Age of Conan

Originally posted by Druchiii

I am all for exploration as well but AOC is lacking in that department.

Ive read mixed reports on this "exploration" aspect of the game, ive seen posts saying that if you enjoy exploring for the sake of exploring, then you will love this game. But on the flipside ive read that indeed the game world isnt big enough yet to merit the validity of that comment.

Again as with so many points being brought up the last week, much of this is speculation without having a wide array reviews to read, or having the chance to actually play the game ourselves for a few weeks.

Originally posted by ajaxee

 

Originally posted by Druchiii

I am all for exploration as well but AOC is lacking in that department.

 

 

 

Ive read mixed reports on this "exploration" aspect of the game, ive seen posts saying that if you enjoy exploring for the sake of exploring, then you will love this game. But on the flipside ive read that indeed the game world isnt big enough yet to merit the validity of that comment.

 

Again as with so many points being brought up the last week, much of this is speculation without having a wide array reviews to read, or having the chance to actually play the game ourselves for a few weeks.

'Speculation' is a nice euphamism.  I would think that 'bull shit' is a little more accurate and descriptive.

the game world is huge, dont kid yourself,  and this game has alot of room for expansion as well..lets hope it doesnt take 2+years to come out with a expansion like blizzard did with wow...

Ask yourself this...

Would I rather have a ridiculously HUGE and empty world with an unstable crappy game because the foundation didn't get as much attention as the 'size' of the world...

Or would I rather have a 'smaller' but still large enough to have plenty to do world and a stable core foundation laid making it that much easier to enjoy the game and get addons to the world...

FOUNDATION is the most important to an MMORPG.  Once it is well laid, the game can grow and grow and grow.  But if you screw up the foundation, no amount of 'extras' will save it.  Bigger does not mean better.  It's way better to have quality than quantity.  Quantity can come later.

The world is not small by any means in fact it feels quite large... and really immersive.  Also, hopefully rather than paid expansions, Funcom will have updates like Turbine does with LOTRO for free, opening up new areas every time.

for me the world is too small, it feels small, anyway smaller than anything i played before, yet its so beautiful that i could end up playing the game

AOC is really small

There is 15 zones , 3 of them are cities , 3 are gathering crafting zones , and one is PVP zone.

That leaves it with 8 world quest zones. Each of those has 3-4 additional mini zones , and few dungeons.

Mini zones - I done everything you can do in mini zone "Pict temple" in 2 hours.

Good thing is that ZONES are superbly detailed, and look stunning !

But Funcom will have to add new content very fast. Just as Turbine did for LOTRO

Originally posted by Raknar

Zones are not huge. They are in fact tiny. Any linear in many cases. The poster who said explorers have nothing to do was not kidding. Sure, they have lots to do, if you count going back to the same camp over and over a lot to do. It is the most bland MMO I have ever played that was not Korean.

 

Plus, every quest has a nice little arrow on the mini-map, so they is no possible way to have to search for anything. Death penalty is a joke. You will see zerg tactics, suicide travel, etc, because there is absolutely no reason to fear death. Leveling in the mid levels still takes about 30 minutes per level. You will be seeing level 80s before week one is over, I predict. This is the most carebear MMO I have ever seen from a major producer.

 

Boobs and blood will only keep the kids amused for so long.

What do you mean by that you mean rest of the zones are smaller than Tortaga?

i wonder if funcom will make us pay for content upgrades or will they do the right thing, such did the devs with LOTRO.

i cant comment on the size of the world as I havent yet left the first starting city.

Originally posted by Lobotomist

AOC is really small

There is 15 zones , 3 of them are cities , 3 are gathering crafting zones , and one is PVP zone.

That leaves it with 8 world quest zones. Each of those has 3-4 additional mini zones , and few dungeons.

Mini zones - I done everything you can do in mini zone "Pict temple" in 2 hours.

 

Good thing is that ZONES are superbly detailed, and look stunning !

But Funcom will have to add new content very fast. Just as Turbine did for LOTRO

 

 

 

You are correct.

Originally posted by Darkheart00

Originally posted by Raknar

Zones are not huge. They are in fact tiny. Any linear in many cases. The poster who said explorers have nothing to do was not kidding. Sure, they have lots to do, if you count going back to the same camp over and over a lot to do. It is the most bland MMO I have ever played that was not Korean.

 

Plus, every quest has a nice little arrow on the mini-map, so they is no possible way to have to search for anything. Death penalty is a joke. You will see zerg tactics, suicide travel, etc, because there is absolutely no reason to fear death. Leveling in the mid levels still takes about 30 minutes per level. You will be seeing level 80s before week one is over, I predict. This is the most carebear MMO I have ever seen from a major producer.

 

Boobs and blood will only keep the kids amused for so long.

What do you mean by that you mean rest of the zones are smaller than Tortaga?

He means they are small.

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Originally posted by unconformed

i wonder if funcom will make us pay for content upgrades or will they do the right thing, such did the devs with LOTRO.

i cant comment on the size of the world as I havent yet left the first starting city.

My guess is that you'll have to pay for a lot of stuff based on what I've seen so far.