This could have turned into an incredible moaning, as everyone in DDO knows Ghallanda has been impersonating Simmie Black it has has been down so much recently (mad rush for google by non boxing fans). Ghallanda is home to a lot of the Europeans that were transfered over many moons ago, but no matter how many times the server needs a fix I keep on playing. Considering the updates are done early AM in the States it hits a lot of us Europeans on those patch days as it is our afternoons and evenings. And today I want to explain that yes I spend real money in the game but it has given/keeps on giving me a ton of enjoyment.
So where am I currently with my game play? I stopped crafting a while back but I have realised sometimes I want a specific weapon and it will be quicker to craft it than to ignore it. But with the nightmare of deconstruction to get enough ingredients to craft it is still a very slow process. I probably made a big mistake by choosing a first life wizard that was going to end up a sorcerer. Now he is stuck at level 22 and I haven't taken him outside the crafting halls for around two months. I am not playing him apart from crafting at the moment as I have too many others to enjoy.
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| Sometimes I do just enjoy the scenery |
I am currently grinding two heroic characters, GrouseMerlin who has started his 6 life but I am just grinding his low levels for another week as my priority was GrouseConan a Barbarian who has now reincarnated into a Monk. So I continue to enjoy and bash out the heroic levels but I still haven't completed ToEE in any format with any of my 25 toons. As much as it appeals because I have so many options and I have invested so much into allowing myself to play according to mood the concept of 2 to 4 hours in a dungeon I don't know just doesn't appeal. Having run an attempt and losing both clerics to spores and thus dying at the end battle of part one I am not sure how much time I want to invest in learning it. I am much happier running 15 to 20 minutes with a toon then putting it down unless I am close to leveling or reincarnating.
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| Wasn't he a barbarian last week? |
The fact that monks are such a challenge gave me pause when considering running 3 monk lives for Conan before taking the 3 fighter levels and finally returning to Barbarian. But when you consider the cost in terms of not just time but investment in hirelings and slayer boosts for the wildernesses you realise there is a very real financial cost to playing for me. But the spending of cash to reduce the playing time required to get my characters to their end game builds it does not feel it is not as much of a cost in money to save the time. After all there is so much in the way of epic content and I barely touch it except with my first lifers and that is for tokens of the 12 so I don't spend money on hearts of wood.
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| Not quite enough me thinks |
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| And what is with all those large crates I can't break? |
I am also currently looking at the situation for the Guild Airship, I realised that I have two options and that is a slow grind to Guild Level 130 for the Airship that fits my needs or just buy the shards and get the one I want now, Yes it is a big cost and not something to do because you have nothing better to do but the 30% discount this weekend on big purchases means if I am going to do it now is the time. The bonuses on a full airship will benefit the 35 toons in the guild (remember there are two of us) and it is all about making the playing experience more fun so bonus mana, spell resistance and everything else you can get from an airship is almost vital to my game play so think I am talking myself into spending.
Grouseconan
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