Looking to farm some gear, what are the best quests to run...

[jfgddo]

if I don't have Sharn, Isle, Saltmarsh, or Fey? Someone posted Sands might be good and also Ravenloft, I am trying to improve my Light armor Pale trapper, SWF w/ Bastards. I would like to get a set for bonuses!

Any suggestions and help would be greatly appreciated!!

[JOTMON]

Just get Sharn, it is still the best in game for ease of access, then go IOD.
From my perspective, Isle of Dread is the current long term grind, unfortunately it only betters Sharn when fully crafting upgraded and completed 5+ items.
Ravenloft is inferior to Sharn.. has some decent stuff but is easily outpaced by Sharn sets.
also consider investing into Cannith Crafting. Crafting lets you fill a lot of voids.

The rest.. meh...
-Fey has a couple pieces that are useful and can be blended with Sharn easily enough, good low level TR stuff.
-Saltmarsh is similar to Fey, good low level goodies for TR lives.
-Sands upgrading is the Legendary upgrade stuff covering a bunch of old packs and is piecemeal stuff relative to the Sharn/Isle... more of a long term farm.
https://ddowiki.com/page/Legendary_Crafting

[Nebless]

-Ravenloft is inferior.

Ravenloft's big draw is the initial weapon you get to pick once you go through the 'intro / through the mists' quest.

[TitusOvid]

Item sets are a good orientation. Red Fens, Kundarak might be something for you. Sands of course. You might be able to combine 2 sets. Even Sora Kell is not bad to start out. I didn't take a look, if ToEE has sets and if yes, if they are any good. But there is a neat B-sword in it.
https://ddowiki.com/page/Named_item_sets

Good luck.

Cheers,
Titus.

[adamkatt]

if I don't have Sharn, Isle, Saltmarsh, or Fey? Someone posted Sands might be good and also Ravenloft, I am trying to improve my Light armor Pale trapper, SWF w/ Bastards. I would like to get a set for bonuses!

Any suggestions and help would be greatly appreciated!!

If youre not going to buy any packs, sands and the lords of dust chain items can be upgraded to 30.. so you may want to look over all that equip. But hey if youre grinding past lives those points will add up, just save them for adventure packs you want and watch for them to go on sale or not... if you have ever heard of deathy(the streamer) he is totally ftp and always has been. he has unlocked everything via ftp.. although he may have been gifted some stuff recently for being a ddo full time streamer.

[jfgddo]

TY to everyone. I appreciate your input!

[C-Dog]

I am trying to improve my Light armor Pale trapper, SWF w/ Bastards. I would like to get a set for bonuses!

The answer depends on why/when you want the gear...

For TR, for hanging around 20, for ER, for end-game 30-32, or for a combination of some?

For example, Ravenloft is the best gear for ML 10, can easily carry you to 20, and is ample (but not "best") for farming 20(+).

Masterminds of Sharn is the best at ML 15, great for farming around 20, and can carry you toward 30 (but, obviously, you may want to add for primary stat/fort/etc.)

At the other end of the spectrum, the weapons from the QL 4 Sharn Syndicate chain are, hands down, the best ML 2 weapons in the game, better than cannith crafted. (No "sets" from this, just using for comparison.)

So - where do you want this "set" to fit in your leveling/gaming plan?

[Krasuss]

Nothing you are saying makes sense to me ER, TR, ML, Purple Cayon,

So in a section for new players, people are talking about lvl 20 stuff, but getting that from low level areas... I've never struggled to understand an mmo before, WoW, WHO, GW2, Rift, SWTOR, STO - hell, i even used to code MUD's back in the day, but this place, I just feel like im walking in to a wall again and again and again.

[TitusOvid]

You have certain levels in the game that are, let's say, interim goals for equipment.
TR = True Ressuection. You start at lvl 1 or 15 (iconic).
You want to have a good starter set when you (re-)start at level 1 or 15. (Lots of people use the xp stones to get them to lvl 3+).
So some nice items low level are nice. And Sharn set for lvl 15.
ER = Epic Reincarnation - from 30 back to 20
Lots of people take a Sharn set and fill it up with Borderlands at 21 and a CitW weapon at lvl 23.
ML = Minimum Level of the item
Purple Crayon = my fav pen in the whole wide world.

Cheers,
Titus.

[JOTMON]

Nothing you are saying makes sense to me ER, TR, ML, Purple Cayon,

So in a section for new players, people are talking about lvl 20 stuff, but getting that from low level areas... I've never struggled to understand an mmo before, WoW, WHO, GW2, Rift, SWTOR, STO - hell, i even used to code MUD's back in the day, but this place, I just feel like im walking in to a wall again and again and again.

DDO is a complex game based on the traditional Pen and paper Dungeons & Dragons game, the forums are not an easy read for truly new players.

Like many games character development is driven on gaining Experience that gives access to the player to raise Character level to access to higher challenges and power items not usable by low level characters.

DDO has some evolutionary differences to other MMO games that allow players to continue to recycle existing characters back through previously completed content without starting from scratch.

The basic character starts as a level 1 character with choice of race and class, there is an option (basically a $pay option) to start as an Iconic toon that begins with enough starting experience (XP) to level directly to level 15.


ML - is a simple anagram.. Minimum Level


Over the years as the game has evolved tiers and benchmarks have brought more complexity.
One of these is the introduction of the ability to reincarnate a character.

Reincarnations:
for history and details... https://ddowiki.com/page/Reincarnation

LR - Lesser reincarnations - resets your character back to level 1 with all the XP you have earned available to re-level back to where you were allowing for some limited changes.
( has various "+x" versions that allow a limited number of class choices changes (+1,+3,+5,+20)

TR - True reincarnation - an obsolete term referring to reincarnations that is still used as a generalized reincarnation encompassing the following current reincarnation types...
HR (HTR)- Heroic Reincarnation - taking a level 20+ character back to level 1 while retaining gear and obtaining a past life bonus (stackable 3x per life of class)
RR (RTR)- Racial Reincarnation - taking a level 20+ character back to level 1 while retaining gear and obtaining a past life bonus (stackable 3x per racial life)
ER (ETR) - Epic Reincarnation - taking a level 30+ character back to level 20 (Heroic cap) while retaining gear and and obtaining a past life bonus (stackable 3x per Epic levels)
IR (ITR) - Iconic Reincarnation - taking a level 30+ character back to level 1 while retaining gear and obtaining 2 past life bonuss (class and Iconic) (stackable 3x per life)


I don't know what a "Purple Cayon" is...

[marinersfan]

What level range are you looking for to upgrade your guy?

Mid-heroics:
I agree with others - sands and red fens are a good place to start since you can get 2-item set bonuses. I think fens is probably easiest to get your full set. Base items are mid-heroic level but I think both can be upgraded to be useful in epic content. Since these quests had a loot pass, I think ravenloft is less desirable.

High heroics and Early epics:
Mysterious bauble (ML 18) from quest "the weapons shipment" is a nice source of extra sp

I like epic voice of the master since it can take a filigree and also has 3 augment slots

Borderlands gear is pretty solid for ML 21. Typically, I don't bother with switching to this gear because I'm content with my ML 15 sharn gear. Since you don't have sharn, this stuff may appeal to you

You could run "house of rusted blades" to try to get a drow b-sword of the weaponmaster, but I feel like it takes a ton of luck to get what you want. Might be better to search the AH and post in your server's forum marketplace to see if you can't find one.

The epic catacombs has a few interesting items that are ml 23 (I think)...might be useful to fill in slots that you don't have anything

The raid "caught in the web" has some interesting low epic weapons. "Nightmare, the Fallen Moon" is the name of the b-sword from here. It doesn't seem like as good of an item as some of the other pulls from here and probably is not worth the effort (hard to find groups for this, and hard to solo given the final fight mechanic)

In my opinion, gianthold gear is VERY bad, don't waste energy farming this stuff.

Legendary content:
Probably upgraded fens/sands gear? Maybe take a look at the gear list for "the lost gatekeepers" chain to see if any of the artifacts appeal to you. I've focused most of my effort here on sharn and fey, so can't offer much help here.

For TR:
Pale lavender ioun stone is very nice, but will likely require at least 6 runs of the dreaming dark (casual is fine, you're going after the end reward list)

[C-Dog]

Nothing you are saying makes sense to me ER, TR, ML, Purple Cayon,

Forgot this was "new player advice", or I'd have (literally) spelled those out; they all relate to "when?" the OP is planning to make use of their sets (and are all good acronyms to know).

In the future, any such confusion/questions can be quickly resolved via the Wiki:

o DDOWiki "Glossary" (link can be found in the Navigation Header at the top of every Wiki page, "Glossary")

(and/or just read here: https://ddowiki.com/page/Reincarnati..._Reincarnation)

So in a section for new players, people are talking about lvl 20 stuff, but getting that from low level areas...

New players can plan ahead for a time in the future, even tho' they will (probably) not be "new" when that time comes.

WoW, WHO, GW2, Rift, SWTOR, STO

I'm sorry, nothing you're saying makes sense to me (and can't find it in the Glossary). Que es un cayon?

I just feel like im walking in to a wall again and again and again.

There's nothing complicated about the game, but it is complex - that is, no single part is hard to understand, but there are a lot of parts to it. You've already started to understand some, more and more will fall into place with time.

[Krasuss]

WoW, WHO, GW2, Rift, SWTOR, STO

World of Warcraft, Warhammer Online, Guild Wars 2, Rift, Star Wars The Old Republic and Star Trek Online - dont pretend like you didnt now All MMO's i've played over the years and had no problem in understanding the game, finding my way around, etc etc...


Purple Crayon - its a comment out of context, meaningless, random, - an observation that I understood what you just said about as mush as you understood what I just said.

[C-Dog]

(I understood. Mush, mush more.)