Sneak Peek Today - Euphonia's Challenge: Treasure of the Crystal Cove!

[Cordovan]

Smuggler's Rest will be open for a special sneak peek between 2pm and 11pm Eastern (GMT-5) today! Enjoy Euphonia's Challenge: Treasure of the Crystal Cove before Thursday's official kick-off! Click here (http://www.ddo.com/news/1341-birthday-celebration/) to read more about DDO's 5th Birthday celebration, and click here (http://www.ddo.com/ddostorefeatured) to check out the newest event-related items in the DDO Store!

[Asketes]

do we get to keep all the stuff we acquire? or will it reset for the live event this weekend?

[camels]

do we get to keep all the stuff we acquire? or will it reset for the live event this weekend?

Good question!

[Cordovan]

do we get to keep all the stuff we acquire? or will it reset for the live event this weekend?

Everything you get today will stay with you, including your new pirate hat (should you choose to turn in your party invitation today!)

[mudfud]

Where is Smugglers Rest?

[goblean]

Where is Smugglers Rest?

Provided it stays the same as Llama Land there will be a captain guy standing just south of the general vendor in the harbor.

If you were looking for a more Loreish-type answer, I don't know.

[mudfud]

Provided it stays the same as Llama Land there will be a captain guy standing just south of the general vendor in the harbor.

If you were looking for a more Loreish-type answer, I don't know.


Heh no thats good enough. Almost had to ask where the heck the general vendor was but found it on map. :p

[Cordovan]

Speak to Sailor Calatin in the Harbor docks area to be transported to Smuggler's Rest.

[Cordovan]

We also wanted to mention our newly-published guide to Euphonia's Challenge: Treasure of the Crystal Cover over in the DDO Compendium here! (http://compendium.ddo.com/wiki/Treasure_of_the_Crystal_Cove_Guide)

[dunklezhan]

Compass drop rates hate my guild leader.

Two of us had a few compasses, with 2000 handins to go when he logged on. So we went out and we killed and we killed and we killed (and I died and I died and I died while everyone else laughed at me), and he got nothing.

Then the cave quest opened and we killed and we killed and we killed (and I died and I died and I died and they all laughed at me some more. Apparently I have an affinity for incoming fireballs...)... and then the cave quest closed, and he still didn't have a single compass.

He also had about 20 gold coins, about 100 silver and about 230 copper. the rest of us had hundreds and hundreds of each.

Oh - and he has the Tier 6 pirate hat, too... poor Turinde. Pity Turinde. Send him in game mail or forum PMs of condolence with screenshots of all the compasses you looted, he will appreciate it and may even thank you for it and send you cash-money and lingerie for being so considerate. No really. (But don't tell him I told you to do it, because I like being in his guild...)

Anyway, if there's any chance at all of this being tweaked either for the full run at the weekend or for the next time this event gets run... please allow the doubloons and compasses to be tradable? Bound to guild? Bound to party only? Something?

I know we'll get plenty more shots at this, and I know he could've bought one in the store - but being a TR-holic he didn't want to spend the TPs cos he needs them for hearts (again, poor Turinde, pity Turinde, send him more PMs with screenshots of all your True Hearts of Wood so that he can stare adoringly at them, he will thank you and send you cash-money and smexy smexy lingerie, I promise, really I do), and there's no way for me to buy a compass for him which I certainly had the TPs for and was prepared to do.

Still - I was first in to the zone when it opened on Argo (or was first to shout in chat - I got there a split second before a L3 in his underwear with a starter axe...), so that's one acheivement I can claim, except maybe most deaths on the first night... :)

Edit: seriously? The word Wist fully (without a space) is censored? I can see the acronym but come on... Swapped it to 'adoringly' to please the censors...

[Rumbaar]

Nice thanks again from the International community, the timing is great ... :mad:

[dunklezhan]

Nice thanks again from the International community, the timing is great ... :mad:

Its just the preview - it will be back.

But that's not to say you don't have a point. I hadn't noticed so much this time because it pretty much hit euro prime time as well as US, but you're right, the other half of the world will miss out again. Its an improvement on the mabar preview I think, but I'd have thought a 24 hr preview wouldn't be out of the question either.

[SardaofChaos]

Are we seriously able to buy the highest level hat in the DDO store?

[stille_nacht]

what sort of good equipment does this event have? (kensai AA, AM/PM wiz, Monk)

[dunklezhan]

what sort of good equipment does this event have? (kensai khopesh AA, AM/PM wiz, Monk)

good breakdown here:
http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=300278

Alternatively you can just go to the event, and look in euphonia's box. Yes, I really said that. Anyway, you can view all the kit by scrolling through it, although I'm not sure whether you get the full details of each one. I'm sure I saw a thread somewhere with it all laid out even better than the one I linked above. Must've been imagining it, cos I can't find it now.

[stille_nacht]

good breakdown here:
http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=300278

Alternatively you can just go to the event, and look in euphonia's box. Yes, I really said that. Anyway, you can view all the kit by scrolling through it, although I'm not sure whether you get the full details of each one. I'm sure I saw a thread somewhere with it all laid out even better than the one I linked above. Must've been imagining it, cos I can't find it now.

ty, and awww... none of the stuff looks that good.... i guess ill farm out an ornamented dagger if nothing else...

[Cardtrick]

Thank you to whoever made the change from Lama to have rednames in the Cove drop something. It's often not much (a gem, or a few worker barrels, or a torch), but at least there's some kind of reward for beating through their ridiculous health.

I wish the other big annoyance -- Madstone rage preventing you from placing torches -- had been removed. Alas!


Compass drop rates hate my guild leader . . .

I agree that it would be nice if more of this stuff was tradable (not sure why this change was made). Nevertheless, it seems like a lot of people aren't aware that you're not dependent on random loot drops for compasses; you can buy them with doubloons, in game.


Are we seriously able to buy the highest level hat in the DDO store?

Why would you? It provides a somewhat bigger bonus to doubloons; other than that, there's no stat difference. Anyway, all the hats can be created in the event.

[Solmage]

Hey does anyone know if the descriptions for the recipes in the box are now accurate?

[MsEricka]

Descriptions are accurate yes.

I like the event, good job. And nice to see a lot of changes from the first event on lammaland.

[drromanelli]

Descriptions are accurate yes.

I like the event, good job. And nice to see a lot of changes from the first event on lammaland.

Not entirely, no. For instance, the Epic Brawling Gloves second upgrade states that it upgrades the item from sneak attack +3 to sneak attack +4 and adds a yellow slot... however, the base level 20 Epic Brawling Gloves start with sneak attack +4.

[ellamonster]

Descriptions are accurate yes.

I like the event, good job. And nice to see a lot of changes from the first event on lammaland.

Yeah some are still inaccurate, teh level 20 Ring of the Buccaneer says it has +5 protection in the recipe, it does not on the ring. :( Sadly that's why I crafted that as I was consolidating equipment slots.

[dunklezhan]

I agree that it would be nice if more of this stuff was tradable (not sure why this change was made). Nevertheless, it seems like a lot of people aren't aware that you're not dependent on random loot drops for compasses; you can buy them with doubloons, in game.



We did know that (well, actually we went and checked when we realised what a crappy drop rate he was having)... but the loot gods were cursing him on the doubloon front too. Which we also couldn't trade.

[Smitey]

Yeah some are still inaccurate, teh level 20 Ring of the Buccaneer says it has +5 protection in the recipe, it does not on the ring. :( Sadly that's why I crafted that as I was consolidating equipment slots.

The ring is mentioned twice in the known issues (http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=150534)that came out with this release:



NEW: The Ring of the Buccaneer Level 20 Upgrade 1 recipe currently has no effect. Players who attempt the upgrade will have their recipe materials consumed, but the ring will not upgrade. Players should avoid attempting to upgrade their Level 20 Ring of the Buccaneer!

[Jiirix]

Was running the event preview on my lvl 16 cleric togehter with a lvl 14 rogue. We started to hunt for mobs and I was only getting the coins. No compasses and no maps. I was wearing the trident, the rogue was wearing his minos, no other event items were used. After my guildy got over a dozen of map pieces and lots of compasses I wanted to quit cause I didn't get any. Is the trident bugged? More dublones but no other items?

[Natashaelle]

Was running the event preview on my lvl 16 cleric togehter with a lvl 14 rogue. We started to hunt for mobs and I was only getting the coins. No compasses and no maps. I was wearing the trident, the rogue was wearing his minos, no other event items were used. After my guildy got over a dozen of map pieces and lots of compasses I wanted to quit cause I didn't get any. Is the trident bugged? More dublones but no other items?

No, it's just good luck versus bad there ... :)

[steloro]

the gauntlet tier 2 now add only the yellow augment slot because the item base have +4 sneak attack

[Mister_Peace]

Was running the event preview on my lvl 16 cleric togehter with a lvl 14 rogue. We started to hunt for mobs and I was only getting the coins. No compasses and no maps. I was wearing the trident, the rogue was wearing his minos, no other event items were used. After my guildy got over a dozen of map pieces and lots of compasses I wanted to quit cause I didn't get any. Is the trident bugged? More dublones but no other items?

DDO doesn't have tridents. Even the sahuagin use spears.

[jakeelala]

Nice thanks again from the International community, the timing is great ... :mad:

how can you complain about this? It's an American game company.

[DasLurch]

how can you complain about this? It's an American game company.

I think it was more the lack of opportunity to plan for a chance to be on than anything else. I missed alot of the preview too because the post went up the same day as the preview. That was a little weak IMO, but I still liked the preview. I just wanted more time there.

[Rumbaar]

how can you complain about this? It's an American game company.'cause I can. My money is as good, and at the moment, worth more than yours :D

[ellamonster]

The ring is mentioned twice in the known issues (http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=150534)that came out with this release:

No not the upgrade the base level 20 ring, it gives you the ring but the ring does not have protection on it which it says it does in the recipe.

[dndfan225]

idk if this is know yet or not but the full plate says its supposed to start off at a +5 then upgrade to +6 but it starts as a +6

[Barumar]

Was running the event preview on my lvl 16 cleric togehter with a lvl 14 rogue. We started to hunt for mobs and I was only getting the coins. No compasses and no maps. I was wearing the trident, the rogue was wearing his minos, no other event items were used. After my guildy got over a dozen of map pieces and lots of compasses I wanted to quit cause I didn't get any. Is the trident bugged? More dublones but no other items?

I found I had MUCH better luck farming coins and compasses (got two in less than an hour) with a large group.

The only one in the LFM was lvl 20 only, and as I was on my lvl 18 TR I just threw up my own LFM for 16 - 20 (18 - 20 might have been better) and took anyone who asked to join...

Stay together as best as you can, pick an area to work, and move around a little. We also seemed to get a LOT of Maps and would go to them as a group (it seems while it only has loot for you, it is the same spot for most if not all of the group.

Barumar

[Cordovan]

No not the upgrade the base level 20 ring, it gives you the ring but the ring does not have protection on it which it says it does in the recipe.

This has been added to the Known Issues, and actually replaces the Known Issue about the Ring of the Buccaneer that had been there. The original Known Issue about the Ring of the Buccaneer Upgrade 1 was investigated, and the upgrade was found to be working correctly.

[Smitey]

This has been added to the Known Issues, and actually replaces the Known Issue about the Ring of the Buccaneer that had been there. The original Known Issue about the Ring of the Buccaneer Upgrade 1 was investigated, and the upgrade was found to be working correctly.

Thanks for the update Cordovan - the ring is also mentioned in the 'Events' section and has the old text referring to the upgrade.

I posted the known issues link for ellamonster as they mentioned protection +5 which in the Wikki was a Tier 3 upgrade rather than base property for the ML20 version - presumably it should also be present at Tier 2 similar to the other ML versions? (going by the Wikki again here)

[ellamonster]

This has been added to the Known Issues, and actually replaces the Known Issue about the Ring of the Buccaneer that had been there. The original Known Issue about the Ring of the Buccaneer Upgrade 1 was investigated, and the upgrade was found to be working correctly.

Hey thanks Cordovan!

[Rinnaldo]

Not sure if this is the best place to post about a bug with the event, but here goes:

In the Crystal Cove, my backpack was overflowing (already full + around 12 stolen gems from kills), and then I picked up a torch. It went into my overflow backpack and, since I couldn't retrieve it, it was essentially gone. This shorted us a torch, which thankfully we had a decent supply of, due to purchase with crystals. However, since they are sort of a commodity while in the quest, it's bad that I was able to pick it up and basically make it disappear while in the quest. I should have gotten a "Your inventory is full." message instead. As one would normally expect, I got the standard message that the torch dropped (out of my overflow), upon leaving the quest.

I will post a bug report from in-game later today, as well.

Anyone else experience this?

[PopeJual]

The egg hunt is set to go from now until the 6th of March.

The 25% XP bonus is set to go from now-ish until the 1st of March.

How long is the Pirate live event scheduled to go until?


Enquiring minds who are about to visit Florida until March 7th want to know. :)