Jon Van Caneghem wrote on Aug 7^th, 2013 at 5:26pm:

Yeah, this game started with a bang but really dies on ya pretty quickly. This board is slated for death, though I'm hoping YaBB 3.0 would come out first so I could relegate it to a sub-board (they don't exist in 2.5 or the latest update 2.5.2).

I am amazed at how much money some people spent on the game.

I've had next to no gaming time this summer (for all good reasons but still) compared to normal. Problems with neverwinter:

no Solo or short end game.  If I have an hour to play, there is no endgame content to hit. Foundry is cool for stories ect, but not reason to run them.  Skirmishes and PvP are useless for endgame.

When I have had like 2 hours to play I queue up (hopefully during DD) and it will take apx 30 min as a cleric to get a group.  Then the party quits as soon as you fail once.  Since trash is cake, this is almost always at the end boss. Fights are not hard, just the PUG quality is low, and if one person quits, there is no going on.

Wouldn't call it a 'bad bad game', but around middle of the pack for F2P games. I'm happy with the return on my $20 spent.

Cause of above the only real time I have put into the game is the gateway crafting, which is really just a meh facebook type mini game.  Do have 20 in Leadership, mailsmithing and 12 in alchemy.  Once I start getting free time will probably go back to GW2, or check something else out.

It was about as much fun as a typical console RPG.  And had about the same shelf life. 

Asheras wrote on Aug 8^th, 2013 at 10:51am:



Eh, there's console RPGs from the 1990s that I still play. FF6, Secret of Mana, Chrono Trigger - played each one at least five times through, probably 20 for Mana.

I tried it but now prefer to LARP.

A game with good character customization could kill DDO. Thats the only good thing DDO have that no other game had.

CanIHazYourStuff wrote on Nov 17^th, 2013 at 11:00pm:

indeed 

Booooga wrote on Mar 23^rd, 2014 at 10:07am:


You havent played many MMO's have you? Perches are fairly standard fair for ranged toons in most MMO's from EQ to CoH/CoV all the way through to DDO and Neverwinter.

Hell both PvP maps in Neverwinter had perch spots.

Best example I have is in CoV ... playing a mastermind with tons of minions the heroes kept calling me names for not coming out and playing fair. Only reply I had was ... stupid heroes don't understand what it truly means to be evil.

In Neverwinter the 3d aspect was so buggy it was used as a shortcut to get places though..... I remember walking through walls and window frames and jumping up walls or over a few rocks to get  to the underside of the zone then either /death or recall reenter to get to the save spot.

The biggest thing DDO has going for it are the sheer number of builds. Neverwinters 1 class 1 weapon system doesn't hold a candle to the bonfire that is DDO customization.

Daze wrote on Mar 24^th, 2014 at 11:54am:

CoV=Commendation of Valor? 

Yeah, watching NWO gameplay video discouraged me even trying it out. Looked like some console fighting game.

Daze wrote on Mar 24^th, 2014 at 11:54am:


They used to cry so hard about the stalkers.

Illetirated wrote on Mar 27^th, 2014 at 4:27pm:


I find the number 70 to be so warm and fluffy. On the other hand I purchased my cynicism for the low low price of 200 on that fucking game.

LordPiglet wrote on Mar 27^th, 2014 at 1:01pm:


Ah the cries of grief were so soothing.

Expinst wrote on Apr 5^th, 2014 at 5:42am:


I play since 2009, never played any other MMO too, but I tried Neverwinter. I didn't like it.