[ddo] Start date/time

[Leigh Murphy]

thats what I was saying too as to ploughing ahead and then having to replay
the dungeons with us..........
Can't you guys just WoW on the nights we don't play Angry Dragons?

Leigh


On 3/1/06, Moloney, Dalton <Dalton.Moloney at hasbro.ie> wrote:
>
> I have them and flicked through them before I logged on. Give me a page
> number for the enhancements and race feats, will you? :>
>
> I guess certain characters are built certain ways e.g. Warforged tank
> has to take adamantite body and power attack as their starting feats
> imo. That plus putting points in str, con, wis, cha to get bonuses/avoid
> penalties means that your character builds itself. You would have to
> make significant cuts to try and get Int 13 as well as all of that... In
> fact it becomes a *total* min/max affair.
>
> Tbh I'm struggling to see how the game is any better than warcraft but
> that could be just because we flew through the early dungeons. It was
> just a mosh with no real tactics/roles applied. I've seen very little of
> the strategic, puzzle-based side of the game and if it continues to be
> just a moshfest with everyone scrambling to get barrels broken/last hit
> on monsters for bonus xp I'll be very disappointed.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ddo-bounces at dspsrv.com [mailto:ddo-bounces at dspsrv.com] On Behalf
> Of Conor Clifford
> Sent: 01 March 2006 11:18
> To: 'Players of DDO:Stormreach'
> Subject: Re: [ddo] Start date/time
>
> Dalt I have an early 3rd Ed PHB / DMG / MM lying around at home - I can
> post them to you if you want? (or can't find what you need online)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ddo-bounces at dspsrv.com [mailto:ddo-bounces at dspsrv.com]On Behalf Of
> Joe Vaughan
> Sent: 01 March 2006 11:03
> To: Players at jarhedz.com; of at jarhedz.com; Stormreach
> Subject: Re: [ddo] Start date/time
>
>
> Shockwave wrote:
> > Dalton - That was one of the things that eventually put me off,
> > although
> I'm
> > still interested (hey, I'm an RPG whore, I can't help it)
> >
> > The lack of 'ease' in for the new player, particularily one that
> > didn't remember D&D Feats off the top of their head seems quite
> fierce.
> >
> This is the point I've been making all along.
>
> *IT'S NOT DESIGNED FOR THAT*
>
> It's designed for DnD players. Therefore it basically *assumes* you have
> some knowledge of 3rd ed DnD
>
> This, I think is where the biggest difficulty lies, they really should
> supply the game with a 3.5ed PHB for people like yourself Dalt who
> haven't looked at 3rd Ed. :)
>
> As regards Feats and Skills the game is fairly close to 3rd ed DnD
> rules. (Actually in most respects it's fairly close to 3rd ed rules,
> except where they just wouldn't work "online" (e.g. no "initiative rolls
> for combat etc") Since the 3rd Ed DnD is under some sort of "open
> source" license you should basically, if you're so inclined, be able to
> get almost the entire PHB online somewhere. That will help a lot!
>
> As for shadowrun... meh... munchies game... "I want a big gun *and*
> magic missiles". :)
>
> joev
>
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