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on: May 09, 2013, 05:44:31 pm
I only noticed today that the Neverwinter MMO went open beta a week or so ago.

I started a Halfling trickster rogue (there's only 4 classes so far: rogue, fighter (2h or s/s), wizard & cleric) on Beholder. Really notice it's made by Cryptic as it has a ton of customization options (yay!). I've hardly played it (servers went down for emergency maintenance after I finally created my character), but it looks rather nice. I haven't looked into the pricing of the items they offer, but it is possible to buy those with in-game currency as well (though it most likely will be a slow process). I'll be able to tell more once the servers are back online :P.
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Reply #1 on: May 09, 2013, 08:06:04 pm
Halflings, yay :D Must admit I'd missed any hype for it, a quick google suggests it seems to be getting some good press but don't they all usually for a while :) Be interesting to know if you think it's genuinely free to play or if it's pay to advance :) If you ever get off the character customisation screen that is :P


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Reply #2 on: May 09, 2013, 10:17:41 pm
Played a bit more and so far I'm liking it. Graphic-wise it's slightly more cartoon-like than Guild Wars 2, yet has a lot of detail. Animations are not as fluid as GW2 or WoW, but they're not exactly stiff either (better than SWTOR & TSW) and they have some neat little touches like chest & door opening animations. The cut scenes are nice too, there aren't too many and they've been relatively short so far. The quests are fully voiced (so far, I still remember the intro island of AoC >:() and they're relatively good (not up to Bioware standards of course). While it runs fine on my PC, once I enter the city of Neverwinter it starts to lag (understandable with so many players & npc's in there).

It's been fun so far, even though I'm only level 5.

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Reply #3 on: May 10, 2013, 03:26:24 pm
How long is the open beta set to last? Wouldn't mind taking a peek. How big was the download?


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Reply #4 on: May 10, 2013, 07:34:10 pm
Download was about 3.5 Gb. From what I gathered it's an open beta like planetside 2 was (people are encouraged to spend money and there won't be a character wipe at launch), which seems to happen more and more with F2P games. It doesn't seem like any content is inaccessible for F2P players, what the cash shop seems to offer is mainly convenience items (character slots, bags, dyes, ...) and they're not nagging you about it either.

Gameplay is more action/twitch based like Cryptic's other MMO's (City of Heroes/Villains & Champions Online at least, haven't tried Star Trek Online).

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Reply #5 on: May 10, 2013, 08:40:12 pm
Quote from: eKo on May 10, 2013, 07:34:10 pm
Gameplay is more action/twitch based

oh dear Cern.... :)


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Reply #6 on: May 10, 2013, 08:40:51 pm
p.s. I'm sure I'll give it a go, starting download now, though gaming time is quite limited so not really sure how much I can grp up and stuff


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Reply #7 on: May 10, 2013, 09:44:03 pm
Quote from: Lasiien on May 10, 2013, 08:40:12 pm
oh dear Cern.... :)

Pfft, I did all the jumping puzzles in GW2 - it only took me about a month of playtime and five smashed keyboards :)

3.5GB sounds manageable, might have a look over the weekend.


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Reply #8 on: May 11, 2013, 08:53:54 am
The more I play it the more I notice how polished it all is (especially for a game in open beta). The UI is really good & intuitive: you have all the information you need at a glance, it's movable and also scalable. Shame you only have 2 character slots, but I guess they need to make money somehow (character slots can be bought).

PS: I'm playing Katsui Arusara & Eara Arusara on Beholder.

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Reply #9 on: May 11, 2013, 12:23:19 pm
might attempt downloading this overnight and see how long it takes

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Reply #10 on: May 11, 2013, 03:02:57 pm
soon be there...


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Reply #11 on: May 11, 2013, 03:55:13 pm
Yeah wasn't too bad a download, gonna create Cardannach now, 1h shield fighter halfling dude is back !! ;) prolly can't play much until tomorrow though :)


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Reply #12 on: May 11, 2013, 07:31:21 pm
I think my handle is arusara, so to add me as friend you just have to add @arusara, no need for a character name.

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Reply #13 on: May 11, 2013, 10:11:04 pm
Well I've got it installed and was in the character designer .... where I spent a long time (of course) .... then got booted out .... and now can't connect again. I guess everything went down for maintenance.

When it's back I'll probably make a Halfling Guardian. Or maybe a Halfling Cleric. Or maybe a Halfling Rogue ..... oh I dunno, a Halfling anyway :)


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Reply #14 on: May 11, 2013, 11:07:21 pm
Don't think I'll make beta but happy it seems to be a good game :)  Is it much like DnD online, and how much like PnP game is it? 

What are th skills and abilities like compared to DnD and spells, do characters to what they do in the PnP version or does everyone get odd abilities? etc etc

When is it released for real?  Whats the level cap and what realm is it set in?  Forgotten Realm, Greyhawk, Eberon, other?

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