Originally posted by Ozmodan

Well I am looking forward to this game.  I think Funcom will produce a winner, but let's not get too ga ga eyed at this one yet, remember most games are initially lacking a lot of content and I am sure this one will be too.  If you want to rush through to top level you will be whining on this board soon after it is out.

I'll Agree with this as that's something alot of people will do regardless of which MMO they finally will end up being it from Mythic, Funcom or SOE...etc with and somewhere it is quiet normal cause if you come from an excisting MMO you'll notice they all are 'big' they went thru tons of content upgrades, so we're all flat out spoiled.

But i must say previous bad game experiences or changes shouldn't really keep you from trying out future products most of the time the companies are pretty big and went thru several changes in content designers, managers etc and there's only one kind of person that doesn't make mistake, a person that does nothing.

My choice between WAR or AoC was an easy one, like the uncensored approach in howards book more then the dark humor and AoC being somewhat different it pulled me over, if it was 40K then the choice would be harder as i'm still wondering why oh why is there such a big lack of sci-fi mmo's (not space ship or strategy ones)

Originally posted by Consensus

hence the "in terms of gameplay". I don't doubt mythics wow 2 will be successful than aoc. if you look at the game market, most succesfull games are unorginal. success has little to do with how good the game will be.

I really don't get the theory that WAR is less "original" than AoC.... If you look past the DX10 and yer basic combat system philosophy  AoC follows WoW gameplay almost to the point while WAR divulges quite a bit.

AoC - Large difference in char power dependant on levels, PvE game with some meaningful endgame PvP... up to that it's meaningless stabbings in the wilderness, PvE raids, guild centered game (wow factions are a joke)

WAR - "3 lvl 10 can take 1 lvl 40 (max) if they know what they're doing", part of global PvP from level 1,  realm oriented.

Imho, and I've been studying those 2 games a lot, the main reason I prefer WAR atm is that AoC is too similar to WoW. I don't want to spend another few years of my life grinding PvE dungeons to get uber gear, getting ganked by some dude just because he enjoys spoiling other peoples' game, leveling my another char to 50 just so I can PvP and chasing around my friends across levels.... and decapitations be damned!

(sorry for borderline trolling, but I'm referring to that last sentence in the review which is simply not true)

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I'm a big fan of Conan lore (the books and old-school comics) as well as Cthulhu mythos which is slowly creeping into the game (Ia, ia) but I think I'll still wait some time after release before I decide whether to purchase. There is nothing like forced linearity (level bracketing especially) to kill a persistent world and so far I haven't seen anything on the relative power of characters on different levels. Large differences in player power are not that disastrous for a PvE game but it's a sure-fire PvP killer.  I'll wait and see.

Nice preview Keith. Thanks.

It seems that the gameplay is finally getting there. Can't wait for beta and launch.

Originally posted by thexrated

Nice preview Keith. Thanks.

It seems that the gameplay is finally getting there. Can't wait for beta and launch.

 

In my opinion his previews are better than Carolyn's.

I have a feeling the combat will be clunky and probably suck, not suck as bad as wars auto attack combat but still pretty bad.

bwahahaha the above is a re-creation of our first attempt to take a Keep in DAoC  rofl good times

ahh the age of Conan, it brings me back to the old days at the Arcade

Why worry about women avatars when the majority of women players will be giving this game a kick in the crotch and bypassing it for a friendlier community?

Aww, come on. Isn't it the dream of every woman to bare their breasts in an online game and be sexually harrassed by every guy they come across? Don't deny your desires!

EDIT: spelin is difikult...

yep kinda obvious this game isnt for the Paris Hiltons of this world.

Omg i broke a nail!

OK, mine was obviously sarcasm. It doesn't really sound like your post is in the same spirit...

Originally posted by Dreadlich

OK, mine was obviously sarcasm. It doesn't really sound like your post is in the same spirit...

Its about 50/50 for me. Considering the history made by the poster in another topic, some time ago, she kinda alienated herself already, and now seems kinda bitter about it.

Plus the unfounded Dig at the community and a prior admission of not liking AO or FC.

Oh and the name calling / insults.

Hot Air...

Originally posted by daylight01

Thanks stradden but I guess the fact the guy can have a broken nose wont do much for my fears about this games release or indeed if it will be released on time,But again thanks for the post.

As far as I know the crafting system is quite well thought out, and crafting is useful in end game, just like daoc. As far as release dates are concerned "on time" is whenever the game is ready to go live. I'd rather not pay to beta test another mmo personally.

That's an amusing statement as you're implying that everywhere else there will be a great platform for female community.

Either you lack experience or you're naive and are just expressing your dislike for this game wrapped up in a false statement.

And so far Funcom ingame customer service has been able to handle harrasment calls much faster and beter compared to others.

 Ooh, I like those sliders. I hope you will be able to create really "ugly" characters, not just "perfect" ones like in most MMOs.

Originally posted by Chaosas

 Ooh, I like those sliders. I hope you will be able to create really "ugly" characters, not just "perfect" ones like in most MMOs.

My G*d in heaven.....does that say 137 hours played this week???!!! 

Originally posted by whitedelight

Originally posted by mindspat

 

Originally posted by Shoal

Because, you know that Mythic is not going to drop the ball on WaR.

Sarcasm at its best!

 

When you take into consideration that Electronic Arts controls Mythic, dissapointment becomes a synonymous statement. 

Only reason I have no intent to bother with War Hammer is specifically due to the extreme amount of craptastic games EA has rushed out inorder to exploit the consumer video game market.  And their sequals are the best!

EA/Mythic might have something with the new mmo although the track record is enough cause to lend caution.

Of course, we could also over analyze Funcom's initial release sucess with Anarcy Online.  ;)

I think Age of Conan could be great and I'm glad theve pushed the release date back to march of 2008.  As with someone else who said it, pushing it back a little further to ensure an open environment of availble content would be better, unless it already has the content.

Ahh, the uninformed! EA is helping fund the game but they aren't actually touching the project at all, as has been stated over and over by the developers. 

You've played the WAR beta 91 hours already this week? I guess you like it.

Originally posted by whitedelight

To be honest, hitting random buttons would make it so that you do not leave a pattern which would make the mob not be able to predict where to place his shield.

Wow, after reading this report it seems they've really cut back on their original design.  I mean they went from only directional attacks and combos, to having abilities, and now they have three directions you can attack, and the way to do combos is to use an ability and then press the appropriate direction.

I guess the feedback from the beta testers indicated that the combat system really needed to change.  I didn't think they would change it this much after they said "minor tweaks were needed only."  These seem far from minor, and completely change the game's combat.

I think they're making steps in the right direction.  It sounds much more evolutionary than revolutionary now which is a good thing. 

Also I noticed that you now select your enemy instead of just hitting whoever is in your path.  I'm sure that was something that also turned out to be great on paper but bad in action. 

The defense indicators on the enemy is a really cool thing, but how is this going to translate to PvP?  Seems like only a PvE thing.

Also, after reading this it seems that the game is very much a PvE game, with the guild keeps and CTF style PvP as an extra.  At least that's how it comes across to me. 

Which isn't a bad thing, it's just tons different than what they were originally saying.  It looks like the game is evolving nicely into something that a lot of people will love to play.  Though I'm sure that the hardcore PvPers that were in love with the hack and slash style are going to cry rivers about the new style of combat.