I was there during beta, and I been back once.  I can never go back again.  Funcom,  or failcom as I call them is on the list of studios that I will never try again.   There are several reasons, that have all been covered in many posts before.

I found it funny that he ranked the game 7.0,  I was expecting it to be lower.  Even me with my cynical view of things has to wonder about the game rankings now.  This game never deserved that high of a rating, now or at launch.

The fact that the game has voice over upto lvl 20 is awesome.. no mmorpg has done that before... for them to have done it for every quest would have been waaaay to expensive and we would never have seen the game released..

as a pve game its the best out there nothing comes close... pvp is good but there are better pvp games out there like Darkfall..

Originally posted by erictlewis

I was there during beta, and I been back once.  I can never go back again.  Funcom,  or failcom as I call them is on the list of studios that I will never try again.   There are several reasons, that have all been covered in many posts before.

I found it funny that he ranked the game 7.0,  I was expecting it to be lower.  Even me with my cynical view of things has to wonder about the game rankings now.  This game never deserved that high of a rating, now or at launch.

Oh, please  That's just your bitterness and disappointment talking, not am objective or fair evaluation.

Ah well, you're entitled to your opinion ofc, me, I find it a solid 8+

Originally posted by MMO.Maverick

Originally posted by erictlewis

I was there during beta, and I been back once.  I can never go back again.  Funcom,  or failcom as I call them is on the list of studios that I will never try again.   There are several reasons, that have all been covered in many posts before.

I found it funny that he ranked the game 7.0,  I was expecting it to be lower.  Even me with my cynical view of things has to wonder about the game rankings now.  This game never deserved that high of a rating, now or at launch.

Oh, please  That's just your bitterness and disappointment talking, not am objective or fair evaluation.

Ah well, you're entitled to your opinion ofc, me, I find it a solid 8+

 Your optimizim surprise me Mav, but then we know how Funcom can dissapoint, time and time again. Who knows maybe the Bar Room Brawliing will be added or talked about in there new and Hyped TSW. Have a good one Maverick.

Originally posted by Elsabolts

 Your optimizim surprise me Mav, but then we know how Funcom can dissapoint, time and time again. Who knows maybe the Bar Room Brawliing will be added or talked about in there new and Hyped TSW. Have a good one Maverick.

Well, as my posts regarding AoC show, I had a great time in AoC despite the annoyances of an unstable and bugged launch.

 I can understand that other people have had different personal game experiences and therefore dislike AoC - and even more Funcom. But from all the posts and comments I've read, I bet that in the case of many people a large portion of that antipathy and low opinion of AoC is more tied up with their hyped up expectations and the bitter disappointment that came with it that the game wasn't what they'd hoped it to be than that it's a clear, objective evaluation of the game itself.

Tastes and gameplay experiences differ of course, but to me I rate it as good as a LotrO and I found it more enjoyable than Aion.

Wow it's down to just 4 servers? I wonder if my old characters got moved there. I really enjoyed the game there for a while, the beheadings were the best, but the higher level I got the more it become less exciting and more of the same ole same ole.

Originally posted by Sanguinelust

Wow it's down to just 4 servers? I wonder if my old characters got moved there. I really enjoyed the game there for a while, the beheadings were the best, but the higher level I got the more it become less exciting and more of the same ole same ole.

My old character had got moved... tho to an RP server so i jsut started again.. really does not take long to get to 80..

Originally posted by Caldrin

Originally posted by Sanguinelust

Wow it's down to just 4 servers? I wonder if my old characters got moved there. I really enjoyed the game there for a while, the beheadings were the best, but the higher level I got the more it become less exciting and more of the same ole same ole.

My old character had got moved... tho to an RP server so i jsut started again.. really does not take long to get to 80..

Indeed, leveling has been sped up since i originally played and now every character has the +100% XP pots meaning it takes as little as 2 days for someone who plays a lot to a week or 2 for casual players.

I returned a couple of months ago and am still somewhat enjoying the game via the PvE content, although that is starting to wane as i'm more a PvP player at heart and that is lacking these days. With the new server opening soon I'm a bit wary that the other remaining ones will be even emptier and there just won't be enough to fill the new one either.

Mostly its a great game nowadays but the population is a huge issue.

  While the comments I have read here regarding post-tortage do make me wonder how that will be I suppose I will be content waiting for the next installment from the reviewer here . I am having a blast running through Tortage at present and feel myself leaning more & more to subbing-up. Cheers ! :)

I have a great time playing this game, I had no problems with the community, and little problems in ways technial difficulties.

Originally posted by Arakane

 

  While the comments I have read here regarding post-tortage do make me wonder how that will be I suppose I will be content waiting for the next installment from the reviewer here . I am having a blast running through Tortage at present and feel myself leaning more & more to subbing-up. Cheers ! :)

 

 If you love Tortage, you are going to *hate* the rest of the game.  Good luck with that though!

I just got a "play the rest of the month free" email, so I'm gonna go check it out.  curious about the graphics revamp and if my sword will actually stay in my hand while I'm playing.

yeah, logged on last night with the free playtime and my main was there. Got a bit confused playing a high lvl,  so i spent a couple of hours in Tortage to get the game back in the fingers again. 

Also I had to set up a new UI Mod again. All in all it takes some time before one starts to play "for real"

Plenty of folks on EU Fury btw. 

In my eyes this was the MMO that tried hardest for true greatness since WoW. But a lack of mid level content, PvP issues and bugs let it down.

It is still the MMO with the best graphics out there, I understand the problems with mid level content have been adressed but not sure that PvP issues or the bugs have been.

Hello.



I'm a hardcore AoC player, and would just say that this game is not worth trying for you new people.



There is so much broken gameplay at End-Game that it will frustrate you into smash your computer eventually.



Just to mention a few things:

1) PvP... What PvP??? 5 minigames, where most games get broken because of players that get tired of untouchable Soliders in Full Plate Armor that wreak havoc on the rest, so that they either leave game or just stand AFK. (Soliders do more DPS then the DPS classes.)



2) Grindhell v.1. 1 rare item cost 200 rare trophy, and you get on average 2 rare trophy in the Solodungeon that you can do once every 20 hours. If you are able to get a group to do a HM instance, this will also give you 2 rares on average. I've played on a character for 8 months now, and have only been able to get 124 rares. This taken into account, it will take me 3 years to gain 2 items.



3: Grindhell v.2 : Alternative Advancement : What a joke... Its calculated that in order to complete it by Timetraining, it will take 5-6 years before the most important skills are fully trained. You will be able to gain some points for doing quest, but these are so silly low that leveling once in AA will perhaps take 3-4 gaming sessions. (3-4 game days)



A good advice, stay out until they fix these problems.

Originally posted by Souldrainer

Originally posted by Arakane

 

  While the comments I have read here regarding post-tortage do make me wonder how that will be I suppose I will be content waiting for the next installment from the reviewer here . I am having a blast running through Tortage at present and feel myself leaning more & more to subbing-up. Cheers ! :)

 

 If you love Tortage, you are going to *hate* the rest of the game.  Good luck with that though!

 I have seen people saying this over and over and it is just stupid!

The game beyond level 20 is exactly the same as the first 20 levels in Tortage!

The only difference is that the voice overs diminish to a handfew quests, that's all!

If people spend just a few seconds more into actually reading quest dialogs, they will find out that quite a lot of quest chains actually have quite a good story!

The problems the game still has is mostly Endgame related atm. But the road the level 80 itself is an enjoyable experience.

Hardcore aoc player that have 124 rares for 8 months??? cmon dude thats pathetic. Please dont bashing the game because your inabilty to play the game. i am normal player and have 2 or 3 full epic sets on 3 my chars. Around 6 months. I advice you to try and learn to play this game and you might have some fun.

Still, Aoc is one of the best games around, have best graphics, combat system and offers higher level of chalenge in comparation to other mmos. A good advice, get it now and you wont regeret. especialy if you up for chalenges ^^

I've been wondering if the same people complaining that AOC is crap because it doesn't have voiceovers after Tortage...If they are the same people bitching because SW:TOR puts so much mention to the fact that their game will be 100% voiced?

It wouldn't surprise me because in MMO land..you're damned if you do...damned if you don't.

You should be very careful with subscribing to a funcom game these days. They do not allow you to cancel again. The only way to stop a subscription is to delete your credit card info or block payments to funcom.

Bull- if that happens you contact their live chat support or call them. Even SOE just refunded me....