SoZ Preview at IGN

[Anthony Davis]

Look at me, I'm trolling...

http://pc.ign.com/articles/917/917182p1.html

Some new screens and stuff.

 

[Andyman Messiah]

Look at me, I'm trolling...

You're a whore, Anthony! Whore!!

I'm actually already reading it. I guess a thread to discuss whatever I find in the article is warranted, despite the disturbing lack of cherry pie.

I'll get back when I've finished reading it all. Storm of Zehir sounds better and better the more I read about it.

Also:

Steve Butts

How am I supposed to make jokes with this kind of material?

 

[Raapys]

Any word on what level you can expect to achive going through the game?

 

[Anthony Davis]

Any word on what level you can expect to achive going through the game?

You can expect to hit between 14 and 17 depending on ECL of the characters in the party and how much side content you do.

 

[Kogorn]

I know some stuff has to be kept on the DL...but if you can, can you please say anything about the crafting system in SoZ? I haven't been able to find much on it and I'm quite curious....

 

[Anthony Davis]

I know some stuff has to be kept on the DL...but if you can, can you please say anything about the crafting system in SoZ? I haven't been able to find much on it and I'm quite curious....

The crafting system has been changed.

 

[OSK]

Swashbuckler? About damn time!

 

[Wyrmlord]

Swashbuckler? About damn time!

But that's exactly what a Duelist is.

 

[Vaarna_Aarne]

A caster PR for Warlocks was the best new class news for me.

 

[santino27]

Also a new interview with the other Tony (Evans) at Gamespot:

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/neverwin ... id=6198747

He's a bit silly in the interview, but there is definitely some good info, including a discussion of the new crafting system.

 

[Wilco]

What did he mean by the downsized dynamic trading system? Was that a DnD joke or something?

 

[Anthony Davis]

That is a pretty good interview. Tony Evans is a lot of fun to work with and he is a very talented, if some what crazy designer.

Sometimes he gets that crazed look in his eye and you just KNOW he is going to ask for something crazy. However, whatever he asks for is almost without a doubt universally cool.

 

[Warden]

Hmm.. we discovered a new potential party member.
I think it's the black guy, Umoja. (There's a small chance the joinable is Dagryffe Milarn, the moustache guy... hm, now that I read the name.. no)

 

[Starwars]

One-of-Many, in my SoZ? :shock:

 

[Spectacle]

This is sounding very good so far. I hope that whenever Obsidian makes their next standalone D&D game, they'll keep in mind what has been learned with MotB ans SoZ.

 

[Volourn]

Good preview.

Question: How long will it takes some moron to whine that the expansion is too easy... for their level 30 character?

Answer: Within 1st day of release.

Response: R00fles!


My biggest beef with this expansion (outside of the lame cartoonish map) is the fact that they didn't include wil;d dwarves. That is beyond WRONG!

Otherwise, looks awesome.

 

[Demnogonis Saastuttaja]

Why's One-Of-Many there? Can you load some save from OC and / or MoTB which changes some things in the world, or is it just "canon" that the spirit-eater devours Okku and creates One of Many?

EDIT : And if you have one or more Yuan-ti in your party, can you join Zehir from the start instead of fighting them for some time and then switching sides (or at all)? And the most important question, can you join Shadow Thieves?

Wow, when NWN2 came out I'd never have expected that the game I'm most anticipating in late 2008 would be it's expansion. But, if I haven't missed anything, there's nothing else to look forward to.

 

[Black]

Yes, please do explain. Not that I complain because he was an awesome companion, just curious.

 

[Kogorn]

I know some stuff has to be kept on the DL...but if you can, can you please say anything about the crafting system in SoZ? I haven't been able to find much on it and I'm quite curious....

The crafting system has been changed.

I guess you can't say anymore, but at least that implies that a crafting system will exist in SoZ, yay!

 

[Pastel]

Can you load some save from OC and / or MoTB which changes some things in the world

Since you're expected to replay MotB with lots of different characters, I don't see what the point would be. You've probably made all available choices, except only one per character. But since the MotB character is completely unrelated to Storm of Zehir, how do you decide whose choices you go by?

 

[Anthony Davis]

Why's One-Of-Many there? Can you load some save from OC and / or MoTB which changes some things in the world, or is it just "canon" that the spirit-eater devours Okku and creates One of Many?

That is a very good question. I will ask Tony Evans and post his reply here.

 

[Durwyn]

If there's One of Many, I want Kaelyn in it too

 

[Darth Roxor]

Well, you know, maybe there's something to the fact that he is called one of MANY?

 

[Solohk]

Well, you know, maybe there's something to the fact that he is called one of MANY?

Errr... wasn't it because he was made up of many souls, but only one of them is in control and speaks for them all?

 

[Darth Roxor]

well, I guess so, but I don't think that this was something of an absolutely unique nature.