Because We Weren't Done Last Thread EditionPrevious thread: >>2158529Dungeons & Dragons Online is a hybrid tab-target MMO with game mechanics and character building that are heavily inspired by D&D 3.5e.>Downloadhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/206480/Dungeons__Dragons_Online/https://www.ddo.com/home>MiscWiki: https://ddowiki.com/Class overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqZW1r9_Etg [Embed]Race overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x34l6K25B4A [Embed]Character builds: https://forums.ddo.com/index.php?forums/character-builds-and-classes.24/MMOdventure info if any of them stuck around:>ServerShadowdale>GuildFrens Of EberronUse this command to enter our chatroom, you can ask for a guild invite in here or just hang out:/joinchannel MMOD rageIf you want to check out old/dead MMOs with anons check out the MMOD thread: >>2308197
I feel like in 6 months when this thread dies, the OP should have Strimtom's new player builds rather than the official forum link. While not perfect, they're a lot better than sending someone brand new to the official DDO forums, which are almost entirely optimized builds by 20 year players that involve things not available to f2p newbieshttps://docs.google.com/document/d/10-f3Rx_WzxSRUZEpKqK488g96vAKq3CtrRbYbhiDZGA/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.bqnl7q80gndh
Just dinged 30 on 1st life. What filigree sets are good if I'm a pala and just want to slap shit with my big sword? The perma haste from celerity looks nice and I already got rare reflex and rare dodge, but the only other part that would benefit me is wis and that's a raid drop so fat chance I'll get that any time soon.Also, does filigrees have to be slotted in the same item to get set bonus or could I split a 4set between weapon and artifact and still get 4set bonus? The wiki isn't really clear on this.
>>2341941You can split a set between weapon and minor artifact. For a melee paladin I would focus on primary damage stats which is strength/charisma, Attack+damage, Crit Damage and Fortification Bypass.Also I always consider space for image related.
>>2342057Intredasting. Strictly doing gen1, so I figure something like 3part Celerity and 4part One Against Many + that electro is something to work towards. Maybe swap One for Beast Mantle or 4part Long Shadow, but I don't know if imbue dice are worth prioritizing.Going to take a while regardless, because I haven't picked up Voice of the Master yet and I only just unlocked the 2nd slot. Morninglord weapon, so no sparks.
>reincarnate into my 8th heroic life>doing all of korthos on elite only gave me 1.25 levels>mfwIf I didn't have a greater tome of heroic learning, I'm not even certain I would have gotten a single level. SSG really do be slimy like that, yet another seemingly necessary QOL cash shop feature for the books.
I have a point in Law of the Divine. If I take the Embodiment of Law feat, will I need to reset my destiny points to get the full effect of LotD or will it recognize that I now have the feat and give me the bonus effect without needing a respecc?
>>2341165Good game, I recommend.
>notice I have 100 shared bank slots code activated in my store transaction history >can't see it anywhere>ask support what's going on>akshually you have to buy the basic 30 shared slot, the 100 slots is just an upgrade to thatfucking hell
YOU FUCKERS LIVE?
>>2353636Technically.I'm trying to figure out a gear set that doesn't require raiding and covers the basic affixes (deathblock, featherfall, jump). Ideally without having to rely on hermias cloak or having to level cannith.
They really need to add a barbarian archetype, pure barbarian is so boring it's unreal. This is easily my most painful life to date.
>>2354327I've heard the superior option is to Multiclass Drd 8/Barb 12 so you can Rage as a Winter Wolf Wolf or Dire Bear.
Kinda stopped playing DDO in favor of LOTRO. After finishing Mists of Ravenloft every other expansion felt boring and repetitive.Especially when you're not a VIP and you have to do a dungeon 3 times to unlock Elites. Sure, you can reincarnate and unlock them automatically, but then in the beginning you're mainly just rushing through the content to unlock Elite mode. I prefer to take things slowly and it feels like DDO is not a slow paced game.
>>2354355Yeah, it's definitely good for multiclassing but I've chosen to do every first class life as a purist, just so I can fully understand the class for future lives. Thus far nothing has come close to how boring barbarian is. It's not bad, it's got survivability and damage, but it's very boring.>>2354453Don't blame you. I'm glad they added a means to get higher difficulty unlocks without VIP -- but it's still garbage and annoying, and something that kept me from fully investing in this game for nearly two decades. I know I'll NEVER run an alt without a static leveling group, I'll just continue reincarnating as my main until I get epic, class and racial completionist, because I can't stand running dungeons on anything lower than elite (or hard for the ones with insufferable mechanics, like Protect Baudry's Interests).
>>2354580Fun fact about Protect Baudry's Interests,They made the crate immortal a couple updates ago, just get your kobold kill count and then go take a piss.
>>2354760What da hell...That's good to know, thanks. I've hated that quest since 2009.
Heyooo, I love finding good shit in this game. Running around in my shitty light armor as a 6 ranger, find a +3 Reinforced 53% Mithril Battle Half Plate of Deathblock, level freaking 6. 21 to 28 ac. My noob life just got so much easier.
>>2354760They should make completion partywide for "click object to complete quest" shit. I've lost count how many times I've had to rerun shit because someone didn't pay attention and ported out after the status box changed to complete.
>>2356439Why would you re-run an entire dungeon for nerfed xp because some retard ported out? Make them red door the rest of the chain, aint nobody got time for that.
>>2356439I can't think of a single quest that fits that description.Catacombs you can always run up top if you don't click on the guy in quest, Spinner of Shadows you can accept the quest in the harbor
>>2356479>Why would you re-runBecause I'm mostly playing with a friend who can be incredibly retarded sometimes.>>2356559We're halfway through the mist of ravenloft arcs currently. So far I've had to re-run 2 of them (Invitation to Dinner and Oath of Vengeance I think). I also had to re-run the second to last quest for epic Voice of the Master.
>>2356559I couldn't think of anything other than Catacombs either.>>2356602Literally no Ravenloft quests require you to click something in the dungeon to advance or get credit, what the fuck are you even saying?
>>2356656Anon... the book is click to complete quest shit. I clicked it, but my friend didn't so he couldn't advance chain before a re-run.Turns out I probably misremembered the botched Voice of the Master quest as a second failed Ravenloft quest.
Despite it having a main story about some schizo lesbian couple, I'm enjoying Chill of Ravenloft. I really like the aesthetic.
>>2357771Being a real easy source of HL 8 gear is a nice bonus too. There's a few items in there that will carry a build until 20.>Elises Grasp: ML8 with Strength of Purpose
>>2356678>Anon... the book is click to complete quest shit. So I was 90% sure that picking up the tome gives everyone credit, but I didn't want to call you out on it because I started second guessing myself. After doing Raven at the Door during a saga run just now I can tell you with certainty that picking up the tome gives the entire party credit, even if you're nowhere near the last room.I'm not sure how your friend fucked up, but it wasn't from the tome. And if you've really "lost count of how many times" you've had to rerun a dungeon for shit that doesn't actually exist outside of the Catacombs, you should probably do a little more research every time your friend tells you some bs. >>2360831Strength of Purpose does seem really good for heroics, I'll need to look into getting those gloves. I already have fast healing 3 and ancient blessings 1 so that synergy would be dope for later lives.
>>2357771>lesbianWell Victor is canonically written as a man, they just made him a tranny for some unknown reason
>>2362066-Was- canonically written as a man, but 5e changed that. It's honestly kind of surprising how much DDO takes from current DND. Does their two-decades old contract with WOTC allow them to use intellectual property freely? Or do they simply not care, considering how the current Hasbro CEO doesn't even know DDO and Neverwinter exist?
>>2362409I believe for modern stuff they have to ask to license but a lot of stuff they use is so old WOTC doesn't give a flying fuck about anymore. If it was even owned by WOTC in the first place.
>Mantle of Nature>Thorn: Your Acid, Poison and Force spells have a chance to blast one target for an additional 1d6/1d6+3/1d6+6 damage per Character Level of the same type as the spell used. All effects scale with 100% Spell Power. Each element can only strike once every 5 seconds, tracked separately. Any Melee or Ranged attack can also generate one of these effects.>Note: Weapon attacks can proc Acid, Poison and Pierce (not Force) damage.How the fuck does this work with melee. Do I need to use a weapon/slot an aug that does acid/poison to proc it or does it just proc from my normal non-acid/poison melee damage?
>>2363199from my experience it procs off normal weapon attacks. Very useful when combined with shared mantle and a melee focused hireling.
>>2363218Oh thank fuck. I was worried I'd have to bother with augs for that. Would you happen to know the answer to this >>2344983 as well?
>>2363228I want to say as soon as you take the feat the secondary ability becomes active but I think all permanent effects are checked when you load in a character so I don't think you need to respec.
>>2363237Still a ways off before it becomes an issue, but I'll probably respecc just in case. It's only 65k plat for peace of mind anyway.
I wish I could get a few of my friends to play this.
I played in 2009 when the game went free to play. It was my first MMO. I was very limited in what I could purchase, but I was around to heal Shroud/VOD/HOX raids on the weekends. I never reincarnated, never finished my greensteel or dragontouched crafting, and I lost interest when they raised the cap beyond 20, because there was too much to buy. I always yearned to play again.Then came covid in 2020, and they gave away all the adventure packs for free. I nolifed DDO for a solid 3 years, building up a triple racial, triple iconic, nearly triple heroic character with 110+ reaper points. In addition, I had a geared out alt healer running weekly reaper raids and R10s on the side. I lost interest after they raised the cap beyond 30, because I had pretty much accomplished what I had set out to do: fulfill the desires of my younger self to conquer the game, and I was not interested in staying gear relevant during the slow biannual climb all the way up to 40.Finally, in the last year or so, I have convinced a few friends to try DDO out. We're only up to level 8 in all that time, but it has been some of the best times I've ever had in the game.I'll undoubtedly come back at level 40, and might knock out a few racial lives here and there until then. Thanks for reading my blog.
>>2365978Same. I have a pretty tight nit guild so it's something, but I really wish I could get my actual friends to play. One tried it and had fun but he couldn't get past the graphics, he kept laughing every time he looked at his Dragonborn. >>2367230>I played in 2009 when the game went free to play.That's when I started too. I'd play from time to time when I'd get a DND itch but I never got very far until last year. Currently kinda doing what you did in 2020, grinding out past lives and RP. It's a lot more fun than the traditional MMO grind for me, I've never enjoyed MMO raid end games and stuff.
Is there a set time when the daily clear bonus resets or does it follow the same 16 hour cooldown as the daily roll?Also, fuck whoever thought up the ransack system. Instance specific non-raid loot you can't grind for is bullshit.
>>2368090>Is there a set time when the daily clear bonus resets or does it follow the same 16 hour cooldown as the daily roll?It's 18 hours after completion.>Also, fuck whoever thought up the ransack system. Instance specific non-raid loot you can't grind for is bullshit.Yeah it's pretty retarded, especially if you're farming solo for a specific item. But don't worry! They recently added an item to reset chest ransack, all you gotta do is pre-order the collector's edition of Chill of Ravenloft!https://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Potion_of_Loot_Ransack_Reset
best way to make the game not look like shit at 4k?I would use nvidia image scaling but it requires full screen at lower resolution which fucks up my second monitor.
>>2369852Lossless Scalinghttps://forums.ddo.com/index.php?threads/lossless-scaling-app-ddo-running-ddo-at-1080p-full-screen-on-4k-desktop.15824/
>>2341165>be level 15, 16, 17, or 18>dont want to buy sharn>uninstall
>>2372602I boughted Sharn for 99 DDO points. You snooze ya lose, bucko.
>tell group that i need a named item from quest>full party, nobody else needs it>it drops, awww yeah>guy loots it>"whoops misclick lol!"(WAKE ME UP)
Dungeon sisters... are we dead?
>>2392273Yes, I'm busy playing LOTRO. Anniversary event started 3 days ago.
>want belt from sunrise>keep getting nightmother shitreeeeAt least it's gem fodder.
As pala, do I prioritize smite evil charges over everything else or are the 19 you get from spec sufficient? I'm eyeing a feywild cloak, but I just realized there's another cloak with +2 smite charges. If I go for that, I'll have to cover featherfall and +jump elsewhere and there aren't really any other viable named souces of jump, outside of a shitty boe wheloon belt that requires rng.
Is crafting worth anything or does everybody just ends up using named loot anyways?And if it is, is this a "must go all in" situation or are there different levels of investment that yield useful results?
>>2397237On the first note Crafting covers a couple of areas, firstly in low level crafts getting you items that just don't show up yet like blindness immunity and true sight. Secondly it's great for min-maxing because named items don't cover /every/ level and farming specific named items can be a pain in the ass at times. Certain items also have an essence craftable note which is important for Runearms and the ever popular Gem of Many Facets. It's also really useful for the rare randomly dropped items that roll double augments because those can be made superior to named loot of their level. especially if it's bullshit like purple/green on a non-weapon.As for investment the best investment you can make towards Essence crafting is dissolving randomly dropped loot when you have a full inventory, it's the fastest way to get essence. It's super fast to level as long as you have enough essence and watching out for a DDO bonus days like last weekend helps. Get ~50K essence some +25%-35% crafting boosters and a (Really cheap) crafting EXP boost and you got everything you need to hit 400 using a guide.
>>2397625Good shit anon. Thanks.I remember crafting used to be a lot more fiddly back in the day, but it seems that they simplified it a bit.
I really hate how dogshit this fucking game engine is, and how absolutely fucking retarded hirelings are.
>epic barbarian be like
why did they make a lot of blue items bound on account, and then left a bunch of others as bind on equip?
Is there any info on what they're doing with drow for the next expansion? Is it just a visual upgrade or are they changing the race entirely?
>>2420137it has the lowest base stats or something of all the characters I think, so probably just fixing that.this is a 1-year project for the solo developer that manages DDO and LOTRO. he still has to make expansions too.
Are we cooked Ddogs? Is it over for this general?
>>2432947this is /VM/ so we can be slow as shit.
>>2438468True, but this seems slow even for /vm/.Anyway started an artificer life, by far my favorite class so far. Does anyone know if strinati's carries into epic or do I need to replace it?
>>2438908In a perfect world you replace Strinati's with Toven's Hammer at 19 and then never replace your rune arm again but getting people to do H Master Artificer is suffering.
>>2439190Yeah, I've never seen anyone running that raid.I guess I'll stick with Strinati then, even if the power scales down in epics it'll still be useful to bust boxes.
Can't find any relevant information in the internet, so I hope anons can help.What kind of light armor do I wear as a rogue?I have seen and used plenty of chainmail armor, which gives more AC, but -1 armor check penalty (how important is it?)Or do I stick with leather armor that has no penalties but less AC?
>>2442297Just use whatever gives you better stats. The armor check penalty is pretty much nothing for light armor, and the arcane spell failure on light armor doesn't apply to rogues/arcane archers. Keep in mind that they both have a max dex bonus as well, so theoretically if you got your dex to +6 the leather would provide the same AC as the chain.Go for the armor with the bigger number while leveling, while keeping the enhancement bonuses they provide as the more important priority.
>>2432947It's fine.
>>2444101Thanks!
What's the most busted class for solo play in heroic/epic? Repeating crossbow artificer with harper tree has been super smooth, I think it's the first pure class I've played where I can comfortably solo R1s without sweating.
>friend wants to resub for vip after break>keeps getting rejected>wants to switch game because he can't paypig>googling suggests it's because he moved country after being subbed lastDoes anyone have experience with fixing this? At a glance it seems like the only solution is going to be a back-and-forth with support, which frankly shouldn't be necessary. It's like they want him to beg for the privilege of giving them money.
>all happy i can solo r1 comfortably now>join r6 group>realize theres levels to this shit and im nowhere near being good>mfw >>2451324Why would anyone ever pay for VIP?
>>2451829You get all the adventure packs "for free" and don't need to wait until 3rd life to go directly for elite ¯\_(ツ)_/¯There's also some other stuff, but hey it's his money. Not mine.
>>2451838They give out the adventure packs for free so often that I've literally only ever had to buy one, which was Tavern Tales I think, and I'm pretty sure it was given out for free later as well. Also don't have the new Deck one but that's overpriced and with garbage drop rates.Either way, props to your friend for wanting to financially support the game.
>>2452778I've played for ~6 months and I've yet to see anything given away beyond the annual starterpack giveaway. Closest I've seen was 3 (5?) packs that wasn't in the annual discounted to 99 each.I'm still lacking salt marsh, vecna, myth drannor, isle of dread, tavern tales, the new ravenloft and one or two more. Plus the new dragon thing, obviously.
>>2452802Everything you listed besides Tavern Tales and Dragon Cards is an expansion, not an adventure pack you doofus.Salt Marsh, Vecna, IoD, MD, and Chill are the "newest" expansions in that order, and the 99 point reduction only seems to apply to an expansion once it becomes older.For instance, Feywild went to 99 points for the first time last year, so it's safe to assume that Salt Marsh will be the next to be put to 99 points during sales. As for when, who knows...Adventure Packs, meanwhile, are constantly bundled into these mass new player coupons and there's barely any that don't make the cut, maybe Tavern Tales, the rat one in Wheelon, and the new dragon one, but those are the only ones I can think of. So having access to "all" of them while on VIP isn't really worth the price, given how easy it is to get them for free.
