Essential Equipment.....

[Impaqt]

THere are lots of informative threads here.. ANd after a search I have not found exatly what I'm looking for. If there is such a list, please direct me to it.. If not, Please fel free to Add on to the list I've compiled here so Far.

Items EVERYONE should have.... And USE! (Theres been plenty of times I've forgotten to equipt an item before its too late... Whoops) By Using these items effectively, you can save your casters valuble mana.

Wearables

Proof Against Poison: Self Explantory I would think.... Makes running through Poison traps a breeze and eliminates a lot of Stat Damage.

Disease Immunity: Again, Self Explanitory...... Stops you from catching a nasty disease.

Feather Falling: No more taking damage from slips, or falls from high places!

Underwater Action: Plenty of these to go around..... Whats the swin Skill for?

Blindness Ward: Definatly Sucks to get BLinded....

Deathblock Item: SUre, your death ward spell is neat.. But when you come face to face with a Beholder, your Deathward is the first thing to go.

Consumables

Elemental Resist Potions: Carry at least acouple of each of these if you dont have a Item with a level apropriet Resist. A Lesser Acid Resist Sheild isnt going to do you much good at 12th level.....

Barkskin: Even with the Nerf.... er.... Correction today, Barkskin is one of the best AC Buffs Out there..... Rangers dont usualy have a ton of Mana.. SO being able to self Bark (Especially during combat when your ranger is busy fighting as well) can be a life saver.

Haste: Chug one before/During a battle... Chug one if you happen to be a bit out of range when your caster throws it down.... Use your Potion to keep up instead of making the caster use another 20-30 SPell points.

Cure XXX Wounds Potions: Bah! I dont need to carry those, thats what my cleric is for! OK... Interesting concept... But wrong..... Carry a supply of level apropriet Cure potions. Sometmes the cleric cant keep up with damage being dealt. It happens... and if he's outof mana and down to wands, recharge time is slow. Being able to down a quick potion will keep you on your feet and in the battle!

Wand of Cure Moderate or Cure Serious: What.. Your Fighter Doesnt have UMD? Thats OK.... Give it to the Cleric..... As my Primary is a Cleric, I have NEVER turned down a wand. If you dont want to carry around a "Just in case" wand, throw him some plat.... Let me let you in on a little secret.... People who take care of their clerics tend to be the First person to get a heal when the group takes damage.....

Clicky's/Consumables
CLicky or Potion... Your Choice... But they should be on your charater....

Shield: SHield is often overlooked as an essential. Even though the AC bonus may not do you any good, the Magic Missle Deflection is welcome.

Heroism: +2 to Attacks, Skill Checks and Saves. Always Welcome.

Remove Curse: Being Cursed Sucks. And it doesnt go away on its own. A Good supply of Remove CUrse potions will make sure your not playing at -4

Remove Fear: Being Feared pretty much makes you useless... Even though the efect is usually pretty short, 10-20 seconds of not being helpful can lead to a party wipe.


Theres plenty of Uber items out there that sure are nice to have, but the above list is items that are readily availble that every good adventurer should have. Being properly equipt can save you a death and save your cleric or mage lots of Mana.

[Zenako]

and all of them can be found stacked with other useful boosts in mid level items and jewelry. Like underwater action with Haggle +5, or Blindness immunity with Light Fortification. Lots of nice dual buff items can be had...

[Viglin]

Originally Posted by Impaqt

THere are lots of informative threads here.. ANd after a search I have not found exatly what I'm looking for. If there is such a list, please direct me to it.. If not, Please fel free to Add on to the list I've compiled here so Far.

Items EVERYONE should have.... And USE! (Theres been plenty of times I've forgotten to equipt an item before its too late... Whoops)

Proof Against Poison: Self Explantory I would think.... Makes running through Poison traps a breeze and eliminates a lot of Stat Damage.

Disease Immunity: Again, Self Explanitory...... Stops you from catching a nasty disease.

Feather Falling: No more taking damage from slips, or falls from high places!

Underwater Action: Plenty of these to go around..... Whats the swin Skill for?

Blindness Ward: Definatly Sucks to get BLinded....

Deathblock Item: SUre, your death ward spell is neat.. But when you come face to face with a Beholder, your Deathward is the first thing to go.

Theres plenty of Uber items out there that sure are nice to have, but the above list is items that are readily availble that every good adventurer should have. Being properly equipt can save you a death and save your cleric or mage lots of Mana.

Very nice list...youd be surprised even in level 10-12 groups people who dont have some of the above[lve yet to get Deathblock myself], especially poison protection which is really a must have.

Id also add to the list everyone in the mid to high levels should be carrying plenty of healing items and some spell clickies[Resit Energy, Shield, etc etc]

One big bonus of the AH is l got 90% of these items of it for a good price.

[Impaqt]

Shield Clickys are often overlooked.... "What good is a 1st level shield spell gonna do my big bad 10th level fighter?" Run Von4 with and without Sheild and you'll have your answer....

Elemental Resist Pots should be standard for all non-Casting toons as noted above. I think we've al run into situations where a battle took longer than we thought and our elemental resist ran out at an innapropreite time... Chug a quick potion to get your resists back so the caster has time to target you and rebuff... Not to mention Acid Blood... THat sucks.. Its a LOT faster to chug 2 potions than for the caster to hit you with 2 resists.

[tycoonbob]

Since this is the closest thing to what i was looking for, i will ask here. I was looking for a list of weapon and armor bonuses and what they do. stuff like flametouch, icy burst, frost, flaming, adamantine, ghosttouch, etc. is there a list of what all of those do?

[Viglin]

Originally Posted by tycoonbob

Since this is the closest thing to what i was looking for, i will ask here. I was looking for a list of weapon and armor bonuses and what they do. stuff like flametouch, icy burst, frost, flaming, adamantine, ghosttouch, etc. is there a list of what all of those do?

Weapon Affects can be found sticked in the General Discussion area[hopefully it will get reposted here too]

Armor affects dont think theres a list but there easier to explain

[tycoonbob]

oh, never looked there...i usually only come to this area and saw this post and it made me think about it. thanks

[Impaqt]

Edited the List to include some critical Consumables.... Lets get some input on Clicky's

[DuckOfDeath]

Some of this may not be must haves but at least really should have to make life easier:

Reaver ring - You really really want fear immunity in the desert if you are not a paladin. Not sure if there is any other random item that spawns with this but since it is easy to get you may as well just farm for this.

Planar gird - Greater heroism is not really a must but it does make life much simpler.

Heroism clicky - I am not really into carrying a bunch of planar girds around so instead I carry a couple heroism clickies. They only have half the bonus and only last half as long but they have 3 charges instead of just 1. Usually use them in the early sub boss fights and save the gird for main bosses.

Resist items - Most of the ones I use are on shields but I also use cloaks. They should be at least improved version but get greater if you can. Esp for acid so you can just pop one on when you get hit by PK hounds or acid arrows then switch back once the acid is gone. I treat these as kind of like resist clickies instead of having to keep buying potions.

[Impaqt]

Originally Posted by DuckOfDeath

Some of this may not be must haves but at least really should have to make life easier:

Reaver ring - You really really want fear immunity in the desert if you are not a paladin. Not sure if there is any other random item that spawns with this but since it is easy to get you may as well just farm for this.

Planar gird - Greater heroism is not really a must but it does make life much simpler.

Heroism clicky - I am not really into carrying a bunch of planar girds around so instead I carry a couple heroism clickies. They only have half the bonus and only last half as long but they have 3 charges instead of just 1. Usually use them in the early sub boss fights and save the gird for main bosses.

Resist items - Most of the ones I use are on shields but I also use cloaks. They should be at least improved version but get greater if you can. Esp for acid so you can just pop one on when you get hit by PK hounds or acid arrows then switch back once the acid is gone. I treat these as kind of like resist clickies instead of having to keep buying potions.

Trying to keep this list to things that are easily obtainable. Heroism Clicky is a good one for sure.... Resist items, I mentioned, But having a Potion will suffice in a Pinch. The Reaver Ring and Planar Gird are awesome Items.. I havent been lucky enough to pull either yet even though I'm almost capped..... I would put these in the same catagory as Hyrulians Pendant (VI Spell Pen for Non Good.. Neg level if you are good) and THe Behlder ptic Nerve..... Fantastic additions..... But unfortunatly, not readily available.

[DuckOfDeath]

Originally Posted by Impaqt

Trying to keep this list to things that are easily obtainable. Heroism Clicky is a good one for sure.... Resist items, I mentioned, But having a Potion will suffice in a Pinch. The Reaver Ring and Planar Gird are awesome Items.. I havent been lucky enough to pull either yet even though I'm almost capped..... I would put these in the same catagory as Hyrulians Pendant (VI Spell Pen for Non Good.. Neg level if you are good) and THe Behlder ptic Nerve..... Fantastic additions..... But unfortunatly, not readily available.

Reaver rings and planar girds are easily attainable (definately much easier than getting the other items you listed in the quote) if you really want to get it. The quest is easy to do and doesnt take much time. You can even do it two man if you wanted to but its better to take a full group for more chances of a drop. The problem is that many people get discouraged because the drop rate is pretty low. My guild usually does loot runs once a week and we usually dont stop until we get a planar gird and usually have a couple reaver rings by then. It kind of like muckbane (which should also be on the list) where you just have to be persistent and not give up because you have an unlucky streak.

As far as the resist items go I know you list potions but IMHO static items are much better. For one they can offer up to greater resists but the improved resists that are equal to the potions will suffice. Plus you never have to worry about restocking or running out of potions. You also dont have to worry about them getting dispelled (esp in invaders where you fight beholders in between groups of fire reavers, ice flensers, and PK hounds or BAM where the death priests love to hit you with dispel just before they chain lightning you) and having to pop another potion every couple mins.

[Impaqt]

Guess I have to make some more runs for the Planar Grid and Reaver Ring.... Got an extra you wanna sell me or trade?
I guess The Point of this post is how to equipt your character with items that are random drops in a LOT of quests or can be purchased either at Vendors, Or on the AH for a reasonable Price.

I agree a Muckbane is tremendously helpful to a questor (As are the other items you listed) but Only obtainable in one quest and 2 luck factors are involved in getting one... Muck actually being there.. Then your Roll on the chest..... Of course, you can run the quest 100 times if need be.... But that gets boring.

Improved/Greater resistance items are great to have..... ABsolutely.... Get as many as you can. But the drop rate is low, and the cost on the AH is pretty steep on them.... Especially Greater Resist.....

[Valiena]

Remove Fear Potion is essential especially at lower levels. It is far faster to drink one than get Cleric/Bard to cast remove fear on you when you get hit with a fear effect. That 5 seconds or so can be critical!

[Impaqt]

Originally Posted by Valiena

Remove Fear Potion is essential especially at lower levels. It is far faster to drink one than get Cleric/Bard to cast remove fear on you when you get hit with a fear effect. That 5 seconds or so can be critical!

Good One! I would add Remove CUrse to that as well..... Especially since Curse doent go away like fear.

[Valiena]

If you have time, and no group goto One Eared Bugbear. Port to the Chief Uguruz and pick the flower by him, and just down the hill from him. 2 total. Recall, and wait 5 minutes. Winse and Repeat. Good way to kill time while LFG. You will get plenty of CSW, Remove Blindnes, and Remove Curse pots that way.

[MysticRhythms]

Remove Fear potions are still useful at higher levels too. Drow Scorpions case Scare on you and Mummies have Despair. That little 60 gp potion helps you with both effects if you can't afford Greater Heroism (which also makes one immune to Fear).

I'd also like to point out that Poisonproof items make you immune to Cloudkill so have them ready when you know you are up against Arcane Blackbone skeletons.

Some of the best clickies I've managed to acquire are the "Remove ____" versions or the Lesser Restorations. Those are abilities you know you will need and sure don't mind having available when you fail a saving throw.

I have also managed to get a nice colelction of Owl's Wisdom clickies. If your fighters are suffering from failed Will saves (Fear, Hypnotic Pattern, Hold Person) then having a 3x Owl's Wisdom clicky sometimes helps them. Many PuG fighters and rogues neglect enhancing their Wisdom.

By that same token, I recommend a Fox's Cunning clicky to help rogues get that extra boost when disablign a trap.

Eagles' Splendor clickies give you that extra discount when buying things from vendors or selling loot as well.

Rangers and Rogues who have a high enough Dex to be able to wear Robes and use Mage Armor potions can use Divine Power and Divine Favor clickies to great effect.

[Beherit_Baphomar]

This should be printed in the 'user manual' for DDO.

EVERYONE who wants to play this game should read this list.

[David_Edwards]

Originally Posted by Beherit Baphomar

This should be printed in the 'user manual' for DDO.

EVERYONE who wants to play this game should read this list.

WOW talk about thread necro!

[Impaqt]

Cool.. Now I can comment without "Bumping"
I've been meaning ot update this abit for Higher end content.... I feel Blindness ward is overarated now.. A Remove Blindness Clicky or wand should be sufficient.

[Denomicon]

Don't forget a Detect Secret doors clicky. These are so incredibly handy, especially when soloing with a character that has terrible search.