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* AscendedGlitch: PlayerVersusPlayer, initially just a holdover from the other Gold Box games' friendly fire, was slated to be removed altogether. Due to a BrokenBase over the role of [=PvP=] in the game (a debate that rages to this day) a compromise limited [=PvP=] to some of the western maps.
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* AscendedGlitch: PlayerVersusPlayer, initially just a holdover from the other Gold Box games' friendly fire, was slated to be removed altogether. Due to a BrokenBase over the role of [=PvP=] in the game (a debate that rages to this day) day), a compromise limited [=PvP=] to some of the western maps.
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Successful for its time, ''Neverwinter Nights'' had to continuously increase server capacity, starting with 50 in 1991 (when users had to pay hourly fees to access it) and ending with 2000 in 1997, about a year after AOL shifted to monthly fees. The game [[DefunctOnlineVideoGames ended service]] abruptly due to a disagreement between the companies involved (SSI, TSR, AOL), though various reverse engineering efforts have tried to revive it in various ways: private servers, single player mods, and the like.
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Successful for its time, ''Neverwinter Nights'' had to continuously increase server capacity, starting with 50 in 1991 (when users had to pay hourly fees to access it) and ending with 2000 in 1997, about a year after AOL shifted to monthly fees. The game [[DefunctOnlineVideoGames ended service]] abruptly due to a disagreement between the companies involved (SSI, ([[Creator/StrategicSimulationsInc SSI]], TSR, AOL), though various reverse engineering efforts have tried to revive it in various ways: private servers, single player mods, and the like.
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Successful for its time, ''Neverwinter Nights'' had to continuously increase server capacity, starting with 50 in 1991 (when users had to pay hourly fees to access it) and ending with 2000 in 1997, about a year after AOL shifted to monthly fees. The game [[DefunctOnlineVIdeoGames [[DefunctOnlineVideoGames ended service]] abruptly due to a disagreement between the companies involved (SSI, TSR, AOL), though various reverse engineering efforts have tried to revive it in various ways: private servers, single player mods, and the like.
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Successful for its time, Neverwinter Nights ''Neverwinter Nights'' had to continuously increase server capacity, starting with 50 in 1991 (when users had to pay hourly fees to access it) and ending with 2000 in 1997, about a year after AOL shifted to monthly fees. It The game [[DefunctOnlineVIdeoGames ended service]] abruptly due to a disagreement between the companies involved (SSI, TSR, AOL) AOL), though various reverse engineering efforts have tried to revive it in various ways: private servers, single player mods, and the like.
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NWN was the first ever graphical MMO. This is not disputed by Wikipedia or TVT's own MMORPG article. I did, however, get who coined the term wrong — it was Origin, not Sony. That said, being the first graphical MMO is far too important to gaming history to not be in the lede.
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The original ''Neverwinter Nights'' was a MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame released in 1991. Using a modified version of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' Second Edition ruleset, it was exclusive to AOL for its entire 7-year history. NWN is a part of the ''Forgotten Realms'' universe, and was initially one of the ''VideoGame/GoldBox'' games, though eventually it was made free for all AOL subscribers.
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The original ''Neverwinter Nights'' was a MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame Nights'', released in 1991.1991, was the first ever graphical MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame, several years before Creator/OriginSystems coined the phrase as a marketing term for ''VideoGame/UltimaOnline''. Using a modified version of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' Second Edition ruleset, it was exclusive to AOL for its entire 7-year history. NWN is a part of the ''Forgotten Realms'' universe, and was initially one of the ''VideoGame/GoldBox'' games, though eventually it was made free for all AOL subscribers.
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* FanNickname: The two most popular multi-class combos had their own shorthand nicknames that could genuinely confuse newer players: Clam was used for Cleric-Mages, a popular combo for PlayerVersusPlayer due to its quirky mechanics, and Ram was used for Ranger-Mage, a popular combo for PlayerVersusEnvironment due to a number of monsters being immune to magic.
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The original '''''Neverwinter Nights''''' was a MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame released in 1991. Using a modified version of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' Second Edition ruleset, it was exclusive to AOL for its entire 7-year history. NWN is a part of the ''Forgotten Realms'' universe, and was initially one of the ''VideoGame/GoldBox'' games, though eventually it was made free for all AOL subscribers.
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The original '''''Neverwinter Nights''''' ''Neverwinter Nights'' was a MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame released in 1991. Using a modified version of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' Second Edition ruleset, it was exclusive to AOL for its entire 7-year history. NWN is a part of the ''Forgotten Realms'' universe, and was initially one of the ''VideoGame/GoldBox'' games, though eventually it was made free for all AOL subscribers.
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[[caption-width-right:320:The ORIGINAL graphical MMO...and the original ''[[VideoGame/NeverwinterNights Neverwinter]]''.]]
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The original '''''Neverwinter Nights''''' was a MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame' MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame released in 1991. Using a modified version of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' Second Edition ruleset, it was exclusive to AOL for its entire 7-year history. NWN is a part of the ''Forgotten Realms'' universe, and was initially one of the ''VideoGame/GoldBox'' games, though eventually it was made free for all AOL subscribers.
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The original '''''Neverwinter Nights''''' was the first ever graphical MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame, released in 1991, nearly a decade before Sony coined the phrase as a marketing term for ''VideoGame/EverQuest''. Using a modified version of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' Second Edition ruleset, it was exclusive to AOL for its entire 7-year history. NWN is a part of the ''Forgotten Realms'' universe, and was initially one of the ''VideoGame/GoldBox'' games, though eventually it was made free for all AOL subscribers.
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The original '''''Neverwinter Nights''''' was the first ever graphical MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame, a MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame' released in 1991, nearly a decade before Sony coined the phrase as a marketing term for ''VideoGame/EverQuest''.1991. Using a modified version of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' Second Edition ruleset, it was exclusive to AOL for its entire 7-year history. NWN is a part of the ''Forgotten Realms'' universe, and was initially one of the ''VideoGame/GoldBox'' games, though eventually it was made free for all AOL subscribers.
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It is remembered fondly for its community as well, which was quite active: Hosting unofficial events, maintaining guilds, with some even gaining ascended status (with AOL's support) as new player guides. Even AOL's president Steve Case got in on the action from time to time, playing as his alias Lord Nasher, who was also the regent of Neverwinter. (akin to Creator/RichardGarriott playing Lord British in ''VideoGame/UltimaOnline'')
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It is remembered fondly for its community as well, which was quite active: Hosting unofficial events, maintaining guilds, with some even gaining ascended status (with AOL's support) as new player guides. Even AOL's president Steve Case got in on the action from time to time, playing as his alias Lord Nasher, who was also the regent of Neverwinter. Neverwinter (akin to Creator/RichardGarriott [[Creator/OriginSystems Richard Garriott]] playing Lord British in ''VideoGame/UltimaOnline'')
''VideoGame/UltimaOnline'').
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The original '''''Neverwinter Nights''''' was the first ever graphical MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame, released in 1991, nearly a decade before Sony coined the phrase as a marketing term for ''VideoGame/EverQuest''. Using a modified ''TabletopGames/DungeonsAndDragons'' second edition rules, version of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' Second Edition ruleset, it was exclusive to AOL for its entire 7 year 7-year history. NWN is a part of the ''Forgotten Realms'' universe, and was initially one of the ''VideoGame/GoldBox'' games, though eventually it was made free for all AOL subscribers.
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Successful for its time, Neverwinter Nights had to continuously increase server capacity, starting with 50 in 1991 (when users had to pay hourly fees to access it) and ending with 2000 in 1997, about a year after AOL shifted to monthly fees. It ended abruptly due to a disagreement between the companies involved (SSI, TSR, AOL) though various reverse engineering efforts have tried to revive it in various ways...ways: private servers, single player mods, and the like.
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[[caption-width-right:320:The ORIGINAL MMO...and the original ''[[VideoGame/NeverwinterNights Neverwinter]]''.]]
The original '''Neverwinter Nights''' was the first ever graphical MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame, released in 1991, nearly a decade before Sony coined the phrase as a marketing term for ''VideoGame/EverQuest''. Using modified ''TabletopGames/DungeonsAndDragons'' second edition rules, it was exclusive to AOL for its entire 7 year history. NWN is a part of the ''Forgotten Realms'' universe, and was initially one of the ''VideoGame/GoldBox'' games, though eventually it was made free for all AOL subscribers.
Successful for its time, Neverwinter Nights had to continuously increase server capacity, starting with 50 in 1991 (when users had to pay hourly fees to access it) end ending with 2000 in 1997, about a year after AOL shifted to monthly fees. It ended abruptly due to a disagreement between the companies involved (SSI, TSR, AOL) though various reverse engineering efforts have tried to revive it in various ways...private servers, single player mods, and the like.
The original '''Neverwinter Nights''' was the first ever graphical MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame, released in 1991, nearly a decade before Sony coined the phrase as a marketing term for ''VideoGame/EverQuest''. Using modified ''TabletopGames/DungeonsAndDragons'' second edition rules, it was exclusive to AOL for its entire 7 year history. NWN is a part of the ''Forgotten Realms'' universe, and was initially one of the ''VideoGame/GoldBox'' games, though eventually it was made free for all AOL subscribers.
Successful for its time, Neverwinter Nights had to continuously increase server capacity, starting with 50 in 1991 (when users had to pay hourly fees to access it) end ending with 2000 in 1997, about a year after AOL shifted to monthly fees. It ended abruptly due to a disagreement between the companies involved (SSI, TSR, AOL) though various reverse engineering efforts have tried to revive it in various ways...private servers, single player mods, and the like.
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[[caption-width-right:320:The ORIGINAL graphical MMO...and the original ''[[VideoGame/NeverwinterNights Neverwinter]]''.]]
The original'''Neverwinter Nights''' '''''Neverwinter Nights''''' was the first ever graphical MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame, released in 1991, nearly a decade before Sony coined the phrase as a marketing term for ''VideoGame/EverQuest''. Using modified ''TabletopGames/DungeonsAndDragons'' second edition rules, it was exclusive to AOL for its entire 7 year history. NWN is a part of the ''Forgotten Realms'' universe, and was initially one of the ''VideoGame/GoldBox'' games, though eventually it was made free for all AOL subscribers.
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Successful for its time, Neverwinter Nights had to continuously increase server capacity, starting with 50 in 1991 (when users had to pay hourly fees to access it)end and ending with 2000 in 1997, about a year after AOL shifted to monthly fees. It ended abruptly due to a disagreement between the companies involved (SSI, TSR, AOL) though various reverse engineering efforts have tried to revive it in various ways...private servers, single player mods, and the like.
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Successful for its time, Neverwinter Nights had to continuously increase server capacity, starting with 50 in 1991 (when users had to pay hourly fees to access it)
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* PeninsulaOfPower: An area north of Luskan was popular due to one square having multiple Dracoliches, which were used not only as a source of easy powerleveling (10-20 battles will max a player out), but was also a source of valuable loot.
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* PeninsulaOfPower: PeninsulaOfPowerLeveling: An area north of Luskan was popular due to one square having multiple Dracoliches, which were used not only as a source of easy powerleveling (10-20 battles will max a player out), but was also a source of valuable loot.
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The original '''Neverwinter Nights''' was the first ever graphical MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame, released in 1991, nearly a decade before Sony coined the phrase as a marketing term for ''VideoGame/EverQuest''. Using modified ''TabletopGames/DungeonsAndDragons'' second edition rules, it was exclusive to AOL for its entire 7 year history. NWN is a part of the ''Forgotten Realms'' universe, and was initially one of the ''VideoGame/GoldBox'' games, though eventually it was made free for all AOL subscribers.
Successful for its time, Neverwinter Nights had to continuously increase server capacity, starting with 50 in 1991 (when users had to pay hourly fees to access it) end ending with 2000 in 1997, about a year after AOL shifted to monthly fees. It ended abruptly due to a disagreement between the companies involved (SSI, TSR, AOL) though various reverse engineering efforts have tried to revive it in various ways...private servers, single player mods, and the like.
It is remembered fondly for its community as well, which was quite active: Hosting unofficial events, maintaining guilds, with some even gaining ascended status (with AOL's support) as new player guides. Even AOL's president Steve Case got in on the action from time to time, playing as his alias Lord Nasher, who was also the regent of Neverwinter. (akin to Creator/RichardGarriott playing Lord British in ''VideoGame/UltimaOnline'')
Its name was eventually reused for a single-player/LAN multiplayer [[VideoGame/NeverwinterNights game]] by Creator/{{Bioware}} in 2002.
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* AscendedGlitch: PlayerVersusPlayer, initially just a holdover from the other Gold Box games' friendly fire, was slated to be removed altogether. Due to a BrokenBase over the role of [=PvP=] in the game (a debate that rages to this day) a compromise limited [=PvP=] to some of the western maps.
* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: In an era where perma-death was commonplace , death in NWN merely returned you to town with a lighter coin purse.
* FanNickname: The two most popular multi-class combos had their own shorthand nicknames that could genuinely confuse newer players: Clam was used for Cleric-Mages, a popular combo for PlayerVersusPlayer due to its quirky mechanics, and Ram was used for Ranger-Mage, a popular combo for PlayerVersusEnvironment due to a number of monsters being immune to magic.
* PeninsulaOfPower: An area north of Luskan was popular due to one square having multiple Dracoliches, which were used not only as a source of easy powerleveling (10-20 battles will max a player out), but was also a source of valuable loot.
* PlayerVersusPlayer: While more of a [[AscendedGlitch happy accident]], [=PvP=] was a feature that was eventually restricted to certain zones. It also had a quirk where melee attacks could not be used to attack other players.
* RandomNumberGod: NWN is not-so-fondly remembered for having a twofold importance in random luck when it came to statistics; first for rerolling your character, which could take hours if you wanted to get something "perfect" for your character class. After that, HP on level was also randomized, which cause one four-perfect to be far weaker than another four-perfect.
* TurnBasedTactics: Common to the ''VideoGame/GoldBox'' series, but a bit problematic in MMORPG form, for while there was a time limit for moving, this time limit was client based. Cue the groans from players waiting for someone with a slower machine to take their turn.
* UselessUsefulSpell: A number of the spells in the game just aren't used in this entry, which is a common with ''VideoGame/GoldBox'' games. What's special about this entry is how lackluster the Thief's signature BackStab is. Most higher level creatures aren't humanoid, and melee is not usable in PlayerVersusPlayer, which made thieves a rarity.
Successful for its time, Neverwinter Nights had to continuously increase server capacity, starting with 50 in 1991 (when users had to pay hourly fees to access it) end ending with 2000 in 1997, about a year after AOL shifted to monthly fees. It ended abruptly due to a disagreement between the companies involved (SSI, TSR, AOL) though various reverse engineering efforts have tried to revive it in various ways...private servers, single player mods, and the like.
It is remembered fondly for its community as well, which was quite active: Hosting unofficial events, maintaining guilds, with some even gaining ascended status (with AOL's support) as new player guides. Even AOL's president Steve Case got in on the action from time to time, playing as his alias Lord Nasher, who was also the regent of Neverwinter. (akin to Creator/RichardGarriott playing Lord British in ''VideoGame/UltimaOnline'')
Its name was eventually reused for a single-player/LAN multiplayer [[VideoGame/NeverwinterNights game]] by Creator/{{Bioware}} in 2002.
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* AscendedGlitch: PlayerVersusPlayer, initially just a holdover from the other Gold Box games' friendly fire, was slated to be removed altogether. Due to a BrokenBase over the role of [=PvP=] in the game (a debate that rages to this day) a compromise limited [=PvP=] to some of the western maps.
* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: In an era where perma-death was commonplace , death in NWN merely returned you to town with a lighter coin purse.
* FanNickname: The two most popular multi-class combos had their own shorthand nicknames that could genuinely confuse newer players: Clam was used for Cleric-Mages, a popular combo for PlayerVersusPlayer due to its quirky mechanics, and Ram was used for Ranger-Mage, a popular combo for PlayerVersusEnvironment due to a number of monsters being immune to magic.
* PeninsulaOfPower: An area north of Luskan was popular due to one square having multiple Dracoliches, which were used not only as a source of easy powerleveling (10-20 battles will max a player out), but was also a source of valuable loot.
* PlayerVersusPlayer: While more of a [[AscendedGlitch happy accident]], [=PvP=] was a feature that was eventually restricted to certain zones. It also had a quirk where melee attacks could not be used to attack other players.
* RandomNumberGod: NWN is not-so-fondly remembered for having a twofold importance in random luck when it came to statistics; first for rerolling your character, which could take hours if you wanted to get something "perfect" for your character class. After that, HP on level was also randomized, which cause one four-perfect to be far weaker than another four-perfect.
* TurnBasedTactics: Common to the ''VideoGame/GoldBox'' series, but a bit problematic in MMORPG form, for while there was a time limit for moving, this time limit was client based. Cue the groans from players waiting for someone with a slower machine to take their turn.
* UselessUsefulSpell: A number of the spells in the game just aren't used in this entry, which is a common with ''VideoGame/GoldBox'' games. What's special about this entry is how lackluster the Thief's signature BackStab is. Most higher level creatures aren't humanoid, and melee is not usable in PlayerVersusPlayer, which made thieves a rarity.
