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  1. VoodooMike

    U75 Preview 1 Release Notes

    I think its safe to say that wordplay gags on literally every homophone in every language (including miner/minor) have been made since before your grandparents were born. I mean... even Galaxy Quest doing it predates Louis CK's special by 14 years... just for easy, modern(ish?) examples.
  2. VoodooMike

    Is WoW worth leaving DDO for?

    I've recently picked WoW back up, myself... which is something I often do a few months after a new expansion comes out... and as someone who played on and off since the game was released 20 years ago I think I can confidently say the answer is: it depends on the current state of things. WoW is...
  3. VoodooMike

    Want to reduce lag/server load? Cap AOE targets affected

    Yes, that is an unpopular opinion, and isn't something that would change anything about the server performance because we know exactly what is causing the "lag" at the server level, and its not AoE attacks. The hangups are from the frequent and rapid loop being done to calculate all the...
  4. VoodooMike

    What are the chances DDO goes into Maintenance Mode in 2025?

    If DDO followed the fate of CoH it would probably be a good thing. Not the part where it closes, but the part where the source code gets leaked and the game moves from being powered by a bunch of middle-aged men who are phoning it in for a steady paycheque to being supported and maintained by a...
  5. VoodooMike

    Update 69 Preview 3: New Feats

    Anything that requires you do something with quick timing is poor design on a game that suffers from software lag and stuttering the way DDO does. While I understand the designers want some element of "twitch" gaming to make it seem more action-oriented, the base state of the game does not...
  6. VoodooMike

    How often should you report the same/similar bugs?

    Report them over and over again until the prospect of hearing from you is more daunting than putting in the effort to fix the issue.
  7. VoodooMike

    Questions about Myth Expansion Items, Thanks

    Mounts and pets are automagically yours... other items you generally have to ask an NPC for - NPCs are in the Hall of Heroes... for this expansion they are in the second building along the left wall (if you're walking there from the first building). You get the items, the archetype, the...
  8. VoodooMike

    Carrion Swarm epic strike

    You're right, of course - most DoT spells, especially druid DoTs, do not offer any saving throw or spell resistance. Enveloping Swarm, Creeping Cold, Greater Creeping Cold, Insidious Spores, Burning Blood, and so on... are unresistable.. Creeping Doom gives a reflex for half, but also...
  9. VoodooMike

    Carrion Swarm epic strike

    I get that it having no saving throw made it a bit strong in the past, but having just recently tried it again since it was updated... it seems that both parts of its damage have a save to negate (not halve) on each tick, and each tick gets a base save to end the DoT before the damage is even...
  10. VoodooMike

    Sales: July 3rd - 11th

    Only 25% in the DDO Store
  11. VoodooMike

    Racial AP Tome +3

    I mean, as witty as you apologists imagine yourselves to be... even that example is an example of stacking benefit: obtaining a Model T does not make the horse-drawn carriage cease to exist; you then have two, separate, modes of transportation that can be used by two people at the same time...
  12. VoodooMike

    Myth Drannor Upgrade - FAQ?

    An especially odd choice considering the button is labelled "BUY or UPGRADE". I guess by "upgrade" they mean "you can buy, for full price, a more expensive package than you bought the first time"?
  13. VoodooMike

    Racial AP Tome +3

    This assumes that I (or anyone in this situation) had the original +1 racial AP tome from... ravenloft was it? That was not the only way to get the racial AP tomes - they have been put on the DDO store as single-character purchases on several occasions since then. I, unfortunately (or maybe...
  14. VoodooMike

    Racial AP Tome +3

    Except it is not misleading to new players - it actually does give +3 AP, not +1... unless you already had +2 from other tomes. A character with no previous racial AP tomes will get the full +3 upon reading the new tome (verified). Someone with previous tomes only ends up with +3 total.
  15. VoodooMike

    Anyone else think its a shame that the cosmetic pets of Myth Drannor are a rehash of existing pets?

    I think the pre-sale was rushed out - the time between the first Lam tests of the new archetype and iconic and... well... now... has been very short. The pets are basically reskins, and we got a dimensional folder with another expansion already.. and the racial AP tome doesn't stack. Most...
  16. VoodooMike

    Racial AP Tome +3

    I'm trying to understand the logic behind this. The tome gives you +3 racial AP... that do not stack with previous racial AP tomes... so if someone previously purchased other expansions that included a +1 racial AP tome (the previous two which tacked with one another) those are now useless as...
  17. VoodooMike

    Lamannia Update 68 Preview 2 - Eladrin

    A race doesn't have to be powerful to be useful, but yeah a lot of Eladrin is pretty weak compared to the last few races they've released (imho, of course). I think the best way to look at DDO races is through the lens of a character without dozens of racial past lives, and to ask yourself is...
  18. VoodooMike

    Lamannia Update 68 Preview 2 - Eladrin

    There seem to be some folks who exist outside of time, or at least talk like they do. The Eladrin's bonus SA dice are 10 seconds after a fey step, which by default is 2x per rest (upgradable to 5x for 3 more AP), and are level limited - that 9 SA isn't until close to cap. The DH's bonus SA...
  19. VoodooMike

    Lamannia Update 68 Preview 2 - Eladrin

    Considering the Dark Hunter can feasibly give itself +20 SA dice for 10 seconds every minute, with no limit per rest, a +9 SA dice with per-rest limitations doesn't seem particularly extreme. DDO certainly didn't become Dark Hunters Online. With the exception of Displacement, these are still...
  20. VoodooMike

    Lamannia Update 68 Preview 2 - New Hireling

    I brought out Heroic Rana with a level 20 character and she showed up as a level 20 druid and had the Shiradi mantle. I'm assuming that's not supposed to happen.
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