DDO Players News Episode 321 – The One With Dark Hunters, 2022 In Review And Dot Matrix Printers?

Were back!! This week we cover UPDATE 58 PREVIEW 1 On Lamannia, we also take a look back at 2022 in DDO and our gaming goals, and much more!

NOTE – We had some audio issues this week, I tried to fix as much as I could in post, I’m sorry the show audio quality is not as good as it normally is, should be fixed by next show!

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Game News

Update 58 Preview 1t: Starts Wednesday, January 18th-Friday, January 20th

U58 Preview 1 Overview

UPDATE 58 PREVIEW 1 – Dark Hunter Ranger

UPDATE 58 PREVIEW 1 – Blightcaster Druid

DDO YEAR IN REVIEW

Update 53 Hunter and Hunted

Thursday, February 24th, 2022

Adventure Pack: Hunter and Hunted
Two level 7 quests with level 32 versions and raid
16th Anniversary Event!
Core classes and races now free!
Dragonborn, Drow, Gnome, Half-elf, Half-orc, Tiefling, Wood-elf
Druid, Monk, Warlock
Update 53 named items

Update 54

Wednesday, April 27th, 2022

Isle of Dread the upcoming expansion now available for preorder
Tabaxi race
Tabaxi Trailblazer iconic
Update 54 named items

Update 55 Isle of Dread

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2022

Adventure Pack: The Isle of Dread
featuring 12 quests and a wilderness area; raid coming later
Level cap increased to 32
New level 31 feat options
New level 32 Epic Destiny abilities (4th core)
Update 55 named items

Update 56 Archetypes and Archvillains

Wednesday, August 31st, 2022

Adventure Pack: The Temple of Elemental Evil
7 quests, new loot, legendary level
Archetypes – new way of playing classes
Dark Apostate, Sacred Fist, Stormsinger
Bank and TR Cache UI update
Treasure of Crystal Cove event
The Night Revels event
Update 56 named items

Update 57 Grip of the Hidden Hand

Wednesday, November 9, 2022

Adventure Pack: Grip of the Hidden Hand
5 new quests at levels 16/34
Hit points rework – base dice up for a number of classes,
percent bonuses moved, Epic Defensive Fighting removed
Imbue rework – new scaling dice-based system
Festivult 2022 update
Update 57 named items

Which update was the best update of 2022?

Pineleaf – Update 55 Isle of Dread

Drac – Update 55 Isle of Dread

What is the best Non-Raid/Quest Thing Added To DDO in 2022?

Pineleaf – Stormsinger

Drac- Archetypes

What are you most looking forward to with DDO in 2023?

Pineleaf – Next Classic Pack

Drac – Dark Hunter

Our Gaming Goals

How Did We Do From Last Year?

Pineleaf –

10×10 – Campaign/Scenario games (7 complete)
Reach H-Level 25 (complete)
50 Games Challenge (28)
Get through at least half the Gloomhaven main campaign (ha ha ha)
If there is another Hardcore season this year, reach level 10 (level 9)

Drac

Make something up I’ll never do here..

This Year’s Goals

Pineleaf –

10 BBG challenges – target is to complete six

100-game challenge (20 video, 40 board game app, 40 physical board game)
Reach H-level 27 (3-cubed)
10×10 Normal challenge no Hardcore challenge this year)

Stormsinger to level 20

Drac –

Play DDO MORE
Play Video Games With Friends More!
Play Board Games With Friends More!

On The Tabletop

The Lord Of The Rings: Adventure To Mount Doom Coming From Kosmos

On The Screen

Wizards Of The Coast Has Supposedly Canceled Five Of The Videogames It Had Planned

Week in Gaming

Drac

DDO

Ravenloft reapers
First few quests of desert reapers

D&D

Water Deep Dwarves

Video Games

Darkest Dungeon
Elden Ring

Pineleaf Week

DDO

My Stormsinger ran the Iron Mines at Sorrowdusk Isles

ESO

My main character battled an evil band of druids that wanted to summon a nature spirit

Board Games

A myriad of board games, e.g., Cascadia

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