Well well well, its that time of the season again DDO loot and xp weekend extravaganza!
But is it all it appears to be. Some of you more avid gamers probably remember the first loot weekend we had in Europe which was deemed a success but some of us more dubious players perhaps felt the loot was poorly thought out and ultimately useless. Now I understand every player (except maybe those who try to remain true to AD&D ) would like to own a Vorpal, or a set of +5 mithril full-plate. However over the loot weekend it made some players, who perhaps went out of their way to trade for such items and incurred a substantial lose to their pockets, feel as if they were victims to a suddenly mediocre economy where everything was devalued and the rate of inflation decreased to nothing. I can understand this, if vorpals are no longer special what is the point in them?
I don’t fully believe that a loot weekend is a necessarily a good idea it makes the items that have been already looted seem some what devalued. I think that the idea of 50% extra XP is an absolutely incredible offer and also one that benefits every single player not just those who aim for loot. I think that the idea is good enough and is a very generous idea to effectively give away virtual items. A nice idea but the problem now is that no one is quite sure whether we in Europe are getting the loot and XP or just the XP and as yet there is no real confirmation from anyone!
Well I for one hope it is just the XP I really need to level my lowbie.
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