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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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 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 [..]
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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 [..]
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11:19 am, November 5, 2017
Hello,
Have 9th level character who, often when does dies, is mostly because they have been hit several times in a row with HOLD MONSTER spell while swarmed by enemies. This character is;1 lvl rogue [..]
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12:19 am, October 15, 2017
Help! I have formed a new guild, but progress is slow, very slow. I have about 10 guild members, but only a few are online often. And recruitment is painful. No one wants to join us because we are suc [..]
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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, 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 [..]
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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 am, July 22, 2017
I'm getting this message fairly often - not sure if it was due to a game update or a Windows 10 update. There are actually 3 pop up messages. That's the first one. The game truncates after clicking [..]
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12:19 pm, April 18, 2017
i5 7600k, rx480, 8gig ddr4 3200
game runs amazing, but every so often ill get a stutter here and there. have seen numerous posts about some high end machines having issues like this. anyone have the [..]
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11:19 pm, March 21, 2017
I am not a new player, though I hesitate to call myself a vet. I am bringing a few friends in to the game, hopefully 5 for a full party, and I'm excited because they are long-time friends that I don' [..]
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11:19 pm, January 7, 2017
I've been having this problem occur more and more often. I will log in to the game and try to go in a quest, however, the area will not load, I am kept in the loading screen with the progress bar at 0 [..]
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11:19 pm, December 31, 2016
Heya,
I played back in 2010 although that was only for a few levels. I just recently got into the game and just reached Epic levels yesterday.
I am having some issues gearing my character, I just do [..]
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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 10, 2016
My situation: One of my two main characters is a Human Wizard (Pure) Arch-mage and I intend to keep her so. As of today she has 4 Epic Past Life Feats, one in each sphere, and she will soon acquire [..]
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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 pm, September 4, 2016
Hello,
I'm trying to get all the shield fragments for the shield of legend, Necropolis 4. I only need the 3rd which drop most often in Ghosts of Perdition as per DDO Wiki, but can’t complet [..]
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12:19 am, July 4, 2016
So...starting a few days ago, I have started crashing in between instances or while entering a quest. Computer is clean and tight, Internet connection is solid. Thought it may have been a potential is [..]
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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 7, 2016
Unable to stay connected for more then 2 or 3 minutes then i loose connection occasionally i will be able to stay long enough to do 1 maybe 2 quest but not very often did a msconfig and unchecked ever [..]
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11:19 pm, March 12, 2016
Not new, but I wonder if someone might have some insight.
Sometimes in quests with floor tile puzzles, the tiles are intensely bright on my screen, while other times they are "normal" brigh [..]
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11:19 pm, March 8, 2016
After today's maintenance to relocate DDO to the new data center, the game will be using more ports with which to connect and communicate.
If you previously setup port forwarding (or port triggering) [..]
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11:19 am, March 1, 2016
So, the wiki says "Heroic Sagas can be repeated, with a few caveats." and specifically mentions that Pirates of the Thunder Sea (Heroic) is repeatable every three days. The wiki says nothing [..]
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11:19 pm, January 22, 2016
When I select a character and start zoning into the world, the process slows for a long time. When I get to the character, it usually hangs before all the hotbars are visible, then then disconnects. [..]
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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 pm, December 26, 2015
Someone asked me how one does this quest, or really any quest, with minimum kills.
It's 20% knowing the mechanics (sources of noise, what does and does not break sneak, knowing of extremely exploitabl [..]
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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 am, September 20, 2015
I don't have the definitive problem nailed down, but there are certainly early symptoms of "something" not quite right with the DDO Client operating on Windows 10. Here's a couple things so [..]
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12:19 pm, September 15, 2015
I get in dungeons with my hirlings and frequently have no "gears" hotbar button for them to interact with a shrine, lock, rune, or whatnot. Sometimes the gears is there, and sometimes it's n [..]
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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 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 28, 2015
Over the 2 years I've been playing DDO people have told me there are certain things that one should always have. And if they don't have it, should go get it. I also found a few other things that I thi [..]
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12:19 am, August 26, 2015
Hello
Has anyone else been having the problem that the camera shoots directly up or down when you are moving? It happens sometimes, but often enough that it is annoying. I have died several times whe [..]
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12:19 pm, August 24, 2015
Hey, I've been experiencing low fps since I switched from my Radeon 5970 to my newer (and considerably faster) R9 290. In public places like the harbor and marketplace I'm sitting at around 15-20 fps [..]
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12:19 pm, August 23, 2015
Hi, new player here. It is a bit confusing where to go next as one level up. There are not that many groups around and I often have to look for solo quests. I always drag along a Cleric hireling and o [..]
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12:19 am, August 1, 2015
I run a fairly up to date pc, yet since reinstalling the game about two weeks ago I am encountering crashes upon zoning, as often as once an hour. Of late I have been crashing when the action gets fre [..]
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12:19 am, July 16, 2015
Hey there! This has just started occurring recently and I have no idea why.
Here's the problem:
1. When I select a character and try to play I often get stuck on the loading screen. The bar never mo [..]
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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 [..]
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12:19 am, June 29, 2015
I have an i7 980 CPU - i.e. 12 cores.
If I close down everything that I can, when I run DDO I always get one core (the specific one varies each time I run DDO) running at close to 100%. Every so often [..]
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12:19 am, June 7, 2015
I returned to DDO a couple of months ago and was thinking of purchasing the Shadowfell expansion.
Am I right in thinking that I get better value from the collector's edition if I buy it from the DDO M [..]
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12:19 am, April 29, 2015
While I'm not exactly a new player, this is probably the most appropriate forum to ask in.
I'm currently playing a druid and often enough want to quickly target my wolf to heal him, but it's a bit of [..]
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12:19 am, April 25, 2015
How are folks generally doing leveling of iconics from 15 -> 20.
Assuming you don't intend to immediately TR/ETR at 28, do people go back and rerun all the Coin Lords/House K lowbie quests f [..]
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12:19 am, April 14, 2015
Often new players are bad judges of what they can or can not handle. usually you find out by dying at the hands of a random mob.
A way to avoid that is called pulling. It's where you see the monster [..]
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12:19 pm, April 12, 2015
I have a newer PC with windows 8.1 that I just recently got back from a warranty repair. Ever since I got it back, every so often DDO locks up completely and the computer completely freezes. The onl [..]
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11:19 pm, March 15, 2015
With the upcoming buffs to the rogue trees there may be some renewed interest in stealth tactics. The following post is about acting independent of assassinate; one does not need to be a rogue assassi [..]
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11:19 pm, March 6, 2015
Not really sure if this is the right place but feeling pretty noobish lately so...
I've been away for a little over four years. I used to run the VoN quest line often enough. Not religiously like th [..]
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2:38 am, March 5, 2015
Set sail in the latest update to Dungeons & Dragons Online: Update 22, Pirates of the Thunder Sea! Face off against deadly pirates, plunder treasures, and bolster your guild as you swashbuckle [..]
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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 [..]
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11:19 pm, February 1, 2015
Greetings
After buying a new computer DDO quite often simply closes down spontaneously with no error message given. At first I assume it was because I was 2-boxing but it also happens when I only hav [..]
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11:19 am, January 22, 2015
Hi all
I have some spare time so I thought i might as well put it to good use. So here is what i can do for you:
You give a list of things and i calculate the average damage per attack. please take [..]
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11:19 am, November 24, 2014
Every so often....maybe an hour or two after starting to play...I will enter a dungeon and the game will freeze for about 6 seconds and my mouse stops working. Totally. Even when I quit DDO it still [..]
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11:19 pm, November 13, 2014
I continue to work through my first life on a level 18 Rogue. Even though I run 'easy' quests on Normal or Hard, often well above level, I simply cannot survive. For example, I just ran Blockade Bus [..]
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11:19 pm, November 3, 2014
I log in and often the 1st instance I hit, the loading bar doesn't fill in with any blue and just hangs forever. Could be a teleport, stepping off the boat, etc. Sometimes its the 2nd instance I hit. [..]
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12:19 am, September 20, 2014
I've been playing DDO for about a year now. Some would say casually since I have not yet reached level 20 on any characters. I tend toward rangers, and rogues with a combination of two-weapon fighting [..]
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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 pm, July 30, 2014
Hi guys,
I have two super noobish questions that I'd really appreciate answers to.Is there a lot of grouping involved later on? So far haven't seen many people and mostly just solo everything but I i [..]
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12:19 am, July 22, 2014
Howdy,
I'm unsure about how to go with the new bard tree/mini-revamped "old" trees.
Firstly, it seems quite a few important ones are bugged, like iced edges and northwind. I didn't throug [..]
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12:19 am, July 13, 2014
Howdy,
I'm looking for some basic advice to boost my damage output, since it seems rather low. Usually takes me a while to **** stuff, but I finally broke down and decided to ask for help after my f [..]
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