Neverwinter (New D&D MMO)

Nefaro · April 30, 2013, 08:57:41 AM

Quote from: panzerde on April 29, 2013, 07:25:47 PM
Quote from: son_of_montfort on February 12, 2013, 03:18:22 PM
The one thing that really attracts me to this game is the idea of the Foundry. I could see myself having more fun creating adventures than actually playing the game.

This is what's tempting me to shell out the $60. Its something that would keep me occupied when I get tired of the MMO grind and the other players. I prefer to DM than be a player most times, anyway. I almost bought it this weekend, but bought two other games, and my wife will waterboard me if I go too far overboard.

That has been in Cryptic's Star Trek Online game for awhile now. I dunno how successful it's been but last I checked there was quite a few user-created scenarios in that one so it bodes well. They're obviously using the same engine.

I've been having some issues with the camera bumping into walls when I turn my character. Instead of clipping through them (and cutting them out behind the character while doing so), the camera will repeatedly 'zoom' in & out when you turn your view with walls & such behind your character. It started giving me a damn headache last night. Mix that with not being able to zoom the cam to my own preference in the first place, and it may be a bigger problem for me in the future. Being more action-y, with the game in mouselook mode by default, it happens a lot.

The mechanics of Neverwinter seem pretty thin and it may easily get stale from what I've seen thus far. I hope it doesn't, but I guess there's always DDO if this fails to hold my attention.

Nefaro · April 30, 2013, 09:54:41 AM

Quote from: Bison on April 29, 2013, 07:13:12 PM
My MMO guild is on Dragon.

I'll to the Dragon Server just in case.

Tpek · April 30, 2013, 10:02:03 AM

Quote from: Nefaro on April 30, 2013, 09:54:41 AM
Quote from: Bison on April 29, 2013, 07:13:12 PM
My MMO guild is on Dragon.

I'll to the Dragon Server just in case.

Most of my toons (including my main) are there too :P

Bison · April 30, 2013, 10:22:28 AM

I'm playing a control Mage which is pretty fun. I started with a greater weapon fighter which I didn't find overly exciting.

Tpek · April 30, 2013, 11:24:41 AM

Quote from: Bison on April 30, 2013, 10:22:28 AM
I'm playing a control Mage which is pretty fun. I started with a greater weapon fighter which I didn't find overly exciting.

Actually the GWF improves as the game goes by.
The Cleric on the other hand starts pretty darn awesome but becomes a bit of a dull later on.

Bison · April 30, 2013, 06:50:52 PM

Wow are the servers being slammed today. I'm 6,278 in cue and that's down from 8,345. Woot!

I also started to mess around a bit with Star Trek Online which is actually pretty interesting.

eyebiter · April 30, 2013, 06:54:48 PM

The queue was over 63,000 earlier...

Toonces · April 30, 2013, 10:09:19 PM

Man, you guys are nerds. :o

Bison · April 30, 2013, 10:28:46 PM

Quote from: Toonces on April 30, 2013, 10:09:19 PM
Man, you guys are nerds. :o

Jealous?

Nefaro · April 30, 2013, 10:39:42 PM

Quote from: Bison on April 30, 2013, 06:50:52 PM
Wow are the servers being slammed today. I'm 6,278 in cue and that's down from 8,345. Woot!

I also started to mess around a bit with Star Trek Online which is actually pretty interesting.

It's the first day of Open Beta. So the masses have swarmed in.

To be expected. ;)

Bison · April 30, 2013, 10:45:58 PM

Nah I knew it was coming too. It's all good. I was able to get on and run a few quests and have a nice evening so it all worked out just fine.

Swatter · May 01, 2013, 01:03:57 AM

Quote from: Bison on April 30, 2013, 10:45:58 PM
Nah I knew it was coming too. It's all good. I was able to get on and run a few quests and have a nice evening so it all worked out just fine.

So, does it play more like a D&D game or more like WoW?

son_of_montfort · May 01, 2013, 01:05:49 AM

Quote from: Swatter on May 01, 2013, 01:03:57 AM
Quote from: Bison on April 30, 2013, 10:45:58 PM
Nah I knew it was coming too. It's all good. I was able to get on and run a few quests and have a nice evening so it all worked out just fine.

So, does it play more like a D&D game or more like WoW?

More like Guild Wars 2 than either, really.

Could not get into the game tonight. I am tempted to grab the Guardian pack, but it does not help you with queues (like the outrageously priced Hero pack does). I'm curious about this one, but I could be curious and spend no money...

Tpek · May 01, 2013, 11:18:55 AM

Yeah, after the official launch it was impossible to get into the game yesterday. Hopefully it will be better today.

Nefaro · May 01, 2013, 11:53:03 AM

Quote from: Tpek on May 01, 2013, 11:18:55 AM
Yeah, after the official launch it was impossible to get into the game yesterday. Hopefully it will be better today.

As with any recent MMO launch, I'd expect them to have population problems for at least a couple days, and quite possibly longer.

Quote from: son_of_montfort on May 01, 2013, 01:05:49 AM

More like Guild Wars 2 than either, really.

Could not get into the game tonight. I am tempted to grab the Guardian pack, but it does not help you with queues (like the outrageously priced Hero pack does). I'm curious about this one, but I could be curious and spend no money...

Yeah, I'm kinda lukewarm to it too. I'm still interested because it's based in the Forgotten Realms setting but it's not a D&D style RPG. It kinda makes me wanna go back and play more DDO, despite my dislike of the Eberron setting in that one.