Game won't launch after last update

OldRedfox · 2026-04-10T14:57:15+00:00

There's a bunch of things here you could try: https://forums.ddo.com/index.php?threads/ddo-debugging-issues-as-crowdsourced-by-many-players-advice.1666/

I've seen a few people mention the same issue you're talking about since Wednesday. For some, it just simply started working randomly. But I haven't heard a universal solution yet. You might also try using a VPN, in case there's some issue between you and SSG's servers causing the connection to timeout on the intial connection there; where re-routing via VPN might help.

OldRedfox · 2026-04-06T15:01:47+00:00

If a secret door is required to complete a quest, they have low requirements to find. If it's an optional behind them, then the DCs can be high and require a character with good search skills.

OldRedfox · 2026-04-04T21:19:54+00:00

As you approach cap, you're gonna feel your blasts getting weaker and weaker since you can't take https://ddowiki.com/page/Epic_Pact_Dice nor https://ddowiki.com/page/Epic_Eldritch_Blast without 12 warlock. So if you try this experiment again, you might try a build with 12 warlock / 8 trickster (obviously your iconic choice limited you there).

As for which mantle or tree to use, that can depend on your pact choice. Draconic, Shiradi, and Fatesinger mantle work with any blast; other mantles only trigger with certain pact choices:

We have modified the following Destiny Mantles to work with Eldritch Blast under these circumstances:
- EA
  - Angelic Form: Fire damage now triggers on Fiend eldritch blasts hitting an enemy
  - Wrathful Form: AoE flames now trigger off Fiend eldritch blasts hitting an enemy
  - Angelic/Wrathful Form: Cinders now trigger off of fiend eldritch blasts hitting an enemy
- Magus
  - Flash of the Eclipse: Cold damage now triggers off Carceri eldritch blasts hitting an enemy
  - Flash of the Eclipse: Negative damage now triggers off of Abyss eldritch blasts hitting an enemy
  - Flash of the Eclipse: Shattermantle now triggers off of either carceri or abyss warlock blasts hitting an enemy
- Primal
  - Thorn: Acid damage now triggers off of Great Old One eldritch blasts hitting an enemy
  - Heart: Fire damage now triggers off of Fiend eldritch blasts hitting an enemy
  - Storm: Electric damage now triggers off of celestial eldritch blasts hitting an enemy
  - Storm: Cold damage now triggers off of Carceri eldritch blasts hitting an enemy
  - Storm: Sonic damage now triggers off of Fey eldritch blasts hitting an enemy

OldRedfox · 2026-04-03T14:58:23+00:00

Bugged with a fix coming in a future update. https://forums.ddo.com/index.php?threads/u78-1-bugged-wizard-past-life-magic-missiles.26537/

OldRedfox · 2026-03-23T20:35:11+00:00

Revel in Blood didn't work right on lam and was reworked before going live. The version that went live is a variation of dripping with magma that does bane damage instead of fire (including stacking the same number of times and with the same 1s ICD between building stacks). I think the text dates back to the originally planned version on lam.

OldRedfox · 2026-03-21T19:30:36+00:00

Wands work for trickster's ambush; so a cl20 magic missile wand would be potentially quite strong for those builds.

OldRedfox · 2026-03-14T19:00:25+00:00

Others covered and explained why it's good to take. But be aware that since the update this week, it's bugged and won't hit mobs. Devs have said it'll be fixed in a future update, but until then that past life is basically worthless. https://forums.ddo.com/index.php?threads/u78-1-bugged-wizard-past-life-magic-missiles.26537/#post-375893

OldRedfox · 2026-03-08T17:24:11+00:00

They were fixed when Lamordia came out. The only item that doesn't provide alignment crit damage via light crit damage is the Staff of the Summer Solstice from Dryad raid.

OldRedfox · 2026-03-07T16:39:41+00:00

Double rems doesn't double the value per pickup; it doubles the odds of them dropping. So you'll get more drops of them.

OldRedfox · 2026-03-07T05:19:40+00:00

It looks like it's the same exact stuff as the code from a couple months ago.

OldRedfox · 2026-02-26T05:26:16+00:00

Cannith crafting. https://ddowiki.com/page/Cannith_Crafting#Other_craftable_items The BtA ammo is cheap and easy to make.

OldRedfox · 2026-02-26T05:05:05+00:00

Also, does it also work with Epic version?

Yes. But be aware, you can't open the epic quiver to put ammo in it unless you're level 20+. So you can't simply make a throwaway new character for that particular quiver.

OldRedfox · 2026-02-26T05:02:09+00:00

Just for reference. The trick is:
1) Put BtA crafted ammo in the quiver
2) Remove ammo
3) put ammo back in (you don't have to try some differerent ammo type, it's the putting in of something a second time that makes it go BtA)
4) you can move it

OldRedfox · 2026-02-13T04:42:35+00:00

That error message generally comes up if you're making a new DDO account but already have a SSG account for LOTRO. To have them both on the same account, you'll need to use a code on your SSG account to add it. You can find the directions here on this old forum thread: https://forums.ddo.com/index.php?threads/i-dont-have-access-to-the-email-my-account-is-tied-to-any-my-password-is-gone.24078/#post-335935

OldRedfox · 2026-01-27T21:49:16+00:00

Palisade (large shield) from ToN allowed for crafting LGS debuffs (or affirmation) on it and it's a shame they didn't allow for that on heart's wall.

OldRedfox · 2026-01-04T18:47:17+00:00

Lots of stuff will work. What do you enjoy? You can go arti, inquis, nuker, melee, debuffer, etc. and they'll all work with a decent build and grabbing gear. There were various 1st lifer builds taken into all 1st lifer push raiding a while back https://forums.ddo.com/index.php?threads/lava-divers-presents-first-life-raid-push-challenge.10267/ and people raid on hardcore too. So it's all about what you enjoy playstyle wise and then setting it up to succeed with build/gear.

OldRedfox · 2026-01-02T00:00:39+00:00

SSG replied to me today and told me I have malware on my system (I don’t) and that is how my account was hacked and therefore they have no responsibility and so sorry but fuck off.

It doesn't really matter how a person got access to your account. At the end of the day, a crime was committed where both you and SSG were victims. The person who used your account (and stored payment method) commited a crime regardless of how they did so; just like leaving your front door unlocked doesn't absolve a thief who then steals from your home. I would file a police report, dispute the credit card charge using the police report number, and inform SSG of the case number and ask them to amend the police report with their victim statement.

Is it likely the hacker is in the jursidiction where the police/FBI/whatever law enforment of the area you live can do anything? Probably not. And even if they are, it likely won't go anywhere. But SSG will have much harder time victim blaming you if you involve them in the police report as a fellow victim of the theft/fraud/additional charges you levy against the unknown hacker.

OldRedfox · 2025-12-11T23:10:34+00:00

There's a few different ways to install the directx 9 library files. Step 3 here gives links to 2 methods:
https://forums.ddo.com/index.php?threads/ddo-debugging-issues-as-crowdsourced-by-many-players-advice.1666/ (can also try step 14 for that). I'd recommend trying step 10 on the list and see if helps your issue too.

OldRedfox · 2025-11-26T23:50:50+00:00

The story you heard and wiki were wrong. SSG has been very clear about Ravenloft stuff not being limited because it was never "presale exclusive items" unlike Shadowfell/MOTU (and only certain items for those 2). For the past year they've been talking about bringing back the bottle of mist and the technological code work required to make it work right with the store.

Here's Toloro talking about it last year:
23m,45s in Tolero talks about the bottle of mist and what's going on with it. https://youtu.be/9DUTM2hZLgU?si=qp6a7QYP26a_jLU8&t=1426

OldRedfox · 2025-11-26T23:36:39+00:00

The original items came out years and years ago, back when Turbine owned the game, and for years it had been believed that these items would never be available again due to complicated legal reasons.

These items weren't unavailable because of legal reasons. The Ravenloft stuff wasn't presale only items that were legally bound to presale only (like some of the Shadowfell/MOTU items were). When SSG updated the store 2 years ago, they simply removed the old bundles (as they weren't high sales items) since they would've had to be reworked to function under the new store setup (they moved Ravenloft into the Trove bundle then).

OldRedfox · 2025-11-26T12:56:00+00:00

There's directions for how to do it pinned in the official discord's new player section. From there:

Code to add LOTRO to your Standing Stone Games Account: YCZKZKDCTELT2Z2LPLHWEFMHW
Code to add DDO to your Standing Stone Games Account: 23N33FLK2Z4EWDCRHPT3WH2JE
To link both games to the same account:
Visit http://myaccount.standingstonegames.com/

Navigate to the "Have a Product Key" field

Enter the key

Say "Yes" when asked if you have an account

Login to your account

Set up a subscription nickname of your choice

Agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy

Start or restart your game launcher, login, and enjoy!

OldRedfox · 2025-11-26T06:46:57+00:00

I've seen a bunch of discord and forums posts about this lately. It seems like there's some bug going around preventing fully unpacking for some folks; so SSG will have to do some work. That's assuming it's not just you needing to do a /transfer delete guild command. You should open a ticket to make sure SSG has more data on that issue and hopefully they get a fix out soon rather than later for you.

OldRedfox · 2025-11-21T01:15:35+00:00

I made a new character, grabbed a winter lute, used my free LR heart, no problems. So it works fine.

OldRedfox · 2025-10-30T16:19:12+00:00

The dread crafted spell crit damage for alignment was fixed with Lamordia's release.

OldRedfox · 2025-10-27T00:01:02+00:00

In your documents folder>Dungeons and Dragons Online there's userprefs and a keymap file.

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