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New Dungeon & Dragons Online Module Available

by Maarten Goldstein, Jul 12, 2006 5:56am PDT

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Turbine sends along word that a second content module is now available for Dungeon & Dragons Online. The Twilight Forge module, a free download, offers "the drow as another playable race, content for players of all levels, enhanced grouping tools to improve the player experience, an in-game mail system, an adventurer's compendium to track completed quests, a 'favor' system to track a player's standing in the world, additional inventory slots and bank slots, and a plethora of new items, benefits and monsters".

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Instancing is good if done right. Large dungeons are good things to instance, since they're usually going to be associated with quests and be something a group wants to fight through without having to worry about campers and griefers and such.

It can also work if applied differently to common zones. If a zone is too crowded, having a second instance of the zone that people can switch to can make sense.

I would agree that the Guild Wars "instance everything" philosophy doesn't work particularly well, though.

Jul 12, 2006 6:47am PDT

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Instancing is good if done right. Large dungeons are good things to instance, since they're usually goin... : Arcanum
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- *sigh* That was in-reply to #3. http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=12475346 : Arcanum
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  i agree. also, here come the flood of drizzts : stgulik
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    Dark Elf 1: "Hay guys, I'm one of the few good dark elves, rebelling against the evil oppression of my r... : Arcanum
    - That's probably pretty accurate...also, since drow in Eberron are different than drow in Forgotten Realms... : Vincent Grayson
    - Drow 1: "Hay guys don't you feel great now that we're a million miles away from our jungle island homelan... : Majuju

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Is anyone playing this game? I tried the free trial or whatever and just thought it was really boring. Course, I don't really like the world hub style MMORPG (GuildWars, I'm looking at you). I prefer open worlds that you can explore and stuff. All this stuff is based on Lord of the Rings anyways and that was all about roaming the world on a quest, not popping into a holodeck and fighting stuff and popping back out (that's what it feels like to me).

Jul 12, 2006 6:01am PDT

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Is anyone playing this game? I tried the free trial or whatever and just thought it was really boring. ... : mrwolf710
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  No.. No they are not. : xlarti
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    I know I'm not.. it sucked badly.. instancing is bad.. I understand its less load on an area, but ins... : ShadowRam
    - Yay! Except for the use of them as 'safe zones.' "Run to the instance, quick" (although EQ did that.... : hawke
- sure I played it for a week. problem is i beat every instance in the game during that time. with nothin... : giroml

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Turbine is also doing Lord of the Rings online. Is it hub based?

Jul 12, 2006 6:43am PDT

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Turbine is also doing Lord of the Rings online. Is it hub based? : mrwolf710
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- I am pretty sure it isnt hub based. There may be some instanced "zones" for the sake of population contr... : james t kirk

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gasping for air these guys are

Jul 12, 2006 6:34am PDT

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gasping for air these guys are : Foxhawk
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- I was never turned off by a MMOG so fast before. I hated the thing before I even MADE it to the first... : hawke