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Venger
Learned Scribe
USA
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 Posted - 07 May 2013 : 06:18:51
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I just logged in, and yep, there they are. They have the following races:
Human
Tiefling
Elf
Dwarf
Half-Elf
Half-Orc
Halfling
Speaking of gripes, I really hate the rolling system. It uses point buy, so anything you roll always comes out to the same amount of points, so why not just let people purchase their stats rather than bothering with the rolling and trying to get the exact stats they want? |
"Beware what you say when you speak of magic, wizard, or you shall see who has the greater power." |
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Matt James
Forgotten Realms Game Designer
USA
918 Posts |
Posted - 07 May 2013 : 11:32:17
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I'm quickly becoming hooked on the game. I really like the Foundry system. Those of you familiar with NW2 will notice it is not the same---by design. The Foundry lets you create mods/adventures that are used within the constraints of the MMORPG. This allows for a fair an equitable design space that allows for it to seemlessly plug into the game.
A quick break down. If you want to create something without contraints, where you can add all you want, then NW2 is your game. If you want to play a MMORPG where unique additional content is community-created, then Neverwinter MMO is awesome. You could, for all intents and purposes, level your character only playing Foundry quests. Which is cool. You are no longer forced to run through game-developed questlines and plot. |
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Diffan
Great Reader
USA
4430 Posts |
Posted - 07 May 2013 : 14:51:52
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| From what I'm told, Drow are also a possible race. |
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Venger
Learned Scribe
USA
268 Posts |
Posted - 07 May 2013 : 15:22:14
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| I didn't include them in my list because at the moment you have to pay $200 to play one, although I think they'll become fully playable at launch. |
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Erik Scott de Bie
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
4598 Posts |
Posted - 07 May 2013 : 16:28:15
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It's pretty standard practice in a game model like this to have a CORE game, then give you the opportunity to purchase additional character types, equipment, etc., as plug-ins to customize/enhance your gameplay experience. I haven't played the game, but that seems to be what's going on now.
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Originally posted by Markustay
And like I said, I think these (Neverwinter) people are idiots for sending an unkown half-orc into their vaults to protect their crown... talk about using a wolf to protect the sheep. And all joking aside, I actually was on their side - I kept the BBG busy while the Nashers got away with the crown.
Racial profiling, much? Some of my best friends are half-orcs.
They DO eat all the chips and drink all the beer, though. 
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@Erik - I am SO definitely a Nasher lol 
Ayep.
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Erik Scott de Bie
'Tis easier to destroy than to create.
Author of a number of Realms novels (GHOSTWALKER, DEPTHS OF MADNESS, and the SHADOWBANE series), contributor to the NEVERWINTER CAMPAIGN GUIDE and SHADOWFELL: GLOOMWROUGHT AND BEYOND, Twitch DM of the Dungeon Scrawlers, currently playing "The Westgate Irregulars" |
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Gyor
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 09 May 2013 : 04:36:54
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Okay While I wasn't happy that the machanics where a poor man's 4e instead of proper 4e, the graphics are great if stuttery.
I will admit I almost quiet in frustration at first, because the game wouldn't let me pick up my equiptment!
I figured out you have to end the conversation with that first guy before you can do that.
I'll admit that it can be kind of fun, but truth be told it feels more like an arcade game like Golden Axe if Golden Axe was an MMO with modern technology then D&D.
Fun time waster, but not a true successor to Neverwinter Nights.
Still there is no point in making said successor until FR 5e is up and running.
And it should not be set in Baldur's Gate or Neverwinter time for a new Town. Maybe Selgaunt.
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silverwolfer
Senior Scribe
789 Posts |
Posted - 09 May 2013 : 07:54:04
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| I vote for.... Halarahh |
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BARDOBARBAROS
Senior Scribe
Greece
581 Posts |
Posted - 09 May 2013 : 11:05:53
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Originally posted by Markustay
Went to the site to see the video, and the very first sentence I read had the word 'spellplague' in it.
Interest = GONE 
you are right ...i'm also with you... |
BARDOBARBAROS DOES NOT KILL.
HE DECAPITATES!!!
"The city changes, but the fools within it remain always the same" (Edwin Odesseiron- Baldur's gate 2) |
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silverwolfer
Senior Scribe
789 Posts |
Posted - 14 May 2013 : 19:52:35
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| 5e will probably mention it also lol |
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silverwolfer
Senior Scribe
789 Posts |
Posted - 19 May 2013 : 02:08:52
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| okay I will admit, I have mostly turned to playing it for half an hour and then turning it off, seems more like a bed time story now then a game, I play it just to learn a lil more and then turn it off. |
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 19 May 2013 : 14:41:56
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I haven't touched it from the first time I tried it.
This would be a great game... had it come out 10 years ago. It seems very dated to me, on every level.
I would hazard to guess they just don't have a big enough budget to do anything right anymore. The graphics in most games today put this to shame (and I can't blame this on my comp, since I am playing some of those other games on it).
I'll probably give it another go... when my prepaid Pirate101 account runs out.
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I also do still have to try it on another machine, because I recall the stuff I saw at Gencon looked much better then what I am looking at. I guess what I am saying is that everyone should try it for themselves.
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Just tried it again, and I found a huge problem. Having not bothered with it since that first time, I have completely forgotten all the controls... and there is nothing to help you with that. That makes this a 'try once' game - if you give it a second chance, you will be lost, and so will that chance. I have absolutely NO IDEA what to do right now (that shining path thingy isn't even there).
Plus, I had some idiot following me around swinging his sword at me. It got so annoying I just logged off.
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On the bright side, I figured out how to reset my action keys, which is a very good thing. Now if I could just figure out what to do from here, I'd be set. |
"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me" --- Dudley Field Malone
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 19 May 2013 : 15:41:08
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Just realized a HUGE mistake they made.
Its gonna fail... big time. I read a few articles, and they didn't use a focus group in the early part of development. They used their own developers. Those guys are by nature 'hardcore computer gamers'. Then they went ahead and created a game targeted at the 'casual gamer' (the 'Free Play/pay for kewl stuff' FB-like business model). They built a game for one group, and then targeted it for another. Now I understand why the interface feels all wrong to me - its the wrong kind of engine for this type of game. Action games appeal to a different kind of audience.
BIG mistake. HUGE.
Call it a day. |
"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me" --- Dudley Field Malone
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Venger
Learned Scribe
USA
268 Posts |
Posted - 19 May 2013 : 16:34:07
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Plus, I had some idiot following me around swinging his sword at me. It got so annoying I just logged off.
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 19 May 2013 : 18:17:08
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Don't tell me that was YOU? 
I knew I shouldn't have let my sexy half-orc walk around in a thong. |
"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me" --- Dudley Field Malone
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silverwolfer
Senior Scribe
789 Posts |
Posted - 19 May 2013 : 18:20:15
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| it is a small world afterall... |
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Venger
Learned Scribe
USA
268 Posts |
Posted - 19 May 2013 : 19:03:10
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| LOL, no, I was just being a screwball with that reply. Either that or it was me and I don't know. I just thought it was funny since I did, in fact, spend a good long while running around Neverwinter the other day just swinging my sword at people. |
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silverwolfer
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 06 Jun 2013 : 15:45:05
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uhg wackos :P
So I guess they are releasing an expansion pack soon, and doing a major rework of the classes.
The expansion pack is suppose to be formian giants attacking the city of Sharandar, and using heavy bits of feywild lore.
Just me or does 4e FR take everything that was the shadowweave and that stuff, and replace it with the feywild, as far as publishing information. |
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First Impression on NeverWinter
