Neverwinter Nights

[Dis]

Originally posted by Arnelos
Actually, it is the humans who generally rule.

cant' complain there. That extra feat comes in handy.

but I still usually take dwarves.

[Vlad Antlerkov]

Originally posted by DarkCloud


You should provide a map!

There's one on the site Jamski linked to earlier.

[Dis]

that map is confusing

[Tuberski]

Originally posted by Jamski
Being sorted. You shouldn't use that überhacked +3 longsword

-Jam

Got an e-mail fro Dan that jarred my memory, I used a light gem on a ring and changed the level requirement.

ACK!

[duke o' york]

I started to play the training level on Saturday morning, and I have to say that the game looks wonderful, but I wasn't particularly in the mood and went to look around some computer shops en route to the pub.

I've got a lady elf fighter with some feats that I can't remember. Oops. This is a nothing post really I'm afraid, but at least there is no football on this evening so I may well get some gaming in.

[Harovan]

Can elves really avoid traps while in full run, Jamski? I played quite some elven characters (at the moment a cleric in the first HotU chapter), and I'm not very impressed by this ability. IMO Keen Senses makes only one Search throw per round and in full run your elf moves farther in the time of a round, than the range of this ability goes. So you still will run into traps on not so rare occasions. To avoid it completely, you have to slow down, e.g. by pressing Shift, and move just as slow as humans would. There still are places, where this ability is useful. For instance, to find secret doors, where a human would need to go into search mode.

On a sidenote, what servers are you guys playing at? I never tried MP, but might like it. Would you give me some startup info?

[duke o' york]

Search for Folderol with Google. It won't take long to find what you need.

[Jamski]

Well, I avoid them in full run 90% of the time. I mean, everyone stops a bit sometimes to see if there are any monsters round the corner anyway, or to pick up an item. Yes, its great for secret doors, because even if you fail the search check, you still see the dice roll in the txt box so you know its there.

Folderol is 68.50.86.146:5121 and its listed on Gamespy too. There's quite a few from 'poly there, and the server is fixed now *bliss* You'll need the CEP, but doesn't everyone have that anyway?

As for MP, there's three kinds :

Deathmatch - player vs player fights *yawn*
Group adventure - players working though a module together
Persistant world - basically a free MMORPG

I say go with the PW unless you have a group of people you already know, and a module you want to play together.

-Jam

[DrSpike]

How big is the persistent world?

[Harovan]

I don't seek PvP. What I heard about it, is not very attracting. What I look for is a RP heavy PW with some nice quests. I'll try Folderol. I have the CEP, but not yet installed it.

[Jamski]

How big is the persistent world?

Which one? There's about 2,000 of them

There's even more PvP arenas though *shudder*

-Jam

[DrSpike]

Doesn't it defeat the object if these worlds are so small? I'm not being awkward, I'd just like your opinion on why the NWN persistent world setup is better than playing modules cooperatively say.

[Jamski]

???

Where do you HAVE this small idea from?

Like I said, there are more than 2,000 of them. Some are IMMENSE, some are small and most are somewhere inbetween.

Unless you mean small number of players - well most PWs have limits of between 60 and 256 people online at any one given time. I never found that too small.

The PW set up is better than playing a module cooperatively, as you can log in and out at anytime without having to "catch up with the story" and you don't have to try and win or lose the quest
etc. You just play. Also you have to find 3 or 4 people that want to play the same module as you, at the same time, and (very probably) over a number of days or evenings. Its popular, but not very convenient.

A PW is like a forum or a chatroom, except in 3d and with more things to do

-jam

[DrSpike]

Bear with me. Tell me what you do in an evening's play in a standard PW.

Edit: And correct me if I am wrong, but lots of small (or relatively low populated) worlds is different from the standard MMORPG setup right?

[DrSpike]

And what happens when you die? Also, if you leave because you are busy and come the next day are you at the same point? And what if someone kills the monster? Surely if the world is persistent it wont be there when you get back?

Yes lots of questions I know, but I am considering filling in the last real gap in my MP experience when World of Warcraft comes out. It strikes me that I should perhaps try NWN for free first!