What things are there in DDO that:
). Past lives matter, but if you're looking to catch up with other players, you can catch up and surpass most other players in the time it would take you to grind a few past lives by focusing on non-past-life things. Your average group of 11 players with a fair number of past lives isn't going to have a smooth time rolling through r5 PN, but I don't think any of the first lifers used for that had more than 100 hours at most invested into them, even if we include gear farming that was passed over from other characters (the equivalent of 5 lives). Most were probably under 50. Figure out what you actually want to do in DDO, then get the things you need fo that.Sure, but that doesn't mean that the thing to focus on to catch up is past lives, or that there's a insurmountable grind to catch up—that means you should play the content you actually want to play and get good at that content to catch up.
New players don't know the quests/raids, they don't know how to build nor gear, they don't various game mechanics, they don't what monsters can do what, etc. It doesn't matter what you hand them in term of character builds, they'll still struggle and have a big learning curve. The 1st lifers I'm running and give builds for aren't for just for "newbies", they're mostly aimed for people that've been playing for a while but might not run X or Y class or playstyle. Sure, new players can use them as a nice foundation for playing, but it won't offset the other obstacles that being new brings; but they are likely to be way better than the built-in paths DDO offers for creation choices. A more casual player likely won't be able to eek the same performance out of a build that a hardcore vet might, but it shows the potential that is there in those builds. (I also like using people's builds that get posted that are for playstyles I don't normally run; it's good to have info about other setups and even variations on classes/playstyles I run all the time are fun to read up on and get ideas from).
Nah.
Thats just more argument to reset the power levels. So just get rid of all the past life bonuses and everyone has a fair chance, right? The game is perfectly playable without all that, so noone should complain. Or just give all the bonuses to everyone when a new expansion comes out. Lets say a new race is released, then everyone gets all the racial pls except the newest one. Since there are other better ways to get powerful, this should be fair.
Nah, because it's good to have a long-term grind to retain players. I do think a racial catchup would be nice.
This is why we will never get catch up mechanisms. The people that got everything already are just too happy with how it is right now.
I don't have much of anything, lol, and you cut out the bit where I said a racial catchup would be nice. I just think it's silly to pretend that you need to grind lives for years to set up, and that's bad advice to newer players—grinding lives to "catch up" is pretty much the worst way to get to the point where you can enjoy the game and do the content you want to, or even to gain power. Grinding gear for an extra 2 con is equivalent to grinding 4 full lives, meaning if you can improve your gear by 2 con in less than 80 hours, it's faster than lives (for some of the most impactful lives).
been playing since launch, and there are so many quests I just can't even remember where they are or how to get to, the LFM panel and orientation of the game has become such an unhelpful, illogical and convoluted mess, lacking in basic needs, and I can see that being a major turn off, especially for newcomers
It doesn't end in 2025, that is back on page 1
I’m not anti catchup! I’m pro catchup! I just think as advice to players, running unfocused TRs to catch up, or saying that’s the primary way to gain power, is really bad advice.
