Adventuring in Neverwinter: Demon and dragon slaying!

I keep saying that Neverwinter is a MMORPG.

What is a MMORPG anyway?

"Massively multiplayer online role-playing game: any story-driven online video game in which a player, taking on the persona of a character in a virtual or fantasy world, interacts with a large number of other players."

Source:
Dictionary.com

Oh, then, why does it look like AK is always adventuring alone in Neverwinter?

Where are the other adventurers?

Where is the group content?

There are plenty of dungeons, skirmishes and trials available in Neverwinter.

A dungeon requires a full party of 5 adventurers while a trial requires 2 full parties.

We can join random queues and we will be partied with random adventurers or we can put together our own party by inviting people we would like to adventure with.

There are also world events or what are known as Heroic Encounters in Neverwinter.

Slay some demons in Neverwinter with AK here:








We do not have to join parties or queue for these world events.

When they happen, just join the fray!

They can get pretty chaotic as you can imagine but they are lots of fun!

Slay some dragons in Neverwinter with AK here:








AK is adventuring in Neverwinter and banishing evil everywhere he goes!

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Adventuring in Neverwinter: Monster hunting!

Adventuring in Neverwinter: Monster hunting in Barovia.

Hunting monsters used to be something I was doing almost daily in Barovia.

For some time, I was joined by two friends, Kenji and Victor, too.

I didn't have a wizard character back then and was adventuring mostly with my paladin.

Fun times in Barovia.

It was a very rewarding activity back in the day too.

I always say that money should go to where it is treated best.

Maybe, I should say that money will go to where it is treated best instead.

People will always do something they find most rewarding if they know where to find it.







There are better rewards to be had doing other things in Neverwinter these days.

Although not as rewarding, hunting monsters in Barovia is still fun as my wizard found out.

Anyway, this is the first time my wizard is hunting a monster in Barovia after he picked up a Wanted Poster.

Before we go hunting, let us visit Madam Eva to get some clues as to the monster's whereabouts.

The hunt is on!








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Adventuring in Neverwinter: Ravenloft (Parts 2, 3 and 4).

Adventuring in Neverwinter: Ravenloft (Parts 2, 3 and 4).

Our adventures in Barovia continue!

In our previous adventure, we had to kill packs of werewolves and save some villagers from their leader's den.

Troubles did not end there.

More villagers were captured by witches as well.

The hero must see that evil is vanquished, of course!

Time to destroy a family of witches



followed by the demolition of a spy network!





Of course, adventuring in Neverwinter is not always about killing bad guys.

The next quest brings us around Barovia lighting campfires to aid fellow adventurers.

My barbarian, a melee DPS* character, has volunteered to be the tour guide.

(*DPS refers to a character class or specialization which focuses on doing a lot of damage quickly.)


If we know the route to take to avoid the mobs, we can achieve our goal without any killing.

We can even take some time to smell the roses and enjoy the scenery.



Remember what Warren Buffett said?

"I don't look to jump over 7 foot bars.

"I look around for 1 foot bars that I can step over."

AK is always looking for ways to make life easier.

Yes, even in Neverwinter!

If AK can do it, so can you!




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Adventuring in Neverwinter: Ravenloft (Part 1).

Adventuring in Neverwinter: Ravenloft (Part 1).

The next series of "Adventuring in Neverwinter" will show my end-game ready ranged DPS character, a wizard, in Barovia.

Barovia is the adventure zone for the Ravenloft campaign.

The Ravenloft campaign is much newer compared to the Sharandar campaign and also much more challenging.

However, seeing my wizard in action, you might not think so as his DPS* stats are even over the caps for the latest and most difficult dungeon at the moment (i.e. Infernal Citadel)

(*DPS refers to a character class or specialization which focuses on doing a lot of damage quickly.)

So, Ravenloft isn't going to ruffle his feathers (or scales).

Scales?

Yes, my wizard is somewhat scaly.

No, my wizard does not have some skin disease.

He is a Dragonborn.

"Dragonborn! Children of Io, the great dragon-god, the Dragonborn are a steadfast and honorable people who have thrown off the shackles of their former dragon masters."

Source:
Neverwinter website.

AK bought the Dragonborn pack during Neverwinter's 6th Jubilee celebration and unlocked the race when he got a 50% discount coupon.

If you thought AK went mad and spent real life (RL) money on the game, no, he didn't.

AK is mad in many ways but he is not mad enough to spend any RL money on MMORPGs.

Neverwinter is a free to play (F2P) high fantasy MMORPG.

We can obtain currency called Astral Diamonds simply by adventuring and exchange them for the premium currency called ZEN which is paid for with RL money by less patient adventurers.

It is a very good system for adventurers who are patient enough to wait.

I always like to think that good things come to those who wait.

Like in saving and investing our hard earned money in RL, patience is also a virtue in the virtual world.

Alamak, better stop here before I start nagging.

Hope you enjoy this video.





More "Adventuring in Neverwinter" videos coming soon!

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1. Sharandar (Part 1).
2. Sharandar (Part 2).

Adventuring in Neverwinter: Sharandar (Parts 2 & 3).

My paladin is a healer.

He is not my most powerful damage dealing character in Neverwinter.

However, having leveled up significantly, he has more than enough power to mow down monsters in older regions like Sharandar.

Of course, for newbie adventurers, Sharandar could still present a challenge like it did for me when I was a newbie adventurer.

Following my somewhat successful video making debut, AK Studios is proud to present to you two more videos for your enjoyment today.







My most powerful damage dealing character, at the moment, is a wizard.

He is mostly adventuring in Avernus, the first layer of Nine Hells, which is the most difficult adventure zone available right now.

However, he will revisit Barovia, the adventure zone for the Ravenloft campaign, in the next video!

Barovia is under attack by witches, werewolves and vampires!

Sit idle and do nothing about it?

Not a chance!

Look out for more "Adventuring in Neverwinter" with AK!

Evil doers will be vanquished!




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Adventuring in Neverwinter: Sharandar (Part 1).

Adventuring in Neverwinter: Sharandar (Part 1).

I have not been spending as much time here in ASSI as I spend most of my time travelling.

Travelling?

Where?

My travels are, of course, in the fantastic world of The Forgotten Realms.

More accurately, I don't just go travelling, I go adventuring.

From time to time, I would talk about Neverwinter and how much I enjoy it.

Today, for the first time, I have made a video on adventuring in Neverwinter.

This is my first attempt and it is a short video of 11 mins or so.

It shows my paladin adventuring in one of the regions, Sharandar.

Have a look and let me know what you think of it.








I hope to continue making videos like this one on a regular basis to share here in ASSI.

For those who enjoy MMORPGs and the high fantasy genre, this would probably be something fun for them.

For those who are not into gaming but enjoy the fantasy stories, this is probably entertaining too.

For those who do not enjoy this kind of stuff, well, at least you know AK is alive and kicking.

Yes, I know.

Bad AK! Bad AK!

Never bored in retirement, I am glad I picked up a new skill today.

If AK can do it, so can you!





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