Any news on U32?

[Wizza]

EDIT: I meant U31 in the title.

Can we know a little more what's coming in the next update? Will it have quests? I know there is a fighter revamp coming at some point but that's it. Also any ETA, tentatively? I know U30's npcs are out on April 18th (almost surely).

Might be a good idea to talk about some future plans instead of just talking about the obvious lag problem.

[Lerincho]

What happened to 31?

[Wizza]

What happened to 31?

I might have confused the numbers. Might.

[Duana]

What happened to 31?

It was awesome. You must have missed it due to lag. That is a shame. It was full of win.

[The_Human_Cypher]

Update 31 will introduce the Umber Hulk to DDO, as revealed by Cordovan last month.

http://img09.deviantart.net/b3a9/i/2014/219/e/a/umber_hulk_vs_lizard_men_by_glad27-d7u37il.jpg

[rfachini]

I'd love to hear something too. Cordovan did mention umber hulks...so I think that may mean new content.


I know U30's npcs are out on April 18th (almost surely).
What do you mean by that? End of the Anniversary event?

[TPICKRELL]

EDIT: I meant U31 in the title.

Can we know a little more what's coming in the next update? Will it have quests? I know there is a fighter revamp coming at some point but that's it. Also any ETA, tentatively? I know U30's npcs are out on April 18th (almost surely).

Might be a good idea to talk about some future plans instead of just talking about the obvious lag problem.

Not much detail, but Cordovan said today on the live stream that Kensei tree would be out on the forums for review very soon (implied this week was the target). He also said that there were devs working on the new content for U31. But no details.

[UurlockYgmeov]

Not much detail, but Cordovan said today on the live stream that Kensei tree would be out on the forums for review very soon (implied this week was the target). He also said that there were devs working on the new content for U31. But no details.

new content being 'quests' plural (from another livestream)

[Vanhooger]

Well Update 31 is out already:

NEW! Dungeons & Raid now have a new difficulty: Lag
NEW! Chat message can now lag!
NEW! Increased the lag in Doj, it was almost playable.
NEW! Loading screen now takes ages


:)

[maddong]

Based on recent releases I would guess Kensei tree, 3 new cosmetic outfits to buy, and one level 29 quest.

[cave_diver]

And we know that the Umber Hulk will be a reskinned Hezerou/Sladd

[Gratch]

EDIT: I meant U31 in the title.

For U31. Remove the lag. Add some illusion spells to finish off your gnome races. Maybe some underground FR quests to use the new deep gnomes and Umberhulks plus some drow'y type interference. Boss is a Drow Necromancer but also has the Priestess ability to suck the life force of any living ally.

Maybe you did mean U32 - hope that's the caster spell damage revamp. Though it's probably Monk Update:the handrewrappening.

BEWARE: RANDOM COMMENT ON QUESTS NEEDING DIVERSITY

I also had a dream they were going to update Meridia and the Shroud and Meridia would have a new epic explorer where Shavarath and Xorian were colliding into the area with 5 awesome new epic quests almost as great and diversified as the original shroud quests, but LEGENDARILY EPIC.

Sigh, right now quest design just feels like it's stuck in a bit of an SNL rut. Hey let's do this same thing in this quest repeatedly until all fun is destroyed - who wants hallways of kobolds and slimes THROUGHOUT THE QUEST? repeated portals of devils THROUGHOUT THE QUEST? the same 4 mobs down the same looking hallway types THROUGHOUT THE QUEST? Though someone(s) added Study in Sable and Haunted Halls of Eveningstar and Temple of the Deathwyrm (when run sans lag).

I guess I understand why the "story" purpose of a dungeon has 90% of the same monsters and why said buildings would be made out of 90% of the same room and hallways, but heavy repetition of both in the same quest (and possibly the same trap type in a game with so many really cool and sometimes randomized traps in other places) IS BORING. Stop doing that. You're allowed to have nonexistent diversity in one quest when at 0-1 year old game. A 10 year old game needs to keep things funky.

Take In The Flesh. Starts with hallway fights, moves to a big room ambush, continues into a weird trapped extra chest and beholder area, another quick hallway and then crazy fashion show followed by ridiculous end fight. Also optional beefy beholder fight. A+ design there. Really only 4 types of monsters and mostly the same one, but the diversity of the quest layout keeps things interesting... as well as introducing some of the monsters later on in the quest.

[Broprichniki]

My current build is a Kensei Fighter. I manage to keep up in kills with most of the people with whom I group. I hope changes to Kensei don't make it worse instead of better.

P.S. I'm still only level 24 so I've been doing mostly EH- I doubt I could keep up at Legendary Elite.

[beta1]

I might have confused the numbers. Might.

So the confusion has already started.

From what I've heard they are stilling trying to figure out the confusion aspect of Umber Hulks and how to have you attack your allies.

[LightBear]

So the confusion has already started.

From what I've heard they are stilling trying to figure out the confusion aspect of Umber Hulks and how to have you attack your allies.

Dominate as a spell that effects player characters has been part of the game since ages.
Here's on hoping that every character (npc/pc/mob) in the game looks like a kobold while under that spell, hihi.
I can hear the doors slamming allready of rage quits when being killed for the 10th time in a quest by a party member.

[Vanhooger]

Dominate as a spell that effects player characters has been part of the game since ages.
Here's on hoping that every character (npc/pc/mob) in the game looks like a kobold while under that spell, hihi.
I can hear the doors slamming allready of rage quits when being killed for the 10th time in a quest by a party member.

Confusion spell were introduced with Warlock.

[JOTMON]

So the confusion has already started.

From what I've heard they are stilling trying to figure out the confusion aspect of Umber Hulks and how to have you attack your allies.

Well until they resolve these lag problems Umberhulk confusion won't be an issue for parties.. there wont be any parties just individuals solo'iong basic content and TR'ing..

[Wizza]

I know about Umber Hulks coming, was hoping for some more news about content and/or other update plans

[Angelic-council]

Hm.. I was recently reading some of the players opinion about new content and it really got me thinking. Instead of introducing new dungeon, new raids. Why there can't be PvP style PvE content. Where people compete each other in a small dungeon filled with monsters and see how long they can survive. Ofc, it can be soloed. But your reward would differ based on how many waves you completed. Each 5 - 10 waves, shrine appear for you to rest. I'm sure everyone will enjoy another dungeon.. but it doesn't last that long anyways. From what I seeing today, DDO is highly lacking in competition. It's just a same thing over and over.. I don't see how DDO moved on since many years ago, maybe that's why we losing people.

[mudfud]

Not much detail, but Cordovan said today on the live stream that Kensei tree would be out on the forums for review very soon (implied this week was the target). He also said that there were devs working on the new content for U31. But no details.

Kensai tree has been available on other forums for awhile now and been discussed there. I think people more interested in quests and when it's actually coming out.

[Faltout]

Hm.. I was recently reading some of the players opinion about new content and it really got me thinking. Instead of introducing new dungeon, new raids. Why there can't be PvP style PvE content. Where people compete each other in a small dungeon filled with monsters and see how long they can survive. Ofc, it can be soloed. But your reward would differ based on how many waves you completed. Each 5 - 10 waves, shrine appear for you to rest. I'm sure everyone will enjoy another dungeon.. but it doesn't last that long anyways. From what I seeing today, DDO is highly lacking in competition. It's just a same thing over and over.. I don't see how DDO moved on since many years ago, maybe that's why we losing people.
Or perhaps some fun content like haunted halls/precious cargo instead. Maybe that's why we're losing people.

[Gremmlynn]

My current build is a Kensei Fighter. I manage to keep up in kills with most of the people with whom I group. I hope changes to Kensei don't make it worse instead of better.

P.S. I'm still only level 24 so I've been doing mostly EH- I doubt I could keep up at Legendary Elite.I have a feeling any keeping up you are doing has more to do with other aspects, such as ED, than it does with being kensei. The tree is rather lackluster compared to any revamped melee trees, with it's mainstays basically being holdovers from the previous enhancement system; crit range, power boost, extra action boosts and haste boosts being shoehorned into the tree.

Though the fighter class, as a whole, is at a disadvantage in having no organic way of maintaining it's hp bar. Which is where it's really hurting.

[Wizza]

Or perhaps some fun content like haunted halls/precious cargo instead. Maybe that's why we're losing people.

Precious cargo isn't what I would define fun. It's a lot of waiting around

[Faltout]

Precious cargo isn't what I would define fun. It's a lot of waiting around
It had lots of potential. At lower difficulties, the enemy ships can actually be destroyed before damaging the helm making the quest only... 8 minutes long? But of course it had some problems with the execution. 1. The broadside controls are useless. 2. The EE ships have much more HP and deal insane amounts of AOE damage to a much larger area than the yellow circles would indicate.
So an EN run with a full party can be very fun with everyone running to man the defenses and repairing. Not like EE where you take cover and wait till the helm is destroyed.

[5chinoble]

can we get a refund on the items we chose from the ticket ?

I used the ticket on a few of my characters at the start... but later more things were introduced... namely the commendations of heroism

can we get an undo wicket option ?

please please

[Angelic-council]

Or perhaps some fun content like haunted halls/precious cargo instead. Maybe that's why we're losing people.

I think we both can't deny that it's getting boring with the same thing over and over. As we all know, turbine release very small content every 3/4 month. And most of us will complete it within a week. So, something that keep us busy. I think if we don't come up with something soon, turbine would never release anything fun.