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Conor Knoxx
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personally, I see this community thriving for a long time yet to come. I think it has surpassed its original purpose, of bringing NWN's players together, as many people have made many friends here, and use it as a basis for a number of (other) games.
Somewhere it was posted that the site will eventually be a meeting/planning ground for many games, which I think is an excellent idea! Many wonderful friendships were created and nurtured here, far beyond "NWN".
As far as NWN's itself, I really see there being 2 camps here. One is DnD players, who (as posted above) use NWN as medium for playing out DnD games. The other (and these are fewer here, but far more I think, in the rest of gaming populace) - are those who simply wanted a very good C-RPG, which NWN was, and is. Most of the dissension seems to stem from NWN's 2 ability to continue to provide that "DnD" feel or role.
Personally, I've never played table-top DnD - though I've certainly learned a lot about since playing NWN's! lol! I've also no interest in playing it ( I know, blasphemy!  ) Mostly I "put up with" DM's wanting me to do "rolls" for things (which to me breaks immersion in the gameworld) - because a good story/or/player driven campaign/game is like nothing else I've ever played on my computer! The DnD ruleset is just this good "engine" that balances everything out.
BUT - the graphics in NWN are just too dated to enjoy (for me) anymore. Compared to games like Oblivion, half-life2 and even DDO. Even Obsidian, with all their resources, had to create a new graphics engine. So how much can we expect from DLA or Codi? Great stuff, I'm sure - but the impossible, is well... impossible.
I'll buy NWN's 2 on the day its released, for all the eye-candy and story-fun it offers. I'm sure all the other "stuff" we need will get sorted out. I just hope this community doesn't become divided between the 2 games - we'd all loose because of that 
Gimme some modernized graphics, with the creativity and friendship NeverWinter Connections offers, I'm here for many years to come! 
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Etarnon
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We use NWN as movable, posable minis, with the graphics we see with the NWN engine as a very nice battlemat, and each player's desktop PC keeps track of the sheet, and combat, rolls the combat dice, and keeps track of all the results. The rest is roleplaying.
If we need to have anything more, one of our DMs describe it.
Perfectly fine for any and all D&D gaming, even though a lot of our players wish it were more like 1st ed, or 2nd ed. AD&D.
Not buying NWN2, as Mulu states, many, many good reasons not to.
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