A sneak peek at Update 24’s dungeons … and beyond

[scipiojedi]

Hopefully they adjust the level range (because they are listening to the players), maybe lower the level to 12-15 and mark it an Extreme Dungeon
But can't wait. Let's skip U24 and do U25. Doesn't sound like many people are too excited for more Xoriat crud.

I don't think they can adjust the level range of the new xoriat quests, because I read it the new quests will continue the chain of the madness series, so they would have to make those lower level to be played BEFORE the new ones.

[FranOhmsford]

I don't think they can adjust the level range of the new xoriat quests, because I read it the new quests will continue the chain of the madness series, so they would have to make those lower level to be played BEFORE the new ones.

I'd be happy if they just made the new Xoriat Chain Epic only {Yes it would hurt me personally in my quest for 5k Favour on Lieuk BUT it would make more sense for the GAME!}.

There's literally no need for a Lvl 18 Heroic Version!

[Annex]

I absolutely hate Xoriat quests and will not run them again or buy any more, but cheers for players who enjoy such things.

The free quest sounds interesting. While not a fan of the Forgotten Realms, I have enjoyed most of the DDO quests associated with that setting.

My friends and I will definitely acquire The Temple of Elemental Evil.

I would like to join those players asking for more level 12(ish) quests. The Attack on Stormreach and Duergar quests are some of my favorites in the game. We almost always play catch-up against one evil force or another attempting to take over the world. Maybe the good guys can go on the offensive and catch the bad guys flat footed for a change?

[Cauthey_No_CCInfo]

Sounds fun.

But what say you to making the Harper Enhancement Trees unlockable via favor reward, or some other quest/feat of completion? Inquiring minds wanna know. Mainly because you alienated a bunch of folks by making this feature a straight money grab. Folks I enjoyed playing with.

Thanks...

[waryJerry]

All of this sounds good but I want to react to just one thing the devs have said: that is, that there is no "interest" in Anauroch. Whose interest or lack thereof are they referring to? Are they referring to the dev team, the good folks at Time Warner, or the players? There's a divide among players as to whether the team should be focusing on Eberron or Forgotten Realms content (I myself prefer the latter), but I just think that insisting that there's no player interest in Anauroch is ridiculous. Basically, the statement that there's no interest in Anauroch seems disingenuous to me.

[Hilltrot]

Will we need to make some Greater Ooze Bane weapons?

I hope not - considering a fungus is not an ooze.

[Draculetta]

The Temple of Elemental Evil.

Yep, we will be creating our own version of the original, classic Temple inside DDO. We’re very excited about adapting one of the most famous modules in Dungeons and Dragons history, and we hope you are too.

YES YES YES!!! Oh My! The only thing better than TOEE would be Ravenloft! (A guy can dream right!)

I'm going to have level! As I've been waiting for TOEE for ALONG time!

[Hilltrot]

Lvl 17-19 Quests don't get run! {Well after the 1st time for Favour that is AND that can be done at Lvl 28!}.

I always seem to find the group that wants to do Enter the Kobold. Yep just Enter the kobold - none of the other Reaver adverntures JUST ENTER THE KOBOLD!! WHY THE SAM H$^# DO PEOPLE ALWAYS WANT TO DO ENTER THE KOBOLD!

WHAT's EVEN WORSE IS THAT THEY SUCK SO BADLY THEY CAN'T EVEN COMPLETE THE THING!?



AAAAAAARRRRRGHGHGHGHGGGG!

[moo_cow]

Snip

I must say I am a little disappointed about the lord of stone area continuing, that seems to be one of the packs that isn't run as often. Hopefully it will be interesting but I never really like the whole xorian areas. I also was looking very forward to Anauroch but the temple of elemental evil sounds very cool. Update 24 with the continuation of the Tyranny of Dragons is very cool though.

[moo_cow]

Instead of the blazing hot desert, we’re going someplace cooler instead.

Some sort of mountain area perhaps?

[Cetus]

Everything sounds quite good. One thing sounds HORRIBLE

That's the CR 26 bit for all three in the new pack? What more, that turns out to be the paid one too?

Let me remind you that your ostensibly "endgame" pack last time contained quests that were soloed day 1. What do you think your CR26 nonsense will contribute to this game, exactly?

The fact that ToEE is announced and the other quest is CR 30 somewhat excites me.

[ForgettableNPC]

IQ+DD, The High Road, Stormhorns, Amrath, House Cannith, Murder By Night/The Riddle, HoX/VoD

How is that really lacking?

Plus: Apart from IQ/DD and the two E-Star quests these simply don't get run at level for Heroics anyway!

People are hitting 20 even on multiple TRs from GH/Vale/Spinner!

The Level 17s - Reaver's Refuge and The Second Madness Chain {with the honourable exceptions of Shroud and Sane Asylum for pretty obvious reasons!} get run even less!


P.S. There's 13 Lvl 18 Quests according to the DDO Wiki and 21 {TWENTY ONE} Lvl 19s!
There's also 14 Lvl 16s and 14 Lvl 17s
You know how many Lvl 15s there are?
TEN!
You know how many Lvl 12s there are?
ELEVEN!
13s?
TEN!
14s?
TEN!


And I'll say this again...Cos it seems to really need saying!

Lvl 17-19 Quests don't get run! {Well after the 1st time for Favour that is AND that can be done at Lvl 28!}.

Well, to be fair, I don't have half of the packs you mentioned, so I'm only speaking from my perspective.

It's just that I seem to have had the worst time trying to find quests in the lv 18-20 range last life, and that was only from since a month ago.

maybe it's just my bad timing...

[nibel]

I always seem to find the group that wants to do Enter the Kobold. Yep just Enter the kobold - none of the other Reaver adverntures JUST ENTER THE KOBOLD!! WHY THE SAM H$^# DO PEOPLE ALWAYS WANT TO DO ENTER THE KOBOLD!

WHAT's EVEN WORSE IS THAT THEY SUCK SO BADLY THEY CAN'T EVEN COMPLETE THE THING!?

Because EtK have a final boss that is extremely punishing to anyone without evasion, so they join parties expecting the rest of the party can solo him. It is a similar issue that I face when I run my once-a-life New Invasion.

Prey and Monastery can be easily soloed, so they don't need a party.

[jalont]

Everything sounds quite good. One thing sounds HORRIBLE

That's the CR 26 bit for all three in the new pack? What more, that turns out to be the paid one too?

Let me remind you that your ostensibly "endgame" pack last time contained quests that were soloed day 1. What do you think your CR26 nonsense will contribute to this game, exactly?

The fact that ToEE is announced and the other quest is CR 30 somewhat excites me.

What exactly have you seen that has led you to believe that the devs or the player base want to take the game in any other direction? If you think that DDO will be releasing anything challenging again, you're in for a bad time.

[EllisDee37]

The Temple of Elemental Evil.

*faints*

The awesome, it overwhelms me!

[The_Human_Cypher]

All of this sounds good but I want to react to just one thing the devs have said: that is, that there is no "interest" in Anauroch. Whose interest or lack thereof are they referring to? Are they referring to the dev team, the good folks at Time Warner, or the players? There's a divide among players as to whether the team should be focusing on Eberron or Forgotten Realms content (I myself prefer the latter), but I just think that insisting that there's no player interest in Anauroch is ridiculous. Basically, the statement that there's no interest in Anauroch seems disingenuous to me.

The dev team probably scoped out the project and realized that it would require more resources than they had available to properly implement. I hope we get to see Anauroch by next year.

[axel15810]

Awesome announcements.

Also it's awesome to get more heroic level 18 content. Love that we'll have more content for level 18-20. I always felt the choices in that range were a bit light.

A little disappointed that there's no raid and no new endgame content this update (unless ToEE is a level 30 quest?).

[Full_Bleed]

Looking forward to seeing what the ToEE looks like in DDO.

I do wonder if we are going to get the satellite adventures.

I suppose that Evening Star can kind of fill in for Homlet, but the Moat House and Nulb do really set the story before delving into the temple.

I do hope they can capture the scope of the adventure.

[Infiltraitor]

Awesome. Just one thing.

A single adventure pack will sell for 450 turbine points.
A single sale of a good BTCOE item on the astral shard exchange can cost almost 200 shards, or about 1000 turbine points.

We've all heard about the mass layoffs going on at Turbine. Remember the bottom line.

[Alternative]

For the love of god, no more furniture excort quests! Who exactly was saying those are the favorites??