D&D Online: Eberron Unlimited Update One Interview

Dungeons & Dragons Online design director Ian Currie answers a handful of questions about Eberron Unlimited’s first major update in a new interview on MMORPG.com. Some great news, here:

MMORPG.com: What can you tell us about the upcoming reincarnation system? Will it allow players to completely re-vamp their characters? How often will they be able to do this? Is this going to be something available through the store, or a regular feature for the game?

Ian Currie: There are three forms of Reincarnation. True Reincarnation is reserved for level 20 players who are attracted to the notion of creating a brand new, more powerful character. It’s a big commitment though! You’re effectively starting over, but you get to keep all your items and use extra points during character creation and receive what we call Past Life Feats – abilities that encapsulate the flavor of your past life.

Lesser Reincarnation gives players the opportunity to re-create their existing characters but revisit some of the decisions they made while levelling up with regard to ability points, feats, skills, enhancements etc. This comes in handy for correcting tiny regrets players may have about how they built their character. Often by the time you reach high levels you have a better understanding of how to play your character and most everyone has something they wish they had done differently.

Great Reincarnation is the same as Lesser except that it allows a player to upgrade an existing 28 point character to a 32 point character. Until now, players who had unlocked the ability to create 32 point characters (by playing their 28 point character) would have to start a brand new character to take advantage of it. Many players will really appreciate this feature as it will let them keep the character they have invested so much time into and upgrade them to the more powerful build type.

All forms of Reincarnation are limited to once a week per character.

I’ve been waiting on a feature like this for a long time. This really can’t come soon enough for a long-time players.