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    Smile World of Warcraft Refugee's

    Hi All!

    My wife and i are refugees from a very large raiding guild on the Garona server for WOW, and we have taken up residence on this server. We have been members of the same guild for nearly 8 years. (the guild is Dragon Bane) anyway we discovered that most of the folks we started the guild with were not playing as much and that the folks that were playing the most were not upholding the beliefs we started the guild with so we decided to move on without making a bunch of noise. (We hate drama) So! we are looking for a new home! We need a guild likes to have fun and run raids in that order! we are more people oriented but like to make progress in the game as well, We dont care much for guilds that swear a lot in Chat just to prove they know big boy words and absolutely cannot stand the drama a lot of young guilds have. we are older (thirties) and want some folks to have a lot of fun with.

    Do you have a home for us?
    If so let us know!
    Thanks for reading!!!

    Badsign

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    Well then, leave that dreaded server and come to Khyber!

    Actually great guilds on all the servers. I would PUG for a while and take a note of who you like and try out their guild.
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    You should check this link out Thelanis Guild List Hit up some of the guilds web pages. Find a few that you think you might like, then look for them in-game. PuG with a few different guilds to find the one that best fits your style.
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    You actually picked a great time to come over!

    usually the experienced players in the larger more experienced raiding guilds are on capped characters running raids and end game content.

    But, with the introduction of Monks... I have never seen so many long time players on lowbies at the same time! i love rolling new characters and leveling them... its part of the game i enjoy, but i seem to be an anomaly as most of my guild doesn't, so I am usually leveling by myself in PUGs. However, lately, just when I get my 3 newest lowbies to 13, 15 and 16, NOW they all decide to roll new toons...

    Arghh!

    I finally get my lowbies to the level they can run with the big boys... and now I have to pug again!



    Anyways, to make a short story long, hop in game, roll a cleric, caster, or intimidating tank, and you will be very popular indeed! Make a note of the guild tags of people you have enjoyed running with and seek them out for groups. Add them to your friends list. I am sure that you will find a good fit soon enough. If you rush into one too quickly, you may regret your first choice and spend a bunch of time guild hopping...

    Welcome to the game and hope you enjoy it!
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    Pay no heed to those folks from Kyhber!

    You picked a great server, and a great time to join, as Clay stated prior. Rollin' up anything other than a Monk would get you grouped as quickly as you would like it seems.

    Welcome!
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    nice to see some new blood flowing.



    BIG WELCOME!!!

    I hope you enjoy your stay.......... try the ham.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ringos View Post
    Pay no heed to those folks from Kyhber!

    You picked a great server, and a great time to join, as Clay stated prior. Rollin' up anything other than a Monk would get you grouped as quickly as you would like it seems.

    Welcome!
    yeah he's right... i think WoW refugees are better welcomed there

    no hard feelings, jokes are all i have lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by Badsign View Post
    Hi All!

    My wife and i are refugees from a very large raiding guild on the Garona server for WOW, and we have taken up residence on this server. We have been members of the same guild for nearly 8 years. (the guild is Dragon Bane) anyway we discovered that most of the folks we started the guild with were not playing as much and that the folks that were playing the most were not upholding the beliefs we started the guild with so we decided to move on without making a bunch of noise. (We hate drama) So! we are looking for a new home! We need a guild likes to have fun and run raids in that order! we are more people oriented but like to make progress in the game as well, We dont care much for guilds that swear a lot in Chat just to prove they know big boy words and absolutely cannot stand the drama a lot of young guilds have. we are older (thirties) and want some folks to have a lot of fun with.

    Do you have a home for us?
    If so let us know!
    Thanks for reading!!!

    Badsign
    I had to smile when I read your post. Knowing where you came from, but here in DDO you pretty much described everybody. Fun, people oriented, no swearing, mature folk pretty much describes everyone in the game. I guess you can pretty much get a feel for the difference just by reading the forums. Welcome to DDO. You are are going to luv it.

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    Hi and welcome.

    Get ready for some fun times, but be patient as you learn a new system.
    Where wow is a lot of solo, this is the complete opposite.

    And the movement and combat is a lot different.
    And building your toon is different.

    You will miss some of the openness, but rarely ever go on a 'kill 5 beavers' quest!

    Just be patient and remember once you get past 8th or 9th level you will be running with more experienced players where as the lower levels can be strange due to trial accounts and such.

    and just have fun.
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    I hated the Crossroads for the reasons you stated.

    Such language isn't tolarated, however, an occasional naughty word might creep accross the chat, usually do to something unexpected.

    Anyhoo, the DDO players are by far the most mature MMO players out there. My Guild is run by my Hubby and I and there is absoultely no drama in it. Why? We are too small to be drama queens. But we tend to get along with all the big guilds and have fun with them.

    Regardless on what guild you choose, you came to the right server and the right game!! Again, Welcome Aboard!
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    Welcome to Thelanis, the best server in DDO.

    As per the from page 1 of the DDO forums you can see that Thelanis raids the most and the best, as per winning the server competition for unlocking the new raid and for beating the raids first.

    Thelanis is made up of Xoriat, Therask and of course Thelanis, the first 2 being very strong servers that were not as high in population but were strong in quality and loved to raid.

    If you like to raid and are top quality gamers, you will very much enjoy this server when you get to the higher levels.

    Be wary of the lower levels as we have a lot of players coming from no where, other games and lately other servers to mix in with us, thus making the quality of play at the lower levels a fair bit less than the higher levels.

    Would love to run with you, but its challenging because our guild usually zergs most of the levels and gets from 1 - 10 in a few days or so on average and then from there to 16 in another week or 2.

    GL and have fun and make sure you continue to come out here and check out the forums and post questions.
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    Hey! says hey, welcome to Thelanis.
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    Awesome!

    Thank you all for the fabulous responses again. if this is any indication of the folks that play here i am sure we will love it here!
    I can assure you that none of you would get this many positive responses on any WoW forum, sad as that is to say. On a better note, to Millicent from "ChildrenofBodom" i appreciate any advice i can get, but what is UMD?

    Thanks in advance!!
    Luvs to all of you!

    Badsign

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    Welcome to the game, and to the best server in it.

    I have to say that the people in DDO are, by in large, the best I've ever met in an online environment. All of my characters are in my siggy below. If you ever have any questions or need anything, please don't hesitate to add them to your Friends List and send me a tell. If I can help, I'd be more than happy to.

    Again, welcome to DDO. I really hope you enjoy it as much as we do.
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    Use Magic Device= charisma-based skill. UMD allows you to equip gear that has some kind of restriction on it that you don't qualify for (ie: you are an elf with a race required warforged strength ring) or to cast scrolls/use wands when you do not have the requisite class (ie: raise dead scroll via sorceror). The higher your UMD the more likely you'll be able to find stuff you can use sooner, as race restricted gear is usually of a lower minimum level than the comparable gear w/o restrictions.
    Quote Originally Posted by Badsign View Post
    Awesome!

    ~snip~ i appreciate any advice i can get, but what is UMD?

    Thanks in advance!!
    Luvs to all of you!

    Badsign
    Also... um... I have a foul mouth and a dirty mind... hm, maybe that's why I was asked to leave that guild? Who can say *insert eyeroll here*. However, I can (and have) honored requests to "tone it down", so if you run with me and I blister your ears, please don't hesitate to let me know that it bothers you.
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    One thing to say really..... WELCOME to best server in DDO
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    Quote Originally Posted by Badsign View Post
    Hi All!

    My wife and i are refugees from a very large raiding guild on the Garona server for WOW, and we have taken up residence on this server. We have been members of the same guild for nearly 8 years. (the guild is Dragon Bane) anyway we discovered that most of the folks we started the guild with were not playing as much and that the folks that were playing the most were not upholding the beliefs we started the guild with so we decided to move on without making a bunch of noise. (We hate drama) So! we are looking for a new home! We need a guild likes to have fun and run raids in that order! we are more people oriented but like to make progress in the game as well, We dont care much for guilds that swear a lot in Chat just to prove they know big boy words and absolutely cannot stand the drama a lot of young guilds have. we are older (thirties) and want some folks to have a lot of fun

    now swearing? meaning actual curse words? now u mean just swearing at random or not at all? now my guild very efficient, have yet to fail a raid in a year (beat shroud and new raids first time around)

    but we do have kinda dirty or sick sense of humors but most of us are 30's+ a lot are mid 40's and have kids, but we are on ghallanda. feel free to look up players in souls of the night on ghallanda,

    my characters: hasheam, xenoquin, xenaquin, xenioquin, zenaquin, xenooquin, xenaqin, xenotech, zenoquin, reziel, reziela, mrzergy, mrszergy
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    Thanks tons for some really fantastic posts

    Have actually rolled a cleric named Omenborn, do i need to reroll him? i only went to 16 wis bc it looked like i could make 20 wis pretty easy. start stats were 14 str and con 16 wis and 10 for the rest. i didnt want any negatives ;-P took toughness and the extra spellpoint feats at level 1 and spent my first enh point on energy of the zealot. he has 44hp and 224 sp at level 2.
    He seems to actually work better than the level1 fighter / level 1 cleric hybrid i made on the starter account. but if i need to reroll him with diff stats now would be a great time to know! ;-P. I have looked at the cleric boards but they seem to be amazingly short of suggestions on how to build a cleric and how to play one in a group. do we have to buff the party? 224sp seems to go in a pretty short time if i had to buff people and heal them too, also most of the groups i have seen appear to be like one high level guy dragging 3 - 4 lowbies thru a big dungeon. kinda hard to learn anything there.

    Am i on the right track? i know this thread is gettin long but i am reveling in the help!!
    Thanks and many luvs
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    Looks fine to me! 16 base Wis will work just fine, and you have a bit of Str too if you want to melee. As far as buffing goes, people do it differently, but I usually ask if anyone needs any buffs from me when we start. If I know they need a 'cleric buff', Freedom of Movement, Deathward etc, I make sure I throw that, usually without asking. Most in-tune players on a Pali or Ranger will help with elemental resists etc. when they can. I try to save my Sp for healin', crowd control and killin'!

    Have fun!
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    Those are fine stats to start with, IMO.

    in terms of play style, there are several. How much mana you spend on buffing is tricky - there are some quests where buffing is critical to success, and others where it doesn't matter much.

    However, one thing that is almost always helpful is good crowd control. At first & second level, you have Command, which can be used to knock down enemy casters (generally the most dangerous mobs in a group). Bless is a good buff to give out here. Shield of Faith is nice as well, but expensive - maybe only use this on the melee types with shields.

    At third & 4th, you get Soundburst, which is another good CC spell. You also get Aid, which is a nice buff, but can be expensive. You also get a set of stat buffs - bulls strength and bear's endurance, and resist energy. Generally, I will cast resists in preference to Bulls' Strength, but that can be somewhat debateable. Hold Person is a great CC spell, but you have to know what DDO considers to be a "person", which, generally is: humans/elves/dwarves/halflings/kobolds/hobgoblins/orcs/

    At 5th and 6th level, you get 3rd level spells, most of which are defensive. Mass Aid and Magic Circle against evil are nice party-wide buffs.

    at 7th and 8th, you get 4th level spells. Holy Smite is ok CC. Recitation is a fabulous buff. Freedom of Movement and Deathward are fabulous buffs as well, if you use them at the right times.

    At 9th and 10th, you get 5th level spells. Greater Command is an awesome CC spell, I use it all the time. Raise Dead is obviously tremendously valuable. Lastly, Slay Living is useful on enemy casters, if they get close to you.

    11th and 12th, you get 6th level spells. Cometfall is great CC. Blade Barrier is decent damage, but you have to use it right. Heal is an excellent spell for keeping the tanks up. Banishment is a great "wipe out a bunch of enemies" as long as those enemies are elementals, outsiders (mephits, hell hounds, demons, devils, etc) or "fiendish X" type monsters.

    13th and 14th, you get destruction, which is a great spell to use to instantly kill enemy casters at range. The symbols can be good debuffs here, but they take practice.

    As a cleric, you can rejigger your spells in any tavern or at any shrine, which is nice for flexibility. In other words, feel free to experiment with your spell selections.


    In terms of overall play style, I generally do the following:

    1. Mass Buffs at the beginning of the adventure. Usually extended, assuming the quest is long enough to justify that.
    2. If there are some specific resistances or buffs needed for the quest, I'll give those out. If I'm balancing out mana, I'll focus on buffing the tanks first, especially at the lower levels, and I may forego buffing the others.
    3. When we fight, I use soundburst/greater command/cometfall to knock the monsters out. That way I don't have to worry about healing quite so much.
    4. At lower levels, I get a lot of practice using F1-F6 to target fellow players, and hit them as necessary with healing spells to keep them up. I map Control C and Control X to my most common healing spells, so I don't have to hunt for the icon on my screen.
    5. As you get mass cure spells, I target those on the melee types, so I can heal all of them at once in the middle of the fight.
    6. If I have the money, I'll buy raise dead scrolls, so I don't have to use mana unless I want to. Scrolls are very nice for spells where you aren't attacking - curing and Heal and Raise dead and (to some degree) buffs.
    7. I do spend a fair amount of money on Cure Serious Wound wands (at 7th level) and Heal scrolls (at 9th level), so I can keep a party going when I'm out of mana. Again, the good use of Crowd Control will reduce the need for those expenditures, but it's always nice to have them handy.


    Hope this helps. PM me if you have any questions. These are just my techniques, others have different styles which are just as good, if not better than mine.

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