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Any game that will let you stab purplefood has to be worth a try.

No game lets you stab Purplefood.
You have to really try for that.
I'm like the end game boss of the meta-game.

 Melissia wrote:
What classes are there at the moment?

I've always been fond of 4e's swordmage.

If only.

Great Weapon Fighter
Guardian Fighter
Devout Cleric
Control Wizard
Trickster Thief

It is beta of course, and there will be more down the line, but this is the line up for the foreseeable future.

 purplefood wrote:
No game lets you stab Purplefood.
You have to really try for that.
I'm like the end game boss of the meta-game.

September.

And it seems odd that there are two fighter classes but no ranger or warlock?

 Corpsesarefun wrote:
And it seems odd that there are two fighter classes but no ranger or warlock?

Missing:

Ranger
Warlock
Sorcerer
Monk
Warden
Shaman
Druid
Battlemind
Runepriest
Warlord
Paladin
Swordmage
Psion Leader I can't think of the name of.
Divine Controller I can't think of the name of.


That is just going by Players Handbooks 1-3 and not any of the "Heroes of X" classes, or Essentials.

 Ahtman wrote:

 Corpsesarefun wrote:
And it seems odd that there are two fighter classes but no ranger or warlock?

Missing:

Ranger
Warlock
Sorcerer
Monk
Warden
Shaman
Druid
Battlemind
Runepriest
Warlord
Paladin
Swordmage
Psion Leader I can't think of the name of.
Divine Controller I can't think of the name of.


That is just going by Players Handbooks 1-3 and not any of the "Heroes of X" classes, or Essentials.

It'd be unreasonable to expect them all in the game but you'd expect to have at least the core classes in the game at release.

 Ahtman wrote:

 Melissia wrote:
What classes are there at the moment?

I've always been fond of 4e's swordmage.

If only.

Great Weapon Fighter
Guardian Fighter
Devout Cleric
Control Wizard
Trickster Thief

It is beta of course, and there will be more down the line, but this is the line up for the foreseeable future.

Two fighters? That's fething lame. The least they could have done is make the great weapon fighter be a barbarian or swordmage or something.

 Corpsesarefun wrote:
It'd be unreasonable to expect them all in the game but you'd expect to have at least the core classes in the game at release.

I don't think anyone expects them all, but it does seem fairly narrow at the moment. I just listed all the core classes they had to pull from because not everyone plays pnp D&D and would know what classes were in the core books.

I would've expected the release list to be wizard, warlock, cleric, fighter, ranger and paladin.

 Corpsesarefun wrote:
I would've expected the release list to be wizard, warlock, cleric, fighter, ranger and paladin.

Same. The lineup they currently have is kind of pathetic.

I've criticized fourth edition before, but I stlil had a lot of fun with it. If they only had four classes available, though, and only THOSE four classes... I think I'd have dropped it faster than one drops a turd they unexpectedly picked up.

Yeah, having 2 fighter classes seems like a waste why not just let the players choose if they want to dual wield, go 2 handed or sword and board.

No Paladin? What the feck.

No Sorcerer?

Pass.

Watched the demo, downloading it now

 Cheesecat wrote:
Yeah, having 2 fighter classes seems like a waste why not just let the players choose if they want to dual wield, go 2 handed or sword and board.

Or even just make the sword+shield class a paladin. Same general idea (defensively-minded warrior type), but more variety in gameplay and graphics, since the class would also have access to some divine magics.

So yea, it seems pretty cool so far.

Really liking the combat system... its not quite CAG standards, but its way better than pushing buttons like most MMOs.

CAG?

I like the system as well, just not the class selection. Perhaps when they add more over time.

 Corpsesarefun wrote:
I would've expected the release list to be wizard, warlock, cleric, fighter, ranger and paladin.

The next classes to come are going to be the ranged classes from what I've heard. But the lack of paladin is a bit of a downer. I'm sure they will be releasing a paladin at some point though. Else there will be angry players. EVERYWHERE.

 Ahtman wrote:
CAG?

I like the system as well, just not the class selection. Perhaps when they add more over time.

Character Action Game, something like Devil May Cry or Darksiders.

Well I let the game download while I was at work today, thing took forever to download but patched in at least 5 min. Decided to run the great weapon fighter and a priest (going to switch it out for a rogue most likely) and I will say this, for an MMO It has the most enjoyable combat I have ever tried out. The graphics are nice (have not set them to max yet as I forgot to) and I've experienced no lag during the game which is great considering how long it took to download lol. Overall I think this will be a re placer for most of my time spent on WoT

Gave this a try and so far, I don't think ill be able to play it.

At least it was free to try.

I'm playing in it, it's a lot of fun. The combat is a bit like a FPS, no tab targeting and very fluid. You get a companion at lvl 16 and your gear has a gradual change as you level up. PVP is great, it teamwork and not a zerg rush to win. The crafting system works by you hiring npcs to do the work, everything gathering mats to upgrading items. The game is based on 4th ed DnD rules and set about 10 or 20 years after something called the spellplague.

 Corpsesarefun wrote:
I would've expected the release list to be wizard, warlock, cleric, fighter, ranger and paladin.

No D&D game is launching without a rogue/thief. It's one of the Big Four iconic classes of D&D. Still, I agree that the current Neverwinter class selection is grossly limited, but then, the game IS in beta still.

Rumors have Warlock and Ranger being the next classes to be released.

My honest guess it that they tested 2 things with this line up:

1. Role selection. In the Fighter, Cleric, Rogue and Wizard you have your Tank, Healer, DPS and Control. The 4 main roles of the game.

2. Class variation. You have two "classes" building off the same base class: Fighter. This allows them to see how hard or easy it is to vary within a base build for a class.


Although one thing that surprised me was the racial selection. The Genasi were introduced to D&D through Forgotten Realms, so it surprised me to not see them in a video game SET in Forgotten Realms. Ah well. Perhaps they're the next race. (Though all I really want is to be able to roll up a Dragonborn Paladin...)

Well, after playing this for a bit.. I've come to a conclusion.

Dragon's Prophet is way better and that's still in early Beta.

 Soladrin wrote:
Well, after playing this for a bit.. I've come to a conclusion.

Dragon's Prophet is way better and that's still in early Beta.

Heck I only saw the video Totalbiscuit done of Dragons Prophet and all I can say is that I want it lol.

I really need to get back to Neverwinter, I only tried it quickly sue to work schedules so I should go back and see if it is still enjoyable.

How is it better, give us some examples.

Combat is more fluid and seems to have more depth.

Uses a combo system where your skills can completely change based on the sequence of use.

It also has a pokemon-ish element to it. The world is full of dragons, right now I think there's about 300 different ones. These can all be tamed. Once tamed they function somewhat like a WoW hunter pet, but they are also your mount. You can train your dragons, you can have your dragons train each other to get different skill sets, that kind of stuff.

There are also sky island instances where you can build a house(in a modular fashion). Each sky island is governed from a castle, whoever owns the castle can set taxes for the entire island and lots of other fun stuff to either be a benevolent king or horrible tyrant . Guild PVP involves sieging and taking these castles.

So your testing it or is that all hype and demo video? Many MMOs die before they are released because the promise than they can deliver.

Well I've been playing this as much as I'm able to and it's been a blast. They have taken the game down several time to increase the server capacity but at launch there will be only one shard to connect to, they're planing to merge them at some point, existing chars will not be deleted. They have adding new features to it with each patch.

They are also doing another overhaul to Star Trek Online by adding romulans to the game.

I've been enjoying it quite a bit, the much more involved combat system from many MMOs is nice (although I realise it's becoming more popular to do systems like that). It's interesting to wander around Neverwinter and see what's happened to it.
The server population is high enough that the city seems really busy, but not so high that I have to cue for quests, and quest areas never feel packed.

I've never managed to get into a fantasy MMO, they always bore me, but Neverwinter has managed to keep my attention.