Lessons Learned ~ Lessons still to learn

[Shamurai]

I have been playing DDO for just over 10 days and am fully hooked and close to needing an intervention. It should be noted: I am not nor never have been a WoW player my only experience in MMORPG is from Runescape which DDO is DEFINITELY NOT A CLONE OF.

That being said here are some of the lessons I've learned things I'd like to know yet will follow this section.

Abbreviations:
~ I already knew the basics (LOL, BRB, AFK, etc)~
~ BYOH – Bring your own Healing
~ TWF – Two Weapon Fighter (not to be confused with…)
~ WF – War Forged (Race type) (further not to be confused with…)
~ THF – Two handed fighter (which could be a…)
~ HF – Halfling Fighter (LOL THF HF ***?)
~ FvS – Favored Soul (Class type)

Tips:
~ To get from “Snowy Korthos” to non snowy… just talk to Valeria at the dock and say you want to go to Stormreach Harbor (and say you want to skip the missions) and come right back. Then go about your business as normal
~ /a or /advice – is how you give or request advice in General Chat.
~ /r – is how you reply to someone that just messaged you.
~/tell [insert name] - is how you send a PM (private message) to someone.
~/trade – is how you announce trades in General Chat.
~ You can right click on someone’s name in Chat to open up features like “Tell, invite, etc”
~ You can send your other accounts stuff through the mail .. HANDY!
~ If you die… Before you “Release” check two things.. is your Hitpoints between -1 and -10 if so wait, you might recover. Secondly, “M” to bring up the map, to see if you’re in running distance to resurrect shrine (I soloed Misery’s peak on Normal with a “squishy” lvl 2 sorcerer and died 3 times -2 to falls lol- and all three times I was juuust able to make it a Res Shrine so I didn’t have to release – THANK the GODS)
~ for those new to “swimming” clear that spot in Korthos “wild” of Sahugin and practice swimming with your handy RoW (Ring of Waterbreathing) where it’s fairly safe, never forget to hit [spacebar] to resurface (a timer in upper corner shows how long the waterbreathing will last before you start to take damage so don’t panic when your breath bar is gone ~like I do… right before I die..
~ALWAYS BRING SOME FORM OF HEALING (Like 10-20+ pots)! You never know if the Cleric is on your good side, so best to be verrrry nice to him/her

Things I still need to learn
Abbreviations:
~ ML

Items:
~ Okay, so where is all this money coming from? I see items that I crave desperately (all with the word TOME in them or +x to X stat) and then I see the prices?
** I get that I can sell stuff on the AH… but to buy stuff one needs money.. sure a few K gold or Plat isn’t much… but how does one get 50K – 300k+ Plat? I mean the jars I break drop 50 coppers – 35 Silver… so where is the PLAT being generated? I don’t see “Alching” like I do in RS. How can I ever expect to get the bajillion Plat to buy one or 3 Tome’s for my lil toon
~ Or even better what quest or arc or pack can I eventually try to farm my own tomes from?
** +1 tomes – Where?
** +2 tomes – Where?
** +3 tomes – Drooling Where?
** +4-+5 tomes – Passes out.

Okay.. that’s enough ranting and raving for now… Further posts may have more tidbits and info requests, thanks for listening.

~Heidiann McClean - Lvl 6 Platinum Blonde Paladin for Justice!
~Shamurai Daemon Slayer - Lvl 3 Squishy Sorcerer for Justice!

[Impaqt]

ML= Minimum Level Most likely.

Tomes are Random Drops. +1's stat int eh l8ish range. +2's start in the L15ish range. I think +3's can drop in some of the L18+ Stuff on Hard or Elite settings, but not positive. Most +3 and now +4 Tomes are only found in Raids.

[Shamurai]

Duh!! Yeah that makes TOTAL Sense! Min Level

*updated*
Okay is this true that I can get bigger bags for like 9K plat in um one of the houses, or is it tied to my favor as well which is pitiful... LOL then again 9K plat is steep for my pockets but I'm working at it.

~ Looking for Med to Large : Gem, Ingrediants, Collectibles Bags... saw those prices on the AH wowzers... how can I acquire them for less then a bajillion Plat.

*Nother edit*
~ I am on Thelanis Server.. but can I trade to my friend on a diff server and vice versa.. can he hook me up with those Holy Bolts +1 I've been craving for no other reason then to cry out "HOLY BOLTS Batman I just pwned that Shaman!"