Neverwinter Nights

[DrSpike]

Let me know how you get on.

Tbh I expect a legal expansion is the most important thing (you probably can get away with acquired NWN), since people say with WC3 you can play TFT online if you upgrade from an acquired version.

[Skanky Burns]

I'm expecting the same thing too, but my brother bought me a plain vanilla version of the game. And then opened it before giving it to me for some reason, so now I can't take it back.

Not that I mind paying for games I play, but the original module is certainly not enough to hold my attention...

[DrSpike]

I don't know why they have to make it so difficult. Anyone would think they don't want me to download their expansions.

[Jamski]

If I'm in England for your birthday, and I get an invite, guess what present you're getting?

-Jam

[DrSpike]

You may well be, since my birthday is in April, which is a while away.

[Dis]

and don't forget the community expansion pack or whatever it's called. It can be found at bioware.com

[Arnelos]

Just finished the HotU campaign yesterday. Nice game. Loved the plot. Currently playing through the second time.

A *TON* of annoying bugs, though. This is a game with an awesome plot and a lot of work obviously put into it, but it shows all the signs of a game rushed out the door before they had a chance to fix a lot of the bugs.

As for this PW you guys are playing on, I'll have to try it out at some point. Currently, I'm a little too busy with other stuff in RL.

[Tuberski]

Originally posted by duke o' york
Well Tuberski's "difficulty" getting in made me raise that question. Also the likelihood of beginning your adventure surrounded by the lairs of monsters you couldn't hope to defeat until level 27 or whatever.
I presume that you have to import your character but cannot then take them away and upgrade them outside of the game world . That would just be a new character.

My difficulty wasn't with getting on the server, I could get on with a different character.

There are a lot of easy places around the starting area.

ACK!

[duke o' york]

Originally posted by Jamski


If I'm in England for your birthday, and I get an invite, guess what present you're getting?

-Jam

You're invited to my birthday then!

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by Arnelos
Just finished the HotU campaign yesterday. Nice game. Loved the plot. Currently playing through the second time.

A *TON* of annoying bugs, though. This is a game with an awesome plot and a lot of work obviously put into it, but it shows all the signs of a game rushed out the door before they had a chance to fix a lot of the bugs.

As for this PW you guys are playing on, I'll have to try it out at some point. Currently, I'm a little too busy with other stuff in RL.

That was fast.

I too finished a few days ago, and it is the best of the 3 games. If I replayed it would be on hard though, because all of the game was much too easy. My fighter buffed by Deekin and with maximum upgraded Enserric was unstoppable.

[DrSpike]

Points for discussion:

1) Multi-classed henchmen suck. The point of multiclassing is to get the best of both worlds, but if you don't optimise the character you get the worst of both worlds. I really should have stopped Deekin taking RDD levels, but I didn't want to ruin the story, and I wasn't having difficulty, so I didn't. He ended up with massive strength and constitution but still using a crossbow!

Nathyrra was ok, since she did have a few nice spells, and with 2 light swords (there are lots you can use late game) she was dishing out fair damage. However if you toggle spell casting on she tends to use lame spells, and if you leave it off she wont use her good spells. Again a case of it being hard to use the multiclassed character well.

2) I got the girl! Also I know her true name, so I can make her do whatever I want.

3) Why don't we get the chance to go and kick Halaster's ass? The whole geas thing didn't come up at all in my story after it was placed, making it a bit contrived.

4) I didn't see any bugs. Well Nathyrra did die in the last fight because she took like 5 years to drink the heal potion I gave her, and then mysteriously came to life for the end sequence, but I didn't see any bad bugs.

[Arnelos]

Originally posted by DrSpike
Points for discussion:
1) Multi-classed henchmen suck. The point of multiclassing is to get the best of both worlds, but if you don't optimise the character you get the worst of both worlds. I really should have stopped Deekin taking RDD levels, but I didn't want to ruin the story, and I wasn't having difficulty, so I didn't. He ended up with massive strength and constitution but still using a crossbow!

Actually, I had Deekin level up specifically in his Red Dragon prestige class and it worked out pretty well.

Nathyrra was ok, since she did have a few nice spells, and with 2 light swords (there are lots you can use late game) she was dishing out fair damage. However if you toggle spell casting on she tends to use lame spells, and if you leave it off she wont use her good spells. Again a case of it being hard to use the multiclassed character well.

I didn't like Nathyrra's multiclassing... too many classes. Sure, they're very complementary. If you have her buff with her wizard skills before battle while specializing in being an assassin, she can eventually become somewhat effective. That said, Valen and a certain girl both kick a lot more ass if you give them the right equipment and buffs.

[DrSpike]

Well I couldn't get Deekin to take any feats so that he could put aside his crossbow. All that strength and constitution was never really used. He ended 14 Bard 13 RDD I think.

[Jamski]

You could simply remove the xbow from his inventory...

/me states the obvious*

-Jam

[Dis]

I thought about that.

Do RDD have claws? or some other attack?

you can give him a short sword. I know he uses that. I think he starts with one.