U48.4 Preview 1: New Raid " The Dryad and the Demigod"

[Cocomajobo]

Disclaimer

Everything seen on the preview server, Lamannia, is not final and is subject to change or removal before live release.

Update 48 Patch 4 is expected to debut the new Raid "The Dryad and the Demigod". It bears special mention that sound plays an important part in the experience of this new raid, in particular, the "Ambient Sound" volume channel. Sound isn't required to complete the raid, we're just suggesting that if you normally play with it off that you go into this one with it on as there's some fun stuff in there. This is a cap level raid that is part of the Fables of the Feywild.

To access the Fables of the Feywild on the preview server, simply speak to Lord Poincelot in the center island of the Test Dojo to be granted preview server specific DDO points and then "purchase" any of the "Fables of the Feywild" Adventure Pack in the DDO Preview Store (you will likely need to use the search bar in the DDO Store).

The Dryad and the Demigod can be found by speaking to Hermia (the owl) in the test dojo.


Known Issues

• Currently you can not enter the raid unless you are level 30. Hermia will tell you you are on a raid timer if you speak to her while below level 30.
• Teleporting inside the instance will cause certain voice music sections to terminate before finishing.
• Disabling sound on focus will also cause these song sections to terminate early.
• Many drama sections aren’t animating their emotes yet
• Some characters do not yet have all their special attacks
• The raid space has yet to have it's final cosmetic pass

[Carpone]

Will the raid require flagging when it is pushed to live?

Please say no.

[Carpone]

Bug: If you talk to the dryad but don't finish the dialogue (just close the window), the raid bugs out. You can't talk with the dryad again to start the raid.

[Knockback]

Will the raid require flagging when it is pushed to live?

Please say no.

The raid does not require flagging. (You do get a warning if you're not flagged, but you can choose to ignore it.)

[Carpone]

The raid does not require flagging. (You do get a warning if you're not flagged, but you can choose to ignore it.)

Best news about this patch.

Just did the raid on R1, and failed because we didn't protect Hawthorne from the corruption. Hawthorne was at 100% health and had no debuffs. If there's supposed to be an obvious reason why we failed, it didn't manifest. Known issue?

[slarden]

I am a bit shocked at the design choice of a protection mission when those are extremely fragile due to lag.

[Drwaz99]

I am a bit shocked at the design choice of a protection mission when those are extremely fragile due to lag.

Yup. That in addition to the loot makes this a complete skip for me. I'll never buy an expansion where the raid comes later again. Fool me once, shame on you. You won't fool me again.

[GramercyRiff]

I just uninstalled the game because of this update.

[Carrow12]

Between the music, the singing, and it being a protection/escort mission - this is just bad.

[Sho-sa]

So what's the cool, new thing Cordo alluded to?

[dunklezhan]

Between the music, the singing, and it being a protection/escort mission - this is just bad.

OK so I reserve judgement on the idea of the escort mission, it depends on exactly how easy it is to meet the fail criteria vs meeting the success criteria as to how much that really would matter to me. And Lammania on an early preview is not the time to assess that anyway. I don't hate the idea on principle, it's usually just that in DDO the flippin' AI is so unreliable.

But the music and singing? From what I saw on the livestream that part looks *awesome*.

*You* may not like that, but that's the kind of thing that actually makes *me* want to experience the thing enough to consider trying to find a friendly raid pug again.

[carsonfball]

Disclaimer

Everything seen on the preview server, Lamannia, is not final and is subject to change or removal before live release.

Update 48 Patch 4 is expected to debut the new Raid "The Dryad and the Demigod". It bears special mention that sound plays an important part in the experience of this new raid, in particular, the "Ambient Sound" volume channel. Sound isn't required to complete the raid, we're just suggesting that if you normally play with it off that you go into this one with it on as there's some fun stuff in there. This is a cap level raid that is part of the Fables of the Feywild.

To access the Fables of the Feywild on the preview server, simply speak to Lord Poincelot in the center island of the Test Dojo to be granted preview server specific DDO points and then "purchase" any of the "Fables of the Feywild" Adventure Pack in the DDO Preview Store (you will likely need to use the search bar in the DDO Store).

The Dryad and the Demigod can be found by speaking to Hermia (the owl) in the test dojo.


Known Issues

• Currently you can not enter the raid unless you are level 30. Hermia will tell you you are on a raid timer if you speak to her while below level 30.
• Teleporting inside the instance will cause certain voice music sections to terminate before finishing.
• Disabling sound on focus will also cause these song sections to terminate early.
• Many drama sections aren’t animating their emotes yet
• Some characters do not yet have all their special attacks
• The raid space has yet to have it's final cosmetic pass

I am unlikely to ever run this raid as I hate protection quests. Too many things beyond the player's control can go wrong (lag, buggy AI, etc.) and then you just wasted a lot of time to accomplish nothing.