the "tell me about you" thread

thefiresidecat · November 2015

this part of the forum seems massively under utilized compared to other gaming forums I've been on that have this sort of sub forum. So write a little paragraph about you. what do you like and dislike about this game. What keeps you coming back to this game/what got you hooked?

what else do you do for fun? what part of the world do you live in? what other games are you looking forward to? ect. these are just some examples but write whatever you want.

me I'm a middle aged female gamer. Married/ no kids/ three cats. I'm in the Pacific Northwest area of the USA. Currently unemployed but the plan is to learn coding and do something with myself other than the redonkulous amount of gaming I do. I'm looking forward to Tomb Raider in a few weeks. Nothing much else coming out this year.

If I want to get pvp in I slip on over to halo. Just finished Halo 5 a couple days ago. It was really good over all but the story line was a little meh. I've never been super thrilled with the psychobiatch AI. It makes halo come off as super sexist (especially with the weird lack of clothing they have traditionally outfitted her with (or un-outfitted as they case might be) the new male AI is basically wearing all the clothes in the closet..

lol ah well, Le sigh and all that. Tomb Raider isn't much better as far as that is concerned but at least you can put clothes on her if you so desire.

Pet peeves about Never winter are long and numerous but the biggest head scratcher is pvp... the imbalance... basically they should take away all powers but the at wills to give it a little balance.

The thing that got me hooked was those darned lock boxes. I'm a sucker for a closed box. I must know what is there. basically all the little treasury things they do. skill nodes. hidden pouches of various kinds so on and so forth. the other was the AD exchange - playing the stock market with play money for tangible in game rewards. that's awesome stuff. Granted, I don't know this game well enough to predict it terribly well yet but learning it is a game in and of itself.

your turn.. GO!

bagoat · November 2015

Howdy y'all. My name's Chris but everyone calls me Goat. Well, my parents refuse to but anyway. I'm 42 going on 80

$&@# you stress! I mostly played FPS and MMO on PC but got to the point that any game worth playing was too much for my PC and wallet to keep up with. Playing on xbox now because that's what my roomie has (42 and living with a roommate, ikr, lame but, meh, Life).

To me, gaming is sweet because I can be social without being social. No offense to anyone but I hate people (no, not YOU, just everyone else).

Specific to MMOs like this game on who's forum we are on, I only play one toon. Period. How people can play multiple toons I don't understand. My toon is me. I identify with him and try to make him the way I would like to be in whatever world I am playing in. When my toon dies, I die.

In FPS I always played a medic. I like the support class because, like in sports, I take as much pleasure in a sweet assist as I do in a goal. Also, I like to be that guy in the background that makes a difference.

Specific to Neverwinter, I play a GWF since it is most similar to the Blademaster class I played in another MMO (did I give something away there?). I think, the thing I like most about the GWF class is Unstoppable. I freakin love it when I'm being beat down by a mob of bad guys and then BOOM I'm huge and kicking azz. It's like Neo when he's in the train yard and all the Smiths come from everywhere and he's buried by them all and then he goes Beast Mode and flings them all away. Love that HAMSTER.

Ok, well, I'm done with my 'after work beers' so I'm going home. See ya in game! o/ ( if I don't say HI, see paragraph two

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thefiresidecat · November 2015

lol I'm with you on the hate people thing. (Except of course, for the ones I don't) It's not really the people it's the social conventions and what not. I feel like I am at a disadvantage because I don't seem to know the rules. I feel like gaming has been very good for at least getting some learning of socialization in. I also have a ps4 I've been a ps gamer for YEARS. I actually have a great deal of friends over there. And for me that's a pretty amazing thing. I've never been that person who has friends outside of the significant other.

it's such a different culture on xbox. ps4 just doesn't have any games right now.

I have 4 chars, 2 at 70. it is a lot of work but I like the variety and the extra resources professions on more than one toon gives you.

wintertwo844218 · November 2015

I'm a forty-something mom of 3 boys. I have never played more than a few games here and there. My boyfriend started playing neverwinter ALL the time. lol Finally, he had me create a character (I started with a Control Wizard) to see why he played this game so much and I became so addicted, he bought me my own XBox1 and Live Gold membership so I would stop using his. I now have a 70 TR, a 70 DC as my current main, and I am working on a OP and a new CW. We have a small guild, but we are active everyday.
I love this game. I like the challenges, even when I bitched the entire time with my haste Cleric, because soloing was almost impossible (I got creative and learned how to use her for the most part when I am on my own and people in the gaming world are awesome about jumping in an helping out).
My only issues I have had with this game is the struggle with drops (such a low rate now) since the update. And the fact that I worked so hard on my char's, that when the change happened it tanked my gear. I struggle to keep up and gs changed, but it still seems to be the most relevant thing in completing dungeons (epics) and in trying to find groups. I wish you would find ways to keep old gear relevant even if not equal, so that we have the ability to use it while earning the new stuff without it being such a struggle.

And updates to gear changes, what is the most relevant pieces to attempt to change first. Like a tab to go over changes and what is most effective with new updates.

birdsarcoma · February 2016

Dave here! Fresh 30 from Philadelphia and I CAN'T STOP PLAYING THIS GAME. I took a break from it for MONTHS and still I come back, thinking "it'll be different this time. It will!". I'm lying to myself, of course, as I realize now I have no control over my life. If you'll excuse me, I have to go farm for refining stones...

almneo09 · February 2016

Al here (Canada, Ontario - Ottawa)

Been playing Neverwinter for quite sometime now. Mostly started out solo but around level 60 I found a guild to join. Since then I have been working at hitting that 70. Well, payed off I'm now fresh 70 with a item level of 2081 at the moment.

I left the game a while back cause of Destiny. That didnt go well cause I played way too much of it and I got bored. So I came back to Neverwinter. I find my rewards, leveling and social aspect of the whole game way more funner then Destiny. Had more fun working on my Scourge Warlock then I ever did with my 3 toons on Destiny.

I'm 33, a dad of 2 little girls. So my game time is usually at night around 7pm to the wee hours of the morning. (That is if I dont get old man syndrome and fall asleep while doing a dungeon, OOps). I love anything comics, art, gaming and doing Cosplays for conventions.

Anyways, that my little story.

C you all online perhaps,

spookymoo · April 2016

Hi all I just found this thread but wish I had found you all a bit earlier. I am almost 47 (my brain wants to be 20 again but my body let's me down every time!) I live in the U.K. near London. Most of the time it's cold, wet and miserable. My hubbie downloaded Neverwinter on to our xbox because it was free.(He likes free things - anything for a bargain!) It sat there unloved and sacrilegiously ignored for a few months while I played Skyrim and Dragon age and ESOL. And then one day I opened up the Neverwinter box. Daa-daa!. Everything changed. Within a few days I was hooked. Shiny new gear to get. Secret things in lockboxes which needed enchanted keys. Epic mounts, dungeons, enchantments, artefacts, quests, companions, campaigns. So much stuff to do, unlock, get. To say I am addicted is an understatement. I had just one character for a long time and solo'ed pretty much, complete noobie, all the way to roughly lvl 65. And then I realised I knew NOTHING. Luckily at this point I found a fantastic guild, laidback mature guys who have helped me so much. Not only are they my guild but they are my friends and my family. I get what you are saying about being unsociable. I have never been one for parties or meeting up for coffee or going out for a drink down the pub. That is just meh. Too much trouble. Going out would get in the way of staying in. I am the least sociable person I know. Except when I am on Neverwinter. My kids and hubbie dread it when I put the headphones on. I had never used chat/mic until I started running with my guild. We have had some great laughs and I am not scared or shy to talk which is a new experience for me. They have helped me so much to lvl my SW up to 70.I have just started on a TR but finding it hard to fit in everything I need to do and make AD etcetera. I play every day as often as I can but mainly I am on during UK hours 10-2. I have met loads of lovely people, from all walks of life and all ages, e.g. an Estonian in Australia, a German banker in France, and so far, apart from being kicked a few times for a low IL, I have not had the misfortune to meet any one horrible - which is more than can be said for real life! Anyway that's my story. I hope to bump into you guys when I am next online - which will be anytime soon. Like you Dave I promise it will be different this time. Just 10 minutes to do my dailies.......

vaultingfrog · April 2016

I am a near 30 dude who games way too much. I have gone from platform to platform (still have everything from my Atari and Commodore 64 up to current gen) and played a little bit of everything. Well with the exception of games that turn crime into the purpose of the game. I just object to them period. Even in digital fiction I dont think it is ok to go down the street shooting random people and whatnot (yes GTA I speak of you), but that is just me. Others like it and thats cool. No judgments from me on it.... or are there? The world may never know.

I am from the upper midwest of the US. Not quite at the Canadian boarder but close enough to the arrowhead, if you know maps you might figure out what state I live in.

I downloaded Neverwinter because my gaming buddies were playing it and crying they needed someone else to hang out with. That and a free to play MMO (and download too) is right up my alley. I roll an OP (no I didnt pick it for the bubble originally) that is 70 and I have a DC at 60 and a SW that just started. Not really looking forward to them gutting my pally but not much I can do about it. Still I have a good time and met some really awesome people on Neverwinter.

I game casually so I dont try to invest in anything really. I also work two jobs so I dont have nearly as much time on my hands as I used to. Teaching special education is a lot of work (teaching is period). But we do what we have to do.

That being said if you see a terrible pally running around called Kat Silverhawk then say hi and I just might say hi back.

the "tell me about you" thread

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