D&D Online
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Maniacal
the green Napoleon
I'm not sure, as I only played a couple of sessions with my former roommates and while fun, they didn't go anywhere. I also have only played the starting island in DDO, but the game seems pretty good actually. You get to control when you attack (though not exactly how like in M&B but its an improvement over other mmos I think). A large part of it is free so give it a try.
sophie
Break My Heart
Some of the other NESers and I have been doing dnd over IRC. It works pretty well, the only problem is trying to get everyone together for a period longer than a half hour
Pacioli
Prince
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SimonL, I'm talking about the D&D Online PC game. I was curious if it was worthwhile since it is free or "least a large part of it is free" as PrinceScamp stated. Free sometimes equals a problematic game.
Prior to Civ, I enjoyed Morrowind and Oblivion immensely. Since I don't see a new installment of the Elderscolls series in the works, I thought I'd ask about D&D Online. I don't see myself getting tired of Civ anytime soon tho.
Prior to Civ, I enjoyed Morrowind and Oblivion immensely. Since I don't see a new installment of the Elderscolls series in the works, I thought I'd ask about D&D Online. I don't see myself getting tired of Civ anytime soon tho.
Maniacal
the green Napoleon
Tried games such as Baldur's Gate 1 & 2, Dragon's Age Origins, The Witcher (though not D&D it is excellent) etc?
Pacioli
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I have not tried any one the games you've mentioned PrinceScamp but have considered playing The Witcher since it seems to be comparable to the Elderscrolls series. In the distant past, I played Neverwinter Nights for a few months. I also tried Fable but my computer at that time was not powerful enough to handle the graphics so I gave up on it.
If you've played Neverwinter Nights, then you sort of know the game that, I think, is closest to D&D on a PC, along with Baldur's Gate games. D&D Online is an MMORPG; I dunno how different it can manage to be from the rest of the crowd of MMORGs like Lord of the Rings Online and World of Warcraft. Really, for me, nothing compares to the real pen and paper experience.
Tarkhan
King
You can play through most of DDO for free, though you may end up repeating a lot of dungeons, if you don't buy any of the adventure packs. However, for the cost of a typical game, you can unlock quite a lot of it.
Maniacal
the green Napoleon
The Witcher isn't like the Elder Scrolls games at all. It is not a very open world (though not completely linear) and more of an adventure game than a role-laying one, though many of your choices affect the story and events later on.
As for points in DDO, you can get some from just playing the game as rewards, and there are random promotions (its worth subscribing to the newsletter if you are going to play it), while I played it for a week they gave everyone (iirc) 500 points for free.
As for points in DDO, you can get some from just playing the game as rewards, and there are random promotions (its worth subscribing to the newsletter if you are going to play it), while I played it for a week they gave everyone (iirc) 500 points for free.
Maniacal
the green Napoleon
Definitely!
rhawn
Emperor
I played this at launch and ran 2 toons to 10, I resubbed recently and wow this game is really fun. The fighting is much better than most mmos because it isn't the usualy target, autoattack, spam abilities. It plays more like an adventure game, you need to maneuver within range of mobs that will run and dodge call backup, not just stand there toe to toe and beat on one another until one is dead.
I originally stopped playing because I ran out of content but they have added tons of new quests, a few races, and 2 classes, and doubled the level cap to 20. If anyone is playing you can send a shout out to me on thelanis server on my characters rhawn, deutz, or baqbou.
I originally stopped playing because I ran out of content but they have added tons of new quests, a few races, and 2 classes, and doubled the level cap to 20. If anyone is playing you can send a shout out to me on thelanis server on my characters rhawn, deutz, or baqbou.
Thoughtful Thug
Deity
My older step-brother was heavily into this back in the days. He had a lot of people in his club where thy all meet at a lodge that they rent.
I was kicked out in the very first day of joining it. Had to do with me not taking it seriously.
The only fond memories of it was taking his monster compendium books for good bathroom read. Love the artworks.
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