I don't even log in to pray on my toons anymore. I was tempted to today but then thought, "Even if you do get enough coins for that purple companion pet...they'll just sell the same thing in a different color on the Zen Store a few weeks later so why bother?". LOL
I was such a fan of this game in beta (beta-beta, not psuedo live-beta hybrid)...enough to splurge on the HoTN Founders-which-would-then-be-rebranded-as-Neverwinter-Pack. After over a decade of MMO gaming, you come to expect botched releases and mistakes in the early stages of the game. But it almost defies logic how so many companies can not only make the same mistakes that their failed predecessors have but seem to actually go out of their way to do blatantly worse. From (mis)handling bugs & exploits to shady marketing ploys, from the performance of the developers inside the game to the performance of the staff on the forums, the entire experience has just left a bad taste in my mouth.
Despite all of this, I think the game will eventually be good to great but it just needs more time in the oven. It took Champs and STO a couple of years and I'll check back in on this game periodically to see if they learned anything from those game and can maybe cut that time in half or better. I actually hope so because the game still has promise to me.
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I was such a fan of this game in beta (beta-beta, not psuedo live-beta hybrid)...enough to splurge on the HoTN Founders-which-would-then-be-rebranded-as-Neverwinter-Pack. After over a decade of MMO gaming, you come to expect botched releases and mistakes in the early stages of the game. But it almost defies logic how so many companies can not only make the same mistakes that their failed predecessors have but seem to actually go out of their way to do blatantly worse. From (mis)handling bugs & exploits to shady marketing ploys, from the performance of the developers inside the game to the performance of the staff on the forums, the entire experience has just left a bad taste in my mouth.
Despite all of this, I think the game will eventually be good to great but it just needs more time in the oven. It took Champs and STO a couple of years and I'll check back in on this game periodically to see if they learned anything from those game and can maybe cut that time in half or better. I actually hope so because the game still has promise to me.