DDO Dev Chat Log



The developers at Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach (DDO)
participated in a chat this past Thursday. Here's a taste of what was
discussed:

*dstungah* Will we see the
increased ranged attack speed, by level, as addressed in the last
dev-chat?

Codog_DDO Absolutely, in the fall
module.

*Banhammer* Any plans to expand
the patron system further?

jwb_DDO The system was designed to
be very friendly towards adding new patrons and also adding in new
ranks and rewards to the existing ones, so naturally as we add new
areas and dungeons, those will be two directions that we’ll be
expanding upon. We’re also looking into creating quests that will
require a certain amount of favor with a specific patron in order to
attempt.

jwb_DDO The patron system offers a
lot of really cool possibilities and tie-ins with the quest system that
we’re excited to explore.

*linaewen* what are your ideas
for
a crafting system in DDO? Components, where will we find them, what
sort of crafting, magical crafting, brew potions? craft armors? design
armors and weapons?

Eckelberry Tricky question. We've had a
lot
of preliminary design work on crafting, and the challenges are obvious;
how do we integrate the D&D item creation system with the needs of
an MMO? It's not an obvious answer, because no we don't want players
able to make every item in the game presently. It's still early, but
our designer on the project is pretty excited already.

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