Comments as I quest....

[Admin]

I had not played DDO in awhile and seeing how the system works has made me think about a few things.

Brokers:
I pulled a body feeder on level one characters - and then a Slowburst Great Club, a Seeker Kopesh, and a Crippling Battle Axe.

Van pulled a +3 Docent in a Harbor Quest.

My initial feeling is that maybe the Pawn Shops are not needed.

Hirelings -
Van and I used a Level One Cleric in our runs. He was useful and I think he healed me once but I wasn't really in danger. I'm wondering if this would work out that if a hireling DIES in quest that they would never be available to your character and maybe your alternates. Word gets round that you are not a good employer! However, he did a stellar job in Redemption on Elite. We could not have done that quest without him healing Lars Heyton. Two Level 1's can't do enough damage on elite against the mobs.

Perhaps allowing Hirelings only when soloing or on the Elite setting would be better for play balance.

Potions:
I needed a CLW and found one in a barrel on the first quest...whew.
Then I did buy a few potions and honestly didn't take any damage that I needed them. I can see how quests in the Harbor though will require some form of resistance from energy. The rub is that LVL 2 hard quests are level three and a lvl three character may only hire a Lvl 2 cleric.

Quest Setting:
Having pretty much blown through with two players and a hireling on elite I am thinking that opening on Hard or Elite be "required" if a "GROUP" has that option available.

More to follow

[Admin]

Well I've been doing some more questing - mostly alone, and I've been thinking about the "one and done" and how it might not work. So that needs to be considered.

I also am wondering if this should be just an open guild that has PD static groups in it and the guild is just for the amenities.

Food for thought.

[Admin]

Well as I am going along (and alone - not a complaint) I'm feeling things out. The Bugged out elite traps are making it scary.

I actually bought a few potions - then sold them back. Just didn't feel right.

The loot pulls are amazing.

I really like using hirelings - they have allowed me to "solo" elite quests and make me feel like I'm not alone! LOL

We're getting closer to level seven - which is good.

It's late - I'm tired and have been playing too much.

No deaths and have run the whole gang.

[vero]

There is one important in this game we need to consider in determining our restrictions. This game is very poorly balanced. That doesnt mean it cant be fun though.
I find that it is hard to run quests with few people because dnd at its core is the type of game where you need a well balanced party to do stuff. Which makes it tough to solo or duo a quest without say either the trapper, tank, and healer roles filled out.

[Admin]

I agree to a point. I like soloing and duoing quests. You just have to find another way. All my high end guys pretty much are soloing alone (maybe with a hireling so I don't feel alone )

So far no deaths/incaps. I've taken some hits on traps with non-rogues - but trapblast goggles help and I have tons of potions to self-heal.

One thing I like is that in every quest I have to make a different plan based on the build. Some quests are taking a long time. Even for a higher level than quest - you better have an aggro plan if you solo quests with huge mobs.

I do a lot of CC by pulling with sound or movement and by Bluff.

Duoing I find even more fun than soloing and I have yet to find a quest - other than those with huge specialized mobs (Delera's comes to mind) that are not that hard. Omae and I duoed Butchers on Elite with two level twos. Went very smoothly although we did skip an optional.

In order to duo you need to be very patient. I have yet to find a quest that can't be duoed in this game with two "patient" players.