Gear Advice for a returning player needed

[Seelowe]

Greetings all.

So, I decided to see what is new to DDO after being gone from the game for almost 4 years. Basically, I was around for the introduction of epic quests, did all the chains there were to do, soloed any raids that looked good and called it a day.

upon my return, I was confronted with loads of new things, epic levels, destinies and so forth. While reading up on that part of the changes was quite enlightening, I find myself realizing that what used to be great equipment at cap now looks like Korthos gear by comparison.

My plea here is to get a little advice, as to what gear is considered worth farming for during epic levelling as I try to get my human pure FVS evoker build through to 20/8 to start EE quests, which seem to be all the rage now. I am used to soloing mostly any quest and I would like to keep that ability. As a first epic destiny I chose exalted angel, as it seems to have good synergies.

At this point I am only using the fvs for the first playthrough of the new content as it is the most reliable soloist of all my toons and has not run into any issues soloing the quest chains in the underdark (which I assumed was a good place to level up).

His current equipment is the same I left him with years ago.












Naturally, this changes situationally, as the character has most of the 4 years ago-endgame loot in bank or as a clickie but yeah, as I said, it seems to be the korthos gear equivallent of today.

Any advice as to if it is worth grinding commendations of any particular faction, repeating a particular quest until X loot drops etc would be greatly appreciated. Basically, what gear setup is considered ideal or at least worth getting as an evoker build pure FVS.

p.s. random question: do people run the old raids at all anymore? I have not seen a single LFM for things like say... temple of despair and the like.

[Loromir]

Greetings all.

So, I decided to see what is new to DDO after being gone from the game for almost 4 years. Basically, I was around for the introduction of epic quests, did all the chains there were to do, soloed any raids that looked good and called it a day.

upon my return, I was confronted with loads of new things, epic levels, destinies and so forth. While reading up on that part of the changes was quite enlightening, I find myself realizing that what used to be great equipment at cap now looks like Korthos gear by comparison.

My plea here is to get a little advice, as to what gear is considered worth farming for during epic levelling as I try to get my human pure FVS evoker build through to 20/8 to start EE quests, which seem to be all the rage now. I am used to soloing mostly any quest and I would like to keep that ability. As a first epic destiny I chose exalted angel, as it seems to have good synergies.

At this point I am only using the fvs for the first playthrough of the new content as it is the most reliable soloist of all my toons and has not run into any issues soloing the quest chains in the underdark (which I assumed was a good place to level up).

His current equipment is the same I left him with years ago.












Naturally, this changes situationally, as the character has most of the 4 years ago-endgame loot in bank or as a clickie but yeah, as I said, it seems to be the korthos gear equivallent of today.

Any advice as to if it is worth grinding commendations of any particular faction, repeating a particular quest until X loot drops etc would be greatly appreciated. Basically, what gear setup is considered ideal or at least worth getting as an evoker build pure FVS.

p.s. random question: do people run the old raids at all anymore? I have not seen a single LFM for things like say... temple of despair and the like.

Actually, the items you listed are not horrible. Yes there are better items at epic levels, but you can still be effective with what you have. Destinies are where your power lies. Start running the epic quests and filling out a destiny. If your melee, start out with Legendary Dreadnaught or Fury of the wild, if Arcane, Draconic incarnation, divine, Exhalted angel or Divine Crusader, Archer, Shiradi ot Fury of the Wild.

As you finish the epic quests, you will start to see some of the better loot came around. A good starting point is with the Eveningstar/Kings Forest quests- Start collecting commedations from the different factions and trade them in for some better gear.


But...your gear at this point is not too bad.


For your evoker, run the level 16 Friends in Low Places quest in Wheloon for a +4 evocation ring. Very easy item to get, Guaranteed item in end rewards list.

[Seelowe]

Actually, the items you listed are not horrible. Yes there are better items at epic levels, but you can still be effective with what you have. Destinies are where your power lies. Start running the epic quests and filling out a destiny. If your melee, start out with Legendary Dreadnaught or Fury of the wild, if Arcane, Draconic incarnation, divine, Exhalted angel or Divine Crusader, Archer, Shiradi ot Fury of the Wild.

As you finish the epic quests, you will start to see some of the better loot came around. A good starting point is with the Eveningstar/Kings Forest quests- Start collecting commedations from the different factions and trade them in for some better gear.


But...your gear at this point is not too bad.


For your evoker, run the level 16 Friends in Low Places quest in Wheloon for a +4 evocation ring. Very easy item to get, Guaranteed item in end rewards list.

first of all, thanks a lot for the reply.
king's forest, eveningstar is where I am farming atm, doing the wilderness areas as I make my way to the quests there. Any particular loot there that is useful for the evoker? I mean I will probably end up trading purple dragon knight commendations for wizard ones, as it seems they are mostly geared towards melee toons and villagers look like they are mostly for monks?

Thanks for the tip for the evoc+4 ring. Seems like thelis found a quick replacement (facepalms at hearing it is a lvl 16 quest).

[Loromir]

first of all, thanks a lot for the reply.
king's forest, eveningstar is where I am farming atm, doing the wilderness areas as I make my way to the quests there. Any particular loot there that is useful for the evoker? I mean I will probably end up trading purple dragon knight commendations for wizard ones, as it seems they are mostly geared towards melee toons and villagers look like they are mostly for monks?

Thanks for the tip for the evoc+4 ring. Seems like thelis found a quick replacement (facepalms at hearing it is a lvl 16 quest).

You can run the same quest at lvl 26 and get the ring at +5 evocation and spellcraft +15. War Wizards items is the best place for you to start at these levels. I'm not sure they are significantly better than what you currently have, but you might find a small upgrade. You can get a couple of Wisdom items from the villagers comendations.

[cru121]

before you get overly excited, the +4 evo item is actually a necklace
http://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Sage%27...%28Level_15%29
so... torc or +4 evo.

[Loromir]

before you get overly excited, the +4 evo item is actually a necklace
http://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Sage%27...%28Level_15%29
so... torc or +4 evo.

Yes...sorry for the mis information.