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Balth's 2018 DDO New Player's Guide

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 [..] View

Computer keeps crashing while playing DDO-kicked out of quests before I can re-log in

12:19 am, March 28, 2018 This only happens randomly, sometimes never, sometimes often, but it is especially a problem when soloing quests and having to start completely over because by the time I reboot and relog into the gam [..] View

Best way to configure to pick up loot?

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 [..] View

Coming back after long absence

11:19 pm, February 26, 2018 Hello all - I just started back after a couple years away... part nostalgia, part just needing a break from playing other games(mainly Conan Exiles, which I loooove). I did Korthos Island and have c [..] View

Veteran Status Not Working?

11:19 pm, February 22, 2018 I got a character to 1k favor and got a mail saying veteran status was available to me on that server so I can start a character at level 4 now but when I made a new character on that server they star [..] View

In Game Store and Help Windows broken

11:19 am, January 12, 2018 I'm playing from China so I'm going to guess something was changed recently and now requires a service from google or googleapis for the store and help windows to work. They stopped working for me ab [..] View

A Question about Lesser TR

11:19 am, January 5, 2018 Posting on behalf of a friend who is currently having network issues: I've got a question to ask about lesser TRing with class changes. I currently have a level 20 Ranger, and while I enjoyed the bu [..] View

Anyone help with class and playing advice?

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 [..] View

DDO dependancies

11:19 pm, December 31, 2017 I have seen lots of issues about the game not working after reinstalling or patching. I have had the issue myself at times. And one thing I have had to do just about every time is reinstall the game [..] View

Ramdom Crashing Windows 10

11:19 pm, December 19, 2017 Hello all, I hope you can help me with this. I reinstalled windows 10 and come back to ddo recently, but I can t really play because I have ramdom crashes. Sometimes I can play a couple of hours with [..] View

F1-F12 Function keys are not selecting properly

11:19 am, December 12, 2017 This is a recent bug for me - the game and my system have been working perfectly for 10 years. What is happening now is that my Function keys are no longer working as per the DDO mapping but are now [..] View

game crashing

11:19 am, December 7, 2017 ok so i just got windows 10 and a new system in general. i have a geforce 770 video card. anyways ddo keeps crashing talking about directx 10 not working. So ive installed the newest drivers and still [..] View

freezing 4-10 seconds since last patch

11:19 pm, November 28, 2017 Can we get an update on this? My wife and I will be doing a quest and randomly as soon as someone cast a spell or uses a skill we will freeze up for atleast 3-6 seconds. As characters that need to b [..] View

DDO Store not working at all

11:19 pm, November 19, 2017 Hello, I've submitted a ticket a couple of days ago, but there was no reply so I'd like to try here. I have returned to the game after over a year of absence and DDO store is not working at all. Or r [..] View

Client stopped booting up.

12:19 am, October 26, 2017 This morning I've been trying to launch DDO and I've been getting this message: "Internal Error, please contact customer support." No Error code or anything. Can the psychics at DDO custom [..] View

Error Message

12:19 am, October 18, 2017 Hi Just tried to open the DDO launcher and keep getting the message Internal Error, Please contact customer support. All working yesterday when I was last on Any ideas or anyone know the customer [..] View

How to save video settings??

12:19 pm, October 14, 2017 Hello, For some reason, every time I start the game I get the DX11 prompt then I have to reset my video settings and it is starting to get really old. I have found a few suggestions here and there a [..] View

How to Survive Super Monster Champions?

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 [..] View

Am I ready.....

12:19 pm, September 14, 2017 This is getting a thread started for new players to help them decide if they are ready for the difficulty casual/normal - I only recommend this if everyone in group is completely new. (it may also be [..] View

Keys not working

12:19 am, August 30, 2017 I recently just purchased a Dell Inspiron 15 7000 Gaming Laptop and im having issues with the keys not registering when I push them and I only get this on DDO. I play Secret Worlds Legends and have no [..] View

Launcher wont Start

12:19 pm, July 21, 2017 windows 10 pc fully updated allows me to select my server it closes the launcher and acts as tho the game is about to launch but nothing happens. I deleted the game and re installed it and same issue [..] View

Can't download ddo live.exe, keeps getting interrupted, any help?

12:19 am, July 15, 2017 Hi, the story Yesterday tried to patch u36 Got errors patching, at the 44% point Tried to restart patch several times, Seemed to continue, To a point where it asked to modify hard drive by turbin [..] View

Need help improving my artificer for soloing EE and doing reaper content

12:19 am, June 26, 2017 Hello, all I came back to the game after a long break a few weeks ago. I have been working on updating my level 30 pure artificer/xbow toon so that he can do EE content solo, and perhaps be sufficien [..] View

Launcher error

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 [..] View

Compendium Lite

12:19 am, June 16, 2017 I wrote a compendium to take the place of the spreadsheet I've been using ever since I started playing. That spreadsheet has evolved to be quite advanced over the years, but it was still lacking in so [..] View

Heroic Inspiration

12:19 am, May 1, 2017 Does this experience bonus (pale green ion stone, mantle of the worldshaper, etc.) show up in the experience summary after quest completion? I don't think I've ever seen it. Is it working? Does it sta [..] View

New to game, TR questions

12:19 pm, April 23, 2017 So i decided to use Voodus tank lock build as my first go through and so far its working great. My ? is should i go to level 20 TR, level 20 TR, then level 20 TR again for the 3 stack lock bonus u get [..] View

Heroic Elite Kicking my tail even being a lvl higher than it

12:19 pm, March 27, 2017 Ok folks here goes i love playing melees and i love the game however i have noticed and i am on a 5th life and have noticed to do elite i have to be 2 lvls higher than the quest meaning if its 6 on ba [..] View

Recent Paypal Issue Resolution

11:19 pm, March 24, 2017 We have been working to correct a code issue that has been causing problems for players who made purchases with PayPal, and work to correct the issue has now been completed. Players can now use PayPal [..] View

Timing out connection

11:19 am, March 14, 2017 Been playing for most of the night as normal. I had iTR'd last night and was set to be doing a whole host of solo elite running, with some music in the background.. and probably eventually get grabbed [..] View

Totally Negligent Ticket System/Customer Service: Log In Issues Completely Ignored

11:19 pm, January 23, 2017 So it's come to this. The so-called "ticket system" is a complete joke. Be warned that Turbine completely abandoned this game back when they discontinued phone support and so far it doesn' [..] View

New Player - Issue with DDO Store + Amazon Payments

11:19 pm, January 22, 2017 Hello, Not getting any response other than the auto-reply from Turbine Customer Service. 2 tickets, 7 days from the first one now. I have an Amazon account. Checked that I can login via Amazon Paym [..] View

Bear/wolf form and Ninja Poison

11:19 am, January 7, 2017 I want to know if the Ninja Poison stance will work in Bear form. I know from another thread i looked up that in the past it definitely did not work, because you are unarmed and it needs a weapon. Ho [..] View

SSD "Can't open teh data files"

11:19 pm, December 23, 2016 I'll preface this by saying i'm an old man with limited IT skills .... I stopped playing DDO a while back when the lag monster ate everything in site. I'm under the understanding that the situation i [..] View

Standing Stone Games Transition FAQ

11:19 pm, December 19, 2016 What’s happening: The Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons & Dragons Online have been acquired by Standing Stone Games, a newly-formed independent game studio made up of the same gr [..] View

Standing Stone Games - A message from Rob Ciccolini

11:19 pm, December 19, 2016 Greetings, Today we have some momentous news! The game teams responsible for The Lord of the Rings Online (LOTRO) and Dungeons & Dragons Online (DDO) are now moving from Turbine to Standing St [..] View

Launcher will not launch

11:19 pm, December 13, 2016 Posting this for a friend of mine. Last night we got talking and the idea of teaming up in DDO came up and we figured why not! Its a fun game, better with friends. So I downloaded it, got it up and ru [..] View

Launcher freeze on "Instaling pre-req"

11:19 pm, November 22, 2016 Hello, guys. Today my launcher stoped working for no aparent reason. I tried to contact the support through the website but seems like it's not working. Anyway... My launcher is freezing in the &q [..] View

does tempest enhancement stack with weapon finesse

12:19 am, October 29, 2016 just working on a duel wield ranger/rogue build, and I notice the level 3 ranger tempest enhancement says that scimitars are now treated as light weapons, but I wanted to ask if it would stack with we [..] View

REturning to the game

12:19 am, October 8, 2016 Hi all, returning player starting "brand new." No previous toons, items, anything, other than what I have collected from level 1 to level 10. I notice most of the old heroics and story arcs [..] View

XP Bonus and Upcoming Downtime

12:19 am, October 1, 2016 We are aware of an issue that is causing players to earn less XP than expected when completing a quest after completing an Optional Objective in the quest, and are actively working on a fix for this i [..] View

Fun build if you guys want to help with it (Lich King Theme)

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 [..] View

Public Notice Board

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 [..] View

Comparison of items via tooltip

12:19 am, August 13, 2016 I have my UI setting for comparison of items checked on but it is not working. I tried to uncheck/recheck, restart client, and tinkered with many of the other UI settings to see if something supercee [..] View

DDO fails after server selection

12:19 pm, August 8, 2016 Hi all. I have 2 other computers running the game that are working fine. I'm trying to get a third up and running. This one is an older machine, 3GB memory and an Athlon 4450e 2.3ghz processor and [..] View

Stacking Rules Involving Augments

12:19 am, July 17, 2016 I just discovered that the Sapphire of Defense +10 (I just slotted one on a ring) does not stack with a "Sheltering" item. Is this working as intended? There is no information about how [..] View

Upgrading to VIP

12:19 am, June 23, 2016 Hello folks, Casual player here. This summer, my son and I have some time on our hands, so we decided to play DDO together. I upgraded to VIP no problem...I am a lapsed VIP player, and I just went to [..] View

6/14/2016 In-Game Store Subscriptions

12:19 am, June 15, 2016 PayPal -Existing Subscriptions only: may take 24-72 hours for player's tokens to be updated with PayPal and they MIGHT experience some issues. This does not affect players signing up for a subscriptio [..] View

Ingame store Black screen "loading..." Forever

12:19 am, May 29, 2016 Everything was fine yesterday morning. I came home from work and loaded the game and the ingame store wont load at all. I tryed various things and looked at the troubleshooting and none of it is worki [..] View

Failed to start rendering system

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 [..] View

Reincarnation of low level multi-class character

12:19 pm, May 25, 2016 I have a 4th level multi-class character, half-orc (Barbarian lvl 2, Cleric lvl 1, Druid lvl 1). For the game play I am wanting to do with this character, the Druid part is not working out for me. [..] View

Display not working right since Windows 10 upgrade

12:19 am, May 20, 2016 I upgraded to Windows 10 a few months ago and now when I login I see double (shadowing) and the colors are all reddish and yellowish. It's no fun to play like this. The splash screen looks fine - it [..] View

Connection to server lost?

12:19 pm, May 12, 2016 Right now I am unable to play at all. I don't understand why - it was working fine 2 days ago (I had no time to play yesterday.) I have checked the tech support pages and have done all the recommendat [..] View

Win a 10th Anniversary Dice Bag!

12:19 am, April 5, 2016 We're working to do a second round of mailings for our 10th Anniversary dice bags. This mailing will mostly be bags that were returned with wrong addresses, along with some folks who slipped through t [..] View

Stuck on Installing Pre-Reqs

11:19 pm, March 10, 2016 Hi all. Not too sure where else to post this, but I've been searching the forums and the wiki in hopes that I wasn't the only one experiencing this... it seems to be an "only me" kind of thi [..] View

Reinstall

11:19 pm, March 5, 2016 I'm getting failures to reinstall the client repeatedly. It stops at 33 percent and says server connection timed out. I tried the no proxy thing, uninstalled/reinstalled, etc. Put in a ticket, no res [..] View

Is anyone else having Logon Server issues?

11:19 pm, February 11, 2016 I was working fine this morning. Then I got stuck in a loading screen, where it eventually booted me from the game. Then, when I tried to log back in, it was giving 1 to 20 attempts trying to connect [..] View

Crashes and more...

11:19 am, January 14, 2016 Hey peeps. I need some help from you experts out there. I suppose I should start of by saying I am technologically illiterate. Like, absolutely woeful with this sort of stuff. Anyway...My troubles are [..] View

DDO Damage Simulator

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 [..] View

Step by step for austic friend help

11:19 am, January 5, 2016 OK..I have been playing for some years..I am all over the place in ddo ..my friends son is 15 and has a form of autism..he wants to really play ddo in what he says is right path to not back tracking t [..] View

Anyone else get stuck at 77% ?

11:19 pm, December 30, 2015 I've been trying to log into ddo for a couple of hours now, I can't even get to the log in screen. Once i boot the program it goes to check if the files are there and what not but gets stuck at 77% ch [..] View

Cannot download the game

11:19 pm, December 18, 2015 My launcher is not working so I have uninstalled the game and tried to re-download it from the official page. But the webpage just saying "the page cannot be displayed", meaning there is no [..] View

Need help with launcher error

11:19 pm, November 30, 2015 I'm receiving this error at launcher start up < the program can't start because MSVCP100.dll is missing from your computer. try reinstalling the program to fix the issue. > I am run [..] View

Windows 10 upgrade - MSCVP100.dll error

11:19 pm, November 12, 2015 Just an FYI, I upgraded to 10 and have been playing just fine, but about 3 days into 10 life, I started getting this MSCVP100.dll missing error message when starting DDO. I Googled how to fix and was [..] View

Voice Chat not working

11:19 pm, October 31, 2015 My voice chat has recently stopped working since the hotfix and was wondering if anyone elses has too and if so how did they fix it if they did. All my settings are fine and the same and my mic isn't [..] View

Getting disconnected when logging in

12:19 am, October 23, 2015 Hi guys, just asking for help on the long loading times and getting stuck and disconnected when logging in. i downloaded the preloader file from that forum post and it helped alot by reducing the loa [..] View

client_gamelogic.dat not found

12:19 am, October 10, 2015 DDO was working up until last night on my PC, then it just stopped dead. I run a: Since January, I have offset any additional RAM requirements by the use of virtual memory - since a 32 bit system ca [..] View

DDO not working with earphones

12:19 am, October 6, 2015 Until recently, whenever I wanted to play without bothering the rest of the household, I would turn off the speakers and plug a set of earphones into earphone jack. In fact, I did not even have to tur [..] View

To TR or Say in Epics Question

12:19 pm, September 19, 2015 Hello: I'm fairly new. Got my toon up to the level cap, and ER'd. Just about ready to complete the last destiny in my sphere, but not far along in this life toward the cap. I really like playing E [..] View

Did you miss me?

12:19 pm, September 16, 2015 Will heloo there. Been a long time since i posted a question here and of course we can't let that happen:D Again it's good to use your knowledge of the game so thanx in advance for any help...to the q [..] View

a download issue?

12:19 pm, September 16, 2015 I hope this thread still gets looked at... so I had DDO downloaded and I have been playing it for a few weeks... my username is shinoskay... well today I was silly while trying to start up the game [..] View

Returning Player: Spellcaster-build ?

12:19 pm, August 10, 2015 Anyone can help me again? I am playing with my old main character in team-up with my girlfriend. But we have very different working periods at the moment. So to avoid that our characters differ to [..] View

Fix this bug! Mouse wheel stops working

12:19 am, August 10, 2015 I realize that there are a probably a ton of bugs in the game, but this one has been going on for years and years and it's starting to drive me crazy. I use a mouse with a mouse wheel, and very freque [..] View

Rereturning noob acrobat

12:19 pm, August 5, 2015 I've returned again to playing DDO, picking up the human acrobat I left last time I ran out of stuff at 12. I still don't have any new stuff but it's been months so the old stuff will probably seem ne [..] View

Gear Planner Spreadsheet

12:19 am, August 3, 2015 Hello everyone! I've been working on this for the last few months, inputting all of the named items in ddo into a spreadsheet. I imagine, like myself, there are people out there who just enjoy making [..] View

What is happening with the servers?

12:19 pm, July 22, 2015 I am lagging all the time in Argonessen, twice today I froze in marketplace, and can t fix it with relogs, restart etc. I ve been trying like 15 minutes and I am still frozen in the same spot.. Intern [..] View

A (Terrible) Idea... The Wartificer™

12:19 am, July 5, 2015 So I originally opened my account in 2010, and played till about 2012 when stuff and things drew me away from the game. About a week ago I began playing again, but I've always just kinda been a casual [..] View

New issues since U26

12:19 am, July 1, 2015 Ok guys, neither I nor my hubby are particularly comp savvy so lets all try our best here, and I personally don't mind if you break down the steps as if you were giving instructions to a child because [..] View

Interact key not working as it used to - what did I break?

12:19 pm, June 30, 2015 Not a new player, but need advice/guidance. It used to be that I could "q" between non-combat targets, then "interact" them to pick 'em up (I use the "E" key). Now, for s [..] View

PLEASE HELP! - Can't log in, and have tried everything... :-(

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 [..] View

Sealed Life not working

12:19 am, June 1, 2015 I know its been mentioned before, but the Tier V Knight of the Chalice ability Sealed Life is no longer working correctly.http://ddowiki.com/page/Knight_of_th...e_enhancements Sealed Life is supposed [..] View

Reincarnation Questions

12:19 pm, May 16, 2015 This week, I reached the level cap for the first time with two characters. The DDO Wiki describes reincarnation in great detail, but I find myself with lingering questions and so come here for help. [..] View

Interested in checking out DDO

12:19 am, May 5, 2015 Hello all - I am a huge RPG MMO fan. I have not had a note worthy experience since Dark Age of Camelot, which I played for a solid 8 years. It had a diverse arrangement between, establishing yourse [..] View

How much UMD I need to use wands and scrolls?

12:19 am, May 3, 2015 I want to know how much total (all modifies included) UMD I need for wands to work. I'm new in game and I'm working on a build of pure fighter with enhancements on Kensei tree and Stalwart Defender (I [..] View

DDOCLIENT Freezes

12:19 am, May 2, 2015 Hello I am running Windows 8.1 64 bit processor. I am not technically PC savvy. I can do some things. I uninstalled DDO and after 2 months did a reinstall. Now at random times the DDOClient just freez [..] View

Recall/Finish shortcut?

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 [..] View

Installer Errors

12:19 am, April 21, 2015 I have DDO working fine on my desktop. I went to install DDO on my laptop a Toshiba Satellite 305 last night and keep getting the same error message during the installation process. It is saying tha [..] View

Ability Tomes

12:19 am, April 13, 2015 I really don't undestand how ability tomes are working, and here is my question: If I buy a Supreme Ability +5, it says that I need to be lvl 19 to "eat" it. Assume I reach 19 Lvl and then e [..] View

Can't log in after Update 25

12:19 pm, April 7, 2015 Been trying for almost an hour to log into the game after update 25. Can get to character screen no problem but then it hangs on the loading screen for ages, then crashes with red connection. Done t [..] View

Game loads forever after pressing play button

12:19 am, April 3, 2015 As the title says it wont start. I can push play and the a black screen with no error messages and the cursor circulating around forever. Game worked the first day and I have tried to reset to default [..] View

Shiradi Sorc, Thunder-Forged and Enhancements

12:19 pm, March 30, 2015 Been away for a while just got back a few weeks ago and still learning the "new" content. I have a Drow Sorc 18/Pal 2/Epic 8 with the Shiradi Champion Destiny. I have him in Shadow Dragonpla [..] View

New To Epic

12:19 pm, March 30, 2015 A few weeks ago, I returned to DDO and my level 16 character on Khyber after a year-long hiatus. I've been flying solo since no other members of my (very tiny) guild have played in about the same amo [..] View

Launcher closes after server selection on Win 7

11:19 am, March 25, 2015 Win 7 64 bit, newly downloaded client (not the play-as-you-download kind; the wait-and-wait-and-wait-then-play kind). This worked last Thursday; then I upgraded to 8GB and an SSD. I've tried reinsta [..] View

Client spontaneously closing

11:19 am, March 13, 2015 I've always had problems with DDO crashing, for the most part I would just deal with it. But for a while now, it closes multiple times a day. Doesn't matter what I'm doing. In town, in a quest, whethe [..] View

question on tring into iconic bladeforged

11:19 pm, March 12, 2015 I've played DDO for about 2 years .Took a 2 1/2 year break and now I'm back and a lot has changed. I currently have a legend warforged 3 past life barb 3 past life fighter and 2 past life pally (worki [..] View

DDO doesn't remember audio choice

11:19 pm, March 11, 2015 Hi. I have a new computer and I have the sound connected to both my stereo (aux), and a headset. I have the default sound on the computer to run through the speakers/ stereo, but I play ddo using the [..] View

Unable to play or log in due to a ssd error

11:19 am, February 28, 2015 I can not log in on live or preview client keep getting this error about ssl context. every ticket i submit i get this message to contact account management. I am running on a hp pavilion a630n with [..] View

Character Builder Lite (in development)

11:19 am, February 10, 2015 I've been working on a character builder since Christmas, and it's coming along pretty well so far. Adopting a minimalist philosophy -- thus the "Lite" -- it's geared toward people with a de [..] View

Passive Ki Regeneration Isn't Working (Contemplate 3 ranks Hensin Mystic tree)

11:19 am, February 9, 2015 Why isn't my ki regeneration working? It worked just when I got the third rank. When I went in a dudgeon, it stopped, and hasn't started. I didn't even pick anything up. I'm trying to get my 10,000 St [..] View

Happy Cloud- Connection Interrupted. Please check your network

11:19 am, February 8, 2015 After the latest update, I started to see the launcher working slower than normal. It's weird because it didn't do it right at first but almost a week later the game would freeze mid game. I started t [..] View

Forums

Passive Ki Regeneration Isn't Working (Contemplate 3 ranks Hensin Mystic tree)

Feb 9, 2015, 6:24 pm Why isn't my ki regeneration working? It worked just when I got the third rank. When I went in a dudgeon, it stopped, and hasn't started. I didn't even pick anything up. I'm trying to get my 10,000 St[..] View

ddo not working

Dec 29, 2014, 4:01 am Ok just downloaded the new patch. I enter my id and password click login in and it just stays on that screen never going to the server page can anyone help[..] View

Mouse wheel bug - randomly stops working

Dec 28, 2014, 3:16 pm I've searched an didn't find much about this. It's been around for <i>years</i>, but seems to be more and more prevalent. Basically, for no apparent reason, the mouse wheel will no longer adjust the z[..] View

Internet Browser Not Working? No Problem!

Dec 14, 2014, 11:57 pm If your internet browser is not working and you want to get on in game, I made a way to get to Google/Gmail from inside the game. With that virtually anywhere else u can get to by searching. Just fol[..] View

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