I still don't know where (or, more importantly, how) to trade gold for straight up diamonds. Care to point me out in the general direction?
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Neverwinter |OT| Not the MMO you've been waiting for
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I still don't know where (or, more importantly, how) to trade gold for straight up diamonds. Care to point me out in the general direction?
Sorry I meant Zen. You can't spend gold on diamonds, it's uses are pretty much limited to potions.
People do trade keys for gold sometimes. Usually like 40-50 gold per key.
I was wondering what the point of gold was, there doesn't seem to be anything major worth purchasing using it aside from the level 20 mount. They don't even sell Scrolls of Identification for gold.
Injury kits and potions. Potions do get expensive in the end game. I don't know the exact number but I think it's like 5g for 20 potions. It still feels like a pointless currency, but I think it's mostly just people thinking gold is a main currency when it isn't.
Diamonds are the "gold" of this game. Gold may as well be called potion bucks.
Yesterday, for some reason, the "Find a Group" automatic thing was broken for this level 30 dungeon (I guess it's been broken for a week?), so it would put you in an instance that had no enemies, no quest givers, anything.
However, you could run through the entire instance and grab all the chests and all the profession caches without anybody to bother you.
I ended up doing that for two hours. Got a couple blues out of it, and lots of gems to upgrade my Artifact. All while listening to a podcast. Not that bad, I don't think.
On another note, I don't know how this game deals with servers, all I know is that I never got asked to chose a server when making my character, and all my friends are on the same server, but I can't seem to find the GAF guild on the Social menu. Am I missing anything?
However, you could run through the entire instance and grab all the chests and all the profession caches without anybody to bother you.
I ended up doing that for two hours. Got a couple blues out of it, and lots of gems to upgrade my Artifact. All while listening to a podcast. Not that bad, I don't think.
On another note, I don't know how this game deals with servers, all I know is that I never got asked to chose a server when making my character, and all my friends are on the same server, but I can't seem to find the GAF guild on the Social menu. Am I missing anything?
There were 3 servers at launch but it was always their intent to combine them. They had to change a bunch of systems to work but now there is only one server with each zone having instances.
I'm not sure why you can't find the guild. Maintenance seems to be going on now so I can't check if it shows for me.
Edit: Ya I can't find the guild through a search either. I can't even find myself through searching. Seemed to work for other people. I'm really not sure why, but you can't join the guild that way anyway, need to be invited.
So anyone actually enjoy the sword coast adventures in the browser gateway? I only have one companion and the rewards are pretty pitiful so far. There's nothing intriguing about dice rolling. Quite lame if that's all it is. Something with puzzles or even simulated turn-based battles would've been much better.
It takes too long. The dice rolling animation is bad and takes a while.
I wish they would just roll the dice for a second on the bottom bar and that be it.
I like it. Good way to level up companions while I watch dota or something. Doing the christmas missions gives the currency needed to get skins from it so that's useful.
It reminds me of Elder Sign.
spacemonkeynation
Member
This is an aptly named thread!
I'm late to this party because I basically swore off MMOs after playing 2 characters in WoW up to level 40ish and was let down by every other MMO I tried after that (SWTOR for instance). My buddy convinced me to give this a go and I'm kinda blown away by it. The arcade-ish combat makes a world of difference and this finally feels like the 3D version of Diablo I had hoped WoW would be. After putting in a few hours and deciding that I'm likely going to be playing this one for a while I went ahead and made it comfy couch compatible last night, and I wanted to share in case others might want to do the same thing.
I'm using a Logitech G700 wireless gaming mouse which gives me about 13 buttons:
It's a great mouse, although I wish it had better range or less interference. I'm about 12-15 feet from my computer and it works great as long as I move my computer desk chair out from between me (in my living room area) and my computer.
Now the cool part. Instead of teeter tottering a keyboard on my knee or using a TV tray, I decided to use a controller that wasn't doing much other than collecting dust. The PlayStation Navigation controller:
This beautiful device uses bluetooth, which you can use to sync it to your computer with the XInput Wrapper for DS3. Now, one caveat is that you will need a dedicated Bluetooth dongle for this. No other Bluetooth device can use it. There's a list of compatible devices at that link. Luckily I had previously purchased a TRENDnet Micro Bluetooth USB Adapter (TBW-106UB) a while back since my built in Bluetooth adapter was not supported for this sort of thing. One I got XInput functioning with the Nav controller (you can test it in Steam: Hitting the PS Button should switch to Big Picture Mode if you have your library page selected) it was time to map the Neverwinter key binds I wanted to it.
For this I used the free program Joy2Key. It's pretty barebones but it gets the job done. You'll need to select the "Others" tab in JoyToKey and check mark "Use Axes other than X and Y." and "Use POV switches." Also, I suggest setting "Threshold for input (Useful for analog devices)" somewhere between 20 and 50% (I'm still experimenting a little bit). Once you've done that go back to the Joysticks Tab and then click "Create" to make your first controller map. Here is what each item corresponds to on the PS Nav controller:
AxisX(<0), AxisX(>0), AxisY(<0), AxisY(>0) : Analog stick (left, right, up, down respectively)
Axis3(>0) : Trigger
POV1:UP, POV1:RIGHT, POV1DOWN, POV1LEFT : This is the DPAD
Button 1 : X Button
Button 2 : O Button
Button 5 : Bumper
Button 9 : Analog Stick Button (Click Down)
Leave everything else on "Disabled"
You'll still want a wireless keyboard handy if you need to do text chat. I just keep my little living room Logitech K400 in arms reach:
Hopefully that inspires someone to do the same. It really is great, and I can't wait to try out some other PC titles this way as well.
I'm late to this party because I basically swore off MMOs after playing 2 characters in WoW up to level 40ish and was let down by every other MMO I tried after that (SWTOR for instance). My buddy convinced me to give this a go and I'm kinda blown away by it. The arcade-ish combat makes a world of difference and this finally feels like the 3D version of Diablo I had hoped WoW would be. After putting in a few hours and deciding that I'm likely going to be playing this one for a while I went ahead and made it comfy couch compatible last night, and I wanted to share in case others might want to do the same thing.
I'm using a Logitech G700 wireless gaming mouse which gives me about 13 buttons:
It's a great mouse, although I wish it had better range or less interference. I'm about 12-15 feet from my computer and it works great as long as I move my computer desk chair out from between me (in my living room area) and my computer.
Now the cool part. Instead of teeter tottering a keyboard on my knee or using a TV tray, I decided to use a controller that wasn't doing much other than collecting dust. The PlayStation Navigation controller:
This beautiful device uses bluetooth, which you can use to sync it to your computer with the XInput Wrapper for DS3. Now, one caveat is that you will need a dedicated Bluetooth dongle for this. No other Bluetooth device can use it. There's a list of compatible devices at that link. Luckily I had previously purchased a TRENDnet Micro Bluetooth USB Adapter (TBW-106UB) a while back since my built in Bluetooth adapter was not supported for this sort of thing. One I got XInput functioning with the Nav controller (you can test it in Steam: Hitting the PS Button should switch to Big Picture Mode if you have your library page selected) it was time to map the Neverwinter key binds I wanted to it.
For this I used the free program Joy2Key. It's pretty barebones but it gets the job done. You'll need to select the "Others" tab in JoyToKey and check mark "Use Axes other than X and Y." and "Use POV switches." Also, I suggest setting "Threshold for input (Useful for analog devices)" somewhere between 20 and 50% (I'm still experimenting a little bit). Once you've done that go back to the Joysticks Tab and then click "Create" to make your first controller map. Here is what each item corresponds to on the PS Nav controller:
AxisX(<0), AxisX(>0), AxisY(<0), AxisY(>0) : Analog stick (left, right, up, down respectively)
Axis3(>0) : Trigger
POV1:UP, POV1:RIGHT, POV1DOWN, POV1LEFT : This is the DPAD
Button 1 : X Button
Button 2 : O Button
Button 5 : Bumper
Button 9 : Analog Stick Button (Click Down)
Leave everything else on "Disabled"
You'll still want a wireless keyboard handy if you need to do text chat. I just keep my little living room Logitech K400 in arms reach:
Hopefully that inspires someone to do the same. It really is great, and I can't wait to try out some other PC titles this way as well.
Hey Declarius. I sent you a PM in game (reen@drizzleone) asking for a guild invite.
When/if you can, I'd be glad if I got an invite... I kinda want to see what's the special guild areas are...
Thanks in advance.
Which guild areas do you mean? Just Gauntlgrym or is there something else I missed?
Not sure if you guys are interested, but we've got a NeoGAF chat channel in Star Trek Online that could also be accessed in Neverwinter.
I think if you type in "/join_channel GAFleet" (or maybe just "/joinchannel GAFleet") without the quotes of course, you should be able to see it.
I think if you type in "/join_channel GAFleet" (or maybe just "/joinchannel GAFleet") without the quotes of course, you should be able to see it.
Are people active in it? I joined it a few months back but I can't say I remember seeing anyone talk in it.
Also, I realized a couple weeks back that you can change the fov in Neverwinter. It gets really strange if you go too high, but I found a happy medium and it honestly has made me enjoy the game a lot more. I'll edit with the value and command line in a minute.
Edit: /gfxsetdefaultfov 70 is what I use. Default is 55. You can also supersample with /renderscale. /renderscale 2 = double your native res. 1.25 or 1.5 is an improvement without destroying your fps too bad.
The next module seems to be The Curse of Icewind Dale.
There is an anagram no one has figured out here: http://community.arcgames.com/en/news/neverwinter/detail/3035953
But a German youtube account pretty much ruined the surprise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahct7XV_exY
Official announcement out:
There is an anagram no one has figured out here: http://community.arcgames.com/en/news/neverwinter/detail/3035953
But a German youtube account pretty much ruined the surprise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahct7XV_exY
Official announcement out:
lunchtoast
Member
Started playing 2 weeks ago. Level 31 Hunter Ranger and enjoying it. Really digging the third person combat. Told some co workers about it and they're going to try it out, mostly because it's free. They also liked the skill tree. "That's what WoW used to look like."
There's only 1 server now right? Searched for the gaf guild and didn't see it.
There's only 1 server now right? Searched for the gaf guild and didn't see it.
All the servers were merged into one, ya. There's just a ton of instances of every place.
I'm sure no one is online, maybe why nothing shows. Leave your @ handle here and I'll add you, and invite you when I see you online if that works.
I'm @declarius.
lunchtoast
Member
lunchtoast
Member
I sent it through arc. I really don't know how names work in game. I tried @declarious but nothing came up.
There's an event for free items in the Zen shop going on right now. They are sending out emails but they seem extremely delayed, day 1 had already passed before I got it. Day 2 ends in 9 hours and is a set of town clothes.
http://community.arcgames.com/en/news/neverwinter/detail/3040713
http://community.arcgames.com/en/news/neverwinter/detail/3040713
They really didn't give a free respec to rangers? They gave one to all classes when they got their new paths or whatever so I assumed they would do the same for Rangers now that they have more than one choice.
Ploid 3.0
Member
Nope. I tried finding out if it will be later, it seem like it may not happen.
http://nw-forum.perfectworld.com/sh...Paragon-Path&p=7895581&viewfull=1#post7895581
"No, there's no free respec."
Looks like I'm benching HR for a bit, was fun. I would have liked to use that other paragon path. Seemed interesting.
No explanation for that. Just greed or an oversight. They listen to feedback once in a while so hopefully they offer one in the future at some point.
I actually have not logged in to try Icewind yet, which kind of sucks because it is a daily limited progress thing once again so I'm behind.
In the future put them in email tags. Whoever got it is likely not a gaf member, or will never post. What was the code for?
I sorta kept up with this game through the browser professions, but then I notices like a month ago that there was no longer any Zen available in the market. Googled and checked posts here to see why. Guess I'll be ignoring my bookmark for the time being. Is the game itself suffering as well?
I still haven't logged in to try the new module so not sure. The game was fine 3 or so months ago when I last played. Forums seem decently active.
Lord starti
Member
And what about a PS4 release?
Q
Queen of Hunting
Unconfirmed Member
me and Dec will bring this game alive again. one of the best combat in an mmo 
plus new module coming march 17th
plus new module coming march 17th
Q
Queen of Hunting
Unconfirmed Member
so far im really enjoying it
ShinMaruku
Member
I wonder if the pc version has controller support yet..
Oh, you need more Marvel Heroes GAF you say? Downloading now.
Theres a guild? Zaknafien@theshdw
There's endgame content, like difficult dungeons, plus a dungeon up right now that is more like a random queue of people.
I don't think there's raids though.
There is a 25 man raid and many 5 man dungeons, plus level 60 difficulties of all the dungeons you encounter while leveling.
Just about everything is gated by gear score (you can't queue for X if your gearscore isn't Y+)
There are 4 zones or so added since launch that have "campaigns" connected to them. They are basically zones full of dailies that eventually start rewarding sets of gear, access to new dungeons/raid and permanent passive abilities.
The campaigns, if I can remember them all, are.
Sharandar, all pve content.
Icewind Dale, pve and open world pvp (you pick one of two factions to help during the intro to the campaign and there are designated pvp areas of the zone where members of opposing factions can fight)
Tryanny of Dragons, pve, dragon spawns every 20~ mins (you may have encountered them already in lower level zones, like the green dragon in the cemetary around level 28). There is another component where you are retrieving gold back from Tiamat's followers and putting it towards a pile that is used when Tiamat himself spawns, I THINK when Tiamat spawns a portal is opened to the raid, and the gold you gathered beforehand may help in some way. I have not really played this campaign.
And the PVP campaign, which is is basically a tree that unlocks as you complete pvp missions, icewind dale pvp missions and Gauntlgrym missions.
Which is another whole thing. Gauntlgrym is a pvp zone that is open a few times a day along the vein of Alterac Valley or something. You must be in a guild to participate and guild leaders have chosen what faction (of 2) that the guild is aligned with. The two factions fight and there is basically two ways to particpate in it.
You can do the pve part, where you kill enemies and build stuff like catapults, or earn a fire giants favor so he fights with your side. While you are doing this, other people can queue for pvp matches against the other faction players. Depending on what you accomplish outside their match, you can give them benefits in the pvp match.