Tried Arelith but...

[Kamuizin]

Long loading screens and need to go back to an inn every fight with 2 or 3 xvarts to heal, cos you can't rest with more than 50% rest make things a bit boring.

Maybe i'm doing something worng, thus i ask, can i improve the improvement of the loading or does exist any other (cheap) way to heal on the wilds, to make the game less boring?

[Messsucher]

Sounds it was too hard server for you. There are more casual servers.

[Kamuizin]

Originally posted by Messsucher:

Sounds it was too hard server for you. There are more casual servers.

Why it's too hard? Arelith is the most MMORPG in NWN and i like the concept, what, for now i want to know, is:

(i) can i improve the loading times?
(ii) is there any way to heal in the wilds or force rest above 50% rest?

[Messsucher]

Bandages and healing potions. The rest thing you can't force, you will just have to wait. Basically even if you have a char which can do solo it is better to gather your party before venturing forth. Make friends, have better time, and friends bring variety of roles to make fights smooth.

[Kamuizin]

Originally posted by Messsucher:

Bandages and healing potions. The rest thing you can't force, you will just have to wait. Basically even if you have a char which can do solo it is better to gather your party before venturing forth. Make friends, have better time, and friends bring variety of roles to make fights smooth.

I see, i'm kinda of a solo player, so i can go and leave whenever i want in the game, to not affect my rl. Anyway, this bandage thing, is this healing kits?

[Messsucher]

Originally posted by Kamuizin:

Originally posted by Messsucher:

Bandages and healing potions. The rest thing you can't force, you will just have to wait. Basically even if you have a char which can do solo it is better to gather your party before venturing forth. Make friends, have better time, and friends bring variety of roles to make fights smooth.

I see, i'm kinda of a solo player, so i can go and leave whenever i want in the game, to not affect my rl. Anyway, this bandage thing, is this healing kits?

Yeah. They are literally called bandages. You have first aid skill, which affect how effectively you can use them.

Arelith have or used to have at least a rule "Real Life comes first." Nobody really minds if someone need to go.

[kaiyl_kariashi]

gonna be about the same on any of the big persistent worlds.

pretty much all of them universally restrict resting to specific locations or a long cooldown outside of Safe Zones.

healing will vary a lot more, though it's not uncommon to have health regain on resting be the same as P&P (1 hp per level), instead of the full refill it is in normal NWN, the effects of the healing skill can also vary considerably (some only boost the effectiveness of rest-hp gain instead of healing hp directly in addition to attempting to treat disease/poison conditions). Availability of potions will vary heavily by setting, some are a bit more free about it, others are more stingy.

[Captain Dickärd]

Originally posted by Messsucher:

Sounds it was too hard server for you. There are more casual servers.

How is that even possible? Is there a server that plays the game for you?

[Kamuizin]

Arelith system is very cool, if you don't mind spent your gold in healing kits it's very dinamic (otherwise the constant fight and back to heal inside an inn break the immersion of the game).

I already got myself to understand the game better, my biggest issue with Arelith now is his thousand commands options that you either need to use or will have a problem.

I read a lot before i started in Arelith and the first thing i dide was type -adventure to get more XP in long term, but there's a lot of other commands that are apparently needed to play well the game. For example, i know that -ama show whoever is avaliable to explain things but i don't know how to pm another player.

Other issues i find problematic in Arelith are the knowledge of how the system works. I meant:

- craft apparently is pretty important but i have zero idea in how to use it.
- miscellaneous items can't be sold everywhere (and the place most of them can pay so low that is outrageously), but the game don't make it easy to know where to sell things.
- quests aren't intuitive. I got one to clear a xvart cave that take the hell out of my skin, not a quest adequate for my level for sure (but i think the system said it is).
- Gear apparently has charges and break, but until now i don't know how to deal with it and nothing indicate this issue to me besides my presumption. When i saw a charge from a bracer without any usable skill being lowered during a fight i presumed as much.

The world is pretty interesting, but i think too many ppl are long old players there that already know what is there to know and thus i found it a bit unwelcoming for a newbie (not the community, everyone is pretty nice and helpful, i meant the system of that world). Also, i found my character extremly weak but may just be me playing bad, but i really got he chills thinking in how someone can play as an outcast with low level and no access to merchants.

Edit: also, the constant reset of the city map is a pain in the a$$.

[Borkul]

Google dat Arelith wiki!
Expertise an Improved Expertise feats are mandatory on most of the builds! (more armor class for PVE)

[Victoria]

Arelith and Ravenloft are both rather ancient and poorly optimized, that's likely what's behind the long load times. As for RP wise, they're somewhat infamous for being new player unfriendly with lots of DM favoritism and cliques.

[^Sol]

Re: other servers, I've tried a bunch and I'm really enjoying Amia to be honest. It has a smaller population than those at the top of the list but has very active DMs and a nice atmosphere that's welcoming to a rusty returning NWN player. It's a shame it's getting overlooked a bit being further down the list but it's very friendly with good RP and I'm not having to deal with people who are a bit too hardcore.

I'm also playing Ravenloft but I'm finding it difficult to navigate around some of the more complex elements and lore (partly because I've been away from D&D gaming so long and I'm a bit more casual these days). You need to do a fair bit of reading and research to avoid annoying people inadvertently.

I suspect there are a load of great servers that people are missing out on because the default approach is to look at what's busiest. :)

[Kamuizin]

Originally posted by ^Sol:

Re:: other PWs, I'm really enjoying Amia to be honest - it runs on EE now. It has a smaller population than those at the top of the list but has very active DMs and a nice atmosphere that's welcoming to a rusty returning NWN player. It's a shame it's getting overlooked a bit being further down the list but it's very friendly with good RP and I'm not having to deal with people who are a bit too hardcore.

I'm also playing Ravenloft but I'm finding it difficult to navigate around some of the more complex elements and lore (partly because I've been away from D&D gaming so long and I'm a bit more casual these days). You need to do a fair bit of reading and research to avoid annoying people inadvertently.

I suspect there are a load of great servers that people are missing out on because the default approach is to look at what's busiest. :)

Already am integrating in the community and learning the game better. Loading time is stiill an issue, but otherwise i'm ok.

[^Sol]

Originally posted by Kamuizin:

Already am integrating in the community and learning the game better. Loading time is stiill an issue, but otherwise i'm ok.

Good to hear :)

I honestly can't believe that in 20 years, nothing has really eclipsed this game in what it offers. I mean, D:OS2 and Solasta are good but don't do the same things.

Have fun

[Messsucher]

Originally posted by ^Sol:

Re: other servers, I've tried a bunch and I'm really enjoying Amia to be honest. It has a smaller population than those at the top of the list but has very active DMs and a nice atmosphere that's welcoming to a rusty returning NWN player. It's a shame it's getting overlooked a bit being further down the list but it's very friendly with good RP and I'm not having to deal with people who are a bit too hardcore.

I'm also playing Ravenloft but I'm finding it difficult to navigate around some of the more complex elements and lore (partly because I've been away from D&D gaming so long and I'm a bit more casual these days). You need to do a fair bit of reading and research to avoid annoying people inadvertently.

I suspect there are a load of great servers that people are missing out on because the default approach is to look at what's busiest. :)

Amia was a very popular casuallish server back in time, with very relaxed and great community.

[^Sol]

Originally posted by Messsucher:

Amia was a very popular casuallish server back in time, with very relaxed and great community.

Well after spending a week or so on there I can say that the latter 2 points are still the case, it's actually made a nice break from all the low magic stuff I've seen. Cheers!