Handing off leadership due to no cohesion in this guild. Moving on, or backward as it seems, to LOTR online. It just feels better, includes some of the PVE experience I have been missing and, of course, a solid guild in Roxxie Manor. I'll be back to check if the current players are Doing ok, but really this is goodbye.
We are still recruiting mostly leveling players. One of the only activities left to us as guild leaders is to help players with enchantments and artifact gathering to enhance gear score and make your characters desirable for party play in the more difficult areas. Having a non- public chat also helps with finding tips on…
I wonder how much Lord of the Rings would have made around just Aragorn bagging the ring and stealthing his way to the crack? For a real spoiler, how about Gandalf bagging the ring and flying in with the eagles like a B1 bomber...One chapter....and no fun...sadfacepalm... Making endless adds extend the final battles isn't…
Is there even a mechanic to replace a guild founder? It seems there is a complete lack when it comes to what many expect a guild to provide to the community. I find it mildly embarrassing to invite a seasoned player and get " I don't DO guilds" as a response. I really have no comeback as the rewards are hard to describe at…
Mal those are great suggestions and thx to your wife also. I didn't spend enough time on DDO really, but I saw some of the tools available for grouping that impressed me. My little experience was on Neverwinter Nights 1 & 2. That should have set the bar for guilds here, but I expect the MMO mentality where everything must…
Came064, Thanks. That kind of beauty is hard to lose even with age. Looks like it leaked through to your daughter and grandaughter as well. Oh love that White Wolf companion too! Here was my first RPG computer game... My pic is post #25
Aandre, thanks for commenting on the state of affairs. When we did the podcast interviews I got the feeling that many of those speaking were, like me, anticipating a full set of guild tools to set us apart from the herd. What did we get? Nothing except our guild chat channel, some empty leadership titles and power to hire…
I used to use Teamspeak, but unless there is a common server everyone has to be on the same channel. That would work in guild, but on a public skirmish or dungeon isn't the built in chat feature supposed to do all that? Once I heard it was not working properly I never went back to research the keys or method.
Tundrrabloom thanks for your ideas, which all sound good. To get the right blend of players seems to be the challenge. Mal, you pontificate away. I am listening and open to ideas. One that I considered is a sanctioned foundry that is built on the Guild Home theme. Instead of being based in the town, players could…
Good point. I need to put some creative, engaging message up more often. Problem with the guild history record is that unless you make consistent notes there is no real way to distinguish a player taking a vacation from a dead account after day one. I have recently begun to make notes on the officer comments as to a…
Thanks so much malphaeous and abinsinisterr . I did read the intro and history of your guild Mal. Very well thought through and engaging. Your co-leaders seem like a great group and the goals seem pretty good too. I am a Tyrs member on DDO although I never play any more. Nice active guild page and members. I have to say…
We are over 110 members due mostly to wastage... Most of the players have moved on. I have been running around in town spamming invites to recreate the base of current active players. Sure, many of the original crew will return, but who seriously grooms their characters, their gear, stats and overall history to just…
One of my original guild members is quitting over the required ARC platform. He says it is no more than tracking spyware and refuses to allow this intrusion. Is there a workaround to allow him to reinstall without the ARC program? He says it is a new hurtle and I hate to lose him or any players that have to reinstall and…
It's that tool they give literally encourage us to hate each other. And its working.....People not spamming political or racist are spamming items for sale and the chat... if you can call it that anymore, is near impossible. If it wasn't for guild chat, there wouldn't be any. Grouping tools aren't the only revision that is…
No idea why, but a guild member told me his story and I found a variation that helped me get back up. Simply right clicking the desktop icon and going to properties/general and changing the "runs in" field back to maximized window setting allows me to play again. Still get the deluge of firefox windows but the storm…
I hate to bump, but there is a similar attempted fix below a couple of posts to circumvent my exact problem. This means that many more are experiencing the same, repeated restriction to access by this bug. Its something on PW/Cryptics end and there is no end in sight. Quite nice for me as I will lose coins with no…
Seems like a common problem now that its happening seriously to me. Launcher gets stuck behind a Firefox spam window then I struggle past the deluge and finally am able to put in my PW and launch. Not so today: It is minimized to the taskbar and cannot come up to full size to enter the info. I'm shut down. I have been a…
Thanks Aandre. Funny I was checking a link my friend posted and was thinking of you. Know you gotta love this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l_x0xH9fLM&feature=share
We are growing! Quite a few are joining and for the most point we are a leveling guild at this point. The team dungeon delve hasn't really come into play and probably won't until more reach higher levels and gear up. I learned a lesson yesterday with a scam artist joining to empty the mostly worthless junkpile that was in…
Kirk: Hey Bones! A little help here! Bones: Tough it out a second Jim! I am up to my ears in laser burns! Spock: Got you covered Captain.....pinches nerve center of soldier. Kirk: Scotty pull them off with some aggro! Scotty: Its all I can do man! Q: Sorry, you failed your test. Its back to square one in Neverwinter with…