Neverwinter: Underdark Coming Fall 2015

yetweallfalldown

Demons have been unleashed in the Forgotten Realms! Do you Dare to Descend into the Underdark to fight Demogorgon?

Take a look at our newest blog post that goes over the upcoming features coming with Neverwinter: Underdark this fall. We'll be continuing a series of blog posts leading to the launch of our newest expansion. Be sure to keep an eye on the blog!

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torontodave

"In this upcoming module we’re introducing new replayable content, the ability to visually preview gear, a new campaign, the markets of Mantol-Derith, a new Stronghold plot location, a new Stronghold PvP tower, a massive rework of the Tarmalune Tradebar Store, a large-scale battle against the demon prince Demogorgon, and quests written by R.A. Salvatore!"

taken from http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/neverwinter/news/detail/9572853-developer-blog:-underdark-features

Replayable vs. Repeatable

Sounds good Scott.

urabask

blog said:

Masterwork Professions

Oh boy, here we go again. Probably going to introduce legendary assets and fourth tiers results (or something equally dumb)

rayrdan

HERE WE ARE:

a massive rework of the Tarmalune Tradebar Store

GOODBYE VIP GOODBYE


....btw seems nice.
dont do the same errors of tiamat

urabask

rayrdan said:

HERE WE ARE:

a massive rework of the Tarmalune Tradebar Store

GOODBYE VIP GOODBYE

Inb4 they remove coalescent wards.

arabatur

urabask said:

blog said:

Masterwork Professions

Oh boy, here we go again.

Yeah, that caught my eye to. I am uncertain whether to be concerned or really concerned.

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torontodave

The best "rework" for the store would be making the bars BTA instead of BTC, lowering the price on most of the items, and adding new items. Coal/Pres wards should nOT be affected adversely.

I imagine the 'being able to visually see transmutes' will have something to do with a bunch of new appearances available in the Tarmalune store.

I just pray they did a nice simple catalog redesign and that any new fashion upgrades also come with the ability to switch between outfits/companions, and being able to switch gear/power loadouts.

yetweallfalldown

revjimjones said:

Kinda thin, a pre-blog blog?

This is just the beginning! We have a ton more coming in terms of information for the expansion including another blog on the story later this afternoon.

rayrdan

yetweallfalldown said:

revjimjones said:

Kinda thin, a pre-blog blog?

This is just the beginning! We have a ton more coming in terms of information for the expansion including another blog on the story later this afternoon.

"rework" is not a nice word for nerf, right? pls...right?

jpalo316

"a massive rework of the Tarmalune Tradebar Store"

If this includes removing Coalescent Wards or making them more expensive, I think a lot of people will be pretty upset. If this includes making them cheaper, then I think a lot of people will be happy. And some people will still be upset, but then again there is no pleasing some people.

Also, the "Discuss on the official forums" link might be off. I had to remove the "-staging" part of the URL for it to work. Not sure if I'm the only one that had a problem with it, though.

aulduron

Still no word on when?

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vinceent1

new class release scott?

sharonious

"Masterwork Professions"? This had better be reworks of existing professions instead of all-new ones. They desperately need an overhaul.

xgrandz02

*Gear Preview* Awesomee " the ability to visually preview gear, "

guarrrrrrrd

only one new dungeon? the return of the old do not wait?

romotheone

http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/neverwinter/news/detail/9572853-developer-blog:-underdark-features

Repeatable vs replayable

Sounds like we are going to be running the same content over and over. It kinda sounds like lazy design again, tbh. I just hope that this time, it's going to be content Cryptic hasn't used before.

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ironzerg79

romotheone said:

http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/neverwinter/news/detail/9572853-developer-blog:-underdark-features

Repeatable vs replayable

Sounds like we are going to be running the same content over and over. It kinda sounds like lazy design again, tbh. I just hope that this time, it's going to be content Cryptic hasn't used before.

All multiplayer games are essentially running the same content over and over, are they not?

inyawayupdeep

I like the idea that there will be switchups. The Tiamat zerg started out fun but really lost its luster somewhere around the 70th time, and I just wanted someone to put me out of my misery around the 200th time, felt like a rat running the same old maze, I'm glad you're trying not to repeat that.

zetahatate

To be honest, my reaction right now is that... well, for the most part, I'm kind of excited about it. A bit cautious, but overall, if it's done right, I'm still kind of excited. The only thing that irks me is that there's no mention on dungeons. Now, that may be announced later, but I do kind of hope that there's at least something added dungeon wise, whether it's re-adding old ones, or maybe a new one or two. Elemental Evil still seems like it's asking for a Dungeon, after all, and this would also be nice to have a dungeon with a lesser threat from the Underdark in it.

As nice as some of this other stuff sounds, sometimes you just want to run a dungeon, and we don't have very many right now.

Otherwise, my thoughts on the rest of this: I like the area of the stronghold. You guys tend to be able to make great new areas, and I'm certain that this new one won't be an exception to that. I can't wait to roam around in the deeper Underdark. Especially if you DO manage to make it not as annoying to replay as some other areas.

The ability to preview gear is something I've been kind of wanting for a while. Not an absurd amount, but it's a nice feature that I think should have been in here a while ago.

The stronghold stuff is also kind of neat, but overall inconsequential to me as of right now. My guild and I are far too small to be able to get much use out of it, but it's cool that we're gonna be still getting expansions on it.

The Tarmalune Tradebar rebalance doesn't really affect me much, not really having the money to put down on the game, but I wonder how it's going to be. I hope it isn't horrible, considering it's one of the only decent ways to get Coalescent Wards at this point.

The Demogorgon large scale fight... I was expecting a demon lord fight, but I was expecting a weaker one in a dungeon. I guess I should've seen this coming, but I do want to bring down the big guy himself, so that's overall a plus. I hope the fight's good.

These are about my first thoughts on these. They'll probably change later on when more info is announced. So for now, I'm going to say I'm cautiously optimistic! ... But please do fix some more things on some classes. The Unstoppable bug is still a thing (Temp HP given from someone else seems to break Unstoppable), and Shadow of Demise is still bugged.

baeyorn

all sounds good but...

The Taramalune trade Bar vendor information has me.. apprehensive.

I can see monetization needs drive removing coal wards from the trade bar vendor outright.. or making them prohibitively expensive... say 500 bars for a coal ward? 1000 bars for a coal ward..?

In any case, the term "rework" doth give me pause... I get 1 coal ward about every 25 days from the VIP key. Thats how long it takes to build up enuff bars to buy one.

-- am concerned --

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theycallmetomu

Agreed. My current plan is to see how it's implemented on the preview server (once it is) and make an assessment as to whether or not to dump my bars into coal wards, or whether to hoard them for once the modification is made.

To avoid this kind of scenario, they could just add a new trade bar currency entirely, keep the old shop items up, stop rewarding the old trade bars, and start rewarding the new ones.

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suxip01111

As soon as I saw "a massive rework of the Tarmalune Tradebar Store" the rest of the blog seemed inconsequential to me.

After recent changes, you could forgive me for worrying that this is going to be yet another unpopular change, but time will tell I guess.

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tronquesperto

" All multiplayer games are essentially running the same content over and over, are they not?"

Only to a certain extent. After the absolute grind terror of module 6, it is perfectly acceptable that everyone is afraid of something similar as that. Even a moderator have to recognize that "elemental evil" went far from being a success.

yetweallfalldown

We'll try to get some more information up on the Tarmalune Tradebar Store before launch, but I'll definitely be pulling together initial feedback from this forum thread and sitting down with the devs to discuss.