DnD Online or DDO [Archive] - The Warring States of NPF

Osterbaum

06-08-2010, 05:49 AM

DDO (http://www.ddo.com/) is a free DnD based MMORPG. Basically the main reason I am making this thread is because I recently started playing the game, enjoying it so far, and I would like to party up with people I know more or less, ie. you. So how many of you lovely people play this game and would anyone be willing to play with me?

Please use this thread to discuss anything DDO related. I couldn't find any recent threads that were about DDO, based on thread titles.

LIST OF PLAYERS AND THEIR CHARACTERS:
Krogoth - Warforged Barbarian, krogothin Demonblade
Osterbaum - Human Ranger, Yoel Lasikari and Human Cleric, Yol
Wigmund - Human Fighter/Barbarian, Orson Thunderwyrm; Drow Monk/Paladin, Baccano; Elf Ranger/Rogue, Crowchild; Warforged Wizard, Dustbin; Warforged Cleric, Mawr
Terex4 - Rogue/Monk, Deylani; Favored Soul, Priny
Corel - Paladin, Catara Roth and Cleric, Arcellia Roth
Steel Shadow - Human Rogue, Solomas Obidayon
Grimpond - Human Cleric, Grimskathe Angriifase
DarkDrgon - Bard, StenHighlander
Roland - Dwarf Barbarian, Batta; Sorcerer, Larachel
Yrcrazypa - Warforged Wizard, FarnolDGren
Menarker - Dwarf Cleric, Pacturnum Tresserhorn
h4x.m4g3 - Human Monk, Bureon Goudsteel

Naqel

06-08-2010, 07:16 AM

Gimme a month, and I might squeez some DDO between three other MMO's I play, catching up with my Xbox games, and trying out Shineys new RO server...

Yep, I got that much free time on my hands. :sweatdrop

krogothwolf

06-08-2010, 09:49 AM

I was playing it for a bit, but I had to take a break then my brother never started playing it again. I enjoyed, once I have time I'll probably start playing it again. I was a Dwarf Cleric, and a Warforged Barbarian. The Cleric is actually really fun to play which was interesting. I haven't gotten very far in it. I did enjoy the level up system. 20 levels with 4 tiers each was cool. Combat's pretty cool. My characters aren't to high yet either though, so it's all good.

Or I'll trying LotRO when they make the move to free-to-play that they announced would happen soon. They're both made by Turbine and they said since they went Free-to-play with DDO they increased their overall customer base so it's nice to see that.

Azisien

06-08-2010, 10:02 AM

I played it back when it was subscription based and it was probably the second best MMO I've had the pleasure of participating in. Of course, I hit level cap within 3 months and then it got permanently dry.

Tev

06-08-2010, 10:03 AM

Or I'll trying LotRO when they make the move to free-to-play that they announced would happen soon.I know you mean Lord of the Rings Online but the first thought that crossed my mind when I saw this was "That's a funny name for an RO server...."

Clearly I've been playing RO too long.

CABAL49

06-08-2010, 10:31 AM

I had a lot of fun with it, but as my friends stopped playing it I did. Even though some consider it heresy if I play any MMO but EVE, I wouldn't mind playing.

Osterbaum

06-08-2010, 02:47 PM

I guess I should've mentioned that my accounts name is Osterbaum and my current chraracters name is Yoel Lasikari, currently playing in Ghallanda.

EDIT: Also a lvl3 Ranger.

Julford Hajime

06-08-2010, 03:05 PM

I might look into this in a few weeks, but I just bought a copy of FFXI a week ago, and that comes with a month of play for free. Depending on how I feel about the game at the end of that month, I may try out DDO >.>

Steel Shadow

06-08-2010, 03:06 PM

I enjoy it, but god knows I've got more than enough MMOs on my plate. Fun game though!

Wigmund

06-08-2010, 06:47 PM

Looks fun, I'm gonna give this a try.

Grimpond

06-08-2010, 06:57 PM

I tried not long after it went free-to-play. I had a lot of fun, but as with any mmo for me, no friends to play with it was probably the biggest reason I
decided to drop it at the time. Will definitely pick it up again when I find time to tear myself away from persona 3.

Osterbaum

06-09-2010, 04:45 PM

Could really use some more or less permanent (or frequent) party members, that way it's easier to get on alot of the quests.

Yumil

06-09-2010, 05:47 PM

How about we start an all dwarf guild to make up for our Dwarf Fortress game that died?

Ecks

06-09-2010, 06:12 PM

I dunno bout tonight, but I could totally get in on this if we all start characters on the same server and have an NPF guild or something (Note: name does not have to be related to NPF, just saying, it'd be cool to have a bunch of us playing together).

Osterbaum

06-09-2010, 06:24 PM

It would be cool. I'm totally up for it. We could use this thread to see who's interested and if we get a few people then even see abit what classes people want to be. The classes available are Fighter, Barbarian, Paladin, Sorcerer, Cleric, Wizard, Ranger, Rogue, Bard and buyable are the Monk and Favoured Soul. Races available are Human, Elf, Halfling, Dwarf and buyable are Warforged and Drow. Personally I'm open to being almost any class, although I do have some preferences.

This week I wont be having much time to play anymore, but next week I'll propably have more time again.

Ecks

06-09-2010, 06:26 PM

I tend to take spellcasters whenever I play fantasy RPGs... I'd have to look closer to see what the racial/class attributes are before I make a decision on what I'll roll.

krogothwolf

06-09-2010, 08:55 PM

Whelp poopy, I am on a different server! :( Guess that mean's I'll need to start over lol

Grimpond

06-09-2010, 10:27 PM

Hopping on Ghallanda. Hopefully Grimpond isn't taken.

edit: I think I'll start off with a cleric! Unless someone turns out to be better at healing

editedit: Fuck! Grimpond is taken :( So, I guess I shall be....Grimskathe Angriifase.

editeditedit: Hopping online now!

Wigmund

06-09-2010, 11:05 PM

Been playing as a human fighter (currently Lvl 2) named Orson Thunderwyrm.

Terex4

06-09-2010, 11:23 PM

Damn I just started playing a week ago on Thelanis. I may have to go roll a character over there if we get a guild up and going. I'll be a bard by the way.

Edit: Rolled up my bard, look for Oliviere

Yrcrazypa

06-09-2010, 11:24 PM

I used to play on Argonnesson, I already had a nearly 17 warforged barbarian over there. May get back into it, but I don't have much time for MMOs anyway.

Grimpond

06-10-2010, 12:01 AM

Started my cleric, did a few quests, and talked to terex for a bit. I'll be on probably most of the day tomorrow.

Terex4

06-10-2010, 12:44 AM

Went and created a rogue too just for the hell of it (I've got 2 slots might as well fill em, plus undoing locks/traps is nice if we're good on buffs/heals) by the name of Alouicius.

Roland

06-10-2010, 12:51 AM

Downloading now, probably going to start playing tomorrow.

As I've never touched anything related to DnD in my 21 years of living and have only ever played BYOND MMOs, pretty much everything about this is gonna be new to me.

Osterbaum

06-10-2010, 02:24 AM

So which was the server everybody is on now? I have a lvl4 Ranger on Ghallanda.

EDIT: I could create a new character, and with the set we've got now I could be maybe a Paladin. Or another Fighter? Or just play with my Ranger and wait till you catch up?

Steel Shadow

06-10-2010, 04:04 AM

Sounds like fun, I'll get to downloading it again (The turbine dowload manager is *annoying* when you're not playing...)

Osterbaum

06-10-2010, 05:18 AM

So I now have a lvl2 Paladin and a lvl4 Ranger both on Ghallanda. Whichever class seems a more usefull addition.

Corel

06-10-2010, 05:22 AM

Going to see if my laptop can run this game.

How about we start an all dwarf guild to make up for our Dwarf Fortress game that died?

Sign me up! See if I can roll up a Dwarven Ranger on Ghallanda server to play around with.

Osterbaum

06-10-2010, 09:07 AM

Oh, btw, my Rangers name is Yoel Lasikari and my Paladins name is Sikari. Oh, and Wigmund; I couldn't find a character named Orson Thunderwyrm.

Corel

06-10-2010, 10:16 AM

Terex4

06-10-2010, 12:37 PM

Been playing my rogue mainly so unless we find ourselves in desperate need of a bard I think I'm going to stick with him. Disarming traps is just too addicting after spending so much time running through them :dance:

Julford Hajime

06-10-2010, 02:13 PM

Apparently DDO doesn't like accepting account creation from non-authorised countries. If anybody could lend me a hand in account creation (I can throw you an email account) via PM I would be much appreciative!

Hey, I sent ya a PM. Just lemme know what you want account-wise (I don't know how much I'll have to set up for ya, so be as detailed as you want :P), and I'll take care of it for ya.

Grimpond

06-10-2010, 02:19 PM

Online now, just hit level 2.

Steel Shadow

06-10-2010, 02:24 PM

Makin' a theif, as always. I'm still debating wether to make it on the path they recomend or customise though.

krogothwolf

06-10-2010, 03:01 PM

I'll be makin a Dwarf Cleric. Or anything else if you have recommendations. Just figure a Cleric is nice to have around.

Terex4

06-10-2010, 03:02 PM

Makin' a theif, as always. I'm still debating wether to make it on the path they recomend or customise though.
The paths kinda suck from what I've seen. I started off with pathing and my characters started losing viability around level 3. Customized they've just been getting better. My rogue is level 2 now and has +5 to both weapons and nearly 60 hit points already.

Wigmund

06-10-2010, 03:54 PM

I'm up for a Nuklear Guild/Group if anyone wants to create it.

Osterbaum

06-10-2010, 04:11 PM

You need a guild charter for a guild. I could create one once I've been awarded enough points, which should be pretty soon.

EDIT: Going to be online in a sec.

Grimpond

06-10-2010, 09:05 PM

So I think we can all agree that todays excursion was super cool fun times, and that we should do it more often. Unfortunately, Oster won't be with us agin till next week. :(

I'll look into starting an NPF guild, so

Suggestion for names?

Yumil

06-10-2010, 09:30 PM

Suggestion for names?
Sects Buddies

Julford Hajime

06-10-2010, 09:33 PM

Sects Buddies

Man, I really really REALLY wanna argue for something more traditional like Nuklear Guild (Or anything with Nuklear in the name, really), but DAMMIT Yumil pretty much hit this one on the head.

I mean, we're on the forums for 8BT (And Warbot/HIKYM/AR, but whatever), you kinda have to :P

Grimpond

06-11-2010, 02:42 PM

Man, I really really REALLY wanna argue for something more traditional like Nuklear Guild (Or anything with Nuklear in the name, really), but DAMMIT Yumil pretty much hit this one on the head.

I mean, we're on the forums for 8BT (And Warbot/HIKYM/AR, but whatever), you kinda have to :P

Done and Done!

Online now. Guild is ready to go. :dance:

Bard The 5th LW

06-11-2010, 03:25 PM

I'm installing it right now. I'm thinking of a Bard, Paladin, or a Sorcerer. Probably whichever one isn't taken by anyone else. Dunno, going to have to look at the list.

Grimpond

06-11-2010, 03:53 PM

I'm installing it right now. I'm thinking of a Bard, Paladin, or a Sorcerer. Probably whichever one isn't taken by anyone else. Dunno, going to have to look at the list.

Go for a sorcerer! I need more sects buddies :dance:

krogothwolf

06-11-2010, 03:53 PM

I'l be ready to play tonight or tomorrow at the latest. Been busy for the last few days

Grimpond

06-11-2010, 03:53 PM

I'l be ready to play tonight or tomorrow at the latest. Been busy for the last few days

wooo. :dance:

Bard The 5th LW

06-11-2010, 03:54 PM

Once that damn thing finishes, sure I'll pick a Sorcerer.

Edit: Ok its done. It keeps telling me 'the underlying connection is closed'. I'll try to figure it out.

Corel

06-12-2010, 04:32 AM

Thanks to the lovely JF I now have a Dwarven Ranger.

Character name is Tramere Roth, on the server Ghallanda.

DarkDrgon

06-12-2010, 08:33 AM

I'm in. what server is everyone on?

Corel

06-12-2010, 08:52 AM

I'm in. what server is everyone on?

I've heard Ghallanda mentioned a few times by people (which I have myself hopped onto)

I'm level 2 at Stormreach now, will probably be playing today on and off until the World Cup games start. Feel free to message or befriend me (Tramere Roth)

krogothwolf

06-12-2010, 10:24 AM

I'm a level 2 Warforged Barbarian, krogothin Demonblade!

Steel Shadow

06-12-2010, 04:08 PM

Level 3 human rogue, Solomas Obidayon on Ghallanda. Game's as fun as I remember. Still deciding wether I'll pay for some add ons or not though.

krogothwolf

06-12-2010, 06:18 PM

Whelp, I purchased the Tangleroot gorge as an adventure pack way back when

Corel

06-13-2010, 03:24 AM

Got my Ranger to nearly level 4, and have also made a Cleric named Arcellia Roth (Roth family you know!)

Maybe we should start making a list of everyone so we can get a hold of them easily.

Question: Do the puzzles become more intricate as time goes by? I find them pretty cool (especially the light box puzzle)

Osterbaum

06-13-2010, 08:43 AM

I can make a list in the opening post later, based on the info people have given in this thread. I'll propably be able to play again on tuesday. Don't level-up too fast.

Overcast

06-13-2010, 10:21 AM

Interested in getting a start and so starting download, we'll see how severe my wait is. Lack of a reliable network can do that.

Terex4

06-13-2010, 12:54 PM

Rolled a wizard I've been playing for a couple days now and judging from the reviews of my fellow Sects Buddies, it looks like she's my new main :dance:

Kept my old bard's name Oliviere to avoid confusion (and because I really like the name).

We need more heals though, so far we've been operating on the principle of the best defense is to skullfuck the opposition.

Edit: Putting a list together so Oster has an easier time placing it in the first post.
So far it looks like we have:
Krogoth-Warforged Barbarian
Osterbaum-Human Ranger and Human Paladin
Wigmund-Human Fighter/Barbarian
Terex4-Halfling Wizard and Human Rogue/Fighter
Corel-Dwarf Ranger and Cleric (no clue what race)
Steel Shadow-Human Rogue
Grimpond-Human Cleric

So far Grimpond is the only one with officer status so I guess he's the only one who can recruit at the moment. His character is Grimskathe.
Bard-Sorcerer with connection issues pending

Wigmund

06-13-2010, 01:04 PM

Skullfucking our enemies works until we run out of healing potions.

Then there's a lot of running and screaming and sobbing and trying to find shrines.

EDIT: Corel's Ranger is a dwarf.

Terex4

06-13-2010, 01:07 PM

Skullfucking our enemies works until we run out of healing potions.

Then there's a lot of running and screaming and sobbing and trying to find shrines.

EDIT: Corel's Ranger is a dwarf.

I started to take care of that, Oliviere is now in possession of a wand of cure light wounds and repair light damage (thinking of you too Krogoth =D)

I need a new wand though, I used almost 40 charges on myself yesterday...

Corel

06-13-2010, 02:06 PM

Skullfucking our enemies works until we run out of healing potions.

Then there's a lot of running and screaming and sobbing and trying to find shrines.

EDIT: Corel's Ranger is a dwarf.

A Dwarf Ranger with an eye-patch. Silly things like Depth perception won't stop him!

Anyway, I think I might have changed my main over to a Human Cleric. Got her to level 4 now and I'm loving every second of it. I suddenly remembered why I liked playing Clerics in pen and paper so much.

Edit: Had a run through the Waterworks quest and got a decent WIS helmet out of it. Would like to run through it again so I can upgrade my shield sometime next week.

DarkDrgon

06-13-2010, 03:49 PM

I have a bard I'm gonna try to spec into a charm/Healer.

Does anyone who's played know where I would find the Bard Songs? They aren't in the spell section, and they aren't in skills so I have no idea where to look

Character name is StenHighlander (all one word first name)

Wigmund

06-13-2010, 06:01 PM

They're probably listed under 'feats' on the character sheet.

Terex4

06-13-2010, 09:24 PM

Was going to get back on tonight but the wife wanted to spend some time with me (not a common request she lets me have my game time).

I have discovered that spell casters function much the same way in DDO as they do in tabletop. You feel like an exp leech at lower levels except for the few encounters where you really get to shine. Next stop level 5 and an actual contribution to groups!

I'd like to take this time to give a shout out to Krogoth, Wigmund, Grimpond, and Steel Shadow who at this point, I'm sure, keep an empty slot in their inventories just for my soul stone.

krogothwolf

06-13-2010, 11:32 PM

I seem to die enough as is because I forgot to take one of my body feats to give better AC, I'll fix that in a level or 2

Osterbaum

06-14-2010, 01:26 AM

List is up. I'll be around to play tomorrow on and off from around afternoon till night my local time. I prefer my Ranger.

Jagos

06-14-2010, 01:30 AM

Azisien

06-14-2010, 02:42 AM

Corel

06-14-2010, 03:07 AM

Okay I might log in and give this a shot, damn you all.

Edit: Any classes needed?

Edit 2: Hey two of my characters still exist! Creepy too. Exactly 4 years since I last logged in according to the social panel. If I'm to play I'd probably want to start fresh, so I could dump some gear on somebody. Have a level 4 fighter and level 7 wizzy.

Great! Looking at the list on the first post we've got around:

Four Melee
Two healers (Decided to make my main Cleric)
Two casters

I would say you've got choice on what you want to do. I would say more meat shields could never hurt for me and Grim to heal up if you really are undecided.

Oh yeah to reiterate, Cleric's name is Arcellia Roth. :) If you want even more details on the class she's mostly a Buffer/Healer, Grim is a more offensive Cleric than I am.

Roland

06-14-2010, 03:11 AM

After much toil, sweat, and hardwork, I have finally created the barbarian Eknar Roderser*.

=/ Well, let's see what this is like.

Dwarf Fortress Dwarven for "Ugly Baldhead".

Yrcrazypa

06-14-2010, 04:40 AM

I'll create a Warforged Wizard. I'd rather stick with Argonnessen, since I have a high level character with some things that are literally impossible to get now, but I can use him when I'm not playing with you. Name will be edited in once I make him.

Edit: His name is Farnol DGren. And darn, 32 point buy doesn't carry over between servers. Oh well, would only have a point or two more AC if I had it.

Osterbaum

06-14-2010, 05:17 AM

Terex4

06-14-2010, 09:11 AM

So you guys think I should go with the Longbow favoring Ranger or Longsword & Shield favoring Paladin? Ranger is lvl4 while Paladin is only lvl2, so I think I'd be using the Ranger atleat until I can catch up with the Paladin a bit. But on the long run, which do you think would be a better addition to the team?
From what I've read currently bow dps is extremely weak for the time being. An Arcane Archer build bring sit up significantly if that's the path you pursue and I've heard nothing but good things about it. This is not to mention that bows could be buffed in a future patch. The ranger sounds like it would be more fun.

Paladins bring more utility to the group with their buffs and lay on hands (full heal effect on warforged) but is probably going to be less fun to play than your ranger. Also as a long time tabletop player I cringe around paladins anyway as I prefer to avoid the Lawful Anal.

Osterbaum

06-14-2010, 10:35 AM

Yeah I don't like the lawful anything either. But allignment has very little to do with anything in the game from what I understand. I do think I'll stick with my custom built Ranger.

Menarker

06-14-2010, 12:11 PM

What are the casters in your groups like? Conjuration? Evocation? Abjuration? I could use some details here. ^^

Terex4

06-14-2010, 01:13 PM

What are the casters in your groups like? Conjuration? Evocation? Abjuration? I could use some details here. ^^
I'm generally all purpose. I've been snatching up as many spells as I can and don't plan on specializing (spell focus feats). I generally run around with aoe and crowd control spells + mage armor. Utilitarian spells like knock I plan to stock up on scrolls of since they aren't really worth having on finger.

krogothwolf

06-14-2010, 01:35 PM

I have a Giant Axe(looks like a rack) I swing and kill things with it, it is fun!

Wigmund

06-14-2010, 02:19 PM

Kobold Shamans and Hobgoblin Witch Doctors can burn in hell.

Having that bard run with us last night was pretty helpful, even if we did jump into a quest where we got our asses handed to us frequently.
But damn those witch doctors from that quest, every time I'd get near one - Otto's Irresistible Dance.

Corel

06-14-2010, 02:33 PM

Kobold Shamans and Hobgoblin Witch Doctors can burn in hell.

Which is exactly what they were doing to our little party of ragtag adventurers, energy resistance:fire + command were quite the life saver the second time.

Anyway, lag has slain me the guys who are grouped up at the moment and isn't allowing me back into the client. Sorry!

Steel Shadow

06-14-2010, 05:35 PM

Shaman in general can stop targeting me, the squishy thief, and aim at the big meatsheilds swinging axes or rakes around.

This game is actually better than I remembered. There are puzzles I'd expect to see in a genuine adventure game, rather than an MMO. I couldn't resist buying a ViP account to get all of it. And being a trap detector/disarmer/lockpicker/backstabber/acrobat is fun. Even if my role in groups seems to mainly consist of yelling that there's a trap 2 seconds after the Tank's wandered into it...

Wigmund

06-14-2010, 06:07 PM

Tank can absorb trap damage

In other news, I finished the Cultist's Shrine (stealing the damn gem while trying not to kill certain kobolds that swarm you with their other fucking buddies and shamans) on Hard...I ended up dying 5 or 6 times.

Krylo

06-14-2010, 06:10 PM

Tank can absorb trap damage
Not always.

Some traps will instant kill even the buffest tanks.

Unless they've changed things considerably since last I played.

Menarker

06-14-2010, 06:26 PM

Well, I made a dwarf cleric to help me ease into things. Pacturnum Tresserhorn. Hopefully I don't screw up.

Token

06-14-2010, 08:59 PM

I've never played D&D or an MMO, but this looks fun. I'm trying to sign up now, but it won't accept my email adress. :/

Julford Hajime

06-14-2010, 09:28 PM

Token, want me to set it up? I seem to have some luck with the process. I don't know where Corel (Or hell, you >.>) are located, but if it's outside their accepted countries that may be the problem.

Token

06-14-2010, 09:29 PM

Token, want me to set it up? I seem to have some luck with the process. I don't know where Corel (Or hell, you >.>) are located, but if it's outside their accepted countries that may be the problem.

Sure. Is America one of their accepted countries?

Julford Hajime

06-14-2010, 09:31 PM

Considering I live there, yes.

DarkDrgon

06-14-2010, 10:20 PM

WOOT! Hit level 2 by running through The first 3 quests 3 times. Picked up a heal spell, and put a bunch of points into heal. used my action points to get more bard songs, and make my inspire courage better for when Im in a group.

Yrcrazypa

06-15-2010, 07:53 AM

If more people run Warforged, I'll go through the force line of enhancements and be a 'Healer' for them. Otherwise I think I'll try out this 'Palemaster' thing.

Menarker

06-15-2010, 10:35 AM

Only problem with Warforged is that its not free. You have to either
A: Spend real life cash
B: Complete so many quests combined from all your characters on your account that you earn enough Turbine points to have the privilege of having that character.

krogothwolf

06-15-2010, 10:41 AM

Actually, it also unlocks with Favor, which isn't that difficult to unlock.

I am falling behind the first group of people, mainly due to baby/wife/work. Makes gaming difficult sometimes lol, so at least I can party up with the next wave of people for a time. Till they out level me.

DarkDrgon

06-15-2010, 08:54 PM

I am having no trouble soloing the Korthos quests as a bard, that Im pretty sure I built wrong. Is this game that easy all the way through? or just on Normal

krogothwolf

06-15-2010, 09:18 PM

Kortho's is really easy. It gets more difficult later on.

Krylo

06-15-2010, 09:27 PM

Everything that isn't a (pure) caster can solo the entire Korthos line on every difficulty.

Edit: There is one quest that, if memory serves, you can actually go all the way through without actually fighting a single enemy if you are a rogue.

Osterbaum

06-16-2010, 04:31 AM

Korthos is basically meant as an extended tutorial run to allow new players to get used to the play mechanics and gain a lvl or two before moving on to Stormreach.

Wigmund

06-16-2010, 03:03 PM

My fighter has hit level 6, so to slow his progression down I've started a backup character - Jezikiyah Purge: Dwarf Rogue/eventually Wizard.

Osterbaum

06-16-2010, 03:21 PM

I've also started a cleric as my sort of backup character. Will be playing him mostly when none of you are online.

On another note, I might be online later today.

Corel

06-17-2010, 05:12 AM

To follow in this new trend, I too have made a new character (replacing my ranger.)

Catara Roth, whom is a Paladin (As we kind of need more tanks). Will probably rotate between this character and the Cleric depending on the levels of everybody.

Terex4

06-18-2010, 04:49 PM

Got VIP as an early father's day gift! I can finally level my existing characters decently and get started on the character I've really wanted to roll since shortly after I started: Rogue Acrobat with monk splash.

h4x.m4g3

06-18-2010, 07:34 PM

I downloaded this the other day and am starting to play, but am bouncing back and forth between character decisions, if anyone has any tips, advice, or cruel tricks on what I should be I'd be glad to hear them.

Wigmund

06-18-2010, 11:18 PM

So um, yeah...the Pit sucked balls. Fun, but damn trogs and slimes and elementals and traps and huge rooms requiring jumping skills to hell.

Steel Shadow

06-19-2010, 12:18 AM

Trogs can go to hell. As can slimes (damnit, how many weapons did I break?!?). But the traps and the jumping? Those were awsome!

...It took us about 4 hours to do, but now I wanna do it again on hard...

Yrcrazypa

06-19-2010, 01:25 AM

So um, yeah...the Pit sucked balls. Fun, but damn trogs and slimes and elementals and traps and huge rooms requiring jumping skills to hell.

You actually did the pit? :3: I'm positive I remember that one from years past being basically impossible to find a group for, because everyone was terrified of it!

Terex4

06-19-2010, 09:05 AM

Now that I've had the evening to recover from that virgin programmer's revenge we call "The Pit" I'm ready to post some screenshots. These are technically spoilers so if you plan to run it and want to be surprised you've been warned.

Sadly there are some rooms that I didn't get any shots of, we were so busy dying, crying, and running around looking for shrines we'd already hit at least 6 times prior because this place is a twisted maze built from the remains of drowned puppies.

This place is full of jump puzzles and running on pipes. Dwarves are fail jumpers.
http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/7843/screenshot00000g.th.jpg (http://img269.imageshack.us/i/screenshot00000g.jpg/)

This is the other side of those "platforms" from the previous shot. I was nowhere near the top.
http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/8827/screenshot00001z.th.jpg (http://img130.imageshack.us/i/screenshot00001z.jpg/)

Still not to the top, we had to rely on non archers with bows to take down some of the super powered trogs running around this dungeon. The chat logs are also not an accurate representation as about half of what we were saying was over the voice chat.
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/9075/screenshot00002x.th.jpg (http://img163.imageshack.us/i/screenshot00002x.jpg/)

You can barely see the bottom of the room if you look hard enough.
http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/1673/screenshot00003s.th.jpg (http://img638.imageshack.us/i/screenshot00003s.jpg/)

This is not a shot to show how high up we were (although it demonstrates that nicely) but rather to show the slim pipe we have to run across and jump to the pipes to the left. With one point in tumble that's an 80+ hp drop.
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/3410/screenshot00004u.th.jpg (http://img156.imageshack.us/i/screenshot00004u.jpg/)

This dungeon is not for anyone who's afraid of heights.
http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/6760/screenshot00005w.th.jpg (http://img705.imageshack.us/i/screenshot00005w.jpg/)

The main thing to note in this screenshot is our new quest objective. Yes they want us to ARM the TRAPS.
http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/9664/screenshot00006d.th.jpg (http://img704.imageshack.us/i/screenshot00006d.jpg/)

This is a picture of the main corridor. Its basically built as two ramps winding around two pillars in a mobeus strip style. Once we finish our current objective those pillars will fire cones of force at us as we make our way around to the other rooms (and shrines)
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/5420/screenshot00007x.th.jpg (http://img101.imageshack.us/i/screenshot00007x.jpg/)

Story of our lives...
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/4750/screenshot00008a.th.jpg (http://img85.imageshack.us/i/screenshot00008a.jpg/)

And back to the furnace rooms. All 3 furnace puzzles involve tightrope skills on pipes with trog mages shooting you with acid and fire and magic missiles.
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/8737/screenshot00009o.th.jpg (http://img156.imageshack.us/i/screenshot00009o.jpg/)

This room was fun. Bolts of lightning fire in different directions while you run around each pillar to throw 3 switches each. All of these traps except the force cones of the main corridor hit for at least 20 ,if not significantly more, points of damage.
http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/8340/screenshot00010f.th.jpg (http://img29.imageshack.us/i/screenshot00010f.jpg/)

More pipes.
http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/7177/screenshot00011n.th.jpg (http://img683.imageshack.us/i/screenshot00011n.jpg/)

This part was really cool. The object is to get a few people to stand on the steam pipe and have someone pull the valve to jettison the sucke...ahem...volunteers as high as the ceiling way way up.
http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/9867/screenshot00012q.th.jpg (http://img63.imageshack.us/i/screenshot00012q.jpg/)

And there goes our faithful rogue. Seriously we could not have done this dungeon without you Steel :dance:
http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/470/screenshot00013.th.jpg (http://img171.imageshack.us/i/screenshot00013.jpg/)

Steel doing what he does best. All our work for us.
http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/3083/screenshot00015jb.th.jpg (http://img39.imageshack.us/i/screenshot00015jb.jpg/)

Wigmund was the only other one of us competent enough to keep up with Steel, so he often found himself playing bodyguard.
http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/6148/screenshot00016t.th.jpg (http://img203.imageshack.us/i/screenshot00016t.jpg/)

Did what I could to capture the action up there, but I suck at landing the steam catapult so I stayed at ground floor.
http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/4343/screenshot00017g.th.jpg (http://img651.imageshack.us/i/screenshot00017g.jpg/)

Steel finds a second valve jump up above, this method never actually panned out for us and he took to using the first valve to get where he needed to go.
http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/1386/screenshot00018w.th.jpg (http://img691.imageshack.us/i/screenshot00018w.jpg/)

And the last shot of the set, Steel continuing to flaunt his jumping skills. Pretty sure he's giving me the finger from up there.
http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/6014/screenshot00019f.th.jpg (http://img266.imageshack.us/i/screenshot00019f.jpg/)

I wasn't able to get the last part of the dungeon, at that point I was mashing my recall button to get the hell out. Many of the rooms involved respawns and in the case of the third furnace room, those of us who stayed below had to deal with constant waves of trogs and black puddings so we weren't having a picnic while Steel did all the work.

Dungeon Statistics:
Deaths: Too many to count
Shrine Uses: See Deaths
People Getting Lost: All of us, multiple times
Deaths by Lava: Nearly all of us at the very start. There wasn't even a reason to go down to the lava...
# of times we said Fuck: Pretty sure we beat Scarface here. Most of these times were in conjunction with the words "me" and "Jesus".
Quality of Treasure: Shit
Repair Bills: My personal repair bill was over 5000 gold at least.

Corel

06-19-2010, 10:30 AM

So the pit was a bundle of joy. In fact I was lucky enough to capture some screenshots of the first part leading up to Terex's screenshots.

http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af125/Tremare_Bucket/ScreenShot00022.jpg

So this is us in a previous dungeon doing what we do best: For a quick run down on us we've got Catara (Me), Orson (Wigmund), Terexe (Terex4) and Solomas (Steel_Shadow) we make a pretty bad ass team. However I don't think we were kinda prepared for what was going to take place for the next 4-5 hours.

http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af125/Tremare_Bucket/ScreenShot00023.jpg

After a short gaping at the giant chasms, we found a ladder.

http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af125/Tremare_Bucket/ScreenShot00024.jpg

Boy is this a big ladder, moments before this photo was taken I see Wigmund go flying down the chasm. He mentions something about lava in the chat? Lava? I can't see an-

http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af125/Tremare_Bucket/ScreenShot00025.jpg

Oh. Here it is.

http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af125/Tremare_Bucket/ScreenShot00026.jpg

With some Oozes waiting for us! (Which are creatures that destroy your weapons)

In the end we discovered there was actually no point coming down here, so went to the generator room.

http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af125/Tremare_Bucket/ScreenShot00027.jpg

Which led us to this pretty cool puzzle. Basically 9 switches corrensponding to 9 lights on the wall. Flipping a switch would turn the adjacent lights on/off etc. In this mean time we were being attacked by Trogs.

http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af125/Tremare_Bucket/ScreenShot00030.jpg

Just to reiterate what Terex said, there were two main pillar that spiralled down to different rooms, as shown here.

http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af125/Tremare_Bucket/ScreenShot00031.jpg

...and suddenly we're on pipes off the ground!

http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af125/Tremare_Bucket/ScreenShot00033.jpg

Did we mention that we were being shot at when trying to turn the levers on? All I heard at this time was Steel_Shadow saying "Oh fuck!" into the microphone and then me bursting out laughing at the calamity of it all (which was the general theme of the night).

http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af125/Tremare_Bucket/ScreenShot00036.jpg

Remember those pictures again of Terex saying how large the furnace was? Well here it is, can't even see the ceiling.

http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af125/Tremare_Bucket/ScreenShot00038.jpg

After turning the traps on, it caused the entire level to have sonic traps turned on.

http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af125/Tremare_Bucket/ScreenShot00042.jpg

Lastly, here is Solomas in action getting launched up into the air via the steam pipe.

The rest of the quest is basically what Terex has posted already. Would like to thank the guys who made this adventure possible (Steel_shadow, Wigmund, Terex and later Grimpond) as I'm sure we would've never have made it through alive without supporting eachother.

I've dubbed this quests Tomb of Horrors 2.0; Would like to do it again at a later level on hard (won't be as bad seeing as we now know what to do...basically)

Wigmund

06-19-2010, 01:17 PM

I've dubbed this quests Tomb of Horrors 2.0; Would like to do it again at a later level on hard (won't be as bad seeing as we now know what to do...basically)
won't be as bad seeing as we now know what to do...basically
won't be as bad

HAHAhahahahahahaha...imagine what those casters and elementals will be throwing at us then! :crying:

Corel

06-19-2010, 03:14 PM

HAHAhahahahahahaha...imagine what those casters and elementals will be throwing at us then! :crying:

...

Oh god DAMMIT!

You might be happy to know that I spied on my quest log that there's another dungeon with the same diffiuclty description for level 8 characters. Should get a team ready either this or next weekend for it.

Steel Shadow

06-19-2010, 03:21 PM

Supposedly there's a really long one for level 7s to.

Incidentally, y'all may this list useful, been meaning to post it for a while.

http://ddowiki.com/page/Free_to_Play_quests

Wigmund

06-19-2010, 11:48 PM

I think we should do The Tears of Dhakaan quest in House Phiarlan. I tried to do some it on Casual (...and I ended up running out of healing potions and getting killed by hobgoblin spellcasters) and I managed to find a +3 Mithril Shirt, so on Normal with a full party there should be plenty of good shit for us to loot.

And I only ran into only a couple of Oozes/Slimes there as compared to the hordes found elsewhere.

krogothwolf

06-19-2010, 11:56 PM

So, I've been busy most of this weekend, not sure when I'll be on next, Annabel is teething and the wife is working evenings right now.

Osterbaum

06-20-2010, 04:15 AM

I might be able to join later today (sunday). Otherwise next week.

h4x.m4g3

06-20-2010, 03:30 PM

I made a human monk, Bureon Goudsteel, currently level 2.

Edit: So if you get any weird friend's request that's me.

Terex4

06-20-2010, 10:27 PM

You know we've been messing around with builds and some of us made characters that we're attached to but I made a discovery today that calls for a massive reroll for the entire guild. http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?p=1710720#post1710720

Wigmund

06-21-2010, 03:30 PM

Once I upgrade to VIP this weekend I've decided to create a Sonic-focused Sorcerer/Bard Warforged named Soundwave.

DarkDrgon

06-21-2010, 07:48 PM

finally got to stormreach, one of you vets want to invite me to the guild/do some questing?

Terex4

06-21-2010, 09:06 PM

finally got to stormreach, one of you vets want to invite me to the guild/do some questing?

Need a character name. You'll usually find me on Deylani so just shoot me a tell if you catch me online.

Wigmund

06-21-2010, 10:04 PM

It's Stenhighlander right DarkDrgon? You send a Tell to my main Orson as well and I'll induct you into the Sects Buddies.

In other news, I inflicted my first Power Leveling Penalty on another character today. Didn't know that being 4 levels higher than someone else in a party while questing can kill their experience gain.
Actually prevented someone from gaining any xp at all in the Kobold Assault on Normal :dance: (-50% 7th lvl in 3rd lvl quest, -50% Power-leveling)

Aldurin

06-24-2010, 04:02 PM

I'm gonna start DDO in the next few days once I get XP running in virtual box (damn assholes won't put in Linux compatibility). I'll screw around with races and classes for a while and then figure out what I like.

I'm just kinda pissed that it's gonna be very hard to get to this point . . .
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/images/yxzBsnUXU3LExu3Xie4.gif
. . . if I can get there at all.

Yumil

06-24-2010, 04:08 PM

I've been downloading the high quality version off and on for a while now. Perhaps I'll join Sects Buddies sooner or later.

Corel

06-26-2010, 01:03 AM

Weekend is upon us, so making a call out for people if you want to do some of the death tra- I mean dungeons. I will probably be on Saturday and Sunday morning to afternoon time (EST)

Grimpond

06-26-2010, 04:10 PM

I'd love to but my cmputer crashed and burned.

Roland

06-26-2010, 04:19 PM

I found out the name Batta is available on the server everyone else here uses.

I could not pass that up. Hopefully this time, though, I can get around my aversion to playing an MMO. srsly I did absolutely nothing since I said I made that dwarf.

If/when I do, I will totally be ready to join you guys with... whatever you need to beat things up.

Terex4

06-26-2010, 08:05 PM

Can't say we really need anything in particular so just play whatever sounds fun. We have melee and healers so we are very short in the offensive caster department, but that's hardly a necessity.

For the most part its Wigmund, Corel, and myself online and we're at level 7/8 with alts roaming around ready for lower level friends.

Grimpond

06-26-2010, 08:49 PM

Wigmund

06-26-2010, 09:29 PM

When you get back Grim, I look forward to playing my Warforged Necromancer alt.

Grimpond

06-26-2010, 10:05 PM

wat

Terex4

06-27-2010, 10:29 AM

And I've got a favored soul I'm messing with.

Wigmund

06-27-2010, 08:30 PM

Looks like Update 5 is being implemented tomorrow morning.

Also, updating my main/alt lists:
Orson (Main): Human Fighter (Hammer Kensai)/Barbarian
Baccano: Drow Monk (eventually Shintao Monk)/Paladin
Crowchild: Elf Ranger/Rogue (eventually Assassin)
Dustbin: Warforged Wizard (eventually Pale Master)
Mawr: Warforged Cleric/Fighter

Roland

06-27-2010, 10:40 PM

Aldurin

06-27-2010, 11:09 PM

Okay, installing XP in virtual box now, I expect DDO functionality by tomorrow (or tuesday, or I might not even say just because I can).

Terex4

06-28-2010, 09:51 PM

Okay, I've hit LV4. Unfortunately, Batta is largely redundant since he's just there to whack things with a big axe. Sorry guys.

EDIT: Okay wow, 8,000 EXP to rank up? Harsh. This is just going to get uglier as I go on, isn't it?
Its not that bad once you hit some of the nice chains that award over 1 or 2k exp per quest.

Think I'll take this opportunity to update my character roster as well.

Deylani: (Main) 6 acrobat rogue/2 monk
Priny: 4 Favored Soul

Roland

06-29-2010, 01:19 PM

So, I would like to swear vengeance on all of you, because now I'm addicted. It's only been like three days and I'm addicted. I can tell because even though I know the servers aren't coming back up for another three hours, I keep checking just in case.

So, characters:
Batta - LV6 Barbarian
Larachel - LV2 Sorcerer

Theme naming, yay.

Aldurin

06-29-2010, 01:38 PM

I just finished installing DDO and now they're doing SERVER MAINTENANCE!!! I gotta wait two crappin' hours before I can start.

What the crap.

Grimpond

06-30-2010, 03:58 PM

I'm back babeh!

Osterbaum

06-30-2010, 04:21 PM

I haven't been online much lately and wont be for some time. I'll let all of you know once I get back. I'll have some catching up to do it seems.

List on the frontpage is updated. I might be able to get online to update it at some point, if there's need for that. Do these threads still have a post limit? In any case, I'm making another one soon, now that everyone is more or less in the game.

Aldurin

07-01-2010, 12:22 PM

Technology is great. Virtualbox won't support the right graphics drivers so I had to run windows as a dual boot and all I need now is to install the correct sound driver. At least I think it's that simple.

Roland

07-01-2010, 01:19 PM

So apparently there's some kind of July festival thing going on. Not sure what that's about but I'm getting odd coins as loot now.

Aldurin

07-03-2010, 12:53 PM

Now I'm finally playing DDO (started as sorcerer elf) and I gotta say, it's fun shooting ice up a rat's ass.

I'm gonna try out some different classes until I find what I want. Then I'll work up to being possibly helpful to you guys as an ally.

Roland

07-04-2010, 02:44 AM

I just died in the Butcher's Path, but within range of a Resurrection shrine... or so I thought. As it turned out, I died exactly far enough from the shrine that no matter how efficiently I ran I would only just make it close enough to reach it and be yanked back before I could resurrect.

That is a bigger kick in the teeth than Proof In The Poison, I think.

EDIT: Alright, so I bought the adventure pack that unlocks the Steam Tunnels and such with all the Turbine Points I earned. That unlocks it for me on every server, right? 'cause if it does, then I'm probably going to go insane with altitis for favor farming.

Wigmund

07-21-2010, 10:22 PM

So apparently there's a Winter Carnival going on now in DDO. There's a ski jump in the Harbor and an ice skating rink with half pipes in a House P tavern. Pity they're near impossible to use.

Roland

07-21-2010, 11:10 PM

Nah, see, what you need to do is farm the two white ice coins that can only be gotten by failing miserably at the ice jump in the Harbor instances.

When you get ten of them, you trade them to a new NPC for rental ice skates, which make the ice jumps and skating rinks actually usable.

But you only get these rental skates for ten minutes, so you need to work your butt off to get ten more white ice coins while also trying to get blue and purple ice coins.

If that sounds like too much work, you can always just buy permanent ice skates from the DDO Store.

Did I mention these ice skates are completely useless for anything other than these two limited time only features, and that unless you've figured out the mechanics for the ice jump you're likely to get less ice coins period using the skates than you are just grinding white ice coins to buy said skates in the first place?

And that all of this, beyond just being for fun's sake, is really just so you can potentially get either a Cold Burst magic effect placed on a weapon you'll probably abandon when a better one comes along, or if you're a magic user an Eternal Ray of Frost Wand that only does 6-8 damage per hit?

... so yeah, it's not actually worth it at all. And in other news, I have characters on about five or six servers now, most of which only exist to grind out 100 Favor so I can earn another 125 Turbine Points per server. I've also been playing my Khyber character (A Cleric, named Larachel, because every name I want to take is already taken) more than my Ghallanda characters recently.

Terex4

07-21-2010, 11:33 PM

They have ice skating! I'm so not doing anything productive tomorrow!

Aldurin

07-22-2010, 02:19 PM

Apparently I've been farting around on the wrong server for who knows how long. At least I know how everything works.

I'm gonna start a fighter and a wizard on Gallandamacallit server and track you guys down.

Roland

07-26-2010, 12:18 AM

So, I remembered that since I just bought Turbine Points (which I spent on Tangleroot Gorge, bringing my Adventure Pack purchases up to Five), I now have a Premium Account and thus can have up to four characters per server.

So now there's a Drow Rogue named Scheherazade* running around Korthos.

EDIT: So I got suckered into buying the Ice Skates (95 Turbine Points!), and now I'm trying for a +5 Eternal Wand of Ray of Frost. I need 400 Winter Motes and 4 Recipe 2/20 cards for it, though. Such a pain...

*Because Misadventure was taken.

Roland

08-13-2010, 07:18 PM

Man, it's been a long time since anybody's posted in this thread. I know double posts are frowned upon, but...

I just learned a valuable lesson today. If, perhaps, you get lucky and find a +1 CON Tome on the auction house for a genuinely reasonable value, buy it, and trade it over to a new toon who can't quite use it yet, you want to put that thing in the bank right away.

Why? Because some ****ing punk cultist on Korthos is totally going to destroy it when he hits you for a grand total of 0 damage while you're trying to rest if you happen to have it in your inventory.

So yeah, don't carry valuable, hard to replace stuff. Ever.

Update on character stuffs:
-Scheherazade was rerolled, she's a Bard now.
-Larachel is gone.
-I play on Khyber almost exclusively now. My main toon there is a level 14 cleric named... Larachel. Yeah.
-I bought a crapload of adventure packs, so now I can possibly join people in on some of those one day.
EDIT, EVERYTHING BELOW POSTED ON THE 19TH
-Oh yeah, and new toon on Ghallanda: Adamantitan. Level 7 Warforged Fighter, in his own guild, etc.

Also, today I ran The Pit for the third time. The reason I feel this is notable? It was the first time with this toon, and it was the first time I became the de facto leader of the group as I was apparently the only one in it that had run it before.

It may have been a disaster and it took us nearly three and a half hours, but it was still by far a better run than my first go 'round.

CABAL49

09-21-2010, 11:31 AM

This thread isn't that old. My roommate started playing DDO and it made me miss it. The main reason I quit playing was because everyone I knew quit playing it. So I am going to start back up.

PyrosNine

09-21-2010, 03:40 PM

Pyros can't do much on DnD, becuase not only am I poor, but the damn DDO store doesn't work for me, and every fix they have one the forums doesn't work. Why can't they have the Aeria model, where there's an in-game store, but you can also purchase content at the website?

There's a reason why I have a Raido Kuzunoha outfit in Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine, and absolutely f'ing NOTHING in DDO. :argh:

Roland

09-21-2010, 03:53 PM

Since the last time I posted, I've completely burnt out on DDO. I just don't find it fun anymore.

=/ Haven't played it in around 4 weeks now, actually.

EVILNess

09-21-2010, 04:18 PM

There's a reason why I have a Raido Kuzunoha outfit in Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine, and absolutely f'ing NOTHING in DDO. :argh:

Wait... there is a RaIdo Kuzunoha out in Imagine?

PyrosNine

09-24-2010, 02:59 PM

Yes! It was a monthly special, and I got his hat and outfit! You could also get the school uniform from if. That, and I have Lupin the third's gun, which isn't a Shin Megami Tensei property, but when it's the gun he uses and it refers to the gun as being the preferred gun of a famous thief...

Roland

11-22-2010, 04:32 AM

I know thread necromancy is frowned upon, but I don't feel like making another DDO topic when we already have a perfectly serviceable topic right here and now.

So, I have gotten back into DDO again. So much so that I may have screwed up my wrist. Ow.

CURRENT CHARACTERS:
Ghallanda:
Scheherazade - LV6 Drow Bard
Adamantitan - LV10 Warforged Fighter -> Sole member of One Warforged Wonder

Khyber:
Larachel - LV17/1 Cleric/Fighter -> Officer in War Bound
Belinde - LV10 Fighter -> Member of... some guild. WILL EDIT IN LATER MAYBE
Djuste - LV6 Human Bard

Also, Mabar Endless Night happened apparently. And it's happening again today apparently. I have no idea what it is but it's free to play and it sounds like fun.

Jagos

11-22-2010, 11:16 AM

Drow bard? Drow with musical talents? That seems almost blasphemous...

DarkDrgon

11-22-2010, 12:21 PM

every race needs a bard. They don't have to be musicians, they can be public speakers, poets, storytellers, anything you want really

Hi, I'm Drgon. I'm a bard fan.

Roland

11-28-2010, 03:48 AM

Alright, so Sunday at midnight the Mabar event ends, just fyi guys.

The craftable stuff is really worth it, but only if you already have a level 20 toon.

Speaking of which, just hit level 18 with Larachel, so yeah. I may very well see her to the level cap. Might even start running Shroud with her.

EDIT: Well, just ran my first Shroud ever. It went pretty well overall, despite a crapload of deaths during the puzzle phase and nearly wiping on Harry.

EDIT MY EDIT: And now I just had my first two runs through Stealer of Souls. I learned some things.

-Make sure the wizard in the group has Web for the Earth section. Otherwise it becomes a nasty mosh pit of death.
-Make sure somebody has Freedom of Movement and Break Enchantment for the Ice section. Otherwise it's a hoedown of hilarious carnage.
-Make sure everyone gets Fire Resist, there's a Monk or Rogue in the party, and for gods' sakes kill the red djinni types first in the Fire section, or it's a fiesta of blood and tears.
-The air section is probably pretty bad too, but we didn't get that far on either attempt. I imagine it's a concert of... of not fun.

Roland

12-08-2010, 09:21 AM

So, Festivult is back. So far it's just the copper/silver/gold coins dropping, but sooner or later that Jester's going to show up.

And maybe the Ice Games'll return, too.

Aldurin

12-08-2010, 10:31 AM

I'm thinking more about the lottery and whether or not I should make an account for every e-mail address I have.

Coins will come as long as you're doing something productive.

DarkDrgon

12-08-2010, 12:56 PM

I really should play again. i like MMOs in theory, I just hate the early game. its why I never play D&D unless I can start at 7th level.

Aldurin

12-08-2010, 05:54 PM

At least make an account and sign up for the lottery, that way if you win you can buy veteran status which allows you to start at level 4 plus you'll be able to buy a shitload of xp potions.

DarkDrgon

12-09-2010, 02:59 PM

Ok, so I started playing a bit today, and remember why I dislike it (in order)
1) no one parties up for normal level stuff. Its tough to solo your way through as a bard!
2) every quest so far has been "go here, kill them, come back, get reward" MY HIGH CHARISMA IS USELESS! except for charm person, I guess.

Aldurin

12-09-2010, 05:57 PM

A bard? I would recommend going either fighter, barbarian or ranger until you could pretty much adapt to proper ass-kicking styles for every class.

I'm currently using a wizard and a multi-classed ranger, but only because I'm comfortable with slashing, shooting and casting in any given order.

DarkDrgon

12-09-2010, 10:29 PM

nothings been hard, I just prefer to be in a group to playing solo. if I'm on an MMO, making my processor scream to deal with all these people, the least I could do is actually interact with them.

also: FUCK YOU!!! bards are the best class. fact.

Aldurin

12-09-2010, 11:04 PM

I'll look into that once I'm done dispensing nightmarish destruction while using a paralyzing ranged weapon.

Roland

12-10-2010, 05:05 AM

Bards are indeed the best class. They're like the PS3 classes. The only do everything.

... seriously though: A well built Bard in this game is pretty amazing. Neither of my Bards are well built, sadly. =/

Anywho, restarted Batta the Beast on Ghallanda as a level 1 Barbarian, in case there's any grouping to be wanted.

DarkDrgon

12-10-2010, 12:32 PM

Bells

12-10-2010, 06:15 PM

so... a friend of mine is bugging me nonstop to come and play this with her. My current PC can handle it in minimum... so what the hell, right? I'll probably be more serious about it when i get my new PC next year...

So, what you guys can tell me about this? Any Tips for a complete, clueless, newbie?

Aldurin

12-10-2010, 06:21 PM

Here's what I did, I made a sorcerer, stumbled around like a complete idiot for a few days before I switched to fighter and got myself oriented.

Basically what I'm saying is when you are at character creation, go what becomes highlighted when you hit the "recommended" button. Then be sure to keep items until you are absolutely sure you don't need them.

If you become curious about something you should go to the compendium on the website, it will provide detailed information about all classes, races, spells and I think certain item effects. Also pay attention to the tips that pop up during area transitions.

You may feel like ditching and rebuilding your character, if so then look into what you want to do first and then make your decision.

But definitely make sure to check out the classes and races in the compendium because that will be the biggest help.

RobinStarwing

12-10-2010, 07:10 PM

I did that, checking out the on site compendium and waiting till I got a better setup for my Netbook (which can run DDO) but thinking of doing either a Human/Elf/Half-Elf Sorcerer (I always believed Natural Power trumps Power that is Given/Learned).

Roland

12-10-2010, 07:39 PM

Let me know when you get to the harbor, I'll probably still be level 2 at the rate I play.

Oh, I got to the harbor only a little while after posting that.

Right now he's level 3, nearly level 4, but then I play a lot because I have no life and such.

Bells

12-10-2010, 08:35 PM

I was looking at a simple Human Fighter and maybe getting a couple of levels of Sorcerer in there in the future. I like Monks, but everyone says that you either do them right or they suck

Roland

12-12-2010, 10:40 PM

So, in just over 11 hours, Update 8 and Festivult begin!

What Update 8 is supposedly bringing: New quests, various buffs and nerfs and fixes for various things, and "customizable armor", which in DDO translates to... selling the players a handful of cosmetic skins to load up over their armor instead of any real customization. So it's yet another "underwater combat", if anyone remembers the ads for Update 6.

Anywho, have taken to playing a Half-Orc Wizard on Khyber, named Shangrea (wanted to go with Sangria, but evidently all shades of red have been covered). And then I started writing about her, because I'm crazy like that.

Roland

12-16-2010, 01:22 AM

Had my third Vault of Night run tonight. Like always, it goes like this.

VoN 5 runs semi-smoothly, few hiccups, etc. We had 14 deaths but that's okay. It's okay. Things are running okay.

Cue VoN 6. Party leader gives clear instructions on what to do at each base. We're to let one of the monks get aggro on Ice, let the Bard fascinate everything, prep the pillar to 10%, and then move on. Three people were supposed to stay here (Cleric, Rogue, Barbarian).

We get to Mephits and two things go wrong. First, one of the wizards started throwing down walls of fire instead of letting the monk get aggro and the bard fascinate. Second, the Barbarian followed us instead of staying at Ice. Still, we managed to pull through, and it was time to move on to Fire.

We get to Fire, Monk grabbs aggro and Bard fascinates. The Barbarian from Ice has followed us all the way to Fire, though, and thus Ice doesn't have the dps to take down their pillar. The flensers on Ice break free and kill them. Mephits lose their fascinate too, and more deaths. Group leader starts chewing out the Barbarian, and tells one of the Favored Souls to rez everyone. Literally the exact moment the cleric was rezzed, group leader starts chewing him out for not being on Ice. Yeah...

So anyways, we regrouped at the start. We've got 33 minutes left, we can still do it, yeah? Nope, group leader spends the next three minutes swearing up a storm. Eventually he gets to the point where he's screaming into his mic. I jump off the platform, recall out, and drop group.

Found out later from a guild member who was also in the group that they succeeded in getting to Velah, but wiped in about 15 seconds. The healers (there were about three of them, one cleric and two favored souls) were told to hide behind a specific rock where Velah wouldn't hit them. They did. Velah sniped them anyways, then wiped out everyone else.

In other news, I've finally started my own DNG List. That guy is now on it.

Aldurin

12-16-2010, 02:12 AM

I should probably do that too, on the Sarlona server I found a paladin on the catacombs run the seemed okay, then I noticed that all he did was block in the presence of enemies and use the pally lay-on-hands heal thing. I asked why he just blocked, as it was ineffective for protecting us since he wasn't doing damage and couldn't intimidate undead, and he replied that he was a tank. I figured he was having a stupid moment and dismissed it until we had enough skeletons on our ass that paladin melee would have helped. So I start telling him to stop blocking and start attacking, and he keeps insisting he's a tank. The argument continues until he says his build has 8 strength and thus a -7 attack modifier.

If I see that guy again on the lfm I'm not letting him join.

And you von raids sound a lot like how half of my Tempest's Spine runs go, but with enough complexity to actually warrant slight idiocy without instruction. I seriously get pissed when half the group doesn't know what to do on the Fire and Ice optional and half the group gets killed in ice while the giants chase down everyone else. Especially since I'm the wiz who's so self-buffed that I shouldn't die unless I'm forced to solo with my summons and I end up failing a save on Destruction.

So yeah, the upside of DDO is the constant multiplayer that makes things easier for everybody as they share the pain, the downside is other players, specifically those who think they know how to do something or believe that charging ahead is both the fastest and safest option.

I still play anyway.

Hatake Kakashi

12-17-2010, 06:01 AM

So, before I further consider getting involved in the game, is it truly free-to-play, or is it one of those F2Ps that is actually pay-to-win?

I can't necessarily devote the time I once did to MMOs, so it's got to be the kind where I can jump in from time to time, not feel hopelessly outdated or lost, can still hang with friends, and if I should happen to feel like dumping money into it, good... and if not, also good.

Aldurin

12-17-2010, 10:34 AM

I don't think it's play-to-win, though I might be wrong. I'm up to level 11 with my Wizard and there have been many available quests despite the large amount of purchasable adventure packs. If it does become obvious that there aren't enough quests near top level then you can always use the mere pittance of Turbine points you get for build "quest favor" to buy some extra stuff. All I've bought so far with the free points I've gained is the catacombs pack and the Shan-To-Kor pack. But those were low level.

You're options involving monetary sacrifice are either buying a set amount of points (I don't recommend doing this if you want everything, as buying most quest packs would probably be upwards of $50) which has the benefit of promoting you to premium status so you get two extra character slots for free. The other option is a $15 a month VIP subscription that is discounted for longer periods, this gives you full access to all races/classes/adventure packs and you get 1000 points a month for buying the other stuff.

Or you should at the very least make an account and sign up for the DDO lottery before the end of the month. First place gets 100k points (said to be worth about $1000, and is enough to buy everything twice) and several second place winners get subscriptions for life (free VIP benefits plus 12k points per year, worthwhile if you want to play in the long run).

Roland

12-20-2010, 10:05 AM

So, Batta's hit level 6. Right now he's swinging around the Antique Greataxe from the Phiarlan Carnival line.

Anywho, once I hit level 7 I'm going to look into starting up an at-level (read: 5-7) group for the Chronoscope. It's part of the Devil Assault adventure pack for those that are interested.

EDIT: And now he's level seven. I've picked up a +1 True Chaos of Pure Good Quarterstaff (which, oddly enough, he can wield without penalties despite being Chaotic Neutral) for the raid. Now I/we just need to settle on a day and time, maybe.

Roland

12-28-2010, 09:44 AM

A few days ago I decided that, since I bought the 32-Point Build and had gathered a decent amount of Monk equipment, I'd roll a Monk. And thus Shangria Dragonstomper, a Halfling Monk, was born. She's level 8 now, nearing level 9.

So, earlier today I joined a group to run The Pit on Normal, and we completed with no deaths, one hiccup (I got lost for a bit, and ended up soloing the Bilge Control Room), and one piker (a lazy bum who wants the XP without doing anything to help the group). I even managed to clear the third furnace so quickly (via taking the first air lift directly to the top) that one of the party members was in disbelief over how fast I'd done so.

Just about an hour ago, I decided to farm the Avatar of Juiblex to see if I can get a Muck's Doom. Instead...

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk269/BattaTheBeast/DDO%20Collection/Shangria_PitSolo.jpg

Turns out the one part I thought you needed a second man for (turning the valve in the third furnace) can be done solo. Didn't even need a hireling.

EDIT: Also, I've given up entirely on running the Chronoscope at level. Yes, the XP is very good for a level 6 quest, even taking into account that it's a raid. Yes, it's challenging, but entirely doable without even a single death at level. Yes, smart playing and being able to follow instructions will reduce the stress and resource burning to a minimum.

So why shouldn't it be run at level? Well, there's two ways you can do a Chronoscope run. You can resign yourself to piking while a level 20 or three do the entire quest themselves, or you can take your chances with up to eleven people who, even if they're TRs, might very well have no ****ing clue about how to play the game beyond "there is enemy, ME SMASH!".

Bonus points to the sorcerers and wizards who think they're so awesome because they know Wall of Fire. In a quest where everything is immune to fire. And yet they never stop to check if their spells are actually doing damage... *headdesk*

mudah.swf

12-28-2010, 04:26 PM

I wanted to try this but apparently I have to contact Support just to make an account and that is Not Impressive, no siree.

Roland

01-07-2011, 12:59 AM

Even after completing an at-level Chrono run with Scheherazade (who I rerolled, yet again, now she's an Elven 5/2/1 Bard/Ranger/Fighter... yes, I'm insane) and pulling two Abishai equips, I still maintain that Chronoscope should not be run at-level unless you have a lot of time, patience, and plat for repairs and such.

24 deaths in that run, even without any party wipes.

Right now she's sporting a pair of True Chaos/Pure Good Scimitars, a Silver Longbow (+2 Holy but not Silver at all, go figure), and has so far taken the Arcane Archer PrE for infinite/free pew pew pew action.

Also Manyshot rules.

Aldurin

01-07-2011, 10:58 AM

Chronoscope is a bitch, the only times I've actually made it through was one overleveled run when everything was cut by 50% and several loot runs with level 20 favored souls for healers. Every at-level group I've tried finds it shitfully hard to do as soon as they get access to the entire marketplace area.

Roland

01-08-2011, 07:16 PM

... and just now I completed another Chronoscope Run, this time on Hard, in an at-level party. We had a grand total of 8 or so deaths, most of them from the big boss and his AoE attacks.

I really do not get this quest. One day you've got the worst group in the world, then three days later it's a near-smooth run.

EDIT: Also, Scheherazade is up to 4 Abishai items now: Helm of Frost, Envenomed Cloak, Charged Gauntlets (which don't work at all with a bow, lame), and Scorched Bracers. All that's left are the Boots of Corrosion.

Osterbaum

01-09-2011, 05:52 AM

Because of the army I haven't had much time for DDO. Once I get out however, which will be in a few months, I plan on getting back to it.

In addition to the army, I stopped playing at one point because my harddrive broke. Now I tried downloading DDO the other day, but I had some problems. I'll figure it out once I have more time.

Aldurin

01-18-2011, 07:37 PM

I just went throught the most interesting run of Frame Work (a.k.a. Minotaur Genocide). I was sporting my lich shroud wizard and got into a party with four tanks and a healer. Things should have gone smoothly.

The party was coordinating like a bunch of monkeys on LSD. The tanks scattered and the healer would hardly move and complain about how everyone was out of range. Fortunately I wasn't dependent on the healer and was hopped up on enough buffs that I half-soloed the quest using death aura, necrotic bolt and mass suggestion to keep the enemy in check. Right before the boss half of the group died and we spent five minutes getting together and resurrected. I then asked if anyone could rogue to get the traps right before the boss, and it turned out the healer had part rogue.

So then we prepare to wait for the traps to be done then suddenly the gate to the boss opens and the three tanks rush (one got lost in the wilderness area for some reason and died later). The healer still tries to get the traps and it becomes a huge fiasco where I can barely keep the crowd under control as tanks scatter when they get aggroed. The healer apparently gets trapped by six enemies and dies, then all but one tank die. Once the bosses are down I gather up the stones and take them to the res shrine. I then loot the chest and leave to let them deal with their own disorganized crap.

During that WHOLE quest I didn't die once, or even come close to dying. And I was the one wiping out large groups of minotaurs on my own or at least damaging them to the point where a tank would come in and kill them all in one hit.

That run sucked, but at least I got the loot and xp. I almost felt like idiot-listing the whole group but figured it was mostly a bad combination of 5 almost tolerable idiots instead of competence and idiots.