Many of you will know that I have been away from the game for a long time apart from a couple of cameo appearances.

Last night I managed to get on for a couple of hours and was lucky enough to join the end of the guild raid night for echrono. I had a great time and thought it was brilliant fun – the way I remember DDO can be. I have the DDO bug again and am looking forward to spending more time in game with you guild members.

Last year I had thought of leaving for good, but I’m glad to say I didn’t and after a time away am back again and have even renewed my VIP membership to make it worth my while to be in game as much as I can – RL permitting.

I’ve missed out on most of the Epic stuff over the last few months and to be honest my characters are now severely under-equipped. I have a lot of reading to do in the wiki to catch up on all the changes, so any helpful information you have for my toons (particularly the lvl 20 artificer and 18/1/1 ranger/monk/thief) please let me know.

Hopefully you will all be patient with me as I find my way in game again and go through the grind to farm for some good gear to boost my stats. Unquiet Dead in Kings Forest is first up on my target list, but I also still need to do the three dragons in Gianthold for flagging. I especially need to get a few shrouds done to get my bare greensteel cloak equipped with some good stats for my artificer build.

I will probably not join in the high end raids that seem to take place each Friday as I don’t want to be a burden in these with my limited stats, gear and knowledge. I’m happy to join in with lvl20+ quests and actually welcome the chance so that I can learn the new mechanics with guildies, but please be patient with me if I end up being carried in someones backpack as a soulstone.. :-).

Well, enough from me and hopefully there are a few that will be happy to see me back – see you around Stormreach soon.

Jimmy – Ispep clan.