Perfect World Entertainment just released a new class preview video for their upcoming Dungeons and Dragons inspired MMO, Neverwinter. The video unveils the first playable class called the Control Wizard.
This isn’t some run-of-the-mill wizard type you will find at your local Waverly Wands Emporium. Heck, these wizards don’t even use wands! Instead they weave their magic spells using intricate hand motions, allowing them to “control” the flow of the battle using various spell types.
According to the introductory video (featured above), Control Wizards are masters of elemental and control magic, conjuring various forms of ice attacks which stun or push enemies back, and teleporting to evade damage. One of the first “daily” powers a Control Wizard can obtain is the Ice Storm ability, which allows a player to conjure ice spikes from the floor, flinging enemies in all directions away from the wizard. Useful in both singular situations and in group settings when your party is in need of a little breathing room.
The narrator notes that these abilities are all available early on in your journey to become a proficient Control Wizard, which makes me glad I won’t have to worry about hitting 1-2-111-2 on my keyboard for the first few hours of my Neverwinter experience.
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Join discussionSo I was browsing the site and discovered that Tieflings will be a playable race.
This game is going to be epic.
This is why i pre-ordered Torchlight II on PW.
Looks like that Elite founders pack from RaiderZ will come in handy when they start sending out out beta keys. Seems legit.
Wow as far as i can see on youtube most of the people hates this game but i think i will give it a try :))
I looking forward to this game, too bad it’s 4E, I’d prefer it 3.5E, but I guess we already have DDO for that.
This game will be so fun XD
I have to say it looks ok 🙂 the combat looks good and I wouldn’t mind a dungeon crawler that ACTUALLY takes place in a DUNGEON.
Too many mmos now adays are too open. Soo…. many…. hills….
I want stone and rock over my head, and dank underground passages to explore! Not flying mounts!
Wizards? Magic? Im in! 😀
over hyped im not impressed and the reason is unknown
WHEN WILL THEY MAKE A DUNGEON SIEGE MMO?
WHEN YOU TURN YOUR CAPS LOCK OFF!
^^ You get cake.
I am a huge pen & paper old school D&D fan. I love all the D&D PC & video games that came out over the years. What is the release date for this I can’t wait to play this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SOOOOO EXCITED!
“I cast Magic Missle.”
“At What?”
“At the Darkness”
(Everyone Else) “HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA”
-Magicman
Lmao.
lolz summoner. awesome story line for a ps2 game. the combat game play was kinda weird though.
Dead on with my thoughts on the game too! Still, that was one EPIC easter egg. “Do we have any Cheetos???”
LOL
-Magicman
Theres also a similar video about the guardian btw 😀
This game looks AMAZING!!!
This looks freakin awesome!!!!
omfg i want to play
Why did PWI even try with RaiderZ? neverwinter blows it out of the water.
Because two games that make them money is better than one game that makes them money.
This looks EPIC!! I love magic- type classes!
Wow this shit looks sick
Oh man I’m so excited for this game
Looks awesome.