Hi Huys,

Im an MMO veteren of a few games, and noticed that the D&D online retail disk is only $10 at my local store. Before I try it out, Id apprecaite some advice...Here goes :)

1. My broadband is limited per month (yeah I know its weird, but thats Australia at the moment) and cant afford to do a 5 gig download to get the game installed. From the original retail disks, how big would the startup patches be to get the game running?

2. I know the game is instanced, but how many dungeons are there to explore? Are there a few, that are regularly re-run to get loot, or are there many many dungeons?

3. How long would the average dungeon run be?

4. Are pugs a good way to play the game? Or do you have to join a guild to get to see the game properly? I hear there is a problem with veteren players racing through content?

Many thanks,

Originally posted by Zerly

Hi Huys,

Im an MMO veteren of a few games, and noticed that the D&D online retail disk is only $10 at my local store. Before I try it out, Id apprecaite some advice...Here goes :)

 

1. My broadband is limited per month (yeah I know its weird, but thats Australia at the moment) and cant afford to do a 5 gig download to get the game installed. From the original retail disks, how big would the startup patches be to get the game running?

Up to two GB

 

2. I know the game is instanced, but how many dungeons are there to explore? Are there a few, that are regularly re-run to get loot, or are there many many dungeons?

It's not really item centric game. There are enough dungeons (maybe around 250) to keep you busy for a long time. But yeh, as in any other game you will rerun the same dungeon from time to time. The advantage here is that each dungeon can be played on 3 or 4 difficulties, and each difficulty makes a different experience (different mobs, different traps..)

 

3. How long would the average dungeon run be?

The dungeons vary a lot. The fastest can take 5-10 minutes and the longest 4-5 hours.

 

4. Are pugs a good way to play the game? Or do you have to join a guild to get to see the game properly? I hear there is a problem with veteren players racing through content?

 Indeed they do. When they play their 7th character;p But anyway if you tell them you are new at the beginning, 95% of the players will slow down and let you enjoy each dungeon for the first times. The quality of pugs is actually pretty high.

Many thanks,