Grogheads DDO Static Group:
OK. The idea of the static group is that the characters that are in the static group are only played on static group adventure nights. This way our characters stay close in level, questlines, and gear.
I encourage you to make alts for adventuring on your own timeframe. DDO is really a fun game especially if you find a good group.
GUILD: Grogheads
OFFICERS: Anyone in the static group I'll promote to officer so you can invite each other or future players
SERVER: Ghallanda
NIGHT: This is open for discussion, but I'd lean toward either Friday or Saturday night 9 pm CST.
VOICE CHAT: There is an internal voice chat in DDO, but it is limited to groups. So Steam chat is a good alternative just to link everyone up, bullshit, or ask questions out of group. Get yourself a headset even if you don't like to talk. It's much easier and more fun to talk through a dungeon crawl rather than stopping to type in chat.
Contact me in game character name Hansig, Bhrama, or Aespria. Or if you see me online on Steam just send me a PM and I'll jump on and invite you to the guild. You need to complete the introduction quest before you can join groups, or the guild.
Bison - Hansig, Human, Wizard (I'll roll something else if needed. This is really just a place holder to get eveyone into the guild)
Nefaro -
Longblade -
Tent - Uori, Dwarven Fighter
Windy- Zephii, Elf, Ranger
Bob -
Tpek - Hippia human druid
Brant - Xisko, human fighter
Metaldog - Zaharias Cleric
COULD BE YOU!!!!-
Character Generator - Useful tool to build and experiment with character builds
http://www.rjcyberware.com/DDO/DDOCharGen.html
DDO Wiki - Very useful site for all sorts of DDO related questions.
http://ddowiki.com/
Hrmm... I've not played DDO in quite awhile.
The problem was being able to regularly find a party to dungeon crawl with, as that's what it is focused on. I recall paying for the extra character creation points during my last stretch and I would definitely like to fire it up again sometime. Perhaps this would get me moving if we had some regulars.
It's one of the unique fantasy MMOs that isn't an Everquest/WOW clone. The party-centric gameplay makes it difficult to solo after a time, however.
That's my thoughts too.
I think I'd want to play either the meat shield or ranger/thief.
Hmmm.
I should know better but this sounds tempting. Prolly would play a monk.
Well the real nice part about DDO unlike other MMOs is that yes there is grinding but not in the same manner. We can finish almost any quest with less than uber loot and just good old fashioned party working together to solve a puzzle.
I will add that I love the monk class. It's very fun, but you would have to pay like $5 or something like that to unlock the class.
Quote from: Bison on April 20, 2013, 02:32:14 PM
I will add that I love the monk class. It's very fun, but you would have to pay like $5 or something like that to unlock the class.
Thanks. I might be able to swing that.
I think my low level Human Male Fighter might be able to lend a hand once in a while :P
As much fun as I think it would be to play, I'm so in flux right now I'd hate to commit and then flake out....
Quote from: bayonetbrant on April 21, 2013, 07:08:42 AM
As much fun as I think it would be to play, I'm so in flux right now I'd hate to commit and then flake out....
I haven't tried, but I believe you can download a Mac version from Steam. Also this would just be a casual, non-hardcore group of guys getting together to do some dungeon crawling once every week or two.
Yes it is availble as a mac download: http://store.steampowered.com/app/206480/
Quote from: bayonetbrant on April 21, 2013, 07:08:42 AM
As much fun as I think it would be to play, I'm so in flux right now I'd hate to commit and then flake out....
Same. I have so much going on it's just clouding my thinker. :o All over the place!
Quote from: Nefaro on April 21, 2013, 05:05:05 PM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on April 21, 2013, 07:08:42 AM
As much fun as I think it would be to play, I'm so in flux right now I'd hate to commit and then flake out....
Same. I have so much going on it's just clouding my thinker. :o All over the place!
I'm that way, too, but I'm willing to give it a chance. A couple of hours once or twice a week could be a good time. And if I toss a couple of bucks at them now and again to get some phat loot, who cares?
^ You make a good argument. I am very tempted....
Well if everyone downloads the client this week, we can give it a test run next Friday or Saturday night. I'm thinking 9ish PM CST.
Downloading now.
Downloaded and account created. What world you on Bison? It's recommending Cannith to me.
Ghallanda is the server I normally play on so I've got all my stuff unlocked on that server.
Just be warned that DDO is not a direct translation of the D&D 4th Ed. ruleset. The game really favors min/max, but if you are unsure how to build your character just pick the predetermined class/specialty and roll with it. After you play for awhile you'll learn how you better want to tweek a character. There are ways to reset all of your skill points and feats. The stats are possible to do but basically you'll be stuck with your starting numbers for awhile. There are some really good building guides over on the DDO forums.
Thanks. I played DDO a long time ago. Not long - only a few hours, but enough to know it's not 3.5 or 4.0, it's an MMO.
I may pop some cash for the Monk class just because that's what I like to play in pen & paper.
Quote from: LongBlade on April 21, 2013, 10:37:17 PM
Thanks. I played DDO a long time ago. Not long - only a few hours, but enough to know it's not 3.5 or 4.0, it's an MMO.
I may pop some cash for the Monk class just because that's what I like to play in pen & paper.
Yeah that's what i meant.
Well I'll play whatever class we end up needing in the end. I hate being the cleric though. So if I end up being the cleric you all are going to die alot. :D
No it's not D&D v3/4 but it's certainly based on the same D20 system.. just with some changes & additions. It's part of the reason I enjoyed the game as the character customization options are enjoyable.
Also.. integrated Voice for your party's escapades! Makes it much less of a hassle when you don't have to fook with 3rd party voice programs before being able to verbally warn people about that skeleton crawling up their leg with a knife between it's teeth.
I prefer being the Cleric or the Rogue. Perhaps I'll d/l it sometime this week. I'm sure my characters will likely be on a different server than we choose but that's okay.. my highest was just level 5 or 6 anyway (of 20??).
Yeah it goes up to 20 but now they've added in epic levels and a bunch of stuff I've never messed with yet.
YOU GET THE CLERIC! WOOT! I'm off the hook!
Downloading as we speak..... freaking huge file updates &^%$#@!
In previous MMOs I always enjoyed playing the healer. When the action starts, that's the one class that can't fcuk around.
I'd be watching people in DAoC chatting about this and that while their meat shields were whacking away at something. Meanwhile, I'm busy trying to figure out who needed a mana or health boost more, how much magic I had left, and OH-SHIT-AGGRO-IS-ON-ME stuff.
So I might also work on a cleric class so Nefaro and I can take turns, as I'm guessing the mechanics in DDO are probably similar in terms of buffs and such.
Just make sure you pack rum....
Yeah the cleric is a healer/buffer, but can build to do combat too. One thing for the healer to consider in DDO they have something called Divine Vitality skill, which replenishes the mana of casters like a cure spell. It is based off of your turn undead and comes in handy in quests where there are lots of mobs and few shrines to give that little extra to push the group through the quest.
Depending on what Windy makes looks like I might roll a wizard. But we'll also need a rogue. Hmm...
The opening quest is solo only and give a good intro to some of the basic concepts, so I'd recommend if you have the time just make a few different classes and run that quest and some of the starting island quests. Although just keep in mind a 1st and 2nd level class really doesn't show off all the unique skills.
Quote from: Bison on April 22, 2013, 11:09:35 AM
Yeah the cleric is a healer/buffer, but can build to do combat too. One thing for the healer to consider in DDO they have something called Divine Vitality skill, which replenishes the mana of casters like a cure spell. It is based off of your turn undead and comes in handy in quests where there are lots of mobs and few shrines to give that little extra to push the group through the quest.
Depending on what Windy makes looks like I might roll a wizard. But we'll also need a rogue. Hmm...
The opening quest is solo only and give a good intro to some of the basic concepts, so I'd recommend if you have the time just make a few different classes and run that quest and some of the starting island quests. Although just keep in mind a 1st and 2nd level class really doesn't show off all the unique skills.
you were right about me likeing ranged weapons, so at lunch today I will take a boo at range-warriors
The arcane archer is pretty sweet. Just look at the enhancement screen and look at the arcane archer requirements. There are some feats and enhancements you have to take to unlock it. DPS wise however the dual wield ranger will out perform the archer.
This character planner is very good for looking at how your character can progress as he levels.
http://www.rjcyberware.com/DDO/DDOCharGen.html
Also check out the DDO site when it's finished with maintanance. They are always running specials for stuff in the micro shop to include free stuff. Alot of times they will have a specials on turbine points and what I've done is buy $20 or so through the DDO store in game, which is processed through Steam. And instead of $20 you get like $30-40 worth of points. They also usually will have an adventure pack on sale.
I have a paid account so I'm honestly not sure what all quests are free. I know the starter, the harbor low level, the marketplace, and the 4 houses each have a lot of free lower level stuff. Once you get up to 5th and 6th level the free quest dry up and you'll have to buy an adventure pack or two. We can talk about that later though. One awesome adventure pack is call Delara's Tomb, which is narrated by Gary Gygax, and has some pretty sweet lootz that you'll keep for a long time.
This wiki site gives a lot of really good information too.
http://ddowiki.com/
Here is a run down of all the free to play quests.
http://ddowiki.com/page/Free_to_Play_quests
A couple of things to note:
All quests can be run solo, normal, hard, elite.
Max XP by running each quest on each level.
Favor - Each quest gives favor to a certain faction. When you reach faction break points you get special rewards. For example: Coin Lords first break point is a free backpack slot, House Kundrak gives you a free bank slot, a total of 400 favor points unlocks the Drow race, etc...
Most quests can be done short manned or with a less than ideal group; i.e. fighter, magic user, thief, cleric.
You can hire hirelings with in game gold; a cleric, fighter, magic user, bard, but not a thief those cost turbine points. The hirelngs especially clerics are nice if a group is short for extra healing or to help with certain quests where you need someone to activate a rune and you don't have the stat to activate.
FOR BRANT: I'm downloading the DDO Client for Mac off of Steam right now. I'll let you know how well it plays on native OSX.
The server seemed to have been down for maintenance and perhaps it still is.
Also, do note that Neverwinter is coming out on Thursday :)
Yes it is but Neverwinter is more of a GW2 or WoW clone. Not that that is necessarily bad, but it's not a dungeon crawler like DDO. And we want to dungeon crawl and mock each others untimely deaths at the hands of traps, falls, kobald shamans, and whoever our healer is lack of healing skillz!
Quote from: Bison on April 22, 2013, 12:53:46 PM
FOR BRANT: I'm downloading the DDO Client for Mac off of Steam right now. I'll let you know how well it plays on native OSX.
muchas appreciatus
I'll update Post 1 this evening with server, player, and how to contact me in game for a guild/friend invite.
Quote from: Bison on April 22, 2013, 01:06:22 PM
I'll update Post 1 this evening with server, player, and how to contact me in game for a guild/friend invite.
Roger. I'm creating a toon on Ghallanda now.
I will be creating a ranger... the appeal of ranged + dual weilding is just too much to resist
Is this a free-to-play game? If so, and if you get short of mugs players, I could be interested, horrible time-zone wosnames not withstanding.
Just checked and my current toon (level 4 Human Male Fighter) is in the Canith shard.
How do I move shards exactly? :P
Quote from: bob48 on April 22, 2013, 03:38:33 PM
Is this a free-to-play game? If so, and if you get short of mugs players, I could be interested, horrible time-zone wosnames not withstanding.
Download and make a character Bob. If it works out timewise that'd be great.
Quote from: Tpek on April 22, 2013, 04:06:31 PM
Just checked and my current toon (level 4 Human Male Fighter) is in the Canith shard.
How do I move shards exactly? :P
There might be a paid service otherwise reroll and save some cash to buy an adventure pack. 8)
Quote from: Bison on April 22, 2013, 04:10:19 PM
Quote from: bob48 on April 22, 2013, 03:38:33 PM
Is this a free-to-play game? If so, and if you get short of mugs players, I could be interested, horrible time-zone wosnames not withstanding.
Download and make a character Bob. If it works out timewise that'd be great.
Will do, Bison, although it will be a day-or-two before I can get it downloaded. I'll let you know when I'm up and running.
Quote from: bob48 on April 22, 2013, 04:13:12 PM
Quote from: Bison on April 22, 2013, 04:10:19 PM
Quote from: bob48 on April 22, 2013, 03:38:33 PM
Is this a free-to-play game? If so, and if you get short of mugs players, I could be interested, horrible time-zone wosnames not withstanding.
Download and make a character Bob. If it works out timewise that'd be great.
Will do, Bison, although it will be a day-or-two before I can get it downloaded. I'll let you know when I'm up and running.
No problems Bob. Whenever you get to it.
Post #1 updated with information for the group.
I play quite a bit so if you see me on just jump on and I'll join you or we can open a Steam chat if you have questions.
Brant I'm patching up the Mac version now so I'll try and get to it tonight. It's availible through Steam FYI.
Windy my main is actually a ranger/rogue , arcane variety so I can help you if you have some questions.
Brant - Just fired it up on my macbook pro and everything seems to run just fine. I'll give it a longer go later.
yeah, but I'm also not on Steam, so it may all be irrelevant... :-\
Here's one direct from Turbine: http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=402138
Quote from: Bison on April 22, 2013, 05:05:00 PM
Windy my main is actually a ranger/rogue , arcane variety so I can help you if you have some questions.
asking someone for help... even if it benefits me.... seems to run counter to my stubborn nature.... but.... since we'll be on headsets when we game, I'll be damned if I'll give you guys any more reasons to bust my chops.... so I will be asking you questions
Ok I can't resist any longer I am going to have to DLD it which might take a while. Then I might need alot of help creating a character as I have no idea what I am doing. That being said I usually like an archer type but would be cool with sword/spear and shield type warrior. Not a big fan of magic users so those are out for me.
Quote from: Bison on April 22, 2013, 05:26:53 PM
Here's one direct from Turbine: http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=402138
downloading now
Quote from: Bison on April 22, 2013, 04:10:19 PM
Quote from: bob48 on April 22, 2013, 03:38:33 PM
Is this a free-to-play game? If so, and if you get short of mugs players, I could be interested, horrible time-zone wosnames not withstanding.
Download and make a character Bob. If it works out timewise that'd be great.
It's "freemium." Free to play, but you may want to drop some cash for upgrades and such.
Quote from: LongBlade on April 22, 2013, 08:20:23 PM
Quote from: Bison on April 22, 2013, 04:10:19 PM
Quote from: bob48 on April 22, 2013, 03:38:33 PM
Is this a free-to-play game? If so, and if you get short of mugs players, I could be interested, horrible time-zone wosnames not withstanding.
Download and make a character Bob. If it works out timewise that'd be great.
It's "freemium." Free to play, but you may want to drop some cash for upgrades and such.
This is true. You do earn Turbine points slowly through questing, which is good to buy an adventure pack/character slot/or something along those lines. If you aren't in a hurry and we are not then you can wait out for a deal in the store to buy something you might like at a discount or get extra Turbine points on the cheap. If you look on Steam for example they have a starter pack that gives you an adventure pack, a pet, some XP potions, and 250 Turbine points for $10. Not too shabby of a deal. The adventure pack and turbine points are $10+ or there abouts on the store.
Quote from: bayonetbrant on April 22, 2013, 06:36:08 PM
Quote from: Bison on April 22, 2013, 05:26:53 PM
Here's one direct from Turbine: http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=402138
downloading now
Awesome Brant!
I just completed the first mission. It's much improved since it was first launched.
Windy and I are in game atm messing around in the starter area.
Quote from: Bison on April 22, 2013, 10:31:21 PM
Windy and I are in game atm messing around in the starter area.
Clean up when you're done
Quote from: mirth on April 22, 2013, 10:35:10 PM
Quote from: Bison on April 22, 2013, 10:31:21 PM
Windy and I are in game atm messing around in the starter area.
Clean up when you're done
And you need to come play with us an bring the kleenex!
The game finished dlding over night, now what. :-P
Do you want me to go ahead and try and create a fighter like I mentioned earlier?
Tent make whatever class you want. We don't have a fight yet so that'd be cool.
1. No spears in game except those thrown by monsters
2. Use the pre-planned character paths if you are completely unsure what you are doing. You can always do thing to rebuild or remake a character if you don't like them.
Windy and I had a pretty fun time last night running through the starter level dungeons. I think we only party wiped one time IRRC. Not too shabby.
I have no idea what I'm doing as a magic user. It's a class I never really play a lot before so this should be interesting. Although I might need to role up a rogue or rogue dual class so we have a trap monkey in the group.
Quote from: Bison on April 23, 2013, 08:10:17 AM
Windy and I had a pretty fun time last night running through the starter level dungeons. I think we only party wiped one time IRRC. Not too shabby.
I have no idea what I'm doing as a magic user. It's a class I never really play a lot before so this should be interesting. Although I might need to role up a rogue or rogue dual class so we have a trap monkey in the group.
I picked the monk's ninja-spy subclass so it may have some trap ability. Not sure about that yet, but maybe.
Quote from: Bison on April 22, 2013, 04:11:11 PM
Quote from: Tpek on April 22, 2013, 04:06:31 PM
Just checked and my current toon (level 4 Human Male Fighter) is in the Canith shard.
How do I move shards exactly? :P
There might be a paid service otherwise reroll and save some cash to buy an adventure pack. 8)
But I've already invested a bit of dough into this one. :(
EDIT: Ohh well. Seems to be cheaper to roll a new one anyway. Character transfer is
25$ , which is insane.
The ninja-spy is all about sneaking attacks. The 2 skills that a rogue must have are disable device and open lock and of course all those thief type skills' hide, sneak, move silently and tumble.
What I can do is dual class my magic user. So I can reroll which is not a huge issue and go magic user/thief. There's some "tricks" to ensure you maximize your rogue skills with only a level or two of rogue. The key is to take the rogue level first, because you need all the skill points to start off maxed on your thief skills. The second thing you need on a dual class is a 14+ INT score to get extra skill points when you level up in your other class so you can continue to keep disable device maxed.
So what should I roll this time (since I'll be rolling a new char)?
A Druid mayhap? (I have it unlocked)
A Paladin?
A Monk?
A Ranger?
I had a great time dungeon crawling with Biso' [pronounced Bee-zo] last night.
Our epic level fights were like freaking monty python sketches ... with a classic "oh oh" when I realized I no longer had a barbarian henchman to assist us
plus the sudden realization that the damn spider attacking our party that had super immunities to my melee attacks .... was actualy Biso' s summoned monster....
we did get some pretty good swag for our efforts too
Quote from: Bison on April 23, 2013, 11:52:25 AM
The ninja-spy is all about sneaking attacks. The 2 skills that a rogue must have are disable device and open lock and of course all those thief type skills' hide, sneak, move silently and tumble.
What I can do is dual class my magic user. So I can reroll which is not a huge issue and go magic user/thief. There's some "tricks" to ensure you maximize your rogue skills with only a level or two of rogue. The key is to take the rogue level first, because you need all the skill points to start off maxed on your thief skills. The second thing you need on a dual class is a 14+ INT score to get extra skill points when you level up in your other class so you can continue to keep disable device maxed.
Ah. Bummer. I thought I might have some rogue skills mixed in there. The class description was annoyingly vague.
Yeah. The paths are nice but the descriptions are vague.
LB here is the DDO link for monk ninja-spy pathing. Just click on your race and it will show you how the game will progress your character if you make no alterations causing the path to be broken.
http://compendium.ddo.com/wiki/Path:Ninja_Spy
Quote from: Tpek on April 23, 2013, 11:56:14 AM
So what should I roll this time (since I'll be rolling a new char)?
A Druid mayhap? (I have it unlocked)
A Paladin?
A Monk?
A Ranger?
Druid is fun. I've got a lower level one. Healer/Fighter hybrid is always nice, but as with all things. Make a class you like to play and the game will be more fun.
Quote from: Windigo on April 23, 2013, 11:58:54 AM
I had a great time dungeon crawling with Biso' [pronounced Bee-zo] last night.
Our epic level fights were like freaking monty python sketches ... with a classic "oh oh" when I realized I no longer had a barbarian henchman to assist us
plus the sudden realization that the damn spider attacking our party that had super immunities to my melee attacks .... was actualy Biso' s summoned monster....
we did get some pretty good swag for our efforts too
Well my cleric was gone at the same point too and yet the heroic duo was able to slay many monsters and collect the loot!
For those of you who are not playing through Steam please post your character name here. That way Windy or I can friend you and send you the guild invite and also link up to quest.
So how will I find you folk at Gallablah or whatever?
See the first post. Although I made up Windy's name because I cannot remember it. Also just send me a tell through Steam and we can link up that way.
Zephii Borealus
I am playing Hippia a female human druid :P
(Got inspired by some thread in a certain part of the Grogheads forums).
I was able to find Hansig and Rapunzle through the Add-Friend option, though Rapunzle doesn't seem to be part of the Grogheads guild.
Rapunzle is the name I made up for Windy because I couldn't remember the actual name. Besides he's an elf and who can really tell the difference between a boy and girl elf?
His actual character name is in the post just above your last one Tpek.
Quote from: LongBlade on April 22, 2013, 10:45:36 AM
In previous MMOs I always enjoyed playing the healer. When the action starts, that's the one class that can't fcuk around.
I'd be watching people in DAoC chatting about this and that while their meat shields were whacking away at something. Meanwhile, I'm busy trying to figure out who needed a mana or health boost more, how much magic I had left, and OH-SHIT-AGGRO-IS-ON-ME stuff.
So I might also work on a cleric class so Nefaro and I can take turns, as I'm guessing the mechanics in DDO are probably similar in terms of buffs and such.
You can take a Cleric. As I said, I already have one so rolling up a different class would be fun for me too. Definitely enjoy playing a Rogue also, because I think that finding the Traps & Secret Doors in the game are a blast. It's one of the great features of DDO's 'scenarios' that other MMOs just don't have.
I'm quite flexible on character class. ;) Still need to d/l this sucker. I meant to leave it going overnight.
EDIT: If I get behind then forge on w/o me. I can always catch up whenever. Also.. there used to be a fancy Character Planner program floating about the net. If you want to min/max your late-game effectiveness, it can pay to read up on character creation tips and experiment spending your points in this little planner program. I just don't recall what it's named..
I've linked the character planner on post #1.
Windy ill be on again this evening at some point though I won't be playing as late. I didn't want to roll out of bed this morning. :)
Quote from: Bison on April 23, 2013, 03:18:42 PM
Windy ill be on again this evening at some point though I won't be playing as late. I didn't want to roll out of bed this morning. :)
sleep when your undead...
Quote from: Bison on April 23, 2013, 12:19:27 PM
Yeah. The paths are nice but the descriptions are vague.
LB here is the DDO link for monk ninja-spy pathing. Just click on your race and it will show you how the game will progress your character if you make no alterations causing the path to be broken.
http://compendium.ddo.com/wiki/Path:Ninja_Spy
Thanks!
Quote from: Bison on April 23, 2013, 03:18:42 PM
Windy ill be on again this evening at some point though I won't be playing as late. I didn't want to roll out of bed this morning. :)
Ping me when you guys team up.
Quote from: Bison on April 23, 2013, 02:13:10 PM
I've linked the character planner on post #1.
Ahh.. thanks!
I may not be joining anytime soon so carry on w/o me. Maybe I'll catch up later.
Well you're missing out on some nearing middle aged men reliving thier glorious geek youth.
Quote from: Bison on April 23, 2013, 06:35:24 PM
Well you're missing out on some nearing middle aged men reliving thier glorious geek youth.
Who you calling "nearing middle aged" :P
Quote from: TheCommandTent on April 23, 2013, 08:10:15 PM
Quote from: Bison on April 23, 2013, 06:35:24 PM
Well you're missing out on some nearing middle aged men reliving thier glorious geek youth.
Who you calling "nearing middle aged" :P
YOU!
B, I think Tent is like twelve. He's pretty young :-)
Whatever dude. He's close enough to the hilltop if he hangs with us.
Be honest you guys just keep me around to bring the age average down around here. :)
Zaharias Smithson 1st Level Cleric, at your service.
OK - I'm registered. Xisko, human fighter. Would rather have a spear & shield, but stuck w/ a longsword for now. Will futz w/ it more later when I have time. Still need to join the guild, but will worry about it later.
Alright after some issues I finally got in.
Let me introduce, Uori Greyspear, 1st Level Dwarven Fighter
Quote from: bayonetbrant on April 24, 2013, 06:16:54 AM
OK - I'm registered. Xisko, human fighter. Would rather have a spear & shield, but stuck w/ a longsword for now. Will futz w/ it more later when I have time. Still need to join the guild, but will worry about it later.
Pretty sure I read something that said only monsters can have spears. Could be wrong though. I am
supernoob as this is my first MMO evah!
Yeah the spear is not a weapon available to player characters.
Fighters tend to be two weapon, two handed, or sword and board. The flavor of the month has been two weapon fighters with khopesh, but I tend to buck the flavor of the month min/max characters and play what the hell I want to because it's more fun that way.
For example I have a halfling fighter. He's only uses light weapons; light mace, hammer, short swords, daggers. He's pretty craptacular compared to the uber builds but I have fun with him.
A drow, a tiefling, and a half-orc are standing on the roof of a burning building. Their only possible escape is to jump into a blanket held by a group of humans on the streets below.
The drow is the first to approach the edge. "Jump!" yell the humans. "It's your only chance!"
Seeing no other alternative, the drow jumps off the roof. The humans pull away the blanket, leaving the drow to splat on the street, dead.
Next is the tiefling. "Come on, you have to jump!" the humans shout.
"I don't think so," the tiefling responds. "You're just going to pull away the blanket and leave me to die!"
"No we're not!" the humans yell back. "It's just drow we don't like. We're fine with tieflings!"
Convinced, the tiefling jumps off and goes splat as the humans pull back the blanket.
Only the half-orc remains on top of the burning building. "Hurry up and jump or you're gonna burn!" the humans shout.
"Nothing you humans say is gonna convince me you won't pull away the blanket," the half-orc responds. "So before I jump, I want you to set the blanket on the ground and back away."
I take no credit for this joke. I stole this off something called the internet.
that sucks that humans can't use spears. my all-time favorite character was a half-elf spear & shield fighter with some ass-kicking at-will attacks that were pumped up by some combat feats.
One thing to note on DDO is that those characters you loved in PnP are not so viable in how the game is setup.
My all time favorite character was a 1/2 Orc Cleric/Thief. He only used items he found and loved copper. Bags and bags of copper. I'm trying to figure out a viable build similar to him in DDO.
Quote from: Bison on April 24, 2013, 07:48:41 PM
A drow, a tiefling, and a half-orc are standing on the roof of a burning building. Their only possible escape is to jump into a blanket held by a group of humans on the streets below.
The drow is the first to approach the edge. "Jump!" yell the humans. "It's your only chance!"
Seeing no other alternative, the drow jumps off the roof. The humans pull away the blanket, leaving the drow to splat on the street, dead.
Next is the tiefling. "Come on, you have to jump!" the humans shout.
"I don't think so," the tiefling responds. "You're just going to pull away the blanket and leave me to die!"
"No we're not!" the humans yell back. "It's just drow we don't like. We're fine with tieflings!"
Convinced, the tiefling jumps off and goes splat as the humans pull back the blanket.
Only the half-orc remains on top of the burning building. "Hurry up and jump or you're gonna burn!" the humans shout.
"Nothing you humans say is gonna convince me you won't pull away the blanket," the half-orc responds. "So before I jump, I want you to set the blanket on the ground and back away."
I take no credit for this joke. I stole this off something called the internet.
<chuckle>
I so totally suck at this game. Most of the time, I have no idea what I'm doing. And my mic is broken. Both of them :( Windy and Bison are very kind to be so patient.
You'll get it eventually. I was totally lost the first few times I played the game too.
Quote from: MetalDog on April 24, 2013, 11:23:58 PM
I so totally suck at this game. Most of the time, I have no idea what I'm doing. And my mic is broken. Both of them :( Windy and Bison are very kind to be so patient.
Don't worry this is my first time with MMO as well. Bison is good people and very helpful as I am sure Windy is as well I just haven't gotten to game with him yet.
I got carried away doing the starter quest and now can't meet up with everyone until ya'll clear the starter island. :) But I might make a second character for the starter island until everyone is caught up.
MMOs can be surprisingly complex.
Back in the day I can remember nearly making Dark Age of Camelot unplayable because I accidentally hit some hot keys that changed the UI. DDO looks a lot less prone to that kind of problem. Thankfully.
Even so there are a number of special attacks and stuff available that, if you've never seen them in an MMO, appear to be far more complicated than they really are. The good news is that you really can't mess things up at low levels. Eventually we'll probably have some encounters where we really need to know what we're doing. But early on there's not much to worry about.
Well all I can say is that you haven't adventured with Windy yet. He likes to ignore the herd of monsters chasing you around the dungeon so long as it allows him to loot the treasure chest. Elves...don't trust them...ever.
Quote from: Bison on April 25, 2013, 08:21:36 AMElves Windi ...don't trust them him...ever.
fixed that for you
Quote from: Bison on April 25, 2013, 08:21:36 AM
Well all I can say is that you haven't adventured with Windy yet. He likes to ignore the herd of monsters chasing you around the dungeon so long as it allows him to loot the treasure chest. Elves...don't trust them...ever.
If you're silly enough to wander off before I am satisfied that all the coppers have been accounted for....
and don't blame me for your aggrom management skills... or lack thereof
Quote from: bayonetbrant on April 25, 2013, 09:26:20 AM
Quote from: Bison on April 25, 2013, 08:21:36 AMElves Windi ...don't trust them him...ever.
fixed that for you
I warned you that keeping all those bars of soap would come to no good....
Quote from: Windigo on April 25, 2013, 12:21:12 PM
Quote from: Bison on April 25, 2013, 08:21:36 AM
Well all I can say is that you haven't adventured with Windy yet. He likes to ignore the herd of monsters chasing you around the dungeon so long as it allows him to loot the treasure chest. Elves...don't trust them...ever.
If you're silly enough to wander off before I am satisfied that all the coppers have been accounted for....
and don't blame me for your aggrom management skills... or lack thereof
The aggo is due to the monsters recognizing my awesome powers compared to your toothpick launcher. :p
Quote from: Bison on April 25, 2013, 12:57:00 PM
Quote from: Windigo on April 25, 2013, 12:21:12 PM
Quote from: Bison on April 25, 2013, 08:21:36 AM
Well all I can say is that you haven't adventured with Windy yet. He likes to ignore the herd of monsters chasing you around the dungeon so long as it allows him to loot the treasure chest. Elves...don't trust them...ever.
If you're silly enough to wander off before I am satisfied that all the coppers have been accounted for....
and don't blame me for your aggrom management skills... or lack thereof
The aggo is due to the monsters recognizing my awesome powers compared to your toothpick launcher. :p
if thats the case I suggest taking track and field as your next skill set....
Ha! No way! I'm going to learn how to stand behind you so you can go dual blade crazy on them before I rain down the fire.
Quote from: Bison on April 25, 2013, 01:39:16 PM
Ha! No way! I'm going to learn how to stand behind you so you can go dual blade crazy on them before I rain down the fire.
I got to my third level last night and have enough of an established character that I now have equipment envy..... will likely visit the DDO store sometime soon [i.e., payday] and buy my way to glory.
Any tips?
And that dual weild is crazy to watch with my aging eyes
Yeah we can talk about it in game. I'd read a few of the ranger builds on the forums being used from 2012 to now. Of course there will be alot of equipment that is crafted or raid related but you can get a feel of what to look for. Do a google search like ddo ranger build 2012. Most will be tempest and arcane variants.
Did I miss your post on how to friend you in-game or has Windy brainwashed you into grouping with him because of his awesome love of corrupt Global Warming databases?
Yeah. Just post your character name here LB. The folks who have characters in game so far are listed on post #1.
Quote from: LongBlade on April 25, 2013, 04:10:29 PM
Did I miss your post on how to friend you in-game or has Windy brainwashed you into grouping with him because of his awesome love of corrupt Global Warming databases?
you're just jealous that Biso' and I can play nice in DDO and not let our 'forum personas' bleed into it
WTF would a bleeding heart lib do in DDO? Heal both party members and the monsters??? Take all the treasure and disburse it to the party after [less 20% FOR TAXES]? Make the party clean up the dugeons afterwards ?
I do confess that I didn't have a background check that entitles me to use a bow capable of shooting 100+ arrows in one dungeon crawl. Nor did I get clearence from the town government to shoot within the municipal boundaries .....
I have Windy sworn to an oath of secrecy, which may never be devulged unless we can profit laugh at someone else's expense first.
Quote from: Bison on April 25, 2013, 05:33:03 PM
I have Windy sworn to an oath of secrecy, which may never be devulged unless we can profit laugh at someone else's expense first.
and its not about politics.... or women folk, or our confessed love for drinks with umbrellas
I have everyone on a friend list, so I should see you come online as long as I'm on Hansig. If you see me on Steam, just throw me a pm and I'll get on and invite you.
Brant you'll just need to add the names from post to your character's friends list and just pm us in game.
Quote from: Windigo on April 25, 2013, 05:34:22 PM
Quote from: Bison on April 25, 2013, 05:33:03 PM
I have Windy sworn to an oath of secrecy, which may never be devulged unless we can profit laugh at someone else's expense first.
and its not about politics.... or women folk, or our confessed love for drinks with umbrellas
or diet cookies.
Quote from: Bison on April 25, 2013, 05:37:45 PM
Quote from: Windigo on April 25, 2013, 05:34:22 PM
Quote from: Bison on April 25, 2013, 05:33:03 PM
I have Windy sworn to an oath of secrecy, which may never be devulged unless we can profit laugh at someone else's expense first.
and its not about politics.... or women folk, or our confessed love for drinks with umbrellas
or diet cookies.
*spew* those are not for me
LMAO
.... so are you guys off the island yet? :P
Well Windy and I could leave the starter island, but we are walking Metal through atm and LB once he's online at the same time.
I think we might need to roll another character or we'll out level some of the stuff on the otherside that is fun to run.
Quote from: Bison on April 25, 2013, 08:09:06 PM
I think we might need to roll another character or we'll out level some of the stuff on the otherside that is fun to run.
Should I hold off on using my main character then until everyone catches up?
If I have time tonight I'll roll a second character to use until we are off the island.
Yeah I would Tent. Windy and I are close and can finish out. I've got another character to help get folks through the starter area. The worst thing would be you have two characters to play.
Windy I found all the rare encounters last night in the wilderness area!
Quote from: Bison on April 26, 2013, 07:59:55 AM
Windy I found all the rare encounters last night in the wilderness area!
good... was on for a bit last night and did one dungeon... didn't see them
Quote from: Bison on April 26, 2013, 07:59:55 AM
Windy I found all the rare encounters last night in the wilderness area!
There is one more I can't find. I found all the locations but one rare encounter as eluded me and I've been all over the map.
Quote from: TheCommandTent on April 26, 2013, 03:36:41 PM
Quote from: Bison on April 26, 2013, 07:59:55 AM
Windy I found all the rare encounters last night in the wilderness area!
There is one more I can't find. I found all the locations but one rare encounter as eluded me and I've been all over the map.
go to the tavern in town... buy the red headed dame a drink .... she'll give you a rare encounter... har
Quote from: Windigo on April 26, 2013, 03:47:30 PM
Quote from: TheCommandTent on April 26, 2013, 03:36:41 PM
Quote from: Bison on April 26, 2013, 07:59:55 AM
Windy I found all the rare encounters last night in the wilderness area!
There is one more I can't find. I found all the locations but one rare encounter as eluded me and I've been all over the map.
go to the tavern in town... buy the red headed dame a drink .... she'll give you a rare encounter... har
I expected nothing less .... ::)
The rare encounters are random spawns. So if you don't see it; exit and return to it's location. Use the wiki to learn the locations of where to look in the wilderness area.
Quote from: Bison on April 26, 2013, 06:33:25 PM
The rare encounters are random spawns. So if you don't see it; exit and return to it's location. Use the wiki to learn the locations of where to look in the wilderness area.
I'll be on the look out.
What time do you guys think you'll be on tonight? I rolled up a second character and did the intro and first quest so I can play with guys stuck on or off the island.
Much thanks to Bison, Tent and Windi for shepherding me through a few adventures this evening. They are extremely patient. LB, sorry you were having trouble staying connected.
Good time last night gaming with the guys. MD it looks like you are getting the hang of everything.
LB to bad you lost connection when you did or you would have gotten some armor to replace those filthy rages you were wearing. :)
Well let's be honest. LB didn't miss too much after you yahoos discovered how to dance.
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They spent at least 20 minutes having a dance off.
Quote from: Bison on April 27, 2013, 10:03:14 AM
Well let's be honest. LB didn't miss too much after you yahoos discovered how to dance.
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They spent at least 20 minutes having a dance off.
That explains a lot. I may be a hopeless Star Trek geek but my laptop's security must have been protecting me from the nerdrageous dance off. I may be a geek, but I'm a
cool geek.
In our defense Bison started it. :P At least the rest of us had acceptable clothing on. ::)
Is everyone's class selection up-to-date on the first page?
I d/l'd it last night.. may jump in sometime soon.
Yes everyone except LB who has a monk.
Quote from: Bison on April 27, 2013, 07:59:38 PM
Yes everyone except LB who has a monk with an awesome tan.
fixed that for ya
Quote from: LongBlade on April 27, 2013, 08:11:46 PM
Quote from: Bison on April 27, 2013, 07:59:38 PM
Yes everyone except LB who has a monk with an awesome tan.
fixed that for ya
Tan like an albino ghost.
Is that Mel Smith?
Hrmm..
In that case, perhaps I'll roll up a Rogue. Because everyone loves extra loot.
Quote from: Bison on April 27, 2013, 07:59:38 PM
Yes everyone except LB who has a monk.
which more than anything explains why he didn't dance
Are you guys still getting 'Link Dead' on occasion?
I recall a somewhat regular problem of the client still running but going link dead after small packet loss and the latency slowly climbing despite obviously still getting updates from other people running around nearby. It was such weird behavior that I became convinced there was some wonky client netcode that would send the connection into a death spiral sometimes. It would always work just fine after I hard-exited the game and rejoined.
The mention of LB's disconnect just made me wonder if something like that has happened lately. *shrug*
I created a new Rogue on the Ghallanda server, so I'll see for myself. ;) What levels have you guys reached by now?? ???
Hi Welcome
It has been a few years since I have played DDO, but I might log on to Ghallanda this weekend or the next, to check out some of the new updates.
I'll have to create a new toon. A few of my old characters got merged into Khyber a while back and it has been a while since I have checked my account, let alone play.
I'll check back in when I get organised.