Rant: NS4

[QuickLightning]

†GoN†...my brothers, always welcome to follow or to lead me. The Lightning brothers are at your command *2 unknown men and a familiar face bow together*

(soon you'll meet the 2 other brothers )

[powerferret]

heheh, like I said, I RP when i feel like it, and if it's more helpful for me or someone else then Ill talk about out of game things. Yes, if someone really wants to know, ill tell them where their best bet in leveling would be ( mind you, thats my idea of the best area, not necissarily THE best area).
Also, in the RP sence, as my character has come through the rift, I RP it as me. I remember telling tales of the great McDonalds and K-marts of the world I came from lol its a lot of fun. Kindof like Back to the Future 3, only even farther back in time....and with dragons...and...magic....and....and...ok so maybe it isnt really like BTTF 3, but you get the idea.

[Karma]

I wouldn't say out of control, it's a valid concern.

What does an RP player do when faced with a character that's power-gamed to the gills and played by someone that will log out if things aren't going his way? We'll think of something for this case that we can all live with...

Best we can do for now is be aware of the concern--we have a lot of bug squishing to take care of in the immediate future to make sure that everyone can play on a server that stays up and plays with a minimum of latency.

(It's tough to bad mouth Avlis too--they've done a staggering amount of great stuff for the NWN community.)

So far today I've heard people asking where the fastest places to level are, what bindstones are close to easy xp and other "speed" issues.

While we are for freeform gaming, attitudes such as this are disenheartening to say the least.

It's good to see you guys are on top of the important aspects of the NS4 situation. Those have been my two main concerns about the mod, lag & time-outs. I am new to NS4 and it looks like a killer mod, I'm sure you'll work out these issues for everyone's betterment. Sure some more xp at low levels would be nice as would 24/7 stores , but the biggest issue is what you're addressing.

[garrykasparov]

Does there exist the possiblity to add new channels to a mod? Then an RP channel could be set up and those who find 1337 shouts ruin their mood could simply turn off shout and use that instead.

[Goatrider]

an odd place to chuck the suggestion but: a bulletin board for junior or lonely adventurers would suit both RP and PG types. in the barracks there could be a board you open dialogue with to have yer name thrown on a list that keeps track of players/lvl/class that require a party.

As far as on-topic I perfer to build my character up with a backstory and RP as though much of the experience has been gained already. As such I level him stats and skill wise with the finished product in mind. I fully intend to play my character for a lot longer than it takes to level him up. otherwise why waste the time making him? Also, I dont want to log in and play a re-re. I want to be strong (its fantasy aint it?). Its pretty easy to find a middle ground where your character is extraordinarily ambitious. Sometimes it even gets ya in serious trouble thats tons of fun too!

[ATI]

Goat rider has a point, and I think i saw it implemented on FFXI, which worked really well...Im giving it its own topic.

[Karma]

Does there exist the possiblity to add new channels to a mod? Then an RP channel could be set up and those who find 1337 shouts ruin their mood could simply turn off shout and use that instead.

Well you can turn off shouts easily in game, but as far as creating a new channel I wouldn't know. My suggestion would be find the RP'ers on the server (maybe shout for a roleplay party) and then use party talk for ooc talk and use caps in party talk for RP shouts...