Comments on: Hireling Preview Night http://pumpingirony.net/2008/11/13/hireling-preview-night/ Me, My Virtual Self, and I Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:32:16 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Scott http://pumpingirony.net/2008/11/13/hireling-preview-night/comment-page-1/#comment-1487 Scott Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:28:24 +0000 http://pumpingirony.net/2008/11/13/hireling-preview-night/#comment-1487 I would probably consider my characters relatively poor since they've never utilized the auction house or brokers. When I stop (or rez) at a bar, I just sell items I don't want to the bartender. But DDO seems to be a little on the Monty Haul side of things when it comes to gear and gold rewards so I suppose it all balances out. I just bought some inscription materials so I could read a scroll to permanently learn that spell, which cost me a few thousand gold. But I'm sitting on nearly 20,000 platinum too, just from running quests and vendoring stuff. For some of the longer quests that may exceed an hour, I'm not sure how that will be handled. Like I said, the timer seemed to start at the time of purchase, so buying multiple contracts wouldn't help, nor would having multiple party members buy their own contracts to rotate hirelings since everyone's contract would expire at the same time. I could be mistaken how the timer works, however, or perhaps feedback will prompt the DDO devs to make the timer start the moment you first summon the hireling. I would probably consider my characters relatively poor since they’ve never utilized the auction house or brokers. When I stop (or rez) at a bar, I just sell items I don’t want to the bartender. But DDO seems to be a little on the Monty Haul side of things when it comes to gear and gold rewards so I suppose it all balances out. I just bought some inscription materials so I could read a scroll to permanently learn that spell, which cost me a few thousand gold. But I’m sitting on nearly 20,000 platinum too, just from running quests and vendoring stuff.

For some of the longer quests that may exceed an hour, I’m not sure how that will be handled. Like I said, the timer seemed to start at the time of purchase, so buying multiple contracts wouldn’t help, nor would having multiple party members buy their own contracts to rotate hirelings since everyone’s contract would expire at the same time. I could be mistaken how the timer works, however, or perhaps feedback will prompt the DDO devs to make the timer start the moment you first summon the hireling.

]]> By: Openedge1 http://pumpingirony.net/2008/11/13/hireling-preview-night/comment-page-1/#comment-1486 Openedge1 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:19:39 +0000 http://pumpingirony.net/2008/11/13/hireling-preview-night/#comment-1486 So, at level 4, is that monetarily outrageous for those Hirelings, or is it like buying food or a potion (for comparison sake). This sounds like ti could be fun. But, it makes me wonder what happens if you are on an adventure, and the hour ends. Could get ugly. So, at level 4, is that monetarily outrageous for those Hirelings, or is it like buying food or a potion (for comparison sake).

This sounds like ti could be fun. But, it makes me wonder what happens if you are on an adventure, and the hour ends.

Could get ugly.

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