be.........right?

I mean......even Turdbine couldn't design something that...........could they?

Oh god they could.

somenewnoob wrote on Apr 7^th, 2021 at 2:49pm:

Life lesson,  whenever you find yourself asking such questions.  The answer is always yes they are.

Step 1:

We nerf manyshot, some bows, adrenaline etc BUT here you have a new shiny large doubleshot numbers instead!

Step 2:

Nerf doubleshot

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You would probably need a bard and paladin for their constant auras and ticking effects.

kum-gulp wrote on Apr 8^th, 2021 at 9:13am:


Facts! They hit TWF before complaining about the attack speed and calcs, yet they keep adding these random chance of X happening effects and now, many many years have to do the same.

Titans in MA? Just take one down, then go to town on the other, never killing them close enough to each other to finish?