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Magusrex777
02-09-2010, 03:54 PM
Hello new player,

From my forum join date you can see I was a very new player just a short time ago, still a new player really. I am six months in and I enjoy the game now more than I did when I first started. I am a P2P player and have been playing slowly. I do not play every day and not for blocks of time longer than 3 hours. I mostly play 1-2 hours. The game is built in such a way that I feel I can accomplish a lot in small time frames. That is a very nice feature of DDO not common to many other MMOs. There is a lot to do for a solo/duo and even more if you like to group.

If you are an MMO veteran you realize what forums are like, DDO is no different, people complain. Do not read a lot into it, the game is free to try, form your own opinions, make up your own mind. You may very well find the in game atmosphere is FAR different from what you read on the forums.
It is that way for me. I meet lots of nice people every day in game. If you are respectful, people are very helpful. There are a few jerks, but I have not lived anywhere there weren’t, why would a MMO be any different?

After you spend some time playing and decide you enjoy playing I will share things that helped me. I purchased a huge collectibles bag from the DDO store when it was 50% off. I feel it was money extremely well spent. It save me a lot of time and makes the game much more convenient. Tangleroot Gorge, Delara’s tomb and Sorrowdusk Isle are really nice adventure packs. They offer nice rewards and provide good xp. They are popular and easy to get groups for. I highly recommend them.

This is an MMO, your experience will be better if you communicate, do not be shy. Say hello, ask people how they are doing, be friendly. The advice, help and overall goodwill you receive in return is priceless. If you are confused ask, if it is your first time in a quest, tell people. I have joined fast XP LFMs that I have never done and told people I don’t know the quest but follow directions extremely well and people were kind.

Be prepared, have some ability to heal yourself for when the **** hits the fan. It will take some time to acquire I know. Run the quest in the bar on Korthos on normal until it nets you poor XP. It can be done solo once you have a bit of experience and are familiar with the game. The quest drops a lot of starter healing pots and offers some nice early weapons. When you get to the harbor there a few easy solo quests, run them until the xp return is low, it will get you familiar with your character and you will get some easy xp and loot.

All in all I think this is a great game with an even better community. There is some outstanding information written by extremely helpful veterans in the guides forum. As hard as you try, your first character is likely to be imperfect. I think Clerics and Melee characters are very new player friendly. Do not multi-class without research, extensive research. Most of all have fun, it is free, what do you have to lose?

wamjratl1
02-09-2010, 04:00 PM
What he said. Nice letter.

Grimborn
02-09-2010, 04:04 PM
A well thought out letter.

Memnir
02-09-2010, 04:04 PM
Well said.

Magusrex777
02-09-2010, 04:12 PM
What he said. Nice letter.


A well thought out letter.


Well said.

Thank all of you for the kind words.

Coming from you Memnir, that means a lot. New players, Memnir is one of the really good people on these forums.

Sir_Chonas
02-09-2010, 04:16 PM
Thank all of you for the kind words.

Coming from you Memnir, that means a lot. New players, Memnir is one of the really good people on these forums.

Especially if you like picture books more than novels :)

Flasharte
02-09-2010, 04:20 PM
/signed

also, if you plan on sticking around for awhile i recomend getting a headset, and most important, use the push to talk option for voice chat. voice chat for the win. the game is a lot more fun without excesive typing/reading chat.

Targoth1
02-09-2010, 09:16 PM
/signed

also, if you plan on sticking around for awhile i recomend getting a headset, and most important, use the push to talk option for voice chat. voice chat for the win. the game is a lot more fun without excesive typing/reading chat.

Not trying to be negative, but I personally really cannot stand headsets. I've always prefered typing. That way, if I miss something you said, I can scroll back up and read it. While I do have voice chat turned on so I can hear the conversations, often they are not very clear or are just difficult for me to understand.

Plus, I'm a quiet person. I usually avoid talking out loud unless I am person-to-person with someone I am good friends with. The written word, we'll just say I'm a bit more chatty.

bandyman1
02-10-2010, 12:05 AM
Not trying to be negative, but I personally really cannot stand headsets. I've always prefered typing. That way, if I miss something you said, I can scroll back up and read it. While I do have voice chat turned on so I can hear the conversations, often they are not very clear or are just difficult for me to understand.

Plus, I'm a quiet person. I usually avoid talking out loud unless I am person-to-person with someone I am good friends with. The written word, we'll just say I'm a bit more chatty.

I think the main thing is just having the means to be able to hear those who don't really care for typing. Which you've said that you do.

I prefer not to type in game. Doesn't mean I won't try to accomidate someone, who for whatever reason, doesn't use game sound, but then again, it doesn't mean I'll go out of my way to group with that person when I just don't feel like dealing with it.

Aristalla
02-10-2010, 03:48 AM
Great post!

I am pretty new as well, and this pretty much sums up how I feel. I really like it here and think that I will be a part of the DDO community for quite some time. It really is a great game.

TheSnowman
02-10-2010, 04:25 AM
Good point about being able to play in small blocks of time and still log off feeling that you've done something and made some progress.

Kralgnax
02-10-2010, 09:37 AM
Nice letter.

The only problem is that really new player's (mostly) don't read this forum - you may wish to consider reposting on New Players.

Cheers,

TheSnowman
02-10-2010, 09:40 AM
The only problem is that really new player's (mostly) don't read this forum

To be fair there are hundreds of different forums for DDO, just looking down the list makes me cross eyed. And contained within those forums there are hundreds of posts and guides and links to all sorts.

I'm suprised a new player can find anything, lol!

sirdanile
02-10-2010, 09:46 AM
Well said, + rep.

Dark_Helmet
02-10-2010, 01:27 PM
Nice post, OP.

/signed

also, if you plan on sticking around for awhile i recomend getting a headset, and most important, use the push to talk option for voice chat. voice chat for the win. the game is a lot more fun without excesive typing/reading chat.

I recommend being able to listen to chat, and push to talk is your friend, but I find too many people on voice chat give you issues of talking over each other and/or the duplex issue of feedback. I prefer to type as much as possible and you are already looking at the screen, so you can see what people are typing without stepping on each other.

Leadership is a balance of voice and chat since you can type out assignments and everyone can see it, yet a good shout of "Hold up! or Trap" can be valuable also.

HeavenlyCloud
02-10-2010, 01:32 PM
A really nice post with good info. Nice job!

Magusrex777
02-10-2010, 04:01 PM
Good point about being able to play in small blocks of time and still log off feeling that you've done something and made some progress.

I REALLY love this about DDO, I could on and on about the work I used feel like I had to do in other games.


/signed

also, if you plan on sticking around for awhile i recomend getting a headset, and most important, use the push to talk option for voice chat. voice chat for the win. the game is a lot more fun without excesive typing/reading chat.

Voice chat is nice, I try to do what the majority of the group is using, if you are the only one typing you can feel like you are being ignored even though you aren't, because no one is looking at chat. My best advice is to be flexible.


Not trying to be negative, but I personally really cannot stand headsets. I've always prefered typing. That way, if I miss something you said, I can scroll back up and read it. While I do have voice chat turned on so I can hear the conversations, often they are not very clear or are just difficult for me to understand.

Plus, I'm a quiet person. I usually avoid talking out loud unless I am person-to-person with someone I am good friends with. The written word, we'll just say I'm a bit more chatty.

Not negative, everyone has different opinion about voice chat.


Nice post, OP.


I recommend being able to listen to chat, and push to talk is your friend, but I find too many people on voice chat give you issues of talking over each other and/or the duplex issue of feedback. I prefer to type as much as possible and you are already looking at the screen, so you can see what people are typing without stepping on each other.

Leadership is a balance of voice and chat since you can type out assignments and everyone can see it, yet a good shout of "Hold up! or Trap" can be valuable also.

That is all true.