Dungeons & Dragons Online

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Upcoming Extended Twitch Stream

By on Dec 21st, 2016

On Christmas Eve Eve (December 23rd 2016) I’m going to do an extended live steam on twitch.tv. I will be starting at around 9am (maybe earlier) and I will go until 3am or 4am on December 24th.  I would do a complete 24 hour stream but it being Christmas Eve when I end I don’t want to end up sleeping through my plans that I have with my family.

I will be attempting to finish my bard character that I started in my last 24 hour stream. I’m currently at level 12 and I think I should be able to hit level 20 by the time the stream ends. I have acquired some more DDO Point (formally Turbine point codes) codes to give away as well. You can find my stream here.

Speaking of formally Turbine point codes, if you haven’t heard DDO is moving away from Turbine and going to an indie company Standing Stone Games. You can read more here.

I think (and am hoping) that is will be good for the players. Without the giant corporation looming over their head I think the team can do things that make sense for the game and less for the pocketbook. That might bring more people to the game which in turn will be good for their pocketbook which honestly is what this is about. I think the fact that WB/Turbine put their pockets first is what was slowing down the game. In the end though this game is a business and if the business isn’t making money it won’t be around too long. But this is only my opinion and the facts could be totally different and I could be completely wrong about Turbine and WB.

Lessons from a 24 hour stream

By on Dec 5th, 2016

screenshot00411I finished my 24 stream last week. I did not get anywhere near my goal of getting to level 20. I only got it to level 12. My guildie Reduxto joined me about half way through which helped me a lot. The main thing I learned is leveling is hard. I think if I would have had a full group the whole time I might have made it to 15 but level 20 was a bit out of reach. Also, gearing quickly was a pain in the butt. At level 12 I’m pretty under geared.

I gave away a bunch of Turbine point codes on the stream using the chat which was a lot of fun.

So for now that character is parked until my next 24 hour live stream. I have it tentatively set for December 23rd. I’m not sure if I can get more codes but I will see if I can.

My goal this time is to make it from my current level 12 up to 20 which I think is more doable. My plan over the next 2 weeks is to craft some items to have ready and to swap out during leveling. Until then I should be streaming on Twitch on a regular basis.  Also another streamer on my server Cordaelia is doing 12 days of DDO and I will probably join her on one or two of those days. It should be loads of fun!

24 Hour Twitch Stream!

By on Nov 21st, 2016

On Saturday November 26, 2016 I will attempt to do a 24 live stream of DDO on Twitch. I’m going to start at 9am CST and try to end Sunday morning at 9am CST. It will be my first attempt do to a 24 hour stream so I’m not going to guarantee I can make it the whole way. My goal is to TR a character and get to level 20 before the 24 hours is up. I have a couple of collaborators so it’ll be easier then if I were to try to solo it. I will be on Argonnessen and I will try to have LFM/LFG up the whole time to try to get the party full. It will probably be a ZURG fest so if you join be prepared.

I have acquired some Turbine Point codes to give away during the stream. Most I will give away on Twitch but I will give a few away in game too. I haven’t figured out the mechanism exactly but it’s in the works.

I think it’ll be a fun time so come on out!

Force081 – Twitch

First Life Problems

By on May 11th, 2016

After my rant about not finding a reason to play DDO anymore I decided to do something about it. I started a new character on a new server that I don’t have any connections on and I’m streaming on http://www.twitch.tv/force081 whenever I play that character. I’m playing on Thelanis and my goal is to get to level 20 soloing and pugging pretty much all the way. I’m also posting the videos on youtube because Twitch deletes my videos after 10 days and I want to keep them longer. (there might be a way to keep them longer on Twitch but I’m not sure)

So far it’s been pretty fun. I’m finding a nice little challenge with gearing as I go and not having a lot of platinum. I actually have to look at all the end reward gear and pick something I like.

I’ve got a playlist going which you can check out here. You can also check out my first video below!

I am streaming on Twitch!

By on Mar 21st, 2016

ScreenShot00147A member of my guild on the recently came back from an extended break and he said that he started streaming on twitch.tv. Check him out, he’s at twitch.tv/JohnBigboote. Well, monkey see monkey doo. I am now streaming on twitch as well. I received my tax return last month and updated my computer a bit with a new graphics card(mid to high end quality as of 3 years ago which is good enough for DDO) and improved my internet speeds. Check me out at twitch.tv/force081. My work schedule is all over the place so I don’t have any dedicated times to play but I will probably stream when I think I’m going to be doing any thing interesting. Johnbigboote and I are going to be tandem streaming sometimes too. We are going to try to figure out fun things to do like races or soloing a “side” of a quest; things like that. A bit of a warning, we tend to have adult language, tell some crass jokes and listen to heavy metal music so if you’re not into that you might want to check this out. Check us out though, I think it’ll be a lot of fun!

On to DDO stuff. I myself have been taking a small break from DDO until recently so I’ve been missing a lot of the 10 year event. Stupid Steam had a sale last month. But I’m back now. I chose items with my 10th anniversary token thingie for all 14 of my characters. Some characters got something useful but some not so much. I still have a raiders box on a few toons that I don’t play much so the CitW weapons weren’t needed on those. I haven’t gotten to try the party event quest/challenge outside of Party Crashers yet and neither has JohnBigboote. Maybe we’ll stream it. I doubt there is enough time left in the event to get any good gear but it should be fun.

I haven’t tried a Gnome yet but then again I haven’t played a druid yet so I guess you could say that I’m a little behind on trying the updates. The plus to intelligence might come in handy for an int rogue so I might give that a shot on one of my next lives. Last time I played I noticed the little slider bar next to peoples names that adjust their voice volume. THAT IS AWESOME!!!! I’ve been looking for something like that for years. Although it’d be nice if there was a way to lock it. (if there is a way forgive my ignorance) I was trying to heal a party member and in my haste to click his name I turned his volume all the way up! It wasn’t a game breaker but it was a bit annoying. I can imagine doing the same thing and turning the volume all the way down and not noticing and end up missing some pertinent information.

I’m not usually a lag complainer but the lag has gotten pretty bad at certain points. I was doing a VON 5 and I lagged right off into the lava. Luckily I was able to /stuck out of there but if I hadn’t done it quick I would have been stuck there until I released out. You know how fast VON 5 runs can go. Maybe I would have been lucky and someone with dimension door would come grab me but probably not. The Argonnessen server came down earlier for a restart and to do some maintenance so I hope that was an effort to fix it.

Don’t forget to check us out on Twitch: JohnBigboote and Force081!

Aggressively Uninteresting

By on May 20th, 2015

Untitled Check out Gemini166 on his twitch stream http://www.twitch.tv/gemini166. He plays on my home server of Argo. He usually streams 6pm-8:30pm central time daily. I have a good time watching his stream. He does a good job of interacting with the people watching the stream. A good time all around!