How did this game work online? It seems like having the balance change with every game world you went to would cause fragmentation, which is part of what killed the UT series. You might make a mage on a server only to find that mages have been severely nerfed, or that could happen with any class. The spells might be drastically different, or there might be +20 overpowered items.
NWN thread I guess.
>God Tier:
Druid
>Top Tier:
Wizard, Sorcerer, Cleric, Shifter
>High Tier:
Champion of Torm, Black Guard, Bard, Weapon Master
>Mid Tier:
Paladin, Harper Scout, Fighter, Red Dragon Disciple, Dwarven Defender
>Low Tier:
Monk, Ranger, Rogue, Pale Master, Arcane Archer, Shadow Dancer
>Trash Tier
Barbarian, Assassin, Purple Dragon Knight
>How did this game work online?
It still does, give it a try
>threads about DnD always dying fast
>PS:T threads rarely survive 100 posts
This is sad. Nu-Sup Forums is sad
If I wanted to read literature I'd read a book or update my journal. PS:T's gameplay is unnecessarily bad
I'm trying to get a few of my friends to play through this with me. I played probably like 10-12 years ago and my friends are down but we're pretty much going in blind.
Is there anything we HAVE to know?
Should we stick with Mid+ classes from ?
There's no need for a DM right?
Depends on the module, but I'd say most don't require a DM.
As for things you must know, if you don't use the Enhanced Edition you should use the client extender. You have to wait 30 seconds for the master server query to time out every time you go to play otherwise.
>posting objectively wrong bullshit to bait out replies
>if you don't use the Enhanced Edition
Wait, the EE for NWN is already out?
Characters were server-specific, if you're talking about persistent worlds. As for normal modules, most modules suggested a level range and rarely changed the stats of the classes.
No
You can pre-order it and play the "early access" version, but most of the new stuff so far is bugfixes and new scripting/custom content features for builders.
Fuck that shit then, I'm waiting for Steam release.
Are there any actually well-written modules for this game that aren't entirely composed of either of over-done artistic wankery or degenerate fetish fantasy?
The premium modules for starters.
And there's Darkness over Daggerford which was supposed to be an official expansion/module but than EA buyout happened and the devs were given the middle finger, but instead of dropping it they just finished developing it with their own money and released it for free.
It's very BG-ish and extremely well made, as expected of a product that was supposed to be official.
Those same guys later went on to make the Mysteries of Westgate expansion for NWN2.
>tfw you're the only one who unironically liked the aribeth romance storyline
But there is no Aribeth romance in the base game, only the expansion.
Also I unironically liked it as well.
What's wrong with EE? Only BG was disaster.
Looks like we'll soon be able to do area instancing. Should allow for some crazy stuff in modules.
I took this from the changelog:
New Scripting Commands
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
void SetTag(object, string);
string GetEffectTag(effect eEffect);
effect TagEffect(effect eEffect, string sNewTag);
int GetEffectCasterLevel(effect eEffect);
int GetEffectDuration(effect eEffect);
int GetEffectDurationRemaining(effect eEffect);
string GetItemPropertyTag(itemproperty nProperty);
itemproperty TagItemProperty(itemproperty nProperty, string sNewTag);
int GetItemPropertyDuration(itemproperty nProperty);
int GetItemPropertyDurationRemaining(itemproperty nProperty);
object CreateArea(string sResRef, string sNewTag = "", string sNewName = "");
int DestroyArea(object oArea);
object CopyArea(object oArea);
object GetFirstArea();
object GetNextArea();
void SetTransitionTarget(object oTransition, object oTarget);
void SetHiddenWhenEquipped(object oItem, int nValue);
int GetHiddenWhenEquipped(object oItem);
object CopyItemAndModify(object oItem, int nType, int nIndex, int nNewValue, int bCopyVars=FALSE);
This is bait
Are Infinite Dungeons, Wyvern Crown, and Pirates worth playing? They're actually free on NWVault.
Usually like this
>Join RP server
>Piss off local server badass by existing
>Killed as a level 1 by a level 20 5 minutes after logging in to server
>Server DM tells you "well you should have known better"
Good times
Infinite Dungeons is a roguelike, as in random generated maps for infinite grind.
Wyvern and Pirates are worth playing, as are the premium modules from Diamond Edition release.
Darkness over Daggerfond is still the best one though.
I could never get into the RP servers due to blatant favouritism and nepotism cancer going on, every single fucking time.
Also the fact you couldn't just grind exp in your free time was utter horseshit.
What's worse, many of them didn't even have random mob spawns and those that did, had no loot so making money was impossible.
Overall my experience with all those RP servers has been as cancerous as I'd expected going in.
Tales of Arterra is fantastic, the Bastard of Kosigan (if you can put up with the bugs). I've heard good things about the Aielund Saga too, but I haven't played it myself yet.
where my swashbuckler bros at?
>Playing a Don Quixote type of character (level 1 fighter)
>Friend is playing as a Sancho (level 1 bard)
>Join server
>Mention to 1st guy we see that we're tracking an evil enchanter that cursed my lover
>Guy runs off to get the town leader
>High level guy shows up
>Tells me I'm lying and that there's no evil in this town
>Tell him again I'm looking for an evil enchanter who passed this way
>He kills me
>Friend Sancho picks up my sword
>Kills him
>Ask DM if that was legit
>DM threatens to ban us for provoking his player
Still have no idea what that was all about
It's called powertripping and faggotry.
All those RP servers are basically very bad RP, the kind that has super shitty DM that cannot do his job properly, which is why they're all cancer.
Heck, good DMs are extremely rare in general IRL in PnP.
Which is why I don't ever bother with RP, it's factually 99% terrible.
I'll throw in another story
>Friend is playing a slow Half-Orc Barbarian
>I'm an Elf bard
>Join RP server
>Our story is that I saved him from getting tricked and he kind of follows me as a debt even though I'd prefer he not as it gets in the way of the wine and women bard shtick.
>At local inn looking for work (been on server about 15 minutes)
>High level player starts accusing friend of being evil because he's a half orc
>Try and talk our way out of this situation because we've already been PKed on 50 RP servers before
>Somehow like 8 people get involved in the argument and we have to have a trial by combat
>Fucking guy is like level 18 with a shit ton of magic items
>Starts buffing himself up, potions, scrolls, fucking EVERYTHING
>Me and friend already trying to decide what server to try next
>I decide to play bard song to buff friend (literally lowest level bard song possible)
>RP it as singing to inspire my friend to glory
>Fucking guy throws a shitfit OOC about us cheating
>DM rules it as cheating and tells me not to do that
>Guy one shots friend, kills me for good measure
We just wanted to have some in-character antics
Like I said user, I've been there, done that.
It's all powertripping circlejerks.
The kind of circlejerks legitimately worse than NeoGAF, /vg/ or SA.
Just don't bother, save yourself the sanity.
When does NWN: Enhanced Edition come out lads?
Jesus, where are you playing at? I have never run into a fight like that. Hell, most servers require both parties consent to combat unless it's blatant you are provoking them or in an enemy factions territory.
This was like in 2003-2005. Its been a long ass time since I've actually played NWN
I'm the user complaining about most of it being circlejerks, I haven't played since 2006 myself. The multiplayer that is, SP modules and whatnot I play every year or so.
I remember there being some pretty sweet pvp servers that were like CTF, deathmatch, pretty fun for the NWN engine.
I doubt shit like that still exists though.
All of the really fun team-based arena servers died years ago, shit's painful, brother.
People said me PVP was great in NWN. How true it is?
It was pretty rad bro, you could make your own dungeons, and play other peoples
Tell me about Neverwinter Online 2017 version.
Very. There were arena servers called NWKnights what capped at the best level (12) and another than went into epic levels. CTF, king of the hill, and other team game modes. So much fun
My memories of those are pretty vague now I just remember running around as a half elf female fighter with a halberd using called shot on people in the leg
It WAS great. There were a lot of servers dedicated to PVP. There were even servers that did alternate modes like CTF.
There's so many classes, feats, skills, and spells that people were always trying to figure out how to optimize builds.
I never did PvP. Did traditional MMO groupings work, or was it mostly just gather a bunch of random people and the better geared/non-retarded team won?
Feels like clerics may have a hard time doing much in a NWN pvp fight
Casters shit on everything else in PvP cleric is no exception
>go to server
>spot people dicking around
>one with an animal companion
>toggle hostile on him
>his animal companion goes apeshit and attacks me even after I turn it off
>blame him for it and he gets punished
This wouldn't happen because DM can see all the logs including you setting him hostile and the animal agroing, also no server that disallowed PvP would have PvP enabled.
There were no DMs on at the time, it was the other people near him that believed me and started attacking him.
Not at all. Class balance was and still is horrid.
There used to be some really fun RP servers around, that put in a lot of work to run a good game. Some even required you to apply to play on them beforehand, to keep shitters out. Good times though, but even on the best servers cliques form and drama occurs. Not sure why, it always seems to happen with RPers.
Still, 90% of the RP servers were pretty shit. If you wanted the good ones you had to put some effort into it, the ones with harsher character restrictions and GMs enforcing strict RP rules. Used to play on one where XP was super-rare, couldn't get any from killing monsters, but from GM handouts during events, or from RP. Most people would be level 1-3, a level 5 character was pretty boss and had been around a lot. It's been so many years now, but I think the place used to be called Haze or somesuch.
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