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Episode 253
DDOcast is a weekly DDO podcast created by fans for fans! We discuss nearly everything related to Dungeons and Dragons Online.
Episode 253 is ready! Here’s a LINK to the episode – just left-click to play, right-click and ‘save as’ to download as an mp3. You can find DDOcast on iTunes, the Zune Marketplace and Cyberears.com.
This week Sig and Anne talk about the latest in the DDO world! Coldin joins us as a guest host and to talk about the latest info on Epic Destinies! We also have DDO trivia contests you can play! Answer the questions and you may win a PAX East Winter Wolf!
DDOcast Episode 253 (05-05-2012)
0:00:36 Intro
0:01:48 DDO News
0:15:20 Trivia Break
0:16:29 Round Table Talk: Epic Destinies
0:17:03 Sponsor Break
0:47:54 Whatcha been doing in DDO?
0:50:24 Trivia Break
0:51:05 DDO Community News
1:05:43 Trivia Break
1:06:06 Lightning Post
1:13:50 Gear Crunchy
1:19:30 Trivia Break
1:20:20 General Gaming News
1:28:09 Trivia Break
1:28:54 Closing
END
TOTAL TIME: 1:30:45
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DDO MotU Closed Beta Invites on May 10th!
Looks like Menace of the Underdark Closed Beta Invites will be arriving NEXT THURSDA on May 10, 2012. Good luck on getting in everyone! In the meantime, here are some images to wet your appetite.
On Vacation! Next Live Show is on May 5th
Hi Everyone!
Looks like we ran out of time this week to get out Ep 253. Sig and I are out for next week on vacation, so I’ll hand you some DDO news before we’re out:
New 4-part DevTrailer for DDO: Beyond the Web: Forgotten Realms – Part 1
- Highlights Include
- Erik Boyer (Senior Dev) – Eberron is where we came from: Mage-punk, technoogy is magic.
- Fernando Paiz – Forgotten Realms is the most iconic settings of D&D. Getting to Ferun from Eberron is very big deal and getting it right is important.
- Dan Haard (Associate Lead Artist) – We have to be careful when dealing both Eberron and Forgotten Realms, because they are both beloved properties by fans. So turbine is working with Wizards of the Coast
- Rick Liu (Lead Content Designer) – Treat both worlds and the connection between the worlds with respect; its not a trivial thing to go between campaign settings
- Charles Miles (Senior Content Designer) – The whole linchpin between the settings is Lolth, who is powerful enough to create bridges through worlds.
- Images Seen
- Village of Evening Star both in game and art concepts
- Art Concepts, Framing, In-game of King’s Forest
- Polygonal modeling wire frames of environments, before 3D rendering has been applied.
- Part 2 coming on May 4th
http://www.youtube.com/dungeonsanddragons/
Build Your Guild!
- What is Build Your Guild? It’s a fun way to earn in-game bonuses and get an army together to take on the Drow! Are you a new or returning player?*
- Get these benefits from joining a guild:
- Get +10% XP and +1 Loot just for grouping with fellow guild members!
- Earn two Large Bounties for reaching level 8!**
- Earn one Large Bounty for reaching levels 12 and 16!
- Earn two Large Bounties for reaching level 20!
- Your entire guild will get these bonuses as well:
- Non-new and non-returning players who are grouped with new or returning guild members earn +5% XP and +1 Loot!
- Non-new and non-returning player characters will earn a Small Bounty for their guild at levels 12, 16 and 20!
- Large Bounties will award 25,000 Guild Renown and five Astral Diamonds, and Small Bounties will award 2,500 Guild Renown. All Bounties are subject to guild size bonuses, and are affected by Guild Renown Elixirs.
http://www.ddo.com/buildyourguild
Crystal Cove is Back! Now Thru May 6th
http://compendium.ddo.com/wiki/Treasure_of_the_Crystal_Cove_Guide
Good News: Bound To Account/Character Bag Bug to be fixed in the Next Patch
http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?&postid=4424133#post4424133
New DDO Store Features
- New Bookmark Features:
- When you first enter the DDO Store, you can go straight to a list of the things you’ve bookmarked by clicking the bookmark icon, which looks like the above image. NOTE: If you put an account item into your bookmarks list, that item will be removed from your bookmarks once purchased.
- To bookmark an item, go to that item’s description, and you will see a “Bookmark This Item” button. Press it and it’s bookmarked!
- New Icons
- Featured Items: Items with this icon are the recent additions and are displayed prominently in the store.
- Hot Items: Items with this icon are current bestsellers in the store.
- Limited Time Items: Items with this icon are only available in the store for a limited time.
- New Items: Items with this icon have been newly added to the store.
- Sale Items: Items with this icon are currently on sale in the store.
- Seasonal Items: Items with this icon are seasonal items, and may be unavailable once the current season ends.
http://my.ddo.com/turbinecommunity/2012/04/26/new-to-the-ddo-store-bookmarks-and-more/
More Point Bundles
- 11,000 TP for $100
- 24,000 TP for $200
http://www.ddo.com/us/ddostorepoints
DDO Bonus Days
- Get +20% Guild Renown through April 29th!
DDO Store Sales
- NOW thru May 3rd: 30% off Guild XP, High-Level Adventure Packs, Astral Diamonds and SP Pots
http://www.ddo.com/ddostoresale
Massively’s Look at DDO Monsters with Pictures!
http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/04/17/turbine-shows-off-new-ddo-expansion-beasties/
MMO Reporter has a super nice video on MotU from their PAX East Tour
http://mmoreporter.com/2012/04/15/pax-east-2012-ddo-menace-of-the-underdark-preview/
Samius’ AC List
http://my.ddo.com/samiusbot/2012/04/26/my-much-anticipated-ac-list/
No DDOcast Live This Week! Plus new DDO Dev Video
We’ll probably do a pre-recorded show for Episode 253. Also no live so for April 28th, that means our next live show will be Saturday, May 5th 2012.
In the mean time, enjoy the latest Dev Sneak Peek video from Turbine:
PAX East 2012 DDOCast Press Tour with Fernando Paiz
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Episode 252
DDOcast is a weekly DDO podcast created by fans for fans! We discuss nearly everything related to Dungeons and Dragons Online – Eberron Unlimited.
Episode 252 is ready! Here’s a LINK to the episode – just left-click to play, right-click and ‘save as’ to download as an mp3. You can find DDOcast on iTunes, the Zune Marketplace and Cyberears.com.
This week Sig & Anne are joined by Deadnettle as guest host! We’ve got lots of DDO news, round-table talks on the Enhancements Revamp, the latest community news, and more gaming related news. We’ve also got the latest Back to the Lab by Strype and an experimental segment called, Gear Crunch!
Today’s music is…D&D by Stephen Lynch off his album The Craig Machine. Available on Amazon and iTunes! Learn more about Stephen Lynch at http://www.stephenlynch.com/
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DDOcast Episode 252 (04-14-2012)
0:00:42 Intro
0:02:00 DDO News
0:14:10 Enhancement Revamp Chat With Deadnettle
0:43:23 Sponsor Break
0:44:00 DDOcast News
0:47:23 Whatcha been doing in game?
0:51:34 Back to The Lab
1:00:18 Community News
1:04:12 Lightning Post
1:08:28 Gear Crunch: Gearing Up a Level 20 Pale Master
1:14:20 Latest DDOcast news: Enhancement Revamp Update from MadFloyed
1:15:13 Gaming General News
1:16:42 Closing
END
TOTAL TIME: 1:18:59
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DDO Lamannia Party!
Lamannia Party From Thursday April 12th, through April 28th
MajorMalphunktion Speaks!
Hey folks! For the next three weeks we are going to be running a community party on Lamannia! From Thursday April 12th, through April 28th we will be having events on Lamannia! You personally can win 250 Turbine Points once a day, just for showing up! That’s right! Every day, for just for coming to Lamannia you can win Turbine Points. If you win every day for a week that is 1750 Turbine Points! Not a bad deal eh?
Here are details on how you can participate:
Part 2 Interview with Fernando Piaz @ PAX East 2012 (Raw)
Here’s Part 2 of the interview with DDO Exec Producer Fernando Piaz! Many thanks to Steiner-D, our PAX East Contact! This interview took place on Saturday, April 7, 2012. The recording is very rough and no edits were made. We’ll try and do transcripts soon.
You can download the full MP3 HERE just right-click and save as!