Hi everyone! Episode 165 of DDOcast is now ready to go. Here's a LINK to the episo

[Mockduck]

Hi everyone! Episode 165 of DDOcast is now ready to go. Here's a LINK (http://www.cyberears.com/cybrss/9235.mp3) to the episode - just left-click to play, right-click and 'save as' to download as an mp3. You can join us live on Ustream HERE (http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ddocast) , find all of our shows HERE (http://www.cyberears.com/index.php/Show/audio/5042) , leave us a voice message at (507) 295-1847 or email us at ddocast@gmail.com

This week's show features guest co-host Lessah (and guest Hafael) - we talk about the Turbine acquisition, Update 5 and a ton more! Sigfried and Anne bring us a really great "Crunchy Bits" about healing amplification.

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DDOcast Episode 165 (4-24-10)

:05 Intro and Update 5 talk
6:58 Turbine Acquired by Warner Brothers
18:49Hafael Call and further discussion
22:50 Console Talk and more
35:55TV Ads coming!
43:18 The acquisition's impact on Europe and Lessah takes a trip
50:10 DDO Store deals/Ice Games
55:00 Prestige Enhancement Cleric - Radiant Servant
58:45 Sword of Shadows Epic Upgrade warning
59:40 +3 Lesser/Greater Reincarnation now in Store
1:02:50Monthy TP statement heard
1:05:20 DDO in 3D
1:09:33 Crunchy Bits -Healing Amplification
1:15:10 Community Notes
1:17:45 Emails
1:32:39DDO Ad by Sean Connery (Anne and Sigfried)

END

TOTAL TIME: 1:35:24

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LINK (http://www.turbine.com/news/99-warner-bros-home-entertainment-group-acquires-turbine-inc.html) to Warner Brothers Entertainment Group's joint press release with Turbine regarding the acquisition.

LINK (http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/80184a5c-4cbb-11df-9977-00144feab49a.html) to the Financial Times article about the acquisition. LINK (http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2010/04/turbine_sold.html?comments=all#readerComm) to the Boston Globe article about the acquisition.

LINK (http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=245024) to the Cleric Prestige Enhancement line coming in the future - the Radiant Servant!

LINK (http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=244694) to Tolero's post about the new +3 Lesser and Greater Hearts of Wood available in the DDO Store.

LINK (http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=207584&page=5) to Victorie's post about the possibility (or not) of a monthly Turbine Point statement.

LINK (http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/3d-polarized-projector,review-31849-14.html#) to the Tom's Hardware look at DDO in 3D!

LINK (http://my.ddo.com/turbinecommunity/2010/04/21/227/) to the Community Spotlight on Lessah and Clankenbeard.

LINK (http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=245078) to the latest Eberron Chronicle.

LINK (http://my.ddo.com/tolero/2010/04/21/turbine-pug-anatomy/) to Tolero's my.DDO.com post about grouping with Devs.

LINK (http://my.ddo.com/theris/2010/04/19/random-ideas-raiding-boosting-bard/) to Anne's article about building a Raiding Bard.

LINK (http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fcdn08C&h=27472) to Anne's Monster Minute: Golems.

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Jerry

[Mockduck]

Oh and Tolero or someone with greater controls, could you change the title thread to DDOcast Episode 165 (4-24-10) - thanks if it's possible, no biggie if it's not.

[Lessah]

Thanks very much for letting me be on the show Jerry! I want to see loads of cool Guild Ship Names!!!!

I am still going with Death's Advocate

[Kistilan]

If I was still playing I'd name two airships. One the Mar'ques Voyeur and the other The Goodship Crew.

Another good name would be The Dread Pirate Robert's ship (whatever its name was) and Prince Caspian's ship called The Dawn Treader. Then there's obvious ones like The Kraken, The Juggernaut, The Big Nines, The Black Pearl, Her Majesty's Grace, etc.

[Cetus]

w00t! I've been mentioned in the epic SoS section of this weeks podcast =D

[chubbs99]

For short manning raids;
"Stealer of souls can be short maned. this last time we did it with 6 people"
I thought that was a 6 man quest. It operates like a want to be raid, but its just a 6 man quest.

I've 3 manned Tempest Spine before, as long as you have people that can open the doors to get the rune's your fine. Also short manned DQ and Revers. Von would be tricky I would think, as to me Von is the only raid where your forced to play as a group and actually feels like a raid. Except for maybe shroud but to a slightly lesser extent.


Excellent commercial too :D "Don't make me come over there and pwn you buttercup. I've got a magic missile with your name on it" Soooo much win. I almost fell out of my chair at work laughing.

[Gratch]

Thanks for slamming Turbine on their +3 and single toon bank tab TP prices. Hopefully noone is buying the bank tab and they'll drop the price sometime soon or have an 80% off sale.

Good show overall. In theory Turbine was supposed to reveal the title of their upcoming MMO (that supports consoles) at the end of '09. Guess things got delayed. Still guessing Harry Potter on the 360/PS3/PC with DDO-Store-tech for all your wand/broom/robe customization spending needs.

[Missing_Minds]

For short manning raids;
"Stealer of souls can be short maned. this last time we did it with 6 people"
I thought that was a 6 man quest. It operates like a want to be raid, but its just a 6 man quest.

YOu are correct. SoS is a 6 party, not a 12 party. It is not a raid, it just has a timer like a raid.

[Gratch]

YOu are correct. SoS is a 6 party, not a 12 party. It is not a raid, it just has a timer like a raid.

I don't believe there is a timer for Stealer of Souls unless one was recently added.

You do need to turn in 3 essences each time you run SoS though and those can be painful to acquire for some.

[Mockduck]

Yeah, relistened to the show today and finally caught the SoS comment by Lessah. Not a raid, fer sure...

[Shade]

I don't believe there is a timer for Stealer of Souls unless one was recently added.

You do need to turn in 3 essences each time you run SoS though and those can be painful to acquire for some.

No timer.

The essences are actaully not nearly as bad as before either. As the end reward for SoS = 50 runes. 50 runes can buy you both 2 essences, and the third one can be obtained by a quick run thru of prey on the hunter (15min quest that pretty much only involves lots of running and 1 boss battle)

I like how lessah said it too, almost as if she was proud to have done it with ONLY 6 players, like it was a real challenge hehe :D Guess she honestly thought she was shortmanning a raid, kinda neat.

I mean how it's setup with the flagging and not allowing non-flagged members to enter is really odd for a quest.. So i can get the confusion. It really should of been a raid.

[Lessah]

No timer.

The essences are actaully not nearly as bad as before either. As the end reward for SoS = 50 runes. 50 runes can buy you both 2 essences, and the third one can be obtained by a quick run thru of prey on the hunter (15min quest that pretty much only involves lots of running and 1 boss battle)

I like how lessah said it too, almost as if she was proud to have done it with ONLY 6 players, like it was a real challenge hehe :D Guess she honestly thought she was shortmanning a raid, kinda neat.

I mean how it's setup with the flagging and not allowing non-flagged members to enter is really odd for a quest.. So i can get the confusion. It really should of been a raid.


Yes... I don't know why I was thinking this is a raid. *facepalm* Total noob mistake. Granted, when I ran it, it was the middle of the night and I had never been there before. It's a crazy place!

Sorry about that!
Cheers!
Lessah

[Kalari]

Actually there is a timer for the objectives of defeating the elemental masters before Sorjek, if you do not beat them within the allotted time I think you fail (cannot verify that part since ive never seen the timer get too low.) The actual Sorjek battle is not timed but the Fire, Ice, and Air giant masters objectives a long with the beginning run to those masters are timed.