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D&D Online Stormreach: Euro Beta

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  • 06-02-2006 4:07pm
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    LoBo
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    D&D online, a new MMORPG using the full D&D rules is in beta now and you can download the client and play free for 10 days:
    http://www.fileplanet.com/promotions/ddo_stormreach/eubeta/

    Worth a look, especially if you've played and liked the likes of Baldur's Gate or Neverwinter Nights.

    Here's a thread in the MMO forum about it.

    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.


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