NOCS Episode 3

NOCS episode 3 is out, I was in it. I slipped up a couple times and it made things funny. Anyway yall can go to NeverwinterOnlineCrossroadsShow.com/blog to listen.

Neverwinter BW2... We Have Some Issues...

This Post is more focused at Cryptic and the devs.

Ok so although I have loved playing BW2 there are a few things which I believe could cause big problems and possibly failure.


1. If none of yall noticed in BW2 there is a new tutorial before the bridge. In this tutorial you get shipwrecked by a dracolich and wind up on the beach without armor and weapons.

Personally I think this has been overdone. It was done in DDO with a Ice Dragon, it was in Path of Exile, I think WoW did it in a recent expansion, it was in Fantasy Online, and so many more.

Please Cryptic be Original



2. The Zen Store is completely overpriced. I would like to remind you that 100 zen = 1 USD. Many Items are highly overpriced, also the store feels as if it needs more mounts and companions.

So where to start, there are so many issues in this one.

Adventure Pack costs $15. Yah this little adventure pack is $15. Over Priced it should be $5.

5 pack of Mass Cure Serious Scrolls cost $5. Personally I think $2.50 is better
5 pack of Cure Serious Scrolls are $3. I think it should be $1

Champions Greater Glory boost is $10. I believe it should be $5.

Lockbox Keys are $1.25 a piece. Personally I think $1 would be better
10 Pack of Keys costs $11.25. It should be $8.50
I think a permanent key should be available for somewhere around $125.(If you think about it that is the price of 100 individual keys at the current price)

 a Bag of Holding is $6. I believe it should be $5
A Greater Bag of Holding is $10. I think $7

Dyes range from $2-$6.50 and only have 3 or 4(depending on which one) uses. Here I think most of it is all wrong there dyes should cost $5 and have a use of  100 times this will sell a lot more dye bottles.(the same goes for dye packs)

A Noble Finery Clothing Pack costs $12. I think it should be $10

Companions Range from $10-$25. In my opinion these should not go over $15 and Id range them from $3.50 - $15.  I believe there needs to be more companions and some good joke and special companions my ideas for those are
A striker class rabbit that leaps and bites at the enemies
A bard Kobold
A bard that sings about how poorly you do in battle and but also highly degrades your enemies
Ghost of Lady Aribeth
Also a Leader class that uses dice to cast spells named either the Ghost of Gygax or the level 200 Dungeon Master
Also a Chimera would be awesome

Mounts range from $5 - $40. This is outrageous I have never heard of mounts costing $40, I could buy a brand new 3DS game at that price. The mounts should range from $5-$20 with $20 being special ones like armored unicorns or Armored Nightmares. Again I believe more should be added some joke and some just epic awesome mounts.
One of the more joke like mounts could be a man behind you banging coconuts together



3. PMs. This is an issue, i understand trying to prevent spammers and I think it is fair to an extent the way it is (I currently have a founders pack so I dont personally have to deal with it but it will be a problem) I dont know if they have it but if you are a friend with someone you should be able to PM them.


4.The guild restrictions must be removed, barring social features will only lead to anger and for some quitting the game. Remove the level restrictions and having to have a 5 man party crap.


5. Dont make us have to grind or do events over and over to stay up to level with the zone, I found that just doing quest Im always anywhere from 1-5 levels below the enemies. It would be better to add more quests into the questline than make us grind bad guys and events


6. The Servers are crap. The servers are horrible and unstable, crashing and randomly kicking players, causing slow patches for players especially in certain zones and more. You need to work on your servers and fix them.



7.We need to be able to go to the Character selection screen without logging out.


8.Identification Scrolls should not have to be bought with AD either return it to being for normal game currency or do away with it.


9. Either get rid of bounty items or put them in the currency section, not filling up our inventory.


10. We need to be able to tell companions to heal, attack, pull aggro, etc.

These are just a few things you need to do Cryptic. Until most of these are addressed do not even think about launch in-fact Id almost say delay Beta Week 3 until you fix most of these.

Also Cryptic dont do stupid stuff just because Marketing likes it, in the end Marketing are not the ones that will be playing the game and using the Zen store, the players will.

Please address these issues. Also consider my BW1 post.


Thanks for any who read this,

Death