Update 51 And Epic Destiny Revamp Now Live In Dungeons And Dragons Online
Update 51 is now live in Dungeons and Dragons Online featuring a full revamp of the long-running MMORPG’s Epic Destiny system. The new and improved system now works a lot like the game’s Heroic Enhancement Trees, allowing players level 20 and up to equip up to 3 Epic Destinies at a time to further customize their builds.
“Think of it like the current Enhancement window, but without any ability to scroll horizontally along trees. You select up to three trees at a time, socketing them into place in your ED window, just as you select your Heroic Enhancement Trees. You can spend points freely between these three trees, and resetting your ED points out of a tree will allow you to choose a new one.
As you level up beyond level 20, you will earn Destiny Points that you can spend in these ED trees. Epic Levels now display their experience in Ranks, just like Heroic levels do. Each point is earned at each Rank of an Epic Level, which means that each Epic Level corresponds to 4 Destiny Points. The 5th rank of each Epic Level is the level itself, as it is in Heroics. This means that you'll earn Destiny Points at a steady rate rather than in large chunks every 5 ranks.”
The update also replaces the old Magister Epic Destiny with a new one called Magus of the Eclipse. “One of the biggest components of old-Magister was Spell DCs - However, in the new system one of our major goals was to give far broader options for DC casting, so we distributed that role among a large number of trees,” the devs explained. “We also wanted to find a tree for two particular casting types not covered well in the existing Destinies: Cold and Negative damage. Ultimately, this led to us sunsetting Magister and creating Magus of the Eclipse, a tree with a focus on Cold Damage, Negative Damage, and some DC and Spell Penetration aspects.”
The two-page release notes contains information about the changes to each and every available Epic Destiny. You can check it out on the Dungeons and Dragons official site if you’re up for some heavy reading.
