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soulwhisp
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Moon & Sun Elves
Play as the epitome of intelligence, grace and resilience as one of the new elf races! Both will come with unique racial powers and stat bonus selection.
This is from here: http://nw.perfectworld.com/furyofthefeywild (second page)
When they posted this module1 page i tought everyone can choose moon elfs too! But....
But here they mention this in the FAQ:
What if I want to play the Sun Elf race as well as the exclusive Moon Elf race?
The Sun Elf race is free for all Neverwinter players.
So i gues Moon elfs not free. And they dont even mention if it will be ever free.
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I wish they'd add some more hair choices instead.
If introducing a new race for free draws in more people, or makes them more likely to buy things from the zen store, then it may be worth the cost of developing it, even though they make no money from it directly.
No, you're going at this from the wrong premise.
Once we get to August 22nd and that the "Fury of the Feywild " module launches, you'll be able to create both Moon elves and Sun elves.
However, much like the people whom bought the Founder's Pack "Heroes of the North" and got a 'unique' variant of the Drow with different racial abilities, the people whom will have obtained the "Knight of the Feywild" pack will likewise have access to a 'unique' variant of the Moon Elf race with different racial powers (referred to as "Moon Elf Resilience" and "Wanderlust").
So, no worries, you don't have to shell out any monies to get to play your scantily-clad nubile moon elf maidens on August 22nd.
Can you provide a link to where they say that? Not saying that it's untrue, but it's not in the same places where they list the features of the Knight of the Feywild Pack and the Extended FAQ.
No actually you do need to shell out money for Moon Elves, as is stated in the FAQ clearly.
I'm with you on elves. And it will really be FOUR and a half. Wood, Moon, Sun, Drow, and the Half. That'll make just as many at least partly-elf races as all the other playable races combined.
You get one new race for free and have to pay for the "premium" version.
Seems like a fair deal to me.
Except for the fact that in numerous articles, interviews, whatever they specifically stated that races will be free along with classes since they view all of it as content and the whole idealology behind NW is 100% free content.
When they lie that raises red flags. Also it is pure greed when the only way to purchase said race is through these overpriced packs which the only real item of value is the race. Assuming that that is the only way to get said race. The whole CS is infested with greed anyways so it's not surprising they are pulling this <font color="orange">HAMSTER</font>.
Sun elves should be in the package instead, and moon elves should be ftp. This will follow the lore of DnD much more "closely".
Well, that there is where the concern should be. I remember reading posts where players said this, and is far as I know it was accurate, though I don't recall the sources of this information myself. If they did state this, and go back on that in this update, there is going to be a legitimate and strong complaint from many due to what would be misrepresentation.
I still think it's possible that they just worded the announcement poorly, and neglected to mention that the Moon Elves would be available to other players some time after the pack is no longer sold, perhaps two months after, akin to the Drow being available two months after launch.
If anyone knows of links to pages where the developers said all races and classes would be free that are still active, it may be helpful to post links to those articles in this thread, if that is allowable by forum rules.
Does it cost ZEN to unlock additional Races and Classes?
All the available races at launch will be free.
So ,some classes and races will not be free.
Perhaps, but I don't think the FAQ is an exhaustive list of everything that was ever said about Neverwinter by the developers, so I don't know if that is definitive.
Hmm? How does that goes, as in 1st/2nd ADnD? Like really purchase that race or unlock through quests and stuff? Or are you refering to DDO?
I think they're well aware of what they're doing, though. Since Moon Elves were the default PC Elf race in the FR for 30 years, they're trying to entice old school players into buying the pack out of nostalgia. We gamers are a finicky lot, and there are a lot of people who want to faithfully recreate their old FR D&D characters in Neverwinter - and they're going to want to make them the same race, which for the majority of Elf players is Moon Elf. So it means more packs sold than if Sun Elf was exclusive. This is only my opinion, but other than the idea that they mixed up the races, it's the only thing that makes sense to me.
Like both of you, I see the irony of having the most common eldarin subrace in lore as a Pay race.
It is not cash out of their pocket to provide the race for free. No more than it was to provide the other races that are free. No more than it was to provide the cities, and dungeons, and shops. Without providing certain things for free, they have no game, and no players.
It surprises me that some people leap to defend every action the company takes, no matter how bad it is.
It makes perfect sense for them to try and sell a cosmetic package to go with one of the races. It is, on the other hand, rather bad form to charge extra for a common D&D race. Decisions like that will cost them far more money than they will get from those few sales. People get turned off by blatant greed, and it generates ill will across their customer base when they do ridiculous stuff like that.
"Content" generally means "maps and missions" as the dev stated. Its what you play through, not necessarily what you play with. Although it could be argued that the 3-4 racial quests of a pay-only race is technically content that you have to pay for. Anyone capable of channelling their inner weasel to that extent is probably likely to spot that that is just an argument for giving Sun and Moon elves the same racial quests however.
*laughs* That does sound like it might be a viable character.
Yeah the free Module Fury of the Feywilds is definitely a cash grab, oh and the free race they are releasing too. Much more of a cash grab then say DDO where you pay for a large part of their dungeons, or LOTRO where you pack for a large part of their quests.
Or how about one like Mabinogi where you can pay money to rent an item for 30 days and then you lose that item if you dont pay for it again.
Which is all better monitization than having all content free and thinking people are going to stay around for the long term based simply on needing to grind out a slightly more powerful enchant. They got it bass ackwards when another bag slot is tougher to get than an entire suit of max level purple grade equip.