Neverwinter Nights

[Jamski]

/me celebrates*



I'm working to reduce load on 'poly's server

60 Euros is nothing compared to playing Everquest or similar games which have a monthly fee, is it? Hell, its cheaper than a month's cable here.

-Jam

[DrSpike]

But let's be honest, it isn't as good as a real persistent world MMORPG is it? :stir:

[Arnelos]

[QUOTE] Originally posted by Jamski
(Although sometimes its hard to get someone to go through the door first - a party with a Rogue, Wizard, Sorceror, Cleric and Arcane Archer spent a LOT of time saying "You go first" )

Which is the point where my rogue gulps an invisibility potion and says "I'll do it".

[Arnelos]

Originally posted by DrSpike
Hehe you have to give items to people with high lore so they can identify them? Talk about potential for abuse.

And I'm playing a Lawful Rogue, which means I actually am nice and tell them what I ID'd!

[Arnelos]

Originally posted by General Ludd
I think I'll pick up the expansions today... maybe I'll join you on that server of yours, Jamski. Is there room for blatantly evil characters?

They seem to be the bulk of characters on the server! :mutters:

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by DrSpike
But let's be honest, it isn't as good as a real persistent world MMORPG is it? :stir:

I haven't tried NWN online yet, but from what I see there are up-sides and down-sides. The downside of NWN is that it isn't 'massive' obviously. The upside is that it can be moderated and specialised to cater to certain play styles. This is great news if you're a roleplayer... 'cause there's no roleplaying on the big MMORPGs.

Why so expensive? It £35 for all 3 games from Amazon in the UK. That's about $65.

Maybe I would've gotten a better deal if I knew of an independant games store around here, but as it is I had to buy it from Electronics Boutique, and they like to price gouge. (And it was only $70 before taxes, by the way.)

Cost of NWN: $35

Cost of SoU: $30

Cost of HoU $40 (what the hell? the expansion costs more then the game itself?)

Gold Edition (NWN&SoU): $60



I went to check the prices in Future Shop aswell, saw that they where still selling Shadowbane for $55, then turned around and walked out the store.

EDIT: Oh, and these are Canuck Bucks we're talking about.

[General Ludd]

Oh, and does that server you guys play on have a website, or any required hak packs or anything?

[MattH]

Originally posted by Jamski
* Jamski celebrates*



I'm working to reduce load on 'poly's server

60 Euros is nothing compared to playing Everquest or similar games which have a monthly fee, is it? Hell, its cheaper than a month's cable here.

-Jam

You're quite right there. I'm hoping this will go on my shelf of "Good Purchases".

[Jamski]

Which is the point where my rogue gulps an invisibility potion and says "I'll do it".

I was lucky enough to find 2 rings of invisibilty yesterday with unlimited charges (3/day), so you can have one (we can work out a swop deal)

Oh, and does that server you guys play on have a website, or any required hak packs or anything?

Sever is here :
68.50.86.146:5121

Website is here :

http://dansego.com/folderol/

Forums are here :

http://p084.ezboard.com/bfolderol

Only hak pack is the standard CEP, which is here : http://www.nwncep.com./

Don't say I never do anything for you gents

-Jam

[Dis]

Originally posted by Jamski
True, but you feel kinda useful when people say "Can you unlock this, Jam?" or "Search this chest for traps, Jam" or "Can you ID this, Jam?"

(Yes, its a useless Ring of Int +1, want it back?
No, no its junk, sell it, Jam
Ok, thanks *pockets a ring of ultimate power +100*)

Hehehe

-Jam

remind me not to let you take items. You can unlock/untrap the chest, but I'll look inside

[DrSpike]

I have more questions.

I'm still trying to get my head around the whole thing. I have too many games on my list at the moment, but if I get around to this before WoW comes out I'll buy whatever I need (hopefully just HotU) and give it a whirl.

So from what I've read here (and correct any wrong bits Jamski) a persistent world is a large user made module with tonnes of quests like in the SP game. The world is maintained by some owners and extra content is added by some people like Jamski.

Stuff (bad guys, loot) respawns at regular intervals. Does this mean you can't do certain quests until the boss character you need to kill for your quest (say) respawns? And I don't really get the references to resetting the module. If all the stuff respawns why is this necessary? Also to follow up is the answer to those 2 questions the same as in other MMORPGs?

Also I peeked at gamespy today. It list PW as one option, but there are lots of other servers. Are these SP modules that you play with other people?

[DrSpike]

Oh, and is your character allowed to move from world to world, or do you need one for each PW?

[Jamski]

You've hit the nail Doc. You need to reset regularly because of things like loot not picked up lying on the floor, monsters spawned but not killed etc... eventually it gets messy. We have a crappy server too, which needs to be rebooted every few days (at the moment its WAY overdue and lagging to hell, 'cos the server monkey is a lazy arse)

You can't move from world to world, no. Each world is too different for that to work.

And yes, to all the respawn questions. I've never had to wait for a boss to respawn though. Its not like there's hundreds of people all doing the same quest at once.

-Jam

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by Jamski

You can't move from world to world, no. Each world is too different for that to work.

If the worlds are made to be compatible, it's possible isn't it? I know that was the idea behind ALFA, where they have a dozen or so servers all running different areas. Maybe it didn't work out for that, though...

[MattH]

I popped in earlier today, name of Matthous.