Aug 21, 2015

So I saw a YouTube video about future of support classes in DDO. It touched base on group play, solo play, self-sufficiency, and a few other topics. After an exchange of messages with the original poster I remembered an idea I had a few years ago. Something that would really work well to promote group play within the game. Get ready for this because...

Aug 16, 2015

The world is changed. I feel it in dungeons. I feel it in the raids. I smell it on my keyboard. Much that once was is lost, for none now live who remember it…it being pre-update 14 end game. So let’s go back a few years when epic was epic and healers were needed. How it was So basically everyone had a main character that you logged on with and gave...

Aug 13, 2015

In the past when character level cap increased it coincided with an expansion. Update 14, DDO’s first expansion, increased level cap to 25 and introduced us to Epic levels. In Update 19 the level cap increased again to 28. Looking forward towards the year’s end and the promise of level 30, there’s no announcement of an expansion to coincide...

Aug 6, 2015

Extreme Streaming Recently I had the privilege to watch a fellow Argonaut stream DDO on Twitch. After seeing a DDO Unlimited Twitter post about it I felt intrigued because it was a stream planned for 24 hours! It was pretty freaking epic. I myself have played DDO for many 24 hour spurts and have had one occasion where I somehow managed 36 hour run. It’s...

Apr 19, 2015

What exactly is the Baker’s Dozen? It’s basically the number 13 minus one. Where there was 13 of something, anything really, and it lost one of that something. In Eberron it has a repetitive and a residual play on history that can transform our mmorpg. One example is the 13 Dragonmarks. The 13th mark, the Mark of Death, has no known living bearers....

Apr 11, 2015

  I can’t imagine what it was like for the first raid group to head into the Vault of Night. Such an intricate and well put together raid of days long ago. These days raids have been dumbed down compared to the Vault of Night. Now this isn’t an article about the raid. This isn’t a reminiscent article about my first time running Vault of...

Apr 7, 2015

  So after a gruesome wait yesterday I finally logged on today to run Temple of Elemental Evil. I ran it for exactly 48 minutes so I could get a look at it and see what the development team at Turbine brought to the plate. So lets dive into this head first. Wil Wheaton So first thing I noticed is a familiar voice from one of my favorite shows Big Bang...

Mar 22, 2015

Changing Trends Go back just a few years. What do you see? I see multiclass builds and clones. Rarely would I come across a pure build in my adventures. Always a splash of this or that. It was trendy to splash two levels of monk or rogue for the evasion feat. It still is but not as necessary. Everyone is getting stronger, tougher, and more people are surviving...

Mar 19, 2015

Race relations With the new Warlock class in the works I wanted to write about possible ideas for new playable races. Anytime a new race or class is added to Dungeons and Dragons Online it’s like a breath of fresh air for the game. Old adventuring buddies seem to come out of the woodwork ready to save Eberron once more. So let’s dive right into my...

Mar 12, 2015

Origins The year was 2012. Dungeons and Dragons Online was preparing its adventurers for their next challenge. It’s very first expansion centered around a sexy big butt demon goddess. Update 14 would bring a great deal of changes to the game but it also introduced players to the very first version of the infamous Stone of Experience. A simple looking rock...

Mar 11, 2015

In the beginning One of my biggest mistakes playing DDO as a new player was thinking premium was a great idea. It might work for some people but it was a mistake for me. I originally started out with the plan to only purchase the content needed to level from 1-20 and nothing more. The idea was to save money in the long-run by not paying the monthly fee of...