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Neverwinter Beta Weekends Dated, and For $200 You Can Play Drizzt

ryvvikryvvik Member, Moonstars, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users Posts: 966 Bounty Hunter
edited January 2013 in General Discussion (PC)
http://kotaku.com/5979599/neverwinter-beta-weekends-dated-and-for-200-you-can-play-drizzt?popular=true JAN 28, 2013 2:15 PM

Dungeons & Dragons MMORPG, Neverwinter, and there's one sure way to get in — spending $49.99 or $199.99 on a Neverwinter Founder's Pack.

The line to get into Neverwinter's beta weekend events is sure to be incredibly long, and with only three of them scheduled for North America and Europe — February 8-10, March 8-10 and March 22-24

Neverwinter has three tiers of Founder's Packs for purchase. The first, priced at $19.99 (valued at $49), is more of a starter kit — players purchasing this tier are not guaranteed beta access. What they do get is this:

• ‘Adventurer's Helper Pack' containing six different types of in-game items
• ‘Small Bag of Holding' for twelve extra inventory slots
• ‘Amulet of Protection' item

Next up is the Guardian of Neverwinter Pack, which offers entry into all three beta weekends, a three day head start into the open beta, and $149 worth of in-game items for $59.99, including...

• Three-day head start access to Neverwinter Open Beta
• Unique ‘Gold Moonstone Mask Regalia' head piece
• Unique ‘Armored Horse' mount
• Unique ‘Direwolf Companion'
• In-game and forum ‘Founder' title

But wait, there's more!

Those hungry for some hot renegade Dark Elf action can shell out $199.99 for the Hero of the North Founder's Pack. They'll score beta access, a five-day head start to the open beta, and the exclusive playable Menzoberranzan Renegade race, complete with special racial abilities, a tattoo, and a panther companion, just like a certain Drow ranger. All told it's $549 worth of virtual stuff.

• Five-day head start access to Neverwinter Open Beta
• Beta Weekend Friend Invite code
• Exclusive access to ‘Menzoberranzan Renegade', a Drow playable race like the legendary ranger Drizzt Do'Urden, complete with unique racial abilities and tattoo
• Unique ‘Armored Spider' mount
• Unique ‘Panther Companion'
• In-game and forum ‘Founder' title
• VIP Game Access to skip-the-line and get priority log-in access

Players will be able to purchase Founder's Packs on the official Neverwinter web page starting tomorrow.


Im all GOOEY inside (is that ok....it is ok right?)

(dark elf are they taking the pi$$)?


watch the video at top, get your own Guenhwyvar, and spider mount! WOOT.... i say WOOT
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  • mastrshadowmastrshadow Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    If that's true... Why the @#$&#$ would they have a beta weekend durning PAX!
  • sarcon89sarcon89 Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    i certainly hope that the drow race is not a pay to unlock one unless if the one from the hero founders pack is a special version of it.
  • bitterwinterbitterwinter Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    Guess this is what Craig's tweet was about, as to the drow question they specifically state "access to "Menzoberranzan Renegade" a drow playable race" which indicates there is more then one drow playable race this is most likely exclusive to get get all those R.A. Salvatore fans in.
  • mastrshadowmastrshadow Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    sarcon89 wrote: »
    i certainly hope that the drow race is not a pay to unlock one unless if the one from the hero founders pack is a special version of it.

    The line "playable Menzoberranzan Renegade race" makes me think it's the latter. If it's true. It seems a little fishy that the info appeared elsewhere before it was released by PW or Cryptic.
  • vinsinarvinsinar Member Posts: 52 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    sarcon89 wrote: »
    i certainly hope that the drow race is not a pay to unlock one unless if the one from the hero founders pack is a special version of it.

    Sounds like a special version to me
  • ryvvikryvvik Member, Moonstars, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users Posts: 966 Bounty Hunter
    edited January 2013
    mastrshadow wrote: »
    If that's true... Why the @#$&#$ would they have a beta weekend durning PAX!
    Show off more at pax Maybe?
  • ryvvikryvvik Member, Moonstars, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users Posts: 966 Bounty Hunter
    edited January 2013
    bitterwinter wrote: »
    Guess this is what Craig's tweet was about, as to the drow question they specifically state "access to "Menzoberranzan Renegade" a drow playable race" which indicates there is more then one drow playable race this is most likely exclusive to get get all those R.A. Salvatore fans in.

    Yeah thats what i was thinkin.
  • takiwakitakiwaki Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 4 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    "• VIP Game Access to skip-the-line and get priority log-in access"

    =/
  • bitterwinterbitterwinter Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    takiwaki wrote: »
    "• VIP Game Access to skip-the-line and get priority log-in access"

    =/
    They are most likely talking about the early open beta access
  • pilf3rpilf3r Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    A 200$ founders pack...cheesy

    It's funny how betas went from for testing purposes to to quick cash grab schemes.

    At least we have dates though.

    BTW nice catch ryvvik
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  • mastrshadowmastrshadow Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    ryvvik wrote: »
    Show off more at pax Maybe?

    Yeah, but I'm going to PAX which means I wont be able to play for that beta weekend which means... I'm a sad panda. :(
  • oldskylanceroldskylancer Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users, Silverstars Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    So what did the torchlight preorder get me? Raises fist in outrage pulls out wallet for Founders package. Man gettin pimped ain't easy.
    e84df321-2eb4-4d3b-97d2-854aa247afc4_zps96a2cec8.jpg


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  • ryvvikryvvik Member, Moonstars, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users Posts: 966 Bounty Hunter
    edited January 2013
    pilf3r wrote: »
    A 200$ founders pack...cheesy

    It's funny how betas went from for testing purposes to to quick cash grab schemes.

    At least we have dates though.

    BTW nice catch ryvvik

    Aww cheers Asmo, yeah bit steep, maybe $129-149 dolero's would have been better price. Aussie dollar is good against the US :D
    oldskylancer wrote: »
    So what did the torchlight preorder get me? Raises fist in outrage pulls out wallet for Founders package. Man gettin pimped ain't easy.
    Mate you might still get on this, but yeah be nice to know.
    mastrshadow wrote: »
    Yeah, but I'm going to PAX which means I wont be able to play for that beta weekend which means... I'm a sad panda. :(
    commandeer a booth bruv :D
  • zebularzebular Member, Neverwinter Moderator, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 15,270 Community Moderator
    edited January 2013
    oldskylancer wrote: »
    So what did the torchlight preorder get me? Raises fist in outrage pulls out wallet for Founders package. Man gettin pimped ain't easy.
    Clarification on this and what this means for previously obtained beta access is in the works. No ETA on its posting, just stay tuned! (it's not bad!)
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  • kfmckfmc Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 135 Bounty Hunter
    edited January 2013
    What's with the head-start into open-beta? Does that mean open-beta will not wipe after?

    Also, I know that TL2 pre-orders and PCGamer codes specifically stated to not guarantee first-day beta access. BUT, are we at least guaranteed some sort of beta access?
  • meldrothmeldroth Member Posts: 137 Bounty Hunter
    edited January 2013
    Of course, besides all the other stuff, the important part is that Open Beta will thus probably be sometime in April.

    Woo hoo!

    I just hope that the downloader is good, and won't require me to download the whole thing in one sitting, starting all over if my connection or the .exe crashes. :eek:
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  • pilf3rpilf3r Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    meldroth wrote: »
    Of course, besides all the other stuff, the important part is that Open Beta will thus probably be sometime in April.

    Woo hoo!

    I just hope that the downloader is good, and won't require me to download the whole thing in one sitting, starting all over if my connection or the .exe crashes. :eek:

    PLease please no pando media <font color="orange">HAMSTER</font> lol. They should offer the dl themselves via direct download, as a torrent and make the direct downloads available on other gaming sites so that the servers don't crash and burn or slow to a crawl.
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  • zebularzebular Member, Neverwinter Moderator, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 15,270 Community Moderator
    edited January 2013
    meldroth wrote: »
    Of course, besides all the other stuff, the important part is that Open Beta will thus probably be sometime in April.

    Woo hoo!

    I just hope that the downloader is good, and won't require me to download the whole thing in one sitting, starting all over if my connection or the .exe crashes. :eek:
    I can tell you that one of the ways to download it is that by directly downloading the game from the PWE Site will just download the small "Patcher" and when you install the patcher, as though you're installing the game, and run it for the first time - it will then begin "patching" the game and install the rest. The initial download for the launcher is extremely small and takes less than a second on a 30+ megabit p/s connection. Once you begin the launcher patching process, you can stop and resume it at your leisure.

    This particular method does not include Pando. However, things are subject to change as are other methods for downloading.
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  • pilf3rpilf3r Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    zebular wrote: »
    I can tell you that the downloader should just download the "Patcher" and when you install the patcher, as though you're installing the game, and run it for the first time - it will then begin "patching" the game and install the rest. The initial download for the launcher is extremely small and takes less than a second on a 30+ megabit p/s connection. Once you begin the launcher patching process, you can stop and resume it at your leisure.

    Eh patching is likely to be very slow when it becomes available to all.
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  • neutralevilneutralevil Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 69
    edited January 2013
    Be nice to be able to upgrade or merge our founders packs we bought for raiderz. I would like the stuff in the nvw founders pack but i dont want to have to pay 2x for a key if you follow me??
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  • zebularzebular Member, Neverwinter Moderator, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 15,270 Community Moderator
    edited January 2013
    pilf3r wrote: »
    Eh patching is likely to be very slow when it becomes available to all.
    I edited my post to reflect that this is just one way to download and install the game. I am not at liberty to release any other methods at this time. Sorry!
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  • zebularzebular Member, Neverwinter Moderator, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 15,270 Community Moderator
    edited January 2013
    cmpinpointerror wrote: »
    RaiderZ Founder's Pack will have access to a different weekend. I'll have more details tomorrow. The Hero of the North Founder's Pack will have guaranteed access to the first Beta Weekend on February 8, 2013.

    /10characters wee
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  • meldrothmeldroth Member Posts: 137 Bounty Hunter
    edited January 2013
    zebular wrote: »
    I can tell you that one of the ways to download it is that by directly downloading the game from the PWE Site will just download the small "Patcher" and when you install the patcher, as though you're installing the game, and run it for the first time - it will then begin "patching" the game and install the rest. The initial download for the launcher is extremely small and takes less than a second on a 30+ megabit p/s connection. Once you begin the launcher patching process, you can stop and resume it at your leisure.

    Hey, that's super nice. Thanks for the info. Runes of Magic had a terrible downloader. It almost drove me away. Other things, in the end, drove me away. :/ Glad to hear that NW won't have the same problem.

    One question though: Where in the world do you get a 30+ megabyte per second internet connection? The highest I have ever seen is 24 MB/sec. I myself have 3 MB/sec (which is fast enough for most games I've played turned to the max).

    EDIT: Oh, you said "megabit" not "megabyte." 30 megabits translates to less than 4 megabytes. Makes sense now... Nvm...
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  • gillrmngillrmn Member Posts: 7,800 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    Recent trend with PWE related games is to add a torrent file. The peer to peer file sharing is generally slower in the begining when only small part has the parts everyone wants - however as it progresses with time to say 20% or 30% of download, the speed increases exponentially and many people may have parts of file which you need.

    Thus even if torrent will start slow (once the file is released) it will catch up more quickly. best thing - no hidden download client like pando (which is also basically a peer to peer kind of thing).
  • xlebonilxlebonil Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    so what about torchlight beta access?
  • pilf3rpilf3r Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    zebular wrote: »
    I edited my post to reflect that this is just one way to download and install the game. I am not at liberty to release any other methods at this time. Sorry!

    Ah cool :)
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  • argoyletargoylet Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    $200 is absurd, especially for stuff that will likely eventually be in the item store for a fraction of the cost anyways. A bit odd to ask for this sort of investment before we've even played the game. At least Champions and STO had largely public betas before asking for that sort of money. Also hoping those won't be the only testing dates before launch.

    Still nice to have some info, and the two other pre-orders packs seem reasonable.
  • jaffrojonesjaffrojones Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    Besides the game, I guess nothing. I'm right there with you. If this is the case that you get beta for sure with pre-purchase founders pack and the rest of this <font color="orange">HAMSTER</font> was all BS, then I'm pissed. If we don't get beta with our preorders of T2 or any other beta keys then they've just been jerking us around from the beginning. I love how this is suppose to be a F2P game, but if you really want it we now need to give them money. A-holes!

    P.S. Can't wait to play it! :)
  • allumo619allumo619 Member Posts: 70 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    tbh i realy hope that this isnt the only option to get a chance to beta. for a game that is suppose to be f2p starting to see stuff like this doesnt inspire that much trust on what will be made available. i know game needs to be supported but this way seems a bit pricy especialy when its only for 3 weekends.
  • deophytedeophyte Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 16 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    I mean... 200$ is a lot of money. I understand you throw a bunch of virtual goods at us... (I was honestly expecting a physical bonus) but I'm not too keen on spending that much money on guarenteed Beta WEEKEND access. If it were to get me into the permanent Closed Beta, I would quite possibly buy it in a heartbeat. I'll have to be patient for now and see how this turns out.
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