12:19 am, April 6, 2018
For many new players, "What to buy?" is a common and often perplexing question. Everyone tells you to "Try to only buy when On Sale!" - and then a sale comes along, and you aren't [..]
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11:19 am, February 18, 2018
So this is kind've weird and I maybe only found this by weird coincidence. I only just realized DDO had a built-in FPS limiter and, since my system is decently beefy, cranked it up to 120. Seems to be [..]
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11:19 pm, January 7, 2018
Hello, Everyone!
An old player - 2008 and onward! - literally and figuratively here with a question about Heroic TR and Racial TR. I was away for about 2 years and recently returned. Life got in the [..]
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11:19 am, December 29, 2017
(Public Service Announcement... from one Premium Player to any/all others...)
@ New(ish) F2P & Premium Players -
On Sale this week - all Necropolis packs, for only 87 DDO Points! (Yes, eighty- [..]
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11:19 pm, December 6, 2017
So along with most of the community, I was waiting eagerly for the new expansion to come out.. and Weds updating the client.
So logged in, jumped onto my level 30 farm character and after spending so [..]
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11:19 pm, November 16, 2017
Thank you for reading the DDO Chronicle! Don't forget to reply below to the Chronicle Comment for your chance to win 500 DDO Points. We'll select a random winner after Noon Eastern on Monday, Novembe [..]
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12:19 am, October 6, 2017
Hello,
I have a Drow monk (Lvl:1 = Rogue, Lvl:2 = Fighter, Lvls: 3-10 = Monk) with fests “Whirling Steel Strike” & “Two Weapon Fighting” & &am [..]
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12:19 am, September 29, 2017
This Wednesday, minutes before the server was brought down for the patch, I logged on to check auctions and such. Everything was normal. Later in the day I downloaded the update and logged in. Initial [..]
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12:19 am, September 27, 2017
The short version:
What can I do to increase my chances of surviving an encounter with a "Super Monster Champion"? By "Super Monster Champion", I mean the 1 in 50 Monster Champio [..]
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12:19 pm, August 23, 2017
note the question mark. when I first started playing and rolled up a bunch of different guys, at level 1, korthos, I went in and was oneshotting all the mobs. but I don't remember the race or class c [..]
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12:19 pm, August 16, 2017
Just wondering, does anyone know if the PDK Charisma to hit and Damage ability stack with the damage from
Different Tack:
Smooth Flourishes: You get Charisma to Damage with weapon attacks while Sing [..]
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12:19 am, August 14, 2017
Not sure what the devs did in the last update, but since then every time I click on "yes" to open the DDO store in an external browser it locks up my computer and I am forced to reboot my co [..]
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12:19 pm, August 8, 2017
Good day!
I have run most Kobold Island Challenges many times without issue but Epic Short Cuts has me stumped. The Challenge requires collecting 500(!!!) Dragonshards in 10 minutes. Can anyone off [..]
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12:19 am, July 27, 2017
I'm new to the game. I started up a few years ago and quit because soloing the class I wanted (1 thief/7 mage) was really hard to level without hirelings (I didn't want to use them....)
I am certain t [..]
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12:19 am, June 17, 2017
The past few days, whenever I try to start DDO on my laptop I get a popup saying
TurbineLauncher.exe - System Error
The code execution cannot proceed because MSVCP100.dll was not found. Reinstalli [..]
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12:19 am, April 25, 2017
I have been trying to plan gear every 3 to 5 levels or so. It seems for the most part cannith crafting is better than named loot. Is there a breakdown post somewhere, that list named items that are [..]
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12:19 pm, April 20, 2017
We are once again taking applications for the DDO Players Council! Please fill out the application completely, and email it to ddo@standingstonegames.com before 11:59pm Eastern on Thursday, April 27th [..]
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11:19 am, March 17, 2017
Been playing for a few weeks on different servers (as either a rogue or fighter) and keep getting into groups with classes that can heal but don't and I end up dead (and not just from taking a lot of [..]
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11:19 pm, March 1, 2017
As soon as I have 3 shortcut bars showing, the bar with my primary abilities is no longer activated by the keyboard. Is there a way to lock the keyboard to a specific bar or must I always move my prim [..]
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11:19 am, January 13, 2017
The following is a script that is written to work with AutoHotKey, software which allows you to target inputs from the user from the keyboard, mouse, or otherwise and cause other things to happen as a [..]
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11:19 am, January 6, 2017
Whether this pertains to raids, or in my particular interest the Forester's Brush Hook from Overgrowth (which requires beating some waves of enemies with a short time frame meaning you need high DPS) [..]
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11:19 pm, December 27, 2016
i've returned to playing seriously after a while break where i would only log in occasionally...and since i've come back my crashing has gotten to the point it's really super frustrating. before i mos [..]
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11:19 am, December 22, 2016
Heroic Abbot has a reputation of being difficult to run, but with a little practice a handful of epic players can get fast and easy completions on elite. No special builds or gear required; all you ne [..]
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11:19 pm, November 10, 2016
I'm not sure where the best spot to post this is, but advice & guidance seemed to be the right place. If not please let me know.
Anyway, ever since the deity update I've been looking at a maul [..]
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12:19 am, September 14, 2016
I made a Lich King like build. I have a level 18 Wizard with most of this already, but I wanted to improve on it by making it a Greatsword build.
When making this build, I wanted the Harper enhanceme [..]
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12:19 pm, September 13, 2016
Below is a list of some of the Known Issues that we are aware of, and below that are features that are Working as Intended but may cause confusion. Should you come across any of these issues, there is [..]
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12:19 am, September 13, 2016
Weapon proficiency and “to hit” for multi-class characters (rogue/ranger/bard)
I have a multi-class character started that is at rogue 2/ ranger 2/ bard 2 with all remaining levels [..]
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12:19 pm, July 14, 2016
I built a list of 40 chat aliases that give useful information through commands in chat like:Raid completionsXP cap and Quests by levelShadow Crypt instance pathsThe Pit wheelsDISCLAIMER: this is inte [..]
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12:19 pm, June 16, 2016
Am I the only one who has to do this (start the game, get to character selection, then alt-tab to the DDO preloader) in order to get the game to load under 30 seconds?
My computer can run The Witcher [..]
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12:19 pm, June 9, 2016
Was in a short handed Legendary Shroud the other day and there were 3 of these. Two were Monk/Warlock/Paladin and the other was Monk/Warlock/Druid. All 3 became giant trees (Primal Avatar's Avatar of [..]
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12:19 pm, May 27, 2016
Trying to get DDO working on a Windows 8.1 laptop. Working fine for me right now on a different Win7 machine.
TurbineLauncher.exe (what the shortcut runs) works fine - put in my username and passwor [..]
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12:19 am, April 3, 2016
I downloaded the launcher on the website first, I launched it through the shortcut on the desktop, and nothing happened except a loading icon next to my mouse. I figured there was an issue with the sh [..]
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11:19 pm, March 12, 2016
I've been wondering for a long time whether old striding items are giving a bonus to attack speed or not. It could be possible that when they introduced speed and stopped using striding, they just cha [..]
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11:19 am, February 25, 2016
I'm sure there is not a lot of support when it comes to controllers for this game so I'll make this short.
When I plug and map out the buttons for my X Box Elite Controller DDO Freezes, Drop's connec [..]
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11:19 pm, January 22, 2016
I use teleport scrolls and put two shortcuts on my hotbar: The first is the teleport scroll, the second is the harbor location. Click scroll shortcut to equip, then click the harbor icon and you are b [..]
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11:19 am, December 29, 2015
I'm aiming to get rolling on heroic TRs and later on Epic play, with this premium account. My immediate question is which packs to purchase and in what order, given the facts below.
I play solo + hi [..]
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11:19 pm, December 26, 2015
I am a drow dark monk, level 3, with STR of 17 abd DEX of 17, in Korthos Village on Argonnessen. I have both "two hand fighting" and "two weapon fighting" feats. When I am armed wi [..]
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11:19 am, December 9, 2015
When and how do I pick feat “Two Weapon Fighting”?
First character is still a 3rd level dark monk in Korthos. He is a drow and "we" love "our" magical +1 short [..]
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11:19 pm, November 22, 2015
The basics: Stay permanently invisible and in Shadow WalkScrolls are good (SD's shadow walk only lasts one minute whereas scrolled shadowwalk lasts about 8ish minutes; scrolled invis is good for 3min) [..]
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12:19 pm, October 15, 2015
Have TR'd from a Barbarian to a Paladin and am going through the pain of needing to work all the way over from Fury of the Wild to Divine Crusader and was thinking of using the Key of Destiny to short [..]
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12:19 pm, October 6, 2015
I've had major issues since yesterday and can't figure out what I'm missing. Any of my game launchers work just fine but once I press ''play''
none works. This includes DDO(of course) fallowed by any [..]
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12:19 am, September 14, 2015
Ahoy, I signed up and just started playing DDO less than a week ago. I am a Halfling and have the ability to use two weapons at one time. My question: Every time I switch from my bow to a sword I us [..]
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12:19 am, September 9, 2015
I've been having trouble with logging into DDO for a little while now. I'd log in but it took ages and more often than not I'd have a red connection icon, be unable to move and the game would crash sh [..]
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12:19 am, September 8, 2015
Introduction
Greetings and welcome to DDO-Wrapper! This project was born out of the fact that the original setup files provided by Turbine either do not work most of the time and/or are miles out of d [..]
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12:19 pm, September 3, 2015
Likely this will sound a bit Looney toons but please understand I'm quit a RPG fanatic. Honestly writting this is a bit hard. My initial attempt to play ddo was somewhat successful but also a bit di [..]
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12:19 am, September 2, 2015
here is a list of all of my weapons across all of my toons. Looking for an experienced player to just take a glance and comment on whether or not anything is worth keeping or if I can scrap stuff to m [..]
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12:19 pm, August 30, 2015
DDO offers two embedded features that players can use to maximize their free-to-play (FTP) experience. By leveraging these two features it is possible to avoid spending real money on DDO.
First, DDO [..]
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12:19 am, August 22, 2015
I've begun writing a comprehensive gear planner that will be a stand-alone desktop program but will also have limited interaction with my build planner. Being its own utility I figured move the develo [..]
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12:19 pm, August 15, 2015
Greetings, adventurers!
My name is Nervly and I would like to request your services to aid the beginning of my journey.
Seriously though, I've played DDO before but I wasn't "playing correctly& [..]
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12:19 am, August 2, 2015
Hello there,
Ive returned to DDO after years, still love the game but whow...many has changed...new level cap, new enhancement trees....much to read and much new to learn.
Most importend to me for n [..]
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12:19 pm, July 31, 2015
Problem:
After approximately 1.5 hours of play, my character will start moving very slowly upon entering a quest and remain slow in any quest I enter until I redo my ship buffs. Up until that point, [..]
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12:19 am, June 22, 2015
ok..it appears I went the wrong way on asking for a warlock build... I got an answer, not for warlock, about using the Char Builder Lite to build my own. I did that but have never used it or the earli [..]
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12:19 am, June 20, 2015
Greetings all,
I'm having a slight dilemma since the latest patch. I recently came back to the game after a short hiatus, and have been enjoying my time back for the last two weeks. However, since [..]
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12:19 am, June 18, 2015
Hello,
I have a 1st life wizard and the challenge Ive set out for myself it to see how powerful I can get it without resorting to TRing. Why? I have a LOT of toons, and only one that I TR, the rest a [..]
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12:19 pm, June 7, 2015
I left around Update 10 or so after burning out on ToD and Epic Lailat over and over again on my BRD16/FTR2/ROG2. I bought Underdark on release, but I only decided to come back now, a dozen updates la [..]
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12:19 am, May 3, 2015
I've had this 3 times now. I can play four between 5-10 minutes before it freezes up (screen freezes, music does the skipping record routine). Not sure what's going on. It may be important that all [..]
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12:19 pm, April 28, 2015
Is there a command that does Recall/Finish?
I mean without using mouse to press that button.
Like "Ctrl+R", but it opens enhancements window instead.
Sometimes my mouse not working proper [..]
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12:19 pm, April 21, 2015
I've been away from the game for quite some time now. (Last played for a short while when Artificer was new) So I am familiar but far from a vet. I just have basic 38 point buy and no real twink items [..]
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12:19 am, April 7, 2015
I started when the game originally released and stopped shortly before the red dragon raid update happened (not sure which raid this is but lvl cap was still 10). I've come back a couple times through [..]
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12:19 am, April 7, 2015
Y'arr, greetings, DDO Community. Self-Appointed Coin Lord of the Seas, ForgettableNPC here! (Skip down a bit if you want to actually get to the Guide part, most of the introduction is just me rambling [..]
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12:19 pm, April 2, 2015
So again i need to ask some questions from the helpful community so here i go.
1- Why does hirelings disappear from my inventory even though that in the hub area it says that there is still time to t [..]
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12:19 am, March 31, 2015
So the first time I did all the Threnal quests I must have missed the ceremonial dagger. I decided to go back and try the arena because I was trying to find a nice place to **** rust monsters, and th [..]
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11:19 pm, January 31, 2015
It is the second time it happens the following fact.
I have a character with a total of 2,000 coins and try to sell any item a message saying that I hit the limit of 25,000 coins and that I want to c [..]
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11:19 am, January 29, 2015
I farmed blue coins by killing the various fire beings in the entrance corridor and then exiting. This includesSeveral efreetiMephitsFire elementals
What I found, rather interestingly, is that on her [..]
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11:19 am, January 22, 2015
I recently started a rogue character plan on using that as the primary class with splash of fighter however I am not exactly sure as to what route to go, as far as enhancements go I am unfamiliar. I h [..]
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11:19 pm, January 9, 2015
Hey,
short history: I played DDO a few years back up to about level 5 or so, which was enough to have me buy WF, monk, several adventure packs, veteran status, and 32 point builds. Took a long hiatus, [..]
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11:19 pm, December 30, 2014
I spent some time recently creating a video on my DDO youtube channel explaining DDO basics new players need to know that the game doesn't necessarily explain. See the video below. I'm hoping this hel [..]
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11:19 am, December 27, 2014
This problem only started happening (at least with any frequency) in the past few months. Every once in a while when on a loading screen the client will disconnect. The blue progress bar at the bottom [..]
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11:19 am, December 16, 2014
This morning I entered the Marketplace and, within seconds, had more than a half dozen unwanted spells cast on my character. Some were short duration but others lasted up to half an hour. Logging ou [..]
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11:19 am, December 1, 2014
So, I've recently managed to flag for Litany for the first time. I ran thru it without any problems on an epic swashbuckler. However, I have now also a second character flagged (a druid). At level, it [..]
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11:19 pm, November 21, 2014
Thank you for reading the DDO Chronicle! Don't forget to reply below to the Chronicle Comment for your chance to win Turbine Points! We'll select a random winner on WEDNESDAY, November 26th! Yes, thi [..]
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11:19 am, November 6, 2014
I have three level 17 Rogues, all primarily specialized in the Assassin tree. They now have the ability to assassinate, and also the top level skill that increases the critical threat range of dagger [..]
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11:19 am, November 2, 2014
Hello there,
I'm having a problem since I came back to the game a couple of weeks ago
that i never had before i left shortly before the thunderholme update.
When in Kings Forrest and i run toward [..]
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11:19 am, October 28, 2014
Hello everyone,
Just returning to DDO from a multi year break. I remember very little from my time playing ddo and what i do remember is most likely out of date and useless. Before leaving ddo i lvle [..]
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12:19 pm, October 18, 2014
Put together a short video of me doing Mark of ***** tiles both with and without goggles. Fraps doesn't recognize my microphone so just added some commentary in the video description. While not an a [..]
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12:19 pm, September 25, 2014
Just a thought on a matter of the efficacy of the Wraith shroud's constitution damage. Dex SAD (Monk 3 ninja spy), some double strike (Eldritch Knight core abilities, the 2% EK thing, and the stance o [..]
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12:19 am, September 10, 2014
Welcome to DDO. This is my short and dirty on how I generally successfully form and run groups, and see them run. The 'o' button is the default button for making finding, and joining groups. Explore t [..]
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12:19 am, September 5, 2014
I've noticed that all adventure packs are %20 off now and am thinking maybe now is a good time to spend these 1950 fakedollars I have. Should I do so, or would I find a bigger discount if I wait some [..]
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12:19 pm, August 18, 2014
So I’ve taken it upon myself to grind out some Epic Reincarnations. Being the mathematically inclined engineering student that I am, I wanted to figure out the optimal path to get the 6.5 mi [..]
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12:19 am, August 18, 2014
As you run Quests in this game you will earn Favour.
Favour is given for 1st completion of each difficulty except Epic.
A Standard Low Level quest gives 2 Favour on Casual, 3 on Normal, 6 on Hard and [..]
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12:19 pm, July 21, 2014
When I click on the DDO shortcut, it opens the HappyCloud downloader, which says the game is 100% downloaded. It brings up the regular launcher just fine, but when I close the HappyCloud window, I ge [..]
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12:19 am, July 3, 2014
NOTE: THIS POST LINKS TO AN ADVANCED AND HIGHLY TECHNICAL PROCEDURE!
I don't normally recommend LifeHacker articles because DUH! However, I will make an exception in this case as the frequency of doub [..]
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8:21 am, July 1, 2014
Pimp my gimps!
[TL:DR] - anybody have some modern builds (for the woefully unequipped) for the following:
WF 20 sorc - basic blaster with some CC options (the blasting being the main parts).
tempes [..]
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8:21 am, July 1, 2014
First, a brief introduction: hi there! I have been DMing (Dungeon Master-ing) since 2001 across half a dozen different pen-and-paper game systems. For MMOs, I've played EverQuest, EQ2, WoW, City of [..]
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