yes it can be soloed. Self sufficient build is all you need to survive ddo. hirelings might too rough to use since they can be a bit special sometimes.

It's totally solo friendly. You have 76+ free lvl 1 to 10 dungeons and another 24+ free lvl 11 to 20 dungeons so a good chunk to play with without spending money.

It does have a steep learning curve. If you're familiar with table top D&D that'll help, but the game was built with the 3.5 edition in mind and then heavily modified to become a computer game.

Plan on deleting your 1st character after you play awhile as you'll learn you've made mistake; wrong class, wrong spells, wrong fighting skills etc..... Don't sweat it over 90% of peoples first characters go in the trash.

As to what you need; just create a character and play slow through the beginner are Korthos Village. Turn the volume up and listen to what the GM (voice overs) says. Don't rush and don't try and power level by having someone carry you through.

Dungeons are rated solo(some) -1 below the listed level, normal on level, hard +1 level and elite +2 level. Then there are some that have Reaper difficulty. Those are designed to actively try and kill you so just stay away from them.

Play through the dungeons in the village on normal to learn the mechanics, then go outside the gate and do those on normal. By the time you've done that you should have a fairly good grounding of the basics.

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Hi guys, looking for something new and this I've never tried. Any chance making traction as a solo player? If so, what advise do I need?

Thanks!

I wouldnt bother

OP ignore this joker, they just post negative stuff because game lives rent free in their head.

IIRC they even admitted they don't play this game anymore, but for some reason they still post here regularly like somebody with absolutely no life.

EDIT: OP if you need example on how fun DDO is, take into account that there are poeple who ragequit this game but instead of moving on they keep trash talking it like it's their ex boyfriend, that's how much they care about it.
I mean if you decide something is bad, you move on and forget about it, but if you still care about it, you'll trash talk it because you still like it but won't admit it.

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OP ignore this joker, they just post negative stuff because game lives rent free in their head.

IIRC they even admitted they don't play this game anymore, but for some reason they still post here regularly like somebody with absolutely no life.

EDIT: OP if you need example on how fun DDO is, take into account that there are poeple who ragequit this game but instead of moving on they keep trash talking it like it's their ex boyfriend, that's how much they care about it.
I mean if you decide something is bad, you move on and forget about it, but if you still care about it, you'll trash talk it because you still like it but won't admit it.

I guess we have another keyboard warrior here! And another one of my fans!
you're one of those that likes to get things started with people then go tattle! Except I thought it was funny the last time you go rattle and tattle you're buddy gets ban, and rightfully so.
you two have been starting problems with folks on here for years, you think nobody should have an opinion, but at this point they arnt just opinion anymore. OP you can just scroll around here and find out why people dont play this game anymore, Im not trying to convince you not to play it, but there are some big reasons nobody really plays it anymore! thats why the forums are dead.
Anyway I have family to be with today I wish you all a Merry Christmas and as for you
anime boy i suggest you mind you're own stop trying to pick fights with people threw a keyboard and just be at peace.

It seems I struck a nerve.

EDIT: see OP, they have nothing of value to add to discussion so they turn to insulting thosw who actually like Dungeons and Dragons Online.

Do you need further proof this game is worth it?

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Truen 님이 먼저 게시:

Hi guys, looking for something new and this I've never tried. Any chance making traction as a solo player? If so, what advise do I need?

Thanks!

I wouldnt bother

Why Not? Lists some reasons.

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I wouldnt bother

Why Not? Lists some reasons.

they have no reasons, they're here just to spread toxicity and mockery, if they had valid reasons they'd post them, but as you see, they're just answering with mockery instead of telling "reason i think OP should not play is X"

Hmm.. all their posts are gone. Could it be the troll was finally banned?

TBH, DDO is not particularly newbie friendly. That doesn't mean it's a bad game, but it does have a steep learning curve and the tutorial doesn't take you very far up that curve.

But it's a lot of fun, and you won't run out of things to learn to get better at it for quite a while.

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Hi guys, looking for something new and this I've never tried. Any chance making traction as a solo player? If so, what advise do I need?

Thanks!

play warlock and u good to go u can blast everything on normal with ease

Don't be afraid to ask questions. give as much detail as possible if one comes up. it helps us find the answer or point you to it. i would ignore people that say don't bother. they have became jaded by the game for whatever reason. maybe a valid one or a bad one.

You need a decent beginner-friendly build.

There's a posting that's currently near the top of the list of postings called "Easiest class in DDO for a Beginner" with some ideas on that.

https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/app/206480/discussions/0/3829792183360092968/

solo friendly =/= new player friendly.

i dont think ddo is new player friendly or unfriendly.

most ppl wouldt mind u tagging along as a noob to do quests but most of them also wouldnt wait around for u and teach u stuff. old players move very fast so just keep up as u can even if u die u still get xp at the end. or u can play solo or try to find newer/slower players to do quest with they r not always around

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solo friendly =/= new player friendly.

i dont think ddo is new player friendly or unfriendly.

most ppl wouldt mind u tagging along as a noob to do quests but most of them also wouldnt wait around for u and teach u stuff. old players move very fast so just keep up as u can even if u die u still get xp at the end. or u can play solo or try to find newer/slower players to do quest with they r not always around

Idk. I've found that a lot of people change how they play when a confessed newbie is in the group. Not all, by any means, and you definitely don't want to join a group posted by someone whose Guild contains the name 'zerg' (especially twice!). But if you simply join groups and let them know you're a newbie and ask if that's OK, some of those groups will go out of their way to be helpful (or at least some people in those groups will). At least that's been my experience.

You can also improve your odds by joining a newbie-friendly guild. And you can find out which guilds on which servers present themselves as newbie-friendly by looking at the guild listings on the official DDO forums.