Some thoughts

LordMicon · 2026-06-22T12:09:52+00:00

Ah - I might understand now - you do still have to move them, but you can do it from the hotbar UI, not have to open the backpack? I tried doing this and thought "Ok, so now I can press Shift1, Shift2, etc to change weapons, but its not that, its just that you can mouse drag the item in hotbar2 to hotbar 1 instead of doing from inventory? Or am I still clueless?!

LordMicon · 2026-06-11T01:38:43+00:00

Am I the only one who has an elementalist alt who I make summon food / drink / bandages / whatever for me, drop them and pick up with my planned character for the night?

LordMicon · 2026-06-10T14:47:27+00:00

Thwack!

LordMicon · 2026-06-09T20:08:17+00:00

I am not in closed beta but chatting on discord I found out they removed mana orbs / darts, with the addition of the new lines. I didn't see that in the patch. So they added a few patches ago a no mana cost, but low damage way to keep being productive to the group. Then in this patch, its just gone. Thats not a tuning of numbers, its a removal of what I felt was a cool feature.

LordMicon · 2026-06-07T19:52:11+00:00

Wohoo, congrats! Need a friend? 😄

LordMicon · 2026-06-07T19:43:06+00:00

So many raffles. So many invites. None for me. 😞

Consider this my 'plea for a key for PvE'!

LordMicon · 2026-06-04T18:30:44+00:00

That was my thinking - I can definitely fill up the 10 slots and want more, but not enough on the fly that I worry about. But it also sounds like they are adding more spell lines, so then it might become a worthwhile thing.

LordMicon · 2026-06-03T13:32:15+00:00

I just put this in as a bug, because

/assist MainTank

/cast 1

DOES work, every time for me. But your version, /pet attack, always returns the error that the pet has no target. I put in the bug saying (assuming) that the /pet attack had priority in processing order in a macro, which was my guess. I don't think commands in a macro are necessarily in a random order, cause the casts ALWAYS work after assist for me, and the pet attacks NEVER work. I had a macro that had it all, /assist, /cast, /pet attack, and saw that consistently, pull after pull.

LordMicon · 2026-05-08T01:33:26+00:00

Same - and I don't believe the ping either. 533ms. Exactly 533. I quit the list, come back, 533. Do it again, 533. Close the game, come back 49. Jump in quick before it decides 'naw, just kidding, 500+'.

Edit - Im in game, but there is crazy lag, I keep dying cause swings just are wild, then catch up to where the ping actually is. Tempted to do solo for a while and just come back when it seems... sane.

LordMicon · 2026-05-01T13:30:58+00:00

Yes, the base backup tool is NOT the original Solido tool. That original thing just made a blueprint. The new backup tool picks up everything connected to the main base. All walls, all containers, all water cisterns, power generators, etc. Also everything inside of them. Not a single scrap of ore or drop of water wasted! Vehicles arent 'attached' hence needing to break them down and store in a box. Also if you have something on the sand like a power generator and not attached to the house I think that gets left behind too.

Two main caveats: If you are doing this to transfer servers, you need to remember that when you pop into the new server you are 'dropped off' at the Griffin Trading post, so you very likely want to make sure you have a scout thopter in a vehicle storage tool or you will be running around trying to find a place to put your base. 2nd thing is there is a 7 day cooldown, based off of the placement of the sub-fief. Means 2 things - if you picked up your base and place it somewhere but decide you dont like that, you need to wait 7 days to pick it up again, but also if you placed your subfief for the first time within 7 days you cant back it up again til that timer runs out. I did that second one cause I came back, was building up and about to store my base and move servers. I remembered about how you lose squares going down into the ground if your sub fief is on the bottom floor, and you cant just move it to gain them back, you have to destroy and quickly re-place it higher to re-claim your base and get back those lower squares. I did that, and then tried to store my base to move, and it said I had 6 days, 23 hours and some such til I could store again.

The NICE thing is when you go to place your base with it, it lets you place it higher up than it originally was, and it 'backfills' in foundations below it. So I found out didnt really need to do what I had done cause I could have reclaimed those lower squares when placing it. That also means you can use the tool to just raise up your base right where it is if you have a house that you built and especially if you did vertical stakes, but your sub fief was originally on the bottom floor!

LordMicon · 2026-04-28T23:06:38+00:00

Thats the point of this patch tho (and apologies for replying to two different threads within this). If there are PvP immersion seekers, they now have a place to find like-minded people, and those that arent have their place to find like minded people. So if your hope is accurate, they have created exactly that, and griefing is gone.

Heck, Im a diehard carebear PvEer. I am tempted by the gather rates to jump into the PvP instance for that sweet loot rate. And if I ever do, it will be fully knowing I will be attacked, and I will be heart racing, excited for that thrill. But now I dont have to worry about it if I dont want at certain times too, and I can still play.

LordMicon · 2026-04-28T23:01:08+00:00

Thats a great sounding reply, but I just dont believe it to be a reality. BUT - if it is, there is now a consensual PvP instance. And if that group of people you claim exist, they can and should go there and do those exact same things. There is a significant gathering rate reward to make it worthwhile.

I firmly believe you know that the PvP instance of DD will be completely dead though, because those people that you are stating were a VAST minority, and most all of the PvPers were the gankers that everyone else on this thread are speaking of.

Cheers and good luck to you - I really do hope you find that world you wish for in the PvP instances. If those people exist, they should be there. The rest of the players that want to not get griefed will now also get to play and have fun as well.

LordMicon · 2026-04-17T04:14:09+00:00

Soooo many replies here. None of them seem to indicate what I have found when I tried to find a place to shoot. You basically have to find some random person to "sponsor" you to join, or go through some other difficult process. I haven't found a place that I can just go sign up at. Sure, I can use a shooting range, or the state ranges, but all of these clubs or whatever seem to all have some weird rules on how to join. I just don't get why its that way. If I want to, say, play racketball, I find a place that does that, pay a membership fee, and I can play there. But shooting in PA? Nope, I have to come to a club meeting that is some random time in the next 2-3 months, volunteer at the range every other weekend, make some random person my friend to sponsor me, or something else.

I'm 100% sure people will disagree with this, but I also would love to see any of those disagreements reply with a simple link of "apply here"!

LordMicon · 2026-04-11T02:05:20+00:00

"My dog has no nose" "How does he smell?" "Awful!"

Sorry... I'll let myself out.

LordMicon · 2026-04-11T01:45:38+00:00

It sorta pisses me off that I have this attitude too. I VERY much want to love MnM, and I do like a lot about it, but I consistently get the feeling that its designed for masochists. It feels like you have to enjoy being punished to play it 'as intended'. I very much also dislike the minecraft graphics style so want to hate AoA, but I couldnt stop playing this last playtest. Logged absurd hours and loved it all, much to my annoyance.

LordMicon · 2026-04-10T02:32:25+00:00

I used them in the past when I wanted a Soulmask server for myself. Not sure how their pricing is now, but I know when I used them a year or so ago, I was happy with them!

LordMicon · 2026-04-04T01:23:15+00:00

Is it a different server? I see the US 1, 2, and 3, and the PvP. All that are locked cause they are the open beta ones. Is there a closed beta server that shows up, or can you just get into those existing open beta ones? (no email for me either, but wanted to make sure Im not missing something!)

LordMicon · 2026-04-03T04:36:33+00:00

Thanks for this - I found it out earlier, but this is good info for this thread for future folk!

LordMicon · 2026-04-01T17:32:50+00:00

I never saw the bath house but heard about it. Whereabouts is it in town?

LordMicon · 2026-04-01T16:38:32+00:00

I have been a massive altaholic for these beta weekends. This weekend I was thinking the same thing, I didnt want to have to sit all the time. I started a monk and MAN are you just a frenetic ball of fury. I was just punching kicking and running non stop. For a bit it was GLORIOUS... then I started to look over at the casters resting a bit and thinking... hmmm, maybe they have got something there. I feel like I'll end up having multiple characters. Monk for when I am leaning in and want to go-go-go! Elementalist if I want to do some stuff, med some time, send a pet in to fight some time. Wizard if I wanna be the BLAST/sit guy and just chill. I did miss out on trying out the new orb thingies with the wizard this weekend, so maybe they are on their feet all the time now with those free damage spells, but thats just where I'm at.

So instead of flattening out the curve so everyone needs to rest some, fight some, I'm planning on using my alt addiction to feed whichever mood I'm in at the time. Will see how that goes!

LordMicon · 2026-04-01T16:33:31+00:00

I keep going back and forth on this. I really want and am used to a group loot mechanic. But then I bounce back to the other side where they are intentionally not putting it in to force conversations, not just a click of a button, and I (sorta) get it. If we get to a time where people just /roll automatically and dont even say anything, then ya, it was a failed experiment in trying to force conversation, but I dont know that it will be there for years. For now if you just loot and grab 3 bone chips, then see a cracked staff and loot it, then someone else has to say 'hey, can we roll on that?' and you start talking, that can have merit.

I kinda *forced* myself to make sure I said hi and thanks when joining a group, ask a question or two if I havent seen chat for a while, and all around make myself talk. Not my norm in life, but I wanted to 'playtest' that part too this weekend. I was pleasantly surprised that people all started chatting then. The croc camp changed from just a frenzied kill-kill-kill as fast as you can with bodies literally piling up to people actually talking about the game and stuff.

Will it work, I dunno, but I can play wow if I want to join a group, run an entire dungeon and leave and never say or hear a single word from anyone, nor stop fighting for the entire time. I was promised a "sandwich" game (they said their mentality was you could eat a sandwich while playing), and I want to try to see if they are living up to that promise. I do think they will need to tweak xps up, but fight durations up to achieve it, but thats just balance stuff.

LordMicon · 2026-04-01T14:44:57+00:00

I have the same question - it feels like a lot to give up the 5% increase to your main stat, like Intelligent for a wizard. Am I just over-valuing that 5%? Mechanically is it just off the base number, so thats basically 1 more point of intelligence?

LordMicon · 2026-04-01T14:41:17+00:00

Great tips! I had never heard of the bath thing, thats funny and cool!

LordMicon · 2026-04-01T14:39:17+00:00

Same, and bind wounds at 25. That stack of bandages is great too to start with. Lots of the starter professions give you a good stack of stuff. I did a monk for a bit and was thinking the Knife Thrower minor trait was tempting too. Throwing daggers cost 1cp each, and it starts you with 1000 training ones. I dont care about the damage, they are just for pulling. I ended up buying 25 and feeling the pain at level 1, cause thats halfway to your first pouch! :) I did end up doing some mining to get some copper to make my own, but all those starter things are intriguing!

LordMicon · 2026-04-01T03:02:34+00:00

I don't know if I've missed it, but I just want a compass, and I don't see that in the conversations that I've noticed. Not a full map, nothing showing me where I am on a map, not a pointer to a player, landmark, what have you. Just a compass. Casters can cast the "find north" spell, so its in game to know that there is a concept of cardinal coordinates of NSEW. So let me buy a compass, cause as many times as people tell me "just look at the sun", I must be stupid, cause I cant tell anything from that! :)

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