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Unfortunately I seem to be psychologically incapable of creating a "Mule Toon" without ending up wanting to "play" that toon.[\quote]

Then gimp them on purpose so you won't be trying to play it (well, gimp them more than you normally do when trying to make good character).   

Oh and I've pretty much not played this past two weeks {I did get one character from 28-30 but that took all of 3 hrs.} and I'm not feeling like playing today either.

I may be worn out on DDO - I do hope not!

TornadoJoe wrote on May 24^th, 2016 at 5:29pm:


I don't want your account!

The fun is in getting there not having it all handed to me on a plate!

If I'd stuck with one character {My first being Larystessian...An Elf Wiz/Rog PM} and remembering that I've TRd approximately 48 times over all my alts I'd easily be a double completionist by now and possibly Triple Comp but would have quit DDO long ago through sheer boredom!

FranOhmsford wrote on May 24^th, 2016 at 3:37pm:

I don't drive on the interstate!  Give me directions to my destination that use the backroads only!

FranOhmsford wrote on May 24^th, 2016 at 3:37pm:

I don't drive on the interstate!  Give me directions to my destination that use the backroads only!

FranOhmsford wrote on May 24^th, 2016 at 3:37pm:

Yes!!!!!! You {are}!!!!!!  This is {exactly} what you are doing!!!!!!!!!!!

Also, you only need to capitalize proper nouns and the first word in a sentence.  Hyperbole is correctly capitalized in this sentence, because it is the first word in the sentence.  But Hyperbole is not correctly capitalized in this sentence, because it is neither a proper noun nor the first word in the sentence.

FranOhmsford wrote on May 24^th, 2016 at 3:37pm:

A druid build that I quite enjoy is 17/3 druid/ranger or 18/2 druid/ranger. Focus on SLA's and bow damage. Maximize, Empower, Enlarge, and the usual bow feats. Even Produce Flame is pretty bad-ass during heroics with free Maximize and Empower. Enlarge is useful on pretty much all of the druid SLA's. At level 12 when you take Word of Balance as an SLA, you practically become a god for about 3 levels. Max'd, Empower', Enlarge'd WoB against Beholders - especially in Invaders - is a thing of beauty. Once you get 17th druid level and get the Water Elemental form, use the spell Mantle of the Icy Soul and put Creeping Cold on enemies to start pulling them to you. They'll run slower due to Mantle/Creeping Cold combination and you can do decent damage with your bow. Use Elemental Arrows of an element that aligns with your highest spellpower and that'll add some additional punishment. And if you get used to rotating through your SLA's in the correct order, you can score some serious extra damage with the Natures Warden enhancement (against undead and aberrations).

Overall, it's mostly a ranged build using SLA's. You choose 18 druid if you want Storm of Vengeance as an SLA. If you don't, then 17 druid. If you use Elven AA, then only put enough into the elf racial tree to get Elven AA. Use DWS for dexterity to damage. (You'll be investing at least some into DWS anyway for a cheap boost to your positive spellpower.) Of course, there are other ways to build this, too, with more ranger and less druid. I just like the damage the SLA's put out with all the meta's turned on and my gear set up to support it. So, I choose more druid and less ranger.

Alex DeLarge wrote on May 25^th, 2016 at 1:29am:

beats airship piking

Mokune wrote on May 25^th, 2016 at 6:58am:

what? <3 ty

its pretty clear he doesnt want any advice. he ignores 3 pages of good shit, but a copy paste of ddo wiki past life info gets "NOW THATS THE KIND OF HELP I NEED"

7/10 trolling- good show, keep trying to sabotage ddo on their forums, fran

nowAvaultie wrote on May 25^th, 2016 at 11:58am:


Do any of you have any idea of just how much information there is to keep track of in this game?

Every time I get used to one system the Devs go ahead and rip it apart!
Lvl 20 Cap - MotU and Destinies!
E-BB changing how the game is played!
Champions being added!
Random Loot being changed beyond recognition!
Lvl 28-30 {25-28 wasn't a big change on its own} and the rearranging of xp per level + the addition of much more xp being required!

Each time the Cap goes up I've just started on the previous cap -
I had one character at Lvl 20 when MotU came out and one TRd.
I had one character at Lvl 25 when cap went to 28 and a handful TRd.
I had one character at Lvl 28 when cap went to 30 and an absolute tonne TRd.
I now have two characters at Lvl 30 but one of them will be TRd very soon and the other {my Warlock} is being left on the backburner while I do TRs/ERs on my mains. {Because my Warlock was never meant to be a main and is in a position where I don't really need to TR or ER her. I just use her to farm seeds!}.


Last night I logged back on to Cannith and noticed one character was 25k away from 20 {Sylveria 3rd Life Drow Arti 12/Rogue 7 with one Rogue and one Druid Past Life}.
I looked at the Compendium and saw she hadn't done any of the newer quests yet so put up an LFM for Multitude of Menace 16-19.
I started that quest solo and dear Lord with no AoEs worth anything it took forever to kill each mob one at a time before others started joining.
Kite Fest!

Archons onward has been another major change in gameplay where seemingly every new quest requires AoEs!
IPS isn't much help because the mobs keep moving around each other and don't line up.

That character will be TRd again ASAP to get more Arti lives before going back to Rogue Mech.


Then I logged on to a 1st Life Lvl 16 Cleric because I saw an E-BB Reaver's Fate up with two people in it {It had gone down by the time I'd alted and didn't come back up - That was the only character I had flagged and at the correct level}.
So I decided to do Orchard E-BBs instead - Put LFM up, did some banking, started Vol {Died 4 times in the damn traps but finally got the key before someone else joined me.}.
The two of us then finished Vol and ran Inferno, Flesh and GoP.
That Charisma Specced Cleric is now stuffed!
Lvl 17 and no more Undead Quests available!
Can't Solo ANYTHING on Elite at that Level on that Character - Even Orchard would have been nasty as Flesh and GoP would have been impossible alone and I died in Inferno.
Vol was literally the only one I could solo! {And even then I had to accept the guaranteed trap deaths!}.



Now as some keep saying....I could go down to Hard or more likely Normal as Vale Hard would probably be out of the question solo for this character.
BUT
I don't really want to have to Solo!
And Normal or Hard in Heroics = No-one Joins!

The big problem is that No-one joins you on Elite either unless you're already IP!
THAT Change in gameplay that appeared pretty much instantly after BB arrived is the one I rail against!
BUT
When it happened even my Mains couldn't solo E-Normal Tharashk Arena {I had to run it Casual!}.
I learned  to solo EN! I am capable of learning despite what some of you think!
I didn't have a Choice!
Nowadays I have a character {My Warlock and yes she's Lvl 30 but she could do it at 20} who can Solo EHs}.
Soloing EEs is probably a step too far but I think at some point I'll manage to be capable of contributing in a Group on more than just that one Character! {My Monk...Well Ftr/Monk right now can't contribute in a group because it takes him so long to kill anything and has ZERO AoEs!}.


I wish the Devs would fix EIN - Either remove the cooldown or remove the timer we don't need BOTH!

FranOhmsford wrote on May 25^th, 2016 at 1:19pm:


Yes.

FranOhmsford wrote on May 25^th, 2016 at 1:19pm:


Every fucking thing changes/progresses/evolves.  Welcome to life.

FranOhmsford wrote on May 24^th, 2016 at 8:36pm:

Maybe, but I can guarantee you'll be able to play EE content, and solo every EE in the game. Noob!

Like I said Fran, I'll even help you learn how to play. We can do 2-3 hours every night, me playing, you watching on Twitch and taking notes, until you learn how to play.

Fuck, I'll even TR into any class/multi-class you want, you pick the levels, I'll optimize it, and show you how to play it.