Duergar were introduced in the early 80s in the first edition monster manual 2. They had similar traits on sunlight and light vulnerabilities like the drow. Their main thing was being Psionic. I wonder what they will do with it.
What are peoples thoughts on the Producers Letter for the 20th Anniversary Year?
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Throbulator
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As a curiosity side note: striking similarity between "Duergar" and the Swedish word for Dwarfs (pl): "Dvärgar"
I'd preferred getting playable kobolds, but I'll give the Duergar a chance.
Leesun
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It apparently was borrowed from the Norse word for Dwarf, Dvergr.
Frieling Slyhand
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Ok. But who even cares?
Underflow
Know-Nothing Know-It-All
Well, I'm right about 1, 3, 4, and 6, but not 2 or 5.
2 was half right, with the 50% Sneak Attack scaling, and 5 was technically right since they get a bunch of Hand 'spell like abilities' that are just glorified CC.
Frieling Slyhand
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I like it! This looks like an exciting plan .
Marshal_Lannes
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I will absolutely play Duergar and Arcane Trickster. Modern Drow is draft sexy. Superb call back to the deck of many things. Demogorgan? Yes. YES!
Solarpower
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1) Why did it take so long to write ? There is literally nothing to read.
2) "last year" blah blah blah who really cares, we know that already !
3) Another super grindy boring anniversary event on top of the existing one ! Yeah, right. That is exactly what we need.
4) Another HC-fey-like-
.
5) Nothing for epic levels
6) Nothing for spellcasters
Boring. Uninteresting. It takes away the desire to play.
2) "last year" blah blah blah who really cares, we know that already !
3) Another super grindy boring anniversary event on top of the existing one ! Yeah, right. That is exactly what we need.
4) Another HC-fey-like-
.5) Nothing for epic levels
6) Nothing for spellcasters
Boring. Uninteresting. It takes away the desire to play.
woq
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Overall I think they gave the playerbase many things that have been asked for.
> Anniversary quiver
> Curse cleanser source (via remmy rolls - not bound, so they will be more accessible for community at large even if you don't have rems / get unlucky)
> More (limited) rare loot access (via remmy rolls)
> Duergar (requested many times - if not as often as kobold and perhaps gith/kalashtar stuff)
> Demon prince fight
> Arcane Trickster archetype (very common request)
> New anniversary dungeon stuff and better anniversary loot
> More lvl 20 sun/moon items
> New source of adding mythic / reaper boosts to items
> Some fixes (dh imbue; magus t5 save; dismissing strike) - these shoulda been fixed long ago, but better late than never.
Did they happen in a way "people" or you specifically whoever you might be - wanted them to? Not necessarily in all if any cases. But this is listening to community feedback whether we like it or not.
They mentioned caster balance stuff is on the table but didn't find a specific timeslot for it and thus it isn't in the calendar - but it's in "the works". So happens if it happens - hopefully it does, but ain't gonna be sending them sultry letters over it until we see something happen.
But people that say they don't listen to community feedback seeing this must be high. The type of person to ask someone to do the dishes or clean and when they do it they're doing it wrong and when they adjust it's too late and they want chicken nuggets yesterday. Just exhausting.
> Anniversary quiver
> Curse cleanser source (via remmy rolls - not bound, so they will be more accessible for community at large even if you don't have rems / get unlucky)
> More (limited) rare loot access (via remmy rolls)
> Duergar (requested many times - if not as often as kobold and perhaps gith/kalashtar stuff)
> Demon prince fight
> Arcane Trickster archetype (very common request)
> New anniversary dungeon stuff and better anniversary loot
> More lvl 20 sun/moon items
> New source of adding mythic / reaper boosts to items
> Some fixes (dh imbue; magus t5 save; dismissing strike) - these shoulda been fixed long ago, but better late than never.
Did they happen in a way "people" or you specifically whoever you might be - wanted them to? Not necessarily in all if any cases. But this is listening to community feedback whether we like it or not.
They mentioned caster balance stuff is on the table but didn't find a specific timeslot for it and thus it isn't in the calendar - but it's in "the works". So happens if it happens - hopefully it does, but ain't gonna be sending them sultry letters over it until we see something happen.
But people that say they don't listen to community feedback seeing this must be high. The type of person to ask someone to do the dishes or clean and when they do it they're doing it wrong and when they adjust it's too late and they want chicken nuggets yesterday. Just exhausting.
Well, I can´t say that I expected more, so I´m not disappointed.
But seeing that none of what I criticize about the game is even mentioned (like major bug fixes or a UI overhaul), I expect the usual minimum-effort copy-paste, more of the same stuff that we got in the past.
Nothing in there gets me excited or motivates me to play more in 2026, probably the opposite.
Edit: I would love to see me proven wrong though.
But seeing that none of what I criticize about the game is even mentioned (like major bug fixes or a UI overhaul), I expect the usual minimum-effort copy-paste, more of the same stuff that we got in the past.
Nothing in there gets me excited or motivates me to play more in 2026, probably the opposite.
Edit: I would love to see me proven wrong though.
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vik
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My speculation: they might buff them like they did back when they buffed acid spells for Blightcasters.
LurkingVeteran
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Don't tease us like that.
eartheyes
outerspacetruth
i am pumped...when they announced archetypes Arcane Trickster was the first thing i thought of, and Duergar has been my first pick for new playable race since i started playing DDO in '09....so i am pretty stoked.
also as someone sitting on six digits of rems in my bank, i look forward to the new rem vendor option.
...and new content is always fun, if nothing else as a new place to explore and more shinies for my stash!!!
i am too happy DDO is still here and creating new content to poo poo everything they do because its not exactly they way i wanted them to do it .
also as someone sitting on six digits of rems in my bank, i look forward to the new rem vendor option.
...and new content is always fun, if nothing else as a new place to explore and more shinies for my stash!!!
i am too happy DDO is still here and creating new content to poo poo everything they do because its not exactly they way i wanted them to do it .
Solarpower
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Who said it will give cleansing cards ?
Also, it's RANDOM. Totally random. Not a stable source, rather a machine to clog your inventory.
I think, the only reason they've added it, it's because remnants system is old.
People don't even pick-up remnants anymore since they have millions of them in their banks but have nothing to spend them on. So SSG created this casino to effectively take remnants away from people.
Even more gem food ? Sure, we 'need' it.
Who actually requested THIS ?! Oh, whatever. Races are boring.
Out of the Abyss is [one of] the worst 5ed modules, IMO.
Another boring, steal-from-BG3 thingy that won't work in DDO.
Now we have 2 dungeons to grind. YAY !
Also, did you see that loot ? Nothing is 'better' there.
Instead of throwing this system away...
Nope.
I'll believe they listen after the caster pass. GOOD caster pass, not another round of nerfs.
More epic dungeons.
Cosmetic storage, got rid of overpriced coffers and +100 free items slots for each of the expansion so we can store all the items those expansions brought into the game.
Before that, they don't even try to pretend they listen. For now, they do whatever they want and spit in the players' faces.
Vanderbuild
Member
I found the letter a bit underwhelming. For all the hype, it really didn't get me that excited to play more. More of the same.