12:19 pm, April 18, 2018
Hi. Is there an XP penalty for using hirelings ?
I started using four hirelings in higher level tougher quests, and I get carried, doing nothing.
Its boring, will only use one or two max for tougher [..]
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12:19 am, April 15, 2018
I am new to the game and have started a new character. My first level was a rogue one, for my second level i have start a wizard one.
In enhancements tree list i can only seen two wizard tree Eldritch [..]
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12:19 pm, April 13, 2018
I am just now returning to DDO, and discovered I made a 12 wiz 2 pal 1 ftr Bladeforged EK before i went on hiatus. I do not know what i was thinking/planning, nor if this is even remotely viable in th [..]
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12:19 pm, April 7, 2018
Hello everyone! I am still relatively new to DDO, having played off-and-on since 2009 according to my account, but I've never leveled a character past 16. I've been playing consistently for the last m [..]
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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 3, 2018
Barovian wilderness___ Crashing___ ideas?
Three of my Gaming Group just got Ravenloft and wanted to try it out but we are having little luck : (
We completed “Into the Mists” wi [..]
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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 pm, March 21, 2018
Hi everyone! I'm Trig and I hail from the city of Columbus, Ohio, affectionately nicknamed Cowtown.
I'm the author(?) of several long running webcomics and was thinking of doing a DDO based comic us [..]
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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, March 15, 2018
Greets All,
I have a toon currently at level 10 that I would like to Lesser TR to a different class. He has 12 lives on him so I'd like to not lose him. As there are no +10 Lesser Hearts of Wood, my [..]
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11:19 pm, March 1, 2018
Heyo!
I've been running the Kobolds in the 12th Anniversary (a lot) and have been able to do it very very reliably with a Rogue X / Barb 1 / Wiz 1 using very high stealth and a Quickened Invis spell- [..]
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11:19 pm, February 24, 2018
I am using the following build. Currently she is at level 13, rank 63.3. She is a 32 point build. She was created as a level 10 character when Ravenloft came out.
The issue I am encountering is t [..]
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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 pm, February 17, 2018
I have Windows 10 and I told DDO to go ahead and use DirectX10 when it asked. I have gotten ddo to run once on the first time I installed it, but after that initial time running the game, it won't get [..]
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11:19 pm, January 23, 2018
I have recently noticed I get very frequent packet loss when I used to practically never get any. I know they have updated the ports that need to be opened and I have also done so. I checked my resour [..]
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11:19 am, January 7, 2018
Hello. While I am teleporting my player out of Gianthold to the marketplace, using the npc Vanyel, I get stuck on a loading screen that does not go away. I have had to reboot the game over 5 times so [..]
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11:19 pm, January 4, 2018
I am currently playing as a Halfling paladin (dual wiedling + thrown weapons) at the moment, and I notice that the Halfling has some nice sneak attack bonuses in the race enhancements tree. So I am wo [..]
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11:19 am, January 1, 2018
I'm thinking of building a warlock but I don't know it well and I've heard over the years that the auras cause lag. But then I see people using them and they look helpful. Do auras really cause lag? [..]
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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 [..]
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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 pm, December 5, 2017
(I'm an intermittent player.)
I have a 12-Ranger, 1-Rogue player with the "Tempest" skill, and an 18 Dexterity that plays out to 24 with magical enhancement.
Mainly, I'm using two rapiers [..]
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11:19 am, November 27, 2017
I used to play DDO a lot but am just coming back after a multiple year hiatus. I created a Rogue 1/Ranger 3 (using Veteran 4 start) and was going to pick enhancements when I ran into a problem - the [..]
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11:19 pm, November 12, 2017
Years ago I ran Temple of Vol 50 or more times from casual to hard (Heroic & Elite) trying to get the various rewards - finally got Epic Boots of the Innocent. In all my runs, I do not think I [..]
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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 21, 2017
According to the Shadowfell CE we are issued a claim ticket, which says:
"The first character on your account using this receives a Greater Epic Tome of Learning. Each character on your account [..]
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12:19 pm, October 18, 2017
Hi!
This is the second time this month I have received an error post-patching the DDO client. I don't recall the first one, but it occurred after the Hotfix requiring me to reinstall DDO.
Now, after t [..]
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12:19 am, October 13, 2017
Give up 2 lvls of Ranger for Monk to gain feats DODGE and DEFLECT ARROWS?
From other posts; https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...-heart-of-woodhttps://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...-ability-score
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12:19 pm, October 7, 2017
Hello,
Want to verify my understanding of lesser reincarnation and +lesser heart of wood usage purchased from DDO store. Want to reincarnate a Rogue to a Rogue/Ranger. I have a level 2 rogue chara [..]
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12:19 am, October 6, 2017
Hey everyone, I need some help. I've just recently decided to come back to the game, and haven't been able to get the DDO store to open at all in game. When it opens all I get is a blank black page. I [..]
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12:19 am, October 3, 2017
I have a 4K display for my computer. Prior to Update 36 Patch 2 the highest resolution one could set the game to using the in-game options was 1920x1080. It worked fine that way. Since the patch on Se [..]
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12:19 am, September 28, 2017
i opened the launcher and it did good, after 100% the login bar appeared and i tried to log. After this the game start to launch but become "not responding" forever. Also tried using the DDO [..]
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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 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, 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 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 pm, July 29, 2017
Sorry, this was a dream for me when someone first showed me Deathnip. I would like the best TWF build. I don't plan on using picks until the 'nips. I will only take the build to 20. I am a completioni [..]
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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 24, 2017
For about a week my sound has been running about 3 seconds behin the video. It's extremely confusing and makes it difficult to play.
My own footsteps sound like someone sneaking up on me.
Am I the o [..]
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12:19 am, June 22, 2017
I am not a new player by any means, but I am having a tough call deciding between which to have as my final life and am looking for input.
The toon is a Heroic Completionist and I'll be using this bu [..]
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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 [..]
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12:19 am, June 1, 2017
Hi folks,
I recently got a wireless track ball mouse that has some extra buttons. In the past had a wired track ball mouse and I assigned items on a non active hotbar to the buttons to extend my qui [..]
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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 am, May 13, 2017
Hi all,
a guildie of mine plays ddo via steam and she likes to play in english but some month back, as she was playing the game via the launcher she tried out another language. And although she says [..]
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12:19 am, May 11, 2017
1) I want to buy the necro 4 adventure pack and run it. However, do i have to purchase and complete the previous 3 necro packs to gain acces to the fourth?
2)Can I upgrade the emerald claw/silver fla [..]
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12:19 am, April 22, 2017
Greetings everyone!
Reading recent threads, I recognized two different problems:
1) About some players that have some difficult to log into one or more servers.
There are 4 or 5 recent threads abo [..]
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12:19 am, April 7, 2017
There are a lot of ki monk attacks, I am 9th lvl, and find I only use Light, Iron Fist, and Stunning Fist. Sure, I can use water agains't fire creatures and vice versa, but what about the other attack [..]
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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 am, April 6, 2017
so the recent patch brought only client crashes so far for me when its on literations on 33% & ive changed absolutely nothing.
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11:19 am, March 25, 2017
Note: This is hosted on Google Sheets. You will need to copy it to your own account for full functionality.
Hi all,
Been using this myself for some time, saw a request for a quest list so thought I' [..]
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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 [..]
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11:19 am, March 22, 2017
Warning: Spoilers!
Credits to my guildies Tone, Tes, Eth and all the others who helped with feedback. This is just a refreshed guide that we had from Lamannia. Hope you all enjoy it and help you under [..]
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11:19 am, March 22, 2017
So! One of my favorite quests was the Temple of Elemental Evil- Loved it. Was great. Farmed it. Made a nice Crossbow, success.
Took some time away from the game, came back.
Started playing again, ma [..]
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11:19 am, March 9, 2017
OK, I'm still enjoying the Paladin build, except all of my squaddies have way more speed than I do.
Look, I understand that a paladin is going to be slower than say, a monk or rogue... but how can I [..]
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11:19 am, March 3, 2017
I don't even know if this is a ddo specific issue, but it's been happening more than normally the last few days. Once in a while when I'm playing ddo, the game lags for half a second and my computer f [..]
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11:19 pm, February 28, 2017
I did the quests on Korthos Island and arrived in the harbor at 3rd level. Then I ate 2 birthday cakes and found myself to be 8th level. What should I be focusing on? Lower level quests on elite/reape [..]
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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 am, February 23, 2017
What's the trick to using it?
If I'm moving towards a group of mobs and activate it, it stops me. If I'm standing still and activate it followed by movement it prevents my movement until it finishes [..]
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11:19 pm, February 21, 2017
So I plan on using Iconics for a bit to get a few heroic past lives out of the way. So you still have to take the majority of your levels in the heroics past life you want or do you get to "pick [..]
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11:19 am, February 3, 2017
Got windows 10, and logged in a week ago fine, however now it minimizes and any time I try to switch to it, it minimizes again. When I try a different server, it has the 'you have too many characters [..]
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11:19 pm, January 24, 2017
I'm a noob. I played just to lv20 once, years ago, so the basics are familiar and I'm looking at the wiki.
I hate the undead. I don't want to be a rogue, but I hate locked doors... Thinking about a H [..]
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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' [..]
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11:19 am, January 23, 2017
Hi All,
i'm just using a heart wood to reincarnate for the first time, i'm half way through 5th level and wanted to take a past life feat.
It's greyed out and I cannot choose any past life.
What am [..]
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11:19 am, January 23, 2017
Hi everyone,
started playing free till lvl4-5 then began with Shan-to-Kar(ddo points). I wanted to know if purchasing the Menace of the Underdark will automatically add onto game content because I [..]
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11:19 pm, January 17, 2017
Looking at getting this amenity, but can't find much data in tons of searching of google, etc. Aside from something about it being similar to the old T3 Farshifter amenity, which I can't find anything [..]
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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 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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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 19, 2016
Came back, rolled a new toon. I did this at like... 2:30 AM in the morning so I know the server is a bit low. There's only the one group here in Korthos....
I asked one party member can i join?
&quo [..]
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11:19 pm, December 11, 2016
When it comes to leveling Order. and Picking feats, how do you know which way is best. Does it really matter? or is leveling Order one of the biggest things when building? with my years of playing, im [..]
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11:19 am, December 8, 2016
I have a lvl20 druid and find that i rarely bring my pet out and leave it snoozing by the fire.
She is more a liability than a help as her health plummets alarmingly when in combat and she seems to [..]
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11:19 pm, November 26, 2016
not a new player, but looking to try something new.
I have seen people using crossbows as a ranger and benefiting from the AA tree imbues for the bolts, does this work with thrown weapons as well, or [..]
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11:19 am, November 24, 2016
Hello
I bought myself a +6 stat tome the other day and applied it to my level 11 character. Didnt read the fine print and the bonus was only +3. Apparently were I level 15 it would have been +4 yada [..]
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11:19 am, November 19, 2016
So the DDO wiki has some information regarding shields and MRR that is a little bit confusing. It says that heavy and tower shields have a multiplier for your MRR against attacks that allow a reflex [..]
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11:19 am, November 19, 2016
Planning build for half-orc two handed weapon barbarian that will be played 98% solo. Is it worth giving up feat "Epic Fortitude" or "Epic Damage Reduction" to obtain "Overw [..]
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12:19 am, October 24, 2016
Hello all, and apologies if the headline was a bit confusing :)
Is there a way to see the leaders of the LFM groups? The current state of business is this: http://i66.tinypic.com/jkd4rq.jpg
Thanks a [..]
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12:19 am, October 22, 2016
hi guys, i´m a new player at the game (just a month) and i like it a lot so i decided to buy some packs. I asked people and told me to buy giants holds and vale of twilight. So i did. Later [..]
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12:19 am, October 6, 2016
Hello
I’ve been doing The Jungle of Khyber, The Druid's Deep chain, The High Road chain, The Lords of Dust and Servants of the Overlord now almost on a daily basis to get me from level 24 t [..]
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12:19 am, October 6, 2016
Skill Tomes give an "inherent bonus" - I'm not sure if DDO is using "inherent" as yet another type of "Bonus", like Enhancement bonuses and Festival Bonuses, etc, or whet [..]
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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 [..]
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12:19 am, September 20, 2016
Add to 4th lvl Monk what; 1 lvl of Rogue or 1 lvl of Artificer to deal with traps and locks?
Returned to my second made character in DDO and found I can drive a Monk a little better than before after [..]
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12:19 am, September 14, 2016
I have a repeating xbow user, at the moment he is 8ftr 6 rog 2 arty. I'm trying to decide rather to with tier 5 mech or stay with tier 5 kensai. can someone help me with the dps numbers with these c [..]
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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 pm, September 10, 2016
Hello everyone,
i hope to find some help about solving my PC Problem not linked to DDO that keeps me busy and depressed for a few days. I´m running on WIN7 Ultimate 64, 6 Core Athlon2 1100T [..]
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12:19 am, September 2, 2016
This might just be an embarrassing case of having missed an answer right in front of my nose, but here goes...
I looked at the list of buffs available via guild ship amenities, via ddo.com and ddowik [..]
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12:19 am, August 27, 2016
I haven't played in years until recently (and didn't play long back then)https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...=1#post2799105
I was following this build and it was added to the thread in 2011 then he [..]
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12:19 am, August 25, 2016
How is the plat cost of resetting points in an Epic Destiny calculated?
After coming back from an extended break, I noticed that the plat cost for resetting the points in my Epic Destinies differs ba [..]
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12:19 pm, August 24, 2016
Hi everyone, I am using a small laptop which definitely has enough space and the capacity to run ddo but for some reason, the launcher will give me an error message (the title). I have tried reinstall [..]
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12:19 am, August 8, 2016
Hello All, I'm trying the reincarnate my Ftr/4 Pal/15. I'm using a +20 lesser heart. What is happening is I'm trying to reincarnate into a warlock I get past everything character creation and I go to [..]
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12:19 am, July 29, 2016
So this DDO has had troubles with the NVIDIA graphics card crashing since I got the computer. I had to downgrade to some lower version of DirectX to make it work at all. Then it periodically ( once ev [..]
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12:19 am, July 27, 2016
I keep seeing spell damage on not-typically-spellcaster gear, like kamas and tower shields. I know with feats and multiclassing there's no particular reason to say a spellcaster can't be using that it [..]
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12:19 pm, July 21, 2016
Code:
Character Plan by DDO Character Planner Version 4.31.203DDO Character Planner Home PageVaerii Synast
Level 20 Chaotic Good Half-Elf Female
(20 Bard)
Hit Points: 200
Spell Points: 670
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12:19 pm, July 14, 2016
I've been playing DDO for a long time, and the great thing about it is how open-ended it is. However, I'd really like some advice on how to optimize different aspects of the game. One of those aspec [..]
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12:19 am, July 8, 2016
I am playing a wiz right now and i took the empower+maximize feats and im using them. When used together, they are supposed to add 225 spell power total, and that's times 3.25 damage with spells affec [..]
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12:19 am, June 28, 2016
The question is, is there any difference?
(By the way, I'm only discussing Tiers here, not core enhancements. Repeat - not core enhancements.)
First:
Progression is described in the DDO Wiki as fo [..]
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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 am, June 24, 2016
Hello all
I have an idea for a build and could use some feedback. The idea is to use a repeater and AA while using the warlock aura. I am not sure it will work so therefore some feedback is needed.
[..]
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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 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, June 17, 2016
Hello! We're writing today to give you a heads-up on a change to the in-game mail system that will improve game performance.
We've been tackling cases of "stacking enhancements", optimizing [..]
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