Neverwinter Nights

[Lemmy]

oh my...i went to the mall today, and i saw NWN lying there, it costs 59 euros
Civ3 when it came out costed 45 euro, i don't think any pc game (except for MS flight sim maybe) has ever cost this much.

I tihnk i'll wait a bit, hoping the price will come down soon, or maybe even get it bundled with an expansion pack

[Grumbold]

The game is quite high priced because if you make the most of it you get a lot out of the box. If you only plan to do the single player campaign and maybe download a scenario or two its not worth it. If you get fully into the multiplayer or even start building your own module you see why it is priced that bit higher. Think of it like a MMORPG you don't have to pay monthly for

[CapitanGarlic]

Ok, this is bugging me; what's up with the *coup de grace* hit? I've gotten it twice, and when I looked at the text, it said 'automatic hit' (and it killed the nasties in question). anyone know?

[Felch]

Coup de Grace is a D&D rule basically refering to situations where you can just kill somebody without any trouble. It's like the last hit in a fight, where the enemy is unconscious or whatever, and you just slice his head off.

At least, that's how I always interpreted it. You usually get it when they're asleep or stunned or something.

[CapitanGarlic]

Thank you.

[moomin]

Coup de Grace is French for mercy kill. Get yourself a weapon which induces sleep and you'll be mercy killing all over the place...

[General Ludd]

I haven't played it much, which is kind of strange considering how much I was looking forward to it... though not so strange when you consider what a crummy RPG the single player module is.

But I'll probably be playing alot of it soon, since ALPHA has just recently gone into it's first beta phase... it's going to be in competition for my attention with dark age of camelot, though.

[Jon Miller]

I thinkt he some apolyton players should get together for a game

(glas that my decision to play morrowind instead sounds to have payed off)

Jon Miller

[Felch]

I got both

Felch X

[Jon Miller]

WEll, I have both as well. But I only started up NWN and played for 30 minutes to an hour. I have played Morrowind much longer. I will purchase morrowind, I do not know if I will do so for NWN (I will need people to play with I think).

Jon Miller

[moomin]

I started with MW, but NWN has taken over completely. First, I'm not an obsessive PRGer, so I appreciate that Bioware took out a lot of stuff that's only irritating, IMHO, such as getting tired when running or having to constantly fix your gear to keep it shiny. Realistic, yes, fun, no. And then I think the NWN interface really shines. Finally, I have a MP group going in NWN and we're having an absolute blast playing the game. NWN MP is tremendous fun.

[Dis]

yes it is. I played the original campaign in multiplayer (with one other person). The original campaign is a little dry but playing cooperatively makes up for that. Although it may have been a little easy. We notched the difficulty up to the highest setting and still no serious challenge.

[moomin]

You played the Bioware campaign MP? That can't have been much of a challenge - I really am no hardcore RPG player and made it thru' on the highest difficulty on my own without ever hiring a henchman.

Try to get a few reliable players together - I play 5 vs 5 MP games right now, and the fun level is simply insane.

[Dis]

I do think some of it is scaled by your average level (possibley averaged with the 2 players). I'm not sure.

But it was still pretty easy. Occasionaly we died, but not very often.

[Zkribbler]

You're lucky, Moses. As I neared the end of Chapter One (at least I think I was nearing the end), my Level 6 half-orc barbarian came up against a certain Level 10 cleric whom we all know and love. My great axe was totally ineffective against him. Even when it was backed up with barbarian rage, powerstroke and potion-enhanced strength. So I'm paying Chapter One over against, as a half-elf wizard.

What I'm spending most of my time on is designing my first module. Designing is a lot of fun and very complicated. It looks like, before I'm done, I'm going to have to pick up some rudimertary C language skills so I can do some "scripting."