Holy crap is all I can say.

http://underdark.ddo.com/

Looks like Turbine will be getting $80 a month for the next 3 months from me. I can sure use the Learning tome on each character of my 3 accounts.

And I don't see an Asterisk on the Druid class for VIP.  Hopefully it is free right out of the gate and not having to do an almost impossible grind for favor like that Cannith crap for the Artificer.

bob the builder wrote on Feb 27^th, 2012 at 8:52am:


Yeah, its in the FAQ, VIPs get druids and the challenge pack for free regardless.

I'm really baffled by them forcing people to pay for a bunch of packs regardless if they have them or not, it's like going "Hey, buy this, then drop your subscription and buy the rest of the packs you need, here's 2000 points to start you on your way"

Plus, $80 is a fucking lot for an expansion, Isengards most expensive pre-order was $50, and before you mention the tomes you get for the DDO collectors edition, every edition of the Isengard pre-order gave you a trinket for every current and future character which gives +25% XP up to level 65, just from enemy kills, but LOTRO is the style of MMO where you get most of your XP from killing shit.

BoBoBo wrote on Feb 27^th, 2012 at 9:00am:


There is an FAQ.

Apparently, you also have the option of paying $59.99 when you pre-order to get 11,000tp (instead of the usual $99.99 price) I'm really confused, it's like they *want* people to cancel their subscriptions and buy out the game (as it were)

Here's the FAQ:
http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=363362

You get most of the stuff NOW if you pre-purchase.

It's those xp tomes that are pushing my purchase of the Collectors edition. 30 characters that I either have to level or maybe tr. XP will kill me if I need to keep doing the normal curve.

Here is a FAQ which explains things more in detail:

http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?&postid=4332248#post4332248

As far as I understood everything:

- The only reason to pay cash for this (30 USD) is that you have earlier access (and a special pet bla bla) to the new content:  June 25th vs. "U14 sometime in August". So about 6-8 weeks earlier probably. EDIT: And ONE lesser tome.

- If you decide to pay more, you get moar pets, moar
tomes, Druids (free? to VIPs) and moar challenges. EDIT: And, remarkably, one lesser tome on every toon if you buy the most expensive bundle.

- If you dont want to pay cash, you can: a) Pay 3500 TP to get all new content (adventures, Druid, challenges, Epic Destinies) if you are VIP. b) Pay 5700 TP to get all new content (basically pay for Druid and challenges). That all is without taking the new tomes into consideration.

Did I understand this right?

Few remarks/questions:

1. The new challenge pack costs 700 TP. Compared to the exisiting challenge pack (1500TP?), we can expect what? Two maps with 8 different challenges and some nice loot?

2. I hope "Free to VIP" doesn't mean "grind the new challenges to 6 stars".

3. What are Epic Destinies? How much character power is in them?

Infant

I don't understand the information for VIPs. Here is a chance for me to own content on my VIP account without it being part of the account so for this bit:
"
After purchasing the expansion, a product key will be sent to your email address. Log into https://myaccount.turbine.com and enter this product key. Select “yes” to upgrade, and then select the appropriate option for your account, read and agree to the Terms of Service, and click submit.
If you’re interested in becoming a VIP, select the VIP plan of your choice!
If you’re already a VIP, simply select that plan again. You will not be billed for your new plan until the end of your current subscription.
If you’re a Premium or Free user, and don’t want to become a VIP, select “Game Card or Other Payment Option” and for billing info section select “I don’t have one now, I will enter one later.”
"

I would like to try the 3rd option - because in theory it should be the same? Or at the end of my VIP sub is the price going to get hiked up? I think I would prefer to own this content outright without any reference to a VIP account.

Ah... further down..

"I’m a VIP and I’m thinking of buying the Collector’s Edition bundle. It comes with some of the existing Eberron themed Adventure Packs. Do I still retain those even if I am no longer a VIP?

Yes, if you purchase an expansion bundle that includes the “DDO Classics” and/or “DDO Epic Classics” Adventure Pack bundles, you still have access to those adventure packs even if you downgrade from VIP."

So yes own content outright....and yes Auran all the questions you've asked I'm asking now -and this is about $30 more than we were expecting for the expansion gold pack... pretty expensive. Base addition $30 is about the price point but we were expecting a LOT for that $30. Here's seeing if it's worth it :/

JDollar wrote on Feb 27^th, 2012 at 9:22am:


Even if you don't have all character slots maxed out, level 7 vet status is stupid. It's not that hard for a first lifer to get to level 7. If you start at level 7 you still want to run the low level stuff (3 words: Coin Lords Favor), you just don't get as much xp from it.

Bigjunk wrote on Feb 27^th, 2012 at 9:27am:



I guess the question is what is :" DDO Epic Classics Adventure Pack Bundle" ?

Crazeee wrote on Feb 27^th, 2012 at 9:30am:


i completely agree, especially with the exp tome