Dungeons & Dragons Online

Monthly: May 2014

Guild Airships

By on May 19th, 2014

082013screenshotwk136A few weeks ago some more information about the new airships were released. You can read it all yourself here but here are some basics.

Max guild level is going to be raised to 200 with decay returning but only to guilds that are level 150 or above. As of now, all guild amenities will be awarded before level 150 so anything above that will be for bragging rights so to speak.

There are going to be six new airships and a whole list of new amenities. The old amenities are staying but as far as I can tell you will not be able to purchase the old contracts so be sure to make a mule and stock up on contracts in case the new ones are not to your liking. Most of the new ones you can purchase for platinum but some will be with astral shards only. The ship buffs will last longer and not go away on death. There will also be a “buff bar” on the top deck that will grant all installed amenities. No more waiting 5 minutes between every quest to buff.

The old airships are going to get a major overhaul. Here’s a little video sample.

There is a lot to take. I haven’t looked forward like this to an update since the enhancement pass last year. I hope that it comes out as polished as that did. I’m pretty sure it will.

Winners have been chosen!

By on May 2nd, 2014

I will be sending private messages to the Facebook and Twitter winners, so keep an eye on in-boxes.

I didn’t receive too many screen shots but even so it was really hard to pick a winner. There were a few that really stood out but I chose this one as the winner. It’s entitled “A New Begining – To Stormreach and Beyond.”

A New Beginning

A New Beginning – To Stormreach and Beyond

Thanks to everyone who participated and I’ll see you in game!

Epic 3BC Dev Diary

By on May 1st, 2014

Developer PurpleFooz released a Dev Diary on the forums that helps to answer a few questions about update 22. He briefly discusses the story line and mosters. He also talks about what he calls airship monsters.

From the looks of the early test footage (which can be seen below) we will be fighting airships and their crews.

He doesn’t talk about this at all, this is just an idea on my part but seeing as guilds have airships and the pirates do too, I wonder if airship to airship combat could be included. Guild ship vs. pirate ship or possibly a new PvP type arena where guilds are the crews of their airships and it could be guild vs. guild…

Later in the forum post he answers some specific questions that came up. He talks about the treasure and how it will be tiered up via difficulty, I suspect similar to quests newer then Menace of the Underdark.  I think the loot will look similar to the current heroic 3BC loot which was added a few updates ago, but epic of course. I do hope they add new stuff though. He also says they are going to revisit the Heroic XP and possibly add a new saga with 3BC and the Sentinels of Stormreach series. Once they get them fixed of course.

My favorite thing is how this won’t be just a rehash of old content. With a new quest added for epic content only and 3BC getting a new public area and facelift I think this will breathe some new life into a quest pack that I’ve always loved but never felt the need to play.