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For the low low price of 30 past lives, you too can get 10 more racial AP. In all seriousness, it is more customization/something to do for long time players and that is really nothing to complain about, but it is a massive time investment and the return is really small, especially compared to iconic TRing.
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They also buffed the racial trees a decent bit it seems like. Total stat bonuses for 2 to all races: +2 con, +2 int, +2 dex, +2 cha, +1 str, +1 wisdom So you get almost a Completionists feat worth of stat bonuses for 20 more past lives (as well as +1 to some skills, who cares) without eating up a feat slot. That could let you qualify for some feats and make some weider builds I guess, but yeah it's not exactly enticing if you're not full on past lives already. Racial also means going back to level 1 instead of 15 of course. So hooray for having to craft more newbie gear for the pre-raid gear levels I guess. Not we're likely to ever bother. These seems like very good changes quote:
As for the inventory thing, it's a Known Issue: Racial Reincarnation currently preserves items in your inventory and does not create a TR Cache. (Meant to mimic a Heroic True but currently mimics a Lesser) DemonMage fucked around with this message at 22:52 on Mar 7, 2017 |
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Scott McNeil did a really good job narrating the Shadowfell expansion dungeons. Whoever did the Cannith trials was good too (not sure because the voice credits aren't very detailed).
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Someone posting the notes to reddit had the skill bonus for racial reincarnation at +2, not +1, which is a bit more impactful if true. Also liking the racial enhancement changes. Warforged getting some nice updates there.
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Got a guild member that has almost every reincarnation done on multiple characters, he deleted all his sub level 20 gear a while ago since it was useless to him.  I wish they front loaded like all the other TR types instead of backloading, I'd be down for 10 TR's plus a few extras for specific things but 30 is a bit much.
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So I transferred to Ghalanda because the (my) night time pop on Argo was just not there, couldn't ever get a group for anything. Lost the items that were still in my TR cache at the time though, that was an unexpected result! Hopefully the ticket I logged will get it back, but there was no warning I would need to empty it.
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They do warn you of that on their official guide for it and on the unofficial wiki... but that's real lovely and they should list the restrictions out in the UI. They could have easily put the list of poo poo to worry about on the Confirm screen. So hopefully you get that back sooner rather than later and that you can find some groups!
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Realizing this is a fairly mature game - having never played this, can a new player still reasonably start and not be completely unable to find folks to group with these days? I saw the advice re: drag a buddy in and I may do that as well, but would appreciate any starting-out advice for the current state.
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They just added racial reincarnation so you may see a higher than average number of low levels around now. Don't know if that extends to low level groups as they may already have a group or are solo blitzing for max speed. Ideally you'd build your own group of people. You don't particularly need more than two people and you can get by solo, but it's more fun the more people you have.
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Tremek posted:Realizing this is a fairly mature game - having never played this, can a new player still reasonably start and not be completely unable to find folks to group with these days? I saw the advice re: drag a buddy in and I may do that as well, but would appreciate any starting-out advice for the current state. Depends on the server. I have moved to Ghalanda and I am seeing groups at all levels all the time. Let people know you are a new player and they will prove understanding (at least my experience).
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I had an idea for a ranger/bard/fighter axe thrower, taking advantage of the easy access ranger has to 20% doubleshot, the ludicrously good crit profile that level 3 bard gets through swashbuckling, and 6 levels of fighter for extra feats and defence. The skills are a bit of a crapshoot - I just tried to keep Heal and UMD maxed, I could probably spread the levels out a bit better to ensure a better spread of abilities staying at max level instead of wasting points, but at the same time I kind of want 11 ranger ASAP to unlock IPS at level 15. I have planned this as a Dwarf, because of TYWA and the extra HP from doing so, although admittedly this is something of a flavour choice and going Dragonborn or Human is probably better for the extra feat or higher starting strength and charisma (although, Brutal Throw would then become a necessary feat, and swapping to D'born might not free up much AP as going Human would). Anyway, thoughts? My theorycrafting efforts in the past have been...questionable...but coming off a pure ranger life, where I used a Bow of Sinew very successfully all the way to 26, I think a throwing axe with 1d6 base (compared to 1d8), and 16-18x4, 19-20x7 crit profile will be quite comparable, although it will lack the imbue arrow damage (but conversely gets an extra 60% attack speed later) in heroic levels. You can get the elemental arrow imbues to apply to thrown weapons, but it's a bug and I don't want to be relying on something like that. pre:axe me a question
11/6/3 Ranger/Fighter/Bard
Chaotic Good Dwarf
Level Order
1. Ranger 6. Bard 11. Ranger 16. Fighter
2. Bard 7. Ranger 12. Ranger 17. Fighter
3. Ranger 8. Ranger 13. Ranger 18. Fighter
4. Fighter 9. Ranger 14. Ranger 19. Fighter
5. Ranger 10. Bard 15. Ranger 20. Fighter
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36pt Tome Level Up
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Strength 10 +6 4: CON
Dexterity 15 +6 8: CON
Constitution 20 +6 12: CON
Intelligence 12 +6 16: CON
Wisdom 10 +6 20: CON
Charisma 10 +6 24: CON
28: CON
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R B R F R B R R R B R R R R R F F F F F
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
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Heal 4 6 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 23
UMD 2 2 3 1 4 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 23
Perform 5 4 2 2 ½ 1½ 1½ 1½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 20
Bluff 2 1½ 3½ 3½ 1½ 2 1 1 1 1 18
Jump 4 3 2 1 1 11
Concent 4 4
Spot 4 4
Balance 2 2
Tumble 2 2
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28 7 7 3 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 5 5 5 5 5
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1 : Quick Draw
1 Ranger : Favored Enemy: Undead
3 : Point Blank Shot
4 Fighter: Weapon Focus: Thrown
6 : Empower Healing Spell
8 Ranger : Favored Enemy: Evil Outsider
9 : Improved Critical: Thrown
12 : Precision
14 Ranger : Favored Enemy: Construct
15 : Quicken Spell
16 Fighter: Dodge
18 : Mobility
18 Fighter: Weapon Specialization: Thrown
20 Fighter: Shot on the Run
21 Epic : Overwhelming Critical
24 Epic : Combat Archery
26 Destiny: Holy Strike
27 Epic : Blinding Speed
28 Destiny: Doubleshot
29 Destiny: Harbinger of Chaos
30 Epic : Epic Reflexes
30 Legend : Scion of: Arborea
Enhancements (80 AP)
Deepwood Stalker (38 AP)
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Looks okay to me! Throwing Weapons main problem has always been their lack of good weapons and scaling from what I remember. Lots of things just didn't apply to them but I think most of those have gotten fixed/changed these days. I don't think it would be better than a bow build but nothing jumps out at me as terrible or anything! Were you able to get your stuff back by the way?
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DemonMage posted:Looks okay to me! Throwing Weapons main problem has always been their lack of good weapons and scaling from what I remember. Lots of things just didn't apply to them but I think most of those have gotten fixed/changed these days. I don't think it would be better than a bow build but nothing jumps out at me as terrible or anything! Nope, SSG were no help at all. Not at all interested in the problem, and it took 1-2 weeks to get a response each time. Having thought on this build more, going full Dex for attack and hit is probably better. Not sure if that necessitates using a different race, staying dwarf would at least allow me to try both variants out at the cost of a lesser heart, but it's just cleaner to go full Dex.
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Is there anyone around to throw a guild invite on Argnossen? Rhutt The Unseen
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Playing this for the first time ever and it's pretty fun but the inventory UI gives me a headache. Is there a mod or something to simplify it? Also, I guess a guild inv would be cool too. Baaldanders on Argnossen.
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The only UI modding you can do is EQ style texture skinning. Nothing functional. They went real lax on modding for AC and took a hard modding stance on this. There is a tab for a list inventory if you don't like the grid style also. I'll send you an invite later once the servers are back up if someone doesn't beat me to it though!
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About how long would y'all say it takes to get a feel for what the game is like? Like some people say this or that game changes dramatically after X level, or X zone. I've been missing D&D and tried this out, currently have a random paladin poking around in the newbie town with sahuagin, did a few quests. I like the game so far (the whole dungeon master voiceover doing silly voices for the sahuagin necromancers was  ), but I don't particularly want to stick with humans/skinny humans/short humans and will probably buy a race unlock for something wackier to stick with long-term. Just not sure how far in I should get before I make a decision about spending cash.(I know you can earn shop points free but I'd rather save that for class unlocks and adventures.)
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The core gameplay loop doesn't really change from what you see in the starting area. The areas get prettier, the quests get longer (until you know them generally) and the stories get better in some places though (like Harbinger of Madness)! End game there is two-group raiding to do (12 people) but it's not required. You can instead do reincarnation to make your character more powerful in small incremental ways. Being mid-high level is a lot more fun than low levels though, since you've got access to more of your class abilities/enhancements and if you're reincarnating your fancy named items/raid gear from past lives. DemonMage fucked around with this message at 02:22 on May 10, 2017 |
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Thanks! I do like the sound of that.  Will shop/reroll later and see about a guild invite, if there's room.
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There's no real limit to guild size, just post a character name here and someone will invite you! Guild activity is very low as discussed before, but the buffs are really nice!
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i'm glad you guys maintain the guild for the 1-2 months out of the year i play. salute.
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Settled on dragonborn for my purchase, rerolled on the goon server as Zehavi (paladin) and Jabir (wiz), I'll be on as one or the other for a bit if anyone's around to invite. Couldn't bring myself to play sorc when I had the option of being an awesome necromancer that can try every spell in the game  . Though lizard wizard isn't too bad - with two pets, mage armor, a protection ring and Insightful Reflexes my 6 dex doesn't even matter.Would the hit point boosts from the dragonborn tree stack with the hit point boosts from the necromancer one?
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Mailed you invites to both characters! As a general rule enhancements stack unless they specify a bonus type or being mutually exclusive. So yeah they'll stack.
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DemonMage posted:Mailed you invites to both characters! You know, I think I even read about being able to just mail guild invites instead and then completely forgot about it.  Thanks!DemonMage posted:As a general rule enhancements stack unless they specify a bonus type or being mutually exclusive. So yeah they'll stack. Oh good. Wasn't sure if they kept that from the tabletop rules, might be fun to toughen up a bit.
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Enhancements are kind of the exception to the rule in that you can assume they will stack, but outside of that a lot of other things won't. Bonus types are very important in this game. As an example, on equipment most stat boosts are of the 'enhancement' type (completely separate to your character enhancements, they really should have picked a different term), so while they are easy to get, only the biggest bonus will apply. But, you can have an enhancement boost stack with an insight bonus,and/or a Quality bonus. High end gearing is all about stacking the poo poo out of those things, so don't worry about it for now. Just assume that if it's on something you are wearing, you can only get that bonus once, and only the largest will apply. Once you get more experience, you will see how it works in greater detail.
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Getting a friend into the game now too.  They're like me and plan to buy one of the cooler races if they stick around, maybe warforged. We've been trying to work out what kind of antics you could do with a warforged wizard - are the body plating upgrade feats something you can respec into later via that mind flayer NPC, or do you just have to take it at level one and eat the arcane failure chance until you can reduce it? (Or do you not have to take it at level one? The wiki is kind of unclear depending on which page you look at.)
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You have to take the body feat at level 1 IIRC, but you can use Fred to respec it into the level 1 feat you choose later, as long as that feat wasn't used as a prerequisite for a later feat.
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The body feat can be taken at any feat level (1,3,6,9, etc). Warforged are super cool.
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Upcoming Artificer/Battle Engineer changes.quote:Base class: Some pretty solid changes there overall. Triple duration Endless Fusillade too. quote:You didn't mention the poor Iron Defenders here, they're still terrible!
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Yeah those changes are nice. BE tree also got a much needed overhaul, and they can now also specialise in 1h bludgeoning weapons which is some nice variety. Int modifier sunder and trip attacks are also nice! Should be a lot less boring playing a melee arti now.
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The trip also scales off sunder bonuses too. Which is super nice if it's not a mistake in the text.
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It's not! I listened to the Livestream they did going over the notes and it was specifically noted that was intended so that people would find it easier to consolidate gear.
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Does anyone still play this? I'm interested in playing.
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Valisti and I are kind in a holding pattern with DDO until the new expansion (details) hit at least. I'm hoping that might be enough to push us to come back, but maybe we're finally just done with it. I don't know. I still think it's a Really Good game, we've just played a ton of it. So it's hard to get pulled back in with reduced time and so many good options.
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I'm on every now and then (Punchabear), but mostly during the day EU time, so no big chances to mingle
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I just got the game and me and a friend wanna play. Was hoping some goons still played to show us the ropes.
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I'm still on a fair amount of time, I keep leaving and coming back, but I'm currently on my back phase
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Cleric Domains. Favored Soul improvements. There's a lot of domains there that seem great. They've done a really solid job with those. The Favored Soul improvements seem really good too. Possibly too good. Hard to say. Extra 200 HP at level 20, extra +100 for 30. Seems... pretty loving substantial. Or double that in SP. If you're pure Favored Soul anyways. Also: quote:The current plan is that among the greater body of content coming up in the expansion there are two dungeons where you can specifically enter Castle Ravenloft and experience* story within the castle itself, and a raid where you can enter the castle and experience* story as well. This seems like a good way to go. Still wish they'd never added two group raid content in DDO, but at least an iconic part of the expansion won't be stuck behind a raid. DemonMage fucked around with this message at 07:00 on Aug 5, 2017 |
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Feel I need something new. Downloading this. That said I haven't played D&D since P&P days (unless counting NWN) about 20-30 years ago. No idea about these new fangled simplified rules, but hey it's free (Who am I kidding, I will be tossing cash at it)
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Fog Tripper posted:Feel I need something new. Downloading this. It's a technically 'free to play' but yeah, the monthly VIP subscription is basically required. That being said, it's a hell of a lot of fun game for at least awhile. It has a burnout stage, but there is an insane amount of content in this game to get through before you feel like you've done everything. In the beginning don't feel pressured trying Elite mode, you will get destroyed until you have the gear and knowledge on how to deal with the very-not-PNP damage getting thrown at you. If you go VIP, I'd recommend trying Druid as a starting character. They are very self contained but can do decent damage and you have a ton of options on how to play. A mechanic thief is another good starting character as you can deal with the traps you will find and kill from range, but until you get a lot of gear to boost your skills you will never see the Elite mode ones. Seriously, any class works but having built in heals without relying on a Henchmen's dumb AI means a lot. I'd check out the wiki on feats, there's some important changes here and there. Since the game uses a spell point system instead of X spells a day, it makes Metamagic interesting. Any class that uses Spell-Like-Abilities can stack all the metamagic they want on those skills without increasing the mana cost. This is vital for efficiency.
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