Trying to update the game and jump on, but I keep getting a PatchClientDLL: Check Dat Files Failed error. Fresh install of the game.

I thought it might have had something to do with today's scheduled maintenance, but I'm a few hours early for that.

I've had 2 open tickets for 3 months now, and I don't think they have looked at them, as one of them was a bug that got fixed with a update the next day and I said that in a separate comment in the support ticket. 3 almost 4 months later now and the ticket is still open, and my other ticket made a week after that (which I'm still having problems with in-game) is growing cob webs.

Has anyone else made support tickets in the last 3 months and had them responded to?

As the title says. I looked in the launcher, and it seems like some of the servers I used to play on are now called a "ghost world," or something. If I had to transfer characters over, which one is most active for US East Coast? I definitely don't want to play solo if I can help it, that defeats the point of playing an MMO, yah know? Any other tips or advice is welcome, I already redeemed the "new big code," by the way.

Hello all! I'm coming off completing the Witcher series again and my online gaming group is talking about getting back into DDO. I've done several searches and can't find any reliable or recent advice on how I might build a Witcher-like character in DDO. What little I've found is years old and even Reddit doesn't have much on the topic. I'm more looking for flavor rather than optimization; I doubt our group ever gets serious about high end content for the game. I'd like the character to be good with melee, competent with Sign abilities and use potions. Any advice about recent DDO would be super helpful. Thanks for reading.

Edit: After all the replies, this looks like it'll be a good reference for anyone in the future looking to do this. There's a ton of good ideas in the comments.

The last time I did gear Tetris for my tank, the level cap was still 30. I've got a fighter/paladin build and I'm mainly wearing a seven-piece winter set and using a tower shield with a dino bone bastard sword. I cringe at the prospect of trying to figure out what gear to use these days. What are you guys wearing? I'd love if someone could just spoon feed me all 12 equipment slots so I can just go farming instead of spending a couple days trying to figure out what to even start farming for.

Are there any good ones for DPS or tanking?

I’m looking to try for endgame would love to make

*UPDATE*

Thanks all!

What's difference between the various colors of the Reaper's Steed mounts which have different costs?

Besides color of course. :)

I've completed the entire story arc for the adventure “The Keep on the Borderlands.” If I reset the story arc, will all my progress in the wilderness area also be reset? (like Slayer, etc...)

https://www.twitch.tv/coffeehounddog/clip/ObedientSmoothDragonfruitMcaT-0zO-Ht5_VvII9eRv

Hey, I cannot for the life of me remember what yhe item is and I need to transfer a raid item from one character to another. Help!

Does anyone know if these weapons have been updated to accept a Sentient Jewel from 20th level on?

Hello,

Coming back after a year of inactivity. Mostly do 1-30 content, grabbing past lives etc. Have been playing Crossbow toons for pretty much this characters entire life. Mechanic, Inquis, Arti repeater etc.

Currently the toon is 24 and was looking for other viable Crossbow builds for my next life when I hit 30. The new ability on Inquis that replaced No Holds Barred feels very underwhelming so not sure how viable going for the T5 stuff is anymore. While I acknowledge that Inquis was extremely strong, how viable is it for 1-20 or 20-30 now? I rarely used No Holds Barred outside of HP sponge mobs so I am not broken up about the change, but as I said the replacement ability feels very overwhelming and maybe its just me returning at 24 but it feels like I do way less damage than I was used to before my break. I was using a 10 Class I want to Reincarnate for past life, 9RGR, 1ART build.

Bows look exciting with the new changes but I have hardly any to test with so that may be a few lives down the road. Just looking for something crossbow-y if I cant continue to use Inquis. Just wanted to know if inquis is still a good go to (with minor changes to maybe a different T5 etc, or if there is something more worthwhile to try this next life that makes use of my cache full of Xbows and Ranged-Focused gear.

apparently animation canceling is the best way to increase your DPS, how does it work? you just use one of the animation canceling moves like hamstrung and thats it? how can that increase your DPS that much, adds one extra attack every few seconds?

I get the solo player is now the target audience, but, damn, if i had a magic wand i would nuke the mob blob tool they use to author encounters and actually add a couple traps or mega puzzles back in. Is that weird?

Modern ddo dungeon design just cant hold a candle to ddo from a decade ago. The personality of each dungeon, the asymmetrical win conditions, the patrols, sleeping or dancing mobs, the personality of each small encounter showing through in the mob placements and triggers, and the side rooms / optionals that are pure flavor and mild xp. the heavier relevance of party specialization.

I feel more bored in modern ddo content than i do running older content. And i kinda hate that.

Hi everyone!

This is my first reddit post and I hope this doesn't come across as dumb :) I've been playing DDO since 2012 mainly with my brother. We normally don't know other people to play with, but I have started a guild (The Kitty Committee, level 14). I would love to expand this guild but I'm a very socially awkward woman and sometimes life forces me to quit playing for a little bit.

Here's the question: How do I find people for my guild and how do I best manage a guild?

Thanks!

Okay, so I've got a pretty standard kinda tank-ish build of 12/6/2 Wiz/Pal/Rog PDK... Which used magic missile spam for Shiradi procs... Yeah, I quit around 2014, right after Thunderholme released. Now, is there a way to save this build? It was relying on Shiradi procs but now they're... Really dogwater. I tried running couple quests in Eveningstar(like Battle for Eveningstar) on Elite and while survivability was totally fine, my damage against bosses and mini-bosses was just dogwater.

So, should I just HTR(I'm like 3-4 levels from 30) or just do lesser reincarnation for respeccing? I have like 3 or 4 class past lives, 2 shiradi past lives... Dunno really, since I might quit again due to terrible inventory managements system(my TR cache still has ~100 items left there).

Also, how bad is Sacred Fist pure pally? On paper getting evasion and all pally bonuses without multiclassing sounds awesome, however I heard the damage is dogwater.

Thoughts?

Hoi! So I'm coming back to DDO after a couple years, and Tabaxi look kinda cool. Any especially interesting builds for them?

Bonus points for newbie/solo friendly, since I'm more or less relearning the game at this point.

(The "Cat Scratch" enhancement looks cool, but I'm not really sure what weapons it works with)

...which is cool, I guess? If only I had enough points to use it. Anyway:

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I'm an old player who comes and goes with DDO. I recently came back to find out legendary greensteel is a thing. I would like to craft some goggles for my Epic Favored soul for his epic reincarnations, but I can't seem to get a group together, as epic shroud has apparently fallen out of favor.

I'm looking for some people who wouldn't mind running me through the raid a couple times. Respond here if you'd be willing and able, I'll try to coordinate a time for all of us to get together. Thanks!

I am in eastern time and work heavily during four days of the week, but tend to be available most weekends- Friday, saturday, and sunday.

Anyone have a good Bow Build? Are they viable at Endgame with the new rebalancing?

happened 5 or six times now, i'll get to level 4 or 5 (but its happened at level 1 as well), and a randomly huge group of orange named enemies will spawn and one shot me, even as a barbarian.

since i dont see other people complaining, i'm assuming this is know about and people know how to avoid these deaths?

so could someone please tell me, i was nearly finished my first lantern the last time it happened and its starting to get personal.

I'm not necessarily a big spender/whale type, but wouldn't mind buying a few expansion packs and other useful unlocks to improve my overall experience.

What do you guys suggest?

I've just started playing, leveled up a bit, and the game tells me to put points in Enhancements.

But my Enhancements screen is blacked out, no text or anything. The Destiny screen also is, for what's worth, though I imagine that one is for late game.

Update: Thanks everyone, I was looking at the wrong window indeed (the one in the character panel instead of the dedicated Enhancements window). My chat was on top of the button that opens all the panels, so it took me a while to see it.

With all of the rebalancing Im thinking about running some Warlock lives. Any thoughts on the rebalancing and what build I should go with?