I did not immediately appreciate why reincarnation was important…as a new player I couldn’t understand why anyone would waste all the hard work of getting to level cap only to “lose” everything. Makes me laugh when I think back on it. And I’ll add that I run with a diverse group who helped me appreciate how DDO can be many variations depending on the reasons people play it. One is a crafter. One has toons at every level so he can jump in with wherever everyone is at. One is a completionist. One is a drunk(ish) barbarian. We have a great time together! Thank you Mary for reminding us all to step away and get into the light. We always take important breaks. See you in HC!

I've only been playing for five months now and I absolutely love DDO! The entire past lives concept totally blown me away once I found out during the leveling process. Just a few days ago I reincarnated for the first time, and I was sooooo excited! I'm still a noob and I know that there's so much more for me to learn but imo, after playing so many MMO's since EverQuest, DDO is so much better than what's out there today.

A refreshing take on tier lists and one that puts players in the right frame of mind when approaching DDO. Liked, subbed and commented for the algo!

something to note for new players: Each character starts with 1 lesser heart. So dont worry about making a mistake on your first character. But you can also use this lesser heart to change an Iconic characters class to a variant class. For example a bladeforged will always start off as a paladin, but if you use the lesser heart you can instead make him start off as a sacred fist instead.

You are actually right Dark Lord.

I came back during covid in 2020 after leaving in 2009. It was so different 11 years later, and it became pretty clear to me that getting as many past lives as fast as possible were the way to go along with some reaper points sprinkled within. Also: 1) understanding hit boxes and how monsters move and attack was important in terms of game play. 2) understanding spell like abilities and APs, and knowing how all the feats work. 3) Also, the PRR/MRR system which nobody explained to me early on was crucial. 4) Getting into a power full group that willing to drag you thru some R10s at cap will get you more power pretty fast.

Really nice video! I played DDO a fair bit in my time, but in that time I was the player who just kind of made a character, did Korthos, and got to maybe level 6 or 7 and made another, and never played the game consistently. I played MMOs before, and played lord of the rings since launch to this day, and honestly that game has sadly just been me nostalgia chasing, as in my opinion it just hasn't gone in the direction it needed to go. With that said, I downloaded DDO recently, within the last 3 weeks, one of the factors in me going to try it again was this video, and Strimtom's whom I've seen lots of videos for as well when researching the game. I did a pretty odd approach I guess, but I decided instead of learning and making the mistakes (others can see that as a good or bad thing but it is what I did) and just go the route of spending a week or two learning the game from videos before actually going into the game. So I did that, and I started playing the game, and learning about all the new systems the game has expanded on, and games have been increasingly harder for me to get into and stay playing, but when i say I played this game and it just felt like, after understanding a bit how it works, just felt like such a well put together game, and has grabbed that "awe" feeling I had when I played Lord of the Rings Online for the first time. My dad played this game for a long time, and I told him i was getting back into it, and well we've been playing together too so that has been a fun thing, as he knows his way around more than I do. xD All in all I am very grateful people like you and all the community creators this game has to help new players, because I can agree DDO on the surface level is a harder MMO and game to get into, but once you're there and playing it's a pretty good feeling in my opinion. TLDR: Returned to game after many years | The game was surprisingly very fun to play and seems to have held up well | Mary Rocks! Merry Christmas everyone!

The plus number for a heart of wood does not limit the number of levels of your alternative class. It limits the number of times you can switch classes as you level up. So if you want a two class build you need a +1.

Thanks M!

Great Video!

Having played DDO on and off since 2010 and seeing all the sad changes made to the game over the years; past lives are the only thing constant.

I love spell types so I got a couple energy critical feats in my first heroic life and it’s made game play so much better. I’m working on my 3rd warlock life now to get more mrr. I’m struggling to move into a melee build so I think I need to do a couple more epic past lives before I move into melee. Another thing I’m working on and struggling with is reaper points. I have 23 which is a good amount but I want my wings. I can solo r1 fairly easy if I know the quest. I do fine r3+ if I have a group.

How do I plan a character. Is there a planner available to help because this is alot and extremely confusing.

Just got all the ultimate bundles on sale. 😅

SKILL ISUE

well DDO is many of stories... (expansion packs) ten past lives or ten alts... what about both!!!!!!

I like the information that you are giving out. However, there seems to be an echo. It was a little annoying.

Because of everything I have none of my states are below 20. 68ish lives so far. I have barely touched Iconics. All I really want to do is play a fucking dwarf again. I mean I am building and collecting the best weapons, items, and armor. Just for the day, I can play a dwarf again. When that day comes. I think that ddo will shut down. Or They will come out with other dwarf races.

Hoard like a mo fo?

4.5 minutes in and I'm bored with the setup. Tell me already.