No invite for me... bastards. I friggin' beta-tested that game
for real for them!
DDO is Sayvara's birthplace. It's a neat li'l MMO, desperately trying to cater to the d20/D&D nerds, and succeeding all too well, although not enough to please the nerds because they simply cannot grasp that what thery do with pen & paper over hours swish past in just a few minutes in a computer game. Hence DDO is like D&D on steroids and amphetamines, and your slots just cram up with +5 Items Of Everything.
All in all though, it's a good first for Turbine and it did pave the way for them to make LotRO, which in my opinion is still a smash hit of a game. SWG and LotRO are in my opinon
the best MMO's for anyone that wants a bit of immersion and escape WoW's constant rape and abuse of the fourth wall. And DDO is like a fun little hang-around that relates to these two.
I'll poke my head in and see what the open play is like. Those of you that know Sayvara from that time will notice she has changed, though just a tiny bit. Her wonderful, cuddly personality is still the same, along with that charming touch of madness that sadly got lost on the way over to Middle Earth. She's still wielding her stonkin' great ti... uhm, sword, although now she has laid off the fun and trickery of magic that her former bard class gave her and now suits up in full plate as a fighter should.
Anyway... enjoy your stay.
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