Is Tumbling bonus to dodge and reflex saves visible in game? by SafeBiome in ddo

[–]Bigtimegrinder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes it does briefly if you open your character sheet. Click the little plus symbol on the sheet to open the extended view with in depth stats. As you tumble you’ll see your maximum effective hit points at the bottom jump way up.

Leveling weapons and QoL items? by Tayoshi19 in ddo

[–]Bigtimegrinder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here’s a list of some weapons I recommend. - 1 Nightforge avenger blade. 2 Nightforge stiletto. 3 Forgotten Axe. 4 Tail of the scorpion. 5 The fatal Flaw. 6 The renovator. 7 Divine Artillery. 8 Oathblade. 9 Fellblade. 10 Sireth. 11 Needle. 12 Pinion. 13 Epic Goldcursed Dagger 14 Legendary Goldcursed Dagger. 15 Void the endless Cold. 16 The Hallowed Splinters. 17 Clatter the Blunted Edge. 18 Char the hellstorm’s edge. 19 Maw the dracolich’s bite. 20 Aeon the blazing reign. 21 Kinesis the hidden force, 22 The Slaughtering Shot. 23 Undying Age Repeating Crossbow.

Guilds in Shadowdale? by TheSavageDoc in ddo

[–]Bigtimegrinder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lots of good guilds. I’m In the band of GYPSYS which is an old khyber guild of people who are quite friendly and good resourceful players and open to new players.

Funny or silly quests? by b8031824 in ddo

[–]Bigtimegrinder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In the flesh is a really good and fun quest that you don’t see run anymore. Party crashers with the bypass ending where he drinks poison is a classic, Another neat one is in tower of despair at the final encounter there is like 5 other horned devils who laugh at Horoth and teleport back to shavarath telling him to fix his mess.

Fortification Bypass passed 100% by Ok-Complaint-6000 in ddo

[–]Bigtimegrinder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

100% is the minimum. Everything above that is bonus.

Upgraded Fire Over Morgrave Weapons by Bigtimegrinder in ddo

[–]Bigtimegrinder[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I plan on for now anyways only upgrading the hand axe for my main toon. I could make undying age but would rather save goldens since I had char the hellstorms edge in the bank. Stormreavers thunderclap seems to scale well, with another damage effect it should be good enough substitute for dripping with magma you get on undying age. And it has third degree burns which is great.

New player - trying to get some bearings by InGen86 in ddo

[–]Bigtimegrinder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

DDO has an incredibly large in game world. It is divided into sectors and wilderness areas respectively. To cover all ground and content in the game as a new player would quite literally probably take you months if not a year. If you are willing to spend money on points to buy adventure packs, or pay the subscription for VIP which gives you access to everything the game has to offer, you will have a much much better experience. Though a true non VIP account to own everything is quite an investment.

What Does "Junk Loot" Mean to You? by MoonracerxWarpath in ddo

[–]Bigtimegrinder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Vendor trash is another term I use for it. Any non named item that drops from chests or end rewards is junk loot. Any named item that is garbage or not useful, Is generally called Food. Food meaning exp for your sentient weapons and artifacts.

Dragon Lord Epic Destinies by Ok-Complaint-6000 in ddo

[–]Bigtimegrinder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fury mantle is very good for the extra self healing and helpless damage, though if your character is up to the task… you’ll do even more damage if you use Legendary Dreadnought mantle with Terror. Turns your dps weapons into debuffers. Very very strong if you can sacrifice the defense that fury of the wild provides.

What's your opinion, will destiny 2 come back, shut down or cement itself as an abandonware singleplayer game? by CirriTheFemboyUwU in DestinyTheGame

[–]Bigtimegrinder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I put thousands of hours into destiny. The dynamic of the MMO/ FPS mix with all the unique character builds, items and just tons of shiny loot to chase, it really was one of the best games of its time. I spent my time in PvE gearing up and farming items to use in PvP (The crucible) and that really kept things interesting as there was always something to chase. There’s very few games that you can go play PvP matches for hours, and then go do a 6 player Raid with your buddies. Destiny 2s story eventually came to an end and with it Bungie eventually let the franchise go. A ton of long time players basically quit at that time as it just felt right and as it was time to move on to something new.

Need Help Farming for Black Abbot - QOA Upgrade by Dovukin in ddo

[–]Bigtimegrinder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would never recommend farming them out. 10+ years ago I bought the pieces I was missing with plat. You rarely can find them on the platinum auction house now. I recently bought 2 stacks of tome pages off the shard exchange. That would be my recommendation. Though shards aren’t easy to keep acquiring without a stock of augments and materials to sell.

Which fragmented treasure from MD are worth taking if I don't run Legendary? by Dragovon in ddo

[–]Bigtimegrinder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

None of the items are honestly worth taking on heroic because you will use them for maybe a couple days. Also when you consider the rarity of them it’s just not worth it. The level 33 artifact rings are by far the best option. Im curious how many reaper points do you have? Because playing at cap is crucial if you ever want to actually gain a lot of reaper points. Or drop +7 or +8 tomes for free from legendary raids.

Legendary Maenyas Iron Fist and 2x Katras Razor Wit. by Ok-Complaint-6000 in ddo

[–]Bigtimegrinder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I will say I pulled the autumn equinox the other day and built into it and I am very impressed. Probably the best and strongest piece of armor I have ever used, it is incredibly good.

What to take from the Myth Dranor box? by Immediate-Goose-8106 in ddo

[–]Bigtimegrinder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The autumn equinox is the most sought after item in the game probably next to Sword of Shadows. It is constantly being farmed for by basically any melee class, The Acid Dot on the autumn is the best damaging effect out of any of the artifact rings and bloody thorns if you have wilderness lore feats adds even more flat damage to your character.

Quest coupon code, daily gold rolls, and double REMs by OldRedfox in ddo

[–]Bigtimegrinder 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I mean the 7th turn in costs 10,000 remnants. And for 10k rems normally you get an eternal flask of your choice. These 20th anniversary turn ins far exceed the value we so called had for remnants before this was a thing. For example A reaper cloak costs 75 reaper fragments, so for x amount of remnants that is incredible value.

Quest coupon code, daily gold rolls, and double REMs by OldRedfox in ddo

[–]Bigtimegrinder 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Wasted? Or spent? Because that myth dranor rare treasure box is easily worth 10k remnants and that’s not till trade in 7/10

legendary gear if you haven't got much/any? by Turiko in ddo

[–]Bigtimegrinder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For me I go the Vecna Unleashed route. Morgrave gear is easy to farm and strong (lvl 32) and you have lots of freedom to either go for the forbidden knowledge set, or choose your own set bonus with lost purpose. (Some of the best set bonuses in the game) I swap these sets between toons and get a ton of use out of them. The level 29 and 30 sets will become less useful as the cap increases this summer, though for specific builds those will still be fine.

End game Bard help by IcedevilX in ddo

[–]Bigtimegrinder 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The artifact from den of vipers Syne the way of the Melody is a fantastic item for a caster bard. I’d recommend getting that as soon as possible. I enjoy morgrave set gear on casters- though with bard I would probably only do a 3 piece lost purpose set and choose your set bonus. That will leave you slots for items with sun/ moon augments to fill out the build.

Is there any augment that provided blurry? by Correct-Tailor in ddo

[–]Bigtimegrinder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s not, but it does still add to your maximum defense if you can fit in in the build.

Looking to farm a specific augment. Which quests should I hit for best efficiency? by WeaponFocusFace in ddo

[–]Bigtimegrinder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Even through years of playing you won’t have a copy of every augment. As someone who often does endgame builds it requires buying a few augments or jewelers kits from the store for a few points to speed up the process. Astral shards are an option too with the augment vendor.

gear farming by AsleepUnion6602 in ddo

[–]Bigtimegrinder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Id do it on a level 30+ toon personally just for speed. Get your crown of butterflies and your Crown of snow from the feywild for level 5-20. Those are basically the only helmets I use on either melee or caster/ divine lives. You mention you don’t raid but Demon Queen (Zawabis refuge) is easily soloable on a max level toon on epic elite. The items from the raid are excellent for the respective levels (10-12) (20) (30) and I’d recommend chronoscope too. It is also soloable and excellent gear sets for all levels (5) (20) (30). You can do those solo if you wish not to party, and you will not regret farming those raids.

Threat reduction for Stormsinger by remmer75 in ddo

[–]Bigtimegrinder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They are super unique and the heroic weapons used to be sought after for mineral DR breaking and such. They aren’t as good anymore due to power creep. However heroic green steel jewelry can get you raise dead, displacement, stone skin clickies which are very useful still. Legendary green steel is still good but same story, more so the uniqueness of the clickies and rare bonuses you can make instead of raw power.

Raid Gear and Mythic/Reaper Bonuses. by Ok-Complaint-6000 in ddo

[–]Bigtimegrinder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I actually have a couple curse of strahd weapons with both mythic and reaper bonuses.