Stormreach Community Chronicle 30/03/09

[Brannigan Foehammer]

Your weekly look at what is happening around the forums! Guides, Events, Competitions, Communtiy Spotlights, Latest News, Updates and More!




Letter from the Editor

A hearty welcome to both new and old players to the Stormreach Community Chronicle

We are now almost at the end of the DDO 3rd Year Anniversary Celebrations!

This week has seen the return of many old faces and many new ones that we hope will stick around beyond Anniversary week to enjoy all the new features and content to come from Turbine and of course the eagerly anticipated release of Mod 9 that will be here soon™!

This edition’s highlights include;

Ent’s rant, the continuation of the Forgotten Tales, superb player written articles, the latest news , hot threads, video’s and of course the Stormreach Community Crossword!

If you want to look at the official Turbine Stormreach Chronicle for this week, it can be viewed here.

Once again I would like to thank everyone that has helped submit content, suggest ideas for new articles and informed me about related news etc. The input you give and what you want included in each edition is what shapes the Chronicle into what you see before you!

Lastly the deadline for submitting questions to me in readiness to ask Satine is fast approaching, so remember to send me your questions soon if you want them included in the forthcoming interview!

Bye for now!




- Bran aka ‘Satine’s Little Helper’







Bringing you the very latest news and updates!

• PVP Expanded in Mod 9
  
  
  PVP is getting a makeover for Mod 9, this week details were released of the changes to PVP and how this will effect players.
  
  The announcement has had a very mixed reaction from the players both here and in the US – with players expressing support and dismay at this additional feature to Mod 9.
  
  Here is Tolero’s official statement released earlier this week;
  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Tolero

  PvP can be a lot of fun with friends and guildies, but sometimes you just want to pick a fight with a complete stranger one-on-one, without interference. We're pleased to introduce in Mod 9: the challenge system!
  
  Rather than convincing your foe to run all the way to a PvP tavern to duke it out, you can now just select the player directly, and on your inspect orb, click the "challenge" symbol. This will allow you and your enemy to be transported to a PvP arena of your choice from anywhere in the game!
  
  To begin your duel, you must specify the terms of your battle. Select from:
  • Game type (death match, capture the flag)
  • The Arena (select an arena or chose random)
  • Time limit (a range of minutes up to a full hour, or random)
  
  Similar to a trade window, both parties must agree for the match to begin, and you can see the status of whether or not the other person has accepted yet or not. Your opponent is presented your terms, and given the chance to negotiate any changes they'd want to make to the duel. A text field is also available for you to privately chat/negotiate in the Challenge window with your opponent prior to the start of the match. Once you and your opponent agree to the terms, you will be transported automatically into the arena after a 5 second count down.
  
  Remember that in Mod 9, general chat spans across any instance, so if you were standing in the Marketplace when you entered the arena, your general chat will still be seen in the Market. If you have something to say to your PvP opponents that you don't want everyone to hear, you're best to use /say or /tell.
  
  You don’t have to just duel though, you can challenge in groups as well! You can fight in combinations of 1 vs 6, 3 vs 3, or any other group configuration you want. Gather your forces together into a group, and your opponents must do likewise. So if your group of 3 would like to fight those two guys in a group by the mailbox, set up your challenge and it will present it to them! You can see the status of who all of the two teams has accepted the challenge, and who's acceptance is still pending. Remember that you need to be in separate parties to use the challenge system. If you need to communicate between the two rival teams prior to the match, you can use the text field in the challenge window before everyone is transported into the match.
  
  If you'd like to have a match up with other random players, Jackson Laws is still available in the PvP taverns, and the open-brawl Tavern pits are still available at the Phoenix, Hammersmith, Wayward Lobster, and Open Palm.
  
  In addition to the normal death-match arena, a new Shavarath themed death-match arena has been added! Filled with traps and things to avoid bumping into, it can really add a whole new level of difficulty for your duel as you try not to be done in by your enemy AND your environment!
  
  If you're not in the mood to accept Challenges, you can turn on/off challenge acceptances in your options panel at any time! Otherwise, you can leave it on and see who picks a fight as you're making your way around the various public spaces!
  
  So the next time you're milling around the Harbor or Meridia, and you have a hankering for some PvP, challenge a friend or a stranger to PvP on the spot using the Challenge system!

  
  
  What are your thoughts on this subject?
  
  If you would like to join the discussion about the changes to PVP then click here.
  
  
  

• More Mod UI Improvements – Side by side Comparing
  
  
  In addition this week Turbine has announced additional information regarding upcoming improvements to the UI with Side by side Comparing for items.
  
  Here is what Turbine Community Team member Tarrant had to say;
  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Tarrant

  Deciding what item to use can be a difficult decision. Is the item you're looking at better than the one you're using at the moment? We've added a small feature to help make this deliberation process a bit easier - side by side item comparisons!
  
  In Mod 9, whenever you mouse over a wearable item to inspect it, any item you're currently wearing that uses the same inventory slot will be shown along side it so you can more easily compare and contrast the items.
  
  Example: You loot a new helm. You can mouse over the helm in your inventory, and not only will the item details window appear, but the detail window for the helm you're currently wearing will also appear beside it!
  e helm you're currently wearing will also appear beside it!

  
  This was then expanded upon by Turbine Quality Assurance member Thoon in this statement;
  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Thoon

  
  This new feature works for items in chests, on end reward lists, in trade windows, on the auction house, in broker or vendor windows, in your bank, and mail attachments. It does not show up when hovering over your toolbar or if you disable tooltips.

  
  

• Anniversary Celebrations Update
  
  
  We are now almost at the end of the DDO 3rd year Anniversary Celebrations.
  
  
  + 1 Loot, + 50% XP bonus and ‘welcome back week’ ends on Monday 30th March 2009.
  
  
  Although the celebrations are almost at an end there are still many things to be enjoyed, these include the release of an additional 32 Avatars this week alone, taking the total to over 60 new forum Avatars that have been released as part of the anniversary activities!
  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Amaurea

  We just released another batch of 32 brand new avatars, to celebrate the Anniversary and Welcome Back Week!
  
  Keep also an eye on the "March 2009 - Anniversary" wallpaper section, as it gets an daily update!

  
  The special Anniversary Wallpapers that Amaurea is referring to can be viewed here.
  
  An example of which can be seen below;
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Also this week we had the awesome Dice Master Event that ran on both Devourer and Keeper over the past weekend.
  
  To find out what happened and to see more screenies like the one below click here!
  
  
  
  
  
  

• US Anniversary Video Competition in Final Week
  
  
  Over in the US the Anniversary Video competition has moved into its final week. You can view all the winners so far and the other nominations here.
  
  Here is an example of one of the fantastic entries!
  
  
  
  
  
  The EU Anniversary Video Competition is still running and the details can be viewed in the Chronicle competition section.
  
  

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[Brannigan Foehammer]

• Turbine tackle US Lag Problems
  
  
  For some time now our friends across the sea have struggled with adverse ‘Lag’ conditions. In an attempt to overcome this Turbine are moving to a completely new Database!
  
  Here is what Sig Turbine US Director of Online Operations had to say;
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sig

  
  Greetings, everyone,
  
  In the fourth quarter of 2008, we relocated DDO, Asheron's Call, and some of our websites to a new datacenter. Our commitment to quality requires us to relentlessly evaluate our strategies for their effectiveness. Unfortunately, the move did not result in the level of service that we expected. That means we have to make a change in order to achieve our goal of maintaining the best game environment in the world.
  
  On Monday we are relocating to a new datacenter that will provide the level of service and redundancy that we and you expect. This physical relocation is a huge undertaking that will unavoidably result in a significant downtime for DDO and AC players, as well as for the users of some of our websites. We apologize for the downtime, and are confident that this relocation will provide the performance and reliability that has been a standard of Turbine during our nearly 10 year history of operating quality games.
  
  We appreciate your patience and understanding during this move, and are looking forward to delivering a much improved experience for all players.

  
  

• Mod 9 Release Shedule Update
  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Tarrant

  
  “Mod 9 will also not be released after the two weeks of bonus XP. Well it will, sometime after, but not immediately after.

  This information was released by US Community team member Tarrant. The US XP bonus ended on March 16th. ‘Not immediately after’ we believe will run until the end of April for the following reason;
  
  In the run up to the release of Mod 9 the ‘Artwork of Shavarath’ is being released on a week by week basis.
  
  Week one showed us an overview of the Plane of Battle, last week the released artwork showed us a more in depth view of the central City of ‘Amrath’ and this week the ‘Tower of Despair’ has been revealed for the Devil faction.
  
  If Turbine follow the time scale they are currently using for release of artwork that will leave 2 more factions to be revealed at the rate of one per week – that of the Demons and Archeron’s. The closing statement at the end of this week’s released artwork confirms this;
  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Turbine Developer

  
  Join us next week as we take a look beyond Mod 9 into the territory of the demons! To discuss this article, be sure to visit our Official Discussion forums!

  
  Therefore this will take us up to around the 14th April, if you add a few more weeks of general hype this would put us on course for a US release date of around May 1st 2009.
  
  However for Mod 9 to reach the EU after US release (based on previous Mod’s) I would currently estimate Mod 9’s release for the EU to be approx Mid – end May 2009 depending on translation issues.
  
  
  And there is still time if you want to have a guess at the actual release date. Enter your estimate here and get the chance to win a Bone!
  
  
  

• Hot threads of the Week
  
  
  Here are the most topical and Hot threads from this week’s forums;
  
  
  Capstones and Multiclass Characters!
  
  Talk about the balance between Multi-class benefits and Pure class Capstones!
  
  
  Take your sword, be ready to fight, and kill....no, not a mob, a player !
  
  Players thoughts on the new PVP additions.
  
  
  I’m just a Girl!
  
  A debate started from a female players perspective on life in DDO!
  
  
  

• Art of Shavarath Week 3‘The Tower of Despair’
  
  
  This week Turbines developers and artists continue to discuss the players impending trip to the Plane of Battle! Click here for a look behind the scenes at the Tower of Despair!
  
  
  
  
  
  For eons, armies on Shavarath have fought each other to a standstill. In recent times, General Horoth’s strategy of raiding Eberron for resources has given his devil legions the upper hand. Horoth built his Tower of Despair as a testament to his new power.
  
  
  You can also download this art as a Wallpaper here.
  
  
  

• Escapist Magazine Tournament & Turbine
  
  
  Escapist magazine are running a ‘ Developer Showdown’ Contest to find out the most popular developer in the gaming Industry!
  
  
  Turbine are last year’s defending champions, to check out how we are doing this year Click here!
  
  
  Turbine are up against ‘Valve’ in the final stage so register and support DDO & Turbine today!
  
  
  

• Other Sources for the latest DDO News
  
  
  
• DDO REPORTS
  
  Reporting live from Stormreach, Xen’drik, and the WWW, DDO Reports keeps you up to date on all the DDO-news and delivers it to you on the Web, IM, and on your phone. Follow DDO Reports now on Twitter and get instant updates how and when you want them.
  
  
  
• IN DEVELOPMENT AT DDO WIKI
  
  An ‘In development’ section has been added to DDO WIKI that aims at listing all US dev words on future updates of the game (as a kind of WDA replacement). It is a very interesting read and can be viewed here.
  
  
  
• DDO CAST (110)
  
  A fantastic weekly DDO Podcast about the World of Dungeons and Dragons on-line that carries news, interviews, guides, music and so much more!
  Click here to listen to the latest episode!
  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Mockduck

  This week's show features Ask the Devs#8, news, a look at the Backstabber Gloves in "From the Treasure Trove" and a track from The Lie Detectors! Just a reminder that if you'd like to send in a question for a future Ask the Devs, please email them to ddocast@gmail.com.

Looking for a Guild? Check out one of our featured Guilds today!




This weeks Guild spotlight falls on the Devourer Guild of The Dragonslayers!






The Dragon Slayers are a Devourer based Guild that promote friendship, honesty, respect for fellow players and help and advice.

Here is a copy of their Guild Charter;

Originally Posted by Elkara

These are the things we value in ~DS~

1) Friendship. This is a game and we wanna have fun with the people we love

2) Excellence. Always do your best. "Do it or Don't do it. There is No trying it"

3) Share. We grow up as a family, share the loot with your guildies before trading.

4) Mains. When you become an accepted member of ~DS~, we require you to choose one of your toons to be your main. That toon will have precedence when sharing loot and raid items.

5) Honesty. If you have something to say, speak up. Don't hide things, don't be sneaky.

6) Team. When forming a group for a quest, ask first in guild if anyone wants to join before inviting non-guildies.

7) Respect. Value the wisdom of your Elders!

8) Attendance. You are asked to do your very best to attend guild raids.

9) Exclusiveness. ~DS~ will require you to devote all your energies on the guild. You are not allowed to have alts outside of the guild.

best regards

Elkara

To find out more about ‘The Dragon Slayers’ check out their website here.

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Your weekly Stromreach Beauty!



This weeks Page 3 Model is the one and only Melanastere


This powerful mage has a passion for spells, modeling and Pink Beholders!







Remember if you fancy having your picture taken by a smelly dwarf then send me a PM!

Your weekly interview with a member of the Community!




While I was taking the lovely Melanasteres picture she kindly agreed to an interview, here is what Mel had to say;

How did you first hear about DDO on line?


I stopped playing Advanced Dungeons & Dragons when I endorsed new heavy responsibilities... family and job! So I turned myself towards computer game which I could do anytime I want, even when I had only 10 minutes free before cooking! When I saw in the news that my beloved D&D was developed as a computer game I signed right away!


What got you interested in MMO’s?


I had never ever done any MMO before DDO and FPS games were my sole online experience. Actually I got scared about MMO. It appeared huge to me, I thought I would be lost. Also It's been said that MMOs are time sink and I could not afford it. But it was Dungeons & Dragons and I *had* to see it!


What is your most memorable encounter / experience from DDO?


I'm afraid I will not be very original but VON6 wins the palm. It was the best atmosphere I could experiment in this game. Hands shaking, heart accelerating, breathtaking! Velah was the strongest, the biggest. Dazed and confused down there, recovering from my first wing buffet I was really wondering why the hell we had chosen Dragon Slayers as a name for our guild!


What is your favourite class to play and why?


In case you would not know it's wizard! I wanted a pure white mage, it's something you can't tell why, it just runs in your blood. In DDO I like this class because I like something under control. Who is where, who is doing what,who needs what in real time. I like when I succeed to be a light breeze in a quest, the oil in the machine that makes things go smooth and easy but nobody realise it.


What is your most favorite dungeon?


Meh... now that is a question I can't answer. There are so many and it so much depend on the period. OK let's try to put something ahead: for a long time VON3 was my best team experience, original Abbot my best combat experience and Dream of Insanity my best solo experience.


What is your least favorite dungeon?


The Titan encounter. Finding a good strategy to complete this quest was an achievement for sure but even with a good imagination it's hard for me to go for a quest where the best thing you can find to challenge a Titan is making a column falling upon it... where you have to kill the boss with a laser beam... where the big guy follows a group running above on the ceiling like a cat would do with a spider he can't reach! Fortunately this is the only quest like that in the entire game.


What is your favorite DDO Monster?


Look at my avatar and you have a hint! Beholders have always been a special encounter. It's a very nice design and graphics, awesome sound and has been used here and there at strategic places in many quests at many different levels. It's the kind of monster you can't just attack and that's it. Something nasty can always happen. And it's so much fun to charm or feeblemind and play with them.


What would you most like to see added/improved to DDO?


An AI improved even further. It makes my day everytime a monster does something that looks smart


What is your least favorite thing about DDO?


Everything is burned a week after the release of a module and the grind is leaving. I'd love to see content that last several months, like it used to be in the past.

And last but not least: the robes! I need a decent white robe for my white mage!!


Lastly what advice would you give to a newcomer to Stormreach?


I'd say take your time, don't burn the content. Always be critical towards guides and especially mines. Experiment by yourself and find new ways. We need your new blood and your fresh ideas to keep the world rich and attractive








Where all the fun stuff happens! Brought to you courtesy of Stormreach's No.1 Lemming!




DDO 1 Liners!



Back by popular request, take a look at life in Stormreach through the eyes of one of it's favorite artists!












Nerd Girl!



Are you a lonely dwarf? Fear not the answer to your dilemma is one phone call away…







Need a Joke? Ever wanted that great D&D gag to spring on your party in Voice Chat? Well look no more check out 101 DDO Jokes here







Your weekly take on life in DDO from Stormreach’s own equivalent to Foamy the Squirrel!

Originally Posted by Enterii

Hello dear readers, I have to tell you I am more nervous than a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs. As promised I have been chasing this story about the infamous Belo.

Now it seems this deviant is a member of the oft maligned "Rusty Nail Adventurers". Now I know many of you will recoil at such a revelation but stay with me here kind readers.

Now it came to my attention that this Belo character would be at an event that was taking place in Stormreach, unfortunately the only way to get to it was to score an invitation to it. Luckily I know a chap called "Perez Hiltonus" who managed to get me an invite to this "A" list event. What I did not know was I would have to face a mob of paparazzi demons to find my prey.

Now as you all know Ent does not shirk away from a fight, so I was thrown in among a bunch of strangers to face certain doom. However even after noticing a sly looking fellow talking to the organizers and vanishing quickly into the shadows I knew I was on the right track.

Transported into an Arena I was faced with evil incarnate and no I don’t mean "Brintanus Spearus" it was worse. Valiantly my team fought off the Demons and emerged victorious to the screaming hordes of fans who had heard I would be there.

Then it happened as I moved among the adulating throng I heard the whisper “Blame Belo. Blame Belo. "

I tried to speak to the organizers of this event but of course they had vanished into the night. Finally I spied a member of the "Knights of Shadow" whose anonymity I have promised who was willing to speak to me.

"You have opened up a gate of hell" he said
"Beware the Belo"

So here I am readers on the trail of this imp in human form..I will find this belo and I will unmask his evil ways.

Now onto other things, I am angry I really am. I was wandering along the market place the other day minding my own business when this irritating little hafling decided to annoy me.
Where is House P it blabbed...Where is three barrel cove, where can I train..

Now I appreciate that due to the opening of doors for all and sundery might bring a population boom to our fair city please don’t treat the elders like your own personal tour guide.

Anyway that’s it for me this week; I am once again on the trail of this Belo sinner

THIS RANGER IS OUTTA HERE


Ent
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Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza
Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?

The Guild!



So ever wondered what Guild Life can be like behind the screen? The Saga continues…







Forgotten Tales!



We have a Fantastic DDO comic brought to you by Buzzsaw and the Forgotten Legion. The story continues…












Dragon Illusion!



Lastly this week in Coyle’s Corner (and back by request) we have an amazing Dragon optical Illusion to show you! Check out this fantastic video!





The Dragon appears to follow you around the Room!


Want to make one for yourself? Click here to download your very own printable cut out courtesy of Binary Arts. We recommend you use Photographic paper for the best results!

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Powergamers Survey



Note this article was submitted by someone who wishes to remain anonymous for reason of protection from the ‘Anti Power gamers’, for purposes of this article we shall call him Mr P…

Originally Posted by Mr.P

Firstly everyone will know that Powergamers are awesome.
The question is how do you know if happen to be one?
Take the Powergamer survey to find out...


1.
Harbourmaster Zin asks you to investigate the waterworks.
do you?

A) Gather your party of weary, battleworn yet loyal Drow sisters Faeanna the Graceful, Zilvdra Huntress delve into the sewers to
unravel the mysteries that lie beneath?

B) Create an LFM to get some help. Take 10 minutes to show someone how to get from Korthos to harbour. Have one person leave whilst you wait for the group to gather outside. Have an impatient guy running off and complete over half of the quest before all are in.
Thank your deity you don't have to do that again...

C) Eat a +2 INT tome and solo all 4 parts in 15 mins
with your Maelstrom wielding "toon".


2.
Your Bio contains?

A) A detailed and exotic backstory for your character and how you got to stormreach from a far away land such as the jungles of Xen'drik or island of Aerenal. Your character perhaps has a strong sense of purpose that may involve vengeance (or being an outcast).


B) A few funny quotes from friends and perhaps a small description of your character.

C) A definitive list of stuff that happend to die by you getting last hit. Perhaps the phat lewtz you are looking for.


3.
Your backpack contains?


A) Masterwork is my weapon! Rarrr!

B) I'm just missing a few pieces but otherwise I have almost all I need.

C) A tab page of vorpals that you keep to charge Shroud high energy cells.


4.
Your LFM states:

A) New to quest- non-rush. We be goin down the Sewer!

B) Fast(ish) team play. Bring your own hjeels!

C) LEET rush for XP. Must know the way.


5.
A friend asks you some build advice. Do you say

A) "I don't plan my builds they're a bit gimpy
but heres some tips."

B) I think you could try this in your build it might work better.

C) 3 bits of advice for you "TWF TWF TWF"


6.
In the shroud you are mostly?


A) Lost and/or a soulstone - assuming you have managed to get into a shroud group in the first place.

B) Forgetting to bring your shards to craft. Alt-tabbing for crafting calculaters to see what you can make with 2 small horns and 5 large bones.

C) Killing stuff so fast that Arraetrikos doesn't even go for a bio break in part 4.



ANSWERS....

If you answered

Mostly A's

Powergaming is not your forte. Instead you may want to consider
other less demanding hobbies such as knitting, needlework and ironing.
However you probably could make a good roleplayer.
You may want to try "roleplaying" a powergamer. Learn some txt speak. The real powergamers won't notice.



Mostly B's Casual player.

You have the potential to be a powergamer so don't give up!
Real Life probably gets in the way so try to get your priorites right.
To be a powergamer you may want to cancel some of those less
important things such as taking your kids to hospital etc.



Mostly C's POWERGAMER!

You can rush with the best on your server. No-one can teach you
anything that you don't already know. In many cases you are a know-it all and extremely annoying to everyone else. However all that powergaming and grind can leave you stale and disillusioned with your souless "toon". Try roleplaying.

The place to find out about all the latest Competitions being run by players and Codemasters!

The ‘Ultimate’ Competition (Barbarian)


The Ultimate competition that is run by Sphinx111 has returned to the forums.

The Ultimate competition is run with a focus on discussion as to what the DDO community as a whole think about each class and in particular what build works best for each class. The current class being voted on and discussed is the Barbarian.

THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED.


For those wanting to find out more the rules can be viewed here and although the competition is closed for the Ultimate Barbarian you can view all the entries and congratulate the Winner here!

Keep your eyes peeled for the next round of the ‘Ulimate’ Competition – The Monk!





DDO Shoot –a-Movie Competition

Originally Posted by Amaurea

We're always impressed by the amount of dedication and talent shown by our players in creative competitions. As the newest Stormreach Chronicle shows, user-created videos are always fun and are a great way to challenge your creativity. With this in mind, we're looking to spotlight a player-created video that celebrates DDO's 3rd anniversary!

From 5th March through March 29th, we'll be accepting nominations of player-made DDO movies to spotlight in the Video Spotlight Nominations thread! On 30th March we'll select the best nominations and let the community vote on which is their favourite DDO anniversary video!

To nominate a video, post a link to the video in our nomination thread ready for us to review it, and don't forget to include the credits! We'll select our favourites and in a final vote, the community will help us to select which video to spotlight on DDO-europe.com!

Entrants are encouraged to upload their videos to any of the numerous, free video-hosting websites out there and share them with other DDO fans!

We can't wait to see the great DDO Anniversary videos from our fans!

This is your chance to create and present a DDO Anniversary Video!


The closing date for entries is TODAY the 30th March 2009, when the best entries will be voted on by you the community.


The Winner will receive a special forum title of "Greater Dragonmark of Making" and some other nice goodies!

You can submit your entry and also nominate other peoples video’s here!

Weekly Community Crossword Competition



Each week there will be a Community Crossword Competition. The rules are very simple – the first person to post in the Stormreach Community Chronicle thread with the correct answers will win a prize!









This weeks Prize is A Large Scale for the 1st person to post all the correct answers!





All prizes are available to both Characters on Devourer and Keeper!





Congratulations to last week winner Morethan! And here is the soloution;












Join other aspiring builders as we take a look at this week's user-created character builds!




Want to try something special and have an idea for a character but you are not sure how to go about it?


Ask our resident experts Lyrach and Sickness – they will endeavor to help you find your Ideal build.


Check out their request a build – get a build for all your needs!




Here are this week’s Spotlighted Builds!



Featured Build: The Intelligent Shocktrooper

A Superb 28 PT Barbarian!



Featured Build: Syng Fang


A Battlebard from Whatever Cornelius.

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Guides, Q&A, help for both new and old players, find it all here at the Community Resource Center!

• New to Stormreach? An excellent Newbie Guide can be found here so be sure to stop by and check it out!
  
  
  
  
• Ever wondered what all those Tip say as you change between zones? Well Smitey has somehow managed to list ALL OF THEM! Check out this crazy list here!
  
  
  
  
• Welcome to all newcomers of Stormreach, you may not realize but we have an Q&A section of the forums where can ask the community anything you might not be sure of.
  
  You can go check out this Q&A section of the forum here!
  
  
  
  
• Ever get stuck on the Puzzle in Enter the Kobold?
  
  Here is a great guide from Melanastere to help you through;
  
  
  

  Originally Posted by melanastere

  Hey guys,
  
  With the release of mod8, we have a new puzzle type. I'm speaking about the puzzle in Enter the Kobold where we have to light the tiles placed on each square of a given board. In this puzzle, we can only make moves which simultaneously shift one square along one axis and two along the other. It’s a chess knight like movement. Of course it's fun to let everybody messing in it all at the same time and the puzzle is easy enough to not even care about an effective way to do it. That being said, I was always wondering if I could find a sequence of moves, such that each square of the board is visited exactly once. This is the well known problem of the Knight Tour except that there are no solution for a 4 x 4 board.
  
  Now it's not exactly a 4 x 4 board since there are 4 more squares added to this particular board. The two squares at entrance and the two squares at exit. This makes the Knight Tour study a bit special in this case since it's not a regular matrix like board.
  
  All that to say that I think that I've come across to find a solution to this problem. The path is given below. The entrance of the puzzle is at the bottom and the exit at the top. The S letter represents where I start. I can reach this starting square by stepping on to the glowing gem represented by the tiny black bold arrow at entrance. Then I follow the path showed by the light long arrows till E at exit.
  
  I’ve not tested this particular path yet but it should work!
  
  Have fun,
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[SliderI-V]

You've made me late for work Bran; reading all that

Great stuff as always. Nice to hear from Mel, tucked away on Dev.

The answers to the powergame survey were too funny



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[Meowin]

Wow, clankenbeard´s video must be one of the best on DDo ever!

[hangmans_tree]

Wow, to think that my first ever topic/thread (I'm just a girl...) to hit the headlines! Can I pave in self-edulgance now?

[Daemoni]

Very nice Job excellent!!! thumps up!!!!

[Sir Aggravator]

Cor blimey 5 pages! Grats on another fun and informative chronicle.
I too hope Clankenbeard wins the US video comp - always funny