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hipolipolopigus
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Just a general question to gauge player attitudes about the game itself, outside of all PWE-related debacles (Zen, server state, etc). I do not work for PWE or Cryptic, just curious, though such a thread should provide some useful metrics for Cryptic.
You may answer freely or you can answer some of the following questions;
You may answer freely or you can answer some of the following questions;
- How do you find combat?
- What is your favourite class? Why?
- What is your favourite race?
- Are you a PvP or PvE player?
- Which region are you playing from?
- Do you use your professions?
- How do you find the Auction House economy?
- Have you used Gateway? If so, how useful have you found it?
- Do you prefer to play alone, with friends or with the public?
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So far having a blast!
I like playing as a Halfling cause potato.
Nepht and Dr Deflecto on primus
- How do you find combat?
Combat is nice, feels like there's a slight delay on all my attacks though.- What is your favorite class? Why?
I am liking control wizard, it's nice just locking down an opponent so they can't move at all.- What is your favorite race?
I would say human because I'm human, but the animations and general posture is really bugging me so I'd have to go with elf, I think.- Are you a PvP or PvE player?
Haven't tried PvP yet but one of my friends says it's like another game we play together so I'll try it probably.- Which region are you playing from?
USA- Do you use your professions?
All the time and everyday- How do you find the Auction House economy?
Haven't bought or sold anything yet.- Have you used Gateway? If so, how useful have you found it?
I liked having it there, don't really see myself using it. But it's nice.- Do you prefer to play alone, with friends or with the public?
Depends on if the public sucks or not, so far public has been okay and not rolling need on everything.- How do you find combat?
- What is your favorite class? Why?
- What is your favorite race?
- Are you a PvP or PvE player?
- Which region are you playing from?
- Do you use your professions?
- How do you find the Auction House economy?
- Have you used Gateway? If so, how useful have you found it?
- Do you prefer to play alone, with friends or with the public?
[/QUOTE]-- I like the active nature of it but its too easy. Faceroll weak mobs that may as well not even be there (do not drop much, do not put up much fight) to get to a boss that is usually big and slow (go in, hit until it does its special move, duck out, repeat). Needs to be a little harder.
So far I like rogue, cleric, and mage equally. Need more time to say.
None, but my least favorite so far is human. I have settled in on dwarf, half orc, and tiefling for now on the characters I plan to play on up.
pve. I usually HATE pvp in MMOs (typically unbalanced and gear grind and different rules on skills than pve and other strangeness) but this one may be OK (a side effect of it being approximately an arcade game). I plan to try it, which is a big deal for a pvp hater. (I like modern warfare type PVP, where everyone's character is roughly equal so skill determines the outcome).
My paranoia alert went off here. Why ask this?
Not yet. I will, but too much other stuff to do for now.
Idiotic to not be able to buy and sell for gold/silver values. As a low level, you cannot buy *anything at all* if you do not pay to win. If they are going to do it THAT way, then mobs need to drop astral shards, not copper.
I took a look on the day with the 1000000000 in wait Q issue. It let me look at a picture of my character, but I could not do anything worthwhile.
I am teamed with my wife. I prefer to group but do not deal well with the zerkers who smash and grab their way through everything without taking any time to look (99% of the gamer crowd these days). I have found countless hidden chests on my own or with wife that were missed when I took my first runs through with random pugs because they just ran on by everything that was not directly on their rainbow-butterfly trail of get-er-doneness.
- I really enjoy it. One of the reason why I'm playing the game :P
What is your favourite class? Why?
- Only played the GWF and the TR. I like both, but GWF more, cause it's my style
What is your favourite race?
- Human, always human!
Are you a PvP or PvE player?
- Pref. PvE, but I like to do some PvP once in awhile.
Which region are you playing from?
- Denmark
Do you use your professions?
- Yes.
How do you find the Auction House economy?
- Haven't checked out the AH yet.
Have you used Gateway? If so, how useful have you found it?
- Wut?
Do you prefer to play alone, with friends or with the public?
- It depends on my mood. But mostly with friends/Public ofc.
The name is Seamus Kershaw in game.
Very good , fun and not boring.
-What is your favorite class? Why?
Guardian fighter, if you know how to play it its really something else. Really powerful attacks and amazing defense.
-What is your favorite race?
Dwarf, with big beard !!!
-Are you a PvP or PvE player?
I am a pve kind of player but so far i am enjoying a lot pvp in this game. More then my past mmo experiences
-Which region are you playing from?
EU , Portugal.
-Do you use your professions?
Yes, i am still trying to learn them better but i always check up on them soon as they are ready for it.
-How do you find the Auction House economy?
Great, it's good to see different currencies for almost all aspects of the game, and being able to purchase all you can without actually making need for use real money
-Have you used Gateway? If so, how useful have you found it?
No, didn't use it.
-Do you prefer to play alone, with friends or with the public?
I play with friends , friends i met online, some turned to become real life friends already. And i play with them for more then 5 years now.
How do you find combat?
I'm enjoying it so far.
What is your favorite class? Why?
Guardian, because there are no Paladins or Necromancers to play as.
What is your favorite race?
Humans, only because of the benefits.
Are you a PvP or PvE player?
PVE
Which region are you playing from?
USA
Do you use your professions?
Not yet
How do you find the Auction House economy?
Sucks. 95% of items have no buyout option. Every item needs to have a mandatory buyout option. The auction house needs a better search system. I put in 18-20 level and see stuff all the way to 60. Waste of time. We also need an option to search for items that have buyout option. That way I don't have to search through 20 pages of bid only level 15 gear.
Have you used Gateway? If so, how useful have you found it?
nope.
Do you prefer to play alone, with friends or with the public?
I prefer to do solo content alone and group content with friends and public.
The clunky interface may be behind this. Trying to do action combat while chatting is fail. Trying to do it when you are required to pause combat to change channels is double fail. I talked to one guy a bit in /say in a mob free safe spot but when the fighting starts, I can't chat without allowing myself to be beat up (which is fairly harmless if trash mobs, really, but I do not care for it). Also, there are language barriers. I grouped with a guy that knew like 20 words of english (he was russian) and we teamed well for a couple of hours but lacking communication, it was chat-free play.
Very clunky. Attacks are channeled and you can't cancel them, which makes dodging enemy skills frustrating, and removes the aspect of quick reactions. There are no clear hitboxes on enemies, and knock back skills have too big range, which makes it very difficult for tanks when **** is getting thrown in all directions and you're supposed to get aggro on everything. Animations are flashy but they should help by indicating the range and area of your skills instead of providing even more clutter on the already full screen.
* What is your favourite class? Why?
Guardian fighter and cleric seem to be the most versatile classes, which is a big plus in this game, since the classes are so limited in their roles by arbitrary judgement of designers.
* What is your favourite race?
Half orcs and humans, because of good racial bonusses
* Are you a PvP or PvE player?
I enjoy both, and prefer PvP.
* Which region are you playing from?
EU
* Do you use your professions?
I que them to do stuff while i play.
*How do you find the Auction House economy?
no opinion yet, however the idea that you can buy items on AH with purchasable currency seems atrocious. Imagine the most unskilled players getting to your party because they had good gear and they drag you down and frustrate.
* Have you used Gateway? If so, how useful have you found it?
I don't care much for it, but i guess it's good for people who want to waste their company time and play while in work.
* Do you prefer to play alone, with friends or with the public?
I enjoy all of the above equally.
sadly I cant even enjoy its mediocrity, because of the absolutly insane monetization. Im actually surprised they dont make us pay ADs so our virtual chars can "breathe"
What is your favourite class? Why? I really like the way each class plays so differently. I enjoy them all and played them all in the CB weekends. I have two characters right now (TR and CW) but I will be starting new ones regularly. I will continue to play them all equally as I usually do. It took me 3 years to level cap the first of my 24 CO characters.
What is your favourite race? No favorite yet, but I really like the Dwarf.
Are you a PvP or PvE player? PvE
Which region are you playing from? Southeastern United States
Do you use your professions? Constantly. I always have all task slots full and use the gateway to keep them going.
How do you find the Auction House economy? I think the economy as a whole is brilliant. Especially having the AH work on AD. It is one of the key elements to the game economy and makes it possible to convert between all 3 currencies (gold, AD, ZEN) and thereby support multiple styles of play and multiple paths to the cash shop. Everyone effectively has a discount on the cash shop based on their playtime commitment ranging from 0% all the way to 100%.
We desperately need a way to preview item appearance from the AH though. There is a lot of equipment that is low level but might have an appearance that would make it a hot commodity. And more sorting would be nice. For example, I am usually only interested in items with a buyout. And search is inconsistent. I have searched for one part of an item name and seen 1 listed and then searched by rarity and level and seen a dozen of the same item listed.
Have you used Gateway? If so, how useful have you found it? Constantly. Very useful for professions, but acts a little weird on my Android devices. I often have to click the same thing several times. It is nice to be able to put up an auction even if your character in game was logged out somewhere far from Protector's Enclave. I admit to logging out, putting up an auction with gateway, and then logging right back in to avoid the travel time.
Do you prefer to play alone, with friends or with the public? I have been completely solo so far since OB/Launch. I was planning on joining a guild, but I find myself only able to play for short periods of time and often have to jump off unexpectedly. Not fair to a guild to be so erratically available.
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The combat is fun in an arcade game style, it is not overly tactical. Much more twitch based than thinking based.
Pure PvE
USA
Crafting is very much a last minute tacked on system. If you want a good crafting system, look elsewhere. Hopefully they will grow it into something. The gateway will be nice when it works. It is buggy at the moment, but better than nothing.
The little I have used the AH tells me everyone values the same things I want. What I want to buy is VERY expensive, what I want to sell is VERY cheap. Too cheap to make the effort to sell when I can just buy substantially more AD's for pennies. For example, i listed 2 lvl 18ish blue items. They went unsold for a cost that is less than 1 cent (at current conversion rate) each. Not worth my time, saving them for alts.
How do you find combat? - I like it. I don't have to hunt and peck a gazillion buttons.
What is your favourite class? Why? - It's a tie between TR and DC. TR's are just plain fun. DC's are fun and can help others. They're both powerful.
What is your favourite race? - Drow with Half-elf coming in 2nd. I've always been a Drow fan for years and it has nothing to do with Drizzt.
Are you a PvP or PvE player? - In NW, I'm strictly PVE. I like PVP, but not in this setting.
Which region are you playing from? - US
Do you use your professions? - Yes. I see it as a mini-game. I really prefer a more interactive crafting system.
How do you find the Auction House economy? - Haven't tried it yet. I'm waiting for it to get more populated.
Have you used Gateway? If so, how useful have you found it? - I use it every day at work. I love it.
Do you prefer to play alone, with friends or with the public? - Both. I play a lot solo, but I do group up for the evenst, skirmishes, dungeons, etc. Then I go back and solo dungeons after leveling up a bit just for fun.
And combat grows on you . Its very anti-macro , once you get the hang of hitting only one attack at a time you can move and kite a lot .
GWF. Because GWF is the best, duh.
HORC FOR LIFE.
More of a PVE'r.
West Coast USA.
I've started to. Dirty trick with the astral diamonds "Rush to finish".
I've only looked for one or two things so far. 50% success rate.
The gatewhat now?
So far alone, would like to get a couple of my buddies playing though.
http://gateway.playneverwinter.com/
Want to know why Neverwinter is so laggy? Check out the "Latency" section in this thread.
Want to know why Neverwinter is so laggy? Check out the "Latency" section in this thread.
• How do you find combat? From a tank perspective, compared to WoW (World of Warcraft) it's better, more active. In WoW, your main defense lasts 6 seconds at a time, and it stacks. In this game, it only lasts as long as you keep your guard button down. It's almost like boxing.
• What is your favourite class? Why? Guardian fighter. I love tanking, at least in theory. It's like an offensive lineman in American Football and a front-row forward in Rugby.
• What is your favourite race? Don't really have one. I guess in this game it'd be Dwarf, since they seem perfectly suited to tanking.
• Are you a PvP or PvE player? PvE, might give PvP a go if it isn't full of badmouthers (as this game seems to be international, I kinda have my doubts on this).
• Which region are you playing from? United States
• Do you use your professions? N/A
• How do you find the Auction House economy? N/A
• Have you used Gateway? If so, how useful have you found it? N/A
• Do you prefer to play alone, with friends or with the public? Mostly alone, but I don't mind the other 2 once in a while
*What is your favourite class? Why?* - my lvl35 dps guardian. i love running into mayhem begin beefy and smacking stuff.
*What is your favourite race?* - so far the dwarves. male, limbs as short and everything else as fat as possible
*Are you a PvP or PvE player?* - some solo pve, mostly into pvp though!
*Which region are you playing from?* - Rotterdam, Netherlands. EU.
*Do you use your professions?* - got my leadership and platesmithing to level3. now slowly leveling up both.
*How do you find the Auction House economy?* - havent really gotten into the AH yet. so no comment!
*Have you used Gateway? If so, how useful have you found it?* - no i havent. and im not sure what exactly it is
*Do you prefer to play alone, with friends or with the public?* - leveling alone at the moment since my mate is around level50
already. i am doing each dungeon/skirmish once though. for
me its friends>public>alone.
really enjoying the game at the moment. bought me some zen for a bag and a bearmount. good times, good times!
pld.