Unveiling Portobello's Campaign!

strumslinger · March 2016

Respen is hosting a colleague of his this year to start a campaign beyond your wildest deaths – err, dreams! Please welcome Portobello DaVinci to Neverwinter!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mkf2W3jNXSM

http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/neverwinter/news/detail/9867223

Unknown · March 2016

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zekethesinner · March 2016

There better be 140% mount, its about time for actually good reward. And.... NO RNG.... goes without saying i hope?

(Sin)cerely
Kain

valwryn · March 2016

I want a Mr. Snibbly companion.

baeyorn · March 2016

sorry to be a nattering na-bob of negatism..

Unless the queue system gets fixed highly doubt very many will be able to even play the Portabello version of Respen's Game.

zakseven · March 2016

Haven't been able to queue for anything since Maze, that is 7 days, so here hoping the issues are fixed before this get release otherwise it is more content I will not be able to access with any of my characters.

mattia78 · March 2016

More unplayable content? no thank you. you already have a tons of things to fix. start doing it and test everyting seriously

-I want my Tenser back-

hargood · March 2016

......*Darkmagic* ................................ ....darkmagic .............................................................. ......darkmagic

flehstiffer · March 2016

I'm super excited for this. Respen events have always been my favourite!

uptondarkdiamond · March 2016

Hell Yeah! I'm so looking forward to this event. I have enjoyed Respen's and this looks to be an excellent twist on it. I also enjoy the Acquisition's Incorporated video's (they remind me of my table top sessions sometimes). Anyway looks fun!

zebular · March 2016

So very much looking forward to this. Respen's is my favorite event in Neverwinter and now with Portobello DaVinci (aka Chris Perkins) in it's midst... this is going to be awesome. Mr. Snibbly! Mew!

That looks an awefull lot like the Titansgrave Underdark Adventure! HUZZAH! Loved watching this.
( View them here: Chapters Zero, One, Two, Three, Four, and Five )

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ghoulz66 · March 2016

The hell is all this chatter about dying..? Will it actually be challenging...!?

mynaam · March 2016

Shortly after what already feels like a failed mod I think this is a good thing. New fresh content(unlike what we got in Maze engine). Really looking forward to this my moral was beginning to fade, but this looks really positive.

messahla · March 2016

Id like to say i was excited about this event, but im not why? because the queue system is broke so i doubt i will even get a chance to do this event.

Cryptic fix the broken stuff before moving on to the next event....i mean seriously guys, your new queue system is truely messed up needs fixed asap.

tashiaserene · March 2016

This looks awesome!

Also, the queue works fine you just have to wait for the count of 3 before clicking accept on the queue windows with the bar that counts down.

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xgrandz02 · March 2016

The Beholder mount will it be as Reward or come at this day on ZEN store ??

darkstarcrash · March 2016

I'm really looking forward to this.

I love Respen's Game, and a new twist is always welcome.

regenerde · March 2016

Well, have to wait and see what the actual rewards will be, and how they can be earned.

hustin1 · March 2016

Can't wait, though I might miss Respen's nasal dryad voice ("You have saved my tree...") and of course the ex-orc chickens

Reading the blog makes me wonder if someone will be saying something like, "I have a fireball coming online in 3, 2, 1..." -- oh, wait, that's KOTD

Still, the blog sure has the feel of Hackmaster

rollingonit · March 2016

zekethesinner said:
There better be 140% mount, its about time for actually good reward. And.... NO RNG.... goes without saying i hope?

(Sin)cerely
Kain

This is Neverwinter by Cryptic published by PWE. It's going to be terrible RNG, or grind 20 hrs a day for a month ala grommets and wonders of gond, but ofc you'll have the option to expedite it by buying something for $5 a pop x 100 in the cash shop.

NOW, if it is half decent reward(s) and actual not completely bugged quality content, maybe itll be worth it.

We can pretend.

ironzerg79 · March 2016

Ok, for those who don't know who Chris Perkins is, or anything about Acquisitions Incorporated, or even Penny Arcade, this is a pretty big freaking deal for D&D fans.

I'm super excited to see what Portobello has in store for Neverwinter, and the fact that it's voiced by Chris himself...that's insane!

I don't even care about the rewards. I remember going through Respen's Game the first time, and it was amazing and hilarious and truly a unique moment. I can't wait to relive that feeling with the new additions.

I know, I know...it's crazy to look forward to an event simply because it looks fun! What am I thinking?

rollingonit · March 2016

Im not sure how you can even determine from that video and blog what the content really consists of....

It's confusing.

And I dont care if it was the US Pres, Lebron James, or Patrick Stewart voicing it, you're just hyping it with little actual info on the content.

This looks fun... til well it doesnt...

[mod note: video removed - please don't post such here, please post in good taste]

regenerde · March 2016

Well, it's not that difficult to have a more realistic and calm view on this topic, when we take again a long hard look at the Underdark campaign and the hype around it in the past.

I and probably other players were expecting a lot more from that one... and we got 9 quests in the end?

And now we can get the Battlerager companion as quest reward at last... but in green of course.

I have at least 40 companion tokens from lockboxes on one character, and those came all in pairs of 2. And i'm saving those to upgrade a rare companion to epic, now add the tokens needed to upgrade the Battlerager from uncommen to rare to that...

Anyway, i think the reservation about this topic is becoming more clearly now, it's all things that add up in time and that are not properly taken care of.

zebular · March 2016

rollingonit said:
Im not sure how you can even determine from that video and blog what the content really consists of....

It's confusing.

And I dont care if it was the US Pres, Lebron James, or Patrick Stewart voicing it, you're just hyping it with little actual info on the content.

This looks fun... til well it doesnt...

[mod note: video removed - please don't post such here, please post in good taste]

If you were at all familiar with the Titansgrave Underdark Adventure (videos I posted above) you'd have noticed the similarities in what little content was show with that of the happenings in the Titansgrave Underdark Adventure that took place. You'd then realize that it might follow the same flow and/or content, humility, and adventure as the tabletop sessions did. Plus, if you were familiar at all with Acquisitions Incorporated, you'd know we'd be in store for some well played D&D-style humor and adventure.

In short, being familiar with the Titansgrave Underdark Adventure would allow you to easily determine, or make an educated guess, at the content by knowing what happened in the Titansgrave Underdark Adventure and what we saw in the video that resembles what happened in the Titansgrave Underdark Adventure.

This is definitely content aimed towards D&D players that frequent conventions and are Acquisitions Incorporated fans, the latter alone are in the millions.

rollingonit · March 2016

That says nothing about it's actual content other than it's D&D related, I suppose I could assume and attempt to infer a bunch of random things; but we know you shouldn't assume anything here.

For example. Are the dungeons like eToS or more like the skirmishes. Since it's like tabletop D&D, is it turn based or something?

Ill just repeat it, since I guess I wasn't clear enough. It's confusing.

NOW, I know it's still early, so maybe theyll clarify things closer to it, but again it's hype for D&D people, but overall confusing on what the content is.

I could go into depth what this promotion really is about, but you wouldnt like it. Not specifically you zeb, but the marketing.

zebular · March 2016

rollingonit said:
That says nothing about it's actual content other than it's D&D related, I suppose I could assume and attempt to infer a bunch of random things; but we know you shouldn't assume anything here.

For example. Are the dungeons like eToS or more like the skirmishes. Since it's like tabletop D&D, is it turn based or something?

Ill just repeat it, since I guess I wasn't clear enough. It's confusing.

NOW, I know it's still early, so maybe theyll clarify things closer to it, but again it's hype for D&D people, but overall confusing on what the content is.

I could go into depth what this promotion really is about, but you wouldnt like it. Not specifically you zeb, but the marketing.

It's a respen's event, so it will be just like other respens events in terms of gameplay mechanics, so yes you can assume what the gameplay will be like and in conjunction with that and the video, it's quite easy to tell that it is a re-skinned respen's event and will most likely follow or at least refer to gameplay found in the Titansgrave Underdark Adventure or other Acquisitions Incorporated adventures. It will be skirmish in feel but you'll be lead-type figures on a board moving around in real time.

gwalaploth · March 2016

zebular said:

rollingonit said:
That says nothing about it's actual content other than it's D&D related, I suppose I could assume and attempt to infer a bunch of random things; but we know you shouldn't assume anything here.

For example. Are the dungeons like eToS or more like the skirmishes. Since it's like tabletop D&D, is it turn based or something?

Ill just repeat it, since I guess I wasn't clear enough. It's confusing.

NOW, I know it's still early, so maybe theyll clarify things closer to it, but again it's hype for D&D people, but overall confusing on what the content is.

I could go into depth what this promotion really is about, but you wouldnt like it. Not specifically you zeb, but the marketing.
It's a respen's event, so it will be just like other respens events in terms of gameplay mechanics, so yes you can assume what the gameplay will be like and in conjunction with that and the video, it's quite easy to tell that it is a re-skinned respen's event and will most likely follow or at least refer to gameplay found in the Titansgrave Underdark Adventure or other Acquisitions Incorporated adventures. It will be skirmish in feel but you'll be lead-type figures on a board moving around in real time.

I would be a bit more excited about this if I thought I had a snowball's chance of getting into it but the way the queue system is (not) working unless you have a full party already I am not holding my breath. I would maybe move those issues up to the top of the to do list before a pervasive sense of boredom sets in.

G

rollingonit · March 2016

zebular said:

It's a respen's event, so it will be just like other respens events in terms of gameplay mechanics, so yes you can assume what the gameplay will be like and in conjunction with that and the video, it's quite easy to tell that it is a re-skinned respen's event and will most likely follow or at least refer to gameplay found in the Titansgrave Underdark Adventure or other Acquisitions Incorporated adventures. It will be skirmish in feel but you'll be lead-type figures on a board moving around in real time.

Much better explanation, thank you.

Unveiling Portobello's Campaign!

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