Yep, I played in the beta and while I want to play Defiance, what with the NW OB/launch and the STWOR expac I decided to let Defiance ripen a bit on the vine before I played it. I think I will buy it this summer, they should have a lot of the technical details worked out by then.
I have been playing SWTOR and CO recently, but the urge for a proper fantasy has been awakened by NW, so I am playing some EQ2 for the next few weeks until the OB starts.
I play on Ebon Hawk, there are loads of people even when not on a double xp weekend, multiple instances of the fleet and lots of people on most planets. I had no problems finding groups either. You also ignored the part where I mentioned that there are a lot of players there who are burned out on fantasy themes and who…
Because in all flavours of D&D if you try to use a missile weapon adjacent to someone trying to hit you in melee they get an a free attack on you. I hadn't realized that rule had gone by the wayside in NWO.
I've never cared for archers being able to shoot while in melee, but if that is the way it is then I'll go with it. After all, Legolas did it in the movie.
Having played healers in a lot of MMOs and having looked at combat in this game, I think the key will be to stop trying to stand in the background and heal and instead get into the mix and get close to your healing target. Given the direction the devs are going in this game I wouldn't expect to see any form of tab…
1) Most players will not care if the game is D&D4, 3, 2 or pi, or based on some other system entirely. As I said before, the game will win or lose based on how it plays, not what game system is part of the logo. 2) Expecting major changes to mechanics or game background because a later edition of D&D comes out is not…
People worry about the silliest things. NWO is loosely based on a set of pnp rules, it will stand or fall on its own merits. I don't think anyone other than an insignificant percentage of game players will care one way or another about the inspiration behind it or what ruleset is on the logo. Threads like this are more a…
Why would this gain NW new players? SWTOR is still online, so those people aren't coming here unless they like fantasy MMOs, and the comments I hear in general chat in the fleets indicate that most people there are burned out on fantasy. I am one of the few players in my SWTOR group that still like elves, dragons, and the…
While I enjoy playing NWO and D&D4, neither seems like D&D to me due to the game mechanics. I started in D&D back in the late '70s when the game was presented in three tan pamphlets and the only character classes were fighter, mage, and cleric. Even through the trainwreck of AD&D2E to the improvements of 3E and 3.5E you…
I really enjoyed the VO in SWTOR and would prefer to have it in any games I play from now on, it adds a lot of characterization that pure text cannot match.
I played in the last beta and the game is fun. I will probably pick it up after launch once there have been a few patches and the game has ripened a bit. It was real amusing to be in a firefight and see an enemy run over by a passing car. The game is sort of shooter-light, with rapid out of combat HP recovery and plentiful…
I used to play a lot of male characters, but when I got to WoW the male character models were so bad that my new characters were all female other than my undead warlock.
I have played all forms of D&D since the 70s, I still have the original three tan pamphlets from when the only classes were mage, fighter, and cleric. A friend has been running 4th ed for us for the last few months and I have two conclusions. 1) It's a fun game. 2) It is not D&D in any way and has nothing to do with D&D…