Sunday, March 20, 2011

DDO - Battle the Red Dragon!

If your a low level player (10 or under), then you've dreamed about the screenshot of the red dragon quest series that has been flashed as a loading screen.
Knowing this, I have wondered about this myself.
This Red Dragon is the end of the Vault of Night series of quests. The Red Dragon's name is Velah.
To start the series, you must visit the House of Kundarak and find Barrow d'Kundarak to start the series.
  • (VON1) Tharashk Arena
  • (VON2) Prison of the Mind - (Special Note: you will need a rogue for traps in the maze, at least two good tanks, preferrably two good healers with resurrect and a ranged person with high dps)
  • (VON3) The Jungle of Khyber 
    • Gateway to Khyber
    • The Jungle of Khyber
  • (VON4) Haywire Foundry
  • (VON5) Vault of Night
  • (VON6) Plane of Night
VON5 and 6 are raids that once you reach, you can repeat them as often as you like (with raid limitations). The Red Dragon Velah is in VON6.

I hope this clears a few things up and good luck with it! Is it worth it? The raid rewards definitely are.

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Let's do to the Dilettante's ball!

Half-elves are a special race, or half-race.
In this article, we will go over their Dilettantes. A dilettante is a special feat that allows a class bonus to the Half-Elf that would normally be unavailable. This is NOT the same as dual classing as you do not get all the same perks, skills, powers and other benefits that you normally would. On the other side, this does not restrict your levelling either.

Here you will find a list of Half-Elf Dilettantes and what they do and what they require. I can tell you from experience that a Half-Elf Wizard with the Ranger Dilettante gives a secondary ranged ability that was previously unavailable.

The Dilettantes are extra and not instead of. So don't worry about having to take up a feat in order to get a Dilettante.

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

It's gotta be clean!!

Cleansing the Taint of Shavarath is a big deal for Green Steel items. As we've said before, the uber-items begin after level 10. When you create an accessory Green Steel item, it automatically has a Taint of Shavarath. This is bad as it means you can only equip one accessory at a time.

Never fear though, it can be cleaned. You must get an Essence of Cleansing. This ONLY appears on your 20th time through the Shroud. The Shroud is a level 17 raid (yes I said RAID) that is designed to open the way to the last 10 levels of the game. In order to get 1 (ONE) Essence of Cleansing, you must run the Shroud raid 20 times. On your 21st time through, on Part 5, you put in your Green Steel accessory, High Energy Cell, and Essence of Cleansing into the alter to remove the Taint of Shavarath.

If you think this is a pain, remember that this item can have a lot of spells and bonuses added to it and will make you AWESOME!

Now for the catch, accessories are defined as Belts, Boots, Bracers, Goggles, Helm, Necklace, Weave Cloak and Weave Gloves.
That's 9 items each needing to be cleansed.
Do the math... that's a lot of grinding.

So buck up, figure out what you want as many bonuses don't stack (this goes mainly toward skill bonuses and spell point bonuses) and get ready for the long haul. It's about to get hairy...