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Hello,

Sorry for resurrecting this old thread, but I wonder if anyone has experience with playing NWN on iMac (without Windows) that they might share? I would love to play EfU again, but I´m not confident I am tech-savvy enough to follow ScottyB´s instructions.

-Rimmeke

Firstly, I’d like to thank you all for kind words andencouragement on the forum and on IRC. You’ve all offered tons of advice andsuggestions (admittedly, I cannot utilize all of them, for example, I cannot in good conscience log on at midnight for an event and appear on work with amassive gaming-hangover), which I’ve studied and written down ( along withmetropakt’s solid advice of never running into combat).

I think there is a difference, though, of knowingabout plots- one can freely read about a lot of them on the forum- and being able to find a fitting group to hang with/pursue plots with.   It seems to me that I’ve too often ended up a solitary figure, no matter what goals or concepts I have tried tofollow. I’m not seeking others to entertain me,  but however much I like the character I play- in the end this game is (for me) about playingwith others-  because playing alone is not fun.

I’ve been fortunate enough that Howland’s taken time to give me excellent hints and advice on what/how to play- so I hope that, thistime, I shall not err. Thanks again for all your kind words!

[SIZE="2"]I usually shun public posts, but I figured that past there might be other players who share my experience and have some thoughts and insight to offer. If you are just going to construe this as a list of whines and complaints, then I kindly ask you to refrain from commenting. I am just asking for some constructive advice.

The crux of the matter is that I always feel, in one way or the, out of the general loop. I cannot seem to manage to grasp the general feel or plots that are running on the server, nor can I seem to, in some way, involve myself in them.

I’ve tried playing in DMfactions, but I always seem to misunderstand the kernel of the factions’ philosophy and/or agenda and thus I always end up the orthodox outsider or feeling like I am trying to fit a square peg into a round hole.  There is certainly nothing wrong with being the orthodox pariah, but it is a rather lonely character to play. I always end up simply feeling frustrated and abandoning the character.

I generally try to engage in conversation with characters I meet. My problem here is three-fold, sometimes I cannot even find other players (despite circling the local haunts), the majority of the time characters will simply run past without responding (or be AFK).

Now, an easy solution to meet other characters would be to make sending for quests, but the embarrassing truth is- I do not know where the majority of the quests are. I can name, perhaps, a handful of the lower-end-quests, but for those higher up on the quest-scale I would simply be unable to lead a group to the quest-giver.

I could certainly also try to organize random expeditions, but they always end up being costly, deadly ventures and I’m an often left with the general impression that people a) had a miserable time of it or b ) thought it was a quest.

I suppose I might also OOCly ask players where people are, but I am rather unnerved by such approaches, because I do not feel I am familiar enough with players to intrude upon their ventures.

What am I missing or failing to do?
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