Downtime Notice: Wednesday, February 21st 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Eastern (-5 GMT)

[tafla421]

boo to bound to character cosmetics filling up bank space. should just make them bound to account, or atleast give the whole set bound to account to the first character to log on per server, and allow the cosmetics to be copied with the mirror of glamering.

[Darius1680]

It's nice to see so many corrections and improvements. Some were long over due.

[Cantor]

I like all the quality of life fixes and anniversary awards for all characters.
I don't like that the cosmetics are BTC, I hate the inventory space eating, heck it's part of why I didn't buy the most expensive Ravenloft package.

Agreed, but with this every character gets it kinda thing, BTA means you get as many as you want. I don't have an issue with having one of each, just saying that's probably part of the reason.

I agree too, lots of nice little and big fixes.

[Cantor]

The Anniversary gift is a cosmetic? Wow

I don't have an issue with this, as long as the anniversary event has good new stuff added. If they just gave a list of all the old raid items every year, sure everyone would get something they want, but it would stop being special.

I like having something cool, only given away once, that doesn't impact play.

[jakeelala]

I find the anniversary gifts are a good way to get old players back for a little bit and hooked on the junk again.

I think you can do a lot better than a single BTC cosmetic item. Pretty lackluster really. I hope you have a little more in store for us 12+ year players than that.

[Iriale]

I like the anniversary gift, but why btc?

Seriously, if you're not going to create a cosmetic wardrobe turn all the perma hirelings and cosmetics into BTA. What sense or utility does the cosmetics of the expansions, which receive all the characters are btc? And the perma hirelings? No one can wear two cosmetics at the same time, all the characters receive them, and they have no numerical value.

[Matuse]

From the patch notes:

The Anniversary Event has been updated! New rewards, NPCs, and more will be discovered when the event opens later this week.

So no, the BTC cosmetic is no the only thing being done. Just not active yet.

Also the cosmetic isn't active yet either.

[HastyPudding]

I like the look of the cosmetics (even though with everyone walking around with the same thing kind of destroys the point), but I'm with most people here: why BtC? It would have been so much better to get a package on your first character you login on, giving a full set of cosmetics that are BtA. I greatly dislike this new BtC scheme, it clogs up so much space, even on characters that I already have maxed out on bank and inventory space.

Other than that, I like the bug fixes, especially with undead in ravenloft.

[Astanila]

Monsters will now only investigate breakable sounds at medium range.

Wait, what? I thought they stop working for a long time. Did this mean they would go check the place my attack hits again? Years ago, I could pull monsters by shooting the floor, wall, and breakable near them, so they would come and check that place. Now, they stopped acting like that except for noisemaker trap. Or it only means that the radius of awareness is turned down?

[Aredharr]

No fix yet for the epic bone crusher not accepting sentience? I was really looking forward to this...

[Ballrus]

Hello.

"Fighter Vanguard "Shield Rush" second and third ranks DC now properly scale off your highest attribute modifier."

Really thanks for this!!
It's working now!

[Memnir]

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[HuneyMunster]

Release Notes have been published.

Don't see light armor cosmetic only docent version. Also, no outfit version.

Robe looks good for my sorc especially as Legendary Barovian Nobles' Regalia is so ugly with its lime green color and looks of a random loot item instead of the Ravenloft flavor other armors have.

[Qhualor]

Release Notes have been published.

Overall it looks pretty good, but

1. Ddoor in TS is obviously because players complained about having to run back to the top after getting blown off. To me, that was part of the fun having to fight or get by the mobs outside and be 1 of a few left up top challenging ourselves to do what we could until the rest of the group made it's way back up. Would have been more thematic to hit an elevator lever at the top of the mountain so players could ride back up.

2. Didn't notice mobs reacted to breakable noises. It makes sense, but hopefully with a reduced hearing range it also means the chain agro isn't as bad even in places where there are no breakables around to trigger them.

[ggalhano]

And here I was, thinking nothing could be topped after the first anniversary DDO had within SSG's grasp.

I was so wrong, we now have some ToEE armor/docent based cosmetics that are BTC.

Impressive.

[Matuse]

2. Didn't notice mobs reacted to breakable noises. It makes sense, but hopefully with a reduced hearing range it also means the chain agro isn't as bad even in places where there are no breakables around to trigger them.

In Kobold's New Ringleader, if you went into the spider corridor optional, breaking the boxes in there would pull 20+ kobolds out of the last corridor leading to the boss fight because they heard the box breaking from across the map and through a 20 foot thick stone wall.

[Qhualor]

In Kobold's New Ringleader, if you went into the spider corridor optional, breaking the boxes in there would pull 20+ kobolds out of the last corridor leading to the boss fight because they heard the box breaking from across the map and through a 20 foot thick stone wall.

Never had that problem before, especially since you still have to open the door to get to the corridor leading to the last fight. How it happens for me is that after opening the door a kobold runs up to the gong where the other mobs are triggering them to run down to you, but often the kobold dies in their own fire trap.

In your case it's more likely the kobolds agro'd you through the door, which is common in a lot of quests.

[Whitering]

And here I was, thinking nothing could be topped after the first anniversary DDO had within SSG's grasp.

I was so wrong, we now have some ToEE armor/docent based cosmetics that are BTC.

Impressive.

Drag from inventory item, just like the Bavarian ones. I do not have room for this ****. Wow.

Wow. Wow. Wow.

I often see events as an excuse to play alts (my main is not yet a super god), but the anniversary event is not one such as it is full of mostly mediocre items. I just finished getting a free new super duper ship in STO online, where they understand that anniversaries should be special.

This is the only thing to be excited about from the notes

Action Boosts and other activated statistical boosts will no longer pause melee attacking.

[Vish]

Hey great patch update
Idc the cosmetics
Don't really care gifts if they just take up inventory
That stuff adds up you know...

But great work on transporters in Barovia
That will make getting around there real easy
Very qol appreciated

And saw the work in jorasco
Opened up some new buildings
Looking good for u38

Also
Thanks for not nerfing duality
You'd have to go back on a lot I know
But if you do it when ravenloft becomes free
I'll laugh
But I'll also be very sad

[Captain_Wizbang]

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I second this, and agree (to whatever it is)