12:19 am, April 9, 2018
Hello,
Just wanted to ask the community here in the advice forum questions regarding severs. Now I did do a search, but nothing that is really current in 2018, a lot of the threads I found was from [..]
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12:19 pm, April 5, 2018
I wish to make it clear before I start that this isn't a definitive guide for running ****. This guide is to build on existing guides for **** and assumes you know the basics of the raid, its progress [..]
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12:19 pm, April 1, 2018
Dungeons and Dragons Online is a 12-year old MMO set in the plane of Eberron (although other places have been added over time). It is based on the 3.5 Dungeons and Dragons ruleset. As a longtime Dun [..]
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12:19 pm, April 1, 2018
Hello all,
I am 99% new to game I played long ago when the game first came out but I don't remember like anything. A lot of content has been added.
I started a pally character and chose a kit for i [..]
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11:19 am, March 17, 2018
I am having a horrible time with picking up loot. I'm used to games where there is a pickup loot hotkey and the hotkey will auto move you to the nearest loot that needs to be picked up or has an auto [..]
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11:19 pm, February 22, 2018
The 12th anniversary brings cosmetic gear choice for every character that logs on over the next week or so. I request some clarifications on this.
1. Can my cosmetic gear be anything I like, regardl [..]
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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, February 5, 2018
So im on a windows 10 system and recently my library started blocking everything. Like everything not just games, i cant even download documents from specific websites and other websites i cant get on [..]
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11:19 am, January 1, 2018
Howdy yall!!
I returned last week from a break since U27. I literally spent the past week sorting and organizing my mules. I had way too much stuff. Here is my dilema. I have 2 main toons and [..]
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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 am, December 21, 2017
I've been having a problem for about two months now where my connection seems to freeze in game, but only for uploaded information. I can see everything moving around me, I can get damaged, on my cle [..]
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11:19 am, December 14, 2017
So, I'm getting bored with my main BF paladin, and I wanted to try an artificer. I'm not playing much right now, and there are still a few things to wrap up before the TR, but with the current veteran [..]
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11:19 pm, December 8, 2017
Home computer is Win10, recent (2 year old) ATI video card, 16GB system RAM.
The two issues I'm seeing now is that:
1- I will log in with a red connection button about 30% of the time and have to [..]
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11:19 am, December 8, 2017
So whilst playing the game I get random freezes of anywhere between 2-8secs. This happens mainly on entering new areas, or whenever im below 30% health and there are enemies around :D Joke, its comp [..]
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11:19 am, December 2, 2017
We're putting the final touches on Update 37: Mists of Ravenloft, and are getting ready for next week's release! Stay tuned for a downtime notice next week for the final timing, but we're targeting We [..]
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11:19 am, November 23, 2017
Hi all!
Sorry, I am just getting back after eight years away. I can't quite get my head around enhancement trees. I see lots of detailed posts but not this question answered.
It seems the more points [..]
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11:19 am, November 16, 2017
Used to play a bit during update 19, saw the new skill trees, but probably not all of the new content. Premium player, probably spent ~$80? So I read through the DDO wiki on updates since then, and am [..]
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11:19 am, November 11, 2017
Hi SSG / others,
Since about 3 weeks ago I've been having weird issues with my UI. Specifically:
- When I load in I can run around just fine and see other characters move but chat doesn't load, and [..]
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11:19 pm, November 1, 2017
I've been experiencing quite a lot of FPS issues since I've started playing again in the past 2 weeks. Using a Nvidia GTX 970, I was getting around 40 FPS max, on low graphic settings, but a consisten [..]
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12:19 pm, October 22, 2017
So, if you are like me, you want to take breaks from DDO so this way you can stay interested n the game when you are getting back.
Taking breaks from a game is (in my opinion) needed this way you st [..]
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12:19 pm, October 20, 2017
Anyone have a link to a guide for questing from 20-30 speed pace? Im a rogue mech build that self sufficient. I will probably just do reaper 1 or so. Just haven't been around in awhile and don't kn [..]
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12:19 am, September 22, 2017
Hello, as the title says I can't go past the Launcher screen. I've just acquired a new laptop, an HP Envy m6-aq105dx (hardware listed further down), downloaded and installed the game from the official [..]
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12:19 am, September 11, 2017
Hey,
Last time I played was around a month ago, everything was fine.
I took a little break, and now, when I log in, the sound works for a few seconds while I'm in the character selection screen, the [..]
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12:19 am, September 10, 2017
If you are new to the game, first - welcome! Now if you are done soloing and have decided to group up you might look at the LFM panel and wonder what is R1/Reaper. Reaper is the hardest difficulty mod [..]
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12:19 am, August 31, 2017
One of the things that has been a long-term project of mine is to update the Community Guidelines to better reflect the needs of Standing Stone Games, to more accurately describe the rules as we apply [..]
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12:19 pm, August 2, 2017
Only took four years :D... (a few weeks of play, a boredomquit, a few months of not playing) Picking out a wizard (roughly following Pale Trapper thread) as a first life was a mistake. While I still l [..]
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12:19 pm, August 2, 2017
Hi,
I recently reinstalled Dungeons and Dragons Online (had not played since circa 2015 or earlier), and am running into an error. After patching, the launcher loads correctly and I select the serve [..]
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12:19 pm, July 20, 2017
I've been playing Diablo III and Path of Exile the last three years after starting DDO in 2009 and left in 2014. I was really hardcore back in time doing every single content as a VIP, but stopped pla [..]
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12:19 pm, July 15, 2017
Since the last patch the launcher looks in the update server and then brings up the above error message box, when click OK it then goes back to server and repeats.
I use Win 10 and have i7-4820k CPU [..]
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12:19 am, June 16, 2017
Okay, I know I am not the only one confused about this, and it is VERY frustrating. What is the formula for figuring out which level inscription material you need to inscribe a spell?
For example, th [..]
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12:19 am, June 13, 2017
Hello!
Being relatively new to DDO and not familiar with much of the items floating around, I was curious if anyone could help me identify the outfit being worn in the picture? The the picture is for [..]
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12:19 am, June 10, 2017
Hey Peeps,
I have been developing a DDO character planner for some time now and it has reached a stage where I would like the community to start to provide feedback and ideally some bug reports.
It [..]
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12:19 am, May 27, 2017
Hey all, returning player here looking to TR my current character and try my luck at reaper difficulty on my next life (roughly half a level to go till 30). I have a few various tomes between +2 and [..]
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12:19 am, May 27, 2017
Have been away for a while... left just after Epic levels were introduced. So the new Enhancement trees, Epic Destinies and the majority of the Epic content is new to me.
Some questions:
1. What st [..]
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12:19 pm, May 20, 2017
I played this game a little bit, long ago. I left primarily because, as a free player, I didn't have many quests to choose from. I didn't like having to play through the same few quests quite so man [..]
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12:19 pm, May 9, 2017
Anyone else noticed that grease spell affects you (your party) more than enemies? By that I mean that enemies seem to effortlessly run quickly through Greases area of effect when they did their save b [..]
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12:19 am, May 7, 2017
I'm playing around on my competition from 2 years ago and with all the gear upgrades and items i'm currently baffled on the gear to get too many options out there and wanted to see what y'all recommen [..]
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12:19 am, May 6, 2017
I may not be new, but I still have questions. For now that is ...
I've seen characters with a little light orbiting their head. I figured out this is an "ioun stone", a type of trinket you [..]
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12:19 am, May 4, 2017
im having this sort of timed game crashes and i cant figure out why. they happen around 5 min after i log my toon. this crashes started happening around 2 weeks ago when all my settings went default. [..]
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12:19 pm, April 6, 2017
My UMD is definitely higher than what's needed for using the scrolls but in the second roll it only gives me a +3. How do I raise that number? Do I need to have an open lock item on me or is there som [..]
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12:19 pm, March 31, 2017
I've had some thoughts rattlin' around in light of certain circumstances, thoughts a new consumer of this game 'oughta know.
I wouldn't call this advice by any means, but it is no less useful to you [..]
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12:19 am, March 29, 2017
My wife and I are going to come back to do a TR and experience reaper settings and hopefully get back into raiding since there have been many since we left.
With that just a few questions. We played [..]
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11:19 am, March 24, 2017
Like the title says. I havent played since before update 35 was released, and now find myself back in this loop of the launcher getting to between 65-95% finished on the final file before giving me a [..]
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11:19 pm, March 19, 2017
I am not a new player, but 'new player guidance' feels the right sort of place to ask this question.
I like VON 5/6, classic quest, run it enough times to be familiar, but not so many to be bored. Ho [..]
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11:19 pm, March 9, 2017
So basically I scoped out the forums and played around with a few classes and I really like the wiz/rouge combo. However as a new player would it be more beneficial to start off from a base class or s [..]
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11:19 am, March 4, 2017
Well, at least according to my launcher, every single world has been down every time I've checked over the past 4 days. Each check more than 3 hours apart and only ONE of the checks actually had notic [..]
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11:19 am, February 26, 2017
-----THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHICH IS WHY THEY'RE AT THE TOP (SCREENSHOTS/LINKS REQUIRED)-----Does +4 Insightful DC item exist for Necromancy, Transmutation, and/or Illusion?
Do +8 Insightful sta [..]
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11:19 pm, February 25, 2017
I'm relatively new to DDO, and all of the advice I have found says that you should shoot for 100% fortification by around level 9. I currently have a level 9 Dwarf Barbarian, and a Sapphire of Heavy F [..]
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11:19 pm, February 4, 2017
When I solo with my Pale Master, there are times I miss having a tank or a distraction to keep the aggro off me.
Hirelings could do this well, but I prefer to keep my Cleric hireling safe just as mana [..]
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11:19 am, January 23, 2017
I've bound myself to Argo for the better part of three years, because I've been able to give my characters the best gear without actually having to work for it through the shared bank. Feeling bold a [..]
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11:19 am, December 31, 2016
All was fine. Logged out for an hour or so and on return my Hireling hotbar had vanished. It affects all characters on the account.
Purchased and tried a Gold seal, same. Same for summoned pets as [..]
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11:19 am, December 17, 2016
Whether you are a new player or a veteran player just returning or even a veteran player just looking for a little help, I am more than happy to help you in any way I can. I do a LOT of leveling in t [..]
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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 pm, October 19, 2016
first post haha. just returning to the game. it kind of occurred to me to just take a big weapon and run over and just the thing! anything! everything! but what is best? I figured looking at both weap [..]
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12:19 pm, October 4, 2016
I was recently asked about my build (Lvl 9, Pure Elf Barbarian-Ravager ); to paraphrase the question was 'Melee, or Ranged?'...My response was, of course, 'BOTH'. After that: the discussion got a bit [..]
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12:19 am, September 19, 2016
Hey all!
I had a few questions that have been stumping my friends and I who started playing together a few months back. Most of us know way more than we should about PnP D&D, but we're having [..]
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12:19 pm, September 16, 2016
Just came back to ddo started up a sub and have now hit a wall. I'm in Eveningstar doing quests and getting my head around the new content, picked up all the quests and have done several of the story [..]
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12:19 am, September 16, 2016
Maybe you need to contribute big towards a guild ship. Maybe you need money to buy better gear on the AH. Maybe potions/scrolls/etc are still a major cost to you. Whatever the reason, opportunity i [..]
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12:19 am, September 14, 2016
Is there enough Forgotten Realms content to get from level 1-20+?
I seem to recall it was originally linked to a story arc from Eberron.... that bridged you over at around level 15-16 ish if Im not [..]
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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, September 9, 2016
Hello there. So I was looking around for non PM wizard builds, and I've seen the term "Shiradi" pop up very frequently. I did some quick research and found out it's an epic Enhancement tree, [..]
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12:19 am, September 8, 2016
I am still new to DDO, playing only about 11 months, 99% solo. I have a 10th level character (4th Artificer / 6th Warlock) and two hirelings (gold permanent cleric 3rd lvl, paladin 9th lvl) and I wan [..]
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12:19 am, September 5, 2016
I see this literally every day in in-game chat:"Looking for Active Guild"
But what does "Active" mean to you?
To DDO/Turbine and pertaining to Guilds it means this account has logg [..]
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12:19 am, August 25, 2016
Every 2 hours roughly, occasionally more frequently then that. my game crashes. no errors or any notifications appear. it normally happens in a load screen. but has happened just running around town a [..]
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12:19 am, August 21, 2016
Hi there.
I'm a returning player stooped around the paladin nerf and have been thinking to play something that is powerful and fun.
Now i did hear that Warlocks are powerful then a friend in the gui [..]
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12:19 pm, August 17, 2016
Standing still in a quiet spot gives my a nice 62 FPS.
As soon as I move around my fps drop to something around 20.
It looks like my nvidia card isn't kicking up a notch.
Did I mess up some of my sett [..]
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12:19 am, August 16, 2016
Hello, I am seeking advice around questions;1. As you level-up a Rogue, are you ever given the opportunity to choose feat exotic weapon kama? If yes, at what level?
2. As you level-up a Druid, are y [..]
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12:19 am, August 5, 2016
Hello everyone,
Where do I start. Well I'm a returning player after a 6 year hiatus. I was a very active player back in the day, but decided to quit after a guild collapse and lack of content. But I' [..]
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12:19 pm, July 26, 2016
Hullo, a friend of mine asked me and a bunch of people to come try out ddo.
He had been playing a few years back, and is about level 25 so he decided to start anew with us. Now, he has a guild and we [..]
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12:19 am, July 5, 2016
So I started playing DDO. And got VIP couse I liked it ALOT!
And then I played around with a monk, used to be my favorite during our manly pen and paper sessions...
BUT! I am in desperate need of l [..]
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12:19 am, June 27, 2016
DDO Free to Play Guide (minimal grind method)Intro
It is certainly possible to play DDO completely for free. You may want to do this for budgetary reasons, but since cheap offers come around frequentl [..]
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12:19 pm, June 26, 2016
Hello,
I just read on ddo wiki that ability stats points applied by enhancements trees do not count towards the pre-reqs for feats. Example, character needs STR of 13+ to be able to pick feat &quo [..]
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12:19 am, June 22, 2016
Heya
I keep bumping into players who have not thought about this awesome skill. And when I thought back I don't think I realised what this strange thing at the bottom of the skills table was until so [..]
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12:19 pm, June 18, 2016
I'm not really a new player but I only have one TR and I've never done any raiding or joined a guild. I usually solo or find pick up groups. Some players I meet in groups are so impressive, tearing [..]
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12:19 am, June 18, 2016
It seems there's some issues with the cost of DDO that may be putting new players off sticking with the game.
A lot of this comes from new players not knowing what is a good buy for their first TP ear [..]
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12:19 am, May 14, 2016
Please excuse me, im a little bit frustrated right now and it is getting late for me, i will try to give as much informations as i can till i have to go to sleep because of late hours here in EU (need [..]
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12:19 am, May 3, 2016
We'll be previewing Update 31 on Tuesday, May 3rd starting at 5:00 PM Eastern on Twitch.tv/DDOstream.
(Also, if you are around tonight, DDO Players News will be chatting with Knockback and I at 8:30 [..]
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12:19 am, April 28, 2016
Greetings!
So a friend and I randomly decided to give this game another go recently. I personally haven't played since the game very first switched over to free-to-play (I originally played when the [..]
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12:19 pm, April 20, 2016
Hello magnificent DDO people.
I have not played in a long time, not long after the new (or not new now) enhancements came out.
Now on loading I've gone into my character and I am a wee bit puzzled as [..]
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12:19 pm, April 4, 2016
OK, so long time player, recently returning (about 3 months now?)
I finally got completionist, which has been a long term goal for me.
Anyway, my old "Epics experience" was around when Epic [..]
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11:19 pm, March 26, 2016
Was running around/fighting with map expanded by pressing M and accidentally hit the small "eye" icon in the upper right hand corner and all map notes (landmarks, locations, players, NPCs, e [..]
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11:19 am, March 15, 2016
Hi all!
New player here, been on for roughly a week. I'm facing a bit of a dilemma. I've been running all my quests on elite, and at around level 6, I started leveling up at a terrific pace (am at le [..]
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11:19 am, March 14, 2016
I logged on just fine this morning.
I go to log on to check auctions/toon maintenance, and it tells me that
game error 105
can not initialize direct x 9 (2005)
nothing has changed on my end.
Is [..]
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11:19 am, March 7, 2016
Greetings,
I am having a weird problem that started yesterday.
Windows 10 64 bit, eset AV, Malware Bytes, Cable ISP 100Mb connection.
My wife and I both play together, two separate computers sharin [..]
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11:19 am, February 27, 2016
I've been toying around with a build I started a couple years ago. I wanted to make a ranged cleric that can do moderate damage for soloing and such but have enough healing and buffing to play support [..]
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11:19 pm, February 26, 2016
Congratulations DDO!
Happy 10th birthday
Today is the day.
To you on the beach!
Jeets awaits, don’t delay!
You're off on a quest!
You're off and away!
You have no time for bed.
You [..]
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11:19 pm, February 23, 2016
I had the thought of doing a TWF 18 Fighter / 2 Rogue build, that focused on INT dipping into the Harper's Agent to give int to hit and damage. There are just so many feats and stuff for a newb like m [..]
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11:19 am, February 13, 2016
Hey guys,
Been a long time, decided to pop back in and see what's new around here. I'm wondering: I left right before the expansions (which I think are Underdark and Shadowfell?). I have four characte [..]
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11:19 am, February 12, 2016
workaround...
Open with notepad (may have to run as 'the administrator')
C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
~~~
Change
74.201.102.11 patch.ddo.com
to
#74.201.102.11 patch.ddo.com
~~~
Inse [..]
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11:19 am, February 6, 2016
Hello, I've been trying to get my mind around what happens when you multiclass as a caster with another caster.
If your a Cleric lvl 11 with 6 Lvl spells and you multiclass with a arcane example wiza [..]
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11:19 pm, February 4, 2016
New players might be interested in this topic - How to make LFM announcement that will bring players fast.
How to make a good bait LFM:
- set for bravery bonus - limit maximum character level to quest [..]
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11:19 pm, February 2, 2016
Hi everyone,
Maybe has a solution for this, but each time I login, choose a server/world, and actually the world should start to load, my system (Windows 7 now Win 10) just freezes and nothing can be [..]
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11:19 pm, January 26, 2016
I have a very annoying issue. The first character I log on with after launching the game takes a very long time to load. Splash screen takes a fair bit of time before the progress bar moves and then t [..]
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11:19 pm, January 19, 2016
I can never find green steel recipes. I don't need a planner. I was looking for an item that just about any class would like. My first ever item was a triple positive long bow. I don't want any positi [..]
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11:19 pm, January 19, 2016
I'm not sure wether i'm posting this in the right thread so excuse me in advance if i messed up.
Okay so i've been playing ddo for years now and recently build my own pc, i used to play ddo with epic [..]
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11:19 am, January 19, 2016
I am doing an Iconic level right now with rogue 18/ Artificer 2
So this is a ranged build using Heavy crossbow, or repeater.. but my main thing right now is, how to play this class effeciently?
I [..]
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11:19 pm, January 15, 2016
Note: This is hosted on Google Sheets. You will need to copy it to your own account for full functionality.
Hi All,
I got a bit carried away the other day when trying to choose my new armor and end [..]
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11:19 am, January 12, 2016
Information:
This is a tool designed to calculate the damage done over time by almost any non-caster build. Once you enter in all the information for your build, the tool should be able to calculate [..]
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11:19 pm, January 1, 2016
So I've done quite a bit of crafting in the past on a different character, but I just returned from a long absence from the game and I am playing on a new character. I saved a bunch of equipment from [..]
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