With two days to go before Mod 11's release I thought I'd take the opportunity to showcase some of the highlights and what this Mod has in store for us. I'll attempt to be as spoiler free as possible:)
Most of my information about this Mod comes from Neverwinter Unblogged and my time playing through some of this Mod on Preview.
What to expect?
The obloigatory intro quests that we all know. These quests are the only thing linear about this Mod. After they are complete, the choice is yours as to what you want to do! Investigate whatever faction you want to as everything you do will go towards completion of the Mod.
Good story and great voice acting. If the Devs wanted to erase the mess that SKT (Mod 10/10.5)was from the collective memory of the playerbase, they are off to a great start. For myself, I actually let the NPC's finished talking instead of simply grabbing the quest and closing everything out and moving on. As a result, I became engaged in the story.
Expect betrayals out of nowhere. Expect to become quite friendly with Lord Neverember as he will reveal some harsh and surprising truths.
Remember when you first went to Icewind Dale? And you casually walked up to a Polar Bear and were like "YAY! A battle!" and the polar bear promptly sent you back to the fire, or you barely survived that encounter? The enemies here are like that...Expect tougher mobs. And when you see what think is a familiar enemy, beware, the devs have flipped the script for a few of them! Expect new mechanics as well as new enemies.
Great scenery and a well designed map. The River District is a vast area that has been taken over by the Ascended Wizards, each with their own region in the River District. And as I said, its your choice as to which one you investigate.
And now for some bad news:( Free up some inventory space because there are new things that you have to carry around. And each of these items are dropped by all enemies, but some items drop more from one group than another. Luckily your informed of this in the tutorial, which is pretty thorough and engaing.
AND! Wait for it!.....LOADOUTS! After years of asking for loadouts, they seem to have arrived! To be honest, I didnt experiment too much with this as most of you know that I run the same powers for pretty much everything, with a few exceptions of course. But for those that swap powers/skills for various battles you can set a loadout via the character screen. The menu will be in the top left corner.
New Companion Gear, Mounts, Companions, and New Artifact Weapons, new, well alot of new stuff! Rather than rewrite a bunch of stuff just follow this link to see whats coming:
https://blog.nwo-uncensored.com/new-mod ... t-weapons/
This site is a treasure trove of info maintained by players that spent a great deal of time on Preview.
I will take a moment to talk about the new weapons. Each have their own Bonus and can be built around. In some instances the new weapons could potentially be BIS for your character! The Relic Weapons from SKT will remain BIS for general purposes, but! depending your playstyle the new weapons may be a better fit. They also have the same Item Level as the current relic weapons so there is that benefit too. The new weapons also use the old Marks in their upgrading process, so there isn't the ridiculous grind in SVA for a chance to get the required marks. I liken the new weapons to the Drowned/Burning. etc.. VS Twisted. While not the best, they are comparable and will fit nicely with some playstyles.
Spellplague Caverns. One of the premier dungeons some time back, it reemerges in its newest forms, Normal and Master versions. Complete with redesigned enemies and Boss fights, this is one I will say nothing more about. It beckons to be experienced and is absolutely beautiful. The downside is that it is only available after unlocking it via running the campaign, much like Demogorgon, FBI, and SVA.
In conclusion, I think this Module will be fun and engaging for NOR in Neverwinter. In my eyes it does wash away the stain of SKT somewhat and is a move in a direction that I hope continues in future Mods.
You can read more about the Mod in the link I provided above.
Here's to Neverwinter and to NOR! May our next 25 years be filled with good people, good fun, and good games!
Always NOR,
Rain
Neither by TR or GF have a twisted set, so I'll be taking them through.