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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
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 Posted - 08 Aug 2009 : 05:35:04
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Just received this in my email from Gen Con organizers:
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Dungeons & Dragons® has a lot to offer at Gen Con Indy 2009
Stop by the Wizards of the Coast Booth #1721 and demo the Character Builder on D&D® Insider™. Sign up for an account at the show and receive a D&D® Backpack and D&D Insider debut content. Does someone in your party need an introduction to D&D 4th Edition? Demos of 4E will be going on in the booth during the exhibit hall hours. In addition, Wizards of the Coast will be selling the 4th Edition Player’s Handbook for $5 with the purchase of any other D&D rulebook. Get your friends hooked on 4E!
Other D&D in booth promotions include: advanced sales of Adventurer’s Vault 2 and Dragon 2009 Annual. Sales of these two titles are limited to one per person. Only 100 copies will be sold each day, so make sure you get yours while supplies last.
Upper Deck presents the ultimate location for World of Warcraft, Dinosaur King, and Marvel at booth #1005!
Wizards of the Coast will also be celebrating the launch of Dungeons & Dragons Online®: Eberron Unlimited™ by giving away $5 DDO Store gift cards! DDO Unlimited is the premium free to play MMO where players can battle their way through the spectacular online world of Eberron and experience the exhilarating real-time combat and challenging game play powered by the legendary Dungeons & Dragons® ruleset. The $5 gift cards can be used to buy additional adventures or in-game items in the new in-game store. Authentic D&D® features include customizable characters; handcrafted dungeons filled with devious traps, classic monsters, a dungeon master, and an on-screen 20-sided die. DDO Unlimited introduces an innovative new pricing model that allows players to download and play for free, purchasing adventure packs, items, and account services a la carte from the new DDO Store, or to subscribe to get unlimited access to all of the game’s content. Play DDO Unlimited for free by visiting http://www.ddo.com. $5 DDO store gift cards are free with the purchase of any D&D product at the Wizards of the Coast booth.
The D&D Insider Compendium will be free from Thursday August 13, 2009 until Sunday August 16, 2009! That’s right, Wizards of the Coast is making the popular rules Compendium available for free to everyone world wide during Gen Con.
Now, regarding D&D Online, I got into the Beta and I was disappointed. It's the same game from a few years back, just tweaked so you can buy stuff with real cash. They haven't even bothered to update it to 4th Edition rules. I should also note that I tried D&DO when it first came out and wasn't impressed then. And, finally, I'm not impressed with any MMORPG.
@Matt James: I saw you got in on the Beta too. What's your take on it?
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Matt James
Forgotten Realms Game Designer
USA
918 Posts |
Posted - 08 Aug 2009 : 15:48:58
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| Its not innately terrible, but not appearing at the same time. I don't see anything that is drawing me to play. I am like you as well in that I tried it when it first came out awhile ago and I wasn't very impressed. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 08 Aug 2009 : 16:42:29
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I've not played DDO myself, but my friend Mike has. He's played a lot of the MMOs on the market, including WoW, Evercrack, and Lord of the Rings Online (which all of us are now playing, including my wife!).
His opinion was that it wasn't a bad game, but it was severely lacking in content. He said that in a relatively short amount of time, he'd done everything there was to do. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31799 Posts |
Posted - 08 Aug 2009 : 17:23:26
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If I had the time and the money, I'd likely sign on with DDO. Long enough, I suppose, to see what it's like.
But as it stands now, I'm really set on using my hard-earned gold pieces to focus on either DC Universe Online or Stargate Worlds. Which ever is ready first.
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Brian R. James
Forgotten Realms Game Designer
USA
1098 Posts |
Posted - 08 Aug 2009 : 18:02:33
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Oooh. Advanced sales of Dragon Annual 2009 eh? Have I mentioned that I have an article in there!? Alas, I'm not permitted to say which one.
And if it's anything like Gen Con last year with the FRCG, everyone else will have a copy but me!  |
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
3249 Posts |
Posted - 08 Aug 2009 : 18:06:17
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Originally posted by The Sage
If I had the time and the money, I'd likely sign on with DDO. Long enough, I suppose, to see what it's like.
But as it stands now, I'm really set on using my hard-earned gold pieces to focus on either DC Universe Online or Stargate Worlds. Which ever is ready first.
Once the Beta is over, DDO will be free to download and play. You'll only have to pay to buy extra content. |
I actually DO know everything. I just have a very poor index of my knowledge.
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Caolin
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 09 Aug 2009 : 03:11:58
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| If DDO was based in the Forgotten Realms rather than Eberron I would have totally played it. Heck, if it were based in a generic world I might have played it. But I do not care for Eberron so I didn't even play a demo of it. Just my 2 cents. |
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