It will be a ghost town no matter what server you pick, and the people you do end up grouping with will leave you in the dust because all they care about is rushing content asap and getting that exp. My advice is find a friend or two and play the game like it was actually a tabletop get together. Pick different classes and absorb/respect the differences. I wouldn't worry about making it to max level. Its not that I think the game is bad, its just lost everything that made it good.

>>3963840
>ghost town
because of how it's structured that won't be as relevant. only outposts are shared with other players unless you group for explorable zones and dungeons.

>>3963829
you sadly came at an awkward time when the free shit coupon is not active at the moment

>>3963846
Brother, everyone that plays this game has been playing it for a long ass time, every character they have is armed to the teeth and gone through several lives, they know practically all the content by heart and everything they do makes you look like a shitter being carried. It's just not fun to play with those people, and sadly, they are the majority. The few new players to the game never stick around long enough form any lasting group relationship, assuming you can even find anyone to group in that deadzone after like level 7 or 8... And its worse if you dont sub to the game, leveling takes practically twice as long and half the content is locked to you. Its better to play with other nubs.

>>3963848
Oh yeah, and Reaper difficulty... Good luck finding some rando that wants to do a quest on normal, hard or elite, most people are cruising through content at a much higher difficulty rating, so even if you do find a group, you hardly contribute anyway, or more likely, get smoked by kobold or trap and left to think about how much this sucks.

>>3963848
>>3963850
none of this is unique to ddo, though. it's just what happens when you're trying to get into an old mmorpg.

>>3963829
Game made to be played with friends so you take your time with dungeons.

>>3963859
To some extent, yes, but DDO has way worse progression and group mechanics for it. It still all comes down to one singular truth, this anon knows;
>>3963876
The only possible way to enjoy this game is to play with other noobs. There is no struggle otherwise, and therefore no game.

>>3963829
So did you try it, did you find some friends, or what?
If you do give it a shot, I would recommend playing as a Barbarian or Rogue first.
Barbarian because they get natural damage reduction and it'll make your leveling life a little easier as you learn the details about the game.
Rogue because there are a lot of traps and it's actually fun finding and disarming them. The only issue here is that Rogue is squishy and will struggle the higher you get. You can mitigate a lot of the issues by doing a ranged build and just kiting everything, though. Mechanic is probably the most fun I've had in this game.
If you can get some friends to play, you can't go wrong with the classic fighter, rogue, cleric, wizard group, or some variation of hybrid classes that fill those roles. Wizard types are probably the hardest and least unforgiving to play, so keep that in mind.

>>3964416
And if you want to go the extra mile before playing with some extra purchased content, warforged artificer is fucking dope.

>>3963829
I don't really endorse mmos, even then one's that I find likeable, because I fundamentally don't like them as a genre. But from the one's I played DDO was pretty interesting. And like one of two games set in Eberron.
Still, it has typical mmo problems with restrictions, also, it's best when you get most of quest packs and such for free when they do free coupons.
But give it a try, if you like mmos.

>>3963829
I wanted to try it until I saw it has tab-combat, I will wait until it gets a realistic combat (your moves matter).

>>3965260
I never use tab for combat. You can attack whatever is in front of you just by looking and pressing attack, no tab required.

>>3965313
Still, it has not a realistic combat, your moves don't matter, unlike in games like Mordhau, Chivalry, M&B, etc.

I just can't enjoy games where your moves don't matter.

>>3965335
I think you have a vague misconception about the game. It plays a bit like your typical third person action game. You can run, jump, and swim to avoid enemies. You have a tumble skill that lets you dodge roll attacks and traps, and a block skill to reduce damage. The hit detection for kiting is a bit wonky, but it's easy to get used to. The only time someone might stand still in combat is if they're maybe trying to keep something from moving around too much. Battle is very chaotic, especially for new players that don't know the ins and outs of the game. You can get overwhelmed and killed easily, but every class has its options. One thing that sucks though is that your performance in quests is mostly dependent on how much shit you trash, how makes things you kill, and how many secrets/traps you find. Unless you just want to get something done quickly and avoid all the extra bonus exp rewards, there's no point to sneak around really.

>>3963829
You really can’t go wrong with character building because most people prestige there characters anyway. I’d honestly just experiment and have fun with making a new character, DDO is one of those games that has a lot of unique and cool ideas with very shoddy execution that limits it from being a truly exceptional game.

>>3965342
I saw gameplays about this game, they gave me burnout, the combat feels boring. Again, I just want the combat that Chivalry and similar games have.

>>3963829
It's pretty active on /vm/ at the moment if you want a more useful place to ask questions. They recently started their third general.
>>>/vm/2341165

>>3965252
>>3963829
Also, there is a thread for it on /vm/, they can invite to the guild and maybe give some more info.