I see EE and AA is working overtime these days. BB (Baghdad Bob) must be proud.

Originally posted by Xris375

I see EE and AA is working overtime these days. BB (Baghdad Bob) must be proud.

Posting news for those that appreciate doesn't break a sweat unlike gold selling. Do you not think he is doing the right thing? After all loads of people including myself have been saying for a long time where is the communication - so some comes along as its slated to the Nth degree?

At the end of the day I just want FC to come out and be honest about the past, present and most importantly the future.

Originally posted by AmazingAvery

At the end of the day I just want FC to come out and be honest about the past, present and most importantly the future.

Wow, pinch me, I agree with Avery 100%.

The word "soon" seems to have a definition all its own when used by funcom devs.  As I recall Gunz Googenheimer or whatever his name is, the lead guy, sent out a letter just after release that was similar.

In that letter he promised all those same features plus more including thousands of armor sets and kept saying it was all coming "soon".  That was about three months ago.

Soon could mean next year for all we know.

I agree it would make sense for fc to get the pvp patch out before WAR launches except for one thing.

They have been unable to patch the simplest problems without introducing major new bugs.  I'm sure they realize this as well as anyone. 

What would be more devastating, no pvp patch or a hopelessly bugged or underwhelming pvp patch being introduced just prior to WAR launch?

I'm guessing they won't risk it.l

Originally posted by AmazingAvery

Originally posted by Xris375

I see EE and AA is working overtime these days. BB (Baghdad Bob) must be proud.

 

At the end of the day I just want FC to come out and be honest about the past, present and most importantly the future.

True enough...

And if this is the beginning of them turning over a new leaf.. well it's about damn time.

Regardless... still got a long way to go.

- Have to start giving better time-frames than the vague ones they've been giving.

- Have to be consistent and keep folks updated as the changes come about... A token update here and there, consisting of "soon" and "in the foreseeable future" is not going to cut it.

- Have to deliver on what's being discussed and not say it just to get people's hopes up; dangling that carrot to keep them paying one more month... or perhaps, to just "get the players off their backs"

- Have to stop trying to pull the wool over people's eyes, trying to pass off content that was supposed to be in the game already as "new content". Gamers - especially with MMOs - are *way* too observant to pull that off.

Many players pay attention to everything that's said by the reps for any MMO. Every article, interview, video, press release, new-clip, etc.. And they hold them to every word.

It really kinda surprises me that after running AO for so long, they still don't realize... or at least don't fully appreciate that.

If they can cover those things, and do it consistently, and AoC does begin to improve in the process... eventually... opinion of FC will begin to change... Won't be easy though. They've burned a lot of bridges and earned themselves a bad rep.

Unfortunately its all too late now,  Warhammer is going to crush Conan into a thousand million billion pieces, oh go on then Ill add in trillion too for dramatic purposes.  This is not because I am a fanboi quite frankly Iam not and I am not necessarily going to play it but because it will be the smoothest launch in history with content promised in the game and WORKING.

Trick me once fool you

Trick me twice fool me

Originally posted by Wicoa

Unfortunately its all too late now,  Warhammer is going to crush Conan into a thousand million billion pieces, oh go on then Ill add in trillion too for dramatic purposes.  This is not because I am a fanboi quite frankly Iam not and I am not necessarily going to play it but because it will be the smoothest launch in history with content promised in the game and WORKING.

Trick me once fool you

Trick me twice fool me

That blue/italicized part is not something I would feel safe in predicting of any MMO. *Few* MMOs come out with that good of a launch.

Originally posted by Glamis

Originally posted by octa

1) -is- coming soon

2) to get it out soon

3) a little bit further down the road but not too long I expect

4) come out in the forseeable future

5) further down the road.

6) out as soon as possible as we

7) shouldn't be too far off.

Wow. That's some vague time tabling.

i love that - sounds just like Tasos over at Darkfall - maybe EE is a fan (of Tasos - not necessarily darkfall)

Originally posted by Die_Scream

Things must be bad if EE actually speaks to the customers! Wow, someone from FunCom actually took the time to post a message...I'm amazed, though I laugh at his "soon",  "upcoming patch" continuation.

Go EE! Keep 'em paying...just one more ($15) month baby!

Let me just summarize every post on this thread:

1. We hate that Funcom overpromised what would be in when they went live

2. Funcom needs to fix all the issues with the game, now.  Everyone knows there' s is a magic wand you can just wave to have this happen, and we don't understand why Funcom doesn't wave their's.

3. Even though we're mad at overpromising, when we can see that Funcom is trying not to overpromise we're still mad.

Anything I miss?

Hehe, wow.. I don't think i've seen a thread with so many people agreeing with eachother before.

Originally posted by AmazingAvery

Originally posted by Xris375

I see EE and AA is working overtime these days. BB (Baghdad Bob) must be proud.

 

Posting news for those that appreciate doesn't break a sweat unlike gold selling. Do you not think he is doing the right thing? After all loads of people including myself have been saying for a long time where is the communication - so some comes along as its slated to the Nth degree?

At the end of the day I just want FC to come out and be honest about the past, present and most importantly the future.

I'm sorry AA but I don't think EE has a honest bone in his body. Just listen to what they say here and here. Then compare it to the state of the game today. Don't tell me they didn't know what state their game when they said it. Gold selling is one thing, selling your game based on hype and lies is not that different.

As for you, you may want FC to come clean but mean while you are a mouthpiece of their propagandamachine and until I see you write anything negative about AoC you'll be the ultimate fanboi in my eyes.

Originally posted by grimfall

Originally posted by Die_Scream

Things must be bad if EE actually speaks to the customers! Wow, someone from FunCom actually took the time to post a message...I'm amazed, though I laugh at his "soon",  "upcoming patch" continuation.

Go EE! Keep 'em paying...just one more ($15) month baby!

 

Let me just summarize every post on this thread:

1. We hate that Funcom overpromised what would be in when they went live

2. Funcom needs to fix all the issues with the game, now.  Everyone knows there' s is a magic wand you can just wave to have this happen, and we don't understand why Funcom doesn't wave their's.

3. Even though we're mad at overpromising, when we can see that Funcom is trying not to overpromise we're still mad.

Anything I miss?

You missed:

4. My identity is so tied into a video game that I've sacrificed any semblance of objectivity, dignity, and discernment to blindly extoll the virtues of a failed property, ignoring any and all evidence to the contrary.

But don't feel bad, noone expected you to get that one 

Reading his posts and watching his interviews could make a great drinking game. Every time he gives a vague time  reference to something that was already suppossed to be completed you have to drink.

This replaces the old game where he gives a general date where you had to drink when the date passed with no changes.

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Originally posted by Warmaker
Posts like Erlin Ellingson's has only 1 intended goal:
To keep stringing players along with a carrot for months on end, whether or not they actually do what they say they would do.  And during this entire time of you hoping they bring about something, they just keep taking your money.
A sucker's born every minute.
I fell for that s**t before in another MMO, I'm not falling for that cr*p again.

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I agree....who would have known he would be taking the Darkfall approach..maybe in 8 years he will be telling the AoC players "the patch should see a release this year" ROFL!!!!!