Update 77.2 Release Notes

DDO Gaming

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// It is no longer possible to create brand new characters on a Ghost World //

why was this a thing? I thought creating characters was disabled when the 32bits were converted to ghost worlds
 

Dude

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// It is no longer possible to create brand new characters on a Ghost World //

why was this a thing? I thought creating characters was disabled when the 32bits were converted to ghost worlds
Nope and, at first, it was vital that you could. That way when the transfer command didn't get everything you could make a new toon to clean up what was left.
 

Frantik

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Imagine my surprise... no caster revamp.
Imagine my surprise when there was once again no apparent willingness to engage with the community (read the core experienced players who test and propose excellent changes, such a YING) before the "promised" caster revamp gets underway, no published timeline or objectives, no explanation of how SSG wishes to balance the game in terms of different class/builds (ranged, melee and casters).

Ho hum. Fingers crossed, all our worries will be addressed in the Producer's Letter.
 
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Blaster

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I don't know what you were expecting. Something on the magnitude of a revamp isn't just something SSG can jump on at a moment's notice and have out between patches, especially coming off a holiday break.

At no time was a revamp ever discussed officially by the dev team or even hinted at. To this point it has been a player-driven discussion, with Cordovan acknowledging that SSG is aware of the push, but has said nothing concrete beyond that. If you were expecting a revamp based on this then that was your own lack of comprehension of the discussion, not SSG's doing.

We'll get the Producer's Letter in February, and it may or may not be mentioned in there. If it's not in there that doesn't mean it's dead, just not on the table during the setting of the letter, and that doesn't mean it can't come later. Just like the recent balance pass from last year, it wasn't announced until it was, and this could very well be the same thing.

All you can do is continue to make suggestions for a possible revamp, and while I'm sure SSG will ignore them -- as they tend to do -- perhaps maybe some of the suggestions will get through and a revamp will happen. (Again, this is SSG, so a revamp doesn't mean it'll be good or not broken on arrivlal.)
 
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Arkat

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Imagine my surprise when there was once again no apparent willingness to engage with the community (read the core experienced players who test and propose excellent changes, such a YING) before the "promised" caster revamp gets underway, no published timeline or objectives, no explanation of how SSG wishes to balance the game in terms of different class/builds (ranged, melee and casters).

Ho hum. Fingers crossed, all our worries will be addressed in the Producer's Letter.
Unrealistic expectations are unrealistic.

Also, see Blaster's post above. ↑
 

DBZ

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Imagine my surprise when there was once again no apparent willingness to engage with the community (read the core experienced players who test and propose excellent changes, such a YING) before the "promised" caster revamp gets underway, no published timeline or objectives, no explanation of how SSG wishes to balance the game in terms of different class/builds (ranged, melee and casters).

Ho hum. Fingers crossed, all our worries will be addressed in the Producer's Letter.
They don't and won't
 

Smokewolf

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Imagine my surprise when there was once again no apparent willingness to engage with the community (read the core experienced players who test and propose excellent changes, such a YING) before the "promised" caster revamp gets underway, no published timeline or objectives, no explanation of how SSG wishes to balance the game in terms of different class/builds (ranged, melee and casters).

Ho hum. Fingers crossed, all our worries will be addressed in the Producer's Letter.
The producers letter will be full of nothing more than hype and dreams. Maybe only useful for when the TP runs out...
 

Frantik

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HASHTAG Caster Balance in 2026
HASHTAG Fix the Trees in 2026
HASHTAG SSG embraces communication with its community in 2026
 
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