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01-29-2015, 11:07 PM
I never enjoyed the NWN singleplayer game, but got it a couple years ago as part of GOG's D&D bundle. On the GOG forums, someone had posted an ad for Thay, and here I am.
During the Time of Troubles I tried different PWs but I just didn't enjoy them as much, and the whole time I was thinking "Man, this would be better if it had Thay's system." The Notoriety system, players awarding XP for RP, the housing system, the general "mid-fantasy" feel (there was just something so... bizarre about creating a character on a server and seeing a level 40 Half-Dragon Wizard/Cleric/Pale Master walk by).
The random quest system is really cool, too. At first it felt kind of grind-y, but once you reach a certain point it begins to feel more, I don't know, organic? Like I was actually a person in a world doing work to try and get some cash and build up my rep, instead of going through some questline that everyone else had already been through (which, on top of feeling a bit odd, was really tough to RP. "I've been tasked with recovering the stolen artifact from the temple." "Ah, yes, I recovered that stolen artifact last week myself." "I just did the same not too long ago!" How many times is this artifact getting stolen?).
The server also finds a nice balance between having enough rules that people's fun is never disrupted, but not so many that it feels restrictive. Some of the other servers out there, they'll either be chaotic or unreasonably regulated. Of course, part of that, I think, is the community, too. Most of the people around here I can't imagine griefing or cheating. Good RPers, too. Usually something interesting going on, and very few Mary Sue-type characters (which is my personal pet peeve). DMs contribute to that a lot, too. Hosting great events and campaigns.
Anyway, I'm not trying to talk down on other servers. They're doing some really cool stuff, too. They just don't align with my personal tastes as much as Thay does.
As for Thay itself, before I came here I didn't know anything about it aside from it being "That place Edwin was from." It's a really cool setting, and I enjoy it a lot, but it's really the mechanics and the community that make it, for me.
Anyway, that's really just a long-winded way of saying Thay is the bomb and huge thank you to Thayan and co for making all of this happen and continue to happen.
During the Time of Troubles I tried different PWs but I just didn't enjoy them as much, and the whole time I was thinking "Man, this would be better if it had Thay's system." The Notoriety system, players awarding XP for RP, the housing system, the general "mid-fantasy" feel (there was just something so... bizarre about creating a character on a server and seeing a level 40 Half-Dragon Wizard/Cleric/Pale Master walk by).
The random quest system is really cool, too. At first it felt kind of grind-y, but once you reach a certain point it begins to feel more, I don't know, organic? Like I was actually a person in a world doing work to try and get some cash and build up my rep, instead of going through some questline that everyone else had already been through (which, on top of feeling a bit odd, was really tough to RP. "I've been tasked with recovering the stolen artifact from the temple." "Ah, yes, I recovered that stolen artifact last week myself." "I just did the same not too long ago!" How many times is this artifact getting stolen?).
The server also finds a nice balance between having enough rules that people's fun is never disrupted, but not so many that it feels restrictive. Some of the other servers out there, they'll either be chaotic or unreasonably regulated. Of course, part of that, I think, is the community, too. Most of the people around here I can't imagine griefing or cheating. Good RPers, too. Usually something interesting going on, and very few Mary Sue-type characters (which is my personal pet peeve). DMs contribute to that a lot, too. Hosting great events and campaigns.
Anyway, I'm not trying to talk down on other servers. They're doing some really cool stuff, too. They just don't align with my personal tastes as much as Thay does.
As for Thay itself, before I came here I didn't know anything about it aside from it being "That place Edwin was from." It's a really cool setting, and I enjoy it a lot, but it's really the mechanics and the community that make it, for me.
Anyway, that's really just a long-winded way of saying Thay is the bomb and huge thank you to Thayan and co for making all of this happen and continue to happen.
Currently playing:
Alek Kelter
Killian Surkov
Alek Kelter
Killian Surkov