Everyone has a fighting chance
XBox One Neverwinter players will finally get their chance to experience the Elemental Evil module beginning on September 8th. Elemental Evil will bring content from three other expansions as well including Curse of Icewind Dale, Shadowmantle and Fury of the Feywild.
The Neverwinter site has been updated with a new post that lays out some forthcoming changes to the difficulty and leveling speed for characters in the level 60-70 range. This issue was of significant concern to players after the release of the Elemental Evil module and the team has been crunching numbers and reviewing player feedback for quite some time.
Cryptic Studios and Perfect World Entertainment have announced the release of the latest module, Strongholds, that brings a number of significant changes to the game, most notably the addition of guild fortresses, or strongholds.
A day ahead of tomorrow’s big Neverwinter update, Cryptic Studios has published the patch notes for Strongholds, the next module to be added to the game.
Cryptic Studios and Perfect World Entertainment have announced a new hybrid subscription model called the VIP program. Those who wish to subscribe can do so for 30, 60 or 180 days and will accrue a number of in-game perks.
Cryptic Studios has announced that the Elemental Evil expansion to Neverwinter will be headed to XBox One in September. Console players will gain access to Elemental Evil, Fury of the Feywild, Shadowmantle and Curse of Icewind Dale at the same time, bringing the XBox One version of Neverwinter nearly current with PC.
The Neverwinter team has posted a brand new Q&A with fans of the game. The focus of the discussion is the forthcoming Strongholds module that is set to go live on August 11th. Questions range from Stronghold customization to tracking personal donations to the guild structure to long term viability of strongholds once other modules come out.
Neverwinter Online has a Double AD weekend (ongoing through Monday, August 3rd) and double XP bonus until Strongholds launch (on the Tuesday, August 11th).
On Wednesday afternoon I had a conference call with Rob Overmeyer, Executive Producer for Neverwinter, and Alex Monney, Communications Manager with Perfect World. During that time Rob took me on a guided preview of what players can expect when Neverwinter launches their newest module, Strongholds, later this summer.
The Neverwinter team has gone on record as having heard the voices of the community about abusive behavior by some when using the ‘vote-to-kick’ feature. According to a new post on the Neverwinter site, players had been particularly abusing the system at or near the end of a boss fight effectively reducing the pool of players who would have access to drops.