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Dungeons & Dragons Online: Taking A Look At The New 64-bit Server | MMORPG.com

Recently, Dungeons and Dragons Online got its first 64-bit server. Mitch took it for a spin to see if it solves some of DDO's lingering issues, and whether it is worth the VIP subscription price of admission.

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Neoyoshi

lag on a 64-bit server client? really? Who knew?


Nexon did the same thing with Mabinogi Heroes years ago and it only made the lag issues MORE pronounced, because durrrrrr, of course they would be.

Sovrath

This article is incorrect it was turbine that developed the dungeons and dragons mmo. They took it over from the middle earth online project by sierra.

elric_of_melnibone

Sovrath said:

This article is incorrect it was turbine that developed the dungeons and dragons mmo. They took it over from the middle earth online project by sierra.

Very surprising that the main LOTRO guy here who has been playing it apparently since release didn’t know that this was a Turbine game and that the SSG thing is recent.

But then again none of the Pantheon articles get the developer name correct no matter how often it is pointed out and the recent Monsters and Memories game called it Monsters and Magic.

Sovrath

elric_of_melnibone said:

Sovrath said:

This article is incorrect it was turbine that developed the dungeons and dragons mmo. They took it over from the middle earth online project by sierra.

Very surprising that the main LOTRO guy here who has been playing it apparently since release didn’t know that this was a Turbine game and that the SSG thing is recent.

But then again none of the Pantheon articles get the developer name correct no matter how often it is pointed out and the recent Monsters and Memories game called it Monsters and Magic.

It’s a bit worse than that. They attribute the original developer as “Triune.” 

lotrlore

Sovrath said:

elric_of_melnibone said:

Sovrath said:

This article is incorrect it was turbine that developed the dungeons and dragons mmo. They took it over from the middle earth online project by sierra.

Very surprising that the main LOTRO guy here who has been playing it apparently since release didn’t know that this was a Turbine game and that the SSG thing is recent.

But then again none of the Pantheon articles get the developer name correct no matter how often it is pointed out and the recent Monsters and Memories game called it Monsters and Magic.

It’s a bit worse than that. They attribute the original developer as “Triune.” 

Yea, during editing my mind glossed over this (I read it as Turbine). I'm the main LotRO guy, not Mitch (who wrote this article) and am very familiar with the history of its development and who took it over. This is simply human error when editing (much like the continued issues with Visionary Realms in Pantheon articles - that bothers us as much as it bothers y'all each time it happens, and it's downright embarrassing the muscle memory is such that it's a constant issue). 

This should be edited and fixed, but please continue to point this stuff out when you see it. We aren't perfect by any stretch, and criticism like this isn't unwelcome. Thanks for holding us accountable, y'all.

Splattr

elric_of_melnibone said:

Sovrath said:

This article is incorrect it was turbine that developed the dungeons and dragons mmo. They took it over from the middle earth online project by sierra.

Very surprising that the main LOTRO guy here who has been playing it apparently since release didn’t know that this was a Turbine game and that the SSG thing is recent.

But then again none of the Pantheon articles get the developer name correct no matter how often it is pointed out and the recent Monsters and Memories game called it Monsters and Magic.

Yeah, the Triune thing was definitely a brain fart. I also cover indie MMOs, which is where I got the Triune name from (you should check out Eternal Tombs if you are interested in the indie scene). I try not to make mistakes in my writing and make multiple editing passes before submitting an article, and I appreciate it when someone points out any errors that sneak through so that they can get fixed. If it's any consolation, I did correctly name Turbine as DDO's developer when I revisited DDO for my MMO Reroll column back in 2021.

As for my actual DDO credentials, I first played DDO during a beta test, then played it for a while after launch. I returned to DDO when it went f2p in 2009, and it was my main MMO until I moved to FFXIV when it launched. I continue to revisit DDO periodically and am having a good time playing it right now.

ShinyFlygon

Yet, if something went wrong with the cash shop that kept players from being able to buy loot box keys, I'm 100% certain it would be fixed within 24 hours.

I'm not suggesting the lag could be fixed within such a short time frame, but I am suggesting that it could have been addressed before no-way o'clock next Neverday.