Neverwinter Nights 2 Forum News (Dec. 31, 05)

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Here are today's Neverwinter Nights 2 forum highlights, collected by NWVault. Please take into account that these are only single parts of various threads and should not be taken out of context. Bear in mind also that the posts presented here are copied as-is, and that any bad spelling and grammar does not get corrected on our end.

Shane K. DeFreest, NWN2 Community Manager

Im worryed about NWN2
To avoid confusion I'll go ahead and give a definite answer on this topic in hopes that it will alleviate your concerns. Yes NWN2 will not only be as open as NWN1 but considerably more so. It's staying VERY true to the original game just with more options and choices.

As for Obsidian, they are not a division of Bioware nor did they split off from Bioware. As was previously stated a number of key employees were formerly part of the Black Isle Studios division at Interplay who worked extensively with Bioware in some degree or another on just about every D&D tile Interplay published. So while the companies are not officially linked they have a long mutual history of creative cooperation.

NWN2 is in exceptionally capable hands. The people at Obsidian fully understand the legacy of the first game and will do it justice in spades.

Hope that alleviates some of your concerns and answers some questions.

NWN 2 Suggestion (Hak Packs and the Community)
I'll say this, regardless what the outcome of this question is know that your voice has been heard and its on "the list" to get an answer for. I cant promise as to when a definite answer will be forthcoming. But it will be addressed prior to the launch of the game.

Probably not the answer you wanted, but know that your thoughts are not going on deaf ears.

More: Like I said this is a topic that will ultimately not be discussed in detail until much closer to the launch date. But to give you a few of my initial thoughts on the topic from a community management perspective they are as thus:

I think that consolidation for ease of use for the fans is a great idea in practice. Personally I'm a big fan of the "one stop shop" concept. Get everyone under one roof and make everything as easily accessible as possible. It makes sense in a very practical sense for ease of use alone.

However, without having the discussion digress into a long diatribe about legalese, licensing approvals, and the like I'll say that regardless who might or might not win in any legal debate such situations are best avoided altogether.

Personally, while I like the idea of having everything available in one place under one roof in theory, I'm also a big proponent of the division of "church and state". Meaning that I also believe that official content sound be on the official site and fan created content should be on fan run sites. Now with this in mind I very much believe there is a considerable amount of support the publisher/developer can do to help streamline and coordinate getting any fan created content out there in a more consolidated and manageable fashion.

But regardless what the outcome of this topic is, the discussion in and of itself is great. The more suggestions, ideas, thoughts and feedback on any given community topic or issue to look at and review is one more thing that can potentially make the community stronger and more enjoyable in the future.

Romances in NWN 2 (From NWN2 News Forum)
There will be romance related quests in the NWN2 single player campaign. I cant speak on how many because I honestly don't know. I jut know it was being discussed last month. But as far as options for the game in general there will lots more that will effect character interaction, alignment, and the like.