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 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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11:19 am, February 10, 2018
I've been having problems now for a few months that I've never had before and I've been playing DDO on and off since 2006.
The issue is this: when I select my server and hit play, the game opens, bu [..]
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11:19 pm, February 2, 2018
Quote:
3 Pieces: Assassin's Sentience: Melee and Missile attacks deal an additional 4d6 +1d6 per character epic level in acid damage. This effect will not stack with other Sentience [..]
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11:19 pm, January 20, 2018
Hi, I was wondering if the effects such as:
Quote:
3 Pieces: Assassin's Sentience: Melee and Missile attacks deal an additional 4d6 +1d6 per character epic level in acid damage. This [..]
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11:19 am, January 19, 2018
I cannot hear party member's voice.
I can hear all other in game sounds, music, dm, sound effects, etc.
Others can hear me. I cannot hear them. See them light up.
Went through Audio Options, tweaki [..]
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11:19 pm, January 5, 2018
From the snipets I have read, it seems that ******* swords are treated as one-handed weapons in all respects - so (if a character has no feats/enhancements that benefit a particular weapon) two ****** [..]
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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, December 21, 2017
I've been having a problem for about two months now where my connection seems to freeze in game, but only for uploaded information. I can see everything moving around me, I can get damaged, on my cle [..]
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11:19 am, November 11, 2017
Hi SSG / others,
Since about 3 weeks ago I've been having weird issues with my UI. Specifically:
- When I load in I can run around just fine and see other characters move but chat doesn't load, and [..]
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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 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 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 am, September 30, 2017
I took the quests by xp from the ddowiki and broke them out by effective level based on difficulty.
Raids have been removed.
Solo only quests have been removed.
Quest duration is not included.
Bravery [..]
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12:19 am, September 29, 2017
This Wednesday, minutes before the server was brought down for the patch, I logged on to check auctions and such. Everything was normal. Later in the day I downloaded the update and logged in. Initial [..]
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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 pm, August 18, 2017
I'm about to TR into a Warlock for the first time. I'm fairly familiar with the class in general, but not at all in depth.
I can't find a source which says if Eldritch Blast counts as a spell one wa [..]
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12:19 am, June 10, 2017
Hey Peeps,
I have been developing a DDO character planner for some time now and it has reached a stage where I would like the community to start to provide feedback and ideally some bug reports.
It [..]
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12:19 pm, June 2, 2017
Hi folks,
I'm hoping someone who definitively knows can confirm the meaning of a common mechanic I see. I'm referring to any situation like the following when an effect "scales with xyz% spell [..]
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12:19 pm, May 9, 2017
Anyone else noticed that grease spell affects you (your party) more than enemies? By that I mean that enemies seem to effortlessly run quickly through Greases area of effect when they did their save b [..]
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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 am, April 4, 2017
I have been trying to find how/where to stop vip. I want to go to f2p when my vip expires. I do not want to have it automatically continue. I tried one thing, can't remember exactly what I did, but o [..]
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11:19 pm, March 9, 2017
Here's an example: "For each stack, the target takes 1% more damage for 3 seconds. This effect stacks up to 20 times, and loses one stack on expiration." How can this effect stack 20 times [..]
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11:19 pm, February 27, 2017
Hi all. New to DDO, but loving it.
Quick question on spell-like effects. I did some forum searching, but haven't found this one yet. Apologies if this is a redundant post.
For spell-like effect [..]
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11:19 pm, February 27, 2017
So I've got a friend that it's gonna give DDO a try, he's used once the Anniversary cake on a newly created character, and has reached iirc level 5, which is cool but I daresay still insufficient in o [..]
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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 9, 2017
Summon hireling, right-click hireling in party list, customize AI actions, dialog box pops up. Uncheck all of the attack options in both offensive and defensive lists, close the dialog with the 'x'.
[..]
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11:19 am, January 7, 2017
I want to know if the Ninja Poison stance will work in Bear form. I know from another thread i looked up that in the past it definitely did not work, because you are unarmed and it needs a weapon. Ho [..]
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11:19 pm, January 2, 2017
Hi,
Yesterday my Windows 10 updated itself. After the update the game client no longer works. I can sign into the launcher and pick a server, but when I tell it to start the computer closes the launc [..]
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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 [..]
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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 pm, November 10, 2016
I'm not sure where the best spot to post this is, but advice & guidance seemed to be the right place. If not please let me know.
Anyway, ever since the deity update I've been looking at a maul [..]
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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 pm, September 9, 2016
So i have fox's cunning as one of my spells, and when I cast it, my character goes through the motions and the sound effects are there, but the effect never shows up in the top left. eagle's splendor [..]
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12:19 am, August 27, 2016
My son and I found some decent builds... We're making good progress. I have some general questions:
Backpack: I recall with faction you used to get a reward that expanded pack or bank slots. Can s [..]
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12:19 am, August 19, 2016
How do you know if gear is an upgrade? I mean I can get dex is more than one slot but afaik more than one item with dex don't stack in D&D? So i'd have a choice of like don't use the new item [..]
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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, 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, April 21, 2016
So, the idea of a Spell Like Ability is that it's a spell that costs the same amount of SP, no matter how much you empower it via metamagic right? Sounds great, but... It's not a spell right? Or is [..]
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12:19 pm, April 14, 2016
I just retuned to the game and loaded the game on a newer computer. The install went fine and I can hear all the sound effects as I did before. The problem is when I join a party. When I speak in p [..]
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12:19 am, April 7, 2016
Hi All,
I'm embarassed to say how many toons I have, but I do have oodles of Quivers of Alacrity now that I want to upgrade. I had just enough shield fragments to upgrade one for the 30% striding. Of [..]
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12:19 pm, April 4, 2016
OK, so long time player, recently returning (about 3 months now?)
I finally got completionist, which has been a long term goal for me.
Anyway, my old "Epics experience" was around when Epic [..]
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11:19 pm, March 25, 2016
DDO wiki wasn't very clear for me on threat reduction.
1) What is the final threat reduction of Subtlety(1) and Shadow Training III, combined with the passive portion of Sly Flourish(3)?
2) What is [..]
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11:19 am, March 17, 2016
Hi,
I am looking to purchase a dexterity tome and it gets a bit confusing. I am not sure what to purchase and want to make sure I don't waste turbine points.
I have a 20 Dexterity and the breakdown [..]
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11:19 pm, March 12, 2016
I've been wondering for a long time whether old striding items are giving a bonus to attack speed or not. It could be possible that when they introduced speed and stopped using striding, they just cha [..]
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11:19 pm, March 10, 2016
DDO Bonus Days bring you a new bonus event: Treasure Hunter's Weekend! Now through March 13th!
What it does: Treasure dice rolls are increased by 10, making it more likely that you will get maximum ef [..]
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11:19 am, February 14, 2016
This is a much improved version of my first thread, with less mistakes, better organization, and in a subforum where hopefully more people will see it.
This will break down the DC for every class and [..]
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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 am, January 14, 2016
Simply put, I can't hear voice chat since I moved. I can hear sound effects, and other people can hear me talk, but I can't hear them.
Everything is plugged in to the same ports, no hardware has chan [..]
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11:19 am, January 12, 2016
Information:
This is a tool designed to calculate the damage done over time by almost any non-caster build. Once you enter in all the information for your build, the tool should be able to calculate [..]
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11:19 am, January 10, 2016
Hi,
I purchased a tome of +1 dexterity. When I tried to use it, it says you have no inherent bonus to dexterity to upgrade? Not sure what that means. My dexterity is a 15. (base 12 plus 3 for ite [..]
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11:19 am, December 31, 2015
Captain's Crew has pushed out 6 runs on live. 2 were tonight.
Day one run was over 2 hours, but with some silly strategeriee we've got it down to a buck 15 average.
....my anecdotal thoughts......What [..]
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11:19 pm, December 26, 2015
I am a drow dark monk, level 3, with STR of 17 abd DEX of 17, in Korthos Village on Argonnessen. I have both "two hand fighting" and "two weapon fighting" feats. When I am armed wi [..]
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11:19 pm, December 17, 2015
Hey all, got a kinda weird question. I played years ago, just coming back this past month and went VIP after a week back. One of my characters is a level 3 dwarf barbarian. Since being back I've made [..]
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11:19 pm, November 25, 2015
1/ I am a newbie
2/ this is not about the SWF+TWF exploit which I think I read got fixed now
3/ I noticed on my 4/2/1 character that I wasn't hitting anything anymore. just grazing hits. and even on [..]
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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 pm, September 25, 2015
I get weird noises. It wouldn't let me post the info, so I will just say since getting a new machine, I get weird noises on the initial loading screens, to the character select screen. After selecti [..]
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12:19 am, September 18, 2015
I was adding points to the Vanguard tree to get certain things the way I always do when this catches my eye,
(Combat): Your shield specialization i effect has been removed from you.
(Combat): You a [..]
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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 6, 2015
So let's annoy the board again....but don't think i'm just chatty because i actually use this information "level 19 only 1 rank to 20...Yay:o"
So i'm following the build in this thread by [..]
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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 pm, September 2, 2015
i have read that archery is not a viable way to go for dps for many different reasons but i know that all of the things i have read on this were written years ago. i am coming back to the game and i [..]
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12:19 am, September 2, 2015
I need some serious help, I'm completely lost. This is what I can say about my character:
its currently an Elf, level 12, 9 ranger 3 rogue
I have a lesser heart of wood and a +20 lesser hear of wood [..]
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12:19 pm, August 29, 2015
I've recently started having an issue when trying to select any enhancements that have multiple selections. The window to select between the options never appears. I suspect that this is caused by my [..]
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12:19 pm, August 26, 2015
I found threads about this as early as 2009, and as late as a year and 10 days ago. Can I still utilize SWF, and TWF at the same time in wolf form? Can I also carry a staff, and use it in wolf form, a [..]
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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 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 [..]
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12:19 am, August 20, 2015
Not a new player, but I have a decidedly newbie-type question:
How on Earth do I turn off auto-attack?
It never used to be a problem but lately I've had it randomly turn on during quests (not sure w [..]
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12:19 pm, August 12, 2015
Do I need to keep the Akamai installed to run ddo? I just got a new CPU and installed ddo, then I noticed there are many Akamai net session processes running. It doesn't effect my gameplay, there are [..]
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12:19 am, August 8, 2015
I've previously only run sword and board, but I'd like to go with TWF for my next life. I have a few questions.
1) Is there a preferred weapon type for TWF? I really don't think I'll have the feat [..]
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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 3, 2015
Hello everyone! I've been working on this for the last few months, inputting all of the named items in ddo into a spreadsheet. I imagine, like myself, there are people out there who just enjoy making [..]
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12:19 am, July 26, 2015
Yesterday it worked fine, but for the last 20 hours or so DDO Store not loading on my WinXP 32bit computer.
It works fine on Win 8.1 though.
I restarted DDO client many times, also restarted compute [..]
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12:19 am, June 18, 2015
Hello,
I have a 1st life wizard and the challenge Ive set out for myself it to see how powerful I can get it without resorting to TRing. Why? I have a LOT of toons, and only one that I TR, the rest a [..]
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12:19 pm, June 6, 2015
I'd like to clear my Combat chat channel of all extraneous messages so that the actual combat messages don't get pushed off the very small buffer by things which are already spammed to the General cha [..]
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12:19 pm, June 3, 2015
Hi all,
Does Spell Lore, primarily an equipment bonus to your chance to score a critical hit with a spell, operate on Damage over Time or Heal over Time spells?
And if so, is it for just one "t [..]
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12:19 pm, June 1, 2015
With the impending nerf coming to Paladins (and likely Barbarians) I feel it would be informative to both new and old players to know what classes we can expect to be nerfed. I will have been seriousl [..]
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12:19 pm, May 10, 2015
Three questions about the Human Versatility: Damage Boost.
1. It gives +20% weapon damage. In what way is this different than the Action Boost: Melee Power from class enhancement trees?
Several abil [..]
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12:19 am, May 3, 2015
I am running windows 8.1 on an NVIDIA GEFORCE 860M. Since update 25 i have been unable to adjust contrast, brightness or gamma in full screen. I can move the slider but it has no effect. The pictur [..]
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12:19 am, April 28, 2015
Hey everyone!
I have read a lot about how the two handed line of feats boosts the glances on b-swords. So, I took the first one of those feats with my b-sword and I have not noticed a single proc of [..]
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12:19 pm, April 18, 2015
In the quest Caged Trolls you have to get past a locked door with no key. Does this mean that you just can't solo this quest without being a rogue? (I suppose an artificer or wizard with Knock could [..]
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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 am, April 12, 2015
Featuring guest Dungeon Master Wil Wheaton! Battle and explore your way through the vast Temple of Elemental Evil, and stop its cultists before they unleash an ancient demoness.
A Classic Adventure
E [..]
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12:19 am, April 9, 2015
** Note that this problem occurs ONLY in DDO. **
When I type (anywhere in the game) some keystrokes get duplicated. It seems to be totally random, and does it with any key on my keyboard. Just to mak [..]
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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 [..]
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12:19 pm, March 30, 2015
Been away for a while just got back a few weeks ago and still learning the "new" content. I have a Drow Sorc 18/Pal 2/Epic 8 with the Shiradi Champion Destiny. I have him in Shadow Dragonpla [..]
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11:19 pm, March 22, 2015
What happens if I put points into multiple similar enhancements from different trees? Like if I'm an Artificer/Cleric, and I have put 3 points into Wand and Scroll Mastery from the Arcanotechnician tr [..]
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11:19 pm, March 21, 2015
Disclaimer: This is a work in progress. I am no expert on PMs so please post your suggestions. There have been a number of threads recently with players proposing vampire builds. I also was intrigued [..]
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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 am, March 9, 2015
Balanced Attacks: Passive You gain a +[2/4/6] Primal bonus to Attack as long as you are shapeshifted into an animal form, wielding two weapons, or unarmed. Rank 3: Knock down enemies for 2 seconds on [..]
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11:19 pm, March 8, 2015
Got a laptop from a coworker and whenever i exit the game my keymaps reset to default.
I got administrative rights and using wind8 on a 1 core pc that is severely underperforming.
On main pc i have no [..]
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2:38 am, March 5, 2015
Get ready for the mania of the latest update to Dungeons & Dragons Online: Update 24, Heart of Madness! Yalthoon the Mindflayer, and the Daelkyr demon lords, are back with their denizens of Xo [..]
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11:19 am, March 1, 2015
Here is my problem:
You know the animation when enemies ****** by ice damage are turning white and shatter?
I remember that I *REALLY* enjoyed it back in the game when I was using cold damage.
Now, af [..]
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11:19 pm, February 28, 2015
ok so im holding at lv 28 on my 5th life 12 bard / 6 fighter / 2 rouge and wanna make sure i am maximizing the efficiency of my gear slots so im looking for recommendations on what to replace and what [..]
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11:19 pm, February 27, 2015
Greetings! We are reducing the price on the Mimic Bait - the original price point for the item was based around behavior that the mimic's aren't actually doing. Therefor we will be adjusting the price [..]
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11:19 pm, February 20, 2015
Hello:
Darkfire deals a bolt of "evil" . What does that mean in terms of usefulness in the game? Is it not effective against all evil creatures?
Which makes me ask a second question - [..]
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11:19 pm, January 23, 2015
I could not find any accurate information about the benefits of buying an animal companion (Ownership Certificates).
I've read some saying in question has some ability to block long distance attacks [..]
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11:19 am, January 23, 2015
So I was wondering what the max spell crit chance was, and I couldn't find a list so i just compiled this after a few hours and though I'd post it for others.
Forgive the general messiness, its mainly [..]
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