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Message: <blockquote data-quote="werk" data-source="post: 3065731" data-attributes="member: 29663">Now for something completely differentOne 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.</blockquote>