Category Archives: Neverwinter

Neverwinter’s Module 21 announcement

Posted on June 12, 2021 by Telwyn

I read while I was ‘away from keyboard’ via Shintar’s Neverwinter Thoughts blog post about the surprising major changes coming to Cryptic’s Neverwinter Online MMORPG. The addition of the Bard class is a very welcome new feature. The only potential … Continue reading →

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Azeroth’s lack of pantheon

Posted on March 21, 2021 by Telwyn

Belghast has a rather interesting post up about the lack of defined pantheistic religion in World of Warcraft. The few religious figures that are in the game are either very abstract, such as “the Light”, or rather niche such as … Continue reading →

Posted in D&D, DDO, EQ2, MMORPG, Neverwinter, TTRPG, World of Warcraft | 1 Comment

MMORPG gaming history, part 2

Posted on February 26, 2021 by Telwyn

This post continues my blog journey through all the MMORPGs that I’ve played in the order of when I first tried them. Vanguard, Saga of Heroes, 2012 One of the last boxes that I ever purchased for a MMORPG, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Archeage, BDO, Eden Eternal, ESO, FFXIV, Guild Wars, MMORPG, Neverwinter, TSW, Wildstar | 2 Comments

My list of gaming grievances

Posted on July 14, 2020 by Telwyn

As a reaction post to Belghasts recent post on gaming grievances. Of the nine points listed in this post, three stand out as some of my own worst gripes with MMORPGs, things I’ve written about before but could re-examine in … Continue reading →

Posted in BDO, EQ2, ESO, MMORPG, Neverwinter, Rift, World of Warcraft | 6 Comments

Sticking to dungeon roles #Blapril2020

Posted on April 29, 2020 by Telwyn

Over the last few months I’ve been running a whole lot of dungeons in World of Warcraft Classic and Retail and in Dungeons & Dragons Online. Most MMORPGs use the trinity system or some precursor or variant thereof. In WoW … Continue reading →

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Four favourite game series #Blapril2020

Posted on April 23, 2020 by Telwyn

Apparently there’s a tweet doing the rounds about five favourite game series, as I read over at Time to Loot’s blog post response. It’s an interesting topic to read about, but not one I can easily answer in the spirit … Continue reading →

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Incentives and scaling in Neverwinter (mod 18 era) #Blapril2020

Posted on April 19, 2020 by Telwyn

We’ve been alternating between playing our level-cap characters in Neverwinter, and leveling some new-ish alts. The level-capped characters are still not comfortable to play in Avernus, so we’re running Heroic Expeditions for gear and the chance of artifacts. I’ve lost … Continue reading →

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Lost in (Shorthand) translation #Blapril2020

Posted on April 15, 2020 by Telwyn

Shintar has a post about the kind of shorthand used in global chat channels to gather or organise players for public content. It’s something I’ve seen in many different MMORPGs over the years. Some shorthand is easier to understand than … Continue reading →

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Easter MMORPG news #Blapril2020

Posted on April 11, 2020 by Telwyn

This weekend has seen a couple of announcements for two MMORPGs that I am playing regularly at the moment. Neverwinter, Free Rank 15 Enchantment Firstly I was taken by surprise Thursday evening to see that for the next week any … Continue reading →

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Another generous game company #NeverwinterGame

Posted on March 27, 2020 by Telwyn

I found out just now about a rather generous free offer from Neverwinter’s Perfect World, if you log into your character by April 2 you can get a “fast track pack”. This is an account level offer from the reward … Continue reading →

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