After some luck, skill, and magic developer powers, we made it and were off to the next area. Here we were challenged by mind flayers that sucked the life out of us. We also ran into some nasty puppies and their mommy named Xy'zzy, and she doesn't like getting hit. In fact, she
ignores your attacks. After some searching and hints from the devs, we were able to make it past her. Of course, under pain of death I promised not to say how. As our time was running short, Kate mentioned that somewhere in this area was a secret Beholder lair.
Finally, we headed off to the last area, where we met up with a rather nasty devil. Hanging from his pedestal, he drops down, smacks you around, throws a few curses at you and then flies back up to his perch from which he sends minions at you. Kill minions, fight big devil, rinse and repeat a few times while trying to stay alive, and you can make it through this encounter.
With time running short, I asked what was in store for the future. While many of their plans weren't quite ready to be announced, they did comment that they are working towards making DDO DX10 ready over the next few months. The rough goal is to have it finished around August/September.
