NWN Persistent world that isn't an EQ clone

[BlueBlackRed]

I'm looking for a persistent world NWN game that does not require a hakpack, has enough role-playing to make it interesting but is mainly plunderin n murderin, and is NOT another attempt at being the everlame EverQuest (mainly I mean no XP loss for death, repetitive action skill rules, "camping", and a general feeling that the players are always required to be playing).

I don't have a problem with perm-death worlds. I'd like to have find a persistent game that emulated D&D, not EQ, DAoC, and the like.

Can anyone help?

 

[Chaz]

Two people playing the same game will get something different from it. Id suggest trying some and see what you think. Good luck.

Peace

 

[BlueBlackRed]

That's just it.
I've tried over a dozen.
I can't seem to get away from hakpacks & EQ clones.
I'm hoping someone out there knows of one I'm looking for.

 

[Orius]

Haven't really seen anything spectacular, but I only have the gold edition, and most of the servers seem to run games with HotU. The number of non-HotU PWs seem to be pretty small, and of the ones I tried, I really haven't found one that was great. A lot of them seem to want to emulate a MMORPG, but I don't really think that's the right angle for NWN. The servers just don't have enough players to pull it off for one. Second, D&D just plays differently than MMORPGS (even if there is a d20 version of Evercrack), and that's pretty clear when you hit a module that tries very hard to be one.

Another problem I have are with encounters, some of these mods have killer encounters with something like 4 or more monsters that have a CR equal to my characters' level or higher, and most of the time they kill me. Like the time my 8th level fighter ran into 4 ogre mages by himself (and got promptly slaughtered). Sometimes the encounter balances are horrible.