So ! Now that U27 is almost live (countdown in hours) -

[UurlockYgmeov]

What is in U28???

Where will it be???

Who do we get to kill now? ;p

What new loot?

Which class(es) get the pass this update?

muahahahahahahaha!

Add your speculation below!

[Lonnbeimnech]

The update is too expensive. I would gladly pay 10 times as much for a new color of hat for my creature companions, but not for content.

[Flavilandile]

*shrug*

Epic Vale.

[Steve_Howe]

Epic Vale.

Yep.

[Cleanincubus]

What is U28???

Where will it be???

Who do we get to kill now? ;p

What new loot?

Which class(es) get the pass this update?

muahahahahahahaha!

Add your speculation below!

Epic Vale content.

Vale of Twilight.

More Devils, and maybe kill Harry.

Something that isn't Sentient weapons. Likely a trinket with a Water Breathing clickie.

Ranged Rangers or a 3rd Enhancement Tree for Artificers.

[Grailhawk]

What is U28???

Where will it be???

Epic Vale

Who do we get to kill now? ;p

Arraetrikos, and more devils.

What new loot?

Epic green steel.

Which class(es) get the pass this update?

Per the survey Fighters, but maybe they will finish the ranged pass.

[Memnir]

What is U28???

I already know what won't be in U28...

[UurlockYgmeov]

• Ranger Enhancement pass / Fighter Enhancement pass???
• More hireling AI improvements
• Return of the Mass Mimic Migration
• 4 new quests in the Drow City of Menzoberranzan (RAGE OF DEMONS

RAGE OF DEMONS
Dare to Descend into the Underdark
05/06/2015
Fight alongside Drizzt Do’Urden in the new Dungeons & Dragons storyline on computer, console or tabletop this Fall.

Today, Wizards of the Coast announced Rage of Demons, the new storyline for Dungeons & Dragons fans coming in Fall 2015. The demon lords have been summoned from the Abyss and players must descend into the Underdark with the iconic hero Drizzt Do’Urden to stop the chaos before it threatens the surface. Rage of Demons is the story all D&D gamers will be excited to play this fall, whether they prefer consoles, PCs or rolling dice with friends.

Following on the critically-acclaimed Tyranny of Dragons and Elemental Evil stories, Rage of Demons will transport characters to the deadly and insane underworld. Rumors of powerful demon lords such as Demogorgon, Orcus and Graz’zt terrorizing the denizens of the Underdark have begun to filter up to the cities of the Sword Coast. The already dangerous caverns below the surface are thrown into ultimate chaos, madness and discord. The renegade drow Drizzt Do’Urden is sent to investigate but it will be up to you to aid in his fight against the demons before he succumbs to his darker temptations.

Dungeons & Dragons fans will have more options than ever to enjoy the Rage of Demons storyline. The themes of treachery and discord in the Underdark are in Sword Coast Legends, the new CRPG (computer role-playing game) coming this fall on PC from n-Space and Digital Extremes. The epic campaign that drives Sword Coast Legends' story forces players deep into the Underdark and continues well after launch with legendary adventurer Drizzt Do'Urden.

For fans of Neverwinter, the popular Dungeons & Dragons-based MMORPG will bring a new expansion – tentatively titled Neverwinter: Underdark – in 2015. The update will see adventurers travel with Drizzt to the drow city of Menzoberranzan during its demonic assault as well as experience a unique set of quests written by the creator of Drizzt, R.A. Salvatore. The expansion will initially be released on PC and will come out on the Xbox One at a later date.

Players of the tabletop roleplaying game can descend into the Underdark in Out of the Abyss, a new adventure which provides details on the demon lords rampaging through the Underdark. Partners such as WizKids, GaleForce 9 and Smiteworks will all support Rage of Demons with new products to help bring your tabletop game to life. To really get in the mind of Drizzt, fans will have to check out Archmage, the new novel by R.A. Salvatore, scheduled for release in early September.

“Rage of Demons is a huge storyline involving all expressions of Dungeons & Dragons, and we’re excited to bring players this story in concert with all of our partners,” said Nathan Stewart, Brand Director at Wizards of the Coast. “I can’t wait to see everyone interact with one of the world’s most recognizable fantasy characters: Drizzt Do’Urden. Descending into the depths won’t exactly be easy for him, and D&D fans will get their mettle tested just like Drizzt when they come face-to-face with all the demon lords.”

[UurlockYgmeov]

I already know what won't be in U28...

agree

but Svirfneblin live in the drow city of Menzoberranzan - so 1% chance eh? (Sev could have been including foreshadowing in his wisecrack about them!)

[Steve_Howe]

I already know what won't be in U28...

Good!

F gnomes!

[ArkoHighStar]

• Ranger Enhancement pass / Fighter Enhancement pass???
• More hireling AI improvements
• Return of the Mass Mimic Migration
• 4 new quests in the Drow City of Menzoberranzan (RAGE OF DEMONS

The Underdark update is for Neverwinter not DDO

[UurlockYgmeov]

The Underdark update is for Neverwinter not DDO

In a producer's letter / or Producer / Dev comment about what is coming this year (2015) there will be one Forgotten Realms update... and WotC is probably pushing them to keep in step (as much as possible) with their announced plans.

[UurlockYgmeov]

couldn't find the exact quote - but here are some relevant ones.

We intend to continue to do both Forgotten Realms and Eberron content, depending on the storyline we are pursuing.

Anauroch was pushed off for a few reasons:
~ Player excitement seems high for classic modules.
~ We had been talking about classic modules for a while, and the time was right to finally do Temple of Elemental Evil. There was high excitement on the team for that module.
~ The storyline we are currently pursuing involving classic modules wouldn't take us to Anauroch. We were concerned that following ToEE with Anauroch would have seemed like a tangent in the storyline.
~ With Menachtarun we already have a large sprawling desert area and, outside of a cool raid with phaerimm, the didn't feel we had another take on desert content to offer at that time. We thought about just doing a raid involving those elements but we were concerned that players wouldn't find that as exciting.

Sev~

Note that we are talking about new storylines here, even if they revisit older places or characters. While we will poll the community on where they'd like to visit, or what type of content they'd like to see, directly polling them on the specifics of a storyline would sort of defeat the purpose.



Paladin's Holy Sword is over-performing, so 14 Paladin is considered a must. I don't know if I'd say pure Paladin is a must.

For Barbarian the Frenzied Berserker core is probably too good, and Ravage heals are over-performing. I don't know that I would say that the FB or Occult Slayer heals are too powerful.



Our plan is Rogue, Ranger, Favored Soul tweaks/3rd tree, Fighter, Druid tweaks/third tree/form revamp, Artificer, Monk (pure Monk probably needs some love). Note that I reserve the right to change out the order of any of these if needed. As an example, if Steelstar frees up you might see Artificer earlier as he is chomping at the bit to do that. Thus the tree order might change depending on how content is progressing.

Warlocks will obviously affect this progression as well.

Longer term we'd like to get Sorcerer a third tree, but if caster mitigation is an issue we'd probably solve that through new high level spells instead of tree revamps.



We plan to let the PCs go to level 30 this year, and want to make them feel as though the progression to 30 was worth it. I don't know if adding two more levels with an extra feat or two would accomplish that feeling.



We want to support playing who like playing through the content and reincarnating as well as players who want some options at the end game. For players who are super engaged and play a lot of hours, I imagine they would be likely to do both of these things.

The next three updates all offer end game components.

Sev~