Age of Conan

Where is the option  "just playing the 30 days and will then resub some time later" ?   =o

I'm interested in the details.

 

If you cancelled your subscription, I'd like to know how long you gave AoC a try.

If you Renewed your subscription...then you would choose the first option "Subscribed and will continue to play."

If you never subscribed, I'm interested in knowing if you still want to play or not.

 

I canceled and played about 3 weeks while working full time.. Hit level 53 on a conquerer. I still put in around 6-7 hours a day when I had to work and 12+ on days off for 3 weeks so still not quite casual playtimes..

The game fell apart around lvl 45.. So many bugs, lack of content, either ooc server wide was broken or there was/is a lot of people who don't talk or form many groups..  Lfg system was busted when I would search for LFG players, sending tells to the people who showed up in the list said they weren't LFG..

I have way too many gripes to list but player collision while in a 6 man grouped sucked pretty bad, I can't even fathom 24 man raids or pvp... Raids I hear are pretty cut and dry, as in not much tactics involved.. The gear sucked bad.. Looked bad.. World design and layout/instances = bad.. Set paths were tedious.. Crafting was either broken or the gear looked the same as the looted crap= whats the point ?

A few of my good friends stayed since they left eq2 which was a game they liked but couldn't hold a raid force together.. Eq2 is far superior imo.. Just lacking a population and solo content.. Or even meaningful group content after you've run the same 4 instances daily for 2 months there was nothing to work for in eq2.. Eq2 has its issues but nothing like AoC which seems like one giant placeholder for a shell of a game.. It has potential but I doubt funcom knows what direction to take the game.. The rabid fanboys on their forums aren't helping them make any decisions when all they can say is, "Can I have your stuff" or "go back to wow.." Sure the graphics are pretty on a nice machine and Ive played on a nice pc with a top end card and a low end machine..

The graphics aren't enough to keep me there when I look more at mechanics of how things worked or didn't work but could have worked.. There is some major core design flaws in that game that will never be touched upon again.. basically once they get the bugs worked out, its golden for 360... Thats their target audience apparently.. The ui and lack of complexity in feats and spells make that point abundantly clear.. They got my 50 bucks.. Thats all there getting, the rest can come from 360 users who are the apparent "untapped market place"..

I canceled after playing for about 2 weeks.  Bugs, performance issues, lame pvp, simplistic character development, and boring been there done that quests were among the reasons why I canceled.  The main reason is because I know that it well never  run on my girlfriends pc  because it hardly runs on mine, and I exceed the recommended system requirements.  The game just isn't good enough to justify spending a couple hundred dollars upgrading a pc when we're getting a new one in a few months anyway.   Also, I tried out the DDO 10 day trail and we both absolutely love it, and I now subscribe to that game. 

I gave it a shot, but won't be re-subing after the 30 days.  Doesn't hold my attention.  I struggled to force myself to play just to get off that damn island.

The thought of trying out a few alts and going through Tortage again makes me shiver.

Originally posted by Hhussk

These polls I'm running are unofficial, but I'm trying to get a good idea how Age of Conan is doing. All comments are welcome, but I'm mostly concerned with your current status.

 

I actually like AOC, it is fun.  Yes its a grind fest at certain points.  The combat system is alot of fun when you start out...I just wish that the results of the combinations did more.  It kind of reminds me of that action game that we play on any given console that you press the right combinations to do super cool moves. The problem with AOC is that the game is fun conceptually. But most of the game isnt there. Alot of the perks that people were looking forward to launch day were not delivered.  Sure they are comming and I look forward to that.  But untill they are implemented...why should I pay just to have to wait for it?  Alot of these bugs that people bring up also, I have not seen or been affected by.  The only bug that really, and I mean really pissed me off, was not being able to find my group members on the mini or enlarged map. I dont mind the instances either if it helps the game...however not being able to find your friends because your all in different places, or sometimes in the same place on a different instance is annoying as all hell.

I cancelled my subscription and am giving AOC 2 months to get patched, if it doesnt change, then I will just wait for Warhamemr or Aion.

Not the game for me...

Don't care for the enormous amount of instances
Don't like a game that launches with 1/2 broken key game play elements ( combat system, crafting, drops, quests and so on )
Don't pay for beta quality products
Will not be resubscribing since it probably won't improve until WAR launches which will be too late

Enjoy your 30 days for your review cause I'm only guessing you won't be resubscribing either...

Ongoing subscription - billed quarterly.

Originally posted by Gnazon

When Vanguard came out I have actually played it till my free month was over, AoC I have canceled (and never logged back in) after 3 weeks.

Cancelled after three weeks of playing and never logged back in.... so this means what?  You have not logged in since last night?

too many problems

and too little actual game

it took 5 years to make this? will resubscribe in 2010

Originally posted by Gnazon

When Vanguard came out I have actually played it till my free month was over, AoC I have canceled (and never logged back in) after 3 weeks.

I still play Vanguard, not s much as I should since I got the SOE Pass for all their games, but I did not defend that mmorpg when it was released, I was pissed off at Vigil which SOLD OUT and released utter garbage. I did'nt even make it past the 1st week since the Lag was unbearable and everything was broken even in the early stages of the game.

Believe me, I have tolerace and that game tested it for me. I cancelled with utter disgrace, but did return a year later to find out the game was finally playable, but all my friends had already passed the game and went back to their other mmorpgs.

Anyways, the only reason I still play it is because it is finally better than it was, but I don't waste too much time in it anymore. It is pretty damn good now and don't want to sound like a hypocrit, but I would only go full time into that game if all my friends went to that game, which I seriously doubt they will.