Age of Conan

I am an old man.

I have been forced in my old age to be a casual gamer.

Gone are the days of playing 4, 6 or 8 hours a day (lol ),

How long does/would it take for a casual adult gamer with RL responsibilites....to get to the top level and the end game ?

Grinds and time sinks are the bane of the old :)

Thanks.

We don't know yet  as leveling is faster in the beta.

Poor excuses! It's all about scheduling and what is important to you.

I've read that it will take 200hours or so to get to level 80.

i heard from a dev in a radio interview that it would take 4 days played time to get to 80.

Originally posted by Huzz

i heard from a dev in a radio interview that it would take 4 days played time to get to 80.

That seems very low... guess this will be a very fast-leveling game.

Originally posted by ParkCarsHere

Originally posted by Huzz

i heard from a dev in a radio interview that it would take 4 days played time to get to 80.

That seems very low... guess this will be a very fast-leveling game.

96 hours played?  No way is that true.

What happened to these games where leveling to 'max' was even a realistic option for the non housebound?

I can't remember his name, but the first player to hit max level (at the time) in Asheron's Call was a player on Thistledown.  He hit 124th level playing about 18-20 hours per day, never stopping, never chatting likely on a catheter and a bedpan... it took him about  a year to hit max.  But the game was new, the MMORPG genre was new so people were playing for more than just maxing.

Later a new server was opened and a TEAM of people played a character grinding on Winter's Ebb non-stop, 24-hours a day with a mule train of support characters buffing him and running supplies out to his location and it took about a month to hit 124th level.

Exactly why did the games fall apart to where people can play through the game in a few days?

Sad

Originally posted by DAS1337

 

Originally posted by ParkCarsHere

Originally posted by Huzz

i heard from a dev in a radio interview that it would take 4 days played time to get to 80.

That seems very low... guess this will be a very fast-leveling game.

That is false.  It took me anywhere from 4-6 hours to get to level 13.  Probably around 10 hours playtime to get to level 20.  It does start getting slower.  I would have to imagine that it takes just as long as any other MMO to hit max level.

 

 

96 hours played?  No way is that true.

I would expect it to true. Most hardcore guilds probably had some1 in the beta knowing all the good lvling spots, farming spots and most quest solutions. And the way those guyz play.... I give it 2 weeks till some1 hits 80.

I read somewhere the devs estimate about 2-3 months for a casual gamer to get to end game and also said about 6 months to a year to explore all end game stuff.  So thats a lot for a casual player.

The radio interview actually said 7-8 days playtime so 7-8x24 hrs.  He said hardcore players could probably get it in a month or so after launch, and the more casual players after a few months.