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Alrik, we were doing all of Korthos on Elite at level 2. :) We've also done nearly all of the Harbour including Baudry on Elite at level 3. Could I suggest you consider starting a second char as well; you'll find it will level faster now that you know the game better.
 
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Hm, I'm not sure ... Yes, I'd like to play a second character one day, but I'm unsure which one.

I'd like to play a mage of some sorts one day, but my problem is, that I've *never* played magicians in RPGs in the last 10 years ... My Elementarist in Drakensang 2 was my very first real attempt at that ... So I fear that I might perhaps fail completely, because I haveo idea what I must keep in mind when outfitting my character ...

A bard would also be nice, but I fear that this would be rather demanding, too ...
 
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Folks, since several of us have created new toons recently (or rebuilt existing ones), don't forget to update your rosters over in MMO, please.
 
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Well ... I've seen the Festivult Jester yesterday. He was in the Kundarak enclave, and was already surrounded by several other heroes.

My most bizarre incident/experience was that of being followed and ask by another character - there was someone named "Lollypops", who was a ranger, too, female, levl 3, member of a guild which had something with "Nibiru" in its name, the character looked indeed cute (quite living up to its name) - as a character, and kind of followed me and asked me for an invite into a group, or forming one.

I simply did not know how to react.

First, I was embarassed, second, it felt ... "alien" to me to be interacting with the avatar of another person who is living somewhere on this world and I know nothing about this person, and ... I jut felt totally baffled about what to do. Especially with this name. I felt uneasy. Feeling embarassed, I declined on an invitation. After that, this person seemed to disappear.

This is so alien to me. To interact vitually with other characters - apart from doing a quest.
 
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My warforged paladin is now level 5 and my dwarf cleric is also level 5. They completed on elite all level 2 quests in the harbor and the level 2 ones in the marketplace. In addition they did the catacombs in the marketplace (level 3).

I will not play them on next Friday and the Friday after so you will catch my toons. If I get behind I can play something next week to catch up.

So it would be nice if you also complete the quests I mentioned above in the sessions I won't participate in. My pally also did Irestone Inlet on elite.
 
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Sorry I missed you, Peter. Was afk when you sent your tell and got back just in time to see you log off.
 
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Any of you folks play NWN2 perchance?

We played both NWN 1&2 for over 5 years together until we'd exhausted all the group mods. Just at that time, DDO went F2P so we switched to that and have been enjoying it ever since.
 
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I did the quest "The Bounty Hunter" today.

Ugh. I think it was

5 deaths minumum
10 times minumim where my character was lying on the floor, being knocked off
lots of arrows used
used up 1 staff of the heakling of minor wounds ...

I assume I should have been much, much more careful.

The quest was level 6, and I did it on "normal", and m character is level 6 right now as well.
And still - this was by far the hardest quest - apart from Misery's Peak in my earliest levels, or The Collaborateur (high number of deaths as well).

In the end I think I had -80 % of experience points because of the many deaths in it.

The the character's own "bounty" at the end of the quest I took a two-handed axe of "true chaos". Since my character is chaotic good (I almost always use this alignment, and I also believe that it reflects my own, real-life "alignment" in parts as well ;) ) , he is able to use it. I like these tiny red flames around its blades. ;)
 
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As a level 6 ranger, you could run without a hireling if you're extremely careful and pick up some cure moderate wands, but realistically you should have a pocket healer for every quest unless you're in a group that offers a real-life healer. There are a couple tricky spots in Bounty Hunter, though.
 
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Did you take a cleric hireling with you?

No. My fault.

@dte : Some quests are definitively easier to do than others. For example the 4 exploration quests under the Denaith enclave. I did them on level 4 and alone and on easy (the quests are level 5-4). There are only a few encounters there. Which are hard, but manageable.

Quests with lots of enemies are definitively harder to accomplish.

The problem is that one cannot foresee if a hireling is needed or not. And because of that, I often o quests on easy first.

By the way : I had put a few scrolls and staffs into the Guild Chest as well. Take what you need. The "False Life" staff for example is something I just cannot use because of the UMD.

I took a staff of detecting hidden walls from the chest.

Wht I've been keeping so far is a scroll of "summoning/conjuring bolts" http://ddowiki.com/page/Conjure_Bolts , but I cannot use it, because I still have a chance of 0 percent of succeeding in its use. I don't know whether I need a talent or that (I have seen in the abilities or feats tree that there is one), or whether I have too low UMD.
 
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There's no penalty for taking a hireling and there's no reward for running without one. Your standard approach should always be to take a hireling (in your case, a healer) unless you're running with other players. Trust me, I learned the hard way, too.

I think I have a better understanding of how you must feel when some of us ask you about TDE. ;)
 
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Yeah, that's it. ;)

I still don't exactly know which creatures fall under the category of "monstrous humanoids", or example.
But I guess that the Wiki might be ble to tell it to me.

Same goes for weapons of a "lesser reptilian bane" - which creatures actually fall under this category ? I guess trogs and kobolds - but I'm not sure right now.
 
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Don't feel bad--I've been playing DDO for almost 2 years now and I still don't know for certain what creatures are what type. Kinda bad with a ranger, too, since it helps when picking out favored enemies. I believe you can find a list of what critters are what on DDOWiki under the ranger section.
 
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