One can discuss the types of users of MMORPG.com, however if they represent a typical MMO gamer it is very interresting to find that Age of Conan, more than a year after its miserable start, has constantly been amongst the to 10 most popular games on this site.

Funcom and Age of Conan continues to attract the interrest of MMO players. I dont have traffic numbers for this site, but its interresting to know that Funcom than still keep the hype going. Especially now that they have fixed the game!!!

oh, proof:
got to MMORPG.com front page, scroll a little down to you get to the top 10 hyped games and click on the "top popular games" you will see that AoC has been amongst top on every timeperiod for the last year. 

Perhaps this goes to show how dismal the genre has actually become if a game like AoC can be top 10 most popular. Ya, the alternatives aren't much better, I agree. But that's not saying much, honestly.

I dont think anyone is calling AoC a failure anymore? Maybe not as successful as they had hoped, but then again, its a WOW clone with adult clothes. Only thing is... adults dont want WOW! :)

I still call AOC a failure and it always will be.

The major reason alot of ppl still show intrest in AOC is to keep ppl on their toes on how low FUncom will go in lying to ppl about their product - just so they can get abit more money for an unfinished product.

Popularity is not laways based on positives.  And this is the case with AOC and FUncom. 

LOL, Not to many folks are gonna buy this post they are losing subscriptions and just announced another 20% reduction in staff. This might even be more funny except that the op is from Norway and as such may not be very objective.

Jihad works both ways

Originally posted by Aceundor

One can discuss the types of users of MMORPG.com, however if they represent a typical MMO gamer it is very interresting to find that Age of Conan, more than a year after its miserable start, has constantly been amongst the to 10 most popular games on this site.

Funcom and Age of Conan continues to attract the interrest of MMO players. I dont have traffic numbers for this site, but its interresting to know that Funcom than still keep the hype going. Especially now that they have fixed the game!!!

oh, proof:
got to MMORPG.com front page, scroll a little down to you get to the top 10 hyped games and click on the "top popular games" you will see that AoC has been amongst top on every timeperiod for the last year. 

And exactly how many AAA mmo's are on the market now?  Agreed with the second poster this really doesn't say anything for AOC other than it's better than the hundreds of non descript Korean grind fest games that appear on mmorpg's lists.  Honestly are there even ten AAA mmo's on the market right now?  What I'd really like to see is what surprises do we get by games that are rated less popular than AOC are there any games out there that most would agree wether they play or not is in fact a good game?  BTW the "popularity" list that you speak of is based off the number of hits on this site for a specific game nothing to do with how much people or how many people like this game I've given AOC atleast two hit's in the last fifteen minutes and anyone who is familiar with me knows I'm no fan of the game and also Darkfall is rated number one.

  These are the kind of posts that call into question truly how good this game could be doing when people have to come on forums and try to convince others that the game is ok that usually means that something in fact isn't ok (most likely population).

And strangely this is the same guy who just made another post about how he just came back to AOC and it is doing good now and again he's basically trying to get people to sub to the game.  I've stuck to some generally pretty popular mmo's played WOW,SWG,LOTRO and I assure you never did you see corny posts like these practically begging people to sub, you know why? For the most part those games had something in them to keep peoples interest and therefore didn't need it's population to go to their favorite community and practically beg folks to come and sub.  If AOC needs you to instead of play the game beg us to also play that seriously calls into question how good things are there regardless of what the op tries to say or how many posts he tries to say it in.

Originally posted by Frobner

I still call AOC a failure and it always will be.

The major reason alot of ppl still show intrest in AOC is to keep ppl on their toes on how low FUncom will go in lying to ppl about their product - just so they can get abit more money for an unfinished product.

Popularity is not laways based on positives.  And this is the case with AOC and FUncom. 

What are you talking about?

Wife tried AoC a few months ago and found it very polished and fun. A lot of ppl on the server as well.

In fact, she found AoC more polished than most other games she have played and shes a big fan of MMOs.

People enjoying watching a train wreck <> popular.  Wasn't Darkfall always hyped on this site?  Case closed.

Originally posted by jaxsundane

Originally posted by Aceundor

One can discuss the types of users of MMORPG.com, however if they represent a typical MMO gamer it is very interresting to find that Age of Conan, more than a year after its miserable start, has constantly been amongst the to 10 most popular games on this site.

Funcom and Age of Conan continues to attract the interrest of MMO players. I dont have traffic numbers for this site, but its interresting to know that Funcom than still keep the hype going. Especially now that they have fixed the game!!!

oh, proof:
got to MMORPG.com front page, scroll a little down to you get to the top 10 hyped games and click on the "top popular games" you will see that AoC has been amongst top on every timeperiod for the last year. 

 

  Honestly are there even ten AAA mmo's on the market right now?

Lets see.

1.WOW

2.Lotro

3.EVE

4.EQ2

5.Aion

6.COH

7.COV

8.Guild wars

9.WAR

10.DAOC

11.AOC

12.DDO

13. SWG

14.Vanguard:SOH

Those are just off the top of my head, without even looking at the game list :). There are more yet older games as well.

Originally posted by Securion

Originally posted by Frobner

I still call AOC a failure and it always will be.

The major reason alot of ppl still show intrest in AOC is to keep ppl on their toes on how low FUncom will go in lying to ppl about their product - just so they can get abit more money for an unfinished product.

Popularity is not laways based on positives.  And this is the case with AOC and FUncom. 

What are you talking about?

 

Wife tried AoC a few months ago and found it very polished and fun. A lot of ppl on the server as well.

In fact, she found AoC more polished than most other games she have played and shes a big fan of MMOs.

He's talking about the state of the game as seen by most mmo players not just you and your wife but the entire rest of the community.  And that's me only speaking for those who have been smart enough to not give AOC money in the first place not considering those who actually bought the game in the first place but refuse to return.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that you and your wife obviously have an opinion not shared by most people who play mmos  or we wouldn't have to deal with these "will work for subs" posts made by the AOC community this morning.

Originally posted by Darth_Osor

People enjoying watching a train wreck <> popular.  Wasn't Darkfall always hyped on this site?  Case closed.

Funcom has made tremendous strides with this game. It is solid now and plays very well for the most part. Many of the new folks who are trying it out are liking it and those that come here stating how terrible it is are harkening back to the launch and subsequent months.

AOC is a good game now and worth playing. I always kept up with it but understand why other people are jaded.

Could it be that part of the reason it is still high on the hype meter today is that it is now a good game?

Originally posted by Malickie

Originally posted by jaxsundane

Originally posted by Aceundor

One can discuss the types of users of MMORPG.com, however if they represent a typical MMO gamer it is very interresting to find that Age of Conan, more than a year after its miserable start, has constantly been amongst the to 10 most popular games on this site.

Funcom and Age of Conan continues to attract the interrest of MMO players. I dont have traffic numbers for this site, but its interresting to know that Funcom than still keep the hype going. Especially now that they have fixed the game!!!

oh, proof:
got to MMORPG.com front page, scroll a little down to you get to the top 10 hyped games and click on the "top popular games" you will see that AoC has been amongst top on every timeperiod for the last year. 

 

  Honestly are there even ten AAA mmo's on the market right now?

Lets see.

1.WOW

2.Lotro

3.EVE

4.EQ2

5.Aion

6.COH

7.COV

8.Guild wars

9.WAR

10.DAOC

11.AOC

12.DDO

13. SWG

14.Vanguard:SOH

Those are just off the top of my head, without even looking at the game list :). There are more yet older games as well.

 

So we have fourteen using that number that means there are four games AOC isn't more popular than but again popularity on this site is based off how many hit's the game is getting on it's forums that does not take into account how many people are going to bash the hell out of the game or how many don't play it, the two most controversial games on the market now are Darkfall (which is number one on the list the op is pointing to) and AOC which is number six.  The list designed for what the op is trying to trick us into thinking he is talking about is the top rated games and AOC from what I see does not make an appearance on the list.

  Again I tried to avoid going at people but the op on here really needs to give it a rest now if you think AOC is so great go and play it instead of coming on the boards trying to trick people into thinking things are all roses with this game.

Originally posted by DIIImaster

That list is based on the forums.  If posts by me and some of my fellow detractors count as popularity, so be it.

 

I call it infamy myself.

 

AoC is notorious for being one of the biggest disappointments ever.  WAR and AoC are like cousins in that respect. 

Having played both I can say neither was a disappointment... i recommend lowering your expectations.
 

Originally posted by haratu

Originally posted by DIIImaster

That list is based on the forums.  If posts by me and some of my fellow detractors count as popularity, so be it.

 

I call it infamy myself.

 

AoC is notorious for being one of the biggest disappointments ever.  WAR and AoC are like cousins in that respect. 

Having played both I can say neither was a disappointment... i recommend lowering your expectations.
 

That's a good way to get developers to lower thier standards as well.

Originally posted by DIIImaster

Originally posted by haratu

Originally posted by DIIImaster

That list is based on the forums.  If posts by me and some of my fellow detractors count as popularity, so be it.

 

I call it infamy myself.

 

AoC is notorious for being one of the biggest disappointments ever.  WAR and AoC are like cousins in that respect. 

Having played both I can say neither was a disappointment... i recommend lowering your expectations.
 

My expectations are that the game won't shut down more than half of its servers within a year of launch.

By any realistic measure, AoC should be down even more (they've only cut half).  Only about 10-12 have playable populations.

 

see, i expect problems in first year of any MMO and so was not dissapointed. I never get a game upon initial release and so never have to deal with initial bugs, and always wait till servers have setteled before entering the game. Hence I encounter less problems and less frustration.
 

I hate linear games, AoC is one of them. But even though I hate linear games i must say that AoC is very polished and looks and plays very well. I think ppl that are continuing to bash AoC should grow up and get a life. Seriously, grow up.

If you are basing that on this forum , first it should be in the top 3-5 as there are so few big MMOs and this was supposed to be the biggest.

Second most of the topics here are selling new players on the game or disproving those shrills instead of gameplay topics like many other games. look at the front page, half the posts are "this games population is dead" or " [one measly person] tried the game and it changed his life"

third it is not popular by players going by the low population which continues to decline. EDIT: I find it funny many of the pro or con posters don't play the game at all, and most of the pro players are very low level and have crazy high post counts....if the game was great they would probaly spend more time in game and less on forums defending AoC.

Originally posted by Securion

I dont think anyone is calling AoC a failure anymore? Maybe not as successful as they had hoped, but then again, its a WOW clone with adult clothes. Only thing is... adults dont want WOW! :)

 

Adults don't want WoW?

Generalization, I as a twenty four year old adult enjoy WoW and its style.  I know many people in my Adults only guild that would also like to disagree with you.

Different strokes for different folks, not everyone is you.

Side note:  I really enjoyed AoC for the month I played it, thought it was a quality game, just had an awful launch riddled with bugs at the time, things are looking up for it.

I'd be playing it now if my friends computers could run it.  No fun playing an MMO without my buddies ya know

Originally posted by finaticd

If you are basing that on this forum , first it should be in the top 3-5 as there are so few big MMOs and this was supposed to be the biggest.

Second most of the topics here are selling new players on the game or disproving those shrills instead of gameplay topics like many other games. look at the front page, half the posts are "this games population is dead" or " [one measly person] tried the game and it changed his life"

third it is not popular by players going by the low population which continues to decline. EDIT: I find it funny many of the pro or con posters don't play the game at all, and most of the pro players are very low level and have crazy high post counts....if the game was great they would probaly spend more time in game and less on forums defending AoC.

I stated this earlier but the post he is talking about is not the rating post it is the forum traffic basically and as you said those are not gameplay topics it's people trying to enlist folk or detractors.  And I agree we had an earlier list of some AAA mmo's but even some of those don't really belong on the list because they are not based off well known ip's like Conan is and many obviously did not have the marketing giant that was AOC launch.

  What I find interesting is if you survey the games love them or hate them that have a good reputation the forum traffic is consistently low, I'd assume because people are in game playing the ones who alway have high forum traffic hence end up on the list the op is referencing are the troubled games like Vanguard,AOC and as I stated the number one game on the poll he is using is Darkfall and we all know that that game is no giant nor is without it's own reputation problems.

Originally posted by jaxsundane

  What I find interesting is if you survey the games love them or hate them that have a good reputation the forum traffic is consistently low, I'd assume because people are in game playing the ones who alway have high forum traffic hence end up on the list the op is referencing are the troubled games like Vanguard,AOC and as I stated the number one game on the poll he is using is Darkfall and we all know that that game is no giant nor is without it's own reputation problems.

I really dont agree with you here. Go to the list and you will find EVE online, LOTRO, AION and WOW. These are not games that are in trouble or have bad reputation. I agree that AoC, WAR and Darkfall, (also on the same list) have bad reputationos. However I think the reason for AoC beeing so popular for such a long time is that the game and its IP is interresting for most MMO players (lovers and haters alike). Its a game that people love to discuss and this will continue to attract new players simpy because of this.  Take me for example, I actually want to play Darkfall because of all the "hate" out there, I am really curiuous about it.  Aion on the other hand does not attract me at all, its simply a WOW clone in my oppinion, and I got tired of WOW years ago.