will we know the date of release before hand? if so would it drastically increase Zen/AD X? If so wouldnt it be a financially prudent move to buy up zen right before the release?.
Once it gets closer to release they will finalize a date. But you dont need to worry, its still a long way out. Expect Mod7 Strongholds to be sometime in August. We most likely wont see Underdark until around November.
i expect Mod 8 in August. They have been working with the pen and paper seasons of D and D adventure league. That new season starts after GenCon and features Drizzt.
After class balance what I want to see more than anything for Underdark, Is explorable dungeons NOT linear progressing dungeons.
Go grab the Under Mountain boxed set and have a look at that dungeon map. Give me that map with random and triggered encounters and I will be pretty happy.
Almost all dungeons should follow that system, linear is ok for some dungeons but not for most.
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instynctiveMember, NW M9 PlaytestPosts: 1,885Arc User
THis is assuming the servers will be back up by then.
I am really excited about the Underdark release! ...but there was a reasonable suggestion up there:
Have your mods play through, god mode off, average player IL, all the way to max level,
Yes! Please take an average item level character and play through the content before the release! I would imagine that you guys do this... do you? If not I would only charge $20 a day to play through it and take detailed notes on what was/wasn't working right... ; ) And don't let all the hate for mod 6 get you down, we are all playing the heck out of this game still, so if the new material happens to be as awesome as I hope it is there will have to be 3000 instances in Protectors Enclave! Keep up the good work!
-Liela Selonas
(Reverus)
I was excited when Mod 3 came out, even MORE excited when 4 came out, darn near wet my pants when Mod 5 came out, could not sleep a wink until Mod 6 came out.. and if Mods 7 and 8 are to continue with the Mod 6 approach, I will be knocking things over to get to the "UNINSTALL" button.
Agreed. These aren't launching next week, or even next month.
I think what was laid out is what can be expect this year. Strongholds in August and Underdark in November would be my prediction. And the next 6 weeks are focused on ironing out Module 6.
This would be my prediction also. The patterns are so obvious people aren;t seeing them as the forest through the trees. And I concur about there being no reason to troll (or otherwise even complain) about things in this thread.
@VCryptic: great news - and thank you for announcing it so early. Everything is always such a mystery until the last minute (and I can understand why, generally=speaking). This is a refreshing change; shining a glimmer of light on the long path ahead.
And for all those complaining about things: aren't you among those proclaiming they do not communicate enough? Well, having cake and eating it, too isn;t a constitutional right.
The game has been less fun for me since IWD than before. I don't think there is anything wrong with giving feedback about that and it certainly isn't trolling. The latest damage/hitpoint balance changes suck. The gating of content has sucked. I want the Underdark and I want it to be fun like the game was earlier. It doesn't need to be that early game, but it does need to learn from some pretty bad mistakes made of the last couple of updates.
So yeah, bring on the Underdark, but do it thoughtfully.
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feanor70118Member, NW M9 PlaytestPosts: 1,170Arc User
Given how bad the mod 6 and 7 launches have been, how about holding off on this until 2017 and actually listening to the player base, fixing longstanding, well-reported bugs, giving us back the old dungeons we've all been asking for since the mod 6 launch, doing some actual class balancing in pvp and pve instead of just nerfing HRs......?
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theycallmetomuMember, NW M9 PlaytestPosts: 1,861Arc User
They can't. Mod 7 is the "supported by WotC" release. They have licensing issues to consider.
Their timetable is, essentially, out of their hands.
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theycallmetomuMember, NW M9 PlaytestPosts: 1,861Arc User
The number of required vigilance quests is being halved.
can mod 8 just be fixing problems from all the previous mods, cause this waiting for mod 7 to be fixed is pathetic, and there is no update on when we can expect to play neverwinter again
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theycallmetomuMember, NW M9 PlaytestPosts: 1,861Arc User
Aside from, you know, the update that they just posted.
And, again: Mod 8 is something they are required to provide due to licensing. It's part of WotC's latest D&D campaign event (like Tyranny of Dragons and Elemental Evil); failing to get on board when the licenser is saying "Hey, we have this event" is not a legitimate option.
The recent issue of Dragon+ that came out for Android, has a article in it about how the rage of demons storyline will be added among the different media, which it talks about neverwinter. Snippet from the article "The sprawling Neverwinter MMORPG will naturally play a big role in the bringing it to life, as an update takes adventurers to the drow city of Menzoberranzan during it's demonic assault, including a unique set of quests written by Drizzt creator R.A. Salvatore. We'll have plenty more on that expansion which is tentatively titled Neverwinter: Underdark next issue. " it brings up the rage storylines in sword coast legends as well, with a release date for it in sept, while underdark is only mention as coming late 2015.
I'm really shocked that were going to Menzo, didn't think we ever would, figured it be off drow city or simply a underdark area created for the game. I'm really excited by this news.
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theycallmetomuMember, NW M9 PlaytestPosts: 1,861Arc User
WotC is trying to fully leverage their most popular intellectual property lately. They're throwing the big names around, trying to reclaim the glory days. Of course Underdark related content is going to use Menzoberranzan.
Hey, with underdark would you break out a few varied Drow armors and fashion? :P Its been a big thing on rpers list, and might bring some back, along with your difficulty changes.
Also have you Devs played the game "Fate" ? I love the way it handles an underdark like environment. If you like random procs, why not try a dungeon that randomly generates when the party enters.... Im not a computer programmer tho so I cannot suggest anything helpful
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theycallmetomuMember, NW M9 PlaytestPosts: 1,861Arc User
Underdark should be all Illithid all the time. BAM! MIND BLAST! Left and right! No one's brains shall survive! New Illithid armor transmutes! Illithid headgear! NEW PSION CONTROLLER CLASS!
I mean, I don't generally play alts, but if they introduced a psion, I mean, I'd practically have to! (Definitely 100% not happening)
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beckylunaticMember, NW M9 PlaytestPosts: 14,231Arc User
My prediction for Underdark is there will be new armor that will incorporate the art that was originally seen for the "Drow" equipment sets that never actually happened. Waste not, want not.
theycallmetomuMember, NW M9 PlaytestPosts: 1,861Arc User
Well, I don't know enough about WotC's "Rage of Demons" event to say a whole lot, but yeah: Menzoberranzan is part of the plot, so drow will play a heavy role I imagine.
And my precious Illithids will likely be ignored Well there might be an Illithid sidequest or NPC or something like that. There's been events where Illithids trade with drow, or capture drow, or war with drow, or are raided by drow.
Rage of Demons is pretty much drow mage Gromph accidentally unleashes abunch of demi-god demons into the underdark and the lands above are wanting to put a stop to it early rather than later, before they come up and destroy them.
Really?
What about the issues from Elemental Evil and Strongholds?
Only small patches until Underdark is released with no real bug fixes and updates?
Because, that is what happened after Strongholds was "coming"...
Sounds great, but I would really like before any new Mods all the glitches and problems sorted so the games running as smooth as humanly possible.
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feanor70118Member, NW M9 PlaytestPosts: 1,170Arc User
Seriously. Major, longstanding bugs should be fixed before new material is released. Fixe the elven battle vs. thorned roots bug. Fix the broken BID instances so people can get their IWD artifact coffers. Balance the classes so that SWs and HRs can effectively fight anything else on the same gear level. Bring back the old dungeons we've been clamoring for since the mod 6 release. Make epic dungeons winnable at the minimum gear level without exploits. Stop ignoring the player base to get short-term new players and maybe the player base will stop deserting.
This game should do itself a favor and ignore any and all posts made about or for PVP as the game mode is pretty dead and has always been poorly implemented. You do not make any money doing pvp and the general mentality of the average pvp player is so poor that none of them will be able to maintain a healthy relationship with the quality guilds doing strongholds. PVP players hate PVE content and the new Strongholds pvp mode is just that. Talk about shooting ones own foot.
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i expect Mod 8 in August. They have been working with the pen and paper seasons of D and D adventure league. That new season starts after GenCon and features Drizzt.
Go grab the Under Mountain boxed set and have a look at that dungeon map. Give me that map with random and triggered encounters and I will be pretty happy.
Almost all dungeons should follow that system, linear is ok for some dungeons but not for most.
"...I grab my wiener and charge!" - ironzerg79
-Liela Selonas
(Reverus)
So yeah, bring on the Underdark, but do it thoughtfully.
http://www.arcgames.com/en/forums#/discussion/1195097/stronghold-pve-structures
page 2 - scroll down til u see the numbers
Their timetable is, essentially, out of their hands.
And, again: Mod 8 is something they are required to provide due to licensing. It's part of WotC's latest D&D campaign event (like Tyranny of Dragons and Elemental Evil); failing to get on board when the licenser is saying "Hey, we have this event" is not a legitimate option.
The recent issue of Dragon+ that came out for Android, has a article in it about how the rage of demons storyline will be added among the different media, which it talks about neverwinter. Snippet from the article "The sprawling Neverwinter MMORPG will naturally play a big role in the bringing it to life, as an update takes adventurers to the drow city of Menzoberranzan during it's demonic assault, including a unique set of quests written by Drizzt creator R.A. Salvatore. We'll have plenty more on that expansion which is tentatively titled Neverwinter: Underdark next issue. " it brings up the rage storylines in sword coast legends as well, with a release date for it in sept, while underdark is only mention as coming late 2015.
I'm really shocked that were going to Menzo, didn't think we ever would, figured it be off drow city or simply a underdark area created for the game. I'm really excited by this news.
I mean, I don't generally play alts, but if they introduced a psion, I mean, I'd practically have to! (Definitely 100% not happening)
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And my precious Illithids will likely be ignored
What about the issues from Elemental Evil and Strongholds?
Only small patches until Underdark is released with no real bug fixes and updates?
Because, that is what happened after Strongholds was "coming"...
Rage of Demons sounds pretty golden on multiple levels, but will the Neverwinter implementation live up to it? I'm skepetical!