tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724627099295191502024-02-18T23:10:10.548-08:00GMT's DDO BlogUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772462709929519150.post-37818952741755838992018-10-25T16:41:00.000-07:002018-10-25T16:42:48.049-07:00The woes of a fledgling Wiki editor...Why, after I decide to update a page from the Wiki that was originally published at least 7 years ago, do the nit-pickers come out of hiding and change stuff that I just wrote?<br />
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If it was bothering them, they probably could have been the one to initiate the rewrite...<br />
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They did improve the page, but it is kind of frustrating for me.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772462709929519150.post-71228041841055697972018-05-04T00:36:00.000-07:002018-05-04T00:36:29.002-07:00Long time, but not without gaming.I have shelved Wytorimabor. Ok, really I just pull him out to run new quests. He is within 300 Favor of reaching 5000, and I am happy for that.<br />
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My current project is with my current main toon, Slipperyfish. He is on his 9th life (I think) and I hope to get him up to a full completionist before too long. He has surpassed the 5k favor mark twice, and I'm pretty happy with that.<br />
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I've also been doing some writing, editing, and inserting screen shots of stuff for the Wiki. I am pretty sure that if you read this, you have also read some of my tripe over there too.<br />
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Have a wonderful day, and have fun storming the castle!<br />
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-- gmtrojanUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772462709929519150.post-22120275870531968742013-11-12T20:44:00.001-08:002013-11-18T15:50:39.825-08:00U20 - Surprises!I know how much we B**** about how the developers nerf stuff when they install a new update to our favorite online games. I also know that we can't get into one of the adventures that we paid for <strike>with MotU</strike> with the House Deneith purchase (Spies in the House). <br />
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Noting that: when I updated, I read that the things that were particularly tweeky with me were <b><i><u><span style="color: red;">actually</span></u></i></b> fixed. 1) Wytorimabor, my main character, now doesn't lose his hp when switching weapons with his shield on. 2) His stalwart defensive stance and defensive sweep enhancements show a real icon, instead of the (quite comical) "do not use" icons that had been there since the installation of the new enhancement system. 3) Slipperyfish, my rogue on Argonessen, doesn't have to reapply the envenomed weapons enhancement each and every time he goes into an adventure. That was particularly making <i>me</i> grumpy, as I would have to work that much harder if I forgot... 4) They fixed the nerf-ed enhancement problems with drow and their racial enhancements deleting every time they adjusted their epic destinies. 5) I can now LR my 1 iconic hero that I created before update 19, so he can receive the proper feats associated with the LoB.<br />
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These are the <strike>4</strike> 5 that I have seen/read that they have fixed. Now if they actually made things worse, I have not seen it. I can wait for them to reopen the nerf-ed adventure. There is a lot for me to do anyway, I can wait, as long as they don't take too long with it. Hopefully they can fix more things than they break in the future and upcoming "hot fixes" and such. At least my list of things that bug me has gone down, instead of up after an update.<br />
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Also, I have received my Raid Boxes as was promised. I am sorry if anyone reading this has had a bad experience with this new cookie.<br />
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What things should they fix next? Which are most important? Besides, of course, reopening the nerf-ed quest... go ahead be the first to tell me.<br />
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--- GMTUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772462709929519150.post-36931499446719922362013-06-02T17:14:00.001-07:002013-06-02T17:14:33.096-07:00A long time in coming...Today, I finally got the Devout status on Wytorimabor. I know that this might not seem like much for some of you, but for me, having been about 13 favor from that point for about 6 months it is a relief to finally have it. I only need to achieve the Yugoloth, PDK, and Harpers favor to be able to pick up all of the goodies that are available to characters that is available. I am currently sitting at 3287 favor of the possible 4763 (ish) that is available.<br />
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I don't know if I will ever make much more than this, unless the stars align and I am able to get the last piece of the sigil for Necro 4, and hop into a few epic elite raid groups, and I am able to muster up a few groups to possibly do the original GH raid on Elite and possibly get into the new raid... Like I said, I need the stars to align...<br />
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Well, that is all for me as an update. With school ending this next week, I will be able to play more, so maybe, just maybe, those stars will align and more will be able to be done. Be well and safe, those that actually read this and enjoy your week!<br />
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--GMTrojanUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772462709929519150.post-51119625246582577912013-05-04T09:36:00.003-07:002013-05-19T13:54:30.336-07:00Quote of the Week<strong style="background-color: black; font-family: Papyrus, 'Comic Sans MS', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18.88888931274414px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">"Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition."</span></strong><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772462709929519150.post-48397718513289941422013-04-12T20:34:00.000-07:002013-04-12T20:34:25.353-07:00Slipperyfish Scallopini - Drow Elf Rogue Mechanic<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Now, I know I didn't make this build, nor am I taking ANY credit for any of it, but this is the template that I am using for Slipperyfish. I am just reposting it here, as it came from the forums, and we won't have the forums for much longer, I think... If you know who, or are the original creator of this build, please give me a holler, and I will credit you. Have a great day!</span><br />
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<b style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Concept:</b><span style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Focus on traps, locks, and sneak, relying on repeating crossbows for damage</span><br />
<b style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Original path's flaws:</b><span style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Con too low, no Toughness, feats not suited to usage of repeating crossbows</span><br />
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<b style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Alignment</b><span style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">: </span><span style="background-color: #151515; color: orange; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Chaotic Neutral</span><span style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">, </span><span style="background-color: #151515; color: orange; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Chaotic Good</span><span style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">, </span><span style="background-color: #151515; color: green; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Neutral</span><span style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">, </span><span style="background-color: #151515; color: orange; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Neutral Good</span><span style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">, </span><span style="background-color: #151515; color: orange; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Lawful Neutral</span><span style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">, </span><span style="background-color: #151515; color: orange; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Lawful Good</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: Courier New; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: black;">..</span><span style="color: black;">...</span><span style="color: green;"><span style="color: black;">...</span>Drow<span style="color: black;">...</span></span><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: black;">..</span>Dwarf<span style="color: black;">...</span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><span style="color: black;">...</span>Elf<span style="color: black;">....</span></span><span style="color: green;"><span style="color: black;">.</span>Halfling<span style="color: black;">.</span></span><span style="color: green;"><span style="color: black;">..</span>Human<span style="color: black;">...</span></span><span style="color: red;">Warforged<span style="color: black;">.</span></span><br /><b><span style="color: black;">.</span>Str<span style="color: black;">.</span></b><span style="color: black;">....</span>10<span style="color: black;">....</span><span style="color: black;">....</span>10<span style="color: black;">....</span><span style="color: black;">....</span>10<span style="color: black;">....</span><span style="color: black;">....</span>10<span style="color: black;">....</span><span style="color: black;">....</span>10<span style="color: black;">....</span><span style="color: black;">....</span>10<span style="color: black;">....</span><br /><b><span style="color: black;">.</span>Dex<span style="color: black;">.</span></b><span style="color: black;">....</span>18<span style="color: black;">....</span><span style="color: black;">....</span>16<span style="color: black;">....</span><span style="color: black;">....</span>18<span style="color: black;">....</span><span style="color: black;">..</span>17/18<span style="color: black;">...</span><span style="color: black;">....</span>16<span style="color: black;">....</span><span style="color: black;">....</span>16<span style="color: black;">....</span><br /><b><span style="color: black;">.</span>Con<span style="color: black;">.</span></b><span style="color: black;">....</span>12<span style="color: black;">....</span><span style="color: black;">....</span>16<span style="color: black;">....</span><span style="color: black;">..</span>12/13<span style="color: black;">...</span><span style="color: black;">....</span>14<span style="color: black;">....</span><span style="color: black;">..</span>14/15<span style="color: black;">...</span><span style="color: black;">....</span>16<span style="color: black;">....</span><br /><b><span style="color: black;">.</span>Int<span style="color: black;">.</span></b><span style="color: black;">....</span>17<span style="color: black;">....</span><span style="color: black;">..</span>15/16<span style="color: black;">...</span><span style="color: black;">..</span>15/16<span style="color: black;">...</span><span style="color: black;">..</span>15/16<span style="color: black;">...</span><span style="color: black;">..</span>15/16<span style="color: black;">...</span><span style="color: black;">..</span>15/16<span style="color: black;">...</span><br /><b><span style="color: black;">.</span>Wis<span style="color: black;">.</span></b><span style="color: black;">....</span>10<span style="color: black;">....</span><span style="color: black;">....</span>10<span style="color: black;">....</span><span style="color: black;">....</span>10<span style="color: black;">....</span><span style="color: black;">....</span>10<span style="color: black;">....</span><span style="color: black;">....</span>10<span style="color: black;">....</span><span style="color: black;">...</span>8/10<span style="color: black;">...</span><br /><b><span style="color: black;">.</span>Cha<span style="color: black;">.</span></b><span style="color: black;">....</span>10<span style="color: black;">....</span><span style="color: black;">...</span>6/8<span style="color: black;">....</span><span style="color: black;">....</span>8<span style="color: black;">.....</span><span style="color: black;">....</span>8<span style="color: black;">.....</span><span style="color: black;">....</span>8<span style="color: black;">.....</span><span style="color: black;">....</span>6<span style="color: black;">.....</span></span><br />
<b style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Ability increase every 4 levels: </b><span style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">All in Dex.</span><br />
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<b style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Skills (Human and Drow):</b><span style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Same, but you should be able to max out both Jump and Tumble instead of splitting points between them.</span><br />
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<b style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Feats (by level), except Human: </b><span style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Toughness (1), Rapid Reload (3), Point Blank Shot (6), Precise Shot (9), Improved Evasion (10), Improved Critical: Ranged (12), Skill Mastery (13), Improved Precise Shot (15), Slippery Mind (16), Rapid Shot (18), Defensive Roll (19)</span><br />
<b style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Feats (by level), Human: </b><span style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Toughness (1), Rapid Reload (1), Point Blank Shot (3), Rapid Shot (6), Precise Shot (9), Improved Evasion (10), Improved Critical: Ranged (12), Skill Mastery (13), Improved Precise Shot (15), Slippery Mind (16), Skill Focus: Use Magical Device (18), Defensive Roll (19)</span><br />
<b style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Special note</b><span style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">: The feat progresion for all races was modified on 2011/04/21 when the build was converted to ranged instead of melee. If you started this build prior to this date, you can find the old feat progression to follow in </span><a href="http://forums.ddo.com/showpost.php?p=2831538&postcount=61" style="background-color: #151515; color: #d9240b; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" target="_blank">this post</a><span style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">.</span><br />
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<i style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">For more information about picking enhancements please read <a href="http://forums.ddo.com/showpost.php?p=2795536&postcount=14" style="color: #d9240b;" target="_blank">this post</a>.</i><b style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Enhancements (Rogue): </b><span style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Cheat Death (capstone), Dexterity II, Disable Device III, Fire Trap Lore I, Haste Boost III, Improved Trap Sense II, Mechanic II, Open Lock III, Search II, Skill Boost III, Sneak Attack Accuracy II, Sneak Attack Training II, Spot I</span><br />
<b style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Enhancements (Drow): </b><span style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Dexterity I, Enchantment Resistance I, Keen Eyes I, Perception I, Racial Toughness II</span><br />
<b style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Enhancements (Dwarf): </b><span style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Constitution I, Racial Toughness II, Spell Defense II</span><br />
<b style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Enhancements (Elf): </b><span style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Dexterity I, Enchantment Resistance I, Keen Eyes I, Perception I, Racial Toughness II</span><br />
<b style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Enhancements (Halfling): </b><span style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Cunning II, Dexterity I, Guile II, Hero's Companion I, Luck (Reflex) I, Racial Toughness II</span><br />
<b style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Enhancements (Human): </b><span style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Adaptability Dexterity I, Greater Adaptability Intelligence I, Improved Recovery I, Racial Toughness II</span><br />
<b style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Enhancements (Warforged): </b><span style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Constitution I, Healer's Friend II, Racial Toughness II</span><br />
<b style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />Soloability by level:</b><span style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: Courier New; font-size: 13px;"><br />No hireling<span style="color: black;">..</span>: <span style="color: red;">1</span> <span style="color: red;">2</span> <span style="color: red;">3</span> <span style="color: red;">4</span> <span style="color: red;">5</span> <span style="color: orange;">6</span> <span style="color: orange;">7</span> <span style="color: orange;">8</span> <span style="color: orange;">9</span> <span style="color: orange;">10</span> <span style="color: orange;">11</span> <span style="color: orange;">12</span> <span style="color: red;">13</span> <span style="color: red;">14</span> <span style="color: red;">15</span> <span style="color: red;">16</span> <span style="color: red;">17</span> <span style="color: red;">18</span> <span style="color: red;">19</span> <span style="color: red;">20</span><br />With hireling: <span style="color: orange;">1</span> <span style="color: orange;">2</span> <span style="color: orange;">3</span> <span style="color: orange;">4</span> <span style="color: orange;">5</span> <span style="color: yellow;">6</span> <span style="color: yellow;">7</span> <span style="color: yellow;">8</span> <span style="color: yellow;">9</span> <span style="color: yellow;">10</span> <span style="color: yellow;">11</span> <span style="color: yellow;">12</span> <span style="color: orange;">13</span> <span style="color: orange;">14</span> <span style="color: orange;">15</span> <span style="color: orange;">16</span> <span style="color: orange;">17</span> <span style="color: orange;">18</span> <span style="color: orange;">19</span> <span style="color: orange;">20</span></span><br />
<b style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />Tips:</b><span style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">- You only gain proficiency with light repeaters at Level 6 (with the Mechanic I enhancement), which means that from L1 to 5 it is best to use a rapier (possibly with a shield that has zero Armor Check Penalty like a Light Mithral Shield). You may also use a regular crossbow, but your damage output will be significantly lower than with a rapier in hand.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">- In order to make these early levels easier (especially if soloing), you may pick either Weapon Finesse (to boost your to-hit with a rapier) or Exotic Weapon Proficiency: Light Repeating Crossbow (to start using repeaters early) as your L3 feat. Once you reach L6 you can </span><a href="http://ddowiki.com/page/Fred" style="background-color: #151515; color: #d9240b; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" target="_blank">respec out this feat</a><span style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">. Another option is to get proficiency in Heavy Repeaters and drop it only at L12, in order to be able to use both kinds of repeaters from L3 to L11.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">- Once you get Mechanic I at L6, start wearing items that boost your Intelligence: your Int modifier is added to the damage you deal with crossbows.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">- Use Diplomacy to politely ask your opponents to attack someone else. This will let you land sneak attacks more reliably.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">- You do not have to sneak to land sneak attacks. Read </span><a href="http://ddowiki.com/page/Sneak_Attack" style="background-color: #151515; color: #d9240b; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" target="_blank">this page</a><span style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> for more information on sneak attacks (in particular, on ranged attacks you need to be close enough to your target).</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">- If you ever get to the point (around L16) where you start running the Shroud raid regularly, consider crafting a Radiance heavy repeater. It is a great weapon for such a build.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">- Ultimately you would want to reach 39 UMD to be able to reliably use Heal scrolls. This can be achieved for instance from 23 (base skill at L20) + 1 (Skill Mastery) + 3 (16 Cha with +6 item and +2 Cha tome) + 4 (Greater Heroism) + 2 (Head of Good Fortune) + 6 (exceptional bonus from Shroud raid item), which are reasonable items to obtain if you get all the way to level 20. In the meantime, accept you may fail some checks and rely on your skill boost to make it less likely.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">- As a Mechanic, you are the best at making traps, which you can do starting at L4. Read more about trapmaking </span><a href="http://ddowiki.com/page/Trapmaking" style="background-color: #151515; color: #d9240b; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">.</span><br />
<b style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />Variants:</b><span style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">- I would like to thank </span><a href="http://forums.ddo.com/showpost.php?p=3085170&postcount=372" style="background-color: #151515; color: #d9240b; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" target="_blank">Brennie</a><span style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> and </span><a href="http://forums.ddo.com/showpost.php?p=3536595&postcount=662" style="background-color: #151515; color: #d9240b; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" target="_blank">ReaperAlexEU</a><span style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> for coming up with similar builds much faster than I did.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">- It is possible to take the Mechanic enhancements as a melee build, for an example (now outdated though) see </span><a href="http://forums.ddo.com/showpost.php?p=2831538&postcount=61" style="background-color: #151515; color: #d9240b; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">- The last Rogue specialty feat at L19 can be changed e.g. for another Skill Mastery (+1 to all skills). From the information I could find on Opportunist and Crippling Strike, those would not work on ranged attacks and are thus not suited to this build (but I would appreciate if someone could confirm this information).</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">- The L18 feat on a Human can be replaced e.g. by Weapon Focus: Ranged (if you find your to-hit is not high enough), or Weapon Finesse (if you find you need to melee sometimes).</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #151515; color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">- Although overall the Bluff skill is currently not worth investing into, it may be improved some day. And if you are planning to solo a lot, it can be somewhat useful to land more sneak attacks. To get Bluff, split some points between Balance, Jump and Tumble (instead of just Jump and Tumble) so that you can max out Bluff. Among Balance, Jump and Tumble, Balance is the most important, while you can stop investing in Jump and Tumble once you are comfortable with respectively how high you can jump, and from how high you can fall without taking too much damage. Note that a 40 Jump skill (with buffs) is the maximum you need, and at L18 you can obtain a Jump clicky that gives you +30 to it.</span><br />
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I also got a +3 Dexterity Tome from another of my guild-mates! Apparently all of his characters either didn't need it, or he just was willing to part with it. He asked me what I would offer him, I said 200k plat, and he said "Sold, American". He later said that he would have given it to me free, but I said I would still pay him for it. They are very hard to come by, and I know that he took a hit on giving it to me at such a small price, as the current AH opening bid it 450k, and there isn't one on the SE at the moment...<br />
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I know that this is just rambling, but I have had a long day (the first work day in a week), and words are not coming out in coherent sentences. Maybe I will be more coherent later, and able to put down something better...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772462709929519150.post-30416876532210813152013-04-02T18:09:00.001-07:002013-04-02T18:09:17.772-07:00an update and a blast......from the not so immediate past.<br />
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Well, for me, at least. I ran a PUG with 2 of my guild-mates and we actually wiped! Apparently Lord of Blades will do that to groups on epic Hard. Wytorimabor was running tank, but couldn't hold agro without dying. We came to the part after you kill the puppies, and when the Quori trash came, we couldn't hold it together any longer...both cleric types died, and then the rogue that was throwing resurrections / raise deads also died... it ended a total mess. We also had some stupid bitching, moaning, and griping going on in the chat which was also something I haven't seen/heard in a LONG while. <br />
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The last time I was in a party that wiped was on maybe my 4th or 5th ever Shroud run, where we thought that we could run it on elite and also wiped at the second coming of Harry. I think that was before Christmas, and my job... I just thought that I should say something about what I have actually done lately.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Questing/Flagging</span>:<br />
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Wyt is working on flagging for the new raid in GH and Black Abbot. Also he hasn't worked out all of the High Road series of quests, and has only solo'd the first in the series so far. I also still haven't ran the Amrath (sp?) series yet, but a good friend of mine gave me the pieces I was missing for my boots of anchoring, so I can build them when I need to. I am also one piece (# III) away on my Sigil so I can be flagged for the Black Abbot raid. Since last year, I hopped onto a group that was running HoX, Master Artificer, and Lord of Blades, so I was able to get into that one and we didn't wipe. I got into a VoN raid and won it too. I didn't know what we were doing in VoN, as the people were zerging it, and I know I missed at least one chest and the reason why we were in there... But anyway, check those off of my list of needing to be attempted and won on any setting.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Equipment</span>:<br />
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Since my last update, last May, I have completed two tier 3 GH items, a Dwarven Axe, and a pair of goggles, which I have cleansed. they are both nice, but I am finding that my un-epic'd <a href="http://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Templar%27s_Justice">Templar's Justice</a> with the force ritual added is still working out just fine. I would like to get a <a href="http://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Duergar_Waraxe_of_the_Weapon_Master">Duergar's Waraxe of the Weaponmaster</a>, just to see how it matches up to the Justice. I upgraded my <a href="http://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Epic_Rock_Boots_(Tier_2)">Epic Rock Boots to tier II</a> and inserted a Diamond of Intelligence +5 into it. I figured I didn't have any intelligence boosts on Wyt, so I should get one, and I didn't see anything that I wanted to put there, that I already didn't have on, somewhere else...<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">TR</span>:<br />
Niernen has TR'd back into a wizard (second life), and is waiting on 7th level so he can get the maximum amount of xp from the quests we are running with the TR group. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Other Characters</span>:<br />
Notagmtrojan, Slipperyfish, and Ursamajorr have all been trekking slowly, as my job has been pretty much engulfing what used to be my abundant gaming time (but such is life). They all are in the 10 - 15 level range, so they are in that "too hard for soloing but can't find a party to run quests when I want to" stage of character building. Maybe I will get some time this summer to do just that... <br />
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Notagmtrojan is in a state of flux. I retooled her for Mabar, but I haven't retooled her back into the demon-killer that I initially intended her to be. She has way too many weapons, and way to little space for them all, so I don't know what I will be doing with her. I will definitely fix the tooling I did, and then figure her out, so to speak...<br />
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Slippery is now a dedicated repeater shooting, Master Mechanic. This is good, as I found a decent guide in the forums regarding this class. I still enjoy playing as him, and he works out when my friends need a rogue to fill out their parties.<br />
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Ursa is becoming a bit of a menace as he is a druidic half elf dilettante with fighter. He has more options to his weaponry than he would otherwise... I am still learning how to run with him, but it is still fun to do so. He hasn't become a hindrance in the parties he has been in, so that is good.<br />
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Well, that is all for today. I hope that we all get the loot we want, on the first try. Be well and stay safe you all!<br />
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Fight On!<br />
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<b><u><b><u>Wytorimabor the Stalwart</u></b></u></b></div>
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Level 25 Lawful Good Dwarf Male<br />
(20 Fighter \ 5 Epic)<br />
Hit Points: 482<br />
Spell Points: 0<br />
BAB: 20\20\25\30\30<br />
Fortitude: 17<br />
Reflex: 9<br />
Will: 7<br />
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<b> Starting Ending Feat/Enhancement<br />
Abilities Base Stats Base Stats Modified Stats<br />
<u>(28 Point)</u> <u>(Level 1)</u> <u>(Level 25)</u> <u>(Level 25)</u></b><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">Strength 16 25 28<br />
Dexterity 14 16 16<br />
Constitution 16 18 20<br />
Intelligence 14 16 16<br />
Wisdom 8 10 10<br />
Charisma 6 8 8</span><br />
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<b><u>Tomes Used</u></b><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">+2 Tome of Strength used at level 8</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">+2 Tome of Dexterity used at level 8</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">+2 Tome of Constitution used at level 8</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">+2 Tome of Intelligence used at level 8</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">+2 Tome of Wisdom used at level 8</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">+2 Tome of Charisma used at level 8</span><br />
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<b> Starting Feat/Enhancement<br />
Base Skills Modified Skills<br />
<u>Skills</u> <u>(Level 1)</u> <u>(Level 25)</u></b><br />
Balance 3.5 23.5<br />
Bluff -2 4<br />
Concentration 3 10<br />
Diplomacy -2 4<br />
Disable Device n/a n/a<br />
Haggle -2 5.5<br />
Heal -1 5<br />
Hide 2 8<br />
Intimidate 2 42<br />
Jump 7 37<br />
Listen -1 5<br />
Move Silently 2 8<br />
Open Lock n/a n/a<br />
Perform n/a n/a<br />
Repair 2 8<br />
Search 2 10<br />
Spot -1 5<br />
Swim 3 14<br />
Tumble 3 9<br />
UMD -0.5 15.5<br />
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<b><u>Notable (worn Regularly) Equipment</u></b><br />
Supreme Tyrant Green Steel Goggles of Negative<br />
Purple Dragon Armor<br />
Purple Dragon Helm<br />
Purple Dragon Gauntlets<br />
Epic Rock Boots (Tier II)<br />
Cloak of Night (Level 24)<br />
Fabricators Bracers<br />
Signet of the Shining Sun<br />
Epic Ring of the Buccaneer (Tier II)<br />
Elite Spider Cult Mask<br />
Templar's Justice<br />
Epic Swashbuckler (Tier II)<br />
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<b><u>Level 1 (Fighter)</u></b><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Feat:</span> <span style="color: #999999;">(Selected) Toughness</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Feat:</span> <span style="color: #999999;">(Fighter Bonus) Weapon Focus: Slashing Weapons</span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">Enhancement:</span> <span style="color: #999999;">Dwarven Armor Mastery I</span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">Enhancement:</span> <span style="color: #999999;">Fighter Item Defense I</span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">Enhancement:</span> <span style="color: #999999;">Fighter Toughness I</span><br />
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<b><u>Level 2 (Fighter)</u></b><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Feat:</span> <span style="color: #cccccc;">(Fighter Bonus) Combat Expertise</span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">Enhancement:</span> <span style="color: #cccccc;">Fighter Armor Class Boost I</span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">Enhancement:</span> <span style="color: #cccccc;">Fighter Haste Boost I</span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">Enhancement:</span> <span style="color: #cccccc;">Fighter Strength I</span><br />
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<b><u>Level 3 (Fighter)</u></b><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Feat:</span> <span style="color: #999999;">(Selected) Bullheaded</span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">Enhancement:</span> <span style="color: #999999;">Dwarven Constitution I</span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">Enhancement:</span> <span style="color: #999999;">Racial Toughness I</span><br />
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<b><u>Level 4 (Fighter)</u></b><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Feat:</span> <span style="color: #999999;">(Fighter Bonus) Weapon Specialization: Slashing Weapons</span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">Enhancement:</span> <span style="color: #999999;">Fighter Armor Class Boost II</span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">Enhancement:</span> <span style="color: #999999;">Fighter Toughness II</span><br />
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<b><u>Level 5 (Fighter)</u></b><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">Enhancement:</span> <span style="color: #999999;">Fighter Armor Mastery I</span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">Enhancement:</span> <span style="color: #999999;">Fighter Item Defense II</span><br />
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<b><u>Level 6 (Fighter)</u></b><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Feat:</span> <span style="color: #999999;">(Fighter Bonus) Dodge</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Feat:</span> <span style="color: #999999;">(Selected) Skill Focus: Intimidate</span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">Enhancement:</span> <span style="color: #999999;">Fighter Strength II</span><br />
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<b><u>Level 7 (Fighter)</u></b><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">Enhancement:</span> <span style="color: #999999;">Fighter Armor Class Boost III</span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">Enhancement:</span> <span style="color: #999999;">Fighter Haste Boost II</span><br />
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<b><u>Level 8 (Fighter)</u></b><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Feat:</span><span style="color: #999999;"> (Fighter Bonus) Improved Critical: Slashing Weapons</span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">Enhancement:</span> <span style="color: #999999;">Improved Intimidate I</span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">Enhancement:</span> <span style="color: #999999;">Improved Intimidate II</span><br />
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<b><u>Level 9 (Fighter)</u></b><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Feat:</span> <span style="color: #999999;">(Selected) Stunning Blow</span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">Enhancement:</span> <span style="color: #999999;">Fighter Stalwart Defender I</span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">Enhancement:</span> <span style="color: #999999;">Fighter Greataxe Specialization I</span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">Enhancement:</span> <span style="color: #999999;">Improved Intimidate III</span><br />
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<b><u>Level 10 (Fighter)</u></b><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Feat:</span> <span style="color: #999999;">(Fighter Bonus) Greater Weapon Focus: Slashing Weapons</span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">Enhancement:</span> <span style="color: #999999;">Dwarven Shield Mastery I</span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">Enhancement:</span> <span style="color: #999999;">Dwarven Shield Mastery II</span><br />
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<b><u>Level 11 (Fighter)</u></b><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">Enhancement:</span> <span style="color: #999999;">Dwarven Constitution II</span><br />
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<b><u>Level 12 (Fighter)</u></b><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Feat:</span> <span style="color: #999999;">(Fighter Bonus) Greater Weapon</span> <span style="color: #999999;">Specialization:</span> <span style="color: #999999;">Slashing Weapons</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Feat:</span> <span style="color: #999999;">(Selected) Two Handed Fighting</span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">Enhancement:</span> <span style="color: #999999;">Fighter Stalwart Defender II</span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">Enhancement:</span> <span style="color: #999999;">Racial Toughness II</span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">Enhancement:</span> <span style="color: #999999;">Improved Intimidate IV</span><br />
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<b><u>Level 13 (Fighter)</u></b><br />
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<b><u>Level 14 (Fighter)</u></b><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Feat:</span> <span style="color: #999999;">(Fighter Bonus) Power Attack</span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">Enhancement:</span> <span style="color: #999999;">Fighter Strength III</span><br />
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<b><u>Level 15 (Fighter)</u></b><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Feat:</span> <span style="color: #999999;">(Selected) Improved Two Handed Fighting</span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">Enhancement:</span> <span style="color: #999999;">Dwarven Shield Mastery III</span><br />
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<b><u>Level 16 (Fighter)</u></b><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Feat:</span> <span style="color: #999999;">(Fighter Bonus) Greater Two Handed Fighting</span><br />
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<b><u>Level 17 (Fighter)</u></b><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">Enhancement:</span> <span style="color: #999999;">Fighter Toughness III</span><br />
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<b><u>Level 18 (Fighter)</u></b><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Feat:</span> <span style="color: #999999;">(Fighter Bonus) Shield Mastery</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Feat:</span> <span style="color: #999999;">(Selected) Superior Weapon Focus: Slashing Weapons</span><br />
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<b><u>Level 19 (Fighter)</u></b><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">Enhancement:</span> <span style="color: #999999;">Fighter Stalwart Defender III</span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">Enhancement:</span> <span style="color: #999999;">Fighter Greataxe Specialization II</span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">Enhancement:</span> <span style="color: #999999;">Fighter Toughness IV</span><br />
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<b><u>Level 20 (Fighter)</u></b><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Feat:</span> <span style="color: #999999;">(Fighter Bonus) Improved Shield Mastery</span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">Enhancement:</span> <span style="color: #999999;">Fighter Weapon Alacrity</span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">Enhancement:</span> <span style="color: #999999;">Dwarven Spell Defense I</span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">Enhancement:</span> <span style="color: #999999;">Fighter Armor Mastery II</span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">Enhancement:</span> <span style="color: #999999;">Fighter Tower Shield Mastery I</span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">Enhancement:</span> <span style="color: #999999;">Fighter Dwarven Waraxe Specialization I</span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">Enhancement:</span> <span style="color: #999999;">Fighter Dwarven Waraxe Specialization II</span><br />
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<b><u>Level 21 (Fighter)</u></b><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Feat:</span><span style="color: #999999;"> (Selected) Great Strength</span><br />
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<b><u>Level 22 (Fighter)</u></b><br />
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<b><u>Level 23 (Fighter)</u></b><br />
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<b><u>Level 24 (Fighter)</u></b><br />
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<b><u>Level 25 (Fighter)</u></b><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772462709929519150.post-21057502390221252422012-12-31T23:30:00.000-08:002013-04-01T20:11:25.408-07:00Happy New Year!<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">May you all have a great and joyous year! Fight the good fight, and have fun storming the castles!
--GMTrojan</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772462709929519150.post-57684932253357271932012-05-24T19:00:00.000-07:002013-04-01T20:28:51.151-07:00Update - MayWell as before - If you care, read on, if not please go to another persons post to troll and leave rude comments...<br />
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Adventures: 1) Flagged for Lord of Blades, this past month. That makes: The Shroud, Lord of Blades, Vault/Plane of Night, Reaver's Fate raids that I am flagged for. I still need Zawabi's Revenge, Assention Chamber, The Twilight Forge/Titan Awakes, Tower of Despair, and Hound of Xoriat. Well, I need to be good enough with a good enough party to get to the Hound of Xoriat first... If I have doubled up on one or another, oops... I did a ton of Smuggler's Rest so I could get the epic versions of the gear I wanted and had at lower levels.<br />
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Gearing: I am now/still trying to clean out the inventories of all of my toons. I filled them up quite a bit with loot from the Smugglers Cove event that just ended. I finally got that <a href="http://ddowiki.com/page/Epic_Cavalry_Plate_(Tier_3)" target="_blank">Epic Cavalry Plate</a> that I had been wanting for what seemed like forever. I then matched it with an <a href="http://ddowiki.com/page/Epic_Swashbuckler_(Tier_2)" target="_blank">Epic Swashbuckler</a>, and an <a href="http://ddowiki.com/page/Epic_Ring_of_the_Buccaneer_(Tier_1)" target="_blank">Epic Buccaneers Ring</a>. I also got the Fabricator's set and <a href="http://ddowiki.com/page/Magewright%27s_Spectacles" target="_blank">Magewright's Spectacles</a> from House Cannith. I have not upgraded them yet, so I have not seen that part of the bonuses. I'm starting to see the beauty of these pairings and maybe, just maybe will be able to use them into the distant future with Wytorimabor. I know that the spec's don't truly work for a Stalwart Fighter, but the Intelligence boost doesn't hurt at all. Besides that, Niernen will grab them up when he reaches level 18, which might possibly happen in December or so... Niernen has just picked up all five pieces of the Abishi set. I haven't played him with the full set active, so I don't know if it will work out for him, but the increase to his Evocation and Conjuration won't be a bad thing. I just have to figure out what I will be losing in exchange from the addition of the pieces. It will probably just mean that I am going to be changing a lot of things out during adventures now.<br />
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Toons: Well, I used that Heart of Wood to retool Wytorimabor. I used the basic build that is given in the ddowiki on the Dwarven Stalwart Defender......<br />
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This is unfinished, but it just may be soon... Real life is happeningUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772462709929519150.post-37024882298997364632012-05-10T23:00:00.000-07:002013-04-01T20:16:55.253-07:00First Epic Run CompletedYep! Finally! Got my first epic adventure completed. Lords of Dust, if you want to know. I didn't get any scrolls or tokens for making epic weapons from that series though... :-(<br />
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We also tried VoN1, but got wiped in the Arena. How do you get out of the way of the kobold casters? Or is there a series of spells you should have cast on you for the defense you will need to block them all? Acid fog and death spells don't go well together... Well, off to fight another day!<br />
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--GMTUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772462709929519150.post-30214025429854591632012-04-22T15:00:00.000-07:002013-04-01T19:58:40.464-07:00April Update...If you care, read on, if not then enjoy a different post. Life is too short to read the musings of trolls in the comments!<br />
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I finally flagged for the Shroud raid. I don't have enough mats to make my GS item yet. I am choosing a set of bracers, as all of my other slots are pretty much taken up by gear that Wyt likes, and is using. I need more chipmunk funk and shiny pebbles, to make the last of the manufactured mats for the blank item. I have been wanting to try Epic adventures, and I actually got another lvl 20 buddy to try Disruptor on elite (lvl 21) last night, and we didn't make it twice in a row. We almost made it the first time, but that damned Entropic Skeleton wouldn't freaking die in enough time... The only good things about it, is we did kill the damned thing and got a level 17 chest out of it each. Granted selling the gear barely covered the repair bills, but it was worth the experience of the attempt. Do you need more people to attack the epic challenge quests; as I think it should be attainable with 2 live toons, or will the game just scale the mobs to something even worse... We are pretty much playing it the way we play the non-epic version to grind out the mats, but there just seems to be something missing... if it is the fact I am not a spell-wielding maniac, then the game can just suck it... Toons... I am also thinking of using my lesser heart of wood to retool Wyt's Feats and skills. I built him a long time ago, when I was playing pretty much solo and chose whilly nilly his skills and other stuff. I now have the chance to fix the failures of my inexperienced past, and maybe, just maybe, be just that much better and not suck too much to be a viable part of an epic adventuring team. I am finding a lot of fun in my Paladin (Notagmtrojan) and realize that she may never become some epic slayer, but the toon does make me happy when she lops off a kobold's head! Niernen is becoming better at taking out large mobs. He entered a PUG last night (read below) and pulled a few people out of the fire. He died a few times, but that is because I forgot to grab a hireling first and they didn't have one either... They sat in the dungeon, dead, and I pulled and got one, and 4 minutes later...done.<br />
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Gearing... I am finding more stuff that I don't use than do now a days. Most of my other toons are decked out in decent gear that Wyt had found in his adventures, so they are not running much to find it. I am still trying to get the gear that Wyt needs to do epics...<br />
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Adventuring... I am kinda sad that at least one of my static group has not been on in way over a month. She has been an integral part of our little happy family and it is also sad that I have not spoken to her in a long while. Plus, times are a changing, making a longer bridge between levels of toons that I can run with, with friends. I even actually jumped into a couple of PUG's last night, and had some fun. There wasn't much interaction between me and the others in the groups, but for those that know me, know that this is a big step. I have weird rules to running adventures - most notably: 1) No PUG's. I guess that this is because of a time I was invited to a group that needed a rogue...I didn't know the adventure very well, and definitely not as a rogue, and was bitched out by some player that got angry because I "didn't have the gear I was supposed to..." and "stupidly set off a trap" that everyone knew was there. I died in the beginning and pulled out of the group. I didn't need to hear what that person had to say, in the way s/he was saying it. I figured that if they wanted my assistance they would have to deal with my shortcomings too. I hope that that toon died (aka permadeath) and they had to wipe the attemptUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772462709929519150.post-40709102088730015222012-03-09T23:30:00.000-08:002013-04-01T19:01:28.640-07:00Woot...got it, and etc...Last week I found that lovely Templar's Justice. It's such a beautiful weapon! I added the force ritual to it, which makes it just that much better. I also was able to pick up the Templar's Bastion, which now has replaced my Epic Mournload Fullplate for all but those undead-heavy adventures. Plus, it just looks sweeter on my Dwarf. I have also garnered a bunch of other weapons for my other toons (namely Slipperyfish) that will be a sweet addition to them when they reach level... I have been running Wyt through quite a bit of content that I recently got, so I can get the favor and possibly some guild renown of the adventures that I now can do. I will probably be remaking Notagmtrojan (my new pali) once I achieve that Champion status, giving that toon just that much more of an advantage in the long run. I ran Tor with a buddy, but we were unable to finish off all three of the dragon-giant combo's, so I still have not been flagged for the raid there. I attempted ADQ1, but I had to leave in the middle of it, as real life always takes precidence over any gaming life in my house... But that probably will have to wait for another time too, as I have been working quite a bit lately. Even GMTrojan needs to eat and pay bills. <div>
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My other toons have been running my recently garnered content which is on level for them, gaining the XP, Renown, and Favor which makes adventuring oh so fun... SF can now kinda explore into the Fens and other places that were recently over-leveled for him, and Niernen's just plugging along... I am still enjoying myself, and hope that you are all too. I hope to get the new expansion (Forgotten Realms) soon but the bills always take precedence over desires and wants. Sorry for rambling, stumbling, and bumbling here, but just trying to get something out on why I have either been non-existent in the game, or slow on the advancement of my toons. I hope this finds you all well, and I hope to see you all gameside soon! --GMTrojan<br /></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772462709929519150.post-1415449014743477632012-02-28T15:12:00.000-08:002013-04-01T18:38:43.750-07:00Made Level 20!Woot! Made level 20 a few days ago. Now to just make the Favor in order to get the 32 pt build and eventually Veteran II status... Just ran the new content with U13. It is very interesting, I hear that there is a named Dwarven Axe - one of my desires, which is epic-able. Just need to get it, as it would work nicely with Wytorimabor. Hope to find it soon. Also, I am now flagged for Tor, and got the shard from Rainbow... Still haven't ran Tor or ADQ1 yet, but that will change soon. I might just do them solo, on casual, to see if I can complete them on my own. Have a great day! --WytUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772462709929519150.post-18772829840820612842012-02-24T22:30:00.000-08:002013-04-01T18:43:36.305-07:00Flagging progress and plans for WytorimaborI have been making progress in my efforts to flag for different raids/quests since my last post. I have actually been working lately, and two of my static group-mates are totally F2P and don't have the access to the content that I do, so game time has not been as optimal as it could be for Wytorimabor. I have also been running dungeons with my alt ‘toons: Slipperyfish Scallopini and Niernen the Green. With all of that, I still have been accomplishing things, is a positive. I am 2 ancient giant relics away from being flagged for Gianthold Tor, so I am just that much closer to the Reaver’s Fate Raid. I am also two Shavarath shards (Rainbow in the Dark, and ???) from being flagged for the Shroud raid. I am now flagged for Against the Demon Queen (ADQ1), which means I am one step closer to the Zawabi's Revenge Raid. On the leveling, I am about 15k XP away from level 20. I have already made Epic gear for him to use from the Cannith Challenges. I have an Epic Mournload War Hammer, and set of Epic Mournload Full Plate Mail, as well as a pair of Epic Rock Boots to go with it, so I will be geared for some of the epic quests that I would like to attempt. I figure that I will be at level 20 before I am flagged for the raids above, as I am running slayer/explorer/rare runs around the Sands, Meridia, and Gianthold; which tack on good amounts of experience as I wander the surrounding countryside. I am also working towards an Epic Stalker’s Ring for Slipperyfish, my rogue, for him to use when I get him up towards lvl 20. I am also waiting (patiently) for DDO to hopefully reopen Crystal Cove, as I love the loot that I can make from that run. I still want the Tier 3 Epic Cavalry Plate and I will decide on what I will wear primarily, it or the aforementioned Epic Mournload Plate. I don’t believe that I will ever TR Wytorimabor. I like him just the way he is, and I don’t want to change much, if anything about him. This might change in the future, but I would like to at least make it all the way to be able to run Epic leveled adventures and raids. I figure that I will end up using Wytorimabor as a raid runner, as well as an epic materials grabber to upgrade his epic gear once he attains level 20. That is, until DDO institutes U13 and 14, where the top end will be 25 and he will have 5 levels to work on, along with at least 3 more free runs to work out.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0