Comments on: Dungeons and Dragons Online: behold the power of free http://www.myextralife.com/sitenews/dungeons-and-dragons-online-behold-the-power-of-free/ Web comic, podcasts, and other junk. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:33:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Asterixhttp://www.myextralife.com/sitenews/dungeons-and-dragons-online-behold-the-power-of-free/comment-page-1/#comment-508433 Asterix Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:54:49 +0000 http://www.myextralife.com/?p=14230#comment-508433 Nice. I might try it out. Currently playing EVE and EQ (yes EverQuest - been doin' it since 1999)... Nice. I might try it out. Currently playing EVE and EQ (yes EverQuest – been doin’ it since 1999)…

]]> By: Anecadeshttp://www.myextralife.com/sitenews/dungeons-and-dragons-online-behold-the-power-of-free/comment-page-1/#comment-508372 Anecades Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:57:50 +0000 http://www.myextralife.com/?p=14230#comment-508372 There's something about the ability to buy 'points' in the game with real money and then use those points as in-game currency that really rubs me the wrong way. I think it stems from the fact that the more I play a game the more I realize how/why the different ways to advance and improve my character are cool and the more I want them. If there is a real world price tag on gear / character upgrades it completly trashes any system they have in place that explains the adancement and therefore progressively becomes more annoying for me until I just stop playing. I really enjoyed duels.com for three days until I realized that if I just dropped $500 I could reach a state that would take years otherwise. There’s something about the ability to buy ‘points’ in the game with real money and then use those points as in-game currency that really rubs me the wrong way. I think it stems from the fact that the more I play a game the more I realize how/why the different ways to advance and improve my character are cool and the more I want them. If there is a real world price tag on gear / character upgrades it completly trashes any system they have in place that explains the adancement and therefore progressively becomes more annoying for me until I just stop playing. I really enjoyed duels.com for three days until I realized that if I just dropped $500 I could reach a state that would take years otherwise.

]]> By: Foxlorehttp://www.myextralife.com/sitenews/dungeons-and-dragons-online-behold-the-power-of-free/comment-page-1/#comment-508257 Foxlore Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:02:52 +0000 http://www.myextralife.com/?p=14230#comment-508257 Have to agree with all the points Charlie made above. Being a fan of D&D (PnP) and Eberron, I hopped on this when it initally came out. Left after two months, disapointed with the rules and the fact that they did not really do justice to them, the setting, or the city. As a former player they offered me a free week a couple months back as a primer for switching to the free model. Hoped on to see what, if anything, had improved but not much had. Wondering now if it will go the way of Tabula Rasa. Have to agree with all the points Charlie made above. Being a fan of D&D (PnP) and Eberron, I hopped on this when it initally came out. Left after two months, disapointed with the rules and the fact that they did not really do justice to them, the setting, or the city. As a former player they offered me a free week a couple months back as a primer for switching to the free model. Hoped on to see what, if anything, had improved but not much had. Wondering now if it will go the way of Tabula Rasa.

]]> By: Rezlowhttp://www.myextralife.com/sitenews/dungeons-and-dragons-online-behold-the-power-of-free/comment-page-1/#comment-508140 Rezlow Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:31:51 +0000 http://www.myextralife.com/?p=14230#comment-508140 Gave it a try... I like NWN better. Gave it a try… I like NWN better.

]]> By: Charliehttp://www.myextralife.com/sitenews/dungeons-and-dragons-online-behold-the-power-of-free/comment-page-1/#comment-508119 Charlie Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:27:06 +0000 http://www.myextralife.com/?p=14230#comment-508119 I hate this game for two reasons that really have nothing to do with the game itself. #1 the game uses the D&D name but feels nothing like D&D (of any edition really). #2 I wanted to kill myself when I saw they made a game set in EBERRRON (my favorite WotC setting) but the game fails to emphasize any of the elements that makes Eberron Eberron - Swashbuckling, Pulp Noir with a lot of Indian Jones going across the map with the little read dots scenes.But I did play it (again (I bought the game when it came out)) once I heard it was free but, alas, it is still just a game with a licensed name... I hate this game for two reasons that really have nothing to do with the game itself. #1 the game uses the D&D name but feels nothing like D&D (of any edition really). #2 I wanted to kill myself when I saw they made a game set in EBERRRON (my favorite WotC setting) but the game fails to emphasize any of the elements that makes Eberron Eberron – Swashbuckling, Pulp Noir with a lot of Indian Jones going across the map with the little read dots scenes.

But I did play it (again (I bought the game when it came out)) once I heard it was free but, alas, it is still just a game with a licensed name…

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