Questions /discussions about new server

[cyrgon]

Tought id make a new thread since "announcements" didnt quite seem the place for this

As I liked the old server alot, im quite certain ill be back.
(thanks, Ryanus for alerting me )

Well, as i havent played on the original nwn1 server, wich i imagine this will borrow most from in setting, i dont have enough knowledge to ask the rigth questions, i think.

The feel of an advancing (altough with glacial speed) meta plot was a very nice touch with the island. I hope this will be the case with the new server as well.

Will characters from old nwn2 server be imported?
Several people i RP'ed with had nicely developed characters, and a sense of continuity may be nice.

If the same training system is in place simply require them to "catch up" on the training quests before getting the one to level up to balance things.

I.e. A level 8 fighter (i think that was the limit on the island) would if he wanted to train for level 9, have to complete in order all the previous fighter training quests first, even tough he obviously had done them on the island, before being allowed to get the one for level nine. (assuming cap and treasure availiablilty is not lower than 8, then taking a char from island wouldnt be appropriate untill cap is 8 or higher, i think)

I know both Varanna and Turgon would love to explore Azurin, for their own quite different reasons.

Also will the island also be made part of the server in time? As an outpost to Azurin that could be quite possible. And would enable the builders to add a lot of areas to the server with much less work as is already exists (presuming it hasnt been deleted)

Could be a good background device for how the clueless/primes enter the planes too .

[Cecil]

For knowledge on the old setting, I'll be filling everyone in on the forums and site over time, and hopefully others can help me do so for the blurry parts I can't quite recall.

It ties heavily into FR lore as well, though this will be changed eventually, it'll probably always hold true for the server itself(I'll elaborate on that later).

The world of Azurin is a marriage of Planescape and FR, that grew into it's own world, it is a high magic setting ruled by several demi-divine entities, the most public of which was a chronomancer before his ascension.

I'm still deciding on whether to import the old characters. I probably will, but it's too early to say.

The old island areas likely won't be used, though some of the unreleased ones might get reused.

Ofcource there will be a metaplot(or two) that advances slowly in the background, I feel that is a key element for a succesful RP server.

I might change the levelup/trainer system for something less buggy, the way it was before I like but it complicated some things unnecessarily on the programming side.

I will also be looking into having a database running for true persistancy, and if anyone is competent in such things, please contact me.

Until we get more lore posted on Azure I recommend looking into Planescape lore from 2e, as we favor the Great Wheel cosmology here over the new FR cosmology WotC is trying to push.