Update 73 Release Notes

[Cordovan]

Find the release notes on DDO.com.

 

[Quartis]

y, a new free quest, it even is heroic & epic, and the quest giver is at the place the gnom illusionist was.

 

[Frantik]

Here's (1) a question and (2) an observation...

(1) from update notes... "Dragon Disciple's Channel the Enlightened Dragon and Channel the Raging Dragon now have 9 second cooldowns."

What are we talking about? Am I missing something in my tiny brain?

(2) the cap ability "Draconic Apotheosis" is garbage...
- simply compare it to a Fighter's Psionic 1 min boost; sure a limited number of boosts but
- the cost!? 100 ki, which is twice that of EiN from GMoF

I humbly suggest either double the duration and half the cost, or half both the cost and the cooldown.

 

[J1NG]

Here's (1) a question and (2) an observation...

(1) from update notes... "Dragon Disciple's Channel the Enlightened Dragon and Channel the Raging Dragon now have 9 second cooldowns."

What are we talking about? Am I missing something in my tiny brain?

My guess is, the Fire Light Fire, and Earth Light Earth Finishers in DD tree had their NINTEY (90) second cooldown effect, get reduced to NINE (9) seconds. Which is the cooldown of the other Finishers in the other trees.

(2) the cap ability "Draconic Apotheosis" is garbage...
- simply compare it to a Fighter's Psionic 1 min boost; sure a limited number of boosts but
- the cost!? 100 ki, which is twice that of EiN from GMoF

I humbly suggest either double the duration and half the cost, or half both the cost and the cooldown.

I will simply say this, as an opinion it will always be correct. But factually, this is incorrect. It definitely has its uses and has no need of being adjusted for the cost involved.

J1NG

 

[Frantik]

My guess is, the Fire Light Fire, and Earth Light Earth Finishers in DD tree had their NINTEY (90) second cooldown effect, get reduced to NINE (9) seconds. Which is the cooldown of the other Finishers in the other trees.


I will simply say this, as an opinion it will always be correct. But factually, this is incorrect. It definitely has its uses and has no need of being adjusted for the cost involved.

J1NG

Perhaps "garbage' was not the best adjective. The capstone passives seem fine until the +10 MCL to Draconic Burst.
The active ability (20 secs duration, 120 sec CD) provides 50% elemental damage mitigation (nice) plus a long list of minor buffs, and finally a double damage for your best 2 SLAs (which have very long CDs). And for 100 ki.

Why not simplify the capstone, reduce the number of rl calculations, and the riduculous cost? Add a flat increase to both CL and MCL for all spells. Give a passive 20-25 elemental damage mitigation. Reduce (further) the CD for the two best SLAs permanently, drop the other minor buffs, the huge ki cost, and remove the need to press yet another button while assuring that the short ability dueation will coincide with the SLA casting.

Not garbage, but not very elegant either.

 

[J1NG]

Have you actually used the Capstone? Or just went by the description?

:: edit ::
I just re-read that and it sounds confrontational, it's not meant in that fashion. It was a genuine question. In short, have you examined at what it does Live?

J1NG

 

[Broken Old Monk]

Dragon Disciple Monk the UI acting crazy when trying to look at Clear Your Mind to see if it be worth investing, or even allow investing more than one point in it, but it acts super nuts when I try to look at the description.

 

[Frantik]

Have you actually used the Capstone? Or just went by the description?

:: edit ::
I just re-read that and it sounds confrontational, it's not meant in that fashion. It was a genuine question. In short, have you examined at what it does Live?

J1NG

No I haven't tested it, and my humble excuse was that I was waiting for some fixes (today!) before testing. I'll roll an iconic one later and try and test the cap over the next week. If it works out fine, I'll report back. Er, um, have you tested it out, Mr Tester?

 

[Frantik]

Dragon Disciple Monk the UI acting crazy when trying to look at Clear Your Mind to see if it be worth investing, or even allow investing more than one point in it, but it acts super nuts when I try to look at the description.

The Tree will be repaired today in the new Update.

 

[J1NG]

No I haven't tested it, and my humble excuse was that I was waiting for some fixes (today!) before testing. I'll roll an iconic one later and try and test the cap over the next week. If it works out fine, I'll report back. Er, um, have you tested it out, Mr Tester?

I have indeed. Hence why I asked if you had or not before you felt that the 100Ki cost was far too much for what it did.

J1NG

 

[Frantik]

I have indeed. Hence why I asked if you had or not before you felt that the 100Ki cost was far too much for what it did.

J1NG

I do understand that ki management starts getting easier a you make your way past heroics, but I still find the idea of 100 a lot.

I just don't understand why, for a short duration 120 second CD heroic tree ability the cost needs to be so high. It seems poorly designed.

EDIT I also don't understand the idea of a 33% reduction to CD for 2 SLAs which have CDs of 25 seconds (iirc); why not reduce it by a flat 9 seconds, say? Similarly, I think it would be much better (for epics +) if the T5 ability reduced the 25 secs CDs by 5 seconds, core 5 by a further 3 seconds and core 6 by a final 5 seconds.

 

[J1NG]

Then I will wait for you to reach cap and try it first.

J1NG

 

[Frantik]

Then I will wait for you to reach cap and try it first.

J1NG

Thank you! Thinking of Trailblazer, no tomes, 16/14/14/10/16/8 with big splash into Shintao for Hands, doublestrike, quick strike etc and T4 racial. Should allow me to get to 20-23 relatively quickly, i hope, to test capstone and SLAs.

 

[Bliv]

So you also changed Security Details. Yet there's no mention of it in the release note.

 

[irnimnode]

On the DDO launcher it say's Tavern Tales Free Quest Now Available. Well they are not free. You either buy the quest from the store when they become available or you purchase a VIP account. Right?

 

[FaceDancer]

This is free and playable now (from the notes):

"Free and Available Now: Dinosaur Crisis"

I don't believe this is technically part of the Tavern Tales set though (which is not free nor available now..)

 

[Broken Old Monk]

LoL......like being told to go sit in the corner in a round room...............

 

[Aaumini]

Thank you! Thinking of Trailblazer, no tomes, 16/14/14/10/16/8 with big splash into Shintao for Hands, doublestrike, quick strike etc and T4 racial. Should allow me to get to 20-23 relatively quickly, i hope, to test capstone and SLAs.

You may find it difficult to select DD as a Trailblazer unless you want to spend a heart or rub to cap first.

 

[Broken Old Monk]

No its rather quite easy! Every character starts with a free Lesser Heart of Wood. You can use this to Lesser Reincarnate into a Archetype of that Iconic Base Class. Aasmir Scouge can be Dark Hunters.....Morninglords Dark Apostates, Bladeforged can become Sacred Fists, etc.

 

[Frantik]

You may find it difficult to select DD as a Trailblazer unless you want to spend a heart or rub to cap first.

For testing, i rolled a Trailblazer, and respecced at level 15 using "free" Lesser Heart of Wood.