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I think this is probably better here than the forums but I’ve noticed a problem with your site, the navigation is wonderful but breaks if you get too “deep” in the menu structure.
I’ve got a 1280×1024 screen, running Firefox 3.6 on “normal” 1x zoom level and if I try navigating either down the greensteel path of crafting (down to mineral 2) or to the Delera’s Graveyard quest chain the next options in the menu go completely off the screen (I can provide screenshots if you want). This seems like an oversight of your navigation system and I’m not meaning to criticise, just point it out incase you haven’t noticed.
I love the site, the Kore News podcasts (can’t wait for DDO Source Podcast to start) and Job Well Dumb and hope you keep up the excellent work.
Askgar (Khyber)
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#4 written by Walt Snider 2 years ago
Askgar,
This was a design decision I had to go forward with… I’ve been a webdesigner for nearly 16 years and have to keep moving forward… the site is very usable on a 1440×900 screen, but is best with a 1920×1080+ screen… I know some folk have lower resolutions, but if I made stuff for 800×600 still, I’d never progress as an artist. As I have more than 100 active website around on the ‘net and analytics on darn near all of them, I have a good idea of what resolutions are out there and I can tell you with certainty that more than 50% of visitors to my websites have 1440×900 or higher resolutions and the number grows slowly but steadily. If I build for smaller resolutions, the site’ll look too small and I’ll look like a bananahead.
I can put search up, but the entire goal of the website is to click once and get anywhere in the site you need to be. Search doesn’t always work the way you’d want either… mathematical computations based on link ratings don’t always equate to visitor relevance. :(
I’m very glad you’re a fan of the show and are looking forward to the DDO Source.com Podcast… I was hoping to have it already recorded, but we’re trying to work out scheduling… hopefully we’ll get it recorded Monday. I think I”ll be adding music like I do with Kore News, but we’ll see how it plays out.
JWD wasn’t really expected to do much, but it’s really taken off, despite my expectations. We’re adding a new author this weekend and are expecting more content. I have thousands of funny pics I’d like to add, but it’s tedious doing each one, one-by-one, and still getting other things done, like this site!
Speaking of which, I’m off to add the Risia crafting, since it keeps showing up for the last time every week… it seems like it’ll be a handy guide to have up and then maybe some collectibles, then back to the Faithful Healer cleric build… no rest for the weary, eh!?
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#5 written by Gregg Aprill 2 years ago
I didn’t realize you had a contast spot until after I had posted, I added stuff to your solo builds and crfting sections (under stone of change).
Now I’ll add something else: In Baudry’s part 3 there are 3 specific item drops the Ring of rage and the Acid Sword and Boots of Springing and Striding. The rare for the ring is always up, the ring is chance. The rare for the sword must be spawned (though tricky to do so). The rare for the boots must also be triggered but is more common. let me know when your ready for this info and I’ll pass it along.
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Walt,
I want to start by saying that I love the podcast and have listened to each episode so far on long drives and flights.
However, I do take issue with a couple of things. I know you are an FTP player yet I hear a great deal of moaning and complaining over various things and sometimes the “beggars can’t be choosers” cliche really does apply. I find that your complaints about things like inventory space are ridiculous. How do you expect the company to stay in business without making some items “premium” to be paid for? I personally think the implementation of microtransactions in DDO is brilliant and strikes a very nice balance between providing Turbine with a profitable business model and yet still allows the consumer a great deal of choice around the content they choose to partake in.
There’s a gigantic amount of free content in the game that does not require any investment from the player whatsoever so rather than criticizing Turbine for their attempts to run a profitable business you should be applauding them for providing a vast experience for absolutely nothing.
Finally, on the most recent Podcast I heard you say you’d quit the game if they began placing in-game advertising. Once again, I find your stance a bit silly. I’d personally rather have “+5 Mithril Chain of Cherry Coke” than have to invest another 15 dollars a month.
All that aside, I came in as an FTP about 2 months ago and I absolutely love the game. I subscribed within 2 weeks as a VIP and continue to partake in the microtransaction model to further buff my characters. Not because I have to, but because I choose to. I could also opt to level my characters and acquire whatever I need to have a solid play experience (including tomes, storage and other rewards) without investing anything other than my time.
Would I like to have more storage? You betcha. Do I understand that Turbine needs to stay in business to provide me with this great game I love? Absolutely.
You gotta strike a balance and drop the “woe is everything” act. You’ve got a ton to offer the community and I absolutely love the sections of the podcast about different play styles and ways to be more effective with your characters. I’ve taken a lot of it to heart and used it to improve my own game.
So keep up the good work and try to find the sunny spot now and again.
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Walt,
I want to start by saying that I love the podcast and have listened to each episode so far on long drives and flights.
Awesome, thanks, but please keep in mind, there are other talented folk that are just as much a part of the show as I am!
However, I do take issue with a couple of things. I know you are an FTP player yet I hear a great deal of moaning and complaining over various things and sometimes the “beggars can’t be choosers” cliche really does apply. I find that your complaints about things like inventory space are ridiculous. How do you expect the company to stay in business without making some items “premium” to be paid for? I personally think the implementation of microtransactions in DDO is brilliant and strikes a very nice balance between providing Turbine with a profitable business model and yet still allows the consumer a great deal of choice around the content they choose to partake in.
The only ways you can gain additional storage space are to roll a mule ($6 for the slot) or purchase an extra bank page (20 slots total) for $10… and not even a global account-wide extra bank page… this is per character. I don’t remember the person that did it, but a month or two ago, someone on Jerry’s DDOcast did a segment on storage and DDO was one of the lowest storage space providers on the market. For a game taht’s 95% gear-based, this seems unbalanced to me.
There’s a gigantic amount of free content in the game that does not require any investment from the player whatsoever so rather than criticizing Turbine for their attempts to run a profitable business you should be applauding them for providing a vast experience for absolutely nothing.
Firstly, I don’t like to be told what I “should” do. I don’t do it to others and would like the same respect. I’ve invested about 2 years worth of VIP fees in to the game already, so obviously I see a lot of potential and gain a great deal of enjoyment from the game.
I love that the game is completely accessible on the whole for literally zero cash investment. This lets us meet people of all financial statuses. Cool people are not limited to the amount of money they can invest in a game.
Finally, on the most recent Podcast I heard you say you’d quit the game if they began placing in-game advertising. Once again, I find your stance a bit silly. I’d personally rather have “+5 Mithril Chain of Cherry Coke” than have to invest another 15 dollars a month.
If I’m paying for something that’s also advertising to me, that’d be a major turnoff. People pay for cable and get advertising. That’s just crazy that people deal with that. I’ve saved several thousand in my household by doing away with cable, etc… we really didn’t watch that much TV anyway though. That Chain of Cherry Coke had better come with a good burp (sonic) attack clickie btw…
All that aside, I came in as an FTP about 2 months ago and I absolutely love the game. I subscribed within 2 weeks as a VIP and continue to partake in the microtransaction model to further buff my characters. Not because I have to, but because I choose to. I could also opt to level my characters and acquire whatever I need to have a solid play experience (including tomes, storage and other rewards) without investing anything other than my time.
And I think you’re awesome for doing that. I don’t do this personally because I’ve been playing paper & dice (not pen & paper, thank you) D&D for 24 years and could never bribe the DM with $20 to get a holy avenger for my pally. I had to earn and quest for it. I preserve that feeling for me personally in the questing/AHing for everything I want/need.
I 100% support your buying what you want. The game offers it, it’s balanced by the real world economy vs. your mortgage payment and I’m all for that. I’ve run with ppl that spend tons of cash in missions to buy res cakes and porto-shrines and I have to admit it surprises me, but it’s their style and I’m all for it.
Would I like to have more storage? You betcha. Do I understand that Turbine needs to stay in business to provide me with this great game I love? Absolutely.
So ask for it. I do.
You gotta strike a balance and drop the “woe is everything” act. You’ve got a ton to offer the community and I absolutely love the sections of the podcast about different play styles and ways to be more effective with your characters. I’ve taken a lot of it to heart and used it to improve my own game.
So keep up the good work and try to find the sunny spot now and again.
Again, don’t tell me what I need to do. I support your suggesting things, but you’re not allowed to tell me what I need. Your perception of the “woe is everything act” is grossly unfounded IMO. If noone calls a company to task for something, it’ll never improve.
What you don’t realize or see is that I get emails from folk suggesting/complaining about things that I help them bring to light with my voice. I love that I can be a voice to help others express their opinions when they’re not fully confidant in stepping forward.
I continue to want criticizm, but I do NOT want to be told what to do in said criticizm. Suggest away, but keep your orders for your troops, Sir.
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#8 written by Stoolcannon 1 year ago
Good counterpoints. I still stick to my guns on my points however I agree wholeheartedly on your comments about my “telling” vs. “suggesting”.
I couple of substituted words would have changed the entire tone of my post.
The one area I’m wondering about is how much better was GuildWars for storage space? I played that game for 5 years and was and will remain a huge fan (I just ran out of things to do after so long with no updates). I recall struggling with inventory there as well. I had at least 3 mule characters with full storage bags. However, I will admit that at least with GuildWars the gear is entirely cosmetic and you’ll have the same gear as anyone else with a minimal number of slots consumed. But….and it’s a big but (tee hee) a huge part of GW was the cosmetics of the gear and armor and I had a massive collection of “green items” and various other gear that while unnecessary for gameplay were certainly a huge part of the draw. I can’t begin to recall how many UW Speedclears I ran to get my stack of ectos just to spend half a million plat to get armor with the same stats I could get in drok’s forge.
[Edit by Walt: Removed personal message irrelevant to the public.]
In the meantime, I continue to listen to the podcast as often as you release it. I just finished up the most recent driving in from Munich Airport to a quaint little German village where I’ll be in meetings the next couple of days. I’m hoping there’s new content up by the time I head back on Thursday.
Thanks and keep up the great work.
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#14 written by Kageryu00 1 year ago
my personal opinion, although not asked for… would be as follows…
If you are new to MMOs, new to DDO meaning you hvae no friends or guilds to work with… you may not be confident enough in yourself to join a group and run some quests… so it could very well be hard to get the 1,000 favor on your very first char in your very first MMO…
But again, that is just my unsolicited opinion…
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Just a suggested addition to your the content of your site.
DDO is, in my opinion, all about character builds. There are so many different ways to build successful, and miserable, characters. Great builds are hard to come by, and are a great resource on the DDO Forums.
I think it would be helpful to have an opportunity for people to post builds to this site. These builds could all have the same approach as an item you may find on QVC. 1 to 4 or 5 star ratings, comments, etc. Organized under a main focus, such as Melee, Healing, etc. then under Fighter or Warforged. Some way to rank based on rating, and sort by class, race, etc.
I think you’d find everyone posting their own build, but with a rating system and comments, the people who just want to see their words in print will sort into obscurity, while truely good character builds will be discussed, copied, and maybe improved upon.
Great site, keep up the good work!
JR