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

Making up for the lack of screenshots the last two sessions:

Lords of Dust and Spinner in Shadows Elite quests:

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and finished:

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Did I miss an announcement or something? I can't get into the game, I can't get DDO.com to load, and I can't get Turbine Inc website to load. Anyone else having problems, or just me?

Mousetrap wrote:

Did I miss an announcement or something? I can't get into the game, I can't get DDO.com to load, and I can't get Turbine Inc website to load. Anyone else having problems, or just me?

Not just you, not sure what is going on.

Not sure whether to be more re leaved it's not just me, or more concerned. Oh well, just have to wait and see, I suppose.

Mousetrap wrote:

Not sure whether to be more re leaved it's not just me, or more concerned. Oh well, just have to wait and see, I suppose.

Lotro is down too, they say it is a 3rd party routing error they have no control over but are trying to get their vendors to fix asap. Been going on 18 hours now.

I'm back in now, so whatever was messed up is fixed for now. Whew!

Into the Secret of the Artificers:
Party gathers:
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Glowing Gears:
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Cannon Ambush:
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Lair of the giant Golem (after we beat it):
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Nice Carpet!:
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Two sets of screenshots.

Schemes of the Enemy first:

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Then on to the Kings Forest in the Forgotten Realms

Entrance gateway
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Forest Tunnel
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Some pastoral scenes:
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The Darkening around the Drow
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and in the Crypts
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Hey, I just wanted to let you know, I am taking a break from MMOs for a while. I tried playing GW2 over the weekend and it made me miserable. MMOs bring out the things I hate the most about myself, indecisiveness, over analyzing, and social anxiety.

I must have spend 10+ hours reading wikis and forums trying to get back into GW2 on Saturday and only put in a couple hours of actually playing. I do the same in DDO and constantly reroll characters, spend twice as much time reading the about the game then actually playing, and then getting stressed out because I wasted time that I could have spent in game.

I need to adjust my gaming habbits and want to go back to to less social games for a while to see if that helps my mood and anxiety.

Sorry to drop this on you guys.

Arovin wrote:

Hey, I just wanted to let you know, I am taking a break from MMOs for a while. I tried playing GW2 over the weekend and it made me miserable. MMOs bring out the things I hate the most about myself, indecisiveness, over analyzing, and social anxiety.

I must have spend 10+ hours reading wikis and forums trying to get back into GW2 on Saturday and only put in a couple hours of actually playing. I do the same in DDO and constantly reroll characters, spend twice as much time reading the about the game then actually playing, and then getting stressed out because I wasted time that I could have spent in game.

I need to adjust my gaming habbits and want to go back to to less social games for a while to see if that helps my mood and anxiety.

Sorry to drop this on you guys.

Games are supposed to be fun. If they stop being fun, then pulling back and taking a breather is absolutely the right thing to do. Figure out what is fun, and do that. If you want to come back, I'm pretty sure the game will be still here for you. If you don't, then best of luck with what you do find! Take care of yourself.

Atoning up for the previous picture dump, a single shot this time, from the Kings Forest:

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Arovin wrote:

Hey, I just wanted to let you know, I am taking a break from MMOs for a while. I tried playing GW2 over the weekend and it made me miserable. MMOs bring out the things I hate the most about myself, indecisiveness, over analyzing, and social anxiety.

I must have spend 10+ hours reading wikis and forums trying to get back into GW2 on Saturday and only put in a couple hours of actually playing. I do the same in DDO and constantly reroll characters, spend twice as much time reading the about the game then actually playing, and then getting stressed out because I wasted time that I could have spent in game.

I need to adjust my gaming habbits and want to go back to to less social games for a while to see if that helps my mood and anxiety.

Sorry to drop this on you guys.

I agree with what Mousetrap said. I would add that you shouldn't feel pressure to know the game perfectly, especially since the game keeps changing. Try just playing and learning as you go. (I know I hang back and follow a bit too much, which I guess is something that I can work on.) We can help each other out -- that's what D&D and GWJ are about!

more Kings forest:

Green Dragon!

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Midnight Swim:

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Hi guys,
Unfortunately I also will have to cut down my playing, for a few reasons. I need to take a couple courses for work, and in January my wife and I are expecting a baby. So I'll only be able to play sporadically from now on.
Playing with you guys has been immensely fun! I'll keep an eye on this list and join when I can, but in general I need to cut myself down to one night of gaming a week.

ZKopf wrote:

Hi guys,
Unfortunately I also will have to cut down my playing, for a few reasons. I need to take a couple courses for work, and in January my wife and I are expecting a baby. So I'll only be able to play sporadically from now on.
Playing with you guys has been immensely fun! I'll keep an eye on this list and join when I can, but in general I need to cut myself down to one night of gaming a week.

Real life has an annoying habit of getting in the way of gaming ; congratulations on the upcoming next generation gamer! We'll see you whenever next.

Under the well in Forgotten Realms:

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Into the Underdark:

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Trying to catch Majeure up: running Thread of the Weave instances

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Waterfall just outside the Drow city, in the glorious underdark:

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Sunrise in the Forgotten Realms:

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The Portal Opens, final Drow city quest:

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Sorry folks. Looks like I'm out again this Tuesday.

4dSwissCheese wrote:

Sorry folks. Looks like I'm out again this Tuesday.

That's fine. There are some low level alt's lounging around Orien I should blow some dust off of. See you Thursday I hope.

Mousetrap wrote:

That's fine. There are some low level alt's lounging around Orien I should blow some dust off of. See you Thursday I hope.

Yup - I should be there for Thursday. Hope you guys had fun tonight.

A couple of screens from exploring the demonweb zone:

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Some quick shots from the Demonweb:

The Deal and the Demon:
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Reclaiming the Rift:
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Sunset on the High Road

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Lost in the swamp:

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Theatre season is starting, so I probably won't be on Tuesdays or Thursdays for a month or so. I'll probably be back around the middle of November (and will still be on randomly other days). Hope to see you around!

No worries. Things have started getting pretty busy on my end too, so I'm going to take a couple weeks off as well.

Should be back online tonight. Our show is cancelled, as the auditorium we perform in has failed a safety inspection, and is closed for an unknown length of time. Sad for our theatre group, but hey, get back to DDO a week early!

Yikes. That sucks about your show, Mousetrap. Sadly, I can't make it tonight, but I should be good for Thursday.