Can't help but hear from old buddies that still play AOC about mass use of cheats ($ program) that allow skiping combos (which mean you can instantly finish combo instead of doing all 3 attacks of a serie). Not sure how many people use it, but even few is enough (especialy if you play minis vs same ppl).

Also the fact that people who cheat are banned only for 1 week doesn't help it either.

Another thing i noticed myself during re-trial - about every 1 of 3 characters running around are either assain or ranger and they own - sins kill mages easily (especially necros which are quite weak now) and rangers that can 1 shot mages and cause insane amounts of damage. This i witnessed personally.

So how bad is it now?

I'd like to hear those who PVP a lot of course (especially on Fury server) as i am no longer active player but sometimes thinking of returning...

Originally posted by AlexanderTD

Can't help but hear from old buddies that still play AOC about mass use of cheats ($ program) that allow skiping combos (which mean you can instantly finish combo instead of doing all 3 attacks of a serie). Not sure how many people use it, but even few is enough (especialy if you play minis vs same ppl).

Also the fact that people who cheat are banned only for 1 week doesn't help it either.

Another thing i noticed myself during re-trial - about every 1 of 3 characters running around are either assain or ranger and they own - sins kill mages easily (especially necros which are quite weak now) and rangers that can 1 shot mages and cause insane amounts of damage. This i witnessed personally.

So how bad is it now?

I'd like to hear those who PVP a lot of course (especially on Fury server) as i am no longer active player but sometimes thinking of returning...

Alex, I will give you the facts about Fury server.

1: Ruscorp quit because of Bori

2: Futilez quit because of Bori

3: Nastrandir quit because of Bori

4: Some players exploited perhaps 1 years normal gametime AA's in 3 days - Funcom didn't rollback. Temp 7 day bans for a few "example" cases. New and returning players have absolutely NO CHANCE to catch up.

5: Hacking is RAMPANT - I really mean this. I know this for certain, because I know the person who wrote the code, and I also know exactly what it can do. I also know that this code was "given" to the community. The amount of people who now use it is staggering. And Funcom can't or most likely won't do a thing about it. They will allow cheaters to cheat, to keep their subscriptions. It's horrible, but true.

6: Fury is haemorrhaging players at an alarming rate. The once biggest pvp server of them all is dead.

7: There are pvp 10's running around with ~100 kills. PvP levels gained on nabcake pve servers by digging rocks. Good luck damaging someone with pvp10 gear and T3 buffs.

8: Minigames are full of premades who will either farm pugs, or leave if they see another premade they think they can't beat. If you join a pug, expect people to start leaving immediately. It's an utter joke and an truly frustrating experience.

9: Sieges remain broken and Funcom continue to advertise them as working content. LIARS MUCH ?

I could list a lot more that is wrong, but those problems are broad and not specific to Fury.

The game is dead as far as pvp is concerned. Funcom have essentially admitted that they are moving towards a pve game. So if you are a pvp'er. Look elsewhere. The most telling sign that pvp is dead are #'s 1-3.  The three most massive pvp guilds on the server simply walked away because of Funcom lies, deceit and false promises as well as Bori. Which was the straw that broke the camel's back.

Balance is always in a state of flux. Anyone who pvps a lot in any game can tell you that. Rangers just got hit pretty hard with the nerf bat in the last patch. PoMs are up for buffs, while assassins are up for nerfs. You can always expect that one class will be OP in any game thou (remembers early DKs in Wrath). 

Originally posted by Catriona85

Alex, I will give you the facts about Fury server....

Thanks for confirming, i see you play(ed) on Fury too. Heard +- same stuff from a buddy of mine which is probably the most hardcore necro on server (WizzyWizz). If even he's complaining after 30000 kills - i know it's time to stay away )

Oh well, i could live with flawed sieges and some other stuff but cheats really kill it for me. I hated all the epic gear for making too much difference - always like AOC to be skill based with some minor (+5-10%) bonuses from gear/guild etc, but when you don't know if you're fighting cheater that have like 50% advantage.. Well, maybe they'll fix it some day...

And i can't see how preserving cheaters allow em to keep subscribers - i'm certainly won't play when there are cheaters around, many ppl i know too...

As for moving to PVE - this is most stupid decision. AOC's combat mechanics do not suit nor it attract grind lovers who like auto-attack/auto target and watch their toon killing poorly animated foes

Too bad - AOC was the only PVP game with such advanced combat system as opposed to rest of the stupidity. I just hope they abandoned AOC to correct all the mistakes in Secret World which they position as PVP heavily oriented ...

I play on Aquilonia instead of Fury and I can't say that any of the points beside the class balance is really an issue there what leads me to the belief that the replies partly were mentioned by one of those (understandably) disappointed Fury players that bash the game because of Bori.

I'm a very casual PVPer without a premade, made it to PVP level 5 without ever really farming Bori within 2 months and I really can't say that I've ever stumbled about any obvious cheat/exploiting. Sure there is comboskipping but even that I wouldn't rate as a major thing with the advantage of it not being overly strong and the comboskip now and then actually going terribly wrong for people.

Like it was mentioned the balance is work in progress and the really bad being overpowered of Rangers was changed with the last patch. Assassins owning mages is true but then Funcom always mentioned that they won't balance for the sake of 1 vs 1 scenarios anyway. Mages still are very high on the results table in minigames if they know their class at least a bit.

Originally posted by Saydien

I'm a very casual PVPer without a premade,

This explains it - you have a bit different PVP experience. The difference between hardcore PVPer and casual is like between regular car driver and Formula 1, or casual sports guy and professional runner when seconds make a huge difference...  Especially for those who only do PVP with very ocasional PVE (at 80 of rourse, i did enjoy PVE much till i reach 80). I remember when they increased effect of the gear felt like disaster to me who always hated grinding dungeons and relied on PVP leveling. And we only talk about increase from 5 to 15% difference here...So it's all about the league you play in - if you're hardcore PVPer - these are catastrophic factors that can kill gameplay for you.

(This stupid forum engine drive me mad)

I disagree that there is a real difference. If anything then I as a carebear PVP should get slaughtered and owned by those hardcore players all the time but I simply am not. I do not mean to defend AoC claiming it would have awesome PVP since I too admit it has its obvious flaws but it by far isn't as bad as it was stated here at least not on my server. If I can make a stand in the minis and succeed with positive stats in the end then there can't be any really major balance or cheating issues since I really am not that skilled.

Originally posted by Saydien

I disagree that there is a real difference. If anything then I as a carebear PVP should get slaughtered and owned by those hardcore players all the time but I simply am not. I do not mean to defend AoC claiming it would have awesome PVP since I too admit it has its obvious flaws but it by far isn't as bad as it was stated here at least not on my server. If I can make a stand in the minis and succeed with positive stats in the end then there can't be any really major balance or cheating issues since I really am not that skilled.

Saydien,

AQ and Fury simply cannot be compared. Alex was asking specifically about Fury. I already stated the facts about Fury, and I am sure that AQ is completely different in at least one respect. The cheating. There is a piece of code that is available to many Fury players that is essentially like having a god-mode button. This code was written by an extremely clever guy, and is widespread amongst the community.

Sadly it would be nigh on impossible for any new or returning player to compete on Fury. If their main aim was to excel in pvp. The amount of exploiting that has taken place across various Khitai instances is quite astonishing. If you take these exploited AA's, then throw in the pvp levels gained by digging rocks, the gear and the BK buffs. Then add into the mix that your opponent(s) may very well have access to a god-mode button, the situation becomes even worse.

I would reiterate what I have stated on many occasions regarding AoC. As a pve game, if that's your thing it is very good, and there are lots of things to do. As for pvp, well we don't need to flog that departed horse anymore. AoC as a pvp centric game is quite frankly dead. Funcom killed their own baby.

I provide a link HERE if you are interested to see what kind of frustration is felt by Furians regarding the state of pvp. This post of course brought out the cursory permanent banstick from Funcom for the poster. Such a shame that they don't hand out bans to cheaters with such gusto. They (Funcom) much prefer to allow cheating to take place and retain the cheats subscription, rather than protect the honest community and ban them.

What the poster said about Fury is pretty much how it is on Cimmeria.

PvP is a joke. Players somehow hit you with the damage of a completed combo but with one hit while running around.

People maxed their AA's in weeks due to exploits that the devs knew about but never did a roll back of a ban. There's currently an exploit going on now that just about everyone is doing as if it were intended.

The game is now even more guided then before. Everything you do has a  token attached to it, which is attached to a certain set of gear. Forcing you to play the game a specific way.

I used to like this game and quit a year ago for financial and personal reasons. I came back this summer for the expansion. The actual content aka 6 man raids in the expansion are awesome...but as stated above the game devolved into worse condition then it was before i left.

Another thing that makes PvP unfun is CC's. As soon as you're out of one, you get cc'ed again. It's ridiculous the amount of ccs available for pvp. And some of their durration is just mind blowing. Nobody wants to run around with their arms flailing around or get stuck every other 60 seconds. They fricking want to play the game.

I now log on everyday tired of doing 6 mans or faction quests. I try to mini game but drop out early or get farmed by a AA maxed out premade who maybe half the players use a 3rd party software.

I like the PvE but the level 80 dungeons are worthless because nobody runs them. People do DMC grinds to get from the 70s to the 80s. The raids are cool but the gear is bland looking. From T1-T3 each set looks exactly the same except for an added shoulder pad or just more detail.

I also came back to a guild i was with from prelaunch that got torn apart by server drama routing from so called allies and them not wanting too many people in lame ass Bori.

I have 18% pvp xp before i hit pvp level 5. I think "what happens when i get there" Then i think again "Probably quit"

So why bother even playing anymore.

This game was way more fun before PvP gear. PvP gear is a lame developers idea of PvP content, it creates an incentive for players to contintuously PvP without any type of content like RvR or perfected sieges. It also brings the worst out of players because they will and do anything for that extra xp to get that extra edge including ganging up and killing all lowbies at the entrance zone in at white sands over and over until they get 1xp for the kill among using 3rd party software.

I wonder how many people loved this game but ended up hitting the cancel button because of how stupid and pointless unbalanced and unfun pvp is.

@Toolfan and Catriona - Just curious, is this god mode hack responsible for the people that seem to auto-log out when close to death? I can't count how many times I would be attacking someone and then poof, they vanish. And it wasn't their totem either, because they literally disappeared when I was hitting them.

Was just curious, because again it happened a lot..and no one can minimze their game and End Process that quickly!

Originally posted by Slythe

@Toolfan and Catriona - Just curious, is this god mode hack responsible for the people that seem to auto-log out when close to death? I can't count how many times I would be attacking someone and then poof, they vanish. And it wasn't their totem either, because they literally disappeared when I was hitting them.

Was just curious, because again it happened a lot..and no one can minimze their game and End Process that quickly!

I'm not sure. I have heard of though people just vanishing from combat. It's happened to me also. I've also had an assassin pop out of stealth right facing me and at the same time pop me out of stealth with an attack. The messed up part is...I was stealthed. So he had to be tracking me which is a rangers skill now an assassin's.

If it were a mini game or bori then it could be a hack. In the open world a player just vanishing could just be that they got zoned into a mini game.

Also I've never looked into 3rd party hacking software to know if it's the same code. And I try not to talk to people about it. Maybe I'm afraid to found out how many people use it.

Originally posted by Saydien

I play on Aquilonia instead of Fury and I can't say that any of the points beside the class balance is really an issue there what leads me to the belief that the replies partly were mentioned by one of those (understandably) disappointed Fury players that bash the game because of Bori.

Once you reach level 5 in bitterness and dissapointment - mmorpg.com is the ultimate place to vent your frustration.

Never mind "facts" being mainly oppinions and heresay.  

I am quite certain that the cases of players simply disappearing in the middle of PvP or whatever is due to a minigame finally popping for them.  I can think of more than one occasion when I've ambushed someone in PvP only to have the 30 second timer pop up on my screen and start counting down my chance to join in on the next minigame.  If I'm unable to finish my opponent off before that time reaches near 00:00, I'll hit the accept button and vanish off into the minigame instance, presumably leaving my opponent to wonder where the hell I've gone.

If there are cheats in AoC, then I have yet to encounter them (or the cheat wasn't blatant enough for me to notice/care).  I did not realize that there was a way to simply skip combos, so I'm not sure how prevalent this exploit is, but I will start paying attention for it from now on.

Originally posted by Catriona85

Originally posted by Saydien

I disagree that there is a real difference. If anything then I as a carebear PVP should get slaughtered and owned by those hardcore players all the time but I simply am not. I do not mean to defend AoC claiming it would have awesome PVP since I too admit it has its obvious flaws but it by far isn't as bad as it was stated here at least not on my server. If I can make a stand in the minis and succeed with positive stats in the end then there can't be any really major balance or cheating issues since I really am not that skilled.

Saydien,

AQ and Fury simply cannot be compared. Alex was asking specifically about Fury. I already stated the facts about Fury, and I am sure that AQ is completely different in at least one respect. The cheating. There is a piece of code that is available to many Fury players that is essentially like having a god-mode button. This code was written by an extremely clever guy, and is widespread amongst the community.

Sadly it would be nigh on impossible for any new or returning player to compete on Fury. If their main aim was to excel in pvp. The amount of exploiting that has taken place across various Khitai instances is quite astonishing. If you take these exploited AA's, then throw in the pvp levels gained by digging rocks, the gear and the BK buffs. Then add into the mix that your opponent(s) may very well have access to a god-mode button, the situation becomes even worse.

I would reiterate what I have stated on many occasions regarding AoC. As a pve game, if that's your thing it is very good, and there are lots of things to do. As for pvp, well we don't need to flog that departed horse anymore. AoC as a pvp centric game is quite frankly dead. Funcom killed their own baby.

I provide a link HERE if you are interested to see what kind of frustration is felt by Furians regarding the state of pvp. This post of course brought out the cursory permanent banstick from Funcom for the poster. Such a shame that they don't hand out bans to cheaters with such gusto. They (Funcom) much prefer to allow cheating to take place and retain the cheats subscription, rather than protect the honest community and ban them.

 Riiiight, there is this piece of code writtenby this extremely clever guy who you happen to know thats why you knew what it could do and it is only spread out under the Fury server players who how somehow manage to keep it all to Fury players........uhuh...sure..

Who believes that?

You also posted a amazingly dramatic story about how your sister was being harrased in the game in the most amazing way and how FC and its GM's never even took the trouble to react blah blah ,it was so overly dramatic and so utterly obvious that it was BS.

You also made a rant post about how FC has power on this website (lol?) and how you where leaving telling everyone here to "sit on it and rotate"

http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/post/3754828#3754828

You are still here,and now you come up with this ,why believe  you ? There is absolutly nothing i have seen you say in this forum that even seems to have some credibility.Only amazing stories and how you are "in the scene" and conspiracies about a company having power here (a games forum),Sure..im pretty sure FC is very powerfull as you say,indeed...

Originally posted by Ditto

Originally posted by Catriona85

Originally posted by Saydien

I disagree that there is a real difference. If anything then I as a carebear PVP should get slaughtered and owned by those hardcore players all the time but I simply am not. I do not mean to defend AoC claiming it would have awesome PVP since I too admit it has its obvious flaws but it by far isn't as bad as it was stated here at least not on my server. If I can make a stand in the minis and succeed with positive stats in the end then there can't be any really major balance or cheating issues since I really am not that skilled.

Saydien,

AQ and Fury simply cannot be compared. Alex was asking specifically about Fury. I already stated the facts about Fury, and I am sure that AQ is completely different in at least one respect. The cheating. There is a piece of code that is available to many Fury players that is essentially like having a god-mode button. This code was written by an extremely clever guy, and is widespread amongst the community.

Sadly it would be nigh on impossible for any new or returning player to compete on Fury. If their main aim was to excel in pvp. The amount of exploiting that has taken place across various Khitai instances is quite astonishing. If you take these exploited AA's, then throw in the pvp levels gained by digging rocks, the gear and the BK buffs. Then add into the mix that your opponent(s) may very well have access to a god-mode button, the situation becomes even worse.

I would reiterate what I have stated on many occasions regarding AoC. As a pve game, if that's your thing it is very good, and there are lots of things to do. As for pvp, well we don't need to flog that departed horse anymore. AoC as a pvp centric game is quite frankly dead. Funcom killed their own baby.

I provide a link HERE if you are interested to see what kind of frustration is felt by Furians regarding the state of pvp. This post of course brought out the cursory permanent banstick from Funcom for the poster. Such a shame that they don't hand out bans to cheaters with such gusto. They (Funcom) much prefer to allow cheating to take place and retain the cheats subscription, rather than protect the honest community and ban them.

 Riiiight, there is this piece of code writtenby this extremely clever guy who you happen to know thats why you knew what it could do and it is only spread out under the Fury server players who how somehow manage to keep it all to Fury players........uhuh...sure..

 

Who believes that?

 

 

 

 

 

 

You also posted a amazingly dramatic story about how your sister was being harrased in the game in the most amazing way and how FC and its GM's never even took the trouble to react blah blah ,it was so overly dramatic and so utterly obvious that it was BS.

You also made a rant post about how FC has power on this website (lol?) and how you where leaving telling everyone here to "sit on it and rotate"

 

http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/post/3754828#3754828

You are still here,and now you come up with this ,why believe  you ? There is absolutly nothing i have seen you say in this forum that even seems to have some credibility.Only amazing stories and how you are "in the scene" and conspiracies about a company having power here (a games forum),Sure..im pretty sure FC is very powerfull as you say,indeed...

Irrespective of what you wish to believe It's true. I also posted a list of this code's capabilities with a video showing it in action. This post was deleted and the video removed by mmorpg mods. I won't repost for obvious reasons. If you didn't see the proof. Tough luck I'm not here to convince you. Since you have no clue about what goes on on FURY.

You seem like a bitter little man. Don't like girls playing games eh ? - poor baby.

Eh my dearest. If not to convince others that this game is bullshit, than what is your purpose here?

 

Irrespective of what you wish to believe It's true. I also posted a list of this code's capabilities with a video showing it in action. This post was deleted and the video removed by mmorpg mods. I won't repost for obvious reasons. If you didn't see the proof. Tough luck I'm not here to convince you. Since you have no clue about what goes on on FURY.

You seem like a bitter little man. Don't like girls playing games eh ? - poor baby.

:/

Me and my gf both play MMO's but besides that i dont really see what you are trying to prove here.And now that you mentioned babies there is one comming up and SHE is most likely going to be a happy gamergirl once she grows up :D

I also share the same question niche has.Its also pretty ironic seeing you call someone else bitter :*)

Originally posted by Ditto

 

Irrespective of what you wish to believe It's true. I also posted a list of this code's capabilities with a video showing it in action. This post was deleted and the video removed by mmorpg mods. I won't repost for obvious reasons. If you didn't see the proof. Tough luck I'm not here to convince you. Since you have no clue about what goes on on FURY.

You seem like a bitter little man. Don't like girls playing games eh ? - poor baby.

 

:/

 

 

Me and my gf both play MMO's but besides that i dont really see what you are trying to prove here.And now that you mentioned babies there is one comming up and SHE is most likely going to be a happy gamergirl once she grows up :D

 

 

I also share the same question niche has.Its also pretty ironic seeing you call someone else bitter :*)

Bitter doesn't come close.  Funcom operate a strict truth embargo. I find this intolerable. People need to be given the facts. Nothing I have said regarding pvp in aoc is inaccurate. In fact I said a year or more ago exactly what would happen regarding pvp. Sadly, I was 100% correct.

Very best wishes to you and yours with the new baby. I mean that most sincerely.

Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.

Thank you thats very kind of you :)

But why dwell on it ? The game is PvE focused with PvP servers available fo those that prefer it that never has been a secret.So in the end the PvP part of the game never gets priority.Some games are way more PvP focused then AoC like Eve-online for instance ,Eve is harsh but good and a well designed and balanced game imo.

I'd say stop dwelling on this one game and move on there is no point in having this crusade against it as most ppl will only feel anoyed by it. as in the case of AoC and most other MMO's out there the majority of players are into PvE so the majority will disagree with you constantly and feel anoyed by the constant attacks you make over a game you dont even play anymore.I cant imagine it make you yourself any happier does it ? I'd say in your case (and i mean that in a friendly way) move on and forget about it i mean , why not ? There are tons of other MMO's out there to at least try out and the ones you dont like you leave behind you witouth spending a eternity hating it,its not healthy.

Thats simply what i do.If i end up not liking a MMO i ditch it and move on to the next one witouth wastin my energy wagin a vindictive war against it.there simply is no point to it see.

I dont know if you ever tried Aion but the PvP system was very solid even before the update.Everybody in Aion gets into contact with PvP (wether they like it or not :*) and IS a main focus in the game.The new update took alot of the grind out if aswell and working to get PvP abyss gear was addicting,no matter hwat ppl say about it or the shortcommings it had before the expansion i had a blast with it in PvP.Or Eve-online ofcourse ,maybe GW2 when it releases!

Dont dwell ,dont be bitter.not on something as simple as a game there is more then enough in life to dwell on or be bitter about already :)

Originally posted by Ditto

Thank you thats very kind of you :)

 

 

But why dwell on it ? The game is PvE focused with PvP servers available fo those that prefer it that never has been a secret.So in the end the PvP part of the game never gets priority.Some games are way more PvP focused then AoC like Eve-online for instance ,Eve is harsh but good and a well designed and balanced game imo.

 

I'd say stop dwelling on this one game and move on there is no point in having this crusade against it as most ppl will only feel anoyed by it. as in the case of AoC and most other MMO's out there the majority of players are into PvE so the majority will disagree with you constantly and feel anoyed by the constant attacks you make over a game you dont even play anymore.I cant imagine it make you yourself any happier does it ? I'd say in your case (and i mean that in a friendly way) move on and forget about it i mean , why not ? There are tons of other MMO's out there to at least try out and the ones you dont like you leave behind you witouth spending a eternity hating it,its not healthy.

 

Thats simply what i do.If i end up not liking a MMO i ditch it and move on to the next one witouth wastin my energy wagin a vindictive war against it.there simply is no point to it see.

 

 

 

I dont know if you ever tried Aion but the PvP system was very solid even before the update.Everybody in Aion gets into contact with PvP (wether they like it or not :*) and IS a main focus in the game.The new update took alot of the grind out if aswell and working to get PvP abyss gear was addicting,no matter hwat ppl say about it or the shortcommings it had before the expansion i had a blast with it in PvP.Or Eve-online ofcourse ,maybe GW2 when it releases!

 

Dont dwell ,dont be bitter.not on something as simple as a game there is more then enough in life to dwell on or be bitter about already :)

I do not like the fact that they obtained monies from me via deceit. I do not like the fact that they lied in my face. I do not like the fact that they allow cheating to take place. I do not like the fact that the GD accused every one of we Furians of being instrumental or at least complicit in crashing sieges. I certainly do not like the fact that they operate a truth embargo at Funcom, whilst still telling lies to people about the "improved sieges."

So if someone asks me about the state of the game regarding pvp and specifically on Fury server, as was asked here. I will tell the whole ugly truth about Funcom. Had they asked "what's pve like in aoc." I would have told them it's great if that's your thing. Craig Morrison may be comfortable being a liar. I am not. Nothing I said regarding pvp and sieges on Fury was untrue. Everything was fact. Call it a crusade if you want. I call it being truthful.