the new EN World DDO thread

[werk]

Now for something completely different

One of my favorite things about DDO is that it uses a lot of D&D rules, without stating them specifically, and a lot of the people playing it (MMORPG powerlevel zerg elite) do not know these rules.

Case in point: Flanking.

When you attack a creature, successfully, you can see the dice roll and modifiers on screen, so it's easy enough to tell when you get a penalty or bonus. But people don't seem to pay attention to that at all.

You get a +2 bonus for flanking and you get a -2 (or -4) penalty for moving while attacking. Spring Attack feat removes the penalty for moving.
The obvious solution is to have a spring attacking fighter (like my PC Tzuriel) who jumps past enemies, flanks, then wails on their backside while the other party fighter posts up, closes his eyes, and swings away...good guy sandwich, bad guy jelly.

But when I play, people that do not appear to have spring attack are running all over the place swinging and whiffing all willy-nilly, and attacking foes all from the same square. When I move to flank, they move with me, like baby duckies following their mama.

When I play with players that know what they are doing, or play predicatably and let me do my thing, I hear comments like, "Wow, this was a lot easier than usual." or "We are really tearing them up tonight."

DDO is easier for 3.x D&D players.

 

[Corsair]

This situation is unfortunate but there definitely have been complaints about Turbine's customer support and GM's.

My advice is to just try to avoid these situations in-game if you can (and therefore, avoid the GM's). DDO overall has a very good player base compared to other MMO's but there will always be idiots.

Hi! Since I don't work for Turbine any more, I'll be happy to make a comment.

Some of you might have known me as +Reforger of Souls, a friendly neighborhood Senior Game Master. Note that everything I say in this is unofficial (based on the "me not working there any more", but just my best guess, and will hopefully be informative.

MarauderX: Two things that could have happened.

1) Did you say anything back to the guy before reporting him? If so, it is possible you were both banned.

2) It could've just been an accident. Whenever someone reports another player, to there is a kick/ban option which has a toggle to ban either the reported person or the reporting person. It's possible that this was just set wrong accidentally by the GM.

Regarding the forums: Anyone banned in game is also banned from the forums for the duration of their ban. That is standard.

Andargor: The only person you'd reach by phone would be a very confused Billing Support representative who is in not position to assist with the issue at all.