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Goodness....I'm already looking to buy dyes and outfits with Zen points...I shouldn't have brought Mara here...she's very high maintenance.  >.<

Purple...who knew.

I look amazing, I know.

I rather like how people are crying for a wipe.....

...but if the game was 'Officially Live' and they wiped these same people would be "flipping tables".

UPDATE: Here's what the 'Apology Pack' is - http://nw.perfectworld.com/news/?p=894471

http://nw-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?266901-5-19-13-Server-Status-Update-and-Important-Announcements

Seven hour rollback isn't bad.

FYI: As of today there may be a rollback or, worse case, character wipe.

Apparently there was an exploit that allowed people to post using Neverwinter Gateway auction items for negative Astral Diamond. This would do something...not sure what. But the end result is people were 'printing' Astral Diamonds.

So...420 and Throbble, you two may not have characters when you next login. As you started about the time it [exploit] was ramping up into full gear.

And...the first Bullshit Move is:

http://nw.perfectworld.com/news/?p=891431

Posted at 3:30am EST. Nice of them to account for the majority of the USA to be asleep.

:O

Throbby's gonna play too?

\o/ -YAY!

Like, omi-gawd, it's a reunion!

But seriously, the game is fun. I like the little things like traps being marked in that red column circle like in the NWN version of D&D.

I do warn. The AI, especially for companions, is....stupid. Sometimes the ranged units will glitch and decide to stay with in melee range off the enemy mobs you're attacking. This ends poorly for them.

Currently the max rank for companions is 15 unless you buy the rare (rank 25) or epic (rank 30). They do have 'Training Tomes' in game but they aren't purchasable (presumably with Astral Diamonds); tagged as "Coming Soon".

This struck many as a money grab to force high-leveled players to buy the Zen companions, but at this time there's only two healers. The rank 15 Cleric and the Rank 30 Angel....which requires 360 Ardent coins. That you get once per day for Invoking......so ya... 360 days later you'll have enough coins to buy the only Epic Healer


None of that should be a problem even if you two don't run a Tank/Healer combo.

Pro-tip 1: Any items you get from Promos are tagged as "Bound to Character" and will not stack with the same items dropped in game. I recommend using the Bound versions first as you only get small stacks of around 5 or 10.

Pro-tip 2: Leadership profession is the best profession to level first. Most of the tasks it offers reward XP, Coin, and Astral Diamonds

Pro-tip 3: Invoke every time you can. The first time awards AD, Ardent & Celestal Coins, XP, Random 30min boon, and sometimes a few consumables. After that you get XP, AD, Boon, and maybe and item for the next ~3 invokes. Then you just get a random boon. You can invoke at campfires too.

Pro-tip 4: Stock up on the kits (I run 50 each type). Also remember what Skill you have in the Powers tab. If you have 'Dungeoneering' you won't need the Dungeon Kits. I don't what the other skills are, but I assume Rogues would get the skill to replace the Thief Kits, Clerics would get one to replace Religions Kits, and Wizards would get one to replace the Arcane Kit.

Pro-tip 5: If you think a hidden area might have treasure...it probably does; go explore


Special Note 1: 'Threat' is kind of wonky. So don't worry if you pull aggro. Every class has abilities to avoid damage; straight up dodges/blocks, or CC abilities.
Special Note 2: "Dailies" seem to reset at 3am EST (12am PST). So make sure you get them done...or else even though the counter will say you've completed, say, 3 runs of this particular skirmish your internal counter will actually be reset. -kind of annoying when you're 2/3

And hopefully this time he won't spam kill me for lulz.


All I remember was "Hey, Khad, watch this." Then hellfire rained down upon me.......

EDIT: For those who may like a bit of a head-start:
http://orcz.com/Neverwinter:_Promo_Keys

...okay...fine... I admit it! I got attached to the characters. And so I based my choices on "what would I do" and "How would they react [beyond the scope of the game's reaction]".

So that's where I get the "she'd be pissed if I did 'this' or 'that'."

As for Fairy Tale ending...Suicide Mission. 'nough said.

I like stories that have a 'sad ending'. But I really only enjoy those when I know it's not an absolute. I could choose in ME2 to have everyone die and Joker's left running back to tell the R-tards in the Citadel that I, Shepard, am not crazy...giant-assed Robotic Space-squids are really coming to kill us all.

...but I also had the option of saving everyone. I mean...I am Shepard after all...first human Specter....and if you want to argue that. We can go in this dark alley.

Anyway, so ya. I should be able to make the impossible, possible.

lol but Joker is an emotional little child

I'm sure EDI can be fixed.  Don't you think?

WAAAHAAAT?

Joker is the reason I didn't say 'fuck it' and leave the Normandy un-upgraded (if that's even a word).

But after watching the ME3: Citadel; Tali Romance video...I have to go Synthesis...it's what she says before they all get back on the Normandy ["You'll do right by us" or something close to that].

After watching that...was like "FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUCK!"....guess I won't be saying adios to the Geth and EDI :\

*SPOILER Alert*






The "happy" ending in ME3 has everyone survive but Shepard.  It's possible for him to survive the ending but you need to chose the "destroy" option.  He can survive that explosion but EDI will not survive.

The ending I chose was "destroy", with Shepard dying.  That's the way I wanted it to end anyway.  I played a renegade Shepard the whole way through, so it was fitting that he wouldn't survive.

Still not 'my' ending that Bioware promised:

"We have a rule in our franchise that there is no canon. You as a player
decide what your story is."
-http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2012/01/10/mass1525-effect-3-cas5ey-fdsafdhudson-interviewae.aspx?PostPageIndex=3

There is literally no excuse why a Shep + Synthetic + Organics wasn't an optional outcome...provided you had done things like make peace between the Quarians and Geth, destroy the Collector's Base, had max Military Strength (been so long I forgot the actual name) [meaning you played Multiplayer], and done a handful of other things that would have required true dedication...

Jeremy sums it up well:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H_A7SeawU4

His re-review after the Extended-cut DLC: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC8Wv6esVvE

I repeatedly shoot the fucking space child.

FUCK YOU BIOWARE, FUCK YOU AND YOUR "We don't want an A,B, or C ending | so we're giving you a red, blue, green ending |".

What server are you on?

Mindflayer.

Supposedly they'll be combining all the open beta servers into one...like with STO.

It's in Open Beta. Normally you'd say "so?".

Apparently, Cryptic will not be wiping any characters from the Open Beta.


I would expect the Drow and some of the other notable races/sub-races (ie half-[race]) will likely be locked and require a separate purchase.

I miss NWN...I still have my world Lyrasia (hell I still know how I spelled it! ). Often wonder how far it would have gone had I gotten NWN say before ...Hordes of the Underdark was released (think that was the last 'major' [read CD-burned] expansion).

Sure I'd like to get there to give them a shot.  I've read that dungeons are one of the weaker parts of the game though.

People probably rolling 5-man 'Bunker Builds' find the dungeons extremely easy.

In Guild Wars 2, a Bunker Build is a tank build that can take extremely high damage and heal through it.


For some builds I've seen them tank Champions, and if you've played WoW. Champions would be the elites for a Group Quest; in between 'Elite' and 'Boss'.