Also beyond the right click to kill, knowing what skills to click on and when is a challenge. You have to put yourself in a completely different mindset playing DDO compared to other MMO’s. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, but for players coming from other games, they really need some help here.

I haven’t gotten into the mouth of Misery’s Peak yet as the Amalgum wouldn’t speak to me. So clearly I still have some prerequisite quests to complete. I wasn’t going to go any further as the game is still pretty much the same until the hirelings are added. But I’m interested in getting at least to this part after reading the write-up. So I’ll have to do a bit more exploring again.

Good stuff!

Just going through the quests in order a single time, with some exploration in the landscape (required to even find the five quests located there) but not completing the slayer quest (1500 kills tends to take awhile), I would guesstimate perhaps 4-5 hours start to finish? I was already familiar with the basics of how to play DDO (but not with advancement and meta-gaming) as well as being somewhat familiar enough with the original quests that I was able to recognize them and have an idea of what to do and where to go, so that may or may not have had an effect on my initial completion time.

So, what level were you on leaving. Also, roughly how long hour wise did it take?

I got my 5 dollar copy of the game today (hehe) and I still have over 15 days before I load it, but I want to be prepared.

On the whole, the NPE tutorial is much easier or less challenging than anything you’d encounter once in Stormreach. While this could be slightly misleading if a new player assumes he can solo through quests as easily as he soloed through Korthos, this is probably a wise decision. For a tutorial area, which will also be part of the new trial obviously, there is no guaranteeing Korthos will have players there to group with at any given time a new player happens to enter the game. So Korthos is fully soloable, the only real problem enemies being casters whose spells tend to hit and hit hard. If you’re unlucky enough to have several casters together, you’ve got some challenge and excitement on your hands dealing with them.

Additionally, I’m reading that what the white dragon said about her role in the prophecy was indeed foretelling: she makes a reappearance in the high-end adventures that were a part of Module 8 as well, continuing her story line and intersecting it with the ongoing storyline Module 8 is a part of!