So I know a Blog post hasn't been done in quite sometime, and I apologize for that, but once some stuff gets rolling and such, the Blog will be posted on more and more! But till then, here is a small filler. Heh.

So, as I've been sitting back and watching and/or chatting I've noticed some players (some new, some returning) say "what else is there to do?". Well, there is really a lot that you can do, as I mentioned in previous blog posts. Its just a matter of what you can think of that you are willing to do. I'll admit, or some of you know, that I don't play like most players do but I wanted to mention what I do in DoH to keep myself entertained and still have fun.

• I chat
  • Whether it is in Guild, Mod, Faction, Whispers, Main, Help, Etc.... I chat. And I chat about anything and everything. I enjoy it. What I dont enjoy is the quietness, so Ill be silly and *loud* to try to get people talking. But yes I know its a predominately AFK game, so my attempts may not work. But hey, cant blame me for trying right?

• I create my own, personal, challenges
  • This can be categorized under goals as well, but I set challenges for myself. For instance, my current challenges are to get rid of my Rare Runes that are in my inventory and get them to Epic. My other challenge is to withstand a fight against some of the strongest players, without socketing. So I set these small things to keep me entertained, and sometimes frustrated =P But its all in good fun.

• I get creative with Toon Names
  • Flaming Kermit, ComatosBalloon, FieryFrog, Yawn, FrogHollowRoad.... If a light bulb comes on for a name that can fit that 14 character limit for a toon then  I will most likely use it. If I have that 1 wish of course. Whether or not the name matches the toon combination I love making names that make no sense or make so much sense its funny. Or down right annoying after awhile like: WhisperedToYou. XD. Though some of these names are not credited to me, so *tips Kermit Hat* to those who did give me the light bulb for the names =)

• I have various projects that I started or I am in
  • ICON/IC0N is my first and main project that I started. But its projects like that, that I find enjoyment in. I think there is a post about it somewhere around here so I don't have to go into detail about it heh. But anyways =P It most definitely keeps me occupied and engaged =)

• I start collections
  • Potions, Shoes, Paper Hats! Name something and ill probably try to start a collection for it....ill....just need the space for it all =) My potions are running me out of space haha. But, There are so many things you can collect, from the pictures, to the rarities, to even a combination of the two. Want a gear set of all 1 kind? Shouldn't be too bad to get. But how about of all 1 kind, and of each rarity? Now that'll be a challenge. Or how about certain enchants or qualities? Those collections should be very interesting to try =)

• Constantly learning new things
  • This is probably my favorite thing out of them all. Not long after I became Admin I came across a new player who had a question about a UI aspect of the game. And I was clueless basically. I am one of those players who learns by doing something themselves and experiencing it themselves. Well, in 3 years (at that point) I hadn't come across that aspect of that game, or I just hadn't noticed it. I felt like an idiot to say the least lol. But, it definitely gave me a different outlook on things and where to look for information once I found out where the player was referencing. I'm not sure if that information came from a Plugin or from the basic game itself, but it was helpful. From an Admin side I learn stuff everyday, using the tools to navigate behind the scenes, interacting with players and just everything in general. I find it all very interesting =) From a plugin side, from poking around with Myz and Charm a bit, I've picked up various bits of information that I find useful. I cant get right out there and go make a plugin =P But I find the information I picked up useful in other ways.

This isn't really something that I do just with games, but with everything in general, I don't mind losing. I don't mind certain things being there. Or certain stuff happening. Losing, means I need to improve. Winning means, I'm at the top so now what? I don't mind the losing aspect of that situation, especially with socketing now in place and prestiging, makes everything more exciting =). As for the rest of the game? I go with the flow. Something bad happens, okay regroup- find out whats wrong and see what can be done about it. I do this with my gear ALL the time. I, for some reason must keep 3 of my stats at least at 3k, and the 4th stat as high as I can get it. With appropriate Multi of course. So its not necessarily bad... but I don't like it when my stats fluctuate and my damage can go very wrong heh.

So basically... I just go with the flow. And I know people may not like that, but its how I play =). I prefer to get to know players as best as I can and be as social as I can in the process =). So basically, that's me in a nutshell. My style, what I do to stay entertained. =P

• Flee timers, kind of a core mechanic that has been partially broken or at least unreliable for a very long time it finally broke completely a few updates back and has been attempted fixed a number of times, tonight we found another piece of the puzzle and mended it, hopefully that means they will finally work as designed.

• Gemstones, originally introduced to help combat the gap that has been forming between our paying and free players and the increased 'pay to win' nature that follow when a competitive game has real world maintenance costs to cover that sadly can not be paid in smiles and well wishes, this update should have increased their drop rate significantly to further aid this goal.

• Vxp, namely that which you get for attempting an attack on a zone and letting the defending faction win, intentionally or otherwise, we agree that the current figure is not a sufficient reward and in some cases may in fact act as a deterrent, a rough outline of the math used has been posted as a followup to this thread which is open to suggestions as for how to improve it.

• Had a couple more attempted fixes that do not appear to have stuck and thus will be revisited at the next meeting, the assassination links for one is still being annoying and evasive.

ToastieToad here with another update on plugins. If you all haven't heard of "MuleAndStorageBags" Then you may be a little confused at this. "MuleAndStorageBags" Was originally by Jungle and the plugin I am about to feature is an updated version of that.

"ItemBags" By Charmaka is that plugin.

http://forum.dohforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=2242

Above is the link to the forum post he made with the info and update notes regarding his plugin.

Below is the updated picture. =)

As you can see, some parts of the update notes that he stated are shown. (If I could've shown them all, I would've =P)

If you are someone like me and you have the item sorter plugin, you may want to only see a specific rarity (which explains why my *bags* are only named for the rarities and nothing else except for *Charms* and *Nilla*). Or even just Single and Double NFE (Drop Only Enchants) (Did I mention I have those bags as well? =P). I pretty much didnt stray from the basic bags that I was given when Jungle first came out with his plugin. But since Charmaka updated his version, ill show what is new.

I will give some warning though, that these bags can be a little tricky to set up so it may take a few tries, or 10 in my case. Had notable items in a mythical bag and I started scratching my head trying to figure out what I did wrong. So lemme supply you with a *guide* so to speak on how to customize your bags. Even if it isn't called that =)

http://forum.dohforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=1923

Here ya go =) Enjoy the Plugin, I find it very useful. Specially for looking for specific things, or doing a specific task like selling only 1 specific rarity. Enjoy! Hope the guide helps everyone!

So here we are again to talk about another Plugin. As I said before in a previous post, this one is also made by Charmaka. Well, rather, it has been updated by Charmaka. The Original is by Jungle and has given permission for other authors to update his plugins as they need to. So lets get on shall we =)

Below is the link to the information regarding the plugin, rewritten by Charmaka. Also in this link is an older picture, before his updates. I will post a newer picture below.

http://forum.dohforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=2236

As you can see with this plugin, it covers a variety of different aspects of your Inventory, Mule, and Storage. These aspects come in handy for reasons such as:

• Checking the content of a 500 item count Mule/Storage quickly
• Checking the content of a 2500 item count Storage quickly
• Quicker Gambles: Not as much going through each and every single sort option (if you are the type of person to do that, which I am heh)

Summary: Saves time

Above is the updated version of the plugin, as per the changes that were specified in the forum post. As you can see these are my Mule stats, this is what  it will look like for Inventory and Storage.

See what I mean about it being helpful, and how this plugin and dropsTracker can be useful together? They pretty much go hand in hand =) You can probably notice the similarities between the two plugins, but there are noticeable differences. I have both enabled and I use both. For the Gambler and the Grinder, these two plugins are a must have.

So go on and enable the plugins! Im sure they will prove some use to ya. I know they have for me. Toasty Toad, out.

Today is the day of the new year, 2013. And same for DoH. New Year. New beginning. Let us see what this year has in store for us. This marks the beginning of DoH's 5th year, so lets get on with 2013!

Lets continue on with some fun and lets continue on with ideas! *throws out some speckled peeps*

Enjoy the rest of the day everyone!

So before we have said a few plugins all in one post. That didn't really do much for explaining every single plugin. The post would have been too long and too boring =P So I think now we will focus on just 1 plugin at a time. This time is a plugin created by Charmaka.

http://forum.dohforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=2251

Above is the link to the post he created to the Info to his Plugin. He has recently updated it  So lets show that picture =P

Above is what the updated dropTracker plugin looks like. The old version is in the link shown at the top of the post, which leads to the forum post.

This shows you your drops. What you get and of what. As you can see you can go back 120 days with the option to get a time frame to go between two specific dates (sorta). To show combined totals for a range of days enter the days into both boxes (i.e. 7 days ago to 30 days ago).

As he states at the top of his post on the forum, in Bolded Red Letters, this plugin is meant for stats and that there are many other factors involved as to why things drop/gamble/come out the way they are. And that his making of this plugin is only to help you see what your items have been like. It is quite hard to keep track of every single 500 mule grind and 500 mule gamble when you do one right after another after all. He posts a link to one of Lurkily's Dev Dumps at the end of his disclaimer regarding the human mind and probabilities (surprised, its Lurk =P)

For those who are wanting to collect a statistic of what your items have looked like this is a great plugin to use. This, goes very well with another plugin, ItemCountsToolTips, which is also made by Charmaka. But that Plugin explanation is for another day =P

Keep an eye on that link boys and girls, monsters and humans. Plugin is being updated, so look for notes seeing when. It has all the details =) Enjoy using it since the new version is Live for everyone and like I said, keep checking that link at the top! Enjoy! =)

Hope everyone had a great Christmas (for those who celebrate it) And for those who don't, hope you all had a great holiday, whichever that may be =D

So before Christmas there was the Christmas Master Key that was given to you upon every Login Lotto (Once the server reset the time that is). Free chance to get something great!

We even had a Myth Rune come from one of the keys! Congratz!

So now is another chance *drum roll* New Years Keys! (I am sure you guys have already seen these, but if not, here ya go! =P) They are the same thing as the Christmas Keys, except a different picture and for a different holiday. So get to logging in and getting those keys. You never know what you may find.

Enjoy those keys!

Tis Christmas Eve! The New Year is soon to be here and its a new beginning for everyone!

Hope everyone has a Happy Holidays and stays safe in whatever they plan on doing for the holidays =) Even if that entails just staying home and having some personal time to relax or go and visiting some family. Enjoy the rest of 2012 DoH! 2013 is soon to be here =)

So some of us received an email, and some of us didn't (not sure why, will try to find out), so here it is!

_________________________________________________________________________

Hello everyone and Merry Christmas from Dohria!

It's been a wild year and we've had our share of ups and downs, but the community is strong and there are plans for making 2013 a year to remember. Fernando is back and he is bringing some new energy. The mods are very active and extremely helpful both in-game and with managing player requests and bug reports.

We've got some fun stuff in the works that will be revealed in 6 weeks. Time to get pumped! Until then, let's have one last BOGO to usher in the New Year.

Thank you all, and I'll see you in Dohria!

-DrDragon

_________________________________________________________________________

Fernando is Kuan. For those who were wondering and possibly trying to make guesses at who it was =P Contemplated changing the name in the email too, but decided against it =P. Now what is being revealed in 6 weeks? Well that is a surprise =) So lets just see whats in store with what happens in the coming events!

So we all have seen Roo/Deline's How-To-Play Guide. (I hope hehe) If not, here is the link

http://forum.dohforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=16

Now, this was taken from the old forums, and that is why Lou reposted it for Roo. Anyways.

Most of that information is not completely outdated to the point that it is useless. Some things were moved around to other places and some things were completely changed. So all in all, a new *How To Play Guide* needs to be written. But with all the new changes it has gotten a bit confusing as to where some things are and how do you find them. So I decided to start writing one, but this time it wasn't just a text guide. I took Screenshots of the game to put into it to hopefully make the guide a bit more helpful.

Now since I started I had to put that on hold for various reasons, but after the holidays I'll continue it. One of the things that has been tried before with doing a *guide* is a video guide. This would possibly be even better as far as showing someone where things are throughout the game in a much easier fashion than searching a text format. But problem with doing that is, is everyone going to be able to see the video? Is the audio loud and clear? Will it be updated if/when new content is added? A bunch more questions and even more answers. But if someone wants to give this a try, by all means please do =) We have had a few and they have worked for various features of the game, like enchanting.

So once this is finished I'll post it up here for you guys. =) Hopefully this'll help players a bit more than before and will encourage use of the forums again =)