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uss · 07-30-2004, 10:42 PM

I read that it's supposed to be better than the official campaigns. I downloaded it and played it up to (I think) the end of Shadowlords part 2.

So far, I am not impressed. On the contrary, I'm quite disappointed.

The sidequests are dull and most have only one ending,
the main quests are extremely linear,
the main plot is thus far very uninteresting(send message to Captain, fight the Zhent and Cyric alliance *yawn*),
Henchmen don't level up normally and it isn't possible to equip them,
I got stuck at a point where there's 2 Skeleton Chieftains that are impervious to my damage, resist my spells and kill me, my henchman and my familiar with a single hit!

Also, the powergamer in me doesn't like that the ending level is only about up to 12.

While Nwvault said that the module(the first part, at least) has Heavy Roleplaying and Medium Hack/Slash, I'd rather say it's Light Roleplaying and Heavy Hack/Slash. Seriously, I can't imagine anyone thinking that this module is Heavy on Roleplay!

That being said, I'm considering deleting this module. It's nowhere as good as I thought it would be.

Is the module going to get any better later on?

07-30-2004, 10:42 PM	#1
uss 20th Level Warrior Join Date: November 16, 2001 Location: Estonia Age: 36 Posts: 2,775	I read that it's supposed to be better than the official campaigns. I downloaded it and played it up to (I think) the end of Shadowlords part 2. So far, I am not impressed. On the contrary, I'm quite disappointed. The sidequests are dull and most have only one ending, the main quests are extremely linear, the main plot is thus far very uninteresting(send message to Captain, fight the Zhent and Cyric alliance yawn), Henchmen don't level up normally and it isn't possible to equip them, I got stuck at a point where there's 2 Skeleton Chieftains that are impervious to my damage, resist my spells and kill me, my henchman and my familiar with a single hit! Also, the powergamer in me doesn't like that the ending level is only about up to 12. While Nwvault said that the module(the first part, at least) has Heavy Roleplaying and Medium Hack/Slash, I'd rather say it's Light Roleplaying and Heavy Hack/Slash. Seriously, I can't imagine anyone thinking that this module is Heavy on Roleplay! That being said, I'm considering deleting this module. It's nowhere as good as I thought it would be. Is the module going to get any better later on?