DDO Players News Episode 248 – DDO Year In Review 2019

It’s our annual year-end review episode! We can take a look a back at the year in DDO 2019, and also see if we managed to complete our goals, and set new ones for 2020!

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DDO YEAR IN REVIEW

Update 42 Tuesday, May 14th, 2019

Masterminds of Sharn

9 story quests, 8 walk-up side quests

2 raids: Too Hot to Handle, Project Nemesis

All new Sharn city zones and the Cogs wilderness

New race: Tiefling

Iconic Hero: Scoundrel (with a new bard instrument: Fiddle)

Universal Enhancement Tree: Inquisitive

New Epic PL feats, ED pass, PM pass

Update 42 named items

All new set items, Nearly Finished upgradables, Minor Artifacts

Update 43 Tuesday, September 10th, 2019

The Soul Splitter

Quests: Finding Dorris, Safety in Numbers, The Underlane Assignment, Members Only, The Offshore Account, Soul Survivor (17 Heroic/32 Epic)

Update 43 named items

Update 44 Wednesday, November 13th. 2019

Keep on the Borderlands

The Borderlands wilderness

Quests: The Bugbear Bandits, Caged Beast, The Hobgoblin Horde, Obstructing the Orcs, Total Chaos, Treasure Hunt, Violent Delights, Watch Your Step (1-2 Heroic/21-22 Epic)

All new Mounts

Update 44 named items

Which update was the best update of 2019?

Pineleaf – Update 44 Keep on The Borderlands

Drac – Update 44 Keep On The Borderlands

What is the best Non Raid/Quest Thing Added To DDO IN 2019?

Pineleaf – Mounts

Drac- Tiefling

What are you most looking forward to with DDO in 2020?

Pineleaf – Alchemist

Drac – The Next Classic Pack

Our DDO Goals

How Did We Do From Last Year?

Pineleaf-

Get my dragonborn artificer to level 20.

Aeon’s End Legacy campaign (just received my copy today)

Arkham Horror Card Game (five campaigns)

LOTRO – Anor warden get halfway to Skirmisher of Middle-earth

Drac-

DDO Goals

Lvl 28.. Haunted Halls.. Sitting myself up for failure yet again…

Tabletop Goals

Start & Finish Betrayal Legacy

Castle Ravenloft – all adventures completed.

This Year Goals

Pineleaf –

DDO Goals

Run all classes and races through Keep on the Borderlands
Start a new character and seriously learn how to survive (no level goal)

Tabletop Goals

Castle Ravenloft – Complete Adventures 9-13
Participate in six SoloCons
Participate in the Aeon’s End Legacy Solo Marathon
Generate a top-100 solo games list (note – must play all games in Top 20 this year)

Drac –

DDO Goals

Lvl 28 any character (Is there an echo in here)

Tabletop Goals

Buy and Start To Play Gloomhaven
Lord of the Rings Journeys IN Middle Earth – Play at least 3 of the adventures
Play D&D with the UNDMables at least 2 times during the year..

From The Dungeon

Humble RPG Book Bundle: Lord of the Rings 5e by Cubicle 7

On The Tabletop

Marvel United Coming From CMON and Spin Master Games

Week in Gaming

Drac Week

Dungeons & Dragons 1E

Classic D&D Night on DDOStream – B1: In Search of the Unknown

Tabletop

Horrified
Chronicles Of Crime
Adventure Games: Monochrome Inc.

Pineleaf Week

DDO – Dragonborn Artificer 19

The Storm Horns
- Lines of Supply
Inspired Quarter
- Eye of the Titan
Island of Forgotten Dreams
- Reclaiming Memories (annoying due to many incorporeal mobs & holds)
- The Giant’s Vault (annoying finicky jumps)
The Harbor – Harbinger of Madness
- Sinister Storage
- Fear Factory
- In the Flesh
Tower of Frost
Back to the Storm Horns – never found the next dungeon but did slayers and landscape
Reached Level 20
Keep in the Borderlands (Epic)
- Treasure Hunt – A tough challenge as I was level 20 (minimal) against level 21

Minecraft

Mage Rage December Week 2-3 and January Week 1
Started a new series for 1.15: The Cult of the Arthropod

Tabletop

SoloCon – Wrap it up – played the Top 5 solo games

o Friday – Level 3 win

o Deep Space D-6 – Athena Normal loss

o Nations: The Dice Game – 27 points (only one of these games not in Top 5)

o Nautilion – Full crew both would reach on end

o One Deck Dungeon – Mage vs Dragon

o Aeon’s End: New Age – finished up learning all the mages and nemeses

Age of Civilization
SoloCon – New Beginnings

o Tiny Epic Tactics

o Marvel Champions

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