i remember some quests other people hated that were exceptionally easy, like coal chamber, sleeping dust and the rat maze crypt, and i ended up coming to enjoy them because of the comfort i built from constantly having to take the lead in these places with shitty pugs or players that couldnt. i was never a big fan of "leading" groups i just liked being as valuable as possible to a group if i happened to be in one, but certain quests where i knew inferior players required a leader, i was happy to show these people how things worked, make sure laggers got their quest items and end chests, a nice change of pace from just running ahead of everyone else or soloing part of a quest while others went a different direction. there is also a small reward from the few people who express gratitude in these instances.

when i try to remember things i thought were horrible, its a bit tougher to think of examples. but i have a strong memory of an overhanging hate for 2 quests, specifically mechanics within them that made them annoying to me. the first is fleshmakers, due to the 5 rune shit at the end. i remember so many solo runs of this, frustratingly trying to time hirelings to hit the runes and me trying to hit like 2 or 3 myself while trying to also time CC on wind elementals or manage their aggro. just a fucking annoying gate, an attempt to force people to use the LFG. i think i used to flesh to stone them or something but i dont remember its been years

i legit cannot remember the 2nd quest now after typing all the horseshit above. i just remember an anticipatory anger generated from some arbitrary fail condition causing multiple reruns of something across multiple lives and toons. likely a npc like the guy from threnal or the guy at the end of rit sac. or maybe along the lines of stealthy repossession. i only remember the emotional response of having to do something multiple times due to game mechanics beyond player direct control, not from a mistake or lack of skill but a consequence of RNG, where doing the same thing over and over generates different results.

ManyCookies wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2022 at 7:14am:


im kinda dumb and kinda more slow, but I could never tell.  Same with symbolo whats his name in saltmarsh first quest.  I always ask "how you people know which is which?"

Reply: Hey slowdumb we're on the next quest already lets go!!!"

sigh

Justanotherlurker wrote on Jul 1^st, 2022 at 2:25pm:


Mob death thing was removed

bob the builder wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2022 at 9:16am:


That's strange, I talked to a couple of guys ingame about Isle of Dread and they told me there were no quick travel NPCs at all.

ManyCookies wrote on Jul 4^th, 2022 at 10:20am:


Its because they aren't remotely obvious or really all that useful. They're tucked away in the poorly laid-out village and because they just take you to random points in the wilderness its about as fast to just ride there.

The one small advantage to IoD: the mobs break aggro very fast.

bob the builder wrote on Jul 3^rd, 2022 at 10:49am:


DDO doesn't "give" you any hirelings. Last time I checked, all of the permanent hirelings are paid accessories that come with expansions.

And no, I'm not spending 5 TP every life just to finish one or two quests with outdated mechanics which should be soloable. Even if it's only 5 TP, I'd refuse out of principle. It's arbitrary and it's stupid.

Anothersock wrote on Jul 4^th, 2022 at 10:34pm:


I wonder if he lost his voice actors union card when he crossed the picketline for sharn or ravenloft or something

Shunned wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2022 at 7:04pm:



This describesmuch of my DDO experience in general. 

Regarding flesh maker runes, in my experience, the hire AI bugs out badly. If you park one at a rune and tell them to use it, they will...but instead of staying parked, they will run away from the rune and try to reach you, then stop halfway. I have seen this happen countless times.

Ghosts of perdition can be soloed these days. Kill the first brother, then just keep running for the second brother. Theres enough time to kill both if you dont stop, but if you dont have AOE, the mobs will probably get in your way.

My God, talk about a room of retards. Though one person can easily do the runes in flesh maker, 7 of you in one party would not.

Fleshmaker's heroic is VERY difficult to to do it with hirelings.  You have very little time and then you have to hope you don't get unlucky with an air elemental.

I don't think anyone can say it is "easy with hirelings"

now Fleshmaker's Epic gives you plenty time to hit all 5 with no hirelings.

Notanarc wrote on Jul 6^th, 2022 at 6:20am:


Lol, that's cool. Did being in the union actual provide any tangible benefits?

Gunga wrote on Jul 6^th, 2022 at 2:20pm: