DDOcast Episode 156 (2-21-10)

[Mockduck]

Hi everyone! Episode 156 of DDOcast is now ready to go. Here's a LINK to the episode - just left-click to play, right-click and 'save as' to download as an mp3. You can also find DDOcast on iTunes and many other podcast aggregators.

This week's show features the latest news, a look at skills, a sketch with "Stormreach Action News" written by Lessah, a look at Greensteel items with "Sound Concepts" and more! Thanks so much for listening.

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DDOcast Episode 156 (2-21-10)

:10 Intro
1:37 Maintenance downtime3:00 Fernando Paiz letter - 4th Anniversary
7:15 Traveler's Scavenger Hunt
14:39 Patch 1
15:44 Cocktail Hour!
16:44 Turbine Survey
18:55 State of Europe
25:06 Desert Tomes26:50 Eardweller talk
28:37 Memnir spotlight28:55 Forum Avatars
29:54 Stormreach Action News35:30 Sound Concepts - Greensteel
44:50 Community News47:37 Skills Talk
56:30 Welcome back and DDOcast Build Guild talk
57:45 More Community News1:02:18 Email

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TOTAL TIME: 1:10:27



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LINK to Fernando Paiz' letter celebrating DDO's 4th Anniversary on DDO.com.


LINK to info on the RIsia Ice Games.


LINK to info on the Traveler's Scavenger Hunt.


Couple of good links for info on the hunt. (LINK 1) (LINK 2)


LINK to the Update 3, Patch 1 Release Notes.


LINK to more on Lessah and Samius' podcast "Cocktail Hour with Lessah and Samius."


LINK to the announcement about a new Turbine survey for DDO.


LINK to the DDO Player Spotlight on my.ddo.com.


LINK to new forum avatars for DDO.com.


LINK to the Salty Cube's bio.


LINK to Hydra Ex's notice about the Lammania cake and what it looks like.


LINK to Alter's discovery of a secret Risia Ice Games recipe.


LINK to the latest Magnificent Misadventures of Mustardo strip.


LINK to the 4th Eberron Chronicle.


LINK to Yak's part 2 of 2 chat with Seneca Windforge over on his DDO podcast.


LINK to the new Rowanheal.com!


Here's the long-awaited Green DDO.com Broccoli pic:






LINK to the 3.5 D&D Wikia entry on Skills.


LINK to LA Mike's DDO Store Sale Tracker on DDO.com.


LINK to Sarr's Tempest Spine video on YouTube.


Jerry

[Robi3.0]

Here is my take on Spellcraft I posted this about a week ago. http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=230887



Great show this week.

[Quanefel]

Great show. I particularly enjoyed the part about the skills when you touched on Professions and Crafting skills. Thanks! I wrote a thread awhile ago about those needing to be in game, about how it would add another layer to our characters. It would. Considering how we won't be getting more levels for a long time, what better way to expand our characters to another level than with actual professions and crafting skills?

I agree it might be best to maybe have them on a separate tab on our character sheets rather than try to insert them into our existing skills selection. Although with reserrection now, it wouldn't be as much trouble to insert more skills to the list as it was before TR's.

I won't be holding my breathe seeing as the pattern with DDO crafting is cheesy crafting altars taking the place of actual effort into putting in a true D&D crafting system with profession/crafting skills for it. It is depressing since I see so much potential if they had the D&D crafting into DDO.

[Zaal]

Is Mora really engagd to Jeetz?

I'd like to buy her something nice like TP's or something

[Mockduck]

Is Mora really engagd to Jeetz?

I'd like to buy her something nice like TP's or something

I link Lessah's going to have to chime in on this and clarify. Last I'd heard Morah and Jeets were through! But maybe she still has a soft spot for him. Like the jerk you broke up with that still makes you jealous every time you see him/her with that other person in the bar...

[Zaal]

Jerk? Oh you mean my wife... yeah, she married one

[Lessah]

Is Mora really engagd to Jeetz?

I'd like to buy her something nice like TP's or something

Oh my.... I will have to ask her about this and get her to clear things up.... but.. .if she thinks that she can get away with marrying Jeets WHILE he is asllep... I would not put it past her!

In fact.... what a GREAT IDEA!!!!!!!!!! Thanks Zaal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[chubbs99]

I was invited to do the turbine survey. And honestly... Its just your generic survey. Nothing really about DDO, more your gaming history. Important... not so much. But hey, chance at free money is always nice.


Edit: Come to think of it... Don't know why they are so smoke and mirrors about it either... OR the whole hush hush NDA about it. It really is just turbine's "fight club"

[Kaeldur]

I was invited to do the turbine survey. And honestly... Its just your generic survey. Nothing really about DDO, more your gaming history. Important... not so much. But hey, chance at free money is always nice.


Edit: Come to think of it... Don't know why they are so smoke and mirrors about it either... OR the whole hush hush NDA about it. It really is just turbine's "fight club"

Are you sure you were even allowed to say THAT?

The Mournlands NDA, for example, requires that you don't even MENTION you are in Mournlands...

[Zaal]

Oh my.... I will have to ask her about this and get her to clear things up.... but.. .if she thinks that she can get away with marrying Jeets WHILE he is asllep... I would not put it past her!

In fact.... what a GREAT IDEA!!!!!!!!!! Thanks Zaal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lessah i think i love you

[chubbs99]

Are you sure you were even allowed to say THAT?

The Mournlands NDA, for example, requires that you don't even MENTION you are in Mournlands...

If not I'll probably get infraction points and or never be invited back... But considering the survey thread had lots of people saying they got the email I should be fine. And I haven't gone into detail what was asked, so I should be okay. But for a DDO survey, with so much hush hush around it... I was expecting a survey with a bit more to do about DDO