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Posted by Akatriel ( ..xxx.xxx ) at 2003-11-05 04:43:00
In response to LOD SUX, this is a character that unfortunately I had to ban and became a little disgruntled. As far as the DM council that now oversee the running of LOD is concerned any player that simply logs to a server to use the shout channel to express a large number of expletives and profanities is best kept out of a server. Land of Destinies - Legacy, as it is now known as is Vastly superior to it's predecessor, with anti cheating scripts employed and many many more RP elements involved I belive the server requires a new review by NWN Vault and shall be discussing the possiblity of a re-review in the near future.
Legacy is now also twice the size than stated above and hopefully a new review will be available shortly.
My Thanks to all who assisted :)
Posted by LOD SUX ( ..xxx.xxx ) at 2003-10-09 11:21:00
Don't waste your time. Find something better.
Posted by aramil99 ( ..xxx.xxx ) at 2003-09-30 06:20:00
Dante's Inferno replied:
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On a side note, and directed at the guy who made the 'high levels killing goblins' post. If you've taken the time to look around or even read the bloody sign, you would have know that there is not 1 n00b area, but 3. Yes 3! 1,2,3. 3! Goblin road is the main one where the other 2 originate from. It will always have large traffic because it also leads to the higher level areas, so if you are smart, go to one of the other ones.
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You give exactly ZERO explanation or reason for why mages that can cast NINTH LEVEL SPELLS are such lamers that they camp goblins in the noob area. Your answer is essentially, "Well, level 1 and 2 noobs can just go to one of the OTHER noob areas, maybe there won't be 20th level mages camping there too, killing the CR 1/4 monsters."
Real good answer, Dante. Well thought out.
Posted by Dante's Inferno ( ..xxx.xxx ) at 2003-09-08 07:22:00
A few words to the wise.
I've been playing LOD since a month before their first whipe. I believe that would be somewhere around, what? December 2002-Januari 2003? I'm not very good with dates.
Anyway, I have no real idea how long it has existed before I arrived, but I do think I've been around long enough to give a well funded opinion.
I've seen some complaints about the actions of some higher level players as well as some complaints about being banned/harassed by DM's. I find it humorous that some don't seem to realize that the ones complaining about DM harasment are the same that misbehave as higher levels.
Yes it's true.
Sometimes lower levels get killed by higher levels. But this is not accepted by DM's or all players (as opposed to earlier statements). Make one comment about being pk'd in shout and most of the time you'll have 3-4 high levels standing there in 4 minutes time ready to resurrect you and even hunt the offender down (if in violation or rules) and believe me, some make a sport out of this 8).
Dm's try not to interfere in these matters because, if you've read the entry message, it is a server for players. Meaning not only players have a say in it's affairs, but also that you don't go crying to a DM every 5 seconds.
I think it's this fact that makes the players there so fun to be with. They are almost always ready to lend a hand.
On a side note, and directed at the guy who made the 'high levels killing goblins' post. If you've taken the time to look around or even read the bloody sign, you would have know that there is not 1 n00b area, but 3. Yes 3! 1,2,3. 3! Goblin road is the main one where the other 2 originate from. It will always have large traffic because it also leads to the higher level areas, so if you are smart, go to one of the other ones.
A lot of people complain it is completely Uber and that there is no RP whatsoever.
Yes, the server is action oriented, but does that make it Uber? Far from it. Players and DM's are constantly working to make the action balanced by remaking/banning/adding items and installing new scripts to remove unfair advantages of your everyday 'munchkin' classes. Some immunities are allowed yes, but the ones that really are a pain have been long banned. The RP bit is somewhat true yes. But once you get around the players you'll find that a lot of them always play 'in character'. I for one always do.
There are a lot of things I can tell you about as to why I like it so much and keep going back even after suffering yet another whipe and a large period of downtime, but you'll be better off seeing for yourself.
I'll admit, if you stay there for only 30 minutes, you'll find nothing that amuses you. But spend a few days there and you'll be hooked on both the module and the players.
And to Kaster. As you know, our beloved DM's don't believe in slandering ones name, so they never give out details to the players as to why one was actually banned. But I know from experience and observation than they are a lot more leniant than you try to portray here. And if I do remember correctly, you weren't too shy of the occasional Pk-a-newby yourself, along with some other not-so-loved and illegal hobby's.
To sum things up, it is never good to rely on others opinions, especially not if those opinions are from people who have a reason to hold a grudge. Give it a try.
Also, legacy has gone live and a lot of things have changed. New area's, new merchants, new monsters, new items, a forge,... Several new scripts to make the experience quite a bit more pleasant. And as opposed to the lv20-in-a-day statement, more than false. Even veterans who know every nook and cranny will need quite some time now. LOD is forever changing, and usually for the better.
Posted by sholari ( ..xxx.xxx ) at 2003-09-05 16:20:00
One of the worst mods I've ever seen. Horrible design, no story, nothing original or creative about it at all. Seems to only attract moronic powergamers who get a kick out of killing low level characters over and over.
Don't even bother with this one.
Posted by aramil99 ( ..xxx.xxx ) at 2003-09-05 06:22:00
Amen -- I have to agree with all those below that generally classified this as a crappy mod and server.
Here's my personal experience with it.
Log in, create a noob character, cleric or something. Head to the noob character area just outside of town (north if I recall), Goblin Road or whatever it was called. Spawns are fast, which was good. However, there are not one but several high-level mages CAMPING GOBLINS and competing with the level 1 noobs for the kills, for Christ's sake, if you can believe that.
By "high-level mages", I don't mean level 4 or level 5, nuking them with Fireball. I'm talking about idiots with characters high-level enough to cast Wail of the Banshee, Chain Lightning, etc and wipe out everything in the area before the noobs can even get a swing in. They were not just "passing through" and casting a nuke spell --- I mean seriously sitting and camping in the goblin noob area, killing spawn after spawn after spawn, like 15 minutes running.
This tells you something about this mod, server, and players --- either the mod sucks bad (nowhere for characters to level, other than goblins?? or goblins are actually best XP and levelling option for high-level chars?? In either case, the mod bites), or the server is populated with total lamers who can't handle anything tougher than goblins with level 17+ characters.
Well, it was good for a laugh, for awhile --- never before or since have I seen any mod where uber-level characters camp goblins...... What a joke. Waste of time.
Posted by atedecis ( ..xxx.xxx ) at 2003-07-10 11:57:00
SHORT AND SIMPLE. LOD IS THE MOST WORSTEST DESIGNED MOD I'VE EVER PLAYED ON.
Posted by Addesan ( ..xxx.xxx ) at 2003-07-03 18:45:00
I've had mixed feelings for this mod for awhile, but the ultimate decision, sadly, is that I don't really like it. From the poorly designed areas to the power-leveling attitude that this mod includes, not to mention the insanely overpowered items that exist there, it was only a matter of time until I came to this decision. Add to that the fact that the server rules are bare-bones. I'm not saying a server should be a dictatorship, not even implying, but even democracy needs rules to function, or it is instead anarchy, which is a very accurate description to this server running the not-so well-made LOD module. Granted, it is an action server where you mainly just kill monsters and level up, which is kind of the only point. Well, that point takes a beating when you are in an area which is pretty much your only option for decent experience, incidentally a PvP area. The PKers on this server don't miss that. Not one half-hour goes by without a sudden level 20 character bursts out of invisibility in front of your level 10 character and kills you in one to three hits. Why? I don't know, PKing seems to be generally accepted without warnings. I really question the motives of the people that do this. But there should be rules to prevent them from doing things like that. They take away alot of fun for other players, not to mention those who disarm first and steals your weapon. PvP Areas should either be confined to an arena or something, or else they should at least make some No-PvP areas that equal the PvP areas in experience gain, for those who wish to level their character undisturbed by level 20 character disarming and then killing them. As it is now, complete anarchy, as soon as you enter a PvP area you might be killed anytime, anywhere. It has happened to me, I've seen others complain about it, not ONCE have I seen the DM's do anything about it, and NOWHERE does say if it's supposed to be like that, no rules of it have not been clearly stated.
Okay, what do we have so far?
Land of Destinies module: Poorly designed, no detail whatsoever. Overpowered items. No point, no underlying "main" plot/quest. Granted, it's a hack&slash action module, but that point is killed by;
The server it runs on: Has few and unclear rules. It's also quite laggy at times, killing monsters get annoying when they go teleporting around. Even more annoying when YOU go teleporting around without your general consent. The server also has a habit of spontaneously crashing. (And no, I don't mean the routine reboots.) And then there's the total anarchy.
The only one factor about LOD that I've really enjoyed is that MOST people, incidentally the ones that don't go around spontaneously killing low-level characters with a level 20 character, are very nice and fun to talk with. But that can be said about lots of servers, so it isn't a factor that redeems the multitude of drawbacks.
Summary, on my part: I won't be going back.
Posted by Kaster Banned ( ..xxx.xxx ) at 2003-07-01 19:32:00
Well I've been banned from LOD. I'll give ya a little story and then my opinion of the server as a whole. Apparently, a certain individual on the server, through some hack or bug or something, i dunno-im not computer wiz, but somehow, he received an exorbitant amount of money. This individual felt it good to share his fortune with others. He made a sizeable donation to another individual who later became my friend on the server, and who is also the brother of one of the coolest players on LOD. Jonny, you rule. This person, who I roamed around with a lot chose to purchase items from me with the money he received. Granted, he gave me more than a fair market value for them, they were quest items and not simple to get for the general new player. I had earned multiple items of almost every kind that you could not buy in a store and I also apologize to the people who I was holding items for at the time of the ban. So this guy buys this stuff from me and I'm thinking great, not only did I just get 43 million GP, i also had almost 30 million GP leftover from all the loot runs with the spaz we all know as Soigo. This is why I was banned. The actions that took place by a certain DM when I was threatened in the DM room were quite obscene, but I won't go into that here unless this post is challenged. But I was banned for selling my items for a lot of money. I did not hack, I don't even know how to hack. I'm a computer retard as far as most of the people who will read this go. If anyone tells you what happened differently, they were lying. Also, 3 certain individuals made of DMs and an admin, gave me a chance to not be banned and only lose my "phoenix gear" if i informed them who i gave this money out to. I didn't find that fair to the certain individuals who like myself, had no clue they had done anything wrong, and I didn't know i had done anything wrong. I think the fact that I would constantly yell it on shouts that I got all that money from the individual would suggest I didn't feel I had broken rules. I refused to tell the DMs and admin however, as i just didn't see it fair to the rest of the players. I had also been on the server for over 4 months and had achieved 6 level 20 characters and a combined 1.5 million xp between all of my characters. I had proof of this too; the DM's did not listen.
I feel like I was taken advantage by certain DM's who had a grudge against me or felt they were on a power trip.
Now to my opinion of the server, not all of the DMs on LOD are like the two I mentioned. The following are some great DMs.
1-Stone aka grizz- Coolest overall player on LOD and most amicable dm.
hope you can work some better hours bud
2-Ghengiz- Man, this guy got under my skin, really irritated me, but regardless, hes probably the best overall DM and keeps everyone interested.
3-Mini-funny guy, fair DM, seems to only be on late at night, but thats understandable with his busy days- Good luck with the racing career.
4-Great dm-never interacted with him, always seemed to be really quiet or hiding in the background but never heard a bad thing ever mentioned.
Those are prolly the top 4 DMs on the server, and if you are new to the server or anything, I'd recommend talking to them and find out about the "hidden" rules so ya don't get busted. things like stacking elemental shields and picking banned spells
OK-server is cool, but why?
PLAYERS are cool. that's the reason.
Some cool players who i'm sure will help you out are
if interested in making a dex player talk to stone or nadril
if interested in making some ABSURD player with ac and ab that sounds kinda odd to me, talk to jax, i think its kinda bs what he told me, but if he can make a guy with 73 AB and 50 AC, you should talk to him
for making some crazy bashing cleric, talk to orcgrim, even though hes more likely to kill you than help you, he knows
for a cool sorce, jaxxer is the man along with anglacon and ghengiz and lagnar
for a lil pesky thief, lagnars brother nad hendrox is quite deadly on the server as well soigo grel who never really plays much any more, and of course, the deadliest of all, bloody booger, also doesnt play much
and if you wanna just know how to get awesome stuff on the server, talk to sarlo, he is the most dedicated player and doesn't get the credit he should, GIVE SARLO A HOUSE
those are some good guys to talk to for chars.....
just a lil shoutout to the following peeps before i go
marines, josh wilk, nadril, stone, orc, sarlo, soigo, jonny, lagnar, nad, orch?, jaxxer, mojo, damony, badfish, laurranna, argon, anglacon, and to everyone else who has died with me doing stupid +blocked+ like trying to kill phen with 2 people, and the shoutout to LODs most deadly feature, goodbye LAG.
thats pretty much it, players are cool, factions are kinda weak, but its just a social place where u can shout all u want and run around and just have a good time, i recommend it and if someone offers to give you money, think twice =), it might be a trap
on a final note, I'll adress the two individuals who's actions I feel were so obscene: Mrs Nice and Violet, you two lack a sense of common human decency, courtesy, and respect....i was very happy that angel caught one of you planting 9999999999gp onto my character....I found that incident to be a true example of how corrupt one of you, or both of you are.
That's it, give it a whirl, you'll like it, im not a hardcore gamer so I like the place thats easy and fun to do stuff and this it it, but I feel that what I saw on my last two days there by certain individuals was just plain corrupt, and I didn't like it.
fun fun fun, just not for me anymore..........good luck guys
Posted by Dissapointed ( ..xxx.xxx ) at 2003-07-01 19:12:00
The server is good but they really need to get rid of all the lvl 20 disarm pkers that is stealing yor stuff all the time.
They really lower the quality of the server.. :(
Posted by Bloody Booger ( ..xxx.xxx ) at 2003-06-19 21:52:00
I recind.
My 1 complaint of LoD is the shittily designed areas.
Still, The server has a good "attitude" and is very social, dynamic, and challenging for newbies and veterans alike...
A fine place to play.
Posted by Bloody Booger ( ..xxx.xxx ) at 2003-06-19 21:41:00
LOD is Very fun.
There is good PvP challenge and all classes are fiarly well balanced. A lot of lvl 18+ quest areas have been added and the server as a whole has something to offer every action gamer.
There is no Role playing on LoD. Some people dont like that, but it seems the average "power gamer" doesnt mind.
The DMs are helpful, for the most part, and the server is constantly and consistantly being updated. A true mark that shows the DMs/Admins care about their creation.
I have few complaints of LoD, none of them severe enough to mention.
Ajax/Booger.
Posted by Rijaat ( ..xxx.xxx ) at 2003-06-05 18:58:00
well i made comments with out reading the board first hahaha
1 the factions good vs evil well what else is there and actualy there is 4 factions so play the mod befor ya open ya cake hole.
2 ripe off of de2 hmm well i don't see it i have played de2 got to lvl 5 and it sucked i have played Lod for 6 months its always getting updated new areas and the such a sign of a turly good server
3 de2 creatures and dms are mad cuase there players keeep leavin to play here on lod and most of the time die by my hand
4 thats all for me
Posted by Rijaat ( ..xxx.xxx ) at 2003-06-05 18:43:00
a great server one of the best i ever played
Posted by Anonymous ( ..xxx.xxx ) at 2003-05-17 10:11:00
Quote: I say make a better one if you think you can.
omg, there's thousands of better designed mods then this one, and if you ask me to make one that's better, sure i can. even my three yr old brother can do it better.
Posted by Mark Essel ( ..xxx.xxx ) at 2003-05-14 05:24:00
I played on it while I had a cold for a couple days, had trouble making gold, met up with some other low level players that were pretty cool. The game is very mud-esque but has alot of areas once you get past 10th. Yeah, immunity items are a must have by level 9-10 (at least a belt of greater swordsman) either that or stoneskin/improved invis. I had a good time playing, its simple and fun, why is everyone so down on a popular server? I say make a better one if you think you can, there's plenty of neverwinter players out there! Areas I like-> Orc Commander he's a joy, Troll area, they kick some tail, the Macarena golems are just a little too tough for my char now but I think I 'll like that area as well. Did anyone actually play the mod for more than 10 minutes before they passed judgement?
Posted by yucky yucks ( ..xxx.xxx ) at 2003-05-08 20:43:00
played lod for 30 mins and i almost quit nwn once and for all. stupid server with stupid players.
Posted by WHY? ( ..xxx.xxx ) at 2003-05-07 12:09:00
Why it's always full? Someone already pointed it out.
*just create 1000 similar maps, put in 100000 goblins in each of them, give the players super uber items, and there you are! an average player base of 40!*
Posted by miglor ( ..xxx.xxx ) at 2003-05-06 00:45:00
Say all you want but this server is still one of the most popular and FUN of all the servers. Why else is it always full??
Posted by ahhahahaha ( ..xxx.xxx ) at 2003-04-23 15:02:00
ROTFLMAO!!!!!! i can't believe this crappy server made it's way to the rated!
but seriously, the success of LOD shows that all those excessive scriptings/map designs/tradeskills/quests/roleplay/etcetc are just a big waste of time!
just create 1000 similar maps, put in 100000 goblins in each of them, give the players super uber items, and there you are! an average player base of 40!
Posted by LOL@LOD ( ..xxx.xxx ) at 2003-04-21 20:19:00
I tried LOD for a few hours... I find it funny that there is no challenge in this server at all, no roleplaying, poor map design.. All you do is whack goblins at goblin road like 5/8 of the server p33ps on it. Its full of exploits, (heal potion 1200 gp a tank has 20,000 potions and 440 hp and is drinking them by the pint... no point in PVP or duels if heal pots are so cheap and easy to get everybody has em).
Angel and Cyan were banned from de2, so they poorly copied de2 and this crappy mod is the result.
BTW a 5 year old could design better maps than yours.
Posted by TKJ(Maladin) ( ..xxx.xxx ) at 2003-04-21 08:52:00
LOD is a srever that was made for mindless lvling,
Leave it at that.
I am neutral people!!! NEUTRAL!!!
Posted by jack the ripper ( ..xxx.xxx ) at 2003-04-14 21:19:00
Man this server is fun I dont know what is up with these negative comments.
I have to say that all you guys are haters.
The DM's make some badass quests for one thing.
Since there are 10 DM's there are a lot of quests they make.
Lots of players make this game tons-o-fun. I hate servers with just a few players. Its been around for a while so with that said.
I GIVE MADDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD PROPS TO LOD
Posted by Kid ( ..xxx.xxx ) at 2003-04-12 13:36:00
I have zero knowledge of toolset, but I certainly can create a mod similar to this.
Posted by anonymous ( ..xxx.xxx ) at 2003-04-04 14:28:00
lazy builders, little attention paid to detail.
nuff said.
Posted by DE2-4-EVER ( ..xxx.xxx ) at 2003-03-21 13:48:00
What's up with the 40+ regulars on LOD. There's absolutely no challenge at all. Half of the all players camping in the newbie goblin area. Plain stupid. I think this server caters to the worst of the worst of the gamers. Yea you're right, I'm from DE2, and like Tone said, this is the worst form of module piracy!
Posted by Tone Eternal ( ..xxx.xxx ) at 2003-03-21 04:57:00
on second thought, de2 doesn't have every item in shops, but has TONS of uber items in its shops (which de3 wont have) .. So disregard "every item in shops like de2" .. I take that back :)
Posted by Tone Eternal ( ..xxx.xxx ) at 2003-03-21 04:49:00
Well, they have a lot of players here so it must be fun for a lot of ppl to reach lvl 20 within days. Including having immunities to just about anything. That was de2 in it's beginning stage.
Anyways, LoD copied DE2 and copied it poorly. The creators of LoD were once "regulars" at MY server, Dungeon Eternal II. (which is #1 server btw, well as for 3-21-03, hehe)
After a couple of months, they "recruited" players from DE2(my game) and added them on as DMs (Guildmaster was one of them) to their server, sealing their loyalty.
They advertised hard, and did it tactfully by contacting the members of de2 through email. Obtaining their email addresses from the forums over at Link (formally de2.cjb.net)
Dungeon Eternal 2 was very challenging at that point, many players were frustrated and were looking for a change. Angel and Cyan showed them the "light"
LoD uses a faction system like DE2, and is mainly hack/slash like DE2. It has a centralized town like DE2. and a portalled entry room, like de2. A donation board, in the login room, like DE2.
LoD also has every item at shops like DE2...
I can go on and on.. I guess the best form of flattery is copying, so be it. But they copied DE2 poorly, very poorly.
Anyways, that is my personal 2 cents.. And I firmly believe it. Also, it doesn't matter much anymore because Dungeon Eternal 3 is being worked on, and Dungeon Eternal 3 is going to be much better than 2.. Taking in all the critisism, etc to make it a better realm.
Excuse my ranting, but you must know that I find it very offensive for what LoD did. But then again, they grabbed the whiniest bunch of players from de2 and I guess they found a home for the "babies" ...
Posted by tinklebell ( ..xxx.xxx ) at 2003-03-17 09:16:00
6 posts. 6 negative comments. Adds one from me, that makes 7 negativ out of 7. But this server actually has a constant average of 40 players in it! I really wonder why......
Posted by random ( ..xxx.xxx ) at 2003-03-16 17:16:00
This server is purely hack and slash. There are rarely quests and the quests are always: "kill 50 monsters." You can get to level 20 in 2 days. It is also super uber they have +5 weapons and many immuniites. The only interesting thing is pking and pping due to the fact there are no role playing elements. At this point the server is poor. Some of the worst DMs I have ever seen including one named "guildmaster." Most are power hungy and constantly abuse their power. They have no responsability and guildmaster would never qualify as DM anywhere else. I'm looking for a new server because LOD is so poor.
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