OpenWinter: Neverwinter Open Beta Is Live

Michael Dunaway
By Michael Dunaway, News Editor Posted:
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Cryptic Studios Neverwinter MMO was released into open beta today which means no more wipes, way more content and a chance once again to stab people in their shins as a halfling.

I got a chance to play the open beta during the Founder's open beta headstart and promptly wasted that time rerolling 3 times. Regardless, it was quite fun and the re-leveling was add easier by my use of the Foundry quests, which were at times flat out better than the main storyline quests both in presentation and writing (which is often hilarious). Cryptic even rewards players for doing Foundry content at regular intervals with additional XP, a nice touch that encourages players to try out the community's hand crafted content.

And for those of us who think about our characters while we aren't even playing, the open beta adds a new way for us to nerd out. The Neverwinter Gateway is a web portal that allows players to remotely check their character's stats, further their crafting, use the auction house, open their mail, and check in on their guild's activity. For me one of the most useful features is actually being able to access the crafting since Neverwinter's crafting is time based (similar to EvE Online's skill progression).

For those interested in delving into the world of DnD with Cryptic's Neverwinter you can do so by visiting the official site here.

I'll be personally on throughout the day (4/30) most likely rocking my third rerolled character. If you'd like to chat or just party up (if you are around my level) just look for the Guardian Fighter named Kingslayer. I am a nerd, I know.

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Michael Dunaway
Michael Dunaway, News Editor

Michael Dunaway has been part of the MMOBomb team for years and has covered practically every major Free-to-Play MMO title since 2009.

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Discussion (47)

wingnut 10 years ago
a lot of download and patching, almost 4 GB :(

Bishonen 10 years ago
Well the Servers are overloaded , can't dwnload it at all XD

Turboshifter 10 years ago
never been a fan of NWK so i might as well try it once its open

Elena100% 10 years ago
im speke croation

Elena100% 10 years ago
hej im elena tho enter

Irda 10 years ago
Tip: when you open the launcher go to options, click "disable on demand patching" you will download some extra content. Also, for those who wonder this game is not "P2W"

MechroJay 10 years ago
sweet wifi fixed time to rogue/thief it up :D

Bleh! 10 years ago
Pay to win :/

shadowgun 10 years ago
so valindra shadowmantle (from the drizzt books) is leading the undead army attacking neverwinter? i havnt read the neverwinter saga yet so idk if its in there but i did just read about wen she became a litch. Also will drizzt be making an appearence in this game

RenTheRose 10 years ago
mine was a 3.14 gb download only took me 10 mins though i didnt do the offical tors those were way to slow i have been playing the game and was wondering what the hype was about mybe ill see it when i reach lvl 20

Hykova 10 years ago
Queue position: 13,420

What?

TheWUT??? 10 years ago
Ey! mmobomb can you us a giveaways for neverwinter as part of your so called "2nd anniversary", well i think many ppl will be so delighted by that!!

luthebear 10 years ago
downloader is laggy, 5kb´´s since yesterday ... that sucks, torrent is also slowly ... any suggestion?

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aghy 10 years ago
wow...5k in queue like WTF IS THIS LOL, biggg faiiiilllll!

GamingMaster 10 years ago
so much waiting time .. It would be easier to just make NA and EU servers.. If they let a lot of people in beta before the launch we wouldn't have this problem ... anyway i'm in queue No. 1639 atm ...

Fuhrer 10 years ago
Queue is over NEIN NEIN NEIN!!!!

Golgo28 10 years ago
I bought the 200 dollar founders pack and a 60 dollar one during closed beta.And the so called vip access,that's suposed to let you jump to the front of the que.Is complete bs.I login it says I'm 1267 in the que i wait 1 minute and im pushed all the way back to 3678 in que.WTF seriously cryptic i spent 260 dollars on your game before during the closed beta period and all the cheap bastards that haven't spent any money get a bigger priority on login.That's right Cryptic lied,just when i thought maybe they learned their lesson about screwing people over they pull this bs.And I can't get a refund cause both Cryptic and PWE are ahole companies.I uninstalled the game and will never support Cryptic in any way,shape or form ever again.

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yourdog 10 years ago
Of isnt instanties! First 3 areas are rest isnt (im lvl 10)

asd 10 years ago
the game sucks , intanced based

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honeybadger 10 years ago
Get ready for a 5000+ queue (AKA about 40 min to 1 hour wait), because that's how many people are trying to get on right now lol

trenton 10 years ago
downloDING it right nowwww :) hells yeah

revdekka 10 years ago
have to say, that is one epic trailer

Rufinus 10 years ago
any promos going on for it?

MOUNTED MAN 10 years ago
M-O-U-N-T-E-D !!!

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spyhard420 10 years ago
yeah let the lag begin lol

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Onslaught 10 years ago
Hello all


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