Originally Posted by SAMERA, Community Relations: DDO

This update contains the first content update to DDO, the Dragon’s Vault Module! Can you gain access to the impenetrable Vault of Night?

- Fight in the notorious Tharashk Arena, defeating all other combatants to survive.
- Explore the most dangerous prison of all – that of a mind locked in torment, in The Prison of the Mind.
- Discover the hideous secret that has ruined the Haywire Foundry.
- Delve into the subterranean depths of the Jungles of Khyber.
- After you’ve conquered all four of those dungeons, the most challenging and compelling dungeon experience of all awaits you – the Vault of Night, as you face the full array of Kundarak magic and tricks meant to keep you out…or kill you.

If you somehow manage to defeat the Vault of Night, you can earn your rich rewards…there remains just one last obstacle…

In addition to the Dragon’s Vault chain of quests, there is even more great content to explore!

- Fight against the first vampire boss in DDO…you’ll love this challenge.
- Stop a planar invasion in “The Xorian Cipher”
- Explore the immense demesne of the Arzag-Khor…can you acquire the Tear of Dhakaan?
- Stop the nefarious plans of the Grave Robber
- Can you uncover all the secrets of Stromvauld’s Mine?
- Will you aid the Bounty Hunter and bring down an infamous assassin?

And more!

We’ve opened the gates to Kobold Island: a fun and replayable landscape experience for new players still getting a feel for what their characters can do in combat.

Originally Posted by SAMERA, Community Relations: DDO

When you have beaten the dragon and completed the whole quest series, you can’t start the quest series (1-6) again for 66 hours (real-time hours, not in-game hours). However, you can “tag along” with players who are on phases 1-4 of the quest and help them complete Tharashk Arena, Prison of the Mind, Jungle of Khyber or Haywire Foundry (however, when your quest timer resets, you will need to redo parts 1-4 to advance your own quest). You can’t enter the two raid dungeons (Vault of Night and Plane of Night) unless you are on the correct phase of your quest – even if someone else in your party has the correct quest phase. To see how much time is left before you can restart the entire quest sequence again you can either use the /quest command to view all active quest reset timers or check your quest journal.

Loot Mechanic

When you slay the Red Dragon guarding the Vault of Night, you will have a chance to share in the rewards left behind as loot. The dragon’s chest is protected by a pair of objects called the Glyphs of Ward-Breaking, which you must possess in order to pull items out of the dragon’s chest. Two Glyphs will appear next to the dragon’s chest. Only the leader of the party can pick them up. Once they are in the party leader’s possession, he or she may trade them to another party member, allowing that member to choose an item from the chest.

When you take a piece of loot from the chest, your Glyph will be destroyed and you may not choose another piece of loot unless you have the other Glyph. The items are bind-on-acquire, and display a confirmation window to that effect to prevent accidental looting. As bound items, they cannot be traded.

Currently the Plane of Night is the only place in the game where loot works in this manner. The release note “When picking up a Bind on Acquire item that is not reserved (for example, in a treasure chest from which only 1 pull for the Party is possible), there is a confirmation dialogue box opened.” refers ONLY to the Plane of Night. We have not changed the loot mechanics for the entire game.

Originally Posted by freekyE

is it just me or is that loot mechanic LAME AS HELL?!? do i want to do a several hour hard as hell quest and not get any loot at all? cause 4 out of the 6 of the party arent getting anything from the sounds of it.