Finally bought the adventure packs today on the last day of the 20% off sale. Also filled up my cart and used the democoupon1 for the 1st time so that I could afford all the sale packs with my current turbine points.
Now I have some new content for my alts to run, and my main to farm for favor and some of the cool loot I've been missing out on. Gem of many facets anyone?
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Monday, May 9, 2011
More news from a DDO player on a Mac
Just wanted to let everyone know that the latest release of wine has some more features for directx compatibility that seem to give DDO a little bit more of a boost, at least in my case on an older MacBook Pro (model 1,1 to be exact).
Some of the tools available to LOTRO players, including LotroBoost got me thinking about using symlinks myself. Because I have a slower hard drive in my laptop (5400 rpm), I was used to running DDO off of a flash drive, and usually booting off of an external usb hard drive for a little bit better performance. (which you can't even do on windows without hacks.)
But, using symlinks (learn more in linux or mac by typing 'man ln' into the terminal), I was able to split the dat files between my external hard drive and flash drive, and still boot off of the internal drive.
End result? Far less lag / frame rate drops in large areas like marketplace or outdoor areas, and improved loading times.
Some of the tools available to LOTRO players, including LotroBoost got me thinking about using symlinks myself. Because I have a slower hard drive in my laptop (5400 rpm), I was used to running DDO off of a flash drive, and usually booting off of an external usb hard drive for a little bit better performance. (which you can't even do on windows without hacks.)
But, using symlinks (learn more in linux or mac by typing 'man ln' into the terminal), I was able to split the dat files between my external hard drive and flash drive, and still boot off of the internal drive.
End result? Far less lag / frame rate drops in large areas like marketplace or outdoor areas, and improved loading times.
More news from a DDO player on a Mac
Just wanted to let everyone know that the latest release of wine has some more features for directx compatibility that seem to give DDO a little bit more of a boost, at least in my case on an older MacBook Pro (model 1,1 to be exact).
Some of the tools available to LOTRO players, including LotroBoost got me thinking about using symlinks myself. Because I have a slower hard drive in my laptop (5400 rpm), I was used to running DDO off of a flash drive, and usually booting off of an external usb hard drive for a little bit better performance. (which you can't even do on windows without hacks.)
But, using symlinks (learn more in linux or mac by typing 'man ln' into the terminal), I was able to split the dat files between my external hard drive and flash drive, and still boot off of the internal drive.
End result? Far less lag / frame rate drops in large areas like marketplace or outdoor areas, and improved loading times.
Some of the tools available to LOTRO players, including LotroBoost got me thinking about using symlinks myself. Because I have a slower hard drive in my laptop (5400 rpm), I was used to running DDO off of a flash drive, and usually booting off of an external usb hard drive for a little bit better performance. (which you can't even do on windows without hacks.)
But, using symlinks (learn more in linux or mac by typing 'man ln' into the terminal), I was able to split the dat files between my external hard drive and flash drive, and still boot off of the internal drive.
End result? Far less lag / frame rate drops in large areas like marketplace or outdoor areas, and improved loading times.
Friday, March 4, 2011
Pirate Hats
Well, now that the event is over, I don't feel like I am wasting time by putting togeather this image of my Khyber characters sporting their pirate hats.
Only one has any stat upgrade, and that would be the skullcap on my level 4 drow rogue/ranger. If I would have had more time, a heavy fort +15 intim helmet would have been nice.
I especially like my bard's hat though. But he'll still be wearing his pirate hat for the haggle bonus until I can get this one up to snuff.
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Only one has any stat upgrade, and that would be the skullcap on my level 4 drow rogue/ranger. If I would have had more time, a heavy fort +15 intim helmet would have been nice.
I especially like my bard's hat though. But he'll still be wearing his pirate hat for the haggle bonus until I can get this one up to snuff.
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Sunday, February 27, 2011
We be pirates, argh!
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Having a bit of fun with the birthday party hats and the event! I haven't had much time to play it though. Tomorrow I plan on making a composite image of my characters in their respective hats.
If nothing else, each of my characters did get a +2 elixer of supreme ability from the egg hunt.
[/caption]Having a bit of fun with the birthday party hats and the event! I haven't had much time to play it though. Tomorrow I plan on making a composite image of my characters in their respective hats.
If nothing else, each of my characters did get a +2 elixer of supreme ability from the egg hunt.
Monday, February 7, 2011
How to remain sane while slaying...
Assuming your sane to begin with, you might be in the level 8 to 13 range and looking at the Red Fens slaying and thinking 'how can I even get to 7500 slayer in a decent amount of time to make it not completely worthless?' And maybe you can't.
Or maybe you only have short snippets of time to play, where you couldn't finish a quest, but can get something done.
For me, I mostly listen to podcasts, and some of my favorite ones are 'Actual Play' (AP) RPG podcasts, where 'traditional' sit down role players record their game sessions.
The best of these is RPGMP3.com, where they have several hundreds of hours of actual play podcasts, ranging from 2E AD&D to 3e and 4e, retro clones like Castles and Crusades, actual old school like Empire of the Petal Throne, Rolemaster, and Indie as well. It's a great way to hear some traditional RPG in our favorite MMORPG.
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Or maybe you only have short snippets of time to play, where you couldn't finish a quest, but can get something done.
For me, I mostly listen to podcasts, and some of my favorite ones are 'Actual Play' (AP) RPG podcasts, where 'traditional' sit down role players record their game sessions.
The best of these is RPGMP3.com, where they have several hundreds of hours of actual play podcasts, ranging from 2E AD&D to 3e and 4e, retro clones like Castles and Crusades, actual old school like Empire of the Petal Throne, Rolemaster, and Indie as well. It's a great way to hear some traditional RPG in our favorite MMORPG.
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Thursday, February 3, 2011
A quick DDO Post.
If only My.DDO was updating correctly, this would appear with correct stats:
But it isn't, so you'll just have to trust that he is level 15 now and thinking of picking up a tower shield for more defense.
In other gaming news, I'll be DMing tomorrow, where the PCs bring the battle to the red dragon Khyrastryx.
But it isn't, so you'll just have to trust that he is level 15 now and thinking of picking up a tower shield for more defense.
In other gaming news, I'll be DMing tomorrow, where the PCs bring the battle to the red dragon Khyrastryx.
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