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Archive for July, 2011
DDO Store Summer Specials – Week 5
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No Live Show This Sat, July 30th
Sig and I are on vacation for the weekend. We will release a pre-recorded Episode 227 on the following Monday. Next Live show will Episode 228 be on August 6, 2011 @ 3:00 PM Eastern (Noon Pacific).
In the mean time you can follow us to keep up on the latest news!
See you then!
Crafting with…Courtney Episode 6
Courtney crafts a maul to crush oozes and rust monsters!
Episode 226
DDOcast is a weekly DDO podcast created by fans for fans! We discuss nearly everything related to Dungeons and Dragons Online – Eberron Unlimited.
Episode 226 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 aboout U10.2 patch notes, DDO News, A special segment on Cannith Crafting Q&A, Round Table Talk on DDO Videos, Community News, and more! We also have some awesome content with Epic Education, DDO Poetry Corner and Premium Perspective!
Today’s Music is from Marc Gunn, Celtic Geek musician of renown and host of the very excellent “Marc Gunn’s Irish & Celtic Music Podcast”. The tune we heard was the title song from a new album titled “Don’t go Drinking With Hobbits” (You here that Lessah? It’s dangerous, be careful!) More info at http://www.marcgunn.com/
We Have Mascots! And We Have a New Logo!
Kobolds! Meet DDOCast’s new kobold mascots, Snippit (the girl kobold) and Snagz (the boy kobold). You will see them a lot here as time goes on getting up to various hijinks and hopefully bringing you amusement. They were brought to life by the talent of the mighty Drew Pocza. We hope you like them!
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DDOcast Episode 226 (07-23-11)
0:42 Intro
2:36 DDO News
10:10 DDOcast Annoucement: Introducing our Mascots!
11:40 Sponsor Break
12:51 Cannith Crafting Q&A Special
25:49 DDO Poetry Corner with Skaggy the Poet
30:17 Epic Education with Shamgar
40:53 Premium Perspective with Ecgric
53:21 Round Table Talk: DDO & Game Videos
1:00:35 DDO Community News
1:09:22 What’s New in DDO with Us
1:11:12 General Gaming News
1:17:18 DDOcast Mail & Messages
1:24:37 Last Call Outs
1:26:59 Closing
END
TOTAL TIME: 1:29:48
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LINK for Lamannia U10.2 Release Notes
LINK for Live U10.2 Release Notes
LINK for Lamania Crafting event last Wendsday
LINK for Scheduled Server Downtime: 6:00 AM – 10:00 AM Eastern (-4 GMT) Monday, July 25th
LINK for BUG: Cove Epics can’t have their slots cleared
LINK for BUG: Craftable items w/ Guild Augment Slots Not Working with Augment Crystals
LINK for Risia Ice Games Now Thru July 30th
LINK for DDO Store Sales & Promos
LINK for LIKE for Discount on Hearts of Wood on Facebook!
LINK for Cannith Crafting Q&A
LINK for Anne’s Article on Cannith Crafting BETA w/ Response from Glin
LINK for Maj Malphunction responded to a call for cool DDO Videos like those from WOW
LINK for Ookami007 Night of The Devourer comic
LINK for Epic Education on The Chronoscope
LINK for Favored Soul 101
LINK for The Eberron Chronicle
LINK for Last Week’s DDO Newsletter
LINK for Crafting with…Courtney! Episode 5
LINK for Wizards of the Coast put up Chapter One for Free of The Shard Axe online!
LINK for LOTRO expansion beta starts July 27
LINK for Pre Orders for Star Wars The Old Republic Are now Available
LINK for San Diago Comic Con 2011 – July 21-24
LINK for Gen Con Indy 2011 in Indianapolis, IN – Aug 4-7
LINK for GamesCom 2011 in Cologne, Germany – Aug 17-21
LINK for PAX Prime in Seattle, WA on Aug 26-28, 2011
DDO Update 10 Patch 2 Notes for Live Servers!
Update 10 Patch 2 Release Notes for Dungeons & Dragons Online! These release notes were posted on Monday, July 25th, 2011.
A New DDOcast Logo!
Kobolds! Meet DDOCast’s new mascots, Snippit (the girl kobold) and Snagz (the boy kobold). You will see them a lot here as time goes on getting up to various hijinks and hopefully bringing you amusement. They were brought to life by the talent of the mighty Drew Pocza. We hope you like them!
DDO Store Summer Specials – Week 4
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Cannith Crafting: A Live BETA
Disclaimer: I’m going to brag a bit. You know, just to get it out of my system. And then I promise to move on to what I’m really trying to say. So if you don’t like bragging farts, stop reading here and feel free to skip down to the next section if it pleases you. 
So I’ve been playing MMOs for about 12 years now. I do not have enough fingers on my hands to count the number of closed betas I’ve been in. I consider myself lucky to be invited to test so many MMOs. Today, I don’t do much beta testing. I sometimes miss it, at other times I’m glad I have the free time to do other things.
Cannith Crafting: A Live BETA
So when Cannith Crafting was put on the live servers in a BETA format, it was the first time I’ve heard of a MMO subsystem being tested in such a fashion. It’s highly unorthodox to release sub-systems into the live arena, but in the case of the Cannith crafting system I can understand why, what they had to gain (and potentially lose) from doing it. There are also some interesting unexpected results from using this method of “live” beta testing.
The Reason: Not Enough Testers
In huge games like WoW (nearly 12 million Players) or even Aion (3 million players), the response to a beta-testing call-to-arms is astounding. Typically a percent of the player base are also closed beta testers and able to see content months in advance (but only after rigorous NDA agreements are signed). If we assume that only one half of a percent (0.5%) MMORPG’s population are close beta testers that would be nearly 60,000 beta players for a game like WoW. (1)
Lamannia Crafting Event! Wed, July 20th @ 7pm-10pm EST
Wednesday, July 20th 404error (Turbine QA Rep) will be online on Lamannia to give out some platinum for crafting purchases and a small bit of XP. The ‘granting’ sessions will be fairly short and followed by some ‘challenge’ sessions.
When: Wednesday, July 20th, 7pm to 10pm EST (GMT-0400)
Where: House Kundarak Enclave, on the steps near the the Guild Vendors.
For the first hour 404error will be standing on a platform and will teleport people to me who are in the need of platinum or leveling. Players are limited to a single account and a single character when asking for leveling.
After the first hour, the event will move to the dias in House Kundarak for some fun. Bring your best stuff, as 404error will be bringing some of his “friends”, hoping to be able to provide you with a challenge. You will very likely want to be playing a level 15 or higher character when the challenges start.