DDO Orien server catch all - Static Group nights Tuesday and Thursday 8PM EST

Zudz wrote:

...I remember trying this briefly at launch and it didn't grab me...

was that the 2006 original, or the 2009 free to play? Either way it has updated fairly extensively.

I had some sh*tty personal things happen that prevented me from being on Tuesday, but they have been resolved, and I should be on tonight.

Mousetrap wrote:
Zudz wrote:

...I remember trying this briefly at launch and it didn't grab me...

was that the 2006 original, or the 2009 free to play? Either way it has updated fairly extensively.

The 2006 original. Got home later than I intended tonight and I didn't get to play DDO or Demon's Souls. Guess I'll put it off until Saturday. Gotta finish prepping for Sunday's Pathfinder game tomorrow.

Haven't been on lately, sorry all, mostly beta testing Marvel, but also PoE and now my D&D night has been moved to Tuesday nights so I'll try to be on next Thursday.

Zudz wrote:

...Got home later than I intended tonight and I didn't get to play DDO or Demon's Souls. Guess I'll put it off until Saturday. Gotta finish prepping for Sunday's Pathfinder game tomorrow.

Once you create your character(s), post their names and we can add you to the guild (it will send an in game mail 'sigil' you can click to join).

Hi guys! (Jugrik/Alanjia here.) I won't be able to play tonight -- gotta work on some homework for a Win8 programming class, but I hope to make it Tues. Have fun!

Got a co-worker to join us. Not sure if he will be on tonight, but I will help him get leveled up over the next week or so.

He is playing a cleric.

Sorry I missed last night. Will be on over the weekend and then again for Tuesdays group.

Arovin wrote:

Sorry I missed last night. Will be on over the weekend and then again for Tuesdays group.

We ran the prison of the planes in Gianthold; and the minotaur lair. Wanted to leave the Necropolis 3 capstone for when you were here.

Sorry all, not sure when I'll be back to playing....Neverwinter owns me now....

Mousetrap wrote:
Arovin wrote:

Sorry I missed last night. Will be on over the weekend and then again for Tuesdays group.

We ran the prison of the planes in Gianthold; and the minotaur lair. Wanted to leave the Necropolis 3 capstone for when you were here.

Thanks, better than running it by myself. The more of us there the more chanced one of us gets the Docent of Defiance.

I got home much later than I thought I would and just went straight to bed last night.

We got a lot accomplished last night and had a ton of fun. Thanks guys.

Today is patch day, remember to patch before Thursday night.

Update 18 release notes

Not a ton of new things but there are cosmetic armor slots now on your character sheet

They are getting ready for the expansion this summer and the pre-orders are up now:

Shadowfell Conspiracy Pre-purchase

I would like to give this game a try... I found Neverwinter entertaining but its just not DD "enough" so I thought I would look at DDO.. any good beginner tips/tricks website I can pursue?

TheGameguru wrote:

I would like to give this game a try... I found Neverwinter entertaining but its just not DD "enough" so I thought I would look at DDO.. any good beginner tips/tricks website I can pursue?

The DDO wiki has the best organized info out there.

Here is a general overview of all the classes and races.

Here is the wiki starter guides for each class which goes into more detail.

Those give you the basics about each classes role, useful feats and how the class is commonly used if taken on a multi-class build.

Here is a list of all the quests sorted by adventure pack. All the Free to play quests are at the top. If you join us for group night and we are running a quest you do not have access to we can get you a guest pass to that quest for the night.

The official DDO forums are a mess right now as they just upgraded. Google searches and links you find to old forum posts will not work without manually editing the url. They need to fix their redirects.

For now, if you find a guide that links to the forums replace /en/ in the url with /forums/ and that will usually fix it.

Early game content can be very repetitive and is one of DDO's major weak points. Just about every low level quest has you going through the sewers and gives a bad impression to new players. Don't get discouraged, the quests become much more involved and interesting once you make it to the marketplace around level 5 or 6.

Most of us are always working on alts and don't have a problem dropping onto a lower level character to help new players. Post your character name and any one of us can send you a guild invite.

Safehouse made friends with some Owlbears tonight

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Arovin wrote:
TheGameguru wrote:

I would like to give this game a try... I found Neverwinter entertaining but its just not DD "enough" so I thought I would look at DDO.. any good beginner tips/tricks website I can pursue?

The DDO wiki has the best organized info out there.

Here is a general overview of all the classes and races.

Here is the wiki starter guides for each class which goes into more detail.

Those give you the basics about each classes role, useful feats and how the class is commonly used if taken on a multi-class build.

Here is a list of all the quests sorted by adventure pack. All the Free to play quests are at the top. If you join us for group night and we are running a quest you do not have access to we can get you a guest pass to that quest for the night.

The official DDO forums are a mess right now as they just upgraded. Google searches and links you find to old forum posts will not work without manually editing the url. They need to fix their redirects.

For now, if you find a guide that links to the forums replace /en/ in the url with /forums/ and that will usually fix it.

Early game content can be very repetitive and is one of DDO's major weak points. Just about every low level quest has you going through the sewers and gives a bad impression to new players. Don't get discouraged, the quests become much more involved and interesting once you make it to the marketplace around level 5 or 6.

Most of us are always working on alts and don't have a problem dropping onto a lower level character to help new players. Post your character name and any one of us can send you a guild invite.

Cool thanks.. what class would you recommend.. I tend to not enjoy playing back line ranged dps/caster type classes.. I like melee but I prefer hybrid melee class over the pure DPS type classes.. I particularly enjoy bringing utility to a group.. (my main in EQ was a Bard, in WoW a melee Shaman).. Is there a hybrid melee healer?? Seems like perhaps a Bard would fit that role?

TheGameguru wrote:

Cool thanks.. what class would you recommend.. I tend to not enjoy playing back line ranged dps/caster type classes.. I like melee but I prefer hybrid melee class over the pure DPS type classes.. I particularly enjoy bringing utility to a group.. (my main in EQ was a Bard, in WoW a melee Shaman).. Is there a hybrid melee healer?? Seems like perhaps a Bard would fit that role?

Bard, Clerics, Druids, and Favored Souls can all be built to melee and heal at the same time. Clerics will have the easiest time healing while on the front lines due to their Radiant servant healing aura they get at level 12.

Bards will do most of their healing via scrolls and wands since they have a very small spell point pool to work with. Bards can melee pretty well, have great party buffs and CC that is amazing but takes a lot of effort to use correctly.

For your playstyle I would suggest a Human Bard that uses Two Handed slashing weapons.

Here is a basic build for a Melee/Buffing/Healing bard up to level 7:

[u][b]Character Plan by DDO Character Planner Version 03.16.01[/b][/u] [url=http://www.rjcyberware.com/DDO]DDO Character Planner Home Page[/url] Level 7 True Neutral Human Male (7 Bard) Hit Points: 122 Spell Points: 252 BAB: 5\5\10 Fortitude: 5 Reflex: 4 Will: 4 [B] Starting Abilities Base Stats [U](28 Point)[/U] [U](Level 1)[/U] [/B] [COLOR=navy]Strength 16 Dexterity 8 Constitution 16 Intelligence 10 Wisdom 8 Charisma 14 [/COLOR] [B][U]Level 1 (Bard)[/U][/B] [COLOR=peru]Skill: [/COLOR][COLOR=navy]Balance (+4)[/COLOR] [COLOR=peru]Skill: [/COLOR][COLOR=navy]Concentration (+4)[/COLOR] [COLOR=peru]Skill: [/COLOR][COLOR=navy]Haggle (+4)[/COLOR] [COLOR=peru]Skill: [/COLOR][COLOR=navy]Jump (+4)[/COLOR] [COLOR=peru]Skill: [/COLOR][COLOR=navy]Perform (+4)[/COLOR] [COLOR=peru]Skill: [/COLOR][COLOR=navy]Tumble (+4)[/COLOR] [COLOR=peru]Skill: [/COLOR][COLOR=navy]Use Magic Device (+4)[/COLOR] [COLOR=dodgerblue]Feat: [/COLOR][COLOR=navy](Selected) Extend Spell[/COLOR] [COLOR=dodgerblue]Feat: 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[COLOR=peru]Skill: [/COLOR][COLOR=navy]Tumble (+1)[/COLOR] [COLOR=peru]Skill: [/COLOR][COLOR=navy]Use Magic Device (+1)[/COLOR] [COLOR=dodgerblue]Feat: [/COLOR][COLOR=navy](Selected) Power Attack[/COLOR] [COLOR=limegreen]Spell (1): [/COLOR][COLOR=navy]Focusing Chant[/COLOR] [B][U]Level 4 (Bard)[/U][/B] [COLOR=orchid]Ability Raise: [/COLOR][COLOR=navy]STR[/COLOR] [COLOR=peru]Skill: [/COLOR][COLOR=navy]Balance (+1)[/COLOR] [COLOR=peru]Skill: [/COLOR][COLOR=navy]Concentration (+1)[/COLOR] [COLOR=peru]Skill: [/COLOR][COLOR=navy]Haggle (+1)[/COLOR] [COLOR=peru]Skill: [/COLOR][COLOR=navy]Jump (+1)[/COLOR] [COLOR=peru]Skill: [/COLOR][COLOR=navy]Perform (+1)[/COLOR] [COLOR=peru]Skill: [/COLOR][COLOR=navy]Tumble (+1)[/COLOR] [COLOR=peru]Skill: [/COLOR][COLOR=navy]Use Magic Device (+1)[/COLOR] [COLOR=limegreen]Spell (2): [/COLOR][COLOR=navy]Blur[/COLOR] [COLOR=limegreen]Spell (2): [/COLOR][COLOR=navy]Cure Moderate Wounds[/COLOR] [B][U]Level 5 (Bard)[/U][/B] [COLOR=peru]Skill: [/COLOR][COLOR=navy]Balance (+1)[/COLOR] [COLOR=peru]Skill: [/COLOR][COLOR=navy]Concentration (+1)[/COLOR] [COLOR=peru]Skill: [/COLOR][COLOR=navy]Haggle (+1)[/COLOR] [COLOR=peru]Skill: [/COLOR][COLOR=navy]Jump (+1)[/COLOR] [COLOR=peru]Skill: [/COLOR][COLOR=navy]Perform (+1)[/COLOR] [COLOR=peru]Skill: [/COLOR][COLOR=navy]Tumble (+1)[/COLOR] [COLOR=peru]Skill: [/COLOR][COLOR=navy]Use Magic Device (+1)[/COLOR] [COLOR=limegreen]Spell (1): [/COLOR][COLOR=navy]Remove Fear[/COLOR] [COLOR=limegreen]Spell (2): [/COLOR][COLOR=navy]Rage[/COLOR] [B][U]Level 6 (Bard)[/U][/B] [COLOR=peru]Skill: [/COLOR][COLOR=navy]Balance (+1)[/COLOR] [COLOR=peru]Skill: [/COLOR][COLOR=navy]Concentration (+1)[/COLOR] [COLOR=peru]Skill: [/COLOR][COLOR=navy]Haggle (+1)[/COLOR] [COLOR=peru]Skill: [/COLOR][COLOR=navy]Jump (+1)[/COLOR] [COLOR=peru]Skill: [/COLOR][COLOR=navy]Perform (+1)[/COLOR] [COLOR=peru]Skill: [/COLOR][COLOR=navy]Tumble (+1)[/COLOR] [COLOR=peru]Skill: [/COLOR][COLOR=navy]Use Magic Device (+1)[/COLOR] 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[COLOR=dimgray]Enhancement: [/COLOR][COLOR=navy]Bard Inspired Bravery I[/COLOR] [COLOR=dimgray]Enhancement: [/COLOR][COLOR=navy]Bard Inspired Bravery II[/COLOR] [COLOR=dimgray]Enhancement: [/COLOR][COLOR=navy]Bard Inspired Damage I[/COLOR] [COLOR=dimgray]Enhancement: [/COLOR][COLOR=navy]Bard Lingering Song I[/COLOR] [COLOR=dimgray]Enhancement: [/COLOR][COLOR=navy]Bard Warchanter I[/COLOR] [COLOR=dimgray]Enhancement: [/COLOR][COLOR=navy]Human Adaptability Strength I[/COLOR] [COLOR=dimgray]Enhancement: [/COLOR][COLOR=navy]Human Improved Recovery I[/COLOR] [COLOR=dimgray]Enhancement: [/COLOR][COLOR=navy]Racial Toughness I[/COLOR] [COLOR=dimgray]Enhancement: [/COLOR][COLOR=navy]Racial Toughness II[/COLOR] [COLOR=dimgray]Enhancement: [/COLOR][COLOR=navy]Bard Song Magic I[/COLOR] [COLOR=dimgray]Enhancement: [/COLOR][COLOR=navy]Bard Energy of the Music I[/COLOR] [COLOR=dimgray]Enhancement: [/COLOR][COLOR=navy]Bard Wand and Scroll Mastery I[/COLOR]

Bards don't normally have proficiency with Great swords and Great Axes, but with the spell masters touch you can use them anyways.

TheGameguru wrote:

Cool thanks.. what class would you recommend.. I tend to not enjoy playing back line ranged dps/caster type classes.. I like melee but I prefer hybrid melee class over the pure DPS type classes.. I particularly enjoy bringing utility to a group.. (my main in EQ was a Bard, in WoW a melee Shaman).. Is there a hybrid melee healer?? Seems like perhaps a Bard would fit that role?

you could also do a Ranger (Tempest) - the two weapon path; but they don't get any spells until 4th - might be a bit slow.

Edit: come to think of it, Paladins get lay on hands around level 2 or 3. Lots of options

How about Light Monk?

Monk, ranger, paladin, artificer and even rogues can provide healing support if built for it.

Monk heals through light attacks and finishing moves and can also remove most ailments.

Paladins and rangers can provide some healing with the lower level cures, but their spell points are better saved for buffing and utility. Paladins have a bunch of short term buffs they need to keep up on themselves in combat. The lay on hands is a good "oh sh*t" button for emergencies. Any other healing through these classes will come from wands of the spells they have access to.

For artificer, bard, and rogue there primary healing capabilities come from the UMD skill and the Wand and Scroll mastery. This allows them to use wands and scrolls they normally could not (Such as Heal) at up to 175% the normal efficiency.

All are valid options.

Fyi running a bit late at an appointment tonight will probably be home in time to jump on around 8:30.

Edit: made it home just in time!

Sorry about dropping today folks. My provider decided to take a crap, and just now came back up

ertic wrote:

Sorry about dropping today folks. My provider decided to take a crap, and just now came back up

With all the thunderstorms across the continent, we figured it was a power outage or something (perhaps it was on your providers side).

Savage warforged warlord

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Sorry for having been late and grumpy last night. I have not been in a good head space lately.

That quest series did cheer me up a bit, it is one of my favorites. Hope we are up to the task of surviving the boss on Thursday.

I think I'll break out the festivus cookies. I'm pretty sure that could give the barbarian an extra +10 to Strength at least for a little while; I should probably use some of the other consumables I seem to hold onto eternally without ever using them (hello wands of Stoneskin).

Yeah, there were a couple things I should have done, but didn't remember until the next day. Like hitting Empower Spell, Stoneskin... should have surrounded the party with a bunch of walls of fire, too.

I feel like I played ok in the boss fight, but my gear was lacking. I don't have a good byeshk axe to bypass the DR.

Anyways, I'm a maybe for tomorrow. An old friend is in town and we might be meeting up.

FYI bug fix patch today. They are having launcher issues at the moment, hopefully it will be cleared up by the time we start playing.

Good job taking down Yaulthoon

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