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goldgolem Waterworks Kobold Offline I Love Drama! Posts: 193 Joined: Feb 11^th, 2014	Monster Manual Astral shards Feb 7^th, 2015 at 11:49am	Print Post
	1. Dont forget to claim the astral shards and other stuff you get from monster manual 2. Anyone played with this astral shard collection mechanism? Seems like something that would fly completely under TB's radar


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Ah Pook Puppy Farmer Offline Posts: 314159265 Posts: 1439 Joined: Mar 10^th, 2014	Re: Monster Manual Astral shards Reply #1 - Feb 7^th, 2015 at 12:01pm	Print Post
	The most annoying part is now you get a shard when you used to get a diamond. So much for the exchange rate.

	Daggertooth wrote on Apr 14^th, 2017 at 6:52pm: I'm pretty fucking sure I am a special snowflake. Frank wrote on Apr 2^nd, 2017 at 8:32am: Laugh it up, funny man.
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Gringo Abbot Raider Offline I Love Drama! Posts: 881 Location: Prague, Europe Joined: Nov 22^nd, 2011 Gender:	Re: Monster Manual Astral shards Reply #2 - Feb 7^th, 2015 at 1:31pm	Print Post
	it imho never was diamonds from monster manual, only astral shards.


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Ah Pook Puppy Farmer Offline Posts: 314159265 Posts: 1439 Joined: Mar 10^th, 2014	Re: Monster Manual Astral shards Reply #3 - Feb 7^th, 2015 at 2:50pm	Print Post
	Gringo wrote on Feb 7^th, 2015 at 1:31pm: it imho never was diamonds from monster manual, only astral shards. Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

	Daggertooth wrote on Apr 14^th, 2017 at 6:52pm: I'm pretty fucking sure I am a special snowflake. Frank wrote on Apr 2^nd, 2017 at 8:32am: Laugh it up, funny man.
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Yobai Epic Poster Offline Posts: 4126 Joined: Jul 26^th, 2012	Re: Monster Manual Astral shards Reply #4 - Feb 7^th, 2015 at 4:53pm	Print Post
	Ah Pook wrote on Feb 7^th, 2015 at 12:01pm: The most annoying part is now you get a shard when you used to get a diamond.� wrong.

	Revaulting wrote on Jul 7^th, 2015 at 8:16pm: Have you tried a lower difficulty, such as the official forums?
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DDOcrackhead Stormreaver Piker Offline Worlds: Khyber, Wayfinder Posts: 523 Joined: Aug 29^th, 2013 Gender:	Re: Monster Manual Astral shards Reply #5 - Feb 7^th, 2015 at 6:32pm	Print Post
	Yobai wrote on Feb 7^th, 2015 at 4:53pm: wrong.
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Shadehater Dropbear Awareness Society Offline Smite Stupid! Posts: 2174 Joined: May 6^th, 2012	Re: Monster Manual Astral shards Reply #6 - Feb 7^th, 2015 at 7:02pm	Print Post
	Yobai wrote on Feb 7^th, 2015 at 4:53pm: wrong. No he is right. The first few dropped a Diamond.


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Gringo Abbot Raider Offline I Love Drama! Posts: 881 Location: Prague, Europe Joined: Nov 22^nd, 2011 Gender:	Re: Monster Manual Astral shards Reply #7 - Feb 7^th, 2015 at 8:27pm	Print Post
	ok, its possible (first MM was U15, AS U17)- maybe i just collected it later, after shards were introduced. just remember i was getting 3AS as reward


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DropBear Dropbear Awareness Society Offline Don't forget to look up.... Posts: 4380 Location: Landdownunder Joined: Oct 11^th, 2013	Re: Monster Manual Astral shards Reply #8 - Feb 8^th, 2015 at 1:40am	Print Post
	goldgolem wrote on Feb 7^th, 2015 at 11:49am: 1. Dont forget to claim the astral shards and other stuff you get from monster manual 2. Anyone played with this astral shard collection mechanism? Seems like something that would fly completely under TB's radar When I read this, I was wondering what you were talking about. I went for a look - well gosh darn if I was surprised. I never knew you had to "collect" the AS rewards. Have never done it on any of my toons ever. Truth be told, what a daft system? We have go through all the MM's line by line looking for AS rewards? Why not just credit them like the XP and TP. AS are account based so it doesn't matter which toon gets it? Seems to be the same for other rewards like Jewels of Fortune etc. What have we got? 4 volumes with dozens of creature types with even more sub-categories under that..... sheeesh. Good call Goldy - worth a look.

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Flav Vault Frog Offline One Frog to Rule them All! Posts: 10011 Location: Land of the Frogs Joined: Aug 29^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Monster Manual Astral shards Reply #9 - Feb 8^th, 2015 at 2:27am	Print Post
	Gringo wrote on Feb 7^th, 2015 at 1:31pm: it imho never was diamonds from monster manual, only astral shards. Nope, used to be AD. MM predate Astral Shit. AD were for boat buying only at that time. You could also get them from Looting Chests ( and barrels/boxes ) even before the MM. Ok, it didn't last long, since they introcuded the A Shit pretty fast after the MM.

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Chi Korthos Resident Offline I Love Drama! Posts: 19 Joined: Sep 29^th, 2013	Re: Monster Manual Astral shards Reply #10 - Feb 8^th, 2015 at 3:42am	Print Post
	Shadehater wrote on Feb 7^th, 2015 at 7:02pm: No he is right.� The first few dropped a Diamond. No, he is wrong. Only MM3 gives shards (MM2 gave TP), and that came out U17. Astral Shards came out in U16 patch 1, which killed diamonds (aside from as rare chest drops).


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Shadehater Dropbear Awareness Society Offline Smite Stupid! Posts: 2174 Joined: May 6^th, 2012	Re: Monster Manual Astral shards Reply #11 - Feb 8^th, 2015 at 4:30am	Print Post
	I remember differently unfortunately the only info is the wiki article which I still believe is wrong. thus without my own way to verify my statement I will concede the matter for now.


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DropBear Dropbear Awareness Society Offline Don't forget to look up.... Posts: 4380 Location: Landdownunder Joined: Oct 11^th, 2013	Re: Monster Manual Astral shards Reply #12 - Feb 8^th, 2015 at 4:36am	Print Post
	Chi wrote on Feb 8^th, 2015 at 3:42am: No, he is wrong. Only MM3 gives shards (MM2 gave TP), and that came out U17. Astral Shards came out in U16 patch 1, which killed diamonds (aside from as rare chest drops). If it helps, today I was looking at some of the monsters in the "P" version of MM (was it a preview copy as it appears before MM1?) gave AS rewards - beholders was one of them. Not sure if that was a retro adjustment? EDIT: looking at Wiki it says P is for Prologue version that everyone got. It was released in U15, but has no AS rewards according to wiki. Wiki also says Beholder was in MM3, but I'm sure I had the P version selected. Will have to check later sorry. Maybe I had the wrong tab selected as I've never bothered to look at it much.
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Shadehater Dropbear Awareness Society Offline Smite Stupid! Posts: 2174 Joined: May 6^th, 2012	Re: Monster Manual Astral shards Reply #13 - Feb 8^th, 2015 at 4:37am	Print Post
	Yes it should be that is what I am basing my thoughts on.


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Viktor Vaughn Puppy Farmer Offline Eberron burns Posts: 1561 Joined: Mar 19^th, 2014	Re: Monster Manual Astral shards Reply #14 - Feb 8^th, 2015 at 10:48am	Print Post
	I remember getting astral diamond from monster manual.


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Starkjade Completionist (i.t.p.) Offline Rogue Scholar Posts: 7082 Location: Canadia Joined: Aug 27^th, 2013 Gender:	Re: Monster Manual Astral shards Reply #15 - Feb 8^th, 2015 at 11:52am	Print Post
	DropBear wrote on Feb 8^th, 2015 at 4:36am: Wiki also says Beholder was in MM3, but I'm sure I had the P version selected. Will have to check later sorry. Maybe I had the wrong tab selected as I've never bothered to look at it much. MM isn't tabbed. You can see what Version the monster is in at the top of its individual page. Beholder was MM3, which was the version they upped the xp and gave AS rewards instead of TP. That's a lot of initialisms in one sentence.

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Residue Korthos Resident Offline down trodden, with the rest of you refuse Posts: 85 Joined: Dec 20^th, 2013 Gender:	Re: Monster Manual Astral shards Reply #16 - Feb 8^th, 2015 at 12:06pm	Print Post
	Thanks for the post Gold, will go and check mine. Like Bear, I've never gone through and claimed them. Seems silly that they aren't autogranted. But now I can "play" with the turn ins for a few mins to see what happens ^ ^


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Yobai Epic Poster Offline Posts: 4126 Joined: Jul 26^th, 2012	Re: Monster Manual Astral shards Reply #17 - Feb 8^th, 2015 at 7:10pm	Print Post
	Shadehater wrote on Feb 7^th, 2015 at 7:02pm: No he is right.� The first few dropped a Diamond. God DAMMIT no. they. didn't! I think.

	Revaulting wrote on Jul 7^th, 2015 at 8:16pm: Have you tried a lower difficulty, such as the official forums?
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Yobai Epic Poster Offline Posts: 4126 Joined: Jul 26^th, 2012	Re: Monster Manual Astral shards Reply #18 - Feb 8^th, 2015 at 7:11pm	Print Post
	DropBear wrote on Feb 8^th, 2015 at 1:40am: I never knew you had to "collect" the AS rewards. newb.

	Revaulting wrote on Jul 7^th, 2015 at 8:16pm: Have you tried a lower difficulty, such as the official forums?
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Ah Pook Puppy Farmer Offline Posts: 314159265 Posts: 1439 Joined: Mar 10^th, 2014	Re: Monster Manual Astral shards Reply #19 - Feb 8^th, 2015 at 8:34pm	Print Post
	Yobai wrote on Feb 8^th, 2015 at 7:10pm: God DAMMIT no.� they.� didn't! I think. I'd agree with you, but then we'd both be wrong.

	Daggertooth wrote on Apr 14^th, 2017 at 6:52pm: I'm pretty fucking sure I am a special snowflake. Frank wrote on Apr 2^nd, 2017 at 8:32am: Laugh it up, funny man.
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DropBear Dropbear Awareness Society Offline Don't forget to look up.... Posts: 4380 Location: Landdownunder Joined: Oct 11^th, 2013	Re: Monster Manual Astral shards Reply #20 - Feb 8^th, 2015 at 10:29pm	Print Post
	Yobai wrote on Feb 8^th, 2015 at 7:11pm: newb. I guess so, after all these years I never gave a shit about them and bothered to open them. Still think they should have just been auto grants ffs.

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Flav Vault Frog Offline One Frog to Rule them All! Posts: 10011 Location: Land of the Frogs Joined: Aug 29^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Monster Manual Astral shards Reply #21 - Feb 9^th, 2015 at 3:54am	Print Post
	The 'Loot' provided by the MM Pages have been 'fixed' several time IIRC. That might be what is causing the confusion ( and the mess in the wiki page ). Originally some AD dropped in the MM, when they added MM3, they retroactively changed all the AD drops to either drop AS or to drop something else. I remember being pissed by one of the change they did where I knew I had an AD coming before U17 and ended with a shitty XP gem ( 200XP or something like that ) in it's place.

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crunch Stormreaver Piker Offline Posts: 745 Location: Europe Joined: Mar 20^th, 2012 Gender:	Re: Monster Manual Astral shards Reply #22 - Feb 10^th, 2015 at 1:32pm	Print Post
	no astral diamonds were ever awarded for MM first MMs give turbine points (15+35), third gives AS case closed. http://ddowiki.com/page/Monster_Manual#Overview


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Ah Pook Puppy Farmer Offline Posts: 314159265 Posts: 1439 Joined: Mar 10^th, 2014	Re: Monster Manual Astral shards Reply #23 - Feb 10^th, 2015 at 2:48pm	Print Post
	crunch wrote on Feb 10^th, 2015 at 1:32pm: no astral diamonds were ever awarded for MM first MMs give turbine points (15+35), third gives AS case closed. http://ddowiki.com/page/Monster_Manual#Overview You're using the current rewards list as evidence for what it used to be?� How clever!

	Daggertooth wrote on Apr 14^th, 2017 at 6:52pm: I'm pretty fucking sure I am a special snowflake. Frank wrote on Apr 2^nd, 2017 at 8:32am: Laugh it up, funny man.
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Toke Stormreaver Piker Offline ... or maybe I was just smoking something. Posts: 744 Joined: Jan 7^th, 2014	Re: Monster Manual Astral shards Reply #24 - Feb 10^th, 2015 at 3:15pm	Print Post
	They used to drop one AD for some rewards. Before they changed to AS rewards, you could double click the ADs to convert to ASs. Or ass. Nothing like a conversation about ass, need to take care of ED now.

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