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drachehexe
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After about 20 levels with each class I gotta say this game is pretty ridiculous. I LOVE this games visual look..it is one of the most detailed and beautiful games out there. Everything else is pretty crappy.
Here's some of my peeves about this game.
A D&D 3rd person shooter. Yep, that's what this game is and it's really not D&D. At level 20 my characters have attacks that do 2000 damage. That's not D&D. I tried to enjoy the action based combat, but it sucks with a keyboard and with no 360 controller support, well...
The mechanics and abilities in this game bear little, if any, resemblance to actual D&D rules.
Rogues are the worst developed class. Stealth is essentially useless. Why limit it? D&D rogues can hide in shadows indefinitely if they aren't discovered. Disarming traps was a total waste of programming. Traps do insignificant damage, no one I have ever seen stops for a trap.
Level 29 fighters rolling need on that level 25 dagger I actually need? What the hell? Everybody just needs on everything. Normal dungeon running is like endgame raids in other MMOs. You gotta do them several times just to get one **** piece you can use.
Obnoxious pop up interface windows the second you're in game. Thanks, but I don't want to immediately jump into PvP or a dungeon and I already have that quest that you shove in face.
Can't move the stealth meter. It's in the god **** way.
Where's 3D support?
Challenge is, well, weak. I don't think I ever died solo, rarely ever needed to use health pots. Not really challenging at all. I think between all the characters I played I died just 3 or 4 times. Most of the time was in dungeons on boss fights because too many adds.
Why so many **** currencies? Zen, astral diamonds, gold...and market items WAY overpriced.
Bad bad bad HORRIBLY bad npcs. It's nice that they're voiced for giving you quests and stuff but the don't even look at you...they stare blankly into space like I'm not even there. Even companions and filler npc's have blank expressions.
Companions in dungeons? REALLY? 5 wasn't enough, you let us have 10?
I'm sur eI think of more later but it's not going to be worth posting, this is enough to rally turn me off from the game. Especially the horrible separation from the D&D rules.
Aside from the graphics being top notch for this type of game there just isn't anything here for me. This is Neverwinter in name only, the heart of what made Neverwinter Nights great is, sadly, gone.
Here's some of my peeves about this game.
A D&D 3rd person shooter. Yep, that's what this game is and it's really not D&D. At level 20 my characters have attacks that do 2000 damage. That's not D&D. I tried to enjoy the action based combat, but it sucks with a keyboard and with no 360 controller support, well...
The mechanics and abilities in this game bear little, if any, resemblance to actual D&D rules.
Rogues are the worst developed class. Stealth is essentially useless. Why limit it? D&D rogues can hide in shadows indefinitely if they aren't discovered. Disarming traps was a total waste of programming. Traps do insignificant damage, no one I have ever seen stops for a trap.
Level 29 fighters rolling need on that level 25 dagger I actually need? What the hell? Everybody just needs on everything. Normal dungeon running is like endgame raids in other MMOs. You gotta do them several times just to get one **** piece you can use.
Obnoxious pop up interface windows the second you're in game. Thanks, but I don't want to immediately jump into PvP or a dungeon and I already have that quest that you shove in face.
Can't move the stealth meter. It's in the god **** way.
Where's 3D support?
Challenge is, well, weak. I don't think I ever died solo, rarely ever needed to use health pots. Not really challenging at all. I think between all the characters I played I died just 3 or 4 times. Most of the time was in dungeons on boss fights because too many adds.
Why so many **** currencies? Zen, astral diamonds, gold...and market items WAY overpriced.
Bad bad bad HORRIBLY bad npcs. It's nice that they're voiced for giving you quests and stuff but the don't even look at you...they stare blankly into space like I'm not even there. Even companions and filler npc's have blank expressions.
Companions in dungeons? REALLY? 5 wasn't enough, you let us have 10?
I'm sur eI think of more later but it's not going to be worth posting, this is enough to rally turn me off from the game. Especially the horrible separation from the D&D rules.
Aside from the graphics being top notch for this type of game there just isn't anything here for me. This is Neverwinter in name only, the heart of what made Neverwinter Nights great is, sadly, gone.
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D&D is basis on the rule set not the gameplay, so I dont think its a problem even the game is action Hack-n-slash.
racial trait, Feat skill, Power skill, class speciality, I think its close enough, there are background and deity, not affecting the game though.
well, if you know the combination of Power skill and feat your stealth can go almost as long as you wanted too
Ninja loots exists yea, but if you saying everybody just needs on everything, it was incorrect. I'm 44 do queue mostly, yet I find players do "need before greed" most of the time
I believe they have intention to reduce the price on the game, but when the AD-Zen is the only avaible exchange things become so different
this one I agree, so many slot 1 to summon only
BTW My comments are all in the quote above. I found your comments unsubstantiated. I like Neverwinter but I am not going to argue against a negative statement backed up by evidence. All you have put forward are unsubstantiated opinions.
Ugh... please don't give them any ideas.
" Chartilifax the Mad Dragon brought to you by Nvidia... the way it's meant to be played™"
LOL - I take it back I take it back!
Ah, is that what he meant. Thanks for the reply.
He says "adds" not "ads". "ads" are advertisements. If you don't know what "adds" means, go look it up :P
My bad. Thought he had a typo and added an extra 'd'. I have personally never heard of 'add' meaning additional monster. But you live and learn.
Neverwinter is based on D&D 4th Edition. Which is NOT D&D, but it's pretty much what D&D 4th Edition looks like.
- Titania Silverblade, the Iron Rose of Myth Drannor (Lvl 60 GWF, Destroyer)
- Gwyneth, the Cowardly Cat Burglar Drowling (Lvl 60 TR, Saboteur)
- Lady Rowanne Firehair, Heartwarder of Sune (Lvl 33 DC)
- Satella, Sensate (LvL 44 CW, Renegade, Non-Active)
Check Steppenkat's Foundry Quest Reviews!
D&D is another edition of D&D. There is no "true" or "fake" editions. You may like X or Y but you shouldn't consider yourself entitled to state what is allowed to be enjoyed and what isn't.
- Titania Silverblade, the Iron Rose of Myth Drannor (Lvl 60 GWF, Destroyer)
- Gwyneth, the Cowardly Cat Burglar Drowling (Lvl 60 TR, Saboteur)
- Lady Rowanne Firehair, Heartwarder of Sune (Lvl 33 DC)
- Satella, Sensate (LvL 44 CW, Renegade, Non-Active)
Check Steppenkat's Foundry Quest Reviews!
And the most important question of all:
Why is my cleric only able to wield a giant hand mirror as a **** weapon?
I am, can't say I've seen too much that was very challenging, although I never tried doing epic dungeons... and I rolled a CW.
I didn't say 4th Edition is bad. I meant to say that it's basically a different game compared to what D&D has been for over 20 years, and to what 'old school' PnP players were used to play: new skill system, new playgame, a new feeling of the game itself.
Neverwinter reflects that feeling in my opinion, but it's not even a "classic" RPG, it's an Action RPG.
I personally didn't like D&D 4th Ed. but the first thing i thought when i played it was "This is meant to be a videogame."
yeah I am kinda over the Hand Mirror myself
I'm a DC and I'm wondering that too, strange weapon build, more like upside down flail or morningstar to me
I hope you saw the new Patch that nerved some Quest rewards! LOL
Its a symbol. Meant to channel divine power.
The Cleric wielding weapons are the Templar and the War Clerics, a different kind of build/class, similar to the diference between the GWF and GF.
- Titania Silverblade, the Iron Rose of Myth Drannor (Lvl 60 GWF, Destroyer)
- Gwyneth, the Cowardly Cat Burglar Drowling (Lvl 60 TR, Saboteur)
- Lady Rowanne Firehair, Heartwarder of Sune (Lvl 33 DC)
- Satella, Sensate (LvL 44 CW, Renegade, Non-Active)
Check Steppenkat's Foundry Quest Reviews!
I want a staff.
Because this is a computer game and not tabletop, programming involves revolving around having limited choices to focus on.
You must take in account that this is, firstly, an MMO, not Neverwinter Nights 3.
I bet that there will be more options in the future, but not lets be obnoxious and say we can't play a game because it doesn't fit 100% your expectations.
NwN didn't ever had Drow, you always had to dye elves in black and pretend they were Drow.
I do the same with a Half-Elf. Sure, the system reads me as "Half-Elf", but she's tan and I RP her as a Half-Drow. The limited game options don't stop me of having fun.
You can also pick Silvanus/Selune and pretend you worship Lurue.
- Titania Silverblade, the Iron Rose of Myth Drannor (Lvl 60 GWF, Destroyer)
- Gwyneth, the Cowardly Cat Burglar Drowling (Lvl 60 TR, Saboteur)
- Lady Rowanne Firehair, Heartwarder of Sune (Lvl 33 DC)
- Satella, Sensate (LvL 44 CW, Renegade, Non-Active)
Check Steppenkat's Foundry Quest Reviews!
And companion especially FREE one can only go to level 15, they died all the time in 5 Man Dungeon anyway making them absolutely worthless. They are all cap and only help most of the time to solo.