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Oct 18 2009 08:10am

Please no offers for trades in the thread, this is for the soul purpose of those who have been playing DDO for a while to answer any questions some of the newer players might have involving the game.
I am sure many have seen my thread offering items and plat for sale and start up assistance oh khyber. But that is not the purpose of this new thread.

I personally have several characters a lvl 19 cleric, 17 barbarian , 15 bard, 6 favored soul, 7 pally/fighter, 8 barbarian/rouge. and other lower level toons.

Any questions are acceptable here, be it build assistance, or in game trade advice, or questions about questing and level up.

I am fairly knowledgeable, but if i don't know something i will admit to that point and search to find you an answer.

I also encourage all veteran players to post as well that way the members of our jsp community can look up to us for the advice they need, instead of blindly wading through a game of noobs (intent only on disruption of the game).
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Oct 19 2009 08:25am
http://ddo.mmodb.com/ great website for quests,maps a few builds but has helped me alot lately
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godd, I'm just starting out. I plan on building a tank to start (following the Riott build). I know that once I get up and increase favor I can create another character with 32stats rather than 28 so I plan on making a Ranger most likely then.

With the Riott build he spells out everything nicely, but how about Enhancements? Can these be easily reset so I shouldn't worry too much about where I put them for now?

These are my planned feats by level.
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1- Luck of Heroes
1F - Dodge
1H - Lightning Reflexes
2F - Weapon Focus (Slashing)
3 - Iron Will
4F - Weapon Specialization (Slashing)
6 - Toughness
6F - Improved Shield Bash
8F - Improved Critical (Slashing)
9 - Skill Focus: Intimidate
10F - Combat Expertise
12 - Toughness
12F - Greater Weapon Spec. (Slashing)
14F - Shield Mastery
15 - Toughness
16F - Power Attack
18 - Toughness
18F - Improved Shield Mastery
20F - Greater Weapon Focus (Slashing)


Also, do you have a link to a well spelled out Ranger build? I see a lot of talk as starting as a rogue and then doing every level as ranger after because rogues get more points?

Any other general tips would be great.
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Oct 20 2009 10:34pm
ok first you can buy 32 pt build now starting out with turbine points, 2nd im not a huge fan of "following a build" i enjoy adding my own style to my characters i cant stay in some one Else's box so to speak. so my recomendation is do your own thing, but for giggles i took a look at this riott build for my self and made some adjustments. here ya go.

this is a bit tough for me i am a min/maxer i focus on 1 or 2 stats and hell with the rest, my toons are usually really good at one area. but here goes
stats as taken from riott build and adjusted by me.

human fighter
15 str(3 from fighert str , 1 human adap 4 from lvl up) 23total eat a +1 tome 24
12dex
16 con(human adaptibilty 1, 1pt at a lvl up) total 18
14 int
8 wis
8 cha

i felt con was more important stat than dex wiz and str in a tank build so i borrowed a few points to boost it up more, the int is justified for combat experties, but the build also dose not take that till lvl 10 witch is plenty of time to add a 1 point of int by lvl up stat pt or +1 tome... mmm yummy. (if starting it at 12)

feats
i notieced that the feat takes toughness alot to make up for the lack of con at the start, still a good move, i love toughness as a feat my self and take it often at least once, 4 might be over kill but fighters to get loads of feats, and with some of the other feats here 5-6 x might be even better. you in your build may want to focus in a different direction. and the abundance of slashing specialization is a bit overkill if u ask me. but eh im sure he hits well. here is what i would do with feats

1-luck of heroes
1F - Dodge
1H - toughness
2F - Weapon Focus (Slashing)
3 - lightning reflexes
4F - Weapon Specialization (Slashing)
6 - Toughness
6F - Combat Expertise
8F - Improved Critical (Slashing)
9 - Skill Focus: Intimidate
10F - bullheaded(will save and intim bonus)
12 - Toughness
12F - Greater Weapon Spec. (Slashing)
14F - Shield Mastery
15 - Toughness
16F - Power Attack
18 - Toughness
18F - Improved Shield Mastery
20F - Greater Weapon Focus (Slashing)

eh i will put this disclaimer i have not played fighter very high level so i might not know what im doing. and i am no super expert, the guy with this build was a long time player, more experienced that i . again i encourage you to do your own thing playing some one Else's character might ruin your experience of the game. also this build said gear intensive, starting out in the game with little or no backing for gear, getting to the point this character is good might take a lot of work.

i can give you starting pointers to a ranger build, but nothing fully spelled out, rog dose 2 things for u starting out if you invest in int it gives u lots more skill pts, and gives you sneak attack bonus, more lvls of rog is wasted rangers are amazing dps with dual wielding.

oh and one last thing next mod they are imputing reincarnation, one of the possibilities for this is at 20 u re do your character start over at lvl1 not as a 28 or 32 pt but a 34pt build(even a 28 pt build will), getting to re-pick race class every thing, except the name. drawback it takes 2x more exp for each rank(grind harder) . this can be done im told twice, getting 36 pt build with 4x more exp needed 2nd time around. (you keep your gear, you lose tomes you have ate)

i hope this helps some what... took me a few hours to look at this info and give you my responce, if you need gear or any thing starting out or just some one to grind up with at lvl 1 drop me a line.

This post was edited by godd on Oct 20 2009 10:35pm
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Quote (godd @ Wed, 21 Oct 2009, 00:34)


oh and one last thing next mod they are imputing  reincarnation, one of the possibilities for this is at 20 u re do your character start over at lvl1 not as a 28 or 32 pt but a 34pt build(even a 28 pt build will), getting to re-pick race class every thing, except the name. drawback it takes 2x more exp for each rank(grind harder) . this can be done im told twice, getting 36 pt build with 4x more exp needed 2nd time around. (you keep your gear, you lose tomes you have ate)

i hope this helps some what... took me a few hours to look at this info and give you my response, if you need gear or any thing starting out or just some one to grind up with at lvl 1 drop me a line.


Good to know. I'm starting as a tank to learn but I would plan on a more fun DPS character later. The reroll at 34pt will help this. I heard bow ranger suck currently, so I'll hold off.

I'm playing on Sarlona though.
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Oct 21 2009 07:50pm
I'm playing on Sarlona though.[/QUOTE]

just start over on khyber i can help you get started and run with you have a few lvl 1 toons and plent of plat to go around. you planing on going vip?
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Oct 22 2009 05:59pm
rangers are useless
feel free to agree

This post was edited by atilla on Oct 22 2009 06:02pm
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Quote (lod254 @ Wed, Oct 21 2009, 11:17am)
I heard bow ranger suck currently, so I'll hold off.


You need to know how to play to make a bow ranger, and they're easily one of the best DPS builds currently. Arcane Archers rape.

Quote (atilla @ Thu, Oct 22 2009, 04:59pm)
rangers are useless
feel free to agree


Nope. Rangers easily one of the best classes.


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Oct 23 2009 07:31am
[QUOTE=lod254,Wed, Oct 21 2009, 01:17pmI heard bow ranger suck currently [/QUOTE]
bow ragers require 2 thing , 1 is elf the only race it works with, 2 is skill you got to know what ur doing. i have seen some ranged spected toons (like grim said )rape.



[QUOTE=atilla,Thu, Oct 22 2009, 06:59pm]rangers are useless
feel free to agree[/QUOTE]

not a bit the best dps class period. they auto get all the two wepon fighting feats line, witch on any other class you have to take on ur own , and to get u need a max dex of 17 some here near the end.
with a ranger you still want a lot of dex but its not as important just to get those feats so more in the place that matters str for pure undiludted dps bad ass... still not convinved?

ok well rangers get bonus to alchery. ur like wtf is that? ok alchery is increesed speed , they attack faster alot faster, like ur hiting something ones they have hit it 4+ times y? they are dual weilding remember? plus they get evasion and can use healing wands and limited spells.

one of the best classes in the game. but like with a bow you have to know what ur doing.
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Oct 24 2009 06:32am
[QUOTE=godd,Oct 23 2009 01:31pm][QUOTE=lod254,Wed, Oct 21 2009, 01:17pmI heard bow ranger suck currently [/QUOTE]
bow ragers require 2 thing , 1 is elf the only race it works with, 2 is skill you got to know what ur doing. i have seen some ranged spected toons (like grim said )rape.



[QUOTE=atilla,Thu, Oct 22 2009, 06:59pm]rangers are useless
feel free to agree[/QUOTE]

not a bit the best dps class period. they auto get all the two wepon fighting feats line, witch on any other class you have to take on ur own , and to get u need a max dex of 17 some here near the end.
with a ranger you still want a lot of dex but its not as important just to get those feats so more in the place that matters str for pure undiludted dps bad ass... still not convinved?

ok well rangers get bonus to alchery. ur like wtf is that? ok alchery is increesed speed , they attack faster alot faster, like ur hiting something ones they have hit it 4+ times y? they are dual weilding remember? plus they get evasion and can use healing wands and limited spells.

one of the best classes in the game. but like with a bow you have to know what ur doing.[/QUOTE]

well one of the best classes but not in my groups ... maybe if we have 1 random char slot left
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