Menace of the Underdark FAQ

[knightgf]

I assume(and hope) that, when you refer to the 'pricing details' of Forgotten Realms, somehow, VIP's will get the pack for free due to their status. Will VIP's be able to get forgotten realms for free, or are they left to bite the dust again like artificer?

[Krell]

Q: While working with Ed Greenwood and Turbines "hope to further incorporate more voiced NPCS/mobs".... any chance you got Ed to voice one of the upcoming FR packs as DM or at a minimum an NPC in it? Just cuz.

P.S: Then you could come back to Eberron and let K. Baker do the same).

P.P.S: Then you could get us someone well known outside the D&D industry (aka BRUCE CAMPBELL).

Bruce Campbell, Yes! I can hear it now.


Gimme some sugar, Malicia


I am Lord Gerald Goodblade. Coin Lord, Hero of Stormreach and leader of its peoples.

Well hello Mister Fancypants. Well, I've got news for you pal, you ain't leadin' but two things, right now: Jack and sh**... and Jack left town.

[Chai]

You forgot this FAQ

I want to buy the expansion, but I am sure my wife will hit me with a skillet if I do. How can I address this?

Buff your AC to be greater than (your wife's modified to hit bonus +20), even when flatfooted, or asleep on the couch.

[Entwhistle]

Will VIP's be able to get forgotten realms for free, or are they left to bite the dust again like artificer?

Keep your toothbrush handy.

[Postumus]

Speculation: It is my assumption that none of this information was supposed to be released yet at all, but with Stainer's discovery and subsequent thread about it, they figured that the cat was already out of the bag. As such, they have given us a few small details ahead of when they were planning to.
As they weren't planning on telling us any of this just yet, they are being decidedly coy as to what they actually say.

Basically their marketing strategy was forced into play earlier than they wanted. They can't deny it's happening, but they can certainly try to contain it to get themselves a little closer to their original schedule (which has been borked already).

I have two words for you: Damage control.

Highly doubtful.

[Vordax]

I assume(and hope) that, when you refer to the 'pricing details' of Forgotten Realms, somehow, VIP's will get the pack for free due to their status. Will VIP's be able to get forgotten realms for free, or are they left to bite the dust again like artificer?

It is an expansion, everyone who wants it will need to pay for it, just like other MMO's expansions. Lotro just release a paid expansion so I assume it will be the same mode, also the last time I looked at WoW, if you wanted to play the current game, you had to buy the original game and all the expansions that had been released (this was pre-cataclysm, no idea now).

Vordax

[RabidKoala]

How will the Epic levels effect enhancements? Could you have a assassin 2 ninja monk 2 (can't remember its name). Or would It keep the same.

[KuRRuPT]

Thanks for the info Tal

[Cardoor]

I could have used some more cowbell in this post.

You are gonna want to give the Bard class a cowbell.

By the end of this thread we are all going to be wearing +5 gold plated diapers.

Don't mess with Bruce ****ensen.

[gloopygloop]

2) Will our over-powered/under-ML crafted weapons now require us to be the real minimum level of the weapon?

I hope so. They warned us about this enough and it makes sense. It's not like the Enhancements/Prefix/Suffix's can't be overwritten to make them level appropriate.

That said, they could fix the Ritual ML bug, add a Masterful Craftsmanship II, and add Epic Masterful Craftsmanship I to allow a ML-free additional Prefix or Suffix to be added to ML 20+ items.

It would be nice if they would also fix the enhancement value of Holy Burst and Pure Good along with a few other prefixes/suffixes if we're now going to have to have the full ML associated with the weapons.

[gloopygloop]

Speculation: It is my assumption that none of this information was supposed to be released yet at all, but with Stainer's discovery and subsequent thread about it, they figured that the cat was already out of the bag. As such, they have given us a few small details ahead of when they were planning to.
As they weren't planning on telling us any of this just yet, they are being decidedly coy as to what they actually say.

Basically their marketing strategy was forced into play earlier than they wanted. They can't deny it's happening, but they can certainly try to contain it to get themselves a little closer to their original schedule (which has been borked already).

I have two words for you: Damage control.

Turbine's method of damage control is to delete threads, issue infractions and refuse to talk about the issue for several weeks at least and then make vague soothing noises without actually admitting that there is an issue once several weeks have passed.

Often, the "soothing noises" portion of this method is skipped.

See also: chestapalooza, bag exploit, Maban, can-we-trade-in-game-items-for-TP-codes, etc.

[Fanatic_Guru]

Q: While working with Ed Greenwood and Turbines "hope to further incorporate more voiced NPCS/mobs".... any chance you got Ed to voice one of the upcoming FR packs as DM or at a minimum an NPC in it? Just cuz.

P.S: Then you could come back to Eberron and let K. Baker do the same).

P.P.S: Then you could get us someone well known outside the D&D industry (aka BRUCE CAMPBELL).

I think it would be a great marketing move to have Ed Greenwood do some voice work either as a DM or character cameo. He is a pretty good talker in interviews I have seen. I would probably keep his voice work relatively small though unless he could pull it off well. Even just some token voice work would be nice. I like the idea of immortalizing D&D legends within the game. I like the inclusion of Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson voices in DDO.

[Produktion_Malphunktion]

I know this probably can't be answered now, but I'd like to know if Epic experience is planned to be reset on TR. If it is, that'll greatly increase the cost of TR, and for respecs beyond what LR can cover. It's bad enough risking Raid-loot tomes as is (which, BTW, any news on that front?)

Since TR is a Heroic option, I think it would make sense to make it only reset Heroic XP.

All I can say is, really don't worry about it. Your TR will not be wasted.

edit: as for voice actors I wanted Betty White for Lolth but I got voted down.

[AZgreentea]

edit: as for voice actors I wanted Betty White for Lolth but I got voted down.

Dr Ruth would have been awesome. If you havent ever heard her, you need to google some of her interviews.

[umeannothing]

edit: as for voice actors I wanted Betty White for Lolth but I got voted down.

I vote Jerry Springer, or Judge Judy.

They both have roughly the same effeminate voice that has been standing in the exhaust cloud of an excavator for 10 years.

[Antheal]

Speculation: It is my assumption that none of this information was supposed to be released yet at all, but with Stainer's discovery and subsequent thread about it, they figured that the cat was already out of the bag.

What "discovery" and thread is this?

[Antheal]

All I can say is, really don't worry about it. Your TR will not be wasted.

edit: as for voice actors I wanted Betty White for Lolth but I got voted down.

Get Shirley Milliner! Shirley Milliner! We need her!

DO IT!

[ArkoHighStar]

Speculation: It is my assumption that none of this information was supposed to be released yet at all, but with Stainer's discovery and subsequent thread about it, they figured that the cat was already out of the bag. As such, they have given us a few small details ahead of when they were planning to.
As they weren't planning on telling us any of this just yet, they are being decidedly coy as to what they actually say.

Basically their marketing strategy was forced into play earlier than they wanted. They can't deny it's happening, but they can certainly try to contain it to get themselves a little closer to their original schedule (which has been borked already).

I have two words for you: Damage control.

It was actually discovered by DDOCast, yes stainer did publicize it. But the interviews were pretty much done the week before and released on the same day.That and we had already been told that the news would be released before the end of the month.
The day was planned in advance.

[TheDearLeader]

edit: as for voice actors I wanted Betty White for Lolth but I got voted down.

Doing a Google Search for site:forums.ddo.com "Betty White" comes up with a surprising number of entries.

[BOgre]

The real key is that those who are VIPs will expect that having to pay $30+ of additional money had better give a fair amount of content since our monthly subscriptions SHOULD provide all content in the game. Will Epic levels and the Forgotten Realms content require that we have purchased the expansion, or will some of it be included with some of it a part of the expansion fee?

^This. I can understand (sort of) having to pay a little extra for an entirely new game world, and even a 'Premium' class like Druid. But as a VIP, I'd expect that a certain 'base' amount of the new content would be covered by my subscription.