Downtime Notice: Wednesday, August 28th 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM Eastern (-4 GMT)

[ChilledMage]

Any updates?

 

[Dom]

1:08 PM...worlds still down!!!

games up

 

[Cordovan]

The game worlds have reopened.

 

[Dandonk]

No stealth fix for Mosnter Manual today, either. Drat.

 

[Rusty_helmet]

No stealth fix for Mosnter Manual today, either. Drat.

As I asked earlier, what exactly is the problem with them?
I'm confused as to what the Monster Manual problem is. I transferred from Ghallanda to Orien. Though the Monster Manual displays are broken initially (they say they are complete when they are not), I am still getting credit and working toward unlocking them and the account unlocks have been happening with the rewards coming. I haven't gotten any companion unlocks yet, but it seems like that will pop too? So what is the problem other than a display issue? And if that IS the issue, you all need a new hill to die on because I read that crap way too much for that to be the issue.

 

[Dandonk]

As I asked earlier, what exactly is the problem with them?
I'm confused as to what the Monster Manual problem is. I transferred from Ghallanda to Orien. Though the Monster Manual displays are broken initially (they say they are complete when they are not), I am still getting credit and working toward unlocking them and the account unlocks have been happening with the rewards coming. I haven't gotten any companion unlocks yet, but it seems like that will pop too? So what is the problem other than a display issue? And if that IS the issue, you all need a new hill to die on because I read that crap way too much for that to be the issue.

I can work towards killing stuff, too. I can get the account deeds to be coloured. But I don't get any account rewards, like lore text, pics, or - crucially - monster HP view, aka Mastery. While they get coloured, as if they should work, Mastery does not, in fact, give me HP view.*

* For about 75% of the mob types. Some work, some don't.

 

[pevergreen]

Do you think being unpleasant to the Dev team is going to get you what you want? Have you tried not being terrible and perhaps engaging in a positive way? Probably not, you seem awful.

The Raider box is a nice touch. It's free, it has some good stuff in there that people might not have, like Sword of Shadows. You might have one, doesn't mean everyone does. It's a nice catchup for newer players or people looking for a nostalgia item. Whatever. IT'S FREE. If you don't like it, don't say anything.

See, there's a misconception there on your part.

Have I tried? Yes and no - but given the lack of engagement we get, what else is someone meant to do? Its not like the SSG team are engaged and constantly replying to things - there's too much traffic/volume for them to do that with the amount of staff.

So sentiment analysis, gut feel is a way to get attention. If a developer scans a thread and its all negative, that gives them a decent understanding that the playerbase (or at least the part bothered enough to post) is feeling negatively. They can choose to do something or not, as they see fit.

I'm open with my feedback and I have told AAA developers to their face that the game they have spent time building made me want to go play a different game. Because that was my honest feedback and true feeling. I'm not attempting to insult them - I'm letting them know that yet again, something that could have been seen as an easy goal is unfortunately another miss.

Yes, its free - that doesn't mean its not worthy of critique. I want the game to be better. If I dont like it and i dont say anything, then why would something ever change?

I've wasted enough of my time replying to you - that's my mistake here.

 

[Rusty_helmet]

I can work towards killing stuff, too. I can get the account deeds to be coloured. But I don't get any account rewards, like lore text, pics, or - crucially - monster HP view, aka Mastery. While they get coloured, as if they should work, Mastery does not, in fact, give me HP view.*

* For about 75% of the mob types. Some work, some don't.

I get monster HP once I get the requisite kills. It just doesn't show that I'm getting them. I've seen them lock and pop but I don't have the ability to track when it happens. So you will get the art and hp eventually, but you won't know when at this point. Honestly, it seems like a pretty low bug given all the other bugs that exist in this game. You'll still get the effects as I unlocked Sahuagin not long ago since server transfer and it shows the art and the hp now. EDIT: And I got the remnant and shard rewards too. I just went through that the other day and got a whole bunch on things I definitely had unlocked on ghallanda (I had very few left to unlock on ghallana - looking at you titan...)

 

[Dandonk]

I get monster HP once I get the requisite kills. It just doesn't show that I'm getting them. I've seen them lock and pop but I don't have the ability to track when it happens. So you will get the art and hp eventually, but you won't know when at this point. Honestly, it seems like a pretty low bug given all the other bugs that exist in this game. You'll still get the effects as I unlocked Sahuagin not long ago since server transfer and it shows the art and the hp now.

Eh, no. I won't. I've killed more than enough for many of the account deeds. They do NOT unlock for me again. I can't see HP for many of them.

I'm glad it somehow works for you, but it most definitely does NOT work for me.

 

[Teeeg]

See, there's a misconception there on your part.

Have I tried? Yes and no - but given the lack of engagement we get, what else is someone meant to do? Its not like the SSG team are engaged and constantly replying to things - there's too much traffic/volume for them to do that with the amount of staff.

So sentiment analysis, gut feel is a way to get attention. If a developer scans a thread and its all negative, that gives them a decent understanding that the playerbase (or at least the part bothered enough to post) is feeling negatively. They can choose to do something or not, as they see fit.

I'm open with my feedback and I have told AAA developers to their face that the game they have spent time building made me want to go play a different game. Because that was my honest feedback and true feeling. I'm not attempting to insult them - I'm letting them know that yet again, something that could have been seen as an easy goal is unfortunately another miss.

Yes, its free - that doesn't mean its not worthy of critique. I want the game to be better. If I dont like it and i dont say anything, then why would something ever change?

I've wasted enough of my time replying to you - that's my mistake here.

As I thought, you're awful.

 

[mbartol]

We can choose between:

1 Sunflask
Club of the Holy Flame
1 twig

Maybe you can use the club or twig as a dead horse beater—I imagine yours is pretty worn by now ?

 

[Qeistalan]

This raiders box is just so incredibly disappointing.

I get the cosmetic angle, but the items there aren't actually even good cosmetics?

Why not include some useful items as well as options, like the quiver of alacrity? You've included a bunch of FoM raid gear! If you're including random heroic gear for raids no one raids anymore (and a large amount of stuff from VoN far out) why not include bits that are theoretically useful.

Yet another swing and a miss.

Edit: Like this Ring of Lies as one of the options:

https://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Ring_of_Lies

Its a ring, so no cosmetic.
ML 13 and its worse than anything you're pulling out of Dread, Ravenloft, MD or Sharn. Literally no reason to EVER use this item.

I'm glad you've asked for raid loot thoughts because if this is the quality of independent thought coming out of some of your team, we're in trouble.

Not even a Quiver of Alacrity in the list. ?

SSG: DO BETTER. ?

 

[Defunct]

• The Draconic Raider’s Reward Box is Bound to Account. All of its contents are Bound to Character on Acquire.
  
  
  

  Year of the Dragon - August!

  Read more about August’s Year of the Dragon gift!

  www.ddo.com

Just adding to that, the wording advises that the same account can server hop and claim multiple boxes.

"Starting on Wednesday, August 28th through September 24th, 2024, all players can speak to Xatheral in the Eberron Hall of Heroes to acquire a Draconic Raider’s Reward Box for one character on every server currently available."

Copied directly from the website link today at time of this post.

 

[Dandonk]

Eh, no. I won't. I've killed more than enough for many of the account deeds. They do NOT unlock for me again. I can't see HP for many of them.

I'm glad it somehow works for you, but it most definitely does NOT work for me.

https://imgur.com/a/1uaCrPg

https://imgur.com/a/P6S5N0n

So, I have a wolf targeted. Can't see the HP. But I've killed 40 types, and 24k+ total. Top account Wolf Hunter deed needs 30 different types killed. Top account Wolf Exterminator needs 3500 kills.

So no, it doesn't work, even after I've killed more than enough to reearn what I already had once. "Account" deeds, indeed.

Fix this already. Long term fix, sure. But it's been over a year since I reported this the first time, and others had the issue before me. I'm not asking the impossible things, like fixing lag or ladders, so... please?

 

[moffus]

Ive got the same issues as Dandonk regarding the monster manual. Possibly different entries, same bugs. Several of them got enough types and total killed, yet the stats, lore, or hp doesnt unlock. Pets not recieved.

 

[mikarddo]

Ive got the same issues as Dandonk regarding the monster manual. Possibly different entries, same bugs. Several of them got enough types and total killed, yet the stats, lore, or hp doesnt unlock. Pets not recieved.

and I do too. It seems many that moved servers have that issue.