Highlights include:

Dungeons and Dragons Online: Half-Orc Pack - The Half-Orc race, stat-boosting trinket, 500 Turbine Points (50% off at $9.99)

Lord of the Rings Online: Steam Starter Pack - A Noble Grey Steed, three bonus quest packs, 25% boost token, 1000 Turbine Points (50% off at $14.99)

DC Universe Online: Power Bundle - The first three DLC packs with new missions and three new power sets; Light, Electricity, and Earth (50% off at $14.99)

Age of Empires Online: Summer Sale Bundle - The Pen of Herodotus, Extra Storage, Exotic Vanity Gear, and ‘Heroic Aid’ Consumables (75% off at $2.49)

Mah Story, click to give me munnies: http://www.examiner.com/article/free-to-play-mmos-offer-up-discounts-during-steam-s-summer-sale

Two new point bundles are available for LotRO and DDO.

if you’re willing to spend $100 or $200 on them…

DDO: Update 11 announced, adds new Artificer class

This Fall, Dungeons and Dragons Online expands again with Update 11.  This update will add the new high level quest hub in House Cannith, new crafting levels, more content in the DDO Store, and a new class called the Artificer.

Combat in MMOs differs from game to game.  Some games use a traditional system of combat where the player has an abundance of spells and abilities lined up in several hotbars like in World of Warcraft.  With cooldowns and global cooldown, players are limited to certain abilities depending on when they last used it.  For the interim, the player must let the character auto attack.  On the other hand, some games use active combat with positional attacks and active blocking mixed with spells and abilities like in Age of Conan.

Although the promotion started out as a fully free item in the Dungeons and Dragons Online Store each day, a system error forced the items in the giveaway to cost one (1) Turbine Point!  That’s practically free so read on.