D&D online

Nevyn

http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm?loadNews=4511&fp=1280,1024,1417145968,20060203090520

europe beat testing opening

rev: Direct linky to the beta application --> http://www.fileplanet.com/promotions/ddo_stormreach/eubeta

Sarky

I applied yesterday. It looks like teh loverly.

Raphael

Cursed Leaving Cert and/or crap computer =(

hairyheretic

Been trying it since yesterday. Graphics are all are very nice, but I still haven't seen all that much. Low level enemies are skeletons and kobolds. One thing I don't like is that there seems to be no real way to rest and heal up if you're playing solo, other than at "rest shrines". Also its looking 10,000 xp for level 2, which strikes me as a bit odd. I know I haven't played much D&D in a while but that seems more than a bit high.

Nevyn

My cpu is not sse enabled.
this i could not find out until after I had dled updated patched and created an account with the key I was given.
Gah.

Raphael

hairyheretic: it's usually 1,000. They probably just multiplied everything by 10 to slow advancement for more gameplay

tuxy

Raphael wrote:

hairyheretic: it's usually 1,000. They probably just multiplied everything by 10 to slow advancement for more gameplay

don't you mean "more grinding" ?

Raphael

Touché

LoBo

I played a lot of NWN multiplayer (both modules and persistant world) and I have to say this is way, way better. Naturally the downside is the monthly cost, though as I've been paying for WoW for the last 9 months means it's not a dealbreaker for me. Essentially if you like D&D give this a go, it's free to download and play for 10 days right now while the beta is on.

Here's my thoughts from my reply in the other thread:

Impressions so far:
- d&d ruleset: fantastic conversion, like NWN except better. I even fought a rust monster :>
- action combat: you don't just click attack etc etc, you can actually move out of attacks by rolling or block with a shield if you time it right. Makes fights very fun and skillful.
- excellent dungeons: nice DM voiceovers for certain parts of the dungeons, lots of traps (don't leave the tavern without a thief!), cool quests (I haven't had to collect X kobold spleens once), overall very varied and fun so far
- XP given to whole group at completion of adventure: you get bonus %s to the base xp for the adventure based on stuff like doing optional subquests, smashing enough crates and barrels (heh), disarming traps, finding secrets, doing it first-time, being under the level of the adventure etc. There's no XP or loot from each monster killed. This means you can go in as a support class, help out the group and get the same XP.
- group finding system excellent: never had trouble forming a group with the built in group searcher. And frequently did hours of quests with the same group then.
- plenty difficult: just started to get to some of the level 3 quests, and they are getting very challenging and fun even for a full group. We did a giant spider quest that had a _lot_ of traps and even with a thief along there were a few deaths and people lying on the ground unable to move with 0 str :P We also tried a 'danger' quest that has you defending an outpost against 200 kobolds which was really cool: we eventually died with 41 to go. Challenging = fun for me, and I think it's one of the problems with super-accessible WoW that you can get to 60 and still be terrible at the game/your class.
some cons:
- haven't found a good way to trade items to other players as there doesn't seem to be a general chat channel, though swapping stuff within the party worked well. I'm guessing /say in a tavern? Not sure.
- No pvp that I can see. I'm sure there must be a way to do this .. anyone able to point out the developer's plans for pvp?

Overall I think it's great, very tempted to get it when it comes out. Really found all the questing (right from the beginning) to be excellent fun and engaging - totally blows World of Warcraft out of the water on this.

Anyway if you try it i'm on server Aureon, /tell either Arthur or Vespette.

LoBo

Raphael wrote:

hairyheretic: it's usually 1,000. They probably just multiplied everything by 10 to slow advancement for more gameplay

Yep when the game comes out max level will be 10, so I presume the xp change is to make sure you don't fly up levels in no time at all. The major change they have done to accomodate this is have 5 ranks in between levels with enhancements you can choose at each class specific to your class and race.

Sarky

Is there a RP option like in WoW? For some reason, people screaming the equivalent of "MY WARFOERGD FIGHTER WILL PWNZ0R JOO FAEG LOL!!!!" tends to lessen my enjoyment of online games somehow...

Rev Hellfire

What server is everyone on ?

I'm currently on the first one begining with Ly-something-something.

hairyheretic

Aureon <SP?> .. I think its the 2nd in the list.

Playing an elven ranger.

Raphael

Looks awesome....wish I could play =(

LoBo

By the way, anyone her sign up and get an ID but doesn't want to use it? They aren't giving them out anymore and I want to get my brother to try it.