Standing Stone Games wrote on Dec 7^th, 2021 at 5:30pm:


Stale ones. Really just whatever is in the bargain bin.


But all joking aside - a lot of SSG's incompetence definitely stems from economics. This is a systemic problem all throughout the game industry. Unless you're one of the really big dogs, making video games also means making poverty wages or at best only living comfortable. Anyone besides video game artists can go off and make more money for less stress elsewhere in the tech industry.

So every game job starts with finding someone willing to do a difficult task for low pay with tight deadlines. That means you have to want to do that job, which in turn means the hiring managers can get you to do it for even less money. And yet there is still FIERCE competition for most of these jobs because "making video games" is a dream come true.

Then, it turns out the combination of "Willing to do a shitty job for low pay" and "fiercely competitive" does not attract the highest caliber of human beings in the world. So you can expect a toxic work environment for added fun.

All of that best explains why we have Cordoban. If you do the math, he's working for just this side of minimum wage with coworkers who are a redhot mess and a boss who constantly belittles you - all with no hope of advancement. Yeah, you'd suck at your job, too.

But he's making video games!

noamineo wrote on Dec 6^th, 2021 at 2:50pm:


Fuck me, you really are a gimp!!

Gunga wrote on Dec 7^th, 2021 at 2:10pm:


Damn, that’s gotta put you well over 200RP.

Spandex wrote on Dec 8^th, 2021 at 2:08am:


Yes. I don't run reaper because I like a challenge. I run reaper because I'm farming items. R1 doesn't require much more effort than EE but has slightly higher drop-rates.

Gunga wrote on Dec 7^th, 2021 at 9:11pm:


I'd like to point out that I've never once said or implied I personally would be any "good at" a plat economy. I don't have any "magic" to work - I am merely stating the well-documented fact that a working, healthy, easily-entered economy is a valuable aspect of an MMO. Right now the game has tens of thousand of items and maybe 5 of which are worth astral shards(i'm exaggerating), and shards have to be bought with RLM. Buying and selling is so rare and the whales/exploiters/etc throw everything off that it makes any sort of participation in the economy a challenge. What tiny economy the game has belongs only to a very small subset of players, and no real benefit is derived from taking part(wat can you spend shards on, really?). New players coming into the game quickly learn this, and either leave for a game that has this aspect or stay on but don't bother to participate. It all adds to the "DDO is a solo MMO" mentality, and that's bad for the game.

tl;dr: I don't want a plat economy because it benefits me, I want it because it benefits the game.

noamineo wrote on Dec 8^th, 2021 at 5:05pm:





This is the best part as far as I could tell:


Quote:

"The Crown of Summer from the Druid's Season' Herald tree is now: "You have a +15 Enhancement bonus to Positive Healing Amplification, a +15 Enhancement bonus to Melee Power, and a +10 Enhancement bonus to Ranged Power."

Sell it back as:

"Several new augments are now available in-game: Healing Amplification, Repair Amplification, Negative Amplification, Melee Power, Ranged Power."

I'm assuming the MP/RP Power augs are going to be in the store. Either way, selling back as grind and shard house.

platfarmchink wrote on Dec 9^th, 2021 at 1:38am:


Afaik, the newer augments (including dodge) they just released a little while ago are not available in the ddo store.

Another perfect bug free update!

Can't displace yourself if you have a lesser displace item on.
Can't enter the "free" quest unless you've bought sharn.

Rockstarz baby!

Shunned wrote on Dec 9^th, 2021 at 1:19pm:



I'm sure they are. They've been fixing wings for a month!

noamineo wrote on Dec 8^th, 2021 at 3:24pm:


From now on, write yourself the long winded stream of consciousness prattle and move straight to posting just the tl;dr. Then, just before you post, read it, and make it better. Then post. Thanks.