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Having a VIP account supposedly grants access to all adventures, but there are a few within Evenstar that claim i have to buy the underdark pack. Both The Riddle and Murder By Night will not let me enter currently, but i was able to pick up the quests. When i tried to enter on a lvl 18 it said i need to buy the kings forest as part of the Underdark pack. The other quests in Evenstar gave me no trouble.
So is this a bug, or some hidden limitation of my VIP membership?
It is my understanding that Evening star (the town) is part of the "core" game. In there are a couple quests.
THEN
There is an expansion pack which includes all oher content. Seperate from the "core" game.
Kings Forest
Underdark
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Demon Web
Yes the menace of the underdark expansion pack and all associated adventures are not included for VIPs. The only pack out there currently that VIP grants is the Druids Deep.
All adventure packs released in non-expansion updates are free to VIPs.Quote:
Originally Posted by smeggy1384
The 15 or so quests and 4 adventure areas in the expansion pack are I believe the only exception, including the two quests you mentioned.
Ah i see. Then the bug seems to be in those quests allowing me to accept them in the first place. This is the first time i have had a quest show up on map as gold and let me accept it that i was unable to enter. Prior to being VIP lots were red and i could not accept them, so i knew not to waste my time trying to enter or find a group for them.. Maybe they'll get this fixed soon.
Most of eveningstar is encompassed by the fancy title of "Expansion".Quote:
Originally Posted by smeggy1384
They even reworded the Turbine agreement to say VIP are entitled access to everything ....except Expansions...
So now VIP's have to dig deeper into the wallets to pay extra for access to new content.
Those are part of an expansion and every MMO i ever played made everyone buy it even lifetime subs so it's not a trick anything just standard practice
This exactly - expansions cost $ in most MMOs, its easy to see where confusion is though as usually (WOW/EQ) you can't access the area without the expansion in the first place iirc?Quote:
Originally Posted by Uska
That would make it clearer but there are some quests in the area that are free to VIP'sQuote:
Originally Posted by jambajuicey
The only quest in Update 14 that anyone (VIP, Premium, or F2P) doesn't need to purchase the expansion for is "Through The Rift", the flagging quest to get to Eveningstar.
I would agree with you that being able to pick up those you mentioned is a bug.
the harpers chain druids deep is free to vip with out buying the ex pack as u can buy guest passes from ddo store
Druid's Deep was U15, not U14 (aka: the expansion).
I did say,area and not part of 14Quote:
Originally Posted by Maatogaeoth
They should make the MOTU available to VIP at some point without purchase required. I do not see the merit of keeping this as an expansion as time goes on. It just seems to exclusionary and biased against VIP. I would say give it another 3-6 months and then include the MOTU in the VIP package.
That would further doom any future "expansion" sales.Quote:
Originally Posted by maddmatt70
Further doom would be announcing that they will do as I suggest in 3-6 months from now. I care more about the larger picture for DDO as in keeping it up and running and going. The MOTU is the best update that DDO has released in about 2 years or so. All of the other updates are totally substandard in comparison. If somebody joins the game and goes VIP I would rather keep that person playing then put them in a cost benefit situation where they think DDO is mediocre to poor game and do not want to pony up money on the MOTU so they never get a chance to try out the MOTU which might have got them hooked on the game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hokiewa
I am very disappointed in the last two updates after the MOTU. I enjoyed the 5 quests this time more then the update 15 quests which I guess is something, but a really sad update after 3 months wait.
im sorry man but this is a common factor in a lot of games from rift to wow. if you don't buy it you don't get it. if they made it free to vip it would be a real kick in the nuts to all players who are vip that paid for it. also for the content released im sorry your $10 isnt good enough to say you get an expansion for free.Quote:
Originally Posted by maddmatt70
Yes a few things are included in the area for vip at no cost.
A paid expansion is just that.
You have to pay to play it all.
I am a Vip and bought it and have no problem with it.
If they were to make it free to Vip after time I will have a major problem with that.
Even games that you can buy a lifetime subscription has had paid expansions.
One paid expansion in almost 7 years I see nothing wrong with this.
this is the problem in that motu is 'not' an update.. its an expansion - nothing any different then other online mmo's here.. eq had what.. 20 expansions.. that you had to buy in addition to the game.. not including the free 'updates' in between expansions.. this is just ddo's first 'expansion' which I guess is the culprit in the confusion..Quote:
Originally Posted by maddmatt70
Maybe the concept of free is lost on you.Quote:
Originally Posted by godsdoom