mudfud wrote on Jan 26^th, 2012 at 6:09pm:

You enjoy farming? Most view it as a necessary evil imposed on us by the developers, that gets in the way of having fun.

I play enough that I have no trouble getting almost any non-raid named gear from those quests. I had a Carnifex and some Golden Cartouches long before I had characters that needed them, and I while my first pair seemed to take forever, I have enough things like Visors and Stonedust Handwraps now as well.

Those unlucky people who have run Deleras 20 times in vain, looking for a carnifex are going to be happy about this. The poor buggers who will ransack Eyes of Stone on normal for weeks on end looking for the handwraps will be delighted about this. I'm pretty pumped if things like the Marks will show up on the Lordsmarch list, because the white marks just won't drop for me.

There are a few items that are rare enough that it initially feels like doOOOoooOOOmmmMMMmm to give them away in three casual runs, like the Twisted Talisman. However, I think it makes sense given the upcoming increase in the level cap. If someone has ground out the scroll, seal, and shard, why make them ransack a lowbie protection quest for a Twisted Talisman? Given how many quests there are now in the game, why make it so difficult to obtain end rewards that are great for a few mid-range levels, but are not gear that you would normally be using by level 20?

I like all the changes except for the boots. WTF. I guess I don't care anymore about grinding for a pair.

Kimberlite wrote on Jan 26^th, 2012 at 6:53pm:



Before TR's came along farming for the odd/end item for a character was what kept me interested in ddo. Imagine if I would have gotten a end reward item I was really looking for in 3 tries. Then I'd probably be taking months off at a time between updates.
Some stuff is super rare and they should have just upped the rate more or in the instance of ioun stones give them a set place to drop, but the whole thing of do the quest 3 times simplifies the game alot for the people who are more casual.

Don't get me wrong, after I play the shit out of the new quests I plan on getting pales for all my alts that don't currently have them, so I'll be in there with 24 characters till ransack unless the end reward for 3rd time doesn't ransack. And also doing mindsunder for some of those named as well. Can't ever have enough alts with those gloves. :p

And I'll probably even do some lordsmarch or harbor of madness chain for that damned puppy bracers.

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does this mean that monks that arent of a good alignment will not be able to equip pure good wraps anymore?  i really hope not.  pure good seems to be a pretty good catch all when bleed isnt effective.  i really dont want to have to start carrying a million more different wraps with different suffixes with a million more hotbars so i can change out wraps a million more times for every different goddamned mob i run into.  monks have fairly limited wrap options available compared to all other melees so i dont really see monks being able to equip PG as being OP in any way.


and im totally not going to use my +4 tome until a few months after the update.  i pretty much expect people to TR and have their tomes disappear. 

I've been in groups with a Terror user. It still killing stuff like crazy. Seems like every other swing.

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You could stop running in groups that still think it's 2010 and use WF tanks

Kracky wrote on Jan 27^th, 2012 at 7:38am:


I predict that it won't last.  Enough people are up in arms about it that I expect them to change the boots back to something that stacks with Rage.   It may not be untyped anymore, so no double procs, but should still stack with Rage.

It doesn't stack with the Barbarian rage.  That's why everyone's pissed.

Kracky wrote on Jan 27^th, 2012 at 7:38am:

Hold up there...I seem to have missed this in the release notes.  WTF did they do to my Deadly Weapons?

Nevynn wrote on Jan 27^th, 2012 at 9:49am:


1d10 Force Damage I believe.

Edit:  1d8 Actually.  Main hand only.

Oakianus wrote on Jan 27^th, 2012 at 8:29am:


UMD/bluebar vs Silver Flame pots seems to be the general gist.

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I had boots on my Xploiter.  It was a choice.  Have the extra HP or have the UMD and etc.

Changing them so you can UMD with them seems fucktarded.

Eladiun wrote on Jan 27^th, 2012 at 9:51am:


1d8 is too low but honestly the clusterfuck of a spell that was the current Deadly Weapons obviously couldn't stay.  With the new implementation it'll basically be the only weapon buff I pass out in 99% of the quests that don't need DR breaking.  And it will now stack with PBS.  And work on Monks. 

Non-warchanter pure bards can add +7 damage per swing.  I think that's a good target for Deadly Weapons so 2d6 would be just about right.  Especially since this is main-hand only.  1d8 does feel a little small but I'll live with it as long as it fixes the stupid that was the current deadly.  Adding 5d6 to certain players while only adding 1d6 to others made little sense.  Having it not work on Monks was par for the course and then you had the 'will I be in PBS range/won't I' game that Arti's had to play...I don't view this as a straight-up nerf as much as it's just a fix that isn't calibrated to my liking yet.