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Hi all,
I'm a huge fan of the Dungeon and Dragons. Let's say I love Drow's. I was really looking forward to playing Neverwinter.
I tested it for an hour or so, first impression was... good.
Let me ask you a few question;
1. Is there anything that can only be purchased through the Zen store that would give someone an advantage that can't be obtained in game? I don't mind the store if it's only for cosmetic looks etc. But if I can't get more inventory bags or keys to open locks without buying them...That would be a deal breaker for me.
2. When will Drows be available? I think I've read that they can be "purchased" so you don't have to wait until they are released for all players?
3. What's up with tanking in this game? I use to be a tank and I love it. But it looks like there is no such role like a "tank" in Neverwinter?
4. I admit, I love collecting mounts, is there a list of available in-game mounts?
thanks!
I'm a huge fan of the Dungeon and Dragons. Let's say I love Drow's. I was really looking forward to playing Neverwinter.
I tested it for an hour or so, first impression was... good.
Let me ask you a few question;
1. Is there anything that can only be purchased through the Zen store that would give someone an advantage that can't be obtained in game? I don't mind the store if it's only for cosmetic looks etc. But if I can't get more inventory bags or keys to open locks without buying them...That would be a deal breaker for me.
2. When will Drows be available? I think I've read that they can be "purchased" so you don't have to wait until they are released for all players?
3. What's up with tanking in this game? I use to be a tank and I love it. But it looks like there is no such role like a "tank" in Neverwinter?
4. I admit, I love collecting mounts, is there a list of available in-game mounts?
thanks!
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2. I believe I heard 4 weeks after launch or so?
3. Guardian Fighter is supposed to be a tank
1. Not directly. You can convert Zen to AD and that is where the "pay to win" argument comes into play. ALL items (epic included) are BoE (Bind on Equip) so anyone can pickup gear and sell for AD. This also means that you can convert AD to Zen in the market.
2. "suppose" to be 60 days after founders closes BUT it will be "different" looking Drow compare to Founder's pack (so I'm told/read)
3. Aggro is a problem right now. Healers can generate a ton of aggro so not sure what is going on at this time.
4. I don't have it, but the Wiki might contain that info.
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2. No ETA that I know of on Drows. If you want, you could buy them early access for $200. And the bought ones are actually special compared to the standard ones base players will get later on.
3. Guardian is the go to tank, but tanking is much different than the standard mmo practice of 'stand here, pull boss aggro, take damage and wait for healer' kind of gameplay. Bosses spawn tons of minions monsters constantly, so aggro constantly has to be pulled off cleric in order for them to survive and not wipe. Earliest bosses are solo, but after level 20, bosses summon extrras that will quickly kill everything and then overwhelm the tank.
4. No idea, I'm sure there is, but I havent looked for it. Prolly in the wiki somewhere.
2: Not sure when they'll be available to everyone, but they're currently only available to people who bought the $200 Founder's pack.
3: The Guardian Weapon Fighter is a tank.
4: Can't help you. Most mounts are through the Zen store, though.
If you play PvP it's definately P2W for the first couple of months untill you grind 3-4 mill AD to get Enchantments and epic mount.
You can buy all fluff and some convenience things in store. You can also convert zen to AD and buy stuff on the AH, but it's the same with any mmo, you can always buy gold from farmers in those too. Bags are often put up on the AH, but can be bought in store too, plus two quests give you decent bags. Most things you will pick up are vendor trash anyway, so you don't really need as much as you think.
Around two months from now, for free for everyone.
Not a tank, but i hear there are aggro issues currently. I know as a control wizard i get aggro a LOT, and have a hard time shaking it.
A list? The Wiki would be a good bet, but it is also updated by players, so it may not always be up to date.
http://neverwinter.gamepedia.com/Mount
If you are good at getting AD with either quests or AH, spme people will be putting non-bind on pickup ones up eventually.
2. Drow should become available 60 days from the beginning of open beta test. Right now only people who buy Hero of the North pack for $200 get early access to "qu'ellaril ilythiiri". (If you are a huge fan of Dungeons & Dragons and love Underdark and drow, Neverwinter isn't the best MMO for role-playing a drow anyway, and neither is DDO.
3. Guardian fighters are supposed to be tanks in Neverwinter.
4. There are quite a lot of mounts in the game and at least a few of them are not horses. I don't know the exact number but it is close to 10 or even more if you count different types and breeds of horses.
2. Drow is available to everyone 60 days after open beta starts so a few weeks from now, you could also get it from the hero of neverwinter founder pack.
3. Guardian Fighter is the tank and the Greatweapon fighter is a sort of off tank
4.You can pretty much see all the mounts available in the zen store, then there's the lockbox mount and the tarmalune trade bars mounts. Theres a neverwinter wiki somewhere I wouldn't be surprised if they had a mount list.
...oh wait...wrong thread.
As you can earn Astral Diamonds and convert them to ZEN, then technically everything can be had by a free player.
Consider though that a bag costs 1000 ZEN, and that is currently about 400K AD and unless you can effectively farm the highest level dungeons you are stuck with doing dailies which might take you 2-3 hours and get you 24K AD (the daily limit) at most. So possible, yes, but very long winded.
Drow are exclusive to people who bought the Hero of the North Founders package for AT LEAST 60 days. As that is still on offer, it is going to be at least 2 months, and probably more like 3 at the earliest before Drow are available to the general public.
Guardian Fighters (GF) are the designated Tank class, but aggro mechanics are currently broken and this together with the fact that Cleric's have a self-healing debuff mean that many higher tier dungeons are actually easier to run with 2 Devoted Clerics than a Guardian Fighter and a Devoted Cleric.
average exchange rate for AD / zen is 380 / 1 ... grinding casually for 10 days youll be lucky to get 40,000 AD's .. meaning you can get aprox 105 zen. somthing as simple as 1 bag would take you aprox 90-100 days to get. or buy it off aution house for ad's with loot you sell for needing on EVERYTHING you might get lucky adn cut that in half...... for one measly bag....
I'm a PVE player and just wouldn't like to play a game that offers P2W.
$10 for a bag isn't that much. I was a bit scared by all the negative posts about how expensive the store is. But if it's only the mounts that are expensive... I can live with that.
Yep, 10$ for a bag, gotta love the cash grab. And dont listen to the people telling you its ok because converting AD to ZEN is a painstaking process and it will take A LONG TIME. Im sure everyone wants to grind AD's for a week straight for ONE BAG...
But in most other games, including WoW, bags are a dime a dozen, they are crafted, they drop, they are everywhere. In STO, you inventory space grows and you level. Sure, you can buy more slots, but what you get as a free players is plenty, not to mention how many bank slots you get for free there as well.
The prices for everything in the cash shop are way to high atm, just wait for them to be adjusted OP.
$10 isn't much to me in comparison to what it would take to grind it. But why bags can't be crafted is another money making thing.
I'm not a business man, so I don't understand why everyone is trying to get away from the monthly sub fee's. I personally prefer monthly sub fee's.
I thought "P2W" was a PVP thing, how does it affect PVE? Or would affect? There isn't really anything to 'win' in PVE