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I questioned James also about the choice of Eberron and was told that
it was recommended by Wizards of the Coast. The continent of Zendric
had yet to have lore fleshed out and Turbine was basically given the
ability to build their own world, including a new race – the Warforged.

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A couple of errors here. First, its Xen'drik. Second, nothing Turbine has developed as went into the official books. The Warforged were around before Turbine started on the game. Just ask anyone who has ever played D&D. Warforged has been around at least since the Monster Manual 3.0 and were in the ECS before DDO began development.

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Originally posted by Shurijo

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I questioned James also about the choice of Eberron and was told that
it was recommended by Wizards of the Coast. The continent of Zendric
had yet to have lore fleshed out and Turbine was basically given the
ability to build their own world, including a new race – the Warforged.

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A couple of errors here. First, its Xen'drik. Second, nothing Turbine has developed as went into the official books. The Warforged were around before Turbine started on the game. Just ask anyone who has ever played D&D. Warforged has been around at least since the Monster Manual 3.0 and were in the ECS before DDO began development.

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Thanks for the spelling (fixed) and we've clarified what they said. Warforged of course debuted as a playable race, but had previously been invented.

As to the other notes (things going in official books), perhaps its something that is on the way, because that's what Carolyn was told.

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By Keith Baker

I think it's just a poor choice of words. The warforged existed long before the MMO was even considered; they've always been part of the game world, and were included in the MMO as one of the clear connections TO the existing world, not as something new.

 

Xen'drik has always INTENTIONALLY been left undeveloped, so each DM can put what he wants there. So that part is correct. The reason the MMO was placed in Xen'drik was so they would have room to create their own material. However, the warforged as a concept were present in the story bible I submitted in the Fantasy Setting Search. Warforged game mechanics were worked out during the design phase by, among other people, James Wyatt. And the warforged were in the original Eberron sourcebook. 

 

Incorporating warforged was one of the key ways to make DDO feel like Eberron. But the warforged were not created BY the DDO designers; they have always been part of the setting.

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 Very nice, and good of Keith to reply so quickly.  That's one of the hazards of reporting from a convention floor. Apart from having to deal with the noise, sometimes there's "mis-speaks" sometimes' there's "mis-hears."  I report what is related to me, and being a writer that covers all MMORPGs do not have the in depth knowledge that many readers and fans have of a particular game.

However, James *was* pretty excited that their map of Stormreach was published or being published in the Pen n' Paper format.

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Originally posted by d3ltr33
I'm an RPGA official D&D Dungeon Master and I second what Shurijo said about the Warforged.
They were official Eberron Playable race since the beginning and, definitely, Eberron is not a D&D Online creature.

To clarify the matter I wrote to Keith Baker.

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Originally posted by Nai`Neas
An additonal quip about this review.

The Y-axis is a horizontal direction...he meant the Z-axis for vertical.  Being a Computaer aided draftsman this little "oops" bugs me.

Being a 23 year D&D Veteran, and HUGE Eberron fan, DDO bugs me. I was in beta, there were too many inconsistences. Now with PvP, they better not change the spells for PvE, that will be lame, Magic missiles, are always supposed to hit, that's why they do less dmg than other spells!!!

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*hangs head in shame*

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Originally posted by 0over0

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Originally posted by Nai`Neas
An additonal quip about this review.

The Y-axis is a horizontal direction...he meant the Z-axis for vertical.  Being a Computaer aided draftsman this little "oops" bugs me.

Being a 23 year D&D Veteran, and HUGE Eberron fan, DDO bugs me. I was in beta, there were too many inconsistences. Now with PvP, they better not change the spells for PvE, that will be lame, Magic missiles, are always supposed to hit, that's why they do less dmg than other spells!!!

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Aye, I noticed that part in the article about one character's "dodging" the other's magic missiles. Tsk, tsk.

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Originally posted by Nai`Neas
One of the Biggest inconsistences DDO has is it's XP system.

If a character can solo a dungeon they should be supremely rewarded, but they get the exact same XP whether they solo it, or go in with a full force...very UN-D&D.

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Totally disagree. The principal focus of D&D in PnP has always been on party play. Not solo play. DDO seeks to replicate that by doing all they can to encourage party play, and grouping. Whilst solo play is essential for an online game, and they have recognised that, to reward it over grouping would be nonsensical. As it would encourage people not to group. Which would indeed be "very UN-D&D".

Cheers,

Sirac

If they make to many changes from PnP, changes that are not all necessary, then why call it D&D online? They can make a name up like all the others. In my opinion if any of the tweaks for PvP carry over into the PvE then the game will have a short lifespan as it will loose what little it has that makes it different right now. PvP is a mistake in this game in my opinion as it's never been widely accepted in PnP. They will loose true D&D fans and then PvP fans will just switch to better PvP games after a short visit in DDO.

Just my opinions on it.

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Originally posted by Sylvene
Confirming a few things that I encountered during PvP play.

The spells and abilities will be balanced for PvP in the PvP instances - similar to what was done for EverQuest, when you go into a PvP area, the spells and abilities will be different from what you are used to in PvE.

Yes, he dodged my magic missiles.  We ran through several scenarios as well as the tavern brawl area.  Unless I failed my roll *that* many times to hit, he succeeded in dodging my magic missiles.  Ran behind pillars, tumbled, dodged.  He even mentioned how it could be done because combat in DnD is "Real Time."  I'll talk to Dana about getting some "in writing" clarification from Turbine about PvP, but realise too that this is still in beta and things will change as needed prior to release.

Characters used were both level 6.  James chose a Warforged Ranger and I selected an Elven Sorceror.

As for "dodging" magic missles not being possible in DnD... well, isn't Enhancements also an DND Online thing?  ;) 

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