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I'm new... I just spent some money on neverwinter.. boy am i regretting it.
sean99999
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Hello everyone,
This is not a rant, more of a feedback.
I just started playing neverwinter for 3-4 days. I have a steady job, and i liked the game enough, so i decided to spend some money on it.
My first horrible experience: Purchasing a neverwinter founder's pack. Can you say buyer's remorse? The spider was horrible, the drow race was ok, the blue weapon was terrible as it made level 1-15 content completely trivial. Other than that i was given a bunch of junk items which completely overwhelmed my inventory space.
I then consulted the forums, and everyone says the same thing: Spend your money on zen and buy the items instead.
Alright.. i made a mistake, let's buy some Zen instead, which leads to my next horrible experience:
I look at the companion list, and i see a Healer "Acolyte of kelemvor". A healer sounds useful to me!
Then i find out that the healer... doesn't heal, and performs even worse than the free cleric i received in game.
I then consulted the forums again, and everyone says : Acolyte of Kelemvor is worthless! Haha.
So basically, before i buy ANY item off the Zen store, i have to do research by looking through the forums for information?
Neverwinter devs, you really need to improve your performance on the ZEN store. You should never sell items that encourages your customers to pursue a refund. It doesn't make any business sense whatsoever.
Thanks,
Sean.
This is not a rant, more of a feedback.
I just started playing neverwinter for 3-4 days. I have a steady job, and i liked the game enough, so i decided to spend some money on it.
My first horrible experience: Purchasing a neverwinter founder's pack. Can you say buyer's remorse? The spider was horrible, the drow race was ok, the blue weapon was terrible as it made level 1-15 content completely trivial. Other than that i was given a bunch of junk items which completely overwhelmed my inventory space.
I then consulted the forums, and everyone says the same thing: Spend your money on zen and buy the items instead.
Alright.. i made a mistake, let's buy some Zen instead, which leads to my next horrible experience:
I look at the companion list, and i see a Healer "Acolyte of kelemvor". A healer sounds useful to me!
Then i find out that the healer... doesn't heal, and performs even worse than the free cleric i received in game.
I then consulted the forums again, and everyone says : Acolyte of Kelemvor is worthless! Haha.
So basically, before i buy ANY item off the Zen store, i have to do research by looking through the forums for information?
Neverwinter devs, you really need to improve your performance on the ZEN store. You should never sell items that encourages your customers to pursue a refund. It doesn't make any business sense whatsoever.
Thanks,
Sean.
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You need to learn to research before waving your card. Cryptic don't need to describe absolutely everything in their Zen store if it takes a 10 second google to get a better example / review.
PvE Enthusiast.
but as long as humans exist you should know that naivete is only going to lead to you getting screwed
You starting to realize that this game is not "free" to play even after forking out $60 for the game? Yea. Makes other titles with significantly more content and less monthly recurring costs seem so much more enticing doesn't it?
I personally am loving GW2 right now. I've spent $60 on the game and $50 on gems for the shop. I have plenty of bank space, plenty of bag space, and am having no trouble at all making gold.
Such a shame such a great engine, graphics and combat is ruined by greed and outright dumb game design. I'm still scratching my head in disbelief.
We'll see how things fare in another 90 days... Judging by the backlash already, 2 weeks in, I'm thinking its gonna get ugly around here.
So it's cool selling poorly balanced or broken things, only requirement being that they're in the shop?
That's just silly. Who does that? That's like the business model of carnies and pawnshop owners.
My guess is they know they have maybe 90 days of sucking money from people before massive population decline. Based on their past titles, I'd say my guess is a good one.
For me, I have had too many dollars wasted in MMOs for collector's editions and the like, as most of the items are useless, inventory spams or useable only for very short period of time. Learned my lesson a while back. Just pay the minimum to get into the game, and the game itself will eventually give you the things you want.
As far as Zen, that is a little snake-oily as well. When trying to figure out if it was worth it to purchase enough zen or spend enough cash to get a couple of lockbox keys, I was quick to discover the run around demanding that I actually click to buy without knowing the amount or the quality of the item. Another red flag. No thanks.
You guys need to get a little more professional and sophisticated. Tricking people into buying useless or overpriced stuff to fund your gaming development will not end up with a good customer base
Fair? Good way to do business? - you decide.
But from a business-bottom-line standpoint; awesome.
A bit of nostalgia for the old timers.
PVP guide - Keeping it fun with the basics.
The blue weapon was meant to be much better than other weapons at that level. If it didn't have a noticeable effect on your game play it would have been pointless to have received a blue weapon.
Everyone doesn't say the same thing regarding 'just buy zen' on the forums.
I think I've read that the Acolyte provides damage resistance instead of healing, which may be more useful at high levels, as the incoming damage gets higher. Or, maybe it isn't. Not everything in any game is designed with perfection.
It's good to research anything before you buy it, if you can find an impartial source of information.
In case you didn't know, game forums for any game are full of complainers, whiners, and fanboys, so coming here looking for the majority of the posters to have an impartial view of things isn't the best plan.
Want to know why Neverwinter is so laggy? Check out the "Latency" section in this thread.
Pretty sure giving developers feedback on a game in beta is a legitimate function of forum posting.
^ Made me lol!
When I realized it was bound to my account I accepted the sad fact and decided to make the best of it. I figured a 5 dollar mount would at least be better than a 5 gold mount. Boy was I wrong. Not only does it feel slower than a regular mount (technically I think it's the same speed) but it's the ugliest horse in any game I think I've ever seen. Do not buy the Tethyr horse whatever you do. Its only purpose is to make you feel bad about being "cheap" so you can fork out even more money for a decent mount.
yup just look at what happened to age of empires online with there price gouging...
EDIT: The other items i got i would never payed for if i saw them in the Zen shop first but hey its my own fault i guess.
If you go into a McDonalds and mention you are a Hero of the North they offer a nice limited menu for a dollar.
If you write to Pueblo Colorado 81009 and say you are a Hero of the North they send you a free catalog,
Heroes of the North get a foot long for only $5.99.
Free manliness comes with the purchase of of Old Spice for all Heroes of the North.
All Heroes of the North may have already won $1,000,000 with the Publishers Clearinghouse.
So, at least you have that.
I like this quote. If i get broken eggs, or if i am dissatisfied with a product, i can walk right up to the return counter and ask for a refund. No questions asked.
I have since filed a petition for a refund. I will let you know if it succeeds.
Sean.
amusing fantasy but not happening I expect.
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
I'm afraid I just don't get that. I always research what a pack consists of. Oddly enough I check special offers because I don't always find them useful. I did the same thing with this and determined that the Founders pack didn't offer me anything exciting over what I could get for the guardian pack.
I'm just not into riding giant spiders or playing drow early. Which where 2 of the big draw items in the founders pack. Another was the panther but I figured a direwolf was just as good. And I made that choice without even reading the boards.
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
this. Why spend 200 bucks on a game you know nothing about?
Not to call you a liar, but could you set the HotN forum title so your story seems more believable?
The Acolyte specifically lists what it's abilities are in it's store page, one of which is that it's heal is done in the form of added Life Steal.
While I can understand feeling underwhelmed about what you ended up getting, to argue that you didn't even know what it was is simple foolishness. It doesn't matter what you are looking to purchase, you should always do research on it, which includes looking at what is being offered!
LOL we bought a dozen eggs recently. The end of one egg was gone, it was placed downward in the carton so it was not visible. Everything inside the egg was gone as if the egg had been rinsed out, and there was no mess, dried or otherwise, in/on the egg or carton. That was a new one.