DDO FTP Account Store Goals
Mar 23 2023
DDO currently has a month-long free questing coupon code which gives you almost all adventure packs (not expansion packs). They also have the quests for the first four expansion packs in the store for 99 DDO points each.
If you create a new free-to-play account now the first you want to do is grind to 1000 favor which gives you 500 DDO points so you can buy the cheap expansion pack quests. Maybe doable in a month spending two or three hours a day. Helps a lot if you have a buddy who can open quests at Elite but I guess with almost all quests available you can do all quests on Normal.
Guide to Free to Play is more about earning DDO points than what to spend those points on. Before the free questing coupon I had bought the Treasure Trove for $15 and was able to slip past the quest level 14-15 desert doing Mists of Ravenloft twice (Saga rewards not reduced second time). Currently the character is level 21 and should get to 23 before hitting a quest level 24-25 desert. Conveniently both deserts can be filled with Ruins of Gianthold adventure pack (950 DDO points) and then you can probably get to around level 27 or 28 before getting a bit stuck again. Mind you you'll need help so you can Reaper 1 then repeat a quest on Elite for all those bonus XP.
Anyways, now that I have enough quests to not worry about advancement what to spend my DDO points? I think I'll get the Shared Bank: Item Storage (30 slots) for 1495 DDO points (I'll wait for a 30% off sale). If I start a second character it'll be really annoying moving items between characters without a shared bank. Thirty slots is also nice so I can start collecting Heroic Ravenloft items. The cost seems high but 10 slot upgrades are 995 DDO points each so you're getting the initial 30 at a 50% discount.
Number two is possibly Alchemist (1495 DDO points). There are three locked classes but Artificer and Favored Soul can be unlocked through gameplay (Favored Soul maybe not without buying a bunch of quest packs). With all classes unlocked going for class completionist is possible.
A distant number three is 10th Anniversary of Free to Play Launch Bundle (3995 DDO points). Expensive but it includes Supreme +8 tome of ability (5745 DDO points), Shared Bank upgrade (995 DDO points), and a Heart of Blood (1495 DDO points). All three are useful (two for your primary character) so it's a good discount.
If you create a new free-to-play account now the first you want to do is grind to 1000 favor which gives you 500 DDO points so you can buy the cheap expansion pack quests. Maybe doable in a month spending two or three hours a day. Helps a lot if you have a buddy who can open quests at Elite but I guess with almost all quests available you can do all quests on Normal.
Guide to Free to Play is more about earning DDO points than what to spend those points on. Before the free questing coupon I had bought the Treasure Trove for $15 and was able to slip past the quest level 14-15 desert doing Mists of Ravenloft twice (Saga rewards not reduced second time). Currently the character is level 21 and should get to 23 before hitting a quest level 24-25 desert. Conveniently both deserts can be filled with Ruins of Gianthold adventure pack (950 DDO points) and then you can probably get to around level 27 or 28 before getting a bit stuck again. Mind you you'll need help so you can Reaper 1 then repeat a quest on Elite for all those bonus XP.
Anyways, now that I have enough quests to not worry about advancement what to spend my DDO points? I think I'll get the Shared Bank: Item Storage (30 slots) for 1495 DDO points (I'll wait for a 30% off sale). If I start a second character it'll be really annoying moving items between characters without a shared bank. Thirty slots is also nice so I can start collecting Heroic Ravenloft items. The cost seems high but 10 slot upgrades are 995 DDO points each so you're getting the initial 30 at a 50% discount.
Number two is possibly Alchemist (1495 DDO points). There are three locked classes but Artificer and Favored Soul can be unlocked through gameplay (Favored Soul maybe not without buying a bunch of quest packs). With all classes unlocked going for class completionist is possible.
A distant number three is 10th Anniversary of Free to Play Launch Bundle (3995 DDO points). Expensive but it includes Supreme +8 tome of ability (5745 DDO points), Shared Bank upgrade (995 DDO points), and a Heart of Blood (1495 DDO points). All three are useful (two for your primary character) so it's a good discount.