12:19 am, April 17, 2018
Hi,
I've been playing DDO for over 10 years now and for the past 5 years at least I've specialised myself by pretty much exclusively playing an Articifer. Although I enjoy playing in a group, my main [..]
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12:19 am, April 9, 2018
Hello,
Just wanted to ask the community here in the advice forum questions regarding severs. Now I did do a search, but nothing that is really current in 2018, a lot of the threads I found was from [..]
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12:19 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 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 pm, April 1, 2018
Hello all,
I am 99% new to game I played long ago when the game first came out but I don't remember like anything. A lot of content has been added.
I started a pally character and chose a kit for i [..]
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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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11:19 am, February 18, 2018
So this is kind've weird and I maybe only found this by weird coincidence. I only just realized DDO had a built-in FPS limiter and, since my system is decently beefy, cranked it up to 120. Seems to be [..]
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11:19 pm, January 8, 2018
It started yesterday for me..
I tried to zone into bank in The Market.. I get loading screen , zero bar progress. I let it wait a few minutes.. nothing.. It never even starts..
I closed out game [..]
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11:19 pm, January 7, 2018
Hello, Everyone!
An old player - 2008 and onward! - literally and figuratively here with a question about Heroic TR and Racial TR. I was away for about 2 years and recently returned. Life got in the [..]
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11:19 am, January 1, 2018
Howdy yall!!
I returned last week from a break since U27. I literally spent the past week sorting and organizing my mules. I had way too much stuff. Here is my dilema. I have 2 main toons and [..]
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11:19 am, December 29, 2017
Came back to the game a couple months ago, been enjoying it a lot so far! I even managed to get a character up to max level and reincarnate her, something I've never actually done before. However, I'v [..]
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11:19 pm, December 21, 2017
There are several decent TR'ing quest guides out there but so far all of them have shared the requirement that you down Sov pots non-stop, they run with a perma-group or they're wicked out of date mak [..]
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11:19 pm, December 8, 2017
Home computer is Win10, recent (2 year old) ATI video card, 16GB system RAM.
The two issues I'm seeing now is that:
1- I will log in with a red connection button about 30% of the time and have to [..]
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11:19 am, December 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 [..]
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11:19 am, November 16, 2017
Used to play a bit during update 19, saw the new skill trees, but probably not all of the new content. Premium player, probably spent ~$80? So I read through the DDO wiki on updates since then, and am [..]
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11:19 am, November 9, 2017
A while back, someone had posted a spreadsheet that had all of the quests listed out that included some nice details for tracking progress. I took that sheet & built upon it, adding in some ad [..]
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11:19 pm, November 1, 2017
Hello everyone, and welcome to Movember 2017! This is now the fifth year that I've raised money publicly for men's health through the Movember Foundation in the Dungeons & Dragons Online comm [..]
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12:19 am, October 18, 2017
Greets Folks,
Here is my dilemma..
I love my tank..Hes a pure fighter (on his 3rd life now timmy/AC) and I've always been a "purist" when it comes to this character. (Many of you know him [..]
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12:19 pm, October 14, 2017
Howdy all. Have you ever gotten tired struggling with trying to get to Level 20 for TR? Are you always finding a lack of Groups on the LFM that run the right quests for a max load of XP? Well look no [..]
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12:19 am, October 14, 2017
I thought I would share some experiences from some recent runs I did while getting 100 favor in the servers I have never played on.
One of the reasons I did this was a I got a little bored trying to [..]
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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, August 16, 2017
I look at all my group mates, examining them. I can target them and press the 'z' key on my key board.
You will not run as fast as I. I slow down.
You'll need a guide through non-linier maps. I'l [..]
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12:19 am, July 27, 2017
I'm new to the game. I started up a few years ago and quit because soloing the class I wanted (1 thief/7 mage) was really hard to level without hirelings (I didn't want to use them....)
I am certain t [..]
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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 [..]
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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, May 27, 2017
Hey all, returning player here looking to TR my current character and try my luck at reaper difficulty on my next life (roughly half a level to go till 30). I have a few various tomes between +2 and [..]
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12:19 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, April 27, 2017
Hi,
one of our group recently had a long stay in the hospital and thus was left behind experience wise. When he got back we helped him catch up (mostly by doing wilderness area exp which allows for a [..]
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12:19 pm, April 20, 2017
We are once again taking applications for the DDO Players Council! Please fill out the application completely, and email it to ddo@standingstonegames.com before 11:59pm Eastern on Thursday, April 27th [..]
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12:19 am, April 15, 2017
Hi guys, I'm looking for a little guidance. For all intensive purposes I am new to DDO. I played a wiz and a fight to cap over 8 years ago and haven't played since.
A few friends and I are looking t [..]
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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, 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 [..]
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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 am, March 17, 2017
Been playing for a few weeks on different servers (as either a rogue or fighter) and keep getting into groups with classes that can heal but don't and I end up dead (and not just from taking a lot of [..]
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11:19 pm, February 23, 2017
As a casual player who doesn't plan on grouping very much, do you suggest a wizard or sorcerer for my first character? According to character creation, both classes are challenging for solo play. I un [..]
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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
Hello everyone,
I have been off DDO for about 2 years now or so (I can't really remember). Last I was very active, level cap was fresh 28 and The ShadowConspiracy expansion was out for a few months. [..]
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11:19 pm, January 28, 2017
Hey guys, I recently resubscribed and want to start a new character. Could someone please tell me which server is currently the most populated? I love DDO for its group dynamics, so I do not wish to l [..]
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11:19 pm, January 27, 2017
Returning player here (played beta/release , then a little while before druids became a thing) , wanting to create a tank character (played a tank or healer in most MMOs) and was wondering if anyone h [..]
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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 [..]
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11:19 pm, January 6, 2017
If there is anyone looking for a leveling partner for a static duo/group, I would be happy to either roll up a new character or TR an old one.
No pressure, no worries. We'll move at whatever pace you [..]
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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 [..]
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11:19 pm, December 19, 2016
I've been away from the game for a few years and just picked it back up again, got the old itch.
First up, ground rules. I am a filthy casual solo player. Family, preference etc make it so that I rar [..]
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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, November 1, 2016
Hello everyone, and welcome to Movember 2016! This is now the fourth year that I've raised money publicly for men's health through the Movember Foundation in the Dungeons & Dragons Online com [..]
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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 pm, October 4, 2016
I was recently asked about my build (Lvl 9, Pure Elf Barbarian-Ravager ); to paraphrase the question was 'Melee, or Ranged?'...My response was, of course, 'BOTH'. After that: the discussion got a bit [..]
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12:19 am, September 19, 2016
Hey all!
I had a few questions that have been stumping my friends and I who started playing together a few months back. Most of us know way more than we should about PnP D&D, but we're having [..]
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12:19 am, September 16, 2016
Maybe you need to contribute big towards a guild ship. Maybe you need money to buy better gear on the AH. Maybe potions/scrolls/etc are still a major cost to you. Whatever the reason, opportunity i [..]
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12:19 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
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 am, September 8, 2016
I am still new to DDO, playing only about 11 months, 99% solo. I have a 10th level character (4th Artificer / 6th Warlock) and two hirelings (gold permanent cleric 3rd lvl, paladin 9th lvl) and I wan [..]
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12:19 am, July 31, 2016
One thing i love is this new party experience, the reason is because now our characters are so strong it seems like nobody hardly teams up anymore and that's making DND a bit boring at times because j [..]
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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 19, 2016
Hey all, ive finally got a PC again and would like to get back into this game. but it seems a bit dead as far as jumping right back into low level stuff. not alot of LFGs up nowdays (Sarlona server).
[..]
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12:19 pm, June 18, 2016
I'm not really a new player but I only have one TR and I've never done any raiding or joined a guild. I usually solo or find pick up groups. Some players I meet in groups are so impressive, tearing [..]
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12:19 am, May 20, 2016
Hi All,
I have been playing since about the beginning of this game, and I recently took a year off. When I returned recently, I noticed that all of my feats were gone and had to reconstruct my too [..]
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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 [..]
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12:19 am, May 15, 2016
Hi
I was looking at the new kensai enhancements and started wondering about a few things.
Does Weapon Group Specialization apply to unarmed. as in monk or wolf form?
Does Strike With No Thought an [..]
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12:19 pm, April 19, 2016
Dear Turbine and forumites!
My permagroup encountered a quite interesting and annoying phenomenon.
We started reincarnating yesterday, and one of our members crashed, when he was on loading screen. [..]
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11:19 am, March 22, 2016
Hey guys, just a quick question. I was wondering what I can do when I have some free time to play while my regular group doesn't. I can't solo quests for XP because I can't leave the group behind, so [..]
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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 [..]
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11:19 am, March 4, 2016
Hi all,
I have recently returned to DDO after a 4 or 5 year absence and don't want to start levelling all my formerly maxed toons again. So I was wondering with the current state of the gamer, which [..]
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11:19 pm, February 26, 2016
Congratulations DDO!
Happy 10th birthday
Today is the day.
To you on the beach!
Jeets awaits, don’t delay!
You're off on a quest!
You're off and away!
You have no time for bed.
You [..]
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11:19 pm, February 4, 2016
New players might be interested in this topic - How to make LFM announcement that will bring players fast.
How to make a good bait LFM:
- set for bravery bonus - limit maximum character level to quest [..]
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11:19 am, January 11, 2016
I don't necessarily want to take the express route to power and riches but it can't hurt to know what the options are.
I understand that TR (at least the first use) is something done at level 20 that [..]
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11:19 pm, January 4, 2016
So my first confusion is with hireling I have a permanent one and she is a cleric the wikipedia says permanent level 3 cleric does that mean she will forever be level 3?
Second how long does it tak [..]
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11:19 am, December 3, 2015
Bladeroom
Melees in one group along a pre-designated safe spot,
Ranged behind them on another. (Note: Raid leader to corner. Raid leader calls for final buffs such as displacement, tough skin, meld, e [..]
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11:19 pm, December 1, 2015
I am starting to group my three accounts for tri boxing. I am t rying to add another to t he t wo already in the group. the party is 1-5 for 3 toons. I have t he third toon try to g et in t he party b [..]
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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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11:19 pm, November 20, 2015
Hi all!
I have been gone for a few years, but am very interested in coming back now that my son is old enough to join me. I remember really enjoying the game. However the reason that I left was that e [..]
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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 [..]
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12:19 am, October 4, 2015
Hi. I've been playing this game on and off over the last 4-5 years and I've decided to give it a shot once again(Last time I played was summer 2014). However I've never been very good at the mechanics [..]
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12:19 pm, September 14, 2015
Everyone that has been in a group with me lately has probably heard me complaining about an extremely annoying visual glitch that has been plaguing me for the last six months, it used to occur maybe o [..]
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12:19 pm, September 9, 2015
When I started playing DDO I went the Premium route and purchased most available quest packs. I have since played through almost everything I own and now wish to take advantage of the current quest p [..]
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12:19 pm, September 3, 2015
Likely this will sound a bit Looney toons but please understand I'm quit a RPG fanatic. Honestly writting this is a bit hard. My initial attempt to play ddo was somewhat successful but also a bit di [..]
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12:19 am, September 3, 2015
Hello, I'm glad to be here, dungeons and dragons has been a hobby of mine since I was quit young and to have a game like ddo available to me for free is just awesome in my onion. A few years ago I ha [..]
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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 pm, August 28, 2015
Does healing amp matter when it comes to potions, or just spells from players? Hirelings? I've just been flying solo so far with this game and wondering if I should pick that enhancement or not. I hea [..]
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12:19 am, August 26, 2015
OK new player, learning the game and it seems to be fun.
Couple questions I want to ask before I get too far in to re-roll a char.
1. Are all servers equal population? It seems no one is playing in [..]
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12:19 am, August 25, 2015
First I would like to give a heads up to the fact that this isn't a fix all. We have however had a lot of success with a few small changes. Basically we smashed our faces into the lag wall and then ma [..]
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12:19 am, August 25, 2015
I have serious problems every time i enter (with party) into these two zones: sands and the orchard.
All the other zones are ok, only these two gives me troubles.
Every time i enter them (while i am [..]
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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 pm, August 21, 2015
This weekend, DDO bonus days brings you a bonus to your questing XP when you fill up your party! Each person above 1 adds an extra 10% to your dungeon experience (non-raid). So that means depending on [..]
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12:19 pm, August 10, 2015
Great Job by everyone in the group.
We were super close to finish this raid on elite in few attempts during the last week but we had some terrible bad luck.
This time we finally did it.
We will work [..]
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12:19 am, August 5, 2015
Old Tomb, New Tenants is a fun, easy quest to stealth. It can be added easily to xp runs after Spies in the House. Practice on EN and farm on EH. EE for Saga reward!Required and suggested skills, dest [..]
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12:19 am, August 4, 2015
Hey all! I've been running EE content and raids over the last few weeks at level 28. I've noticed that when I join groups in the high level raids everyone (except for me) has >1000 hit points, [..]
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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 pm, July 31, 2015
Problem:
After approximately 1.5 hours of play, my character will start moving very slowly upon entering a quest and remain slow in any quest I enter until I redo my ship buffs. Up until that point, [..]
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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 [..]
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12:19 am, July 15, 2015
Hey there, everyone. As the title suggests, I am a returning player(haven't played for 4 - 5 years). I used to enjoy the game a lot, but had never been a subscriber, and back then it just seemed to m [..]
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12:19 am, July 12, 2015
Just about all my experience in Crystal Cove is in PUGs, most of which I led. I never had a static group of guildies or friends to master it with specific roles, so I never have tweaked out each role [..]
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12:19 am, July 10, 2015
Hello all!
So like many I am a player who has been in and out of DDO over the years I love the game I think the mobs have some of the best AI of many newer Mmorpg games.
My issue is I'm not [..]
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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 [..]
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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 [..]
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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 [..]
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12:19 am, June 2, 2015
Do core abilities from two different enhancement branches stack?
I'd like to bring a multi-class character to :a Bard Clvl 12 for the Swashbuckler Panache Core enhancementa Fighter Clvl 6 for the Ken [..]
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