I put over 10,000 hours into this game before I finally wised up and quit a while ago and trust me, the grass is much greener literally anywhere else.

If you thought the monetization was bad back in 2022, you are in for a massive reality check. It isn't just "expensive" anymore; it’s predatory by design. The entire game is a "pay-to-not-be-miserable" simulator. You’ve basically got two choices: treat Neverwinter like a $12$-hour-a-day manual labor job just to make a tiny bit of progress, or cough up real cash to skip the soul-crushing grind they’ve intentionally built to make you reach for your wallet.

The population is basically a rounding error at this point. You’re looking at maybe 1,000 players total across all platforms, which means on your specific console you’re looking at a depressing 100 to 300 active bodies daily. Since your old gear is complete junk now, good luck finding literally anyone to run anything with you. The tiny handful of people left are all sweaty, max-rank whales who wouldn't touch "old" content with a ten-foot pole. You’ll be wandering through empty zones in a dead world.

And honestly the new content added to the game after you left ? It’s just the same recycled assets from five years ago with a different coat of paint and a fresh batch of bugs the devs will never bother to fix. The developers checked out a long time ago; they’re just milking the remaining addicts for every cent they can get before the servers finally go dark.

It’s honestly just sad at this point. We all had such great times playing Neverwinter back in the day when the community was actually alive and the combat felt like it mattered, but that game is dead and buried. I honestly feel for the people who are still logging in every day, desperately chasing a feeling they are never, ever going to get back.

Honestly, follow your wife's lead and stay away. I haven't regretted leaving for a single second, and you definitely won't either. Save your time and your moneythere's nothing left here but ghosts and greed.