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Dungeons & Dragons Online Menace of the Underdark 5 awesome things we checked out

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By Hollander Cooper published 9 May 2012

We've explored the Underdark and come out to tell the tale

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Hands-on with Menace of the Underdark

Hands-on with Menace of the Underdark

Recently we had a chance to sit down and actually play the game for a little, experiencing some of the additions first-hand. While we couldn't go as deep as we would have liked, we got a taste, and came out with a few things we thought you might be interested in hearing about.

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Epic Destinies

Epic Destinies

Though the coolest thing we found out was exactly how epic these Epic Destinies are. The Monk's highest-level Epic Destiny, for instance, unlocks the ability to punch people through time. Seriously. He/she punches an enemy so hard they disappear from the battlefield, re-appearing a little while later having taken a ton of damage. If that isn't epic, we don't know what is.

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The Druid

The Druid

Each form comes with its own bonuses and synergies to the Druids other skills and abilities, too. The fire elemental form, for instance, gave the Druid more powerful fire spells, though it weakened his ice and water spells respectively. The wolf also had a few tricks up its sleeve, including a dash attack that let it effortlessly and almost instantly sprint massive distances.

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The Rift Between Worlds and a special guest

The Rift Between Worlds and a special guest

The Demon Queen of Spiders, Lolth, is wreaking havoc on Eberron, and joining it with The Forgotten Realms universe through The Rift Between Worlds. We explored this area and got a glimpse at some of the new enemies wed have to face, but the coolest thing we ran into wasnt a foe at all, but a friend. Elminster Aumar, one of the most well-known D&D characters, saved us from enemies in the Rift, and though the character model was just a placeholder it was still a cool, somewhat surreal moment akin to meeting up with Luke Skywalker in a Star Wars MMO.

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Faerun

Faerun

In fact, it literally looked like an entirely new world. We were told that the art team went as far as to remodel the trees and create new shaders and effects just to help convey the idea that you werent traveling between continents, but worlds. They did a great job, and though Eveningstar was filled with placeholder NPCs, it still felt like a fully-fleshed out area that was unlike anything in the rest of DDO.

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A new red dragon

A new red dragon

In keeping with D&Ds lore of having all dragons look unique, the red dragon we fought didnt share much in common visually with the other big, winged beasts in DDO. Instead, it had both its own look and its own gameplay style. Whereas many of DDOs bosses require you to essentially trick them into fighting fair (for fear of them spawning a bunch of nearly unkillable minions), this new guy fights his own battles, flying around the small arena and taking on both ranged and melee fighters alike, just how it should be.

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Promises of more

Promises of more

And if you want to know about some other MMOs, check out everything added to Rift since launch and a list of all of the things we want from The Elder Scrolls: Online.

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Hollander Cooper was the Lead Features Editor of GamesRadar+ between 2011 and 2014. After that lengthy stint managing GR's editorial calendar he moved behind the curtain and into the video game industry itself, working as social media manager for EA and as a communications lead at Riot Games. Hollander is currently stationed at Apple as an organic social lead for the App Store and Apple Arcade. 

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