Neverwinter Nights Online. (Cryptic Studios)

[Goumindong]

Is Dash a one key mechanic, i.e. do you control movement on the dash?

Rangers have at least two dash mechanics. They have the normal stamina dash(directional, 8 foot distance) but their level 3 encounter power is also a dash. For ranged its a dash 50 ft backwards(backwards being in the opposite direction the camera is facing), for melee its a targeted dash to an enemy while dealing damage(at least 50 ft range).

edited:
Rangers are very much "right click characters" in that their encounter powers aren't particularly strong and have longish cooldowns (whereas Wizards are more or less defined by their encounter powers and can get a lot of value out of cooldown reduction). The most important stats are Dex and Strength because Ranger feats give you ways to skyrocket your critical hit chances.  They also have some really cool interactions with the stance switching (one of the passives is that ranged attacks give stacking +1% bonus damage to melee attacks and vice versa each attack you make which is gets bonus damage consumes one stack. So if you attack 10 times ranged then go melee and attack 10 times. Your first 10 melee attacks will have +10 then +9% etc damage) and your second 10 ranged will have the same)

Edit: With some of the later game talents i think that timing your abilities is going to be really important so that you get the greatest effect off.

[Tannhauser]

That newbie aoe cone skill is very cool and powerful.  Smart move on their part to make the Archer free, will get a lot of folks replaying the content.

[Signe]

Like me.  (I don't mean "like me" as in "like me" I mean "like me" as in what I was doing yesterday.  Liking me the other way is a personal choice.)  I fiddled around with it yesterday and it was really good fun.  And I'm only level 4 or 5!  I'll play for a bit again I think. 

[Fordel]

"Choosing Ground," an elf quest in Tower District, may be the most broken quest I've seen in years. The bug I filed:

1. I activate the east beacon.
2. Orcs spawn.
3. I kill them all and get loot... but quest never advances, and the rock becomes sparkly/activatable again.

Result: Quest can never be completed, but I get infinite loot on demand.
Expected: Quest to advance.

This one worked for me, so if it's any consolation they eventually fixed it!

[Signe]

So I'm in this guild, Gourmingsdong or whatever his silly name is, is too.  However, the new character I made can't use the guild bank and stuff because I can't rank him up.  The only other person I've seen activity for is the bloke who started the guild, Kamaramatootsieroll... or something like that, and that was back sometime in September.  At least that's what the guild activity window shows.  I can invite people to the guild but I can only rank them up to Senior Member.  The name of the guild is Celestial something... tea, maybe.  I'm so fucking bad with names.  And faces.  And remembering things.  Anyone playing who is still in that guild?  Whatever it's called?

Oh.  He's right there above me in this thread.  Goumindong.  What does that even mean?

[Stormwaltz]

Goumindong.  What does that even mean?

I believe it's one of the various English transliterations for the Chinese Nationalist Party, which ended up the government of Taiwan after Mao's Communists won their mid-century civil war.

[proudft]

Just call him 國民黨, it's easier.

[Cheddar]

So I'm in this guild, Gourmingsdong or whatever his silly name is, is too.  However, the new character I made can't use the guild bank and stuff because I can't rank him up.  The only other person I've seen activity for is the bloke who started the guild, Kamaramatootsieroll... or something like that, and that was back sometime in September.  At least that's what the guild activity window shows.  I can invite people to the guild but I can only rank them up to Senior Member.  The name of the guild is Celestial something... tea, maybe.  I'm so fucking bad with names.  And faces.  And remembering things.  Anyone playing who is still in that guild?  Whatever it's called?

Oh.  He's right there above me in this thread.  Goumindong.  What does that even mean?

I may be guild officer, will check tomorrow.

[Signe]

Thanks, Cheddar.  Sorry I bitched about your name, 國民黨, I was in a mood.   

[Goumindong]

I haven't played on that character in forever so you can kick me from the guild if you need space.

[Cheddar]

Thanks, Cheddar.  Sorry I bitched about your name, 國民黨, I was in a mood.   

wut.

and remind me,  I am in a swhirl right now.  Or getting alzheimers, whatevs.  Swhirl.

[Lantyssa]

Remind me tomorrow and let me know who needs ranked up.  The guild is the roommate's.  We hardly play, but I don't mind logging in to set permissions if you are.

[Signe]

The character I'm using right now is "Zombie Lovefingers@noogsrm" .  No one make fun of my name.  I regret my ignorance in mocking someone's name earlier.  The Guilt and the shame are overwhelming.  Anyway, I was able to get her up to Seniour Member but she can't really do anything with the guild bank or guild anything, it seems.  

Tell your roommate .

[Lantyssa]

You should be boosted enough now to access the bank.

[Signe]

Thanks!  I reckon I'll fiddle with this at least for a few weeks although I'm off to check out the new stuff on FF14.  I'm still waiting for a miracle MMO... fuck the patch, I want it all to be perfect!  Why won't they comply?

[Tannhauser]

I know what you mean. In the last week I've played Rift, STO, LOTRO NWNO, SWTOR and re-subbed for WoW.  Had a moment of weakness there.  Beginning to think I'M the problem.

[Signe]

Maybe we need rehap.  I'm going to try and sell off some of the junk in the guild bank and just deposit the money.  There's no room left and I thought I'd put good hunter stuff in there if I can find some so if anyone wants to try it out, there will be some equipment.  There's no way I'd be able to gather 300,000 of whatever currency it is to buy a new repository.  Goumindong quit the guild and abandoned me.  Even though he said he wouldn't play that character any more, I felt better knowing he was there.  Now I'm just lonely.  And sad.  Living in the back in the booth in the corner in the dark.  Alone.  In the rain.  Waiting to die.

[Goumindong]

Sorry: I guess i should have raided the guild bank before i left :P

anything useful in there?

[Fordel]

At what level range/zone does my rangers splitshot power not oneshot trash packs? 

[Signe]

Sorry: I guess i should have raided the guild bank before i left :P

anything useful in there?

Not really.  At least not yet.  I'm only level 15, though.  Hopefully they remembered to give good Hunter loot.  For some reason I keep getting Control Wizard loot.  There's mostly crafting type stuff in there.  Most of the things I deposited before were still there but then, people had already pretty much stopped playing even back then.  Something interesting must have released.  I could re-invite your character or invite your new character so you can have a look before I do anything.  I'll probably just do that when I start getting good loot if I'm still playing by then. 

And, I don't know, Fordel.  I only have the split shot one leveled to 2 so far.  It does do more damage to the larger mobs but it's still mostly one shotting trash that takes one or two shots to kill with the single shot skill.  I'll see how it goes.  I expect my Hunter will be fiddled with a bit now and then by devs bent on balance.  I just hope they don't balance it to death.  I just wish they'd fix my eyes.  My eyes are almost vertical and I'm super cross-eyed.  How can I even shoot a bow when all I can see is my nose?

[Surlyboi]

I just started playing this yesterday. Yeah, I know I missed the boat, it'll still keep me occupied over the holidays probably.

[Ginaz]

At what level range/zone does my rangers splitshot power not oneshot trash packs? 

Even at higher levels, it usually only takes 2 or 3 volleys to take out trash mobs, provided your gear is up to date and you've put points into whatever increases your ranged damage.  HR's seem like the best dps class atm, at least at the pre-60 level.  Every time I've done group related content, inc. pvp, I've either been #1 or #2 in damage done.  A lot of that is because of split shot.  I mostly stick to rapid shot and split shot as my at will attacks (L/R mouse buttons), rain of arrows, thorn ward and split the sky as my encounter abilities and aspect of the falcon and twin blade storm for the class feature passives.  For dailies, I stick to seismic shock and forest meditation.  It seems to work pretty well taking down packs of mobs.

[Hawkbit]

I've been playing this and really want to like this game, but I can't help but feel it's a bunch of lobbies and not an actual world.  I just can't get past that impression and it bothers me.

[Threash]

Well, that's what it is.

[Surlyboi]

I'm actually kinda ok with that. It keeps the douchebaggery to a minimum.

[Fordel]

I basically had such low expectations when I tried this, that I am quite pleasantly surprised it isn't absolute shit. It's in fact pretty fun!

[Goumindong]

At what level range/zone does my rangers splitshot power not oneshot trash packs?  

50 or so depending on your gear. Or in a group you won't one shot trash mobs.

For group DPS i run Stag, Split the Sky, Torn Ward as well as aimed shot and split shot

Stag and thorn debuff, split just does general dps when your tanks get hit. Stag melee buff is not too shabby, throw caution is a 20% DPS boost, thorn ward debuffs defense even more and does damage. And aimed shot is trolol dps

edit: for solo and pvp i run hybrid melee/ranged

[Fordel]

They are having a companion sale for the next few days. http://nw.perfectworld.com/news/?p=1067581

Also giving out some bonus ZEN when you buy a bit.




Ranger hit 60, still have like 3-5 zones to quest through. What are you people doing for Astral Diamonds?

[Merusk]

They are having a companion sale for the next few days. http://nw.perfectworld.com/news/?p=1067581

Also giving out some bonus ZEN when you buy a bit.

Ranger hit 60, still have like 3-5 zones to quest through. What are you people doing for Astral Diamonds?

Zen bonus sale is only through certain payment avenues.  Google Wallet is one, straight MasterCard/ Visa is not.  They're advertising it for STO, too, and I was going to pick up a sub for a bit since I'm playing that again.

Note that this is totally different from what they have posted on the zen sale site.  The site says CC qualifies and GW does not, but in the purchasing screen your extra zen doesn't show on CC checkout but does if you select GW.  


I bought zen and sold it for ADs when the game opened and the exchange rate was high.   I should login again and see where I'm at.  When I was buying I got 600 or so per zen.

[Surlyboi]

You get the bonus if you do it through paypal as well.

[Merusk]

I'm mistaken.. their website is less than clear.  It doesn't show the totals like the usual zen bonuses, but the total amount is correct for CC transactions.  It could be less clear but not much.

[Fordel]

I just used my steam wallet.

[Yegolev]

I basically had such low expectations when I tried this, that I am quite pleasantly surprised it isn't absolute shit. It's in fact pretty fun!

This happened to me today.

[sam, an eggplant]

Yep, quite a nice little diversion. Floated them a couple bucks for a mount, leveled up to max, then quit forever. Not a long-term MMO, but an excellent entertainment per dollar ratio. F2P done right.

Except for the constant "Drazzt has won a rust monster" spam in the middle of the screen. That was hella annoying.

[Fordel]

I hear a lot of people complain about that (and rightly so), but I'm apparently immune to it or have a built in brain filter or something, I don't even notice it until someone in general bitches about it.