NWN series confessions

Cvijeta

What is your confession?

Mine are:
I like NWN1 OC enough to buy this as soon as possible...
changing existing content yourself and then playing it yourself is immersion bummer
NWN1 HOTU is great, but OC is still decent enough
I have tried some premium modules and some community made mods, but I prefer my games vanilla
I expect extra expansion or premium module from Beamdog...

Kymus

I've purchased the game at least 4 times:

NWN
NWN Collector's edition
NWN Diamond
NWN Diamond GoG (lost my old CD key)

I still have and use to this day the NWN mousepad (best mousepad I've ever used), and I still have the NWN long-sleeved shirt that I think I got from the collector's edition?

One Christmas, years ago, I got a couple of new games and after about 30 minutes I was ignoring my new games to go play NWN (Cormyr and the Dalelands)

I only played through the OC once and went straight to the multiplayer servers afterwards.

I've played the single-player mods a little bit but have never bothered much with them.

IndyWendieGo

I have NwN Diamond... x5. When it was for free on GOG a couple of years back, I nabbed as many keys as I could trying to get my friends to play. Some of them couldn't because of hardware issues and I showed them this. Now they're playing.

NwN both got me involved in the RP and modding communities and to this day I have no fonder memories than with NwN. No game even came close.

Dark_Ansem

I got this game physical in the UK (gold edition), GOG, and now this.
I don't regret this.

kcwise

I played all the official campaigns multiple times, including the OC.

Before I bought the original I played the demo version of the game (which included just the early training area) with every class at least once.

I bought multiple copies of the game which allowed me to run one computer in server mode, one using the DM tools, and one as a regular player (I had more computers back then). In this way I could either deal with glitches or bugs in modules or beef up encounters if my friends weren't enjoying themselves during multiplayer sessions.

batoor

I only played through Darkness over Daggerford ''recently'' after abandoning many playthroughs(I did play MoW much earlier though) and now I consider it a must play.

Ossian studios makes some of the best sidequest content imo.

Aside from that...Well I'm usually not very kind to the sleeping man. There's some kind of sadistic glee I get from messing with him, maybe I've got some issues^^

deltago

I don't like Deekin

WarChiefZeke

I played through the OC multiple times and enjoyed it. I think its under rated actually.

batoor

deltago said:

I don't like Deekin

Gaider actually talked about this in a podcast recently. That the characters with a specific gimmick end up being fan favorites, like HK-47, Deekin and Minsc. It's about how they turned out to be far more popular than most of the other characters, despite that not always being the intent.

I mean I guess it's fine, but it gets a little ridiculous when Minsc & Boo end up getting so many cameo appearances in other D&D stories.

Edit: https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/66791/listen-to-the-latest-interview-with-david-gaider#latest

megamike15

mind posting this podcast for those that may not have heard it?

Illustair

Same here, I loved the OC although many didn't like it. I confess that I secretly loved Aribeth (don't tell that to my gf). Anyway, it was just a puppy love of sort. Is it shameful to admit that I had zoomed in countless times to see her character (and see her crude 3D face and body in all their glory)?

kcwise

"Gorion would have none of this! 'Tis shameful!"

BelleSorciere

I've only purchased NWN twice so far (NWN, SoU, and HotU separately when released and NWN Diamond on GOG). As soon as I get paid, I'll purchase EE as well.

I've played a lot of NWN but I have to admit I haven't finished nearly all the modules I've started.

tbone1

I purchased four cooi s of NWN, SoU, and HotU so my wife, sons, and I could have Family Game Night once a week. As no one else wanted to be a cleric, I did, calling him Rev. Billy Monday.

BelgarathMTH

WarChiefZeke said:

I played through the OC multiple times and enjoyed it. I think its under rated actually.

^This. I love the NWN OC. Maybe we need a NWN Unpopular Opinions thread.

Dark_Ansem

But the OC likely needs to be updated with HotU/SoU mechanics.

BelgarathMTH

Dark_Ansem said:

But the OC likely needs to be updated with HotU/SoU mechanics.

^This would be nice. I'm not sure if Beamdog plans to spend any time on the OC, though, because there aren't that many people who like it. But if you're listening, Beamdog, count me in as a vote to backport HotU functionality to the OC. I don't know how big a deal that would be, exactly.

Malclave

My confession: I never actually finished the OC, despite having the game since shortly after release.

I'd play the game off and on, but then usually around the time I got around Chapter 3 my computer would die and I'd have to replace it. Eventually, I'd be going through my desk, find the CDs, and reinstall. I'd look around the PWs for a bit, and go back to playing whatever MMO I was in. At some point, I'd start up the OC again, and more or less when I got to Chapter 3, my computer would die.

Lather, rinse, repeat.

I've restarted the OC in the EE Head Start, so I guess I should make sure my saved games are backed up. And start saving for a new PC.

Jidokwon

@Malclave: Just an idea, but you might want to get that new computer before you reach Chapter Three this time.

Edit- Meh. I missed that last sentence.

Manveru

My confession: While playing NWN for many years, I've never played on a persistent world, but always played coop with different groups of friends

IndyWendieGo

Another confession; I've kept a changelog of my local vault server module ever since it was created. Still updating it to this very day and would probably keep updating it even without an NWN:EE.

Flashburn

I don't like Roleplaying PWs. I'm a powergamer through and through, and they don't like that.

TarotRedhand

Played since 2004 (I'm a cheapskate, waited till it was cheap enough). Got gold edition + HotU at that time. Few years later imported Diamond from USA (not available in UK at that time). Later still bought gog version as backup. Enjoyed OC, not impressed with SoU. Made stuff. Still haven't mastered 3D modelling yet. That's about it.

My bigger confession is I wasn't impressed with the games everyone seems to rave about (BG series, IWD series, Torment). In fact I actually preferred the BG games on a mates playstation. Cest la vie.

TR

saramakos

A : I love the OC, and replay it every 2 or so years
B : I am also a serial purchaser - bought the game and expansions the day they came out, bought an NWN Diamond boxed copy, bought Diamond on GOG and now bought it on Beamdog.
C : I never use CEP or PrC, I favour vanilla classes over any other.
D : I think the Bard is the best class.
E : I prefer my RPGs solo or at most co-op with 1 person.

BelleSorciere

I have to admit: I don't use the PRC. I do not enjoy needing to make characters with an external editor.

DrHappyAngry

I still have the original CDs in a binder somewhere.

BelleSorciere

I have those too! And save files going back to 2003. I would install on new computers and then copy the backups over, but I didn't realize I had stuff going that far back.

Jimbobslimbob

My confession: being obsessed with my character build being as good as it can be for my needs/wants, so I continuously re-build until I am happy with it.

tbone1

These are the three I keep on the shelf in case we need them on the G4 iMac. The other nine boxes are in the attic, and if I go up there, Christmas decorating will threaten.

Lilura

My confession, which I think I confessed back on the old BioWare Social:

Wasn't a fan of NWN when it first came out; it just didn't do it for me. Seemed like a downgrade on BG because it didn't have full party control. I was critical of the OC; still am.

Did support the game, though. Bought the expansions as they came out, rebought it when Diamond came out, and then again on GoG (also, Diamond). Dabbled in early mods over the years; my fondest memory being Crimson Tides of Tethyr by Alazander. Still, I stubbornly stuck with the IEs, Troika and old Fallout throughout the heyday of NWN, participating in the commnuity only in so far as I added to custom content download counts on the old IGN vault.

A few years ago I got into the game more seriously. My outlook changed because I saw a decade's worth of custom content waiting to be tapped. Started blogging about Aielund Saga and then I couldn't stop playing. I've been playing and blogging about the game since then, and haven't felt a hint of burnout due to the quality and quantity of custom content out there. Also, the principles of design employed by Swordflight humbled me and made me realize that Aurora could outdo Infinity.

Don't tell anyone, this is a secret, but I sort of feel bad for not actively supporting the community in its heyday. :P But I've been trying to make up for it with 80% of my write-ups being for NWN. Also, nice to see the rebirth with the advent of the Enhanced Edition!

fkirenicus

I've started over 20 module projects in the Aurora toolset, finished 2 (well, finished 1 and more or less finished another :-P).
I've started more than 50 in the Electron toolset, finished 0.