I would also like to note that: the update? Huge. As in, a huge download. It's probably going to take like an hour, sheesh. But some of the content looks like it's pretty cool. Reserving more judgement for later, when I actually get to play around with it.

I tried out the even today becasue I was sick. The whole graveyard-fighting-undead thing was fun for a little bit, but it quickly became old. The reasons are many, but the simple part is that the drops are too sparodic and you get nothing else from it. In about 2 hours of play with my rogue and wizard, I got maybe 500 Motes between them – just enough for the lowest tier of equipment. Since said equipment is also Bound to Character, this means that in order to get the "good stuff" (the higher tiers, each item has 5 levels) I'd have to spend all day grinding for motes – lame. Were it a week-long event, this would be more acceptable, but it supposedly isn't.

Rogues are also totally pointless in the Graveyard, since there are no traps, no locks, and nothing to sneak attack. They just become gimped fighters with lower HP, AC, and fewer weapons available. A party of about 6 clerics and 6 melee tanks would be ideal; subbing in a few arcane casters if the party is lower level. Reason being that clerics have that crazy heal burst aura (if they're Radients), AoE heal spells, and boosts for said spells that just annihilate the undead. One of the clerics in the party I was in today was doing 200+ damage with just Mass Cure Light spells. That's enough to make anyone else feel almost useless.

Altough I'm curious about the Spectral Dragon thing, if the only reward is a scale and the only purpose of said scale is to upgrade equipment that already takes gobs of Motes that also have to be farmed for, I'm blasse about fighting it. I suppose I'll give it a try as both of my characters have a Key and there's nothing else I can do with it – it can't be traded or sold.

Eh, point is, I'm not really looking forward to playing with the event any more. Playing togeather, that could be fun. The event itself just gets a "boo" from me. Spending an entire day to try to get one item (and NOTHING else) isn't my idea of fun. Risia was okay since it didn't ask me to do anything special, just adventure normally for the most part. Endless Night I would dub "Endless Grind" and part of what I enjoy about DDO is that it just doesn't feel like a grind.

Blah, got windy there. Sorry.

Post edited 2:32 am – October 29, 2010 by Happenstance

You CAN set stats to suit – you need to select the Customize option when selecting a class path to do so, however. You also then have to set all Feats, skills, spells (if applicable), etc. You'll have to for all remaining levels, as well, but I doubt you'd mind any of that. Assuming you want to restart your character yet again at this point. The paths are mostly there for people that aren't familiar with D&D, so that they can get a pre-made character that fits into those archtypes and isn't gimped by weak stats.

Post edited 4:44 am – October 30, 2010 by Happenstance

Procyon said:

Again, the Halloween event is only part of evening and I do not expect alot of "mining" as that for the entire day/evening would be kinda pointless.  The full purpose is to have a day of LAN gaming, noob, casual and vetran, playing different builds with each other and mix in up a bit and in general give us something to do for Halloween as well as get all the furs on server at rougphly the same time.  As for the Dwarven Paladin, several points.  1: I Suggest custom builds for characters.  If you need suggestions, I can offer alot of advice on advatages and disadvatages based soly on what would you like to do well.  2: Sadly the math on Dwarves is they get +2 CON and -2 CHR so the "generic" formula they use for Paladins gets kinda mangled with Dwarves as CHR is a kinda major stat for Paladins.  3.  Because the race and the class conflict a little, you may wish to choose one or the other and do a build that does not fight itslef in some of the advantages/disadvatages of race/class.  Suggest either Dwarven Fighter (which can tank AWESOME) or a Human Paladin (which is Captain versatile and still tanks really well, just differently).   Again hope is to have house open around noon  to 1pm tommarrow.

I, at least, don't know where you live. Even to then general location. I don't know that I'd be able to make it early, anyhow. Things to do tomorrow, and I don't know that Fury has a ride to the meet. So unless you live in the northern part of the Cities, probably won't see you until the meet. I might try to get on DDO, though, for a bit.