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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.

Roland · 01-19-2011, 11:43 PM

Recently it's come to my attention that the Devil Assault quest is actually worth running now. On Normal and Hard you can pull some pretty nice DR Breakers. On Hard, Elite, and Epic, crafting ingredients from the Shroud and the Shavarath quests can be pulled as well.

So now I'm taking my massively overleveled Khyber Monk through it on Normal, effortlessly stomping everything, and trying in vain to get said awesome drops. So far, no luck.

Aldurin · 01-20-2011, 10:49 AM

I haven't done Devil Assault even though I bought the pack, I might as well charge through it with a super undead-shroud wizard.

Roland · 02-08-2011, 03:20 PM

So, coming soon is Update "8.1", which is more or less an anniversary event. It's got pirates and more crafting and what not.

For example: You get a pirate hat that can be upgraded to eventually have one of the following:
+6 (Stat)
Superior False Life (40 HP, I think)
+5 Natural Armor AC
Superior Potency VI
Seeker +6
Sneak Attack +5 (+5 to hit, +8 damage on any sneak attack)
Archmagi (+200 SP, 400 SP for a Sorcerer/Favored Soul)

In addition to that, said pirate hat can also have up to +15 to any Skill except Use Magic Device (on the grounds that UMD is ridiculously powerful and even epic items try not to have more than +3 to UMD).

Said event is already live on the Lamannia server (the public testing server, apparently), s'yeah.

Aldurin · 02-08-2011, 05:50 PM

I might check that out, though I've stopped playing completely since I got Minecraft.

Osterbaum · 02-13-2011, 02:18 AM

So it seems that I can't get the damn game installed. Anyone here who might be able to help me, if I specified what problems I'm having?

Aldurin · 02-13-2011, 11:19 AM

I don't know, I just clicked the thingy and let it run. Maybe check the site for required programs.

Roland · 02-17-2011, 10:01 PM

So, today I decided that since the guild on Khyber that I belong to is really inactive at the moment, I'd roll up on Sarlona and do something maybe.

Why Sarlona? Because I don't know, I just wanted to start fresh maybe.

So I log on, and then this:

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k.../LoginWHAT.jpg

... I don't know whether to be afraid for my account, or ponderous as to what I did to deserve sudden and unannounced promotion to "Developer/Administrator".

Aldurin · 02-17-2011, 10:48 PM

hey, I play on Sarlona, you should totally hook up EvilEarl with 100k plat before they fix the mistake.

Roland · 02-22-2011, 12:59 PM

So today DDO has updated to 8.1.

Right now the 5th Year Anniversary thing is going on. I ran around the marketplace gathering eggs so I could try to get fancy swag. I got nothing of the sort.

Except some spirit cakes and a vorpal khopesh but other than that, yeah.

Thursday is when the pirate event starts.
EDIT: Sneak preview of the event is today. The preview ends somewhere around 11:00 PM Eastern, methinks.

01-18-2011, 07:37 PM	#181
Aldurin Lakitu Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 4,648	This is one of the things that makes DDO unique and strangely likeable. 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.

02-13-2011, 02:18 AM	#186
Osterbaum The revolution will be memed! Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: FIN Posts: 5,967	So it seems that I can't get the damn game installed. Anyone here who might be able to help me, if I specified what problems I'm having? __________________ D is for Dirty Commie!

02-22-2011, 12:59 PM	#190
Roland Professional Layabout Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: A desert on and surrounded by mountains. Posts: 722	So today DDO has updated to 8.1. Right now the 5th Year Anniversary thing is going on. I ran around the marketplace gathering eggs so I could try to get fancy swag. I got nothing of the sort. Except some spirit cakes and a vorpal khopesh but other than that, yeah. Thursday is when the pirate event starts. EDIT: Sneak preview of the event is today. The preview ends somewhere around 11:00 PM Eastern, methinks. Last edited by Roland; 02-22-2011 at 04:31 PM.

01-19-2011, 11:43 PM	#182
Roland Professional Layabout Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: A desert on and surrounded by mountains. Posts: 722	Recently it's come to my attention that the Devil Assault quest is actually worth running now. On Normal and Hard you can pull some pretty nice DR Breakers. On Hard, Elite, and Epic, crafting ingredients from the Shroud and the Shavarath quests can be pulled as well. So now I'm taking my massively overleveled Khyber Monk through it on Normal, effortlessly stomping everything, and trying in vain to get said awesome drops. So far, no luck.

01-20-2011, 10:49 AM	#183
Aldurin Lakitu Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 4,648	I haven't done Devil Assault even though I bought the pack, I might as well charge through it with a super undead-shroud wizard.

02-08-2011, 03:20 PM	#184
Roland Professional Layabout Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: A desert on and surrounded by mountains. Posts: 722	So, coming soon is Update "8.1", which is more or less an anniversary event. It's got pirates and more crafting and what not. For example: You get a pirate hat that can be upgraded to eventually have one of the following: +6 (Stat) Superior False Life (40 HP, I think) +5 Natural Armor AC Superior Potency VI Seeker +6 Sneak Attack +5 (+5 to hit, +8 damage on any sneak attack) Archmagi (+200 SP, 400 SP for a Sorcerer/Favored Soul) In addition to that, said pirate hat can also have up to +15 to any Skill except Use Magic Device (on the grounds that UMD is ridiculously powerful and even epic items try not to have more than +3 to UMD). Said event is already live on the Lamannia server (the public testing server, apparently), s'yeah.

02-08-2011, 05:50 PM	#185
Aldurin Lakitu Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 4,648	I might check that out, though I've stopped playing completely since I got Minecraft.

02-13-2011, 11:19 AM	#187
Aldurin Lakitu Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 4,648	I don't know, I just clicked the thingy and let it run. Maybe check the site for required programs.

02-17-2011, 10:01 PM	#188
Roland Professional Layabout Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: A desert on and surrounded by mountains. Posts: 722	So, today I decided that since the guild on Khyber that I belong to is really inactive at the moment, I'd roll up on Sarlona and do something maybe. Why Sarlona? Because I don't know, I just wanted to start fresh maybe. So I log on, and then this: http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k.../LoginWHAT.jpg ... I don't know whether to be afraid for my account, or ponderous as to what I did to deserve sudden and unannounced promotion to "Developer/Administrator".

02-17-2011, 10:48 PM	#189
Aldurin Lakitu Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 4,648	hey, I play on Sarlona, you should totally hook up EvilEarl with 100k plat before they fix the mistake.