Entries from February 2009 ↓

• Kate Paiz gave some great info on the upcoming Mod 9. You can find it here: http://is.gd/lfBP #

On DDO’s third anniversary Kate Paiz released a letter to players revealing some details about whats coming in mod 9

Items discussed include

• New shared bank slots
• Chat channels have been combined and trade and help channels added
• Updates to targeting system
• Updates to combat systems
• Spell preview
• Screenshots of Shavarath

http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=174340

• RT @turbine: Happy 3rd Anniversary DDO! +50% XP and +1 loot now thru Monday, then 10% thru March 15! Have a tasty weekend! http://is.gd/l9g9 #
• Ranger Capstone: Master of Archery: +25% competence bonus to ranged attack speed. http://is.gd/l9LG #

• I believe that I have fixed the DDO News feed. It is properly sorted by date. Suggestions for more sources or improvements are welcome. #

• #DDOUS DDO is turning 3! Feb 27 – Mar 1 all players get +50% XP and +1 level loot. +10% XP for the next 2 weeks after http://is.gd/kOlU #
• I have improved my news feed. Want news from the source? Check it out. rss: http://is.gd/kTeS source: http://pipes.yahoo.com/ustice/ddo_news #
• If you are into that sort of thing, I would LOVE to hear about any suggestions to additions to the pipes feed. #
• Some of the items in that feed are out of order. I am working on fixing that now. #

• #DDOUS Servers and Web services down. http://is.gd/kAmc #
• #DDOUS The game servers are coming back up, but continue to experience problems. Official word: We’re working on it. #
• #DDOUS Things seem to be back to normal. #

• Sorry I was late posting this. Barbarian Capstpone Enhancement: Might. +2 Str and better glancing blows with THF. http://is.gd/kteT #
• Maintenance Monday, Feb 23 6am-12pm. Note that this is NOT Mod 9. http://is.gd/ktXg #

• The daily archives of Tweets was not working. I didn’t realize this earlier, and I apologize for the inconvenience. It’s fixed now. #
• #DDOUS Kyber was down again last night briefly, but it seemed to be taken care of fairly quickly. http://is.gd/k60H #

• #DDOUS The servers are down again. Turbine is working on it. http://is.gd/iDiv #
• #DDOUS The servers are back online. #
• I’m upgrading the WordPress installation on ddoreports.com. (I forgot to do it earlier) We should be back up in a just a little bit #
• Had a little trouble with the WordPress install. Sorry for the downtime. Should be up shortly #
• Update complete. DDOReports.com is back in business. (Or at least live, since it is basically a hobby.) #
• It looks like Super Secret is about to be revealed. between this post http://is.gd/iFke and Tolero’s new sig, big things are afoot. #
• 1st person camera view coming soon! http://tinyurl.com/d7jg4p #
• Maps to get an update with locations of chests and shrines. http://is.gd/iGY9 #
• Sorcerer Capstone: Power Surge. Stacking +10% damage, +3% crit chance, +25% crit multiplier on spells. http://is.gd/iGZ9 #
• Tolero’s sig hints at a change in how wands will be used. More info next week. #
• #DDOUS Server maintenance Monday February 9 5am-1pm. http://is.gd/iLwo #
• #DDOUS Feb 12 – 17 will be +25 XP and +1 tier loot quality. Time to make those alts! http://is.gd/iXSZ #
• Wands will able to activated with the attack key when equipped in addition to their current activation method. http://is.gd/iXTM #
• #DDOUS Sorry I forgot to mention this: Valentine’s Day themed screenshot contest over here: http://is.gd/j1Op #
• #DDOUS forum update is tentatively scheduled for Thursday. http://is.gd/j4Cf #
• Map to be resizable in Mod 9. http://is.gd/j5t8 #
• Bounty Bags to be removed in Mod9. Quest optionals to get XP bump? http://is.gd/j7lV #
• Restless Isles to become an explorer zone in Mod9. http://is.gd/jaEm #
• #DDDOEU The Codemaster forums appear to be having some trouble right now with database errors. No info yet, but I will update as I get it. #
• #DDOEU via @Codies & @CatineCM:+30% XP Weekend plus “some other Valentine’s bits and pieces.” Details later on http://ddo-europe.com #
• #DDOEU Codemasters are getting in to Valentine’s day spirit with their own screenshot contest. http://is.gd/jiw5 #
• #DDOUS There was a problem in the forum maintenance, and it is now rescheduled for February 16. http://is.gd/jiT8 #
• The Loot All button will have a key-binding. defaulting to ‘B’. http://is.gd/jkj0 #
• Stalward Defender PrE for fighters and dwarves. http://is.gd/jwNo #
• Correction: Stalwart Defender. (I blame my iPhone’s keyboard.) #
• #DDOUS The forums will be brought down again today 10am-12pm to purge threads and further maintenance. #
• #DDOUS The forums were briefly up with the new new organization, but now have gone down again without warning. #
• #DDOUS …and we’re back. #
• Just upgraded the WordPress install to the newest version via auto-upgrade. Almost 0 down-time. Nice! #

• Fixes coming for most (if not all) effects on handwraps in Mod 9. Still need to pass QA. http://is.gd/itN8 #

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