No respectable mmo gamer goes out of their way to bash an mmo they don't like!

myself and many other gamers have bought games recently like,

LOTR, Tabula Rasa, Vangaurd, Archlord, EQ2, POTBS,  ect just to try them out.

However,  when I don't like them.  I don't go out of my way to try and tell everyone that I can that they suck...

wanna know why? because my opinion is different from yours....you may like it and I might not...no harm done.

Yes, I wasted money on some of the above games without doing enough research.

AOC has its bugs like every MMO to date.  But, 2 things are true,

Graphics are unbeaten and Combat style..some may say sound too!

Funcom...is working on bugs 24/7 and updating with patches almost every other day unlike most MMO's one a week.

I am a world of warcraft player...but, that doesn't mean that other games can't be played or have the potential to.

AOC 31 Tempest of Set, and other classes started.

OMG, someone with intelligence posting on a forum :)

Well said and I totally agree with you.

actually my friend, reach 50+lvl and then come back and repeat what u said here...

ppl say all the negative shit for aoc for one reason: cause funcom lied in many things.i will not name them cause its already been done  many times. its not so bad to try and warn new players to not give money for a scam.

My guess is the anger comes from more than just not liking the title. I think alot of it has to do with the many mis-steps FC has made on its way to launch. The pay-to-beta, the Early Access Fiasco, the "no we arent hiding anything, we want it to be a surprise" comments from the Devs. Untested patches going live, with many 'stealth-nerfs" And now the total lack of any kind of communication on the current state of the game and projected priority fixes/timelines. Lack of any Customer Service, under-trained GMs.

A lot of potential subscriber are feeling pretty abused at the moment.  And probably rightly so, it's been a very very bumpy ride.

For me i posted a negative thread here because i truely do like the game.

I just hate how much of a failure the devs are =/.

those who typically comes around and makes those "i'm going/cancelling" are the "loud kids", they want to be heard and are willing to yell it all out.

Common phrases are:

"i and (insert number) have now cancelled, along with my dog"

"anyone who likes this game is a chimp (insert other offensive word)"

I don't know where this became trendy but my guess would be WoW, where their last sentence would be like "you'll know soon enough that this game will die. Or something like "many people will very soon leave this game as well!", which i still find quite amusing, because just on to WoW, there are 10.7 million playing the game and still increasing, not to mention how people said TBC would be the end of WoW, now that one should be saved for a comedy stand up!

When i don't like a game anymore i just don't play it and that's it....  Maybe talk about it with a friend or two, why it wasn't the thing but in the end it'll be like this "but it was a blast while it lasted".

Not the smack retarded talk you see here, where some idiot have played it fore 2 years and obviously loved it while playing it, why else play it? Then come around and say it's the worst piece of sh**? How big a boomerang did they just toss and crashed back into their face there? A huge one!

All in all, the only good replies to those "Me very special, me now leave!" is the old but still classy; "Don't let the door hit you, on the way out".

Peace.

Originally posted by Bladin

For me i posted a negative thread here because i truely do like the game.

I just hate how much of a failure the devs are =/.

Spoken like a true FC Customer, talk to any long time Anarchy Online Vet sometime they can tell you better stories than you have seen so far with AoC.

Originally posted by cyricson

actually my friend, reach 50+lvl and then come back and repeat what u said here...

ppl say all the negative shit for aoc for one reason: cause funcom lied in many things.i will not name them cause its already been done  many times. its not so bad to try and warn new players to not give money for a scam.

aoc will be a good game when they get round to fixing the bugs and adding more quests for the 54 to 80 area of the game. what ever way you look at it this cannot be done fast enough.

i still believe that a lot of the current bugs and problems would have been resolved in beta if they had done a true open beta to allow the masses in to find all the hacks/exploits and just silly bugs that shouldnt be in a launch :P(and yes i was in closed beta)

These forums are complete garbage. The vast majority of posts here are people bashing games they have never played, or people that played for an hour then whine. Back in the day when this site started, it could be useful as a place to get information on games. That is definitely not the case now. You could have the greatest MMO ever created, and 99% of the posts would seemingly come from people who registered for the sole purpose of bashing that game.

As someone who has played almost every major mmo to hit the market since UO (and who has a level 80 char in AoC), I can safely say this is a great game.

There are bugs, and there are some things that need to be implemented, but as an MMO that has just started, it's certainly one of the best launches I've played. It has the potential to really be a long term competitor in the market.

The only real complaints I have are 1) In large groups characters tend to blink on and off your screen at close range  (hopefully will be fixed soon) and 2) I could do with less zoning, but it's not a game breaker. Most of the other stuff is minor or is already in the process of being fixed. They seem to release a new patch every few days.

Originally posted by Byzantine

No respectable mmo gamer goes out of their way to bash an mmo they don't like!

myself and many other gamers have bought games recently like,

LOTR, Tabula Rasa, Vangaurd, Archlord, EQ2, POTBS,  ect just to try them out.

However,  when I don't like them.  I don't go out of my way to try and tell everyone that I can that they suck...

wanna know why? because my opinion is different from yours....you may like it and I might not...no harm done.

Yes, I wasted money on some of the above games without doing enough research.

Yes there is harm done, if people don't complain warning others not to buy the game, companies will go on giving us the crappy MMOS we have now.

Do your own research aka play the game and not rely on a hunch from many that don't spend  the time to play and formulate an unbiased opinion.

many here played AoC more than u did.

What we are trying to tell you is that it's better to share your bad experiences so the new players who will do their research can form a complete opinion on the game in order to save their money.

It is indeed too much to ask for forums that resemble elitistjerks.

Originally posted by cyricson

actually my friend, reach 50+lvl and then come back and repeat what u said here...

ppl say all the negative shit for aoc for one reason: cause funcom lied in many things.i will not name them cause its already been done  many times. its not so bad to try and warn new players to not give money for a scam.

My experience has been, few to no bugs, great graphics,  fun combat, fun guild.   And I'm not the only one enjoying the game.  So stop trying to save people money by telling them how bad the game is. 

Originally posted by cyricson

many here played AoC more than u did.

What we are trying to tell you is that it's better to share your bad experiences so the new players who will do their research can form a complete opinion on the game in order to save their money.

  If I'd listened to the negative posts here i would have been out of alot of fun. Sure AoC may not be for everyone (at least not some players that felt they jst had to get to lvl 80 in the first 10 days of its release) but hey for me it Rocks.

  Basically what you seem to be saying is its better that bad experiences are shared but not good, and that you don't think players can or should form their own opinions without them being colored by YOUR bad experiences.

I dunno OP, I think any self-respecting gamer would not bother to create a new thread touting how much they love a new game that their playing either, because as you say, its just their own opinion, and others may not like it.

There's two sides to every coin, and for every game someone will love it, and some will hate it.  These forums exist to discuss games for better or worse, and it really doesn't take a lot of skill to separate the wheat from the chaff.

My thoughts are, if you don't like negative posts about people cancelling, how about you don't read/reply to them?  Then everyone will be happy, m'kay?

I play AOC, there are things I like, and things I hate. (for one thing, IMO if anyone has a level 80 already, its a flaw of the game that its so simple to do)  But that's just my opinion, and others won't share it.  Which is ok.

AOC certainly has some flaws in the eyes of some gamers, instances, bugs, missing content, borked PVP/balancing issues.  And for some gamers, these are deal breakers, and there are people who appreciate finding out in advance without actually paying for it.  These forums give them a chance to make up their minds before hand.

Originally posted by Kyleran

AOC certainly has some flaws in the eyes of some gamers, instances, bugs, missing content, borked PVP/balancing issues.  And for some gamers, these are deal breakers, and there are people who appreciate finding out in advance without actually paying for it.  These forums give them a chance to make up their minds before hand.

 

I agree with this poster, I'd prefer for people to say what they think, I'm intelligent enough to realize it's there opinion. It helps me to form my own opinion. My opinion right now is to wait until the free trial so that I can see whether they've iron out the bugs, added more quests and fixed end game content. If they haven't, I'd prefer to invest my time and money elsewhere.

i agree with the thread opener /

Lot of people say oh its only graphics but graphics is also important , hy oul i be repnting spending money on the hyped Wii palyed for 2 months and gathering dust now or should have waited for PS3 or xbox 360 instead

also i thinkpeople in funcom a=aere aware that content is low  in areas 40+ they must be having teams developing more content towards that end .If  the game had such a big start they are not going to idely sit around and people leave

They will bring in more content. Give them time at the moment there priority is to fix critcial bugs

Even the ill fated Tabula Rasa and POTBS  developers are constantly releasing new updates and contents for the game so what makes people think Funcom will not

I am enjoying my progress in the game at my pace

Atleast each person should try the game themselves and not  give in biased reviews on this forums

yes i must be payed or crazy (my true boss is Mythic). plz dont try to tell me what i want to say or not.

the thing is that even if you dont like it the game is empty. have a nice gaming experience, but no one will tell me what to say or not...

i just say to anyone who wants to play that the game is incomplete. have a nice day.

Originally posted by Loben

These forums are complete garbage. The vast majority of posts here are people bashing games they have never played, or people that played for an hour then whine. Back in the day when this site started, it could be useful as a place to get information on games. That is definitely not the case now. You could have the greatest MMO ever created, and 99% of the posts would seemingly come from people who registered for the sole purpose of bashing that game.

The negativity, the falsification/fabrication of facts, fanboyism from other games in "competing" forums, general trolling and so on has actually taken over the usefulness of the mmorpg forums. There are people that has openly admitted that they've been fabricating objections to AoC on this forum because they're WAR fans and that they want "their" game to "win".

Instead of being critical you start defending your game no matter what. If they're dishonest then so can you, right? While the different camps are duking it out mmorpg is loosing credibility and usefulness. Sometimes a real and concerned customer brings up legitimate concerns, but get caught in the crossfire between "haters" and "fanbois". He get torn between the two sides and his concerns will be impossible to discuss in a constructive manner. Sad but true.

Mmorpg really should start moderating their forums more strict in my opinion. Freedom of speech doesn't exist on a private forum. This isn't the public sphere. We're guests here and should abide the rules mmorpg set. Trolls or even assumed trolls should be banned from posted on a specific game's forum. Let them go back to "their" game instead.