Talk:More Noob Questions

I keep coming up with questions that I can't find answers to in all the otherwise fine resources referenced on this site. So I thought I would start a new topic and post my questions as they come to me.

To start off with: Is there any reason not to start by doing a quest on Casual? A related question: If I do a quest Casual, then go back and do it Normal, do I get more Favor? Can I accumulate Favor by doing the same quest over and over at the same level?

It doesn't look like it to me, but I have noticed that sometimes there is a serious delay (like 1 day +) before my Favor totals update.

Here's another question: Does anyone how I keep accidentally finding myself running in circles? Someone in-game said it was a bug, but most people that chimed in said they had never heard of it. I think I am doing some weird accidental multi-click thing with my mouse. Sometimes if I sit down and then stand up, it corrects itself, but sometimes when I sit down my view just spins instead of my character. I tried toggling mouse view mode, that didn't help.

Thanks in advance, gang! Rpw1066 17:03, March 1, 2010 (EST)

Round Two
Great help! I read about and have been grinding for Muckbane, have only seen Muck twice out of 10-12 runs, still no glass club! I know it's probably chance, but how many times might I expect to do this quest before I get the treasured Muckbane? Do you have to do it at Hard or Elite to even have a chance at Muck?

Also, I am glad you brought up Defending Haverdasher, because I had seen other references to that but could not find it in game. The in-game name for that quest is just "Haverdasher".

How about Haggle? Is it something you do automatically? I have a +3 Haggle necklace and I seem to get somewhat better prices when I put it on before approaching a vendor. Is that all there is to it?

My main so far is a 4th level Ranger who is close to leveling. If I am going to keep flying solo, what quests should I be working at this point?

the only place to get a rogue hireling that i know of is from the DDO store and you can get one at lvl 4 for 30 turbine points

Leave the path?
Yoko seemed to be pretty handy with the editing skills, I threw that Haverdasher correction out there thinking Yoko might have the knowledge and the permissions necessary to do corrections at the page name level.

I'm glad to hear that Muck is available at Solo. I have been doing it at Hard all the time because I didn't see Muck at the lower levels, and those shamans are much more capable at Hard!

I will likely start a rogue. If I add a level of rogue to my ranger, is that "leaving the path"? I don't even remember which path I picked. Clearly not Arcane Archer, as I ended up with an INT of 8! How big of a deal are the paths? During char creation they made it sound like there's a lot of bennies to picking a path and staying on it, but in the forums it seems to be all about customization and multi-classing.

You guys are great! I really appreciate the quick and detailed responses I have been getting.

Quick note from Shaozu if you want to give your old lv10 character the benefits of a 32pt build there is a reincarnation item that will make your old character a 32pt build and allow you to redo your character without losing any levels or equipment.

Splitting Favor
I finally got Muckbane! What a pain in the watusi! I must have run through there at least 25 times. I was just starting to think that tying up several inventory slots with disposable clubs wasn't so bad. With them selling for 75-100gp at the AH, I'd like to get 2 or 3 of them, but I was starting to get sick of the game running the same dungeon for no XP over and over. I'm not a farmer at heart.

Anyway, I'm level 5 and I still have not grouped at all. I tried going back to Korthos and doing some of the low-level quests on elite, and I am finding that I still can't do some of them. For example, Redemption. I can keep from getting killed myself, but I can't keep Lars from getting killed on Elite or even consistently at Hard. This is supposed to be a Level 1 quest, and I can't do it solo Elite at Level 5. What level do you need to be to reasonably expect success? If I group to do it, does everyone get the same level of Favor?

Hotkeys and Macros
I'm back with more questions! I used to play Evercrack several years back, and in that game you could automate just about anything and assign it to a hotkey. I cannot figure out how to do that or find anyone talking about it anywhere ("anywhere" being on this site and the DDO.com site).

For example, when I was the meat shield, my druid buddy had a hotkey that would target me by name and cast a heal. Once he had that set up, all he had to do was hit "3" or whatever and I was healed. he didn't have to try to target me while I was in the middle of a fight. I want to do exactly that. I want to do Redemption on Elite with my 4th level cleric, and I think I could pull it off if I could consistently target Lars, but I found this very dicey at Hard, lost count of how many heals I wasted before I got a successful heal on lars, but it was at least 5. That won't cut it on Elite based on previous experience with another character.

The weaponset hotkey setup is slick. Surely more can be done with the hotkeys in DDO. Where is the documentation?

ADD: I just found this: According to this post, you can create all sorts of "aliases" that you can then type in the chat window, but you can't map them to the hotkeys. :-(

Tell me it ain't so!


 * Exactly what you hope to do with setting up a one keystroke macro isn't possible without a programmable keyboard. However, you can accomplish your end goal of being able to target and heal your friend on a consistent basis using "F-targeting" and your' current hotbar set up..  First, let's break down what "F-targeting" is..  Each member of your party is by default linked to a hot-key..  The first person in your party (Always you) is F1, next person is F2, straight through to the last person whom is F6.  This pattern continues in a raid group with the top person in the second column being F7 and the bottom being F12.  Using this, you should be able to select your friend Lars by counting down from you in your party list and knowing he is say 3rd....  If you have heal as Slot 7 on Hotbar 1 for example, you could then hit [F3], [Ctrl]-[1], [7] and heal "Lars".  You could always make sure that Hotbar 1 is your active bar, then you only have to hit [F3] then [7] (which is what I do on my healer)  --  ShoeMaker 21:06, June 8, 2011 (EDT)


 * I misunderstood Lars as being a party member... Now I see he is a NPC in the quest..  You can target him by pressing [Q] while looking in his direction.  There are only two possible targets in there facing away from the shrine, If you don't get him the first shot, [Q] again should do the trick..  --  ShoeMaker 21:09, June 8, 2011 (EDT)