Dungeons & Dragons Online is a hybrid tab-target MMO with game mechanics and character building that are heavily inspired by D&D 3.5e.>ServerWe're playing in the Shadowdale server.>GuildWe have a guild up, Frens Of Eberron.Use this command to enter our chatroom, you can ask for a guild invite in here if you like: /joinchannel MMOD rage>Downloadhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/206480/Dungeons__Dragons_Online/https://www.ddo.com/homeThe MMOdventure anons will be playing this for the next 2-3 weeks, although some may play for much longer.>>2051131
Free stuff code, redeem it in the DDO Store: GATHERYOURPARTY2025Wiki: https://ddowiki.com/Class overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqZW1r9_EtgRace overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x34l6K25B4ACharacter builds: https://forums.ddo.com/index.php?forums/character-builds-and-classes.24/Festivult event: https://www.ddo.com/guides/ddo-festivult-guideSymphony of the Fey event: https://www.ddo.com/guides/ddo-symphony-of-the-fey-guide
There's a couple of character planner apps out there, right?Which is the best one?
>>2136378https://forums.ddo.com/index.php?threads/ddo-character-planner-ddobuilder-version-2.554/
Since most will abandon the game after a few days the best content I would recommend in order of iconic to DDO are:-VON quest chain plus the raid, try to do the raid in a teaching group so you actually see more of it instead of everyone rushing it. Even rushing it you get to see one of the better Raid entrances of any final boss.-Necro 1-4+wilderness zone, be aware these have some real hard ones in it and require group ones as well. If you only do one part do Necro 4 and the wilderness zone.-Three Barrel cove + Stormreach harbor Saga, three barrel for pirates puzzles and one of if not the most coveted items in the entire game, Stormreach for Spies in the House and the final mission-Gianthold chain can skip the raid as its not that interesting. Gianthold Tor really lets you feel the size difference between you and giants plus has dragon bosses. Crucible is a great group quest that has a lot of non-combat puzzles and actions to complete-All expansion content is pretty good narratively and tends to have great gear.-Delita's Tomb some of the few quest chains that still fell like old school DDO difficulty even though they are still nerfed as well. -Tempest Spine super easy raid but iconic first raid for new players.
Oh hell yeah. I had been yelled at about the big free stuff code and have wanted to check DDO out. Perfect excuse with this being the next game.
>>2136508Totally forgot the Desert Sands, while you could skip the raid the preraid is pretty good. Probably number 3 on that list unless you hate hard dungeons then it would probably go to 2.
>>2136580>with this being the next game.the _current_ game, anon. hop on.
Did anyone manage to make this work with dxvk?
knock off the chud shitstop saying the n wordyou have been warned
>>2137180>t. supreme chud
>>2137180not.ChadChud
>>2137180>chudhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.H.U.D.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChudWhat does movie name or ethnic slur gotta do with it?
Anyone know what time the sales end? I noticed the 30% off coupons end today, but no clue if that also applies to adventures. I preemptively picked up two in case we want to run them.
>>2137297Not sure. We should probably co-ordinate purchases in any case. I got the ravenloft and feywild packs myself, had exactly enough ddobux with the coupons
>>2137305Yeah I picked those up too, I might try to farm the Shar one as well.
I boughted Ravenloft. Currently have 51 DDO bux, so I'll probably be able to get Feywild in a couple days.
An anon mentioned on the previous thread that Dragon's Dogma Online was the best MMO you guys played until, does anyone else agree?
>>2137388No, just because I don't like the action combat. Also, the UI is absolutely terrible. He's probably right otherwise, it's a high quality game with some very cool systems.Standouts for me were Warhammer Online, Uncharted Waters, Neocron 2 and possibly Age Of Conan.Maybe Ferentus, just for the experience of playing it with the gang, very fun. The game itself is an unfinished mess and devolves into a brutal, boring grinder once the storyline abruptly ends.SWG and RIFT are also good games, but they're both pretty dead and way past their heyday.
>>2137361If the sale doesn't end in few days we probably should end up grabbing the level 15 adventure instead.
>>728770768>Dream of Mirror Online>Pretty solid party grinder. The progression ticked my tism similar to SWG and SMT:I. Chinese martial arts atmosphere was cool.At some point that game just started BSoDing my PC Uncharted Water, too.
>>2137413TRIPLE BONUS?!?
Hey EU bros, friend me or invite to a guild. Xuthrig Belmanyxkreth Sorry for rp name, I have dragon autism. I'm down to dive dungeons, raids, help out at lower levels, whatever.
>>2137507Cool, I logged off sadly, but maybe see you around tomorrow same time.
>>2137507I just got back, I'm probably going to read up a little about the game, make a char, and I'll add you to friends once I finish the tutorial. I would love to see the raids at some point but I'll settle for finishing quests at a reasonable pace together.
>>2137413What did you like particularly about those games you listed?
hello. i have played ddo since 2007. this game is fun but turtle wow and world of warcraft in general is much better. there was a time when i preferred ddo over wow but that was before 2012 when cursespewing, vorpal, paralyzing, exhausting, maldoriot, wounding, puncturing, strength sapping, disruption, and smiting weapons still used their direct from the 3.5 source material effects. the new game devs after 2012 saw this as imbalancing and made all of those cool fun effects worthless and only happen on 5% of hits and made curses last like 1 minute instead of being permanent, as well as making stat damage and negative levels just wear off after a few minutes. thanks for reading
also when i came back to play ddo after a long multi year break i learned that if you want all quests and raids unlocked you have to buy like 9 expansion packs at $40 each. sharn is apparently where all the good items are and its behind a $40 paywall. also everyone will have 2x the hit points as you and to this day i have yet to find out how
example of what i mean https://youtu.be/e0VaAwS3LS4?si=2f8lDStwhKnWCK56game used to be fun but dei green haired lesbians as ceos ruined it because shes mad she wasnt born a man
>>2137675>>2137685That is so sad! I will try to go back in time to play the old and good version of DDO. If that fails, I will play turtle wow and world of warcraft instead, because those are clearly better games. Even though I just got most of the adventure packs and 2 expansions for free in DDO. God bless.
is ddo still worth playing? in my opinio yes especially if you have never played it before. but back in the day it was way better. the ddo of today is heavily power crept and all the old cool weapon effects have been nerfed. but the dungeons and quests and obstacle course like dungeon design is still a lot of fun to play
>>2137712>but the dungeons and quests and obstacle course like dungeon design is still a lot of fun to playTo me, that's the main thing that makes the game worth playing.First it's the dungeons and quests.Second is the character building.
>>2137685>also everyone will have 2x the hit points as you and to this day i have yet to find out howReaper enhancements I believe.
>>2137685Most of the people with a ton of HP are completionists with a lot of epic past lives>While possessing all 12 Primal Epic Past Life Feats, you gain a total of 36 maximum HP at level 1, increased to 84 at level 10, 132 at level 20, and 180 at level 30.>You were a Barbarian in a past life. You occasionally find yourself filled with a nearly irresistible urge to smash boxes. With your head. Each time you acquire this feat you gain 10 additional hit points. This feat can be stacked up to three times.>You win DDO! You gain +2 stats and +2 skills. This Feat is automatically obtained at level 3 for all characters that have completed at least one class or archetype past life for each of the available classes in the game.>You're a cultural master! You've leveled to 20 in every race 3 times, and for your efforts you are awarded this Feat in all future incarnations of this character. This Feat gives a Character: a +2 bonus to all Ability scoresDwarf and Warforged Past Lives both add another +1 CON.CON tomes will give +2 at level 1, +3 at level 3, +4 at level 7 etc.Starting at level 9, anyone with 6+ Reaper points will be able to have +20 HP regardless of quest difficulty.At level 1, that's +70 HP. At level 10, it's +184. And that's before getting into enhancement points, gearing, and the bonuses to Heroic Durability for taking feats like the Two Handed Fighting or Two Weapon Fighting lines.
>>2137712It seems very pay2win if you wish to get serious. But for our 2 weeks, it's a fresh experience, very different from most MMOs, and has been a blast so far.
>>2137685Everything you need is on fey, ravenloft and sharm and they go on sale for 99 ddo points every year.>also everyone will have 2x the hit points as you and to this day i have yet to find out howpast lives, enhancement points on the class defensive tree, + constitution, and insightful constitution gear. stat books you get from drops and favor milestone rewards. guild buffs.
>>2137675I like that the dungeons are different challenges in DDO is WoW similar in that aspect or just tab targeting?>>2137712If the Elite level quests or at least Hard were free from the get-go, then yeah, it would be worth to play it.The game on Normal is retardation levels of easy. It's just auto-walk.
>DDO back in the dayYou were level capped at 4 until you bought a sigil from the store or found one from questing, at which point you were capped at level 8 until your bought a different sigil or found another one from questing, at which point you were capped at level 12 until your bought a different sigil or found another one from questing, at which point you were capped at level 16 until your bought a different sigil or found another one from questingIf you died you lost a chunk of experience so you had to grind even more to get to the next levelQuest ransack was permanent, after doing a quest 13 times you never get any exp from that quest againNegative effects were permanent until specifically removed by a spell that removes them, including blindness lasting into town though resting and through tavern regeneration. Better hope you can stumble your way to a healer that can cast Remove Blindness on youReincarnation removed all of your used tomes, so you have to regrind out any tomes you want for your buildThe Raid leader dictated who was allowed to grab loot from the raid chestEVERY pack had to be bought, there was no coupon code, there was no 99 point giveawayDwarf, Elf, Halfling, and Human were the only races unless you paid for more
>>2137734i looked at reaper enhancements and those are only active inside reaper dungeons. like i soloed some reaper 1 got some reaper enhancements and theres no like +50 hp reaper enhancement that you can point into like 20 times. its literally like i get into raids at level 34 and dudes got 3k, 4k hp and thats everyone while i have like 900hp going hard as fuck on constitution and toughness and enhancements and gear like how? even with tanks with their competence % bonus to hitpoints via stance i built an iconic fighter lvl 15 all feats toughness all points constitution all enhancements hp bonuses and elf bards same level had more hp than me
>>2137810starting from 20 you can open the quest on elite / reaper. it's a strange decision, but at least it only affects the early game
>>2137810dungeons have traps and complex elements. wow dungeons are much more linear and balanced so you cant get easy wins. in ddo even today you can still use clever game mechanics to win in almost every dungeon. jumping over all the mobs, getting onto little nooks or crannys and throwing fireballs, going invis the whole dungeon, ect. much more creative and fun but wow is much more robust and has better end game where you dont have to pay to get into raids. there are free raids in ddo but the good items are in the paid raids
>>2137823That's the exact problem.>>2137831Yeah, that's why I think I'd prefer DDO rather than WoW if only the quests weren't so braindeadly easy on Normal, which would be not a problem if they at least opened them on Hard, these Devs are retarded, it's like they want new players to be bored out of their minds.
>>2137817>Dwarf, Elf, Halfling, and Human were the only races unless you paid for moreYou could unlock a drow, but maybe that was later than you are speaking of.But anyway, yeah, there were a lot of restrictions, I would say game is pretty great now, overall, despite the usual problems of mmo format. And combat actually feels something more than a generic mmo, although, it's easy to overlevel much of content, or just cheese it other ways, but again, that's usually a problem of many mmos.But dungeons are fun, even old generic quests can be fun.
Cool Mount
>>2137507I made a fresh character on EU, Azoola Vetra blue dragonborn. In Korthos Village rn, lets group up and level for a bit. Not sure if friends are per character or account wide.
>>2137823That's why you have to play in a party, or even get your one character to level 20 on one account and then multibox with another account while making a party.
>>2137868Guild is in US server tho.
Every MMO ever
btw if you want to speed up the road to 20, filter this list by XP; starting from around lv 8 there are some quests that give a lot of xp and are actually worth replayinghttps://ddowiki.com/page/Quests_by_level_and_XP
>>2137871Don't you guys need another party member?>>2137889This is useless unless it's xp per minute, Haverdasher as an example is a quest that gives very little xp but you can finish it in under 2 minutes so it's much better for farming.
>>2137879I'm in Mongolia tho. 200+ ping inventory management is beyond my patience, I just wanted to coop with someone at least for a bit.
>>2137888>need to find the bank>look for the most crowded place on the mapEvery time.
>>2137895you knoiw some of those very long quests are very quick to finish right? you don't have to do all the optionals on every run
>>2137507>>2137868I'll consider rolling on the EU server once the time runs out and I feel like playing more.Until then I'll suffer through ping to play with everyone.
>>2137908>MongoliaWtf, it's past 2 AM there. You need to sleep.
>>2137913Is the ping really that bad? I mean, it's actual network latency now considering we're on 64bit servers?
>>2137817it was pretty wild before korthos was introduced as dedicated tutorial zone
>>2137938I personally notice "some" lag which kinda sucks as a melee (enemies run out of range as you swing, or you get less time to react to things), but it hasn't been too bad.
>>2137938It's honestly hard to say how much is due to network and how much due to ancient engine shenanigans. Rubberbanding is also an issue in LotRO.
Long quests are better than kill kobolds in sewers quests. At least so far, they had more stuff to do and more secrets to find.
>>2137817This all sounds based.
>>2137938It's quite wonky with my 130ping, but the game is also bad at registering collisions and projectiles, despite being action oriented. Bank and DDO store are the worst. I've also crashed often during loading, took some tinkering to fix.>>2137923Yeah, I'm too old for nightly mmos, g'night.
Are the 99 coin adventure packs really 2.5k when not on sale?
>>2137973yes
>>2137980wow, that's ass
>>2137973I'd rather save for shared account bank ngl
>>2137970>Yeah, I'm too old for nightly mmos, g'night.Good night. I guess I could still meet you tho, on EU server. I need to move my other accounts anyway, so might as well create one character there.
>>2137987>Festivult
>>2137817>Quest ransack was permanent, after doing a quest 13 times you never get any exp from that quest againHow the fuck did that work if you lost too much exp on death? In theory you could be soft locked?
>>2137987ZUG
So maybe If I do this I can enjoy all the quests in their appropriate levels without over-leveling.
>>2138048That could work, or grouping with a much higher level alt that just sits at the entrance. You may as well just level normally and then reincarnate when you hit 20 and then play all new quests until you've seen everything and are ready for epic levels.
>>2137817>Negative effects were permanent until specifically removed by a spell that removes them, including blindness lasting into town though resting and through tavern regenerationThat is fucking awesome. What a shame that this genre is absolutely ruled by minmaxing faggots and solospergs
>>2137970>>2137994I might join you two on EU serb too after the thread moves on to the next game
Does anyone know the way?
>>2138270Maybe try turning back.
>>2138270What does Tungsten say?
>>2138307He'll be back on the cage because I can't stand the sound of his footsteps.
>>2138270you could have named your boy Wolfram. Now the other defenders are going to bully him at dog school.
vecna pussy ass bitch
>>2138245Yeah, will also see how many stick around, if good mumber then I will keep that one character on US server too.
>>2137152Not running it on Linux but surely if it works on proton[1] with a platinum rating it should work with dxvk.[1]https://www.protondb.com/app/206480
Anybody else feel like a little giggle when I mention my friend...
Sharing screenshots.
The harbor has a little platforming challenge as an alternate path to the tavern.
Low INT gaming...
>File too largehttps://files.catbox.moe/xrpda4.mp4
>>2138755>Half-horseAdorable
>>2138783I don't get it.
>>2138783
I could use the first time favor rewards on Shadowdale. What classes are people in the guild playing/what's needed?
>>2139134Disable Device or a guy who can get hit more than once.
The game feels quite different in first person, if you have a ranged character I suggest you try it for a while.
>>2139483first person gives me big Morrowind and Thief vibes
>>2139525>The PitBest fucking quest in the game right there
>>2139595>best dungeon in the game is a literal garbage dump full of smelly lizards>after hours of dicking around in the sewersThis game has a terrible sense of humor.
