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ROFL OK first of all, about combat, hmm, I hope you're not serious or it's sad.
And 3 years? wow. just shows you have no clue: there will be MMOs using UnrealEngine 3 released in 2009... The best thing is that most people on these forums only know about the overhyped commercial MMOs. So, it's always the same pattern: new commercial MMO => people are excited Everyone should be able to waste their time as they want to, but still... --- |
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protoroc
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Originally posted by DrowNoble
Actually Anarchy Online was the first MMO to utilize instancing, though their dungeons were still public. A new shard would only form if the dungeon exceeded certain number of players. |
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I 'll give Aoc another try next spring maybe if they offer a free trial, if Funcom survives that long.
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Originally posted by supbro
You know I truly wonder if you believe the crap you are spewing in posts like these. You realize that its the blinded masses like you who allow Funcom to get away with releasing a game like Age of Conan. But that is beside the point. let me throw in a few things: 1. You have never played WAR nor did you pre-order it. You have no reason to address Mythic and its beyond contradictory that you are trying to tell Mythic that "consumers deserve more". Mythic has not lied or deliberately stretched the truth to conceal the issues with their game. 2. if you did play WAR, then why? I mean "AoC 4 life" so why did you even try WAR? If you are loving AOC so much, what's up with trying another game - especially a game that is your AOC's main competition. 3. You are comparing a game in open beta to a game that should be close to perfect. AOC has been out for almost 4 months. Does the faulty logic of such a comparison not even matter to you? |
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Here is the sign of a successful game right from the community manager on server merging....
Funcom Glen 'Famine' Swan
Community Portal | Social Guidelines | Account Support | General Support | Community FAQ | Support FAQ
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The thought about Failcom doing server merging is simply horrifying. I bet after the merges are done you'll end up with your name written backwards, -100 gold in your pocket, in a guild named "Daniel, don't forget to change the guild name", with your weapon stuck deep inside your butt and all the resources in your inventory changed to cottonwisp. |
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neosurfeur
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Joined: 9/30/05
http://www.chthonic.org/ [] Liberty : Taiwan independence [] |
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AoC's revolutionary combat certainly felt new and interested when I first played Street Fighter 2 and Mortal Kombat.
There's nothing new about some finger dancing to do melee moves, and the fact that you have melee classes doing this crap while casters just sit there auto-hitting you with spells is complete and utter idiocy.
Let me tell you, I love having to stance dance and active guard vs melee while doing attack combos that ruin my attack if I fail, and god help me if I lag, at all, because then my combo might get screwed up and oh look, since my crappy stun wore off, that mage moved away, stunned me, and blew me away. Fun. |
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Originally posted by Paragus1
Hahaha! Famine finally lost it and admitted the sub loss is pushing server consolidation. Buh bye, AoC. You'll be joining the 20k subscriber success Anarchy Online in obscurity soon. Funcom needs to change the /petition command into a general nano called "Summon Personal Jester" I keep hearing about this cloud computing thing and I bet that's where FC is putting the grahics engine. Right now they're investing in the weather balloon technology to get all the bits of code up there. Helium is expensive so it might take awhile. |
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neosurfeur
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Joined: 9/30/05
http://www.chthonic.org/ [] Liberty : Taiwan independence [] |
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Originally posted by WisebutCruel
Hahaha! Famine finally lost it and admitted the sub loss is pushing server consolidation. Buh bye, AoC. You'll be joining the 20k subscriber success Anarchy Online in obscurity soon.
LoL there still alot of people playing AoC just becuse you left dosnt mean every one did. I have not bashed WAR and am not going to start now, but AoC is fine and will be around for a long time. sorry for not buying into your BS and hope people can make up there own minds about what they think a good game is. |
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Originally posted by neosurfeur
I misunderstood nothing. Famine would not even admit to them "considering it" unless it was true. And there would be no reason to consider it if the game was as healthy as all the fanboi tools try to make it appear. Funcom needs to change the /petition command into a general nano called "Summon Personal Jester" I keep hearing about this cloud computing thing and I bet that's where FC is putting the grahics engine. Right now they're investing in the weather balloon technology to get all the bits of code up there. Helium is expensive so it might take awhile. |
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Originally posted by DeadJester
LoL there still alot of people playing AoC just becuse you left dosnt mean every one did. I have not bashed WAR and am not going to start now, but AoC is fine and will be around for a long time. sorry for not buying into your BS and hope people can make up there own minds about what they think a good game is.
With 20k subs, if that. Anarchy Online has been around 7+ years and have roughly 20k subs (including fr00bs ). SO I guess if that counts as "success" to you, enjoy it. 'Cause as I said, that's exactly where AoC is going. Funcom needs to change the /petition command into a general nano called "Summon Personal Jester" I keep hearing about this cloud computing thing and I bet that's where FC is putting the grahics engine. Right now they're investing in the weather balloon technology to get all the bits of code up there. Helium is expensive so it might take awhile. |
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no offense, supbro but I dont believe a damn word you ever say ______________________________ In memory of Sir Ladyflower Ironforge- Laura "Taera" Genender 1986-2008 R.I.P. |
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What the hell are you talking about? You drunk?
WAR beta is one of the most stable betas ever. I admit the combat is somewhat not like a 4 year old polished MMO but for a beta I am impressed and that is why I will be playing WAR.
This is the "worst" state of the game, the beta. Imagine WAR when patched up after a year or two in polished state.
AOC is btw nothing but a joke. The instancing just drives me crazy. GFX awesome, gameplay ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ |
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Hey if FC can replace regular mmo combat with console controller combat and make you think its revolutionary your judgments/criticisms arent really to be trusted. |
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Originally posted by dhayes68 I prefer to call it evolutionary. It is a change to the mind numbingly slow mo combat of games like WAR, WoW, EQ2, Vanguard. I also feel that the fact no Elves exists in AoC helps me appreciate the more realistic view of a Fantasy world. This is why LOTRO falls flat. You have this wonderful Fantasy setting, yet it is trying to go realistic thanks to Tolkien's low magic, and based on their scrips, I doubt it is working. Now, if Bioware releases its cool combat systems from the Neverwinter/Baldurs Gate series into an MMO, or even the Mass Effect combat, then we could see more changes, and maybe MMO's will not become stale. But, as long as players accept the status quo, this genre is going to stagnate. Funcom may have screwed up AoC, but if anything, they at least tried to make a few changes and stray from the norm of DIKU based MMO's. Thanks for that at least. |
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Originally posted by WisebutCruel
I misunderstood nothing. Famine would not even admit to them "considering it" unless it was true. And there would be no reason to consider it if the game was as healthy as all the fanboi tools try to make it appear.
The quote was from a topic on our official forums and it was a question on a type of character transfer system. I think someone might have overlooked the original posters question.
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Honestly Famine... AoC has been stagnant with stuff... lots of problems, but has the greater potential of all the games that are out there, including WAR.
But if AoC doesn't buck up and get busy, I am afraid its fate will be similiar to Vanguard...
Check out my blog on WAR. http://www.mmorpg.com/blogs/WolfClaws/092008/2599_WAR-Good-God-Yall Oh and this is Hawke :P |
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Originally posted by FC-Famine
Why do you think your remaining subscribers want a character transfer system? The quote is not taken out of context. They want to transfer because people are playing on dead servers. The players know it, and you know it, you just can't publicly admit it because it would only further prove what the rest of us already know. There are population problems and transfer will be needed in order to stop the bleeding. People are more likely to cancel if they think the server they are on is lacking population. Funcom is going to have to swallow its pride and do the mergers if AoC is to survive as a viable MMO in the current market. The problem is that you guys are still learning humility, which is evident by interviews with Erling. I know Jason "Athelan" Stone agrees that Funcom has failed at prioritizing, he has said it himself now that he is no longer with Funcom. I can go dig up the quote if you like. MMORPG.com Spotlight Blog Writer (225,000+ Views)
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MMOCrunch.com is a an MMO blog website that I recently been helping by adding writing along with Daedren, another blogger from MMORPG.com. Daedren wrote an article on there about AoC, to which Jason Stone responded commenting about WAR and AoC. In it he says.... "I hate to say “I told you so” but these aspects of meaningful PvP advancement, reward, and support were key aspects I championed while working on AoC and were never truly given the necessary priority." You can find it HERE, if you scroll down at read the comment section. MMORPG.com Spotlight Blog Writer (225,000+ Views)
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Originally posted by supbro
AHA HA HA HA HA HA AHAHAHA HA AHA HA HA HA HA HAAAAAA HA HA HA HA ... HEH...... /wipes a tear from the corner of an eye .... Now seriously.... Proteus? Is that you? Come here boy!
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Hmm I feel the need to repeat myself.... AoC is NOT Guild Wars. There are instances yes but this game is not Guild Wars by any means. If a lot of people are in a zone, the game will make a copy to keep the load down. I can at any rez point switch to the other version of the zone if I have to group with someone. EQ2 does the same thing since it launched in 2004. Some people make it sound like you leave town and *poof* the whole desert is just you. That's just not true. |
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Originally posted by DrowNoble Right in the middle of Tortage, you walk into the tavern and "poof", the whole town disappears and it is just you. Instancing sucked in EQ2, and instancing sucks in AoC. Nothing ruins immersion faster than overinstancing. |
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Originally posted by ackmhed Right in the middle of Tortage, you walk into the tavern and "poof", the whole town disappears and it is just you. Instancing sucked in EQ2, and instancing sucks in AoC. Nothing ruins immersion faster than overinstancing. This is incorrect. Anyone else can walk into the EXACT same tavern. Unless you speak of "Night Time" which is a solo storyline built for the player. Otherwise, I am where everyone else can go, so the "poof" the whole town disappears is incorrect. Guild Wars has the mechanic where once you leave town YOU own the zone. No one else can enter. The whole town can access the same Inn I am in. Just a little different for AoC.
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