DDO Players News Episode 279 – Good Riddance 2020!

We wrap up with 2020 with annual year in review and gaming goals episode!

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DDO YEAR IN REVIEW

Update 45 Wednesday, February 12th, 2020

Age of the Alchemist

Adventure Pack: The Catacombs and Delera’s Tomb
Both packs reworked with Epic difficulty
Named loot pass
New class: Alchemist
New feats:
Accelerate Spell • Multitude of Missiles • Simple Throwing Weapons Expertise
Balance adjustments to:
Inquisitive • Tanks • paladins • Two-Handed Fighting • Stealth mechanics
QoL improvements: Shared Bank, 64-bit client

Update 46 Thursday, April 23rd, 2020

The Lost Gatekeepers

Adventure Pack: The Lost Gatekeepers
5 new quests, levels 3/32 The Home of Memory, Heart of the Problem, Rosemary’s Ballad, The Sacred Bounty, Housekeeping
The Gatekeepers’ Grove city zone
Update 46 named items

Update 47 Monday, October 12th, 2020

The Promise of Fire

3 new Legendary raids Legendary The Lord of Blades, Legendary The Master Artificer, Legendary A Vision of Destruction
A new dungeon: The Promise of Fire
Razorclaw iconic Shifter race
Feydark Illusionist Universal Enhancement Tree
Update 47 named items

Update 48 November 5, 2020

Fables of the Feywild

DDO’s 5th expansion is live! See purchase info here.
13 new quests (Heroic 5-6/Epic 32 levels)
1 raid added later
The Feywild wilderness
Shifter race full release
Update 48 named items
Reworked Augment system and new Augments

Which update was the best update of 2020?

Pineleaf – Update 45 Age of the Alchemist

Drac – Update 46 The Lost Gatekeepers

What is the best Non Raid/Quest Thing Added To DDO in 2020?

Pineleaf – Alchemist

Drac- Reworked Augment system and new Augments

What are you most looking forward to with DDO in 2021?

Pineleaf –

Drac – The Next Classic Pack

Our Gaming Goals

How Did We Do From Last Year?

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..

This Year’s Gaming Goals

Pineleaf –

Create a new character in DDO and have fun with it – No videos for this character
10×10 – Commands & Colors
10×10 – Other Games
Complete main campaign for Jaws of the Lion
Complete Dragonstaff of Maladoria
Play the Saga scenarios for LOTR The Card Game

Drac – Blah Blah makes up something I won’t ever do over the next year…..

Week in Gaming

Drac Week

Pineleaf Week

DDO – Human Alchemist (Level 7)

The Legend of the Lost Locket
Make Believe
The Endless Revels
White Plume Mountain (failed)

Wrap It Up Solo Con

Aeon’s End Outcasts – Long Expedition
Finished!

Other Tabletop

Micro RPG: Goblin Horde
Roll Player

Other Video Games

Civilization VI – with the hosts for the other podcast

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