http://ddo.tentonhammer.com/ Dungeons & Dragons Online @ TenTonHammer.com en-us http://ddo.tentonhammer.com/images/logo.gif http://ddo.tentonhammer.com/ null@tentonhammer.com http://ddo.tentonhammer.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1199 TTH's own Cody "Micajah" Bye talks to DDO's Kate Paiz. While there was a lot of information from the Monk video released not too long ago, there were still a lot of questions left in the air about the Monk class, and Module 7. Ten Ton Hammer: So you have an individual animation set for each race? Kate: What we do is build the animation for one race, then we replicate that across the races and tweak it to make sure it applies to each individual race in our game. We don’t want to go back and reinvent the wheel for each race, but we always want to make sure that the animation is appropriate for the race. For example, the Elf is lighter and more graceful than some of the other medium-sized races, and thus we need to make sure that the animations look appropriate on them. See the full interview here. http://ddo.tentonhammer.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1198 Two quality games, o­ne easy panel.At the NY Comic Con, Turbine sat down for a Dev Panel o­n their two flagship games, DDO and LotRO.At the New York Comic Con, Sunday was the big day for MMO fans, with a day full of panels, demos and discussions about the industry, its fans, and the games that keep us coming back for more.  Two of those games were Lord of the Rings o­nline and Dungeons: The shadows of Angmar and Dragons o­nline: Stormreach, both from Boston based developer Turbine, the largest privately held o­nline game studio in North America.  Craig Alexander (LotRO), Vice President of Product Development, and Senior Producer (DDO) Kate Paiz were o­n hand to give presentations o­n each of these products and answer questions from journalists and fans alike.Read the full Dev Panel Report here. http://ddo.tentonhammer.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1197 Weekly Development Activities - Lite! This week they have changed to include a raid count for the number of raid encounters completed, to fit the needs of the new raid loot system. I did not include the whole Weekly Development Activities, since this is the only change. UI Improvements When you close and reopen the Adventure Compendium it will now remember which tab you were on and reopen to that tab. Added a button called “Modify Party” to the “Outstanding Invitation Requests” panel which will open up the “Create Party” panel directly instead of having players open it by opening the social panel first, then hitting the “Create Party” button. Fixed a problem where it was difficult to resize the grouping panel using the lower-right corner. Added a new button to the character options panel called “Gameplay” which contains an option which will allow players to customize the way their quest end rewards are generated. By default, they are generated based on the character’s main class, but some players (especially multi-classed characters) may prefer for these end rewards to be completely random. There is a new option located under the Options->Gameplay tab that allows you to turn on the "Fellow Sticky Selection". Description: "Check to prevent 'Select Fellow' keys from toggling/clearing your target when selecting the same fellow." Sorting by quest name in the Adventure Compendium now ignores "The " at the beginning of the name. The Quest Journal will also function in the same way when sorting the Area tabs and the quest list. Primitive drow should now appear correctly in the focus orb. NEW -A new command '/quest completions' will display the number of times you have completed each raid. http://ddo.tentonhammer.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1196 Finishing the Job Having defeated the ogre traitors of the Grey Moon tribe, and killed many of the Death Blood trolls of the old Grey Moon ancestral caves, you are sent once more into the the caves by Elder Grust to finish the job! Read the tricks of this quest with Darkgolem's new guide, Grey Moon Waning: Extermination! This quest is fairly easy, there are some risks, such as squishies being beaten by the scorpions, and the cleric can (in a party that has a hard time doing damage quickly) quickly kill some. But overall it's not really that hard. Read the full guide here! Comment on our forums here! http://ddo.tentonhammer.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1195 Save a Slot for a Monk! Extra character slots are here for DDO Europe! Aug 23rd 2007, 10:00 GMT Extra Character Slots with Module 5.0 Codemasters Online are excited to announce that every player of DDO will be given more character slots with the release of Module 5.0: Accursed Ascension. When Module 5.0 is released, players of Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach will receive additional character slots on each server. The standard number of slots will increase from 5 (plus 2 for favour rewards) to 12 (plus 2 for favour rewards). This change will happen to every account regardless of length of activity. http://ddo.tentonhammer.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1194 Tunnels and Trolls Face the old, dark caverns of the Grey Moon tribe, infested with Trolls and renegade ogres. Read the best way to complete it with Darkgolem's newest guide: Grey Moon Waning: The Trollish Scourge! To fight these trolls, you have few needs. Mainly, your going to want to have high armor class, lots of healing, and a way of doing fire damage reliably. Read the full guide here! Comment on our forums here! http://ddo.tentonhammer.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1193 Freedom From Relaxation and Boredom The Deurgar of Ataraxia's Haven have turned this former resort into a mining colony. Find out how to stop them (and where to find the many rare encounters and explorer locations) with Darkgolem's newest zone guide to Ataraxia's Haven Razorcats have damage reduction 10/blunt, and have poison spines along their body (which hurt any who hit them, and poison the attacker). The scorpions, of course, are poisonous. Read the full guide here! Comment on our forums here! http://ddo.tentonhammer.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1192 Woot! Dragonshards for Everyone! A quick downtime for some, uh, stuff.. plus we get a shiny! DDO Scheduled Downtime: August 23, 7:00AM - 1:00PM EDT (-4 GMT) The DDO servers will be brought down on Thursday, August 23 from 7:00AM - 1:00PM EDT (-4GMT) for post-server merge optimization and maintenance. No gameplay changes are being made during this downtime. All players with non-trial accounts will find a level-appropriate dragonshard in their characters' inventories when the worlds come back up, as a special thank you to our players for their patience during the recent merge! http://ddo.tentonhammer.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1191 A New Sound for the Trendy Bard.. With Darkgolem's new update to Level 2 Bard Spells, Spells of the Skald 2, see what is good and bad about 2nd level bard spells, including all the newest spells added to DDO! This is a great spell, it lasts a lot time, and provides a great benefit for a party at all levels. True sight will bypass this defense. Read the full guide here! Comment on our forums here! http://ddo.tentonhammer.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1190 Against the Ogres Lord Grust has kidnapped the son of the rightful chieftain of the Grey Moon tribe of Ogres, Achka. Save Achka and defeat the usurper Grust in the first two quests of the Sorrowdusk Isle quest chains with Darkgolem's new guide: Grey Moon Waning 1 and 2! Do not run onto the bridge, it contains a force trap. The diamond shapes forming the bridge railing denote where the trap springs. Read the full guide here! Comment on our forums here! http://ddo.tentonhammer.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1189 Raid Loot - Re, Revisited Now you are guaranteed loot every twentieth time http://ddo.tentonhammer.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1188 In The Jungles of Sorrowdusk... Sorrowdusk Island is a haunted, dark and mysterious island infested with trolls, ogres and cultists. Learn the ways and byways (and rare encounters and explorer zones) of this sinister isle with Darkgolem's newest zone guide to Sorrowdusk Isle! The island can best be divided into three sections, the ogre section, the troll section and finally the cult section. Read the full guide here! Comment on our forums here! http://ddo.tentonhammer.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1187 "I mean, I cast a spell today and it Worked! And we all know how much my Illusions suck!" - Elan, Order of the Stick Learn how to make sure you never feel like Elan does. Darkgolem goes into the ins and outs of low level bard songs with his updated guide to level 1 bard songs, Spells of the Skalds I. At low level, a bonus to hit that stacks with other buffs (since it is a circumstance bonus) is a big deal. Unfortunately, this is a self only spell. Read the full guide here! Comment on our forums here! http://ddo.tentonhammer.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1186 Singing a Different Tune Darkgolem has updated the Guide to Bardic Music, including new enhancements, new information, not the same old tune at all! Read the guide and learn a whole different repertoires! Bardic Spellsinger is very good, since it saves spell points., but Bardic Virtuosos and Bardic Warchanter are only fair. Bard Virtuosos depends on using fascinate a lot, and this won’t last through an entire series of encounters between shrines. Read the full guide here! Comment on our forums here! http://ddo.tentonhammer.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1185 Forum Downtime 8/15 Hmm, no browsing the forums during lunchtime, for at least one day at least... Forum Downtime: 8/15/07 12pm-2pm EST The forums will be unavailable, tomorrow, 8/15/07 between 12pm and approximately 12pm EST for back end maintenance. This will not change threads or posts on the forums. This is only some back end maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your patience. http://ddo.tentonhammer.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1184 Wolves, Drow and Bandits.. Oh My! The Searing Heights is a very dangerous area for it's level range. Make sure to read Darkgolem's guide to the Searing Heights for the best way to handle it! The Sulatar (western) area is very dangerous. Frankly, I believe it is too dangerous for soloing, and the experience rewards given for this zone. One should always have fire resistance up, and healing available. Read the full guide here! Comment on our forums here! http://ddo.tentonhammer.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1183 An Now, The Upcoming Changes... Weekly Dev activities are in, and big news!... Paladin aura's will no longer reset effects. OMGTY!!! http://ddo.tentonhammer.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1182 Steal from the Rich, Give to the Poor The Yeoman Outlaw is a custom build that can do a little of everything, able to fight, heal and deal with traps. Find out how to make one with Perryc's newest custom build, the Yeoman Outlaw! The Outlaw can also use almost any item, wand, and scroll to varying degrees. She is skilled at two-handed, two-weapon, and ranged combat and can switch to a board-and-sword when necessary. Read the full build here! Comment on our forums here! http://ddo.tentonhammer.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1181 "I Dealt In Death, It's All I Knew" The opening movie of DDO, with it's warforged coming to Stormreach, is all many players know about this race. But there is a lot more to warforged than fighting ability. Find out the details and strategies to playing this fun race with Darkgolem's new guide to Warforged! Very careful choice of enhancements and feats can do wonder's in mitigating the problems warforged class choices have. Read the full guide here! Comment on our forums here! http://ddo.tentonhammer.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1180 "Nature is Ever Changing, Why Can't I Be?" Updated Ranger Enhancements, including the level 13 and 14 enhancements. Even better, Elemental and Vermin empathy are lower level now! You can use this ability to pacify elementals, much like you pacify animals with Wild Empathy. Read the full guide here! Comment on our forums here! http://ddo.tentonhammer.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1179 Just In Case You Noticed Your Not the Only One Named Drizztt... Premium services are back, including rename and guild renaming! Return of the Premium Services! We’re pleased to announce that we’ll start accepting requests for World Character Transfers as a new Premium Service on Wednesday, August 8th! If you’d like to be the first in line to transfer your character to a different world than you're on now, click here HERE to find out more. We’ll begin transferring characters between worlds on August 20th. You can continue playing your character right up until we begin transferring the characters, and any progress and items you collect between now and then will still go with you. Don’t forget you can also have your character or guild renamed for a new lower price, starting at $9.95! Renaming services are available starting today. http://ddo.tentonhammer.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1178 Buff, Buff, Buff.. That's All You Want Me For!! Well, ok sure, everyone values a bard's buff spells.. but there is a lot more to a bard's spells than simple buffs. Find out about the variety of the most powerful bard spells with Darkgolem's newest guide, Level 5 Bard Spells! This is an excellent spell, thought using quite an amount of spell points to affect an entire party. Very useful for fighting opponents such as undead or similar opponents who use fear or require many saving throws. Probably one of the best high level bard spells. Read the full guide here! Comment on our forums here! http://ddo.tentonhammer.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1177 The Server Merge, Part 2 is Done! Phase Two of the server merge is complete. Sarlona is now the largest server in DDO! Server Merge: Phase 2 is complete! The second phase of the server merge is complete! If you played on the following servers: Mabar Argonnessen You will now find your characters and belongings on Argonnessen. If you played on: Fernia Lhazzar Ghallanda You will now find your characters and belongings on Ghallanda. If you played on: Aerenal Adar Sarlona You will now find your characters and belongings on Sarlona. NOTE: If your character has been renamed as a result of the server merge AND you need to contact a GM, you will need to log-out and then login again before you contact the GM. ONE MORE NOTE: Don't forget that your friend's names may have changed! When sending mail to a friend, be sure that you have the proper name or your email may go to the wrong player. Customer Service cannot reverse sent mail or return lost items accidentally sent to the wrong destination. Don't forget that all other servers will be coming offline at 2am EST on Monday, August 6th for phase two of the server merge. Until then, you can continue to play on your regular server. Thank you all, for your patience during the merge process. Enjoy the game! http://ddo.tentonhammer.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1176 No Longer Just 2 Loot Items in a Raid! Quarion tells us about all the new things the developers are working on, including NEW RAID LOOT SYSTEMS!! http://ddo.tentonhammer.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1175 In the Tunnels Under Stormreach Yep, everyone's gone there, but find out all the nooks, crannies and rare encounters you've missed with Darkgolem's new guide to the Waterworks! For the refined completist! However, it should be noted, you will need a fair spot and search check to find some of these encounters. If you can reach a total of 8 in each of these skills you can do this. Read the full guide here! Comment on our forums here!