DDO Free 7-day Trial

[EricNoah]

I think companies keep a close guard on numbers like that, and for good reason.

 

[RigaMortus2]

I played the beta. IMO its a decent MMORPG, but since they totally changed the leveling system, its not DnD.

I disagree... It definately has the D&D feel to me. I think it is D&D, it's just not d20.

 

[Panthanas]

I downloaded the free trial. I have 5 days left (no more free goodness after 6/13 ) and it's pretty fun. I would like to try it with a group though. I'm usually on after 8:30pm Eastern if anyone wouldn't mind having a 1st level elven fighter tag along with them. I made the character on Xoriat (since it seemed some Enworlders were already there). My characters name is Corannu Silverleaf if anyone is interested in teaming up. Thanks.

 

[EricNoah]

I might come on tonight and see if you're around. I made a warforged paladin named Mek Anikal or something goofy like that.

 

[JediSoth]

I downloaded it and gave it a try last night. It was pretty fun, but I probably won't be buying it. I had a problem with EQ addiction a few years back and there's no need to go through that again.

If it doesn't make it as a MMORPG, I think it would make a fine single-player game with some modifications.

JediSoth

 

[Panthanas]

Well, after a couple of days I think it is pretty fun and definitely has D&D feel to it, but...(there is always a but)

...I don't know if it is only me but the game is uber laggy outside of the Inn. It is fine once I'm in a dungeon though. Does anyone else have this problem? My graphics are set to med-high and my ISP is cable. WoW doesn't run any where near as laggy for me.

Also after playing WoW for over a year, where you can solo up to the highest levels, the idea that most of the quests pretty much require you to have a party (I know, this is what makes it D&D ) is a mild pain if you are unable to find someone to go on a quest with you .

Other than lagging out every 2 steps outside of the dungeons and being unable to find a group to help me, I think it is a pretty cool game and if I wasn't so involved in WoW I would pick it up for longer than the 7 days.

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

My buddy has it and I've watched him play it. It seems all you can do is walk around this town then go into dungeons. I thought it was closer to Diablo than WoW. It looked like it could be fun but I couldn't see paying a fee for it. He has DSL and an Athlon64 3200+ with 1GB of RAM and it was choppy has hell. Of course he's running a GeForce 6100 integrated video so I'm sure that has somethign to do with it. And for some reason he makes no effort to tweak his settings to improve frame rate, I can't understand that. Half the fun of computers is tweaking to wring that last frame out of it.


I may DL it and see how it runs on my rig which as a faster CPU and a better video card. But that would cut into my WoW time...

 

[Panthanas]

Well, I have an okay system. I'm running an Athlon 3200+ with a gig of ram and a GeForce 6600GT (AGP). WoW runs really smooth for me, that is why I was a little surprised DDO was so laggy. I know the requirements are higher for DDO, but the lag is pretty bad. I have the graphics at a medium to high setting. I only have serious 'choppiness' when I'm outside of the inn walking around town. In the dungeons (and the inn) there really isn't an issue.

Oh well. Not that big of a deal. I'll have fun for my remaining 4 days and then go back to WoW.

 

[MarauderX]

Got the trial version, tried it out for that week, and decided it was worth the plunge. It beats Everquest as far as 'realism' and movement (doesn't take 1/2 hour to cross the world). WoW is nice, but I like DDO for the more original D&D take on the adventuring and system.

The graphics can be unearthly beautiful, but running around in an adventure with them on super-high will slow any system down. I run at the 'medium' setting, and I have a 3200 P4 w/ 1G ram and a 64 nVidia graphics card.

Plus the game can only get better as they go along... adding more levels, classes & adventures.

 

[GlassJaw]

The graphics can be unearthly beautiful, but running around in an adventure with them on super-high will slow any system down.

It doesn't slow my system down. I have an AMD Opteron 165 with 2gigs of RAM and an nVidia 7900GT. Trust me, it flies. I could overclock the heck out of it but it runs so well I haven't really had a need to.

The only time I ever have problems is in the Marketplace but that's caused by server lag and not my system.

I was playing with a guy last night that said he was playing on a laptop or something. It literally took him a few minutes to load in certain zones.