How big is DDO?

[GolargoSturdyfeet]

First DDO is not in video, but LOTRO is timestamp 3:44. How do we in DDO stack up in map size? Can it be calculated? I wonder?

 

[Ying]

Why does it matter?

 

[GolargoSturdyfeet]

Why does it matter?

Because I want to know

 

[Nebless]

How would you even calculate it? Wilderness and district area's are pretty straight forward but, Do you count space inside dungeons or not?

 

[Contessor]

DDO land can be whatever size you want. It’s a fantasy world that never existed in reality, ever.

One theory is that the entire DDO universe exists in an orb of a necklace worn by a cat (really an Arquillan) named Orien.

 

[Dude]

The answer is clearly 42.

 

[Dandonk]

The answer is clearly 42.

What do you get if you multiply six by nine?

 

[FaceDancer]

It's multi-world, spans the planes of existence, and is ever expanding... Now you know!

https://ddowiki.com/page/Category:World_settings

https://ddowiki.com/page/Planes

 

[Dragnilar]

Heh, I liked how that video included Sacred 2. Shame most of the game is just miles of the same 2-3 monsters wandering around in packs or unfulfilling side quests that just have random item rewards. Still enjoyed it, probably at least 1000 hours of my life were spent on it.
RIP Ascaron.

As for DDO...

The problem is it uses a different approach instead of the "one big contiguous world" idea that this video seems to be using for measurements. So with that in mind, it may be deceptively huge or it could very well be smaller than LOTRO or a lot of other "big" games.

 

[LuisJones]

I also don't understand what that's supposed to mean.

 

[saekee]

hmmn there is an easy-to-calculate existential experience of distance when running through a wilderness to a quest like Chains of Flame

 

[GrayJedi AntiProPaladin]

I mean....
it's not how big the size that matters...it's how you use/play/enjoy it

 

[Dude]

I mean....
it's not how big the size that matters...it's how you use/play/enjoy it

That's what people keep telling me.

 

[Kasanje]

The world, that is Eberron, has already been mapped out. It is just that the game (DDO) only occupies a portion of the overall space. It would be interesting to take the Eberron world map and apply the public and wilderness map squares to each location.

It's fairly compact if you just go off of public map spaces. Some of the areas are connected like Harbor, Marketplace, and the Inspired Quarter. Each of the House maps connects to the Marketplace. This becomes a growing pattern of tiles filling out the map.

I would really like the Devs to add an interactive world map to the game, so we could see where we are in relation to all of the other places in the Eberron campaign setting.

 

[Memnir]

You'd have to ask Mrs. DDO.

 

[Douglas Glyndwr]

These videos are based on the size of the largest map. DDO's biggest is probably Isle of Dread. DDO doesn't qualify for "size" in most of these because it is so instanced. LOTRO you can spend hours riding from Erid Luin to Mordor.

 

[HoopleHead]

It's so big you need two floppies to run it!

 

[Tesrali (sam-u-r-eye)]

Technically?
Sneak into the skyplane and go to the NE corner.
use /loc
Then multiply your x and y coordinate.
That's how big one of the realms is.

We have 3 or 4 realms now?

 

[Svirfneblin]

Get out the crystal ball and ask Zagig.

 

[Matuse]

These videos are based on the size of the largest map. DDO's biggest is probably Isle of Dread. DDO doesn't qualify for "size" in most of these because it is so instanced. LOTRO you can spend hours riding from Erid Luin to Mordor.

Barovia is much larger than the Dread wilderness.