8th Anniversary Forum Giveaway!

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Originally Posted by Cordovan

Happy 8th Anniversary DDO!

I hear you saying, "I love DDO! Happy 8th Anniversary! You know what would make it even better?!?! FREE STUFFZ GIMME!!!!"

We will select random participants who post in this thread between now and the end of the day (11:59 PM Eastern -5 GMT) on Friday, February 28th. Please, one post per person.

Twenty entries will be selected to win 500 Turbine Point codes, and ten entries will be selected to win Snowy Owlbear Creature Companion Certificates!

How to enter: Tell us about your first day in DDO! A sentence or two is fine.

Good luck!

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First of all: I love DDO! Happy 8th Anniversary! You know what would make it even better?!?! FREE STUFFZ GIMME!!!! :-D

My first day was shortly after DDO became f2p. I was actually f2p for almost a year, then I started spending pretty heavily. Basicall, any bonus points promotions and I was deep in. So, f2p model definitely works :-)
Anyway...
I rolled a dwarven fighter. I wanted a monk, my favorit class from Neverwinter Nights, but it was p2p and as I said, I was f2p for a long time. I figured that I cannot really mess up fighter that much and thus, its a good start. I lured my buddy in the game and he started as a cleric (I kinda manipulated him in there, yes :-D), so I had hjealer!! with me. I was complete noob he was even worse, as i had at least some little idea how DnD works (In my country, we mostly play our national DnD mutation, called The Dragons´s Dungeon, which is much simplier). So... we did pretty well, untill the final Korthos village quest, which we finished easily on normal and then hard. feeling invincible (Dorf Fighter with cleric strapped on his back!!) we entered elite.

They slaughtered us.

Also, during the hard run, I dropped +2 Full plate armor and I felt like king.... :-D

I love DDO. I love those traps, I love that the game is, compared to many others, unforgiving. But truth to be told, it is NOT new player friendly. Took me 7 levels to learn the total basics. And two lives to start being decent.

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Originally Posted by Cordovan

How to enter: Tell us about your first day in DDO! A sentence or two is fine.

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I died; numerous times and had a blast doing it!

It made me think of first playing Dungeon Master on the Atari back in the computer users group at DeVry. Time dilated and seemingly disappeared.

It was on Uurlock Ygmeov - an Elven Wizard who is still my primary character today.

I was lost in Korthos

My first day in DDO was very confusing. Desperate to avoid missing anything I combed every inch of the tutorial mission. I showed an incredible amount of care and attention as I progressed from the beach to the village of Korthos and beyond. I had no idea whether my character was suitable to play long term.

I started off quite reluctant to join other players, worrying that they might think I was a liability and that I might ruin their experience by dying or getting lost inside quests. Nothing I experienced when I first began to group up supported this way of thinking at all. By the end of my very first day I had already grown very fond of the player base on the Cannith server and I was absolutely sure that this was a game I would be playing for a long time.

My first day of play was a long one and the first of many. I only wish it had been earlier.

I remember my first day...so long ago. As soon as I logged in, WHAM!!! I received a tell "Come to this website and buy plat for this dollar amount". Oh how I miss the good old days.

After severals years of playing, this is my first post in the forums.

My first day on ddo, I find out that this its not PnP, but still a lot of fun for a fan. Still playing and still a vip, great game. I was a Ranger, She´s still my main char. (not the most op, but i really love it)

au contraire the rest of the people here, i dont drown in the tutorial :P

Nice job, happy b-day and for many more to come

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Originally Posted by Cordovan

Happy 8th Anniversary DDO!

How to enter: Tell us about your first day in DDO! A sentence or two is fine.

Good luck!

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I realized just how much i had been missing, and kicked myself for not getting here sooner. (Stupid Pen & Paper!)

When f2p went live, I created a Paladin on Sarlona. Only to find that the rest of my pnp group created their first toons on Thelanis. That Pali still sits on Sarlona at lvl 1 waiting for some love.

My first day was so exciting Dungeons and Dragons a game I knew so well from pencil and paper the grafix were so amazing I couldn't stop playing every day.

i remember buying my Collector's Edition Copy of Dungeons and Dragons online at release. Then making my Human Paladin. Going through quests and meeting people. Then eventually getting to do waterworks in a group and thinking. "Wow this is so epic! I love the narrarator!" it was such a cool experience. And the tutorial Tavern with like 4 different rooms that had quests!

A friend of mine told me about DDO prior to its release. We both bought a box copy (I still have my original install disk :D ) After making a ranger, and him a Wizard, we jumped right in, knocking out the old Goodblade quests and surviving the Low Road into the harbor. I remember going for every collectible (Whitecaps that gave lesser cure pots) and scrounging enough to purchase a wand.

Man that was a long time ago.

My first day in DDO was right after the game went live, the city has changed much since that day and Korthos was just a dot upon the map. My Sorcerer, Felixos, is but a wee character having reached the 12th season. Still in his first life, even after 8 years. I was loved by warforged for my repair spells, and saved multiple times by my fellow adventurers. Some days, he dusts off his staff and robes to take up the road of questing should he hear of a lovely trinket or item of power. Soon perhaps he will rise and quest once more.

Tried making a rogue. Died a lot to monsters. Made a cleric with the heaviest armor/shield I could find. Then I mostly died to drowning and falling damage. I also spent way too much time trying to figure out how to open the secret door in Collaborator.

got yelled at by my party companions for wanting to check every single barrel for loot.

Korthos, then found out I could multi class? I was hooked
Vip from that day on.

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Originally Posted by Cordovan

Happy 8th Anniversary DDO!

I hear you saying, "I love DDO! Happy 8th Anniversary! You know what would make it even better?!?! FREE STUFFZ GIMME!!!!"



How to enter: Tell us about your first day in DDO! A sentence or two is fine.

Good luck!

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I was eager to earn enough TP so that I could get a Cooper Sigil of leveling. I just knew that _some day_ I would get beyond level 4.

My first day with DDO:

I had seen the ads for DDO going free-to-play. I had gotten a new computer and gave my son my old one. I hated on-line games having seen friends play EQ and WoW. Had no interest. But being an old pnp player thought free was too hard to pass up. It would also give me a chance to play a game with my son.

Signed up, downloaded and logged in. Seeing my son's toon jumping up and down in front of me was so cool. That was over four years ago. My son is now 13 and has his own blog (strictly controlled by me) for the 40 games he's playing. I tried other games, nothing compares to DDO.

my first day i made a human wizard

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Cordovan

Happy 8th Anniversary DDO!

I hear you saying, "I love DDO! Happy 8th Anniversary! You know what would make it even better?!?! FREE STUFFZ GIMME!!!!"

We will select random participants who post in this thread between now and the end of the day (11:59 PM Eastern -5 GMT) on Friday, February 28th. Please, one post per person.

Twenty entries will be selected to win 500 Turbine Point codes, and ten entries will be selected to win Snowy Owlbear Creature Companion Certificates!

How to enter: Tell us about your first day in DDO! A sentence or two is fine.

Good luck!

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This game seems rather fun. Oh nice a Dragon in Misery's Peak! Why can't I fight that? Oh well time to try the harbor. What the hell is a leveling sigil?

I remember thinking that the Founder's helm would be something worth keeping for a long time. I also remember the smile the first time I rolled a 20 when sniping a kobold and watching the death animation...