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<DIV><SPAN class=711324709-02032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>yup -
but you also have to keep in mind that we are overkill for some of these quests
at the moment, ie I've soloed the quests that we were doing 4 man. When we start
hitting "real" 4 man quests I expect things to change</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> ddo-bounces@dspsrv.com
[mailto:ddo-bounces@dspsrv.com]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Leigh
Murphy<BR><B>Sent:</B> 02 March 2006 05:35<BR><B>To:</B> Players of
DDO:Stormreach<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [ddo] Start
date/time<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>I'm looking forward to the next night, although I am considering re-doing
my character already. I was loath to cripple my stats too much and had an idea
I might multiclass. </DIV>
<DIV>I may have time tonight to check her stats/feats/skills and see if its
the way I want to go. Yeah, not knowing the min stat requirements for feats
can be crippling. I sent a .jpg to the ddo address that was bounced for ziae
with a complete chart of the feats, I'll upload it to my site tonight
or you can see it on <A
href="http://www.ddo-europe.com">www.ddo-europe.com</A> (think it was class
forum)</DIV>
<DIV>I think I ended on about lvl 1 rank 3, So if I do a new char I won't
go past L1R4. Should only take a few hours.</DIV>
<DIV>I am still wary of you guys doing new content, the problem I found with
(the admittedly few) PuGs is</DIV>
<DIV>1) No voice com</DIV>
<DIV>2) WoW like play, run from quest to quest, complete mosh fest</DIV>
<DIV>3) No tactics, too much individual play</DIV>
<DIV>4) Every man for himself, you die? too bad</DIV>
<DIV>5) Rushrushrush to get levelled up.</DIV>
<DIV>If you thought what we did the other night was hectic try a PuG!</DIV>
<DIV>I hope if you guys are going to play a lot more that this won't stop the
enjoyment. </DIV>
<DIV>My order was shipped yesterday, woohoo!<BR><BR> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 3/1/06, <B class=gmail_sendername>Joe
Vaughan</B> <<A href="mailto:joev@jarhedz.com">joev@jarhedz.com</A>>
wrote:</SPAN>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Leigh
Murphy wrote:<BR>> thats what I was saying too as to ploughing ahead and
then having to<BR>> replay the dungeons with us.......... <BR>> Can't
you guys just WoW on the nights we don't play Angry
Dragons?<BR>><BR>Yeah, it's the standard problem of wanting to get to new
content. I was<BR>conscious of it as well... we rushed quite a bit and
played a bit like <BR>WoW (or any other MMO).<BR><BR>That's ok for the early
dungeons and where we're just getting set up.<BR>However very soon (i.e.
when we start doing lvl2-3 dungeons) you really<BR>can't approach it like
that. You have to start thinking DnD and planning <BR>ahead.<BR><BR>There
are basically only about 3 more quests that I have done in Beta<BR>and Leigh
and I had just achieved level 2... so once we all hit that (I<BR>reckon
about an hour's more solid play) it'll be new for everyone... and <BR>there
is a *lot* to learn.<BR><BR>The big difference between this and WoW Dalt is
that you don't have to<BR>hack-n-slash every dungeon to get XP. If you use
your noggin and<BR>"defeat" the creatures another way (sneaking past...
distracting them, <BR>drawing them into their own traps etc) you get the
same XP for it.<BR><BR>This means that for any character you're not so
locked into one role...<BR>you have a number of options (for example, you
could be a total<BR>damage-hoe fighter and not bother with tanking type
skills at all <BR>knowing that your party are only going to be in 1 in 10
fights.. and<BR>that when they are, it's on their terms and generally short
and brutal)<BR><BR>Also, many of the dungeons/puzzles don't have anything
more than a token <BR>enemy force... there are (apparently.. haven't played
them) several<BR>dungeons that are almost totally "puzzle".<BR><BR>That's
part of the appeal to me. WoW when I went back and tried it after<BR>my
first taste of DDO just paled so much because it's this big (pretty)
<BR>empty shell. 0 athmosphere, 0 immersion, 0 depth. Maybe it's just
me...<BR>I dunno, but DDO feels much more "immersive" and I genuinely want
to do<BR>the quests not just as XP but as stories to play through.
<BR><BR>joe<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>ddo
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