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Play With The Devs - Playtest Tiamat 5/19 4PM PDT

strumslingerstrumslinger Member, NW_CrypticDev, Cryptic Developer Posts: 1,724 Cryptic Developer
edited May 2015 in News & Announcements
Greetings adventurers,

The developers have invited the community to playtest the new Tiamat difficulty on the Preview shard tomorrow 5/19 at 4PM PDT! This playtest is open for anyone on the Preview shard who is level 70 with an item level of 1800+. The developers suggest for players who are interested to login early to kill the dragon heralds.

Please note that final tuning for this fight may not be released depending on how the playtest goes. The Preview shard may be unavailable from 2-3:30PM PDT as the shard would be updated at that time.

Don't have access to Preview? No worries! Here's how:
  1. Go to http://www.arcgames.com/en/my/character/copy/nw
  2. Click the "Sign Up!" button. This makes your account Preview enabled, and allows you to select "NeverwinterPreview" as a shard in the Neverwinter launcher. Now, you'll be able to make a new character and play on NeverwinterPreview, or...
  3. On the next page, select one of your previously existing characters from the dropdown menu.
  4. Select NeverwinterPreview as the destination to copy the character in the following dropdown menu.
  5. Press the Copy button.
  6. Open your Neverwinter launcher, select the NeverwinterPreview shard, and wait for your client to patch.
  7. Launch the game. If you copied your character over, you will now see it on NeverwinterPreview. Otherwise, you will have to make a new character.

Please note that copying a character to NeverwinterPreview will not affect your character on the Neverwinter live shards in any way, and certain account features (such as buying and spending Zen) are not available on NeverwinterPreview.

Happy Tiamating!


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  • asterotgasterotg Member Posts: 1,742 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    Be sure to inspect the players testing with you. Many players using preview/ forum are seasoned players with good to BIS gear, testing specs and changes there.

    You asked for 1.8k+ IL players. Dont run with 20 4K+ IL players and say 'ok, thats fine'.
    Chars: CW, DC, GF, GWF, HR and TR.
  • cust0mxcust0mx Member Posts: 60 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    Nice! i'll be there to carry those devs ;)
  • cust0mxcust0mx Member Posts: 60 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    asterotg wrote: »
    Be sure to inspect the players testing with you. Many players using preview/ forum are seasoned players with good to BIS gear, testing specs and changes there.

    You asked for 1.8k+ IL players. Dont run with 20 4K+ IL players and say 'ok, thats fine'.

    Good point here, maybe we should ask people to go with around 2K item level
  • ironzerg79ironzerg79 Member, Neverwinter Moderator, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 4,942 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    asterotg wrote: »
    Be sure to inspect the players testing with you. Many players using preview/ forum are seasoned players with good to BIS gear, testing specs and changes there.

    You asked for 1.8k+ IL players. Dont run with 20 4K+ IL players and say 'ok, thats fine'.

    Can I also stress this? Please do the community a favor and directly copy your toon "as is" to the Preview server so that the Devs can get a good overview of exactly what we're bringing to the table.

    Don't bring over-duped characters with R12, Tranny enchants, BiS everything (unless of course that's your toon on Live).
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  • instynctiveinstynctive Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 1,885 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    I was initially thinking about bringing my 2k GWF, but I'm thinking of bringing my 1,816 DC instead. And I love my Astral Seal and Sunburst. :-D

    Honestly though, either way, I have decent "middle of the road" characters.
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    "...I grab my wiener and charge!" - ironzerg79
  • wlinazwlinaz Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 150 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    This is going to be streamed, yes?
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  • matiagronxmatiagronx Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 251 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    Sorry but i need to say this. Tiamat is closing 5 months now, the majority of the players have played it more than 150-200 times while it was playable, a lot of them at least 100 more times. And now i see Tiamat fight calibration event in preview..i must be dreaming or gone through a black hole back in time. We are reliving the SAME and SAME content all over for so long it is equal to a lobotomy. Spare us from this, so many people given so much of their time to this game and we get no mercy at all, only lag. Santa panderus we all pray to you for mercy..lower thy tiamat health fast and give us back thy holy oldy dungeons before its too late and we all go on permanent vacation:mad:
  • glartyglarty Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 123 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    And NO SW with Fabled Illy sets too.

    I have that set and did 80 Mil dmg yesterday in Tiamat on live, obviously this is also a bad thing for this type of event.

    Please use m6 gear only.
  • quspivquspiv Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 1,087 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    Time to show Devs how it's like to fight during PRISM time ;)
  • blackxxwolf3blackxxwolf3 Member Posts: 1,539 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    quspiv wrote: »
    Time to show Devs how it's like to fight during PRISM time ;)

    for once im encouraging all clerics and pallys to use astral seal a prism and also everyone to bring their new chars. im gonna bring my cw that should be 70 by tomorrow with fresh 70 blues and rank 8 enchants.
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  • madnitezzmadnitezz Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 36 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    And for those with Trans Feytouched, dont forget to slot it in and unleash the hell.. :)

    Now that was kidding. Good job and thank you devs for listening to the community and doing things in right direction. Hopefully it would yield some useful results.
  • ryoshinetteryoshinette Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 488 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    i think we can miss one thing.
    They can adjust Tiamat on preview, to be available to kill even with 1k toons.

    Can wait to join this event. If I'll succede check out yt for VIDEO :)
    Ryoshin GF (4.2k)
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  • reds351reds351 Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 343 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    wlinaz wrote: »
    This is going to be streamed, yes?

    Hope so or maybe of the of players can stream it
  • suicidalgodotsuicidalgodot Member Posts: 2,465 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    strumslinger wrote: »
    [...]

    Don't have access to Preview? No worries! Here's how:
    1. Go to http://www.arcgames.com/en/my/character/copy/nw
      [...]

    Hello, Strumslinger,

    thank you so much for the invitation. I'd really love to come, but

    "Error Code: ssl_error_no_cypher_overlap"

    That's all i get. And I've tried several times. Over several hours.

    FireFox 38.0, Win 7-64.
  • gfalconiogfalconio Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 150 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    pls heros of neverwinter, use prims and astral seals, and < 2.5 iL chars for developers feel the love of a real tiamat and heralds experience.
    PVP GF Sword Master Dominion Champion :3
  • rayrdanrayrdan Member Posts: 5,410 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    Just please no feytouch and go with toons around 2k 2.5k max
    Its pointless otherwise
  • blackxxwolf3blackxxwolf3 Member Posts: 1,539 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    rayrdan wrote: »
    Just please no feytouch and go with toons around 2k 2.5k max
    Its pointless otherwise
    were totally gonna use feytouched.i wanna see the devs explanation for it ingame.
  • mmm1001mmm1001 Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 497 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    Problem is, that most of brainless monkeys/campers will not be there. They are main reason for most failures.
    Anyway Difficulty as it is now is OK (with I+II+III+IV bonus even too easy), I've beaten Tiamat 20+ times in mod 6 and it looks OK for good groups. We even successfully did it in p2 once.
    What devs should address about tiamat is ability to create custom groups/parties - easiest way is to just create 50+ empty instances at beginning, so people can switch to same instance and play together. Also there is a really nasty bug - if you finish tiamat in last 2-3 secs before time expires, you don't get chest - just winning reward.
  • wentriswentris Member Posts: 542 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    How are u going to deal with players that will intentionally take AS DCs + Prism OPs to lag the run beyond measure just to show how laggy Tiamat is? Im sure there are going players like that.
  • blackxxwolf3blackxxwolf3 Member Posts: 1,539 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    wentris wrote: »
    How are u going to deal with players that will intentionally take AS DCs + Prism OPs to lag the run beyond measure just to show how laggy Tiamat is? Im sure there are going players like that.

    read the rest of the comments.
  • highlyunstablehighlyunstable Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 343 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    I would love to be there, but since the last patch my CW can no longer use certain powers from the "TAB" key (Arcane/Spell Mastery) Wish they could fix something without breaking other things. WOW...how I use to love this game.
  • iambecks1iambecks1 Member Posts: 4,044 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    asterotg wrote: »
    Be sure to inspect the players testing with you. Many players using preview/ forum are seasoned players with good to BIS gear, testing specs and changes there.

    You asked for 1.8k+ IL players. Dont run with 20 4K+ IL players and say 'ok, thats fine'.

    strumslinger can you please point the above post out to the developers , it is pointless testing the new difficulty if the players the developers are testing with have all rank 12 enchantments and fully levelled artifacts and artifact gear and 4k+ ilvl .

    In other words please make sure they test Tiamat and the heralds with a good selection of players who have various ilvl's and gear that is representative of how the live server looks..
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  • adisonmakadisonmak Member Posts: 70 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    wentris wrote: »
    How are u going to deal with players that will intentionally take AS DCs + Prism OPs to lag the run beyond measure just to show how laggy Tiamat is? Im sure there are going players like that.
    that's part of the point of playtest. Bad as it may be but it's for the greater good! Have them experience what player were experiencing first hand right infront of their very eyes so they can do some fixing and tuning. The same goes to ilevel of the gears which need the community to play their part as well. They need to know the gist of it so that they won't simply slapping the figure in whatever they guess/see fit.
  • blackxxwolf3blackxxwolf3 Member Posts: 1,539 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    can anyone tell me how the trans feytouched bug works? cause it works normally for me.
  • suicidalgodotsuicidalgodot Member Posts: 2,465 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    mmm1001 wrote: »
    Problem is, that most of brainless monkeys/campers will not be there. They are main reason for most failures.
    Anyway Difficulty as it is now is OK (with I+II+III+IV bonus even too easy), I've beaten Tiamat 20+ times in mod 6 and it looks OK for good groups. We even successfully did it in p2 once.
    What devs should address about tiamat is ability to create custom groups/parties - easiest way is to just create 50+ empty instances at beginning, so people can switch to same instance and play together. Also there is a really nasty bug - if you finish tiamat in last 2-3 secs before time expires, you don't get chest - just winning reward.

    While I'm all on your side re. teaming up before, I think the camper role can easily be played by all of us. I'd suggest a healthy 5-10 people standing just outside the door...

    ...maybe all female chars, stripping off armor, and if someone could bring some pom-poms...
  • dianafarhandianafarhan Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 44 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    Hunter Ranger lvl 70 here , nice, been waiting for this, will unleash my slasher mark just to kill all the ppl around me, yeah , it happens when there is a Aura of Courage and The slasher marks attack drain the HP of all around.
  • gfalconiogfalconio Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 150 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    Hey guys tell how was the run. Beat tiamat?
    PVP GF Sword Master Dominion Champion :3
  • iamannoyingdeviliamannoyingdevil Member Posts: 336 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    mmm1001 wrote: »
    Problem is, that most of brainless monkeys/campers will not be there. They are main reason for most failures.
    Anyway Difficulty as it is now is OK (with I+II+III+IV bonus even too easy), I've beaten Tiamat 20+ times in mod 6 .

    I wonder how many of those 20 runs involved numerous Tran feytouched , bugged lostmauth artifact sets and various other broken companion powers etc , if you use broken mechanics it doesn't really count dear.
  • alisi1alisi1 Member Posts: 366 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    All of them.
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