Turbine Shows Off Latest D&D, Asheron's Call Announcements

Thanks to Warcry for its coverage of MMO creator Turbine's 'Turbine Nation' fanfest, an event which has included new details on the 2005-due Dungeons & Dragons Online, confirming "dungeon randomization as well as instancing in... the game (when you enter a dungeon, a completely separate version of that dungeon is created for you and your party)." GameSpy also has multiple new articles on D&D Online, including a new preview mentioning "D&D Online will be extremely combat-heavy. A whole lot of thought was put into its real-time combat system." Finally, Warcry has details on the Asheron's Call expansion, being developed following Turbine's buyback of the franchise, which apparently includes a "level cap... raise from 126 to 275."

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Re:Instancing...

[slaker]

You need to be level 40+ to do an instanced outdoor mission. They're pretty much the missions you get from Portal Corp on Peregrine Island (and if you don't know where Peregrine Island is, don't worry, you wouldn't live long enough to find out). I know one of the missions gets you to a level 40 Psychic Clockwork King and another set brings you Praetorians, the evil versions of CoH icons like Statesman, Synapse and Bastion.