http://www.gametrailers.com/videos/01hy1s/neverwinter-e3-2013--gauntlgrym-traile...

Looks alright, especially 20v20 matches.  They're making PvP as the end game.

Silky wrote on Jun 11^th, 2013 at 7:59pm:

So, PvP endgame.

pretty good idea. hopefully better than the rest of the rinse and repeat content.

majmalphunktion wrote on Jun 18^th, 2013 at 9:49am:


I'd say you're a "little" biased, but yeah - I haven't even hit 60 yet on my main (a DC) and already getting bored with the same-old-same-old. Every quest, every dungeon, every skirmish, it's the same exact fight every single time. No DR to take into account, no saves, no gear to swap to for one monster that you might not use on another, etc., etc. One monster is just like any other, I use pretty much the same at-wills, encounters, and dailies for everything.

Granted, it's a brand new game, but DDO's combat system (even with all the bugs) is WAY ahead of NWO's.

Silky wrote on Jun 11^th, 2013 at 7:59pm:


This was my thought too.  Depending on the strength of the buff, people are probably going to bail after part 1. 

Also, how are the two teams of 20 created?  It would have to be random, otherwise, you would never fill the other team if one team was stacked.  Even with random, you would probably get drops if the other team was randomly stacked with better players.  No one is going to waste an hour of time on a foregone conclusion.

I think the idea is nice in theory, but in practice is probably a big mess.

pnellesen wrote on Jun 19^th, 2013 at 11:01am:


ripe for abuse, but what do i know   is there a timer on it after you've completed it?

I don't see how the best guilds and/or players wouldn't quickly find themselves either without anyone willing to be the other team or with a designated patsy that is bribed(or filled with two-boxed alts) to take a quick beating so that the best players can get to the phase 3 that yields loot more quickly.

You think one side will roll over on the first two phases so a group gets their T2 loot and then both groups re-run and the other group rolls over so that both get a crack at T2 loot? 

That'd take a lot more cooperation than 40 MMO gamers would likely have.  What happens when one or more of the first T2 group DC's or has to go to work or has GF/Wife aggro?  What if you are in group 2 and take the fall on the first run and then legitmately DC or run outta time or get RL aggro?

It'd be a source for some serious butthurt and community drama.

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Asheras wrote on Jun 20^th, 2013 at 1:55pm:


Nope plus the addition of a 6hr timer and guild requirement

1-2 Elf options end of August (it is difficult to decipher).  Drow should be available at that point according to the original "promise" but who knows.  Ranged ranger was in the closed beta and for some reason has been unreleased.  You can see the implementation in several existing quests but who knows. 

GG has been an unmitigated failure.  I actually agreed with Chai in one thread where the DB moderator was attacking forum posters for suggesting it wasn't a debacle.  Time locks based upon playing the thing are one thing (i.e. raid times), imposing strict schedules for it actually being open are another (i.e. every 6 hours on the dot).  They are killing themselves with this.  End game is 7-8 dungeons that nobody runs through the horrid que system, instead relying upon the equally horrid chat system. 

If you enjoy the journey, I'd advise against spending money until they sort out this cluster fuck.  Like another douche I generally disagree with, 4e is garbage. 

Anyone heard anything about when it will reopen, what the problem is or any status updates?

I clicked on the thread you linked originally just now.  It has a lot of butt hurt players posting in the last day or two.  Lots of cries for updates and communication.  Some complaining about other broken stuff.