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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

Hello! Newbie Needs Help With Camera and UI. Help!

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 [..] 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

Best Weapon advice

11:19 am, March 4, 2018 I'm wondering which weapon is better? My 14th level pally has a choice between Spinal Tap or a random drop ******* Sword with Electrifying (3d6) electrical damage. He has Improved Crit: Slashing wea [..] View

Returning player with a domain question

11:19 am, March 1, 2018 Hi all, I am a returning player starting over after a 6 yr break. I am a bit confused about Domains. I read that at level 2 you pick a domain, but i am confused to how you pick it? i have a cleric an [..] View

SOLUTION: Game freezes whole computer at Black Screen

11:19 am, February 27, 2018 Hey! I just had an issue in Windows 10 where the launcher asked me "Where is the Game Client Executable?" and the steps I took to fix it were to follow the ideas given here:https://steamco [..] View

Vistani HP loss bug?

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 [..] View

A Possible Past Life Guide

11:19 pm, February 9, 2018 DDO has so many facets, it can seem impossible to figure it out. After build options, I think figuring out past lives may be next most complex given the heroics, iconics, racials, epics, destinies, pa [..] View

Question about tomes

11:19 pm, January 15, 2018 Perhaps this is a silly question or should be obvious, but I really don't know the answer, and I figured I would ask publicly in case anyone else needs to know. If you buy ONLY a +7 ability tome, wo [..] View

Collectibles, what to keep?

11:19 pm, January 9, 2018 Hey there, I’m leveling up a paladin and the collectibles are driving me crazy. I’ve got the small and medium collectibles bags, but my inventory is still beginning to fill up. I w [..] View

Any advice for a new player? Im getting incredibly frustrated.

11:19 am, December 7, 2017 Just wanted to get back into DDO. I played a ton back in the day but lost my old account info so I started a new one. I dropped $50 to start off at level 7 with 34 skill points with a few more things [..] View

Building an Eldritch Knight

11:19 pm, November 28, 2017 Hello again all! As always thanks for taking the time to read and thanks in advance for the thoughts and suggestions. Currently im ready to start my second life. Just got my ES warlock to 20 and my 3 [..] View

Tywa?

12:19 pm, October 26, 2017 Just getting back into the swing of things since 2008.. something like that. Been reading the forums for the last 3 days trying to figure out what I'm getting into, but I can't seem to figure out what [..] 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

Installed DDO through Steam on Windows 10

12:19 am, October 25, 2017 Alright well I sent an email a few days ago to the help and I've yet to receive a response from the official help team so I figure forums are usually full of people who know their stuff, so why not as [..] View

A little advice

12:19 pm, September 25, 2017 I enjoy playing my barbarian but can't quite figure out the reincarnation stuff. I don't understand past lives. I did one reincarnation and have barbarian as a past life once so I will have it again w [..] View

Reincarnation Cache

12:19 pm, August 22, 2017 Hi All, Returning player here that cannot seem to rework the new enhancements to fit my previous build. As such, I plan on reincarnating to reset fighter and ranger levels to full monk. I figure th [..] View

Can someone explain Guild Renown Decay?

12:19 am, July 28, 2017 Reading over the wiki and I can't quite figure out if I'm reading something wrong or if there's something weird about the way it's written. Here is the link I'm talking about. The very first sentence [..] 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

Artificier & Wizard: Inscribe spell level vs. Spell level vs. Caster level

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 [..] View

Cannith crafter equipment advice

12:19 pm, June 13, 2017 Hi! I've finally reached a high enough level to craft myself a ML20 equipment with cannith crafting. However, I thought I'd ask your advice on which enchantments to seek. I'm currently a fire sorcer [..] View

Reincarnate to fix a small mistake-

12:19 pm, May 29, 2017 Hello, first of all I have googled this and I'm still a little confused and terrified to make a mistake on my character with reincarnation. When I started playing I never looked into build guides or c [..] View

Returning player looking for Reaper capable build suggestions

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 [..] View

Problem with UI-

12:19 pm, May 26, 2017 Hi was messing with the UI and getting things set right and I did something I cannot figure out how to undo. There is a window that appears when you highlight an object- Its the place you can see wha [..] View

How do you get/make celestial chainmail?

12:19 am, May 7, 2017 cant for the life of me find anything about it when i google it. my s/o bought some for 40k off the AH about 2/3wks ago and ive been searching for some ever since and cant find a n y. i found it on th [..] View

ioun stones spinning around character head?

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 [..] View

Returning after a long absence

12:19 am, May 5, 2017 Good day. I recently returned. I haven't played for a couple years, and even then I always enjoyed the game but was far behind and never did figure out what to do. I have a level 17 monk and a 14 a [..] View

"Timed" crashes

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. [..] View

crafted vs named breakdown per level?

12:19 am, April 25, 2017 I have been trying to plan gear every 3 to 5 levels or so. It seems for the most part cannith crafting is better than named loot. Is there a breakdown post somewhere, that list named items that are [..] View

Make my Favorite Build Less Squishy

11:19 pm, March 9, 2017 I'm out of ideas, so I've come to plead for ideas to improve my one-and-only character. First, I'm a bit of a flower-sniffer and I'm quite content running slightly under-level HN to have some fun. S [..] View

New Player: So Confused!

11:19 pm, March 4, 2017 Hi all, I'm sitting here reading all of the info I can on builds and the various systems for character enhancements, etc and am utterly confused. I'm trying to figure out how to make my lvl 9 Palad [..] View

The Max Anything At All Levels Reference Guide (DCs, Skills, PRR, HP, etc.)

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 [..] View

Greater Tome of Learning 50% First Time Bonus

11:19 pm, February 21, 2017 Hi everyone, recently i received a blessed "Menace of the Underdark Standard Edition" pack. Since i restarted this game on a f2p account not too long ago it really helps out BIG TIME. (Huge [..] View

Crafting Issue

11:19 pm, February 17, 2017 I cannot figure out what it takes to craft any items to create a strength, charisma, dexterity, charisma, wisdom, or constitution shard. I don't see any recipes when I place the item on the unbound i [..] View

returning player question...

11:19 am, January 21, 2017 Which server is best for starting a new character? I've been trying to figure out which class/race combo will be best for me. Are low level characters even viable in this game still? I have everything [..] View

Former veteran player, back after 5 years hiatus. A few questions.

11:19 pm, January 17, 2017 Hey guys. Long time no see. A few of my college friends and I are starting a pre-made six-men party, to play once a week. I'm thinking of playing a bard. I used to play a dual-wielding dwarven Warcha [..] View

What Exactly Does Ultimate Enlightenment do?

11:19 am, December 31, 2016 i just started playing a 1st life warlock about a week ago now and am level 17, nearly 18 so i decided to look through the trees to decide how i want to finish out. i feel most drawn to the enlightene [..] 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

LGS crafting question

11:19 pm, December 21, 2016 I am tired of feeling dumb about this. On a build I am following, the equipment listed has neck as "LGS Opposition/Material Fire" I don't know what this actually means. That is, what are [..] 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

Old player and new player.

11:19 am, November 27, 2016 I posted in the request a build and got a semi-answer but I figured I'd post here since it seems appropriate. My friend and I are gearing up for a DnD campaign in January that might be Ebberon based. [..] View

Cant drag items in DDO

5:29 am, October 23, 2016 At first clicking didn't work but later I figured out that for some reason it switched to double click to close tabs or the click the chat to talk. I'm fine with this but when I try to click some thin [..] View

Connection Issue

12:19 am, October 23, 2016 I recently redownloaded the game after a 2 year hiatus, give or take, and ran into some issues a couple of days ago. I had been logging in and playing no problem, but now regardless of the server pick [..] View

greataxe or greatsword? which is superior?

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 [..] View

Skill Breakdowns

12:19 am, October 15, 2016 Quote: Originally Posted by Brattyone I attempted to stealth Impossible Demands, where my hide and move silently were sitting at 120/118 respectively, and was heard by mo [..] View

Some questions on melee feats

12:19 am, September 25, 2016 Hi all, I'm about to start into some melee lives, and would like a little advice about feats to take. I'm pretty much decided on TWF Khopesh, just for context. I'll be multi-classing and have a few [..] View

Favored Soul build?

12:19 pm, September 4, 2016 I'm going fvs for my 8th life. I haven't had much luck looking for builds that I want to try (or figure out). I guess I want heavy armor and no melee needed. Should a divine type be anti-undead healer [..] View

How do I get a TWF set to work on my hotbar?

12:19 pm, August 6, 2016 Been trying for days to figure this out. I have a ranger that just wants to click on my hot bar to switch from a bow to his two weapon set, but it doesnt seem to let me put more than one weapon in a b [..] View

The DDO Chronicle: Issue 200!

12:19 am, August 3, 2016 Thank you for reading the DDO Chronicle! It's been something like 350 weeks that I've had to come up with a weekly question, and I couldn't be paid to do something that dumb without you! :) We hope y [..] View

Another new Windows 10 install - DDO banned from using graphics driver

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 [..] View

Half-Orc Pure Barbarian Build THF (Help Needed)

12:19 am, July 19, 2016 So I found this:https://lordofantics.wordpress.com/2...rbarian-build/ And its a good guideline but for a human barbarian. I'm pretty new to this game. And I cannot, for the life of me, find an optimi [..] View

Equipment Advice

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 [..] View

DDO Planner

12:19 pm, July 13, 2016 DDO Plannerhttp://ddoplanner.taplar.com/ Heavy(x3) alpha stage. Very slow development speed (in my downtime and when I'm not playing something else). Intended to play nicely with mobile devices, but [..] 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

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

When should I TR in regards to epic destinies?

12:19 am, May 27, 2016 Hi all, recently returned after a half a decade break and enjoying the game. Recently hit level 20 on a fresh character, a pure bard, and grabbed the Fatesinger destiny. Currently I am rank 16, with 1 [..] View

Cyclical Latency Issues

12:19 am, May 16, 2016 I’ve noticed some new, strange behavior in DDO over the past few days. Basically, I’ll experience (normal for me) latency of 50-80ms and then without explanation, DDO latency will [..] View

Weapon Comparison Spreadsheet

12:19 am, April 15, 2016 I was commenting on janave's post about a new end game maul when I decided to do some weapon comparisons. I quickly found the old ESOS vs. TF Falchion thread from September 2015 and started adapting [..] View

creating genades - thief class

12:19 pm, April 3, 2016 I'm level 13 thief and want to try my hand at making grenades. I bought the Old Sully's trapmaking pages and vials. I can't figure out which of the Cannith crafting machines to use to make grenades an [..] View

Issues launching through Steam, and the Launcher 02/04/2016

12:19 am, April 3, 2016 I downloaded the launcher on the website first, I launched it through the shortcut on the desktop, and nothing happened except a loading icon next to my mouse. I figured there was an issue with the sh [..] View

new character cannot log into harbor, 10 others on same account can

11:19 pm, March 25, 2016 I made a new character the other day using the level 7 veteran and head into the harbor after getting all my new gear, grab the green ingredients bag and run down to baudry to grab the red, game crash [..] View

New Install: PatchClientDLL: CheckDatFiles Failed

11:19 am, March 18, 2016 I'm trying to run DDO onto a new laptop. After installation, when I get to the "Check Product" screen, I get this error: Code: PatchClientDLL: CheckDatFiles Failed [Unable to decrypt a [..] View

Sign posts for Adventure pack start?

11:19 pm, March 11, 2016 Hi, Took a few years off and now am back playing. I bought a couple of new adventure packs but I noticed the signposts that used to create an entry in your quest log to help you find where adventure [..] 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

Character Still Being Saved

11:19 pm, March 5, 2016 Bought warlock class to give it a try last night, start playing today in a group with son and wife and we go do some korthos quests and old sully grog quest bugs on my and my wife, meaning we buy the [..] View

Build Help: Zen Archer Cleric / Ranger?

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 [..] View

Help with my wizard life

11:19 pm, February 26, 2016 Hi I would like to make my next life a wizard, but i can't figure out how to do it. I have been thinking about a art 3 warlock 4/5 wiz 13/12 repeater build, but it just doesn't seem right. I would li [..] View

Comprehensive Spell Power, Crit Chance, Crit Damage Breakdowns

11:19 pm, February 19, 2016 Thread is what it says on the tin. Since max DC and max spellpower build are usually exclusive to each other, this will be its own thread. Also I can't edit thread titles. Once again I invite everyone [..] View

Completionist questions

11:19 pm, February 12, 2016 So, you don't need full 20 lvl of each class for completionist? Only a majority in the class you want (or tied, alphabetically)? I am life 3, life 1 was a pure (pun intended) paladin, and 2 was pure [..] View

Insightful spell bonuses and how they work

11:19 pm, January 22, 2016 Okay, I've spent a couple of hours with Google, and have not found a definitive answer as yet. As of the latest update (U29), there are new types of bonuses, named "insightful ***" where ** [..] View

Trying to purchase Shadowfell Conspiracy

11:19 pm, December 24, 2015 I am trying to purchase the Shadowfell Conspiracy (85% off right now) but I can't seem to figure it out. I get to the "checkout" screen, but it wants me to create a new account. I don't wa [..] View

Which are the collectables that I shouldn't be throwing away?

11:19 pm, December 15, 2015 I used to play some years ago and have a few things left over from then. I've tried to sort through my old stuff and sell the most valuable things and junk the rest. I think I've made some mistakes in [..] View

Figuring out green steel recipes from build names i.e. "min II"

11:19 pm, December 4, 2015 I finally created my first green steel item, a 3x positive long bow. I am now looking to create a cloak for my monk. I heard I can get 45 hp and protection +5/heavy fortification and stoneskin 2xs a d [..] View

How do I unload "bind to character" equipment / aim shurikens / re-accept quest?

11:19 am, December 2, 2015 How do I remove from my inventory equipment/gear/loot that is "Binds to character on acquire permanently"? I am new to DDO (maybe 12 hours play time to date), and by ignorance and/or mistake [..] View

Returning Player Questions (More)

11:19 am, November 21, 2015 First I want to thank folks for their help with my previous thread. OK so I have been gone since before Menace of the Underdark. (Stormreach era?) I am trying to figure out how the Campaign situation [..] View

Support Cordovan and Team Turbine this Movember!

11:19 pm, November 1, 2015 Hello everyone! I am once again hoping to get the DDO community involved in raising money for some important work this "Movember". The Movember Foundation conducts its largest annual fundrai [..] View

All Worlds 'Closed'

12:19 pm, October 8, 2015 Evening all, I have been following various steps in the support FAQs and even submitted a ticket, but figured I would also try a post here. I am a returning player, using my account from 5 months ago [..] View

Games not launching.

12:19 pm, October 6, 2015 I've had major issues since yesterday and can't figure out what I'm missing. Any of my game launchers work just fine but once I press ''play'' none works. This includes DDO(of course) fallowed by any [..] View

Crystal Cove event question

12:19 am, September 30, 2015 I participated in the event and have a couple of questions remaining. Are doubloons good for anything else? I picked up a pirate hat that has features that are able to be configured. How do I confi [..] View

any of these weapons worth keeping for any reason? I need to clear space

12:19 am, September 2, 2015 here is a list of all of my weapons across all of my toons. Looking for an experienced player to just take a glance and comment on whether or not anything is worth keeping or if I can scrap stuff to m [..] View

Gear Planner (in development)

12:19 am, August 22, 2015 I've begun writing a comprehensive gear planner that will be a stand-alone desktop program but will also have limited interaction with my build planner. Being its own utility I figured move the develo [..] View

Crash to Desktop (CTD)

12:19 am, August 19, 2015 So I recently got a new laptop and was having issues during the install of the game. The first two times I did the normal install then play option and both times when it said the install had been comp [..] View

SWF style - what does it work with?

12:19 pm, August 12, 2015 I am trying to figure out what I should do with my Paladin (will be Paladin 20 - no Fighter splash). I don't want to do TWF this life, so that seems to leave either Sword and Shield or THF. Single W [..] View

The quest for green steel

12:19 am, August 11, 2015 As a new player, my highest lvl toon is 23rd lvl. Just found out about green steel. He is a dual wielding chops fighter/ranger. At 23rd lvl, I won't find anyone to help me with the Veil quests, and I [..] View

I have a German language problem loading the game- trying to figure out what it is:

12:19 am, August 9, 2015 Well, several, actually: A) Not being terribly technical myself, I am not sure what is going on so well, even in English. B) The computer is German, and so are all the messages (and it is not my fi [..] View

Bag space trouble Coin Lord faction question

12:19 pm, August 5, 2015 I've spent around 30 minutes reading stuff on increasing bag space. The game is unenjoyable now because of all the items I have to juggle around, especially since taking up crafting. Anyway, I need mo [..] View

GlovePie + Controller + DDO - Problems...anyone experience with that?

12:19 am, August 2, 2015 Hello there, I love to play with controller and my mini-keyboard. I use a written GlovePie-Script for button-layout and it works fine with every game...except DDO !!! As soon as I start GlovePie the [..] View

Want Cannith Favor

12:19 am, July 31, 2015 I want a toon I have to craft. I have a23rd lvl toon who has some favor through quests, and I am trying to get favor through Dr. Rushmore's Manor, Behind the Door, but even after looking at all the ma [..] View

Returning Player Looking For Advice

12:19 am, July 30, 2015 Alright so me and a friend are returning to the game after about 5 years off. I was a VIP back in the day, but now I'm unfortunately out of a job, making me unable to get it again. My friend is unable [..] View

Unsustainable packet loss, just at times.

12:19 pm, July 15, 2015 Hi, like the title says, I sometimes observe an extreme amount of lost packets, like 40%, paired with 3000-4000 ms lag. I play on a laptop: win 8.1 64bit, 8GB ram, i7 4210U, nvidia 840M. This noteboo [..] View

Ref save or big weapon

12:19 am, July 14, 2015 So Mr derpy build here is back with more stupid questions Playing my evasion (not tank, so dont worry) build xx fig/4 rog with a focus on vanguard enhancements. So i max out dex and take finesse f [..] View

Determining what ability tomes a character has

12:19 am, July 13, 2015 I had to stop playing for several months. Now that I am back playing again, I am trying to figure out what ability tomes have been applied to my characters. I had TR'd 2 of them not long before I had [..] View

New Player

12:19 pm, July 8, 2015 Hi guys I'm a completely new player and I was wondering if I could ask you a question about the game before I get started. I have never played a Dungeons and Dragons game before so sorry in advance if [..] View

Purchased Adventure Packs

12:19 pm, June 22, 2015 Hi, Part of a group of 5 returning players. 3 of us went VIP, and 2 of the players are using turbine points to purchase adventure packs. A couple of the guys who are not VIP have purchased adventur [..] View

harper leadership question

12:19 pm, June 9, 2015 not a new player but figured one may find the answer useful. does Harper's Leadership, Druid Past Life, and Augment Summon stack? ive done this build before to great success, but this was before har [..] View

201 Error on new Windows 10 installtion

12:19 pm, May 29, 2015 I just upgraded my Windows 8.1 computer to Windows 10 Preview and was wanting to install DDO on it. I had played it on this computer when it was Windows 8 but it was the Happy Cloud version. I saw whe [..] View

Returning player

12:19 am, April 11, 2015 Hey there folks :) Been gone for a couple of years, and I have a few questions to get back back up to speed. The toon I am playing right now is a PM/rogue. While I was gone, the enhancement trees were [..] View

Crystal Cove: Lighting the Path (For Kobolds)

12:19 am, April 7, 2015 Y'arr, greetings, DDO Community. Self-Appointed Coin Lord of the Seas, ForgettableNPC here! (Skip down a bit if you want to actually get to the Guide part, most of the introduction is just me rambling [..] View

Damage Calculator, or which weapons would be better?

12:19 pm, April 5, 2015 I remember seeing in the forums some site that you can test combat for DDO. Lamina, or something like that. I am interested because I can't figure out which weapons are better. I have a duel-wielding [..] View

How do you replay the Threnal Arena?

12:19 am, March 31, 2015 So the first time I did all the Threnal quests I must have missed the ceremonial dagger. I decided to go back and try the arena because I was trying to find a nice place to **** rust monsters, and th [..] View

Forums

How do you move hotbars? I seriously can't figure it out...

Dec 12, 2014, 6:14 pm I haven't played/logged in for about 2.5 years. I can't seem to move any of my hotbars... I feel pretty dumb lol. I checked the settings, and maybe I overlooked something but I just can't seem to figu[..] View

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