Tag: Neverwinter

Live Stream Q&A With R.A. Salvatore On 9/22


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Perfect World Entertainment has announced that this Tuesday, players will have the opportunity to question R.A. Salvatore himself. Salvatore is the New York Times bestselling author known for his Dungeons & Dragons novels, including the character Drizzt Do’Urden. The upcoming expansion for Neverwinter, Underdark, features Salvatore’s character quite extensively.

As we know, many of our adventurers have traveled across an eternity of campaigns in D&D, so our live stream will be a Q&A session for and by the community. We’ve heard many a tale of how Salvatore’s stories have inspired or changed your lives, which makes us all the more excited to host this stream. This is your chance to not only ask any questions you may have about his novels, characters or writing process, but also a chance to show him how far his influence has reached.

Players are encouraged to leave their questions and comments in the official forums, which will be answered in the live stream on Tuesday.

(Source: Neverwinter)

Perfect World Drops Neverwinter Expansions Onto Xbox One


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Xbox One players have officially closed the gap in content with the latest addition to Neverwinter on the new generation console. Today marks the launch of four expansions, including the latest module Elemental Evil, bringing the total number of expansions to six. Players will enjoy an increased level cap, the Oathbound Paladin class, new adventure zones, as well as four end-game campaigns, and more.

Executive producer Rob Overmeyer praised the update for the amount of free content added to the game.

“With six expansions’ worth of free content released since launch, our team continues to support Neverwinter and its players with all new locations along and outside of the Sword Coast filled with challenging dungeons to crawl and wicked monsters to battle. We’re excited to continue our support with the Strongholds expansion in 2015.”

(Source: Perfect World press release)

Today’s Neverwinter Patch Balances Experience/Monsters


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Neverwinter version NW.50.20150722a.15 will go live at around 9am Pacific today, with the servers going down at six to implement the update, but it brings with it a whole slate of balances to the post-60 experience. In regards to the Elemental Evil module which has seen a fair amount of criticism, the experience rewarded by Vigilance tasks will be greatly improved. Additionally, enemies from level 61 to 70 will have their health reduced substantially and damage reduced slightly.

In addition to these updates, Domination PVP will once again be reenabled thanks to fixes that will hopefully ensure that the game fills both teams before beginning. VIP features will be available to characters right out of the gate rather than after level 5.

Perfect World Entertainment is still in the process of patching in balances to Neverwinter following the launch of the Elemental Evil module. The update received heavy criticism over the length to level from 60 to 70, difficulty of monsters, and heavily altering or outright removing content including dungeons while re-using content for new areas. Today’s patch is part of an ongoing process in response to player complaints.

(Source: Patch Notes)

Neverwinter Details Further Leveling Changes


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Scott Shicoff, lead designer on Neverwinter, has posted a set of patch notes on the official website detailing further changes to the MMO’s leveling curve. The new level cap of 70 has seen intense scrutiny since its launch earlier this year alongside Elemental Evil, with players complaints ranging from the length of time required to level to the heavy difficulty of the new higher level mobs. Following launch, Perfect World has promised to go back and fix issues related to progression and difficulty.

Hey folks, I’ve got an update on some changes we’re making to Neverwinter, specifically regarding leveling from 60 to 70. Before I get started, I’d like to thank you all again for your patience as I investigated and reviewed the state of the game since the release of Elemental Evil. We went through a massive amount of feedback and analysis before making a decision.

Most of the updates in the latest patch are focused on reducing health buffs on NPCs above level 60, along with a buff to experience from quests in the Elemental Evil zones that should result in a “noticeably faster” progression from 60 to 70. It isn’t the last of the updates to fix the community’s grievances with Elemental Evil, so expect more patches in the coming weeks/months. For now however players should notice themselves being killed by mobs in a single shot, far less.

Other ongoing complaints from the forums include bringing back disabled dungeons.

(Source: Neverwinter)

Neverwinter VIP: $10 A Month For $37 Worth Of Keys


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Perfect World Entertainment has released details on an upcoming subscription system for Neverwinter. Dubbed VIP, the subscription plan acts as both a membership and running loyalty program at the same time in that it levels up the longer a player subscribes and offers more bonuses as the months progress. To top it off, you don’t lose VIP rank if you unsubscribe, you simply start off where you left off the next time you add another payment.

What caught my eye, however, is the fact that immediately at VIP rank 1, the first, the player begins receiving one enchanted key per day for the entirety of the 30 day subscription. At the cost of 125 Zen per key, this runs to 3,750 Zen or approximately $37.50 worth of keys if you log in every single one of the 30 days and manually claim the key. 3,750 Zen worth of keys for 1,000 Zen in investment.

To top it off, if you’re the kind of hardcore person who can conceivably make 1,000 zen in less than a month by converting Astral Diamonds, you can get VIP for free. And if you get lucky and get some rare drops from the boxes you open, you could sell those on the market for Astral Diamonds and fund another month.

Just something to think about.

(Source: Neverwinter)

Neverwinter: Leadership Suspension Hasn’t Led To In-Game Botting


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I’ve talked about Neverwinter’s Gateway app, a handy tool where players can level up their crafting professions even while not in-game. Unfortunately the ease of access means that the professions tab can be used by bots to mass-produce astral diamonds via the leadership profession, which is exactly what bots have been doing in Neverwinter: Using the Gateway to mass produce astral diamonds, inflating the economy, and raising prices of goods in the process.

Last month, Cryptic decided to fight back by removing the leadership profession from the Gateway app, leading to further concerns that this would simply drive bots into the game, filling up the servers. After studying the servers, it has been concluded that there hasn’t been any significant increase in the amount of botting in-game.

We also understand your concerns regarding the cost of goods versus the amount of Astral Diamonds coming into the economy. In the short term, we are keeping an eye on the supply of Astral Diamonds to make sure it performs as expected. We will also be running multiple “2x AD” events to make sure adventurers are able to get the Astral Diamonds they need. In the long term, we are re-examining the various non-profession methods of earning Astral Diamonds. It’s important to us that playing the game rewards AD sufficiently.

(Source: Neverwinter)

Neverwinter Getting Four Expansions on Xbox Next Month


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When Neverwinter launched on the Xbox One, it did so with the promise that while most expansion content would not be available at launch, that it would be pretty soon after. In a press release sent out today, Perfect World Entertainment has announced the impending release of the four missing expansions: Curse of Icewind Dale, Elemental Evil, Fury of the Feywild, and Shadowmantle.

The expansions will bring extra content including an increased level cap (60 to 70), the four end-game campaigns, new dungeons, zones, and more.

Rob Overmeyer, executive producer, said “as our community continues to grow on consoles, we have continued our support with content including six expansions worth of dungeons and heroic encounters with dragons within six months. Our team is ecstatic with the continued support and can’t wait to give our Xbox One players control of their own strongholds with our next content update coming later this year.”

All four expansions come out in September.

(Source: Perfect World Press Release)

Neverwinter Strongholds Release August 11th


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Perfect World Entertainment has announced that the Strongholds expansion for Neverwinter will be ready and raring to go on August 11th. In addition to the largest playable map introduced so far, Strongholds will also allow guilds to form up and take back the wilderness to make it a safe place once again. The initial launch will focus on the player vs environment portion, allowing guilds to build their strongholds.

Reminiscent of early Dungeons & Dragons gameplay, Neverwinter: Strongholds empowers guilds to reclaim a keep and its surrounding wilderness areas from monsters. As the lands are cleared, guilds will need to decide how to properly run their stronghold and which of the many paths it can take to fit the guild’s needs.

Later in September, players will be able to participate in PvP action on the map.

(Source: Neverwinter)

Neverwinter Rolls Out Summer Event This Week


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Summertime is in full swing, and that means plenty of holiday events from your favorite MMOs. This week marks the start of Neverwinter’s Summer Festival, a year event that begins July 9th and goes all the way to the 30th. Players are encouraged to participate in events that run throughout the day including troll hunting, farm animal hauling, and collecting flowers. Alongside the festivities is a special skill only available during the summer month.

Rewards for the event include exclusive foods, mounts, cosmetic equipment, and more. Players of the Sword Coast Adventures game will be happy to see an exclusive non-combat quest show up for the duration of the event.

Players on Xbox will not have access to the event until later this Summer, with more details to come.

(Source: Neverwinter)

Weekend Events: Find The Loot Edition


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The weekend is here, and that means events aplenty. Is your game hosting an event this weekend?

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Marvel Heroes: 2nd Anniversary Continues

Marvel Heroes is in the third week of its second anniversary celebrations. Log in this weekend to receive a free baby Groot pet, defeat enemies to pick up birthday cake slices, and take part in the Cowpocalypse event. Daily cow portal drops, bonus exp, special items, and more available for this weekend.

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Defiance Bonus EXP Weekend (June 19-21)

Trion Worlds is hosting 50% bonus reputation this weekend in Defiance.

Attention, ark hunters: Double XP plus 50% Bonus Faction Reputation is available now through June 21! If you’re new to Defiance, you’ll definitely want to double down on XP with this limited-time bonus.

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Heroes & Generals Operation Bagration

Heroes & Generals players can use coupon code BAGRATION2015 to receive four experience booster ribbons, offering 50% in physical training, tactical, recon, and battle levels for four hours.

The date was chosen to be the same calendar day as when Germany invaded the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa in 1941, which in effect makes this is a double anniversary. We want to commemorate Operation Bagration by giving you a present this weekend!

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Neverwinter Anniversary Event

In addition to the Protector’s Jubilee event currently ongoing, Perfect World Entertainment has been giving away daily items on the Zen store. Log in today (Saturday) and receive a free bag of holding. Log in Sunday and receive an Ashen Brindle Horse Mount.

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RuneScape Tuska Event

RuneScape’s Tuska event is still ongoing. Raid Tuska every day for points, use the enlightenment aura once per week for an hour of double experience, and use the points to buy event-exclusive abilities and gear.