DDO Players News Episode 364 – The One With The 2025 Year End Review
It’s that time of year! We look back on the year that was in DDO. We also review the gaming goals we set for ourselves this year and establish new ones for 2026. Grab a drink and get comfy, this is a long one!
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2025 Year End Review
Update 72 (Feb 26, 2025)
- Balance the Scales
- Release of Dragon Disciple archetype; accompanying rework of Monk
- 19th Anniversary event
- Adjustments to Reincarnation XP costs for early characters
- Free new raid Den of Vipers released with Patch 1
- Update 72 named items
Update 73 (Apr 2, 2025)
- Tavern Tales
- Quest Bundle: Tavern Tales
- 3 new quests in Eveningstar, The Marketplace and The Harbor
- Pack released at start of update, quests release at two-week intervals
- New trial Quest Bundle quest release format
- One free quest: Dinosaur Crisis
- Update 73 named items
Update 74 (Jun 18, 2025)
- The Chill of Ravenloft (pre-order)
- The Chill of Ravenloft expansion available for preorder
- New race: Dhampir
- New iconic: Dhampir Dark Bargainer
- New Dark Gifts feats
- Update 74 named items
64 Bit Servers (July 15th)
Update 75 (Aug 20, 2025)
- The Chill of Ravenloft
- Land of Lamordia Wilderness and 13 new quests (ML 8/36)
- Viktranium Experiment crafting system
- Dark Gifts available to all characters (expansion access required)
- Raid: Relentless released with Patch 7
- The Night Revels event
- Update 75 named items
Update 76 (Nov 19, 2025)
- Symphony of the Fey
- Update 76 named items
- Symphony of the Fey event
Update 77 (Dec 10, 2025)
- Presents and Pain
- Body and Mind – New Free Dungeon
- Festivult 2025 season
- Adjustments to Symphony of the Fey
- Update 77 named items
DDO Year In Review, What Do We Think?
Which update was the best update of 2025?
Pineleaf – Chill of Ravenloft
Drac – Hard for me to answer this one as I have yet to step foot in Chill of ravenloft.
What is the best Non-Raid/Quest Thing Added To DDO in 2025?
Pineleaf – Dragon Disciple
Drac – 64 bit servers
What are you most looking forward to with DDO in 2026?
Pineleaf – The next archtype
Drac – Hard to answer this one, as we really don’t have any idea on what’s coming up.
Our Gaming Goals
How Did We Do From Last Year?
Drac
- Keep playing DDO With Friends!
- Keep Playing Video Games With Friends
- Shadowdark fantasy grounds game
- Don’t let the dumpster fire that is my life/Mental health, affect the podcast/gaming as much this year! (Not looking great so far)
Pineleaf
- DDO – While I considered trying to get a character up to level 25 (yeah, right), I think a more realistic goal is for a new character to play at least 25 adventure packs.
- Tabletop Heavy – Finally properly learn Spirit Island and play 25 games
- Tabletop Light – Complete 25 Achievements in Cascadia
- Cards – Learn how to play Spider properly and win 25 games
- LOTRO – Create a new character on one of the new servers and reach 125
This Year’s Goals
Drac-
- Reach Level Cap With Crusin Char
- Finish Vampire The Masquerade Milan (Including all the expansions packs)
- Start And Finish Betrayal Legacy
- Get 15 games played from the room of shame.(At least one play) (5 of them must be the big dungeon crawlers)
- Get 5 miniatures games played (built and played 1 time)
- Don’t let the dumpster fire that is my life/Mental health, affect the podcast/gaming as much this year! (Not looking great so far)
Pineleaf-
- See how high I can level Pineleaf (likely not too far as I am recording this character)
- Complete at least one life with Pinefrost (get to level 20 on warlock and TR for next)
- In LOTRO, find a better build for my warden
- Play each of the spirits in the Spirit Island digital edition at least once
- Play at least 50 different scenarios for Memoir ‘44
From The Dungeon
The Classic Toon RPG is Returning with a New Second Edition
On The Screen
King Of Tokyo Official Video Game Coming Spring 2026
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From The Last Episode Via YT
18:11 People wanted the bottle of mist because the teleport clickies from the expansions only work for areas where you own the ultimate version of that expansion. So even if you had a teleport item from the ultimate version of another expansion, you’ll just get a you don’t own this content error message if you try to use it to teleport to Ravenloft, it won’t let you. I only ever bought the standard edition of Ravenloft but own the Ultimate of most other expansions, so I’ve had to get to Ravenloft by teleporting to House J and running to the Into the Mists entrance all these years.
bladedge5810
There are solo or small group players who have been wanting the fighter hireling from the expansion.
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Lagin
Approx. 15 minute mark, you are correct sir, the Lute Event Cosmetics look terrible.
Ty for the podcast.
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