Age of Conan

Originally posted by Jackdog

Originally posted by xenogias

Originally posted by VultureSkull

If there was a fully fleshed out end game would you still think it is garbage?

 

 

 Whats the diffrence then you ask? Why did LOTRO get away with it and AoC is getting hammered for it. The awnser is simple really. Its part the hype AoC had (which yes, AoC had alot more hype than LOTRO). The other part is unlike LOTRO, AoC launch with many, many bugs that just wherent seen anywhere in LOTRO. End game content yes, I would expect there to be end game bugs in any new release. The problem here is AoC has major bugs affecting many people. Don't believe me? Fine but a simple "Age of Conan bugs" seach on youtube will show you a large amount of them.

 

Well said.

Yeah, well said, only AoC is doing just fine, and launched better than LOTRO.  LOTRO has been out since dirt.  When AoC has been out as long as LOTRO, then the comparasin will actually make sense.  MMOs usually get better over time.  For a poster at a site that deals with this genre only, you should understand this.

I was in the LOTRO beta and did not buy it because, frankly, it was WOW with even more boring characters.

AoC breaks milestone after milestone, and you haters come in here all like "No wonder AoC failed."  Dude, give us a break.  These blatant lies are getting old.

Originally posted by Souldrainer

Originally posted by Jackdog

Originally posted by xenogias

Originally posted by VultureSkull

If there was a fully fleshed out end game would you still think it is garbage?

 

 

 Whats the diffrence then you ask? Why did LOTRO get away with it and AoC is getting hammered for it. The awnser is simple really. Its part the hype AoC had (which yes, AoC had alot more hype than LOTRO). The other part is unlike LOTRO, AoC launch with many, many bugs that just wherent seen anywhere in LOTRO. End game content yes, I would expect there to be end game bugs in any new release. The problem here is AoC has major bugs affecting many people. Don't believe me? Fine but a simple "Age of Conan bugs" seach on youtube will show you a large amount of them.

 

Well said.

Yeah, well said, only AoC is doing just fine, and launched better than LOTRO.  LOTRO has been out since dirt.  When AoC has been out as long as LOTRO, then the comparasin will actually make sense.  MMOs usually get better over time.  For a poster at a site that deals with this genre only, you should understand this.

I was in the LOTRO beta and did not buy it because, frankly, it was WOW with even more boring characters.

AoC breaks milestone after milestone, and you haters come in here all like "No wonder AoC failed."  Dude, give us a break.  These blatant lies are getting old.

 

 

Name one milestone other than the whole 1 mil shipped mark.
 

Originally posted by Souldrainer

Yeah, well said, only AoC is doing just fine, and launched better than LOTRO.  LOTRO has been out since dirt.  When AoC has been out as long as LOTRO, then the comparasin will actually make sense.  MMOs usually get better over time.  For a poster at a site that deals with this genre only, you should understand this.

I was in the LOTRO beta and did not buy it because, frankly, it was WOW with even more boring characters.

AoC breaks milestone after milestone, and you haters come in here all like "No wonder AoC failed."  Dude, give us a break.  These blatant lies are getting old.

 

 

Dude... the only milestone this game is going to break next is a record number of first month cancelations. If the best thing you can say is that this game opened with more people than LOTRO that's pretty sad.

MMO's usually get better over time? Tell that to Vanguard, Tabula Rasa, PoTbs and damn near every other MMO released recently. This game will be yet another game that has it's best numbers the first month it came out.

If you like the game thats great enjoy it but face the reality that most people do not agree with you. I remember people saying all the same stuff when Vanguard was hemoraging subs and people refused to realise the game was a failure.

I really get a kick out of people that give the OP a hard time because he has 2 lvl 80's. If the guy said i quit at lvl 30 people would be saying oh man you havn't even played half the game, your opinion means nothing, go lvl noob. Like what this game is only designed for jerrys kids who take 6 months to get to max lvl because they log in more to talk in chat channels than to play the game? If your goint to try to invalidate someone elses opinion maybe try doing it with some substance rather than just saying they play too much as if it is their fault the game has no end game content.

Originally posted by fyerwall

Originally posted by Souldrainer

Originally posted by Jackdog

Originally posted by xenogias

Originally posted by VultureSkull

If there was a fully fleshed out end game would you still think it is garbage?

 

 

 Whats the diffrence then you ask? Why did LOTRO get away with it and AoC is getting hammered for it. The awnser is simple really. Its part the hype AoC had (which yes, AoC had alot more hype than LOTRO). The other part is unlike LOTRO, AoC launch with many, many bugs that just wherent seen anywhere in LOTRO. End game content yes, I would expect there to be end game bugs in any new release. The problem here is AoC has major bugs affecting many people. Don't believe me? Fine but a simple "Age of Conan bugs" seach on youtube will show you a large amount of them.

 

Well said.

Yeah, well said, only AoC is doing just fine, and launched better than LOTRO.  LOTRO has been out since dirt.  When AoC has been out as long as LOTRO, then the comparasin will actually make sense.  MMOs usually get better over time.  For a poster at a site that deals with this genre only, you should understand this.

I was in the LOTRO beta and did not buy it because, frankly, it was WOW with even more boring characters.

AoC breaks milestone after milestone, and you haters come in here all like "No wonder AoC failed."  Dude, give us a break.  These blatant lies are getting old.

 

 

Name one milestone other than the whole 1 mil shipped mark.
 

Ok most unethical business practices ever shown leading up to the release of a MMO
 

Originally posted by andreibaru

I had huge hopes for AOC. Thats all i can say. Yesterday my entire guild decided that AOC was too much of a fuck-up to play anymore. It actually ruined my whole day at work. So much time invested.. so many dashed hopes.

The truth is.. Funcom is a piece of shit company that never can produce in time to keep subs. AO was a disaster, and it seems they haven't learned anything in the past 4 years or so.

Feel free to flame, but after getting 2 characters to 80.. having nothing to do essentially but PVE raid on a PVP server in a game that was originally supposed to be PVP focused, myself and our 20ish guild members have decided that FUNCOM has miserably failed to provide any sort of worthwhile PVP experience.

On top of this.. the patches every 4 days where they essentially retool entire classes make the game unbearable to play. Everything that had been patched until now was never properly tested.. and should have been in  beta. People will say. blah blah GG you.. goodbye, we dont need you.. or just wait, it will be good in a few months. My response to this is, NO. Just plain NO. PvP systems are being revamped as we speak to make them Karma based and more carebear gear grindish than ever. AOC failed the second it decided that PVE was important enough to start changing classes based on PVE balance. It takes 3 days played to get a char to 80.. in other words.. no one gives a fuck about lvling balance. Killing mass mobs is easy so stop balancing classes b/c of their ability to kill mobs. Balance should have been PvP oreiented which is obviously not the case since almost all balances being made were to chars that they deemed OP in pve. Single target DPS, especially by classes that sucked in PVE were left in tact, bugged as hell. In a PVP game, PVP guilds decide on spec groups in order to roll around together. You cant make spec groups when every four days you have to shit yourself wondering what AOC is going to patch to radically change everything that you do.

GG Funcom. You actually made the game fail with your shitty patches. I can honestly say that if you had left the game as it was when it released... and focused only on adding end game PVP content ( as of now, they've fixed dungeons.. but what have they done with seiges. NOTHING. they added like what 1 NPC. This is after they acknowledged how important PVP is to them in that bullshit letter)

What have i learned?

Never ever ever play a FUNCOM game again. Id rather play crap ass Korean grind games with 0 content that at least focus around PVP.

 

Back to Shadowbane.. and back to waiting for Warhammer.

Ruined your day at work???? damn, this should be fun for your free time, if you can't manage game with RL in order to avoid this kind of thing you have way more problems then just a game...

Well, GL on Shadowbane and waiting for Warhammer....

I like the game, but I feel like I am paying to be in a beta... no matter how you look at it, this game is still at the beta stage and it will continue to be there for a while still.

I'll probably return to in in a few months.

@OP
"(garb)Age of Conan" would have been a better title.

OK sorry for the delay.. had to work.

At my MMO GY.. yes its big. But as you can see.. i've enjoyed many titles. Hell i even played WoW for 2 years.. on and off granted but hey paying customer. I love MMO's. My guildmates love MMO's. We try most everyone that comes out. We beta and then retail just in case they fix some stuff. Very Occasionally there is a nugget of gold in piles and piles of shit (figuratively). I stated what these nuggets were earlier. Now, gold tarnishes over time if its not polished.. and well.. thats what has happened. Bugs/dupes/sploits are found and if not fixed.. then a game goes south very very quickly .

At the RL/IRL distinction:

    Yes.. i play these games for fun. However they are a major source of relaxation and respite for me. When my cornerstone of enjoyment is crushed it does have an affect on my life outside of gametime. Im DISSAPOINTED b/c i was expecting AOC to rock PVP wise until WAR came out.. and if WAR sucked, we could always fall back to AOC. Now my insurance is up, and all my stock is in a highly volatile in-production game. SO yes.. when we had our guild meeting and decided to lay down AOC for a long time.. i knew that coming up were 5 months of dealing with crappy servers/low server pop/ and hordes of Chinese in Shadowbane whilst we wait for WAR. Yea.. pretty depressing when games dont fulfill our expectations.

On a side note. Ive never fully read an EULA but IMHO gaming is becoming a very serious thing. We put a lot of stock into an MMO and when it doesnt deliver.. no one is held liable. I think maybe its time someone tried to hold these companies liek FUNCOM liable legally for not living up to their end of the bargain. Dunno if this is even remotely feasible.. but id like it nonetheless.