New Update

[Lyzernn]

Got to hate the fvs cause we are powerful fine heal yourself honestly you play a barbarian right?

I dont hate everything about the update i can even understand why they nerfed the wings after running the new raid....i do think better answers but i get it to.

I'm not usually the grammar nazi type, but seriously, use a comma or something, that first sentence of yours is harder to decypher than the Storehouse's Puzzle.

[Panacide.]

The xoriat arrows don't fire. Has this not come to anyone else's attention, or am I the only one who is experiencing this problem?
Edit: I keep forgetting to mention that this is post U11, although it should be assumed.

[Sarisa]

New UI system, even set up to the compact version, is going to take some time to get used to. A lot more eye strain trying to piece out the health bars from the backgrounds, due to the annoying transparency. Also, due to the sheer size of it, I could not place my compact focus orb in the place it used to be, so I have to get used to looking elsewhere for that as well.

Did an eChrono with a very solid high DPS group. Not too bad, but everything was ungodly long. I didn't need a pot, and still had one shrine remaining, but a less experienced Cleric in group did drink one and used every shrine (he didn't carry scrolls).

The three big annoyances were:
Can't mouseover someone's dot (just their arrow) and see their name pop up.
The increased fort along with double HP really makes the fights drag, and really stretches the CC requirements. It also harms Rogues the most, one of the classes in the worst shape now.
The background distractions in the Steam Tunnels makes it hard to tell exactly how far down someone's bar is. I MAY get used to this, but no matter what, it'll result in a lot more eye strain.

I can't see most PUG's succeed in eChrono anymore. Only private/guild/heavily screened groups will have a good chance at success. I'm almost scared to try eVoN6 or eDQ. I'll still heal eDQ but only until I get the shards I want.

Weapons Shipment was crazy, and fun. Never thought I would say that about that quest. Drops still sucked.

I only have capped characters, but was running with a couple guildmates who didn't yet cap. They loved the Bravery bonus, and the increased first time bonuses for hard and elite.

Since we were running elite IQ for the Bravery bonus, we noticed the "secret" shrine in I Dream of Jeets has been reverted to the broken/bugged version from update 8. The shrines (both this time, in u8 only the rest shrine was broken) are both facing "up" rather than "down" and are inaccessible.

[lhidda]

-Bravery bonuses are useless.

/flame on

At the moment I get +10+25%=+35% bonus xp from running quests first time at hard difficulty (single tr). Awesome.

[DarkAlchemist]

/flame on

At the moment I get +10+25%=+35% bonus xp from running quests first time at hard difficulty (single tr). Awesome.

Wait, hard first time is supposed to be +40% not 25% so the first time with bravery should be 45% for hard not 35%.

[lhidda]

Wait, hard first time is supposed to be +40% not 25% so the first time with bravery should be 45% for hard not 35%.

Well I was not talking about the first-time bonus. That was just the accumulated bravery bonus I was talking about. I did a few quest on hard first time already.

Edit: Oh I mixed bravery and streak bonus, but still its usefull.

[KuRRuPT]

Love the new update, feel like back in the day to me were you run hard & elite to get good items... Thanks devs for bring this back us oldies know what u done the newbies have no clue lol Great job

[Memnir]

I wouldn't call it the worst ever, but I'd rate it a B- or a C+ at most. It has it's fair share of problems and unwelcome changes, yes - but it also has a lot of good things to offer. However, the enjoyable aspects of the Update are often lost or clouded over by the bad changes.

[Cyr]

-Bravery bonuses are useless.

Lol, me and lag were running last night and commenting upon how nice they were. Duoed most of level 13 elites and gained a large chunk of xp for it. Sure it's still more efficient to bang out TBF to death, but on double TR's it starts getting really boring if that's all you do.

[Crystalizer]

...And dont worry witchy, you know that if artificer is too powerful it will be nerfed ^^ ...

new classes/races are ever overpowered, so players buy them and play them and the game keeps going
i have a very simple way of seeing nerfs : since i don't play hardcore but am rather a regular, the equation is simple : everytime i am about to reach the overpower potential of a class/race then it is nerfed

[Ilindith]

Hehhe, the terrible truth Then people insult me when i say they are squeeshee (meh 110 HP lvl 13 WAKE UP).
You can get auto-attack back in your feat panel, get "attack" on your hotbar.

Yeah I know about the attack thing, was just less trouble with the old button. There was NO reason to remove it.

[Zeruell]

Yeah I know about the attack thing, was just less trouble with the old button. There was NO reason to remove it.

"Your FACE is auto-attack!"

Lame visual pun...hmm, yeah, no good reason anyway.

At any rate, my screen is already full of hotbars. I'm really not looking forward to making room for another in addition to a bloated party display.

[Gnorbert]

So far I'm liking the update. I haven't played the new content yet, or run with my cleric, but so far I've enjoyed the changes. Tonight I'll toy around with my mechanic rogue that I parked due to frustration at repeater glitches and maybe try to heal the new content to try it out. Then we'll see.

[GrampaBill]

I'm really surprised how no one has mentioned the improvement in the graphics quality. It's almost like the prior High Def pack wasn't and now it is.

[Ilindith]

It's not that bad! I mean, from what I've seen today:

-I cannot see names on minimap with cursor on blue dots anymore.
-Artificers cost way too many points to bother buying now (for me).
-My quest objective panel keeps flickering and my eyes really hate it.
-I find out that 85% of the people joining my low level zerg groups have less than half my HP, at the same level, I'm a wizard.
-Auto-attack removed.
-Cannot sell by clicking on item names at shops anymore, only the item icon works.
-New party screen takes WAY too much space, my screen isn't a mile high. (Can't imagine how it looks in a raid...)
-I really didn't need to see my face next to my HP.
-No green, is my voice chat working or not?
-Character bar too big? Oh I'll use the small version. Way too small. /sigh
-Cannot see my helmet anymore (not that I care that much though).
-Turbine reminding me everytime I open the inventory that I should give them more money.
-Bravery bonuses are useless.
-Quest window is huge like xbox.


Hmmm...well...at least Goggles look cool on a Warforged

Adding to the list, alt-tabbing now interrupts anything you are doing (I often tab out to reply on msn when I'm using levers/shrines/etc).
I could change the key (alt key artificer thingy), but it's just poorly implemented that it would cause anything to get interrupted on a class other than artificer.

[LordPiglet]

Ok tried the new update, tried to like it. And I gotta say. I am very dissapointed. Nerfs all around, and nothing good from it. With the added overpowered new class. Good job in ruining DDO, Turbine. Im very disgusted with this new update.

my 3K repair bill says blown to bits kicked ass, especially the optional. The other ones were meh.

I've been in LoB but well frankly the party really didn't know anything about what to do (etc, etc). I might flag aly tonight.

[dunklezhan]

Per spell metamagics. Win. This is full of it.

[TempestAlphaOmega]

I have seen them before update to chug a heal pot and get healed for 1/2 or 2/3 of hp bar but yeah now I got confirmation

And here I was giving them the benefit of thinking that they had mad healing amp........

[Munesai]

I think the update is great.

A bunch of bugs to work out, I certainly miss stunning or tripping an enemy as the first move, which doesn't work right now on the first move, It'll all get worked out though.

In the meantime, I enjoy the buffed content and the new items seem pretty standard in relation to what I've seen from other updates.

I am, however, slightly bitter about not having Artificer available to me as a vip right away, but I'll get over it.

[dragon2fire]

I'm not usually the grammar nazi type, but seriously, use a comma or something, that first sentence of yours is harder to decypher than the Storehouse's Puzzle.

Plus one for the laugh

I should never post at 5 am.