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This just in from Satine, Codemaster's DDO Europe CM.

Greetings all,

It is with much pleasure that I inform you that our new DUNGEONS & DRAGONS ONLINE(tm): Stormreach(tm) (DDO) website has now gone live!

URL: http://www.ddo-europe.com

With a beautiful new design, full of the flavours, subtle symbolism and intricacies one might find in the game itself, the site is yours to explore, discover and learn what the magic of the DDO world is!

We'll be adding more and more content as we lead up to launch and our French and German speaking friends will be happy to hear that localised content will be made available too.

While you're out surfing around, take a look at our Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach TTH site

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"Ask and Ye Shall Receive!" .... most of the time.

Here is a compilation of Dungeons and Dragons Online: Stormreach Previews outside of our lovely community.

Gamespy

Yahoo

Stratics

GamerGod

I'll add more as I find them. TTFN!

I'd like to take this time to talk about the dangers of not ingesting enough coffee. It's not a good thing and frankly I wouldn't try it at home. One must have at least four cups a day to successfully function in the real world. For the non-real world I suggest a full bodied Mountain Dew.

Tactics, Tactics and More Tactics. When a journal starts out like this, what do you think it's going to be about? Read Beta Journal #7 to find out!

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee

In the typical sandwich combat MMO, there’s little point in trying to dodge blows from a monster you’re fighting; it’s programmed to hit you regardless. While you can engage a DDO monster in that manner, real-time reactions will make you a much more efficient fighter (with a lot more hit points left over at the end of a fight). Don’t just stand in front of the enemy and trade blows. Keep those feet moving - to the flanks - adjust your position. Much like boxers and marital artists do, move around to keep your opponent off-balance. Nimble monsters present a challenge, they may move to face you as fast as you move away, so mix your movement by also jumping back and forth as you attack. I see too many barbarians and rangers (in light armor) trying to trade blows toe-to-toe. They may win, but are often more wounded than necessary and are soon dipping into their potion supply or crying for the nearest healer when the next encounter slams the party. And healers, just like fighters, are working on a strategic budget in any given dungeon crawl - there’s no automatic health or magic point regeneration here!

Join Shayalyn on our Ten Ton Hammer Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach Fansite!

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As Napoleon Dynamite would say... "Luckiieee!"
MMORPGDot.com
has a link to Yahoo Games.
Doesn't sound very impressive but they are featuring a preview of Dungeons and
Dragons Online: Stormreach!

Yahoo Games' Chris Hudak takes a look at Turbine's forthcoming sure-to-be-a-blockbuster
title, Dungeons and Dragons Online.

The last thing Turbine (and their inspirational partners, Wizards of the Coast)
wanted to do was to give the gaming world yet another generic, aimless, newbie-snubbing,
player-griefing, stat-grinding MMORPG and stuff it into a vaguely D&D-ish
skin. Lead designer Ken Troop likened the experience of MMORPG grief to having
a gaggle of jerks barge into a tabletop D&D session, bellowing profanity
and scattering the group's dice and figures.
No, the goal was always to give PC gamers a game that truly emulates the
imaginative, transporting experience of the classic pen-and-paper RPG, complete
with personality-rich locales, carefully balanced party-based adventure/combat,
and a meaningful story. Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach, takes some
promising, heroic strides down that noble, if nerdy, road.
Based on the 3.5 Edition Dungeons & Dragons rules (and set in the Wizards
of the Coast campaign fantasy realm of Eberron), Stormreach is rooted in party-based
exploration, in the vein of Guild Wars. It also aims to streamline the sometimes
alienating experience of the first-time D&Der.

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