Originally posted by Agricola1

Avery you are a God, I will never say a bad word against you as you were a great help to the AoC community before release. You were obviously foaming at the mouth waiting for the game (weren't we all?) but gave objective articles in response to haters and skeptics.

I think I left around August 2008, I had an EU and US account but there was no-one to play with and all my friends lost interest as we all felt we didn't get the game Funcom had been telling us was going to be released. The main trouble was too much instancing and grinding and finally that PVP was utter, utter wank! I was the only one to get to lvl 80, in the vain hope it got better after 80 or that FC would fix it.

Really AoC was a decent game when I played, just that they didn't implement alot of the reasons I bought it for (and I bought it twice!). Siege warfare was idiotic, getting kicked out of the instance and waiting to get in (if you could) whilst the enemy exploited by spellweaving themselves to death.

No meaning to PvP and not really an open world left me a bit bitter and did I mention the PvP was utter, utter wank? Yes I did but hey I'm angry, the PvP ended up with the same handfull of people fighting eachother and PVErs begging for me to kill them so they could travel through zones quickly.

Did I mention the memory leak with crashes and the screen going funny every 30mins to an hour? I've heard that's fixed now but was it too much to ask that they test it for memory leaks in the closed beta? Tortage was great because it's a single player game. After lvl 20 when it becomes an MMORPG it slowly but turns pony, and did I mention that the PvP is utter, utter wank?

I apologize Avery, I'm just an SWG vet getting my kniockers in a twist at Funcom. I might reeactivate an account one day, when I've calmed down and no longer wish to nuke Norway into the stoneage.

Hey!  was just curious, I totally get where your coming from with the memory leaks, I had a few crashes too.

I think the PVP is like Pomey when Redknapp came in things picked up :)  For me things are a bit better in some of the area's you mention, sure it is not perfect and I think it will be a while before that happens more so.

There has been a lot in class balance, feats and combo changes that have made things better, from a tech point of view haven't had an issue in so long!

Population for me has always been good on my server of choice, on others no so, recently the merge gave a lot more beef with regards to community, contested spots are contested again and there is a real sense of guild pride more so now (even previous server pride coming in from the new guys)

I wish the game was more open and not zoned as much, personally it is something I can live with, I really like how Ymir's pass was so much more larger and interesting and if they continue to improve the content within it makes it less of an issue as time goes on.

Maybe when they offer incentive to come back you might try again? I could always role a new guy on your server so you can remind me more of English slang whilst kicking butt ;)

Well I'm going to try JG:E next, if that doesn't workout I might give AoC another try since I am curious about the murder system. Are you from Portsmouth? I went to school there many years ago and my mother lives there (I'll be visiting her next month). I remember when Pompey got into the premier league, my mother called me up and started cheering! I live abroad and couldn't believe it as I'd been hearing they'd "Be in this year" for atleast 15 years to my knowledge and how Alan Knight was a god!

Liverpool fan myself since I was a kid, they better win the league or I swear I'll send Smedley another crap in the mail!

i thought non-instanced dungeons were almost non-existent in AOC cuz i keep hearing how instance heavy the game is.  main reason i haven't played it yet.  free trial would sure help  8)

can anyone tell me how many non-instanced dungeons there are?

how many instanced dungeons?

i liked wow's world, and d&do' combat and dungeons, but never subscribed to those games cuz i can't stand instancing, and dungeons are my favorite combat areas. 

Just purchased the game a week and very much enjoying it as well. Though people say its drops in enjoyment after 30 or so but I shall decide for myself. The combat system is badass! So far, its a great secondary MMO to Lord of the Rings Online.  :) 

Originally posted by Draklon

Originally posted by tormunda

Finally you get past lev 20 and find out the rest of the game has no content worth playing.

 

So far, I disagree.

Lots of gaming friends of mine share your opinion, and for a long time i shared that opinion as well. But that opinion is based on the "old" AoC and not the "current" AoC.

When i returned, i found that some friends are still playing But yeah... they're playing on different servers so now i have different characters on different servers

58 Necromancer on Crom-PvE, 42 Tempest of Set on Aquilonia (PvP-RP, transferred away from Fury PvP), 23 Tempest of Set on Skullcrusher (PvP fresh start), and just started a Bear Shaman on Blackscar (PvE fresh start). All on EU servers btw ;)

While levelling my Necromancer i was using an outdated levelling guide and suddenly i found this area (Ymir's pass) that wasn't in the guide. They just added a whole area for 50-60 during my "break" from AoC

On endgame, i can't really comment since i haven't experienced it yet. And if i continue swapping between characters it'll take ages before i get to see endgame

I am redoing Ymirs Pass now. I agree with you, this zone just keeps your interest from beginning to end. Fun Stuff, with very varied content. I liked in Particular that idiot son of one of the Chiefetains. The guy that join you to wage war and kill the other tribes...lol... and when all quests are done he gave me a fcking arm as a gift. Hahaha.. how sick is that. lol. Ymirs Pass is a fun zone.

Originally posted by Worgpest

Originally posted by Draklon

Originally posted by tormunda

Finally you get past lev 20 and find out the rest of the game has no content worth playing.

 

So far, I disagree.

Lots of gaming friends of mine share your opinion, and for a long time i shared that opinion as well. But that opinion is based on the "old" AoC and not the "current" AoC.

When i returned, i found that some friends are still playing But yeah... they're playing on different servers so now i have different characters on different servers

58 Necromancer on Crom-PvE, 42 Tempest of Set on Aquilonia (PvP-RP, transferred away from Fury PvP), 23 Tempest of Set on Skullcrusher (PvP fresh start), and just started a Bear Shaman on Blackscar (PvE fresh start). All on EU servers btw ;)

While levelling my Necromancer i was using an outdated levelling guide and suddenly i found this area (Ymir's pass) that wasn't in the guide. They just added a whole area for 50-60 during my "break" from AoC

On endgame, i can't really comment since i haven't experienced it yet. And if i continue swapping between characters it'll take ages before i get to see endgame

 

I am redoing Ymirs Pass now. I agree with you, this zone keep your interest from beginning to end. Fun Stuff with very varied content. I liked in Particular that idiot son of one of the Chiefetains. The guy that join you to wage war and kill all the other tribes...lol... and when all quests are done he gave me a fcking arm as gift. Hahaha.. how sick is that. lol. Ymirs Pass is a fun zone.

so..after Ymirs pass there's only 30 levels to do..and as from 70 ..it realy gets exiting. <- sarcasm ..especially when you do it for the 3rd time. Gimme a break. And with DX10..it won't get better.  The same shite will only look better.

Originally posted by benzjie

Originally posted by Worgpest

Originally posted by Draklon

Originally posted by tormunda

Finally you get past lev 20 and find out the rest of the game has no content worth playing.

 

So far, I disagree.

Lots of gaming friends of mine share your opinion, and for a long time i shared that opinion as well. But that opinion is based on the "old" AoC and not the "current" AoC.

When i returned, i found that some friends are still playing But yeah... they're playing on different servers so now i have different characters on different servers

58 Necromancer on Crom-PvE, 42 Tempest of Set on Aquilonia (PvP-RP, transferred away from Fury PvP), 23 Tempest of Set on Skullcrusher (PvP fresh start), and just started a Bear Shaman on Blackscar (PvE fresh start). All on EU servers btw ;)

While levelling my Necromancer i was using an outdated levelling guide and suddenly i found this area (Ymir's pass) that wasn't in the guide. They just added a whole area for 50-60 during my "break" from AoC

On endgame, i can't really comment since i haven't experienced it yet. And if i continue swapping between characters it'll take ages before i get to see endgame

 

I am redoing Ymirs Pass now. I agree with you, this zone keep your interest from beginning to end. Fun Stuff with very varied content. I liked in Particular that idiot son of one of the Chiefetains. The guy that join you to wage war and kill all the other tribes...lol... and when all quests are done he gave me a fcking arm as gift. Hahaha.. how sick is that. lol. Ymirs Pass is a fun zone.

 

so..after Ymirs pass there's only 30 levels to do..and as from 70 ..it realy gets exiting. <- sarcasm ..especially when you do it for the 3rd time. Gimme a break. And with DX10..it won't get better.  The same shite will only look better.

Hate all that you want but get it right! Ymirs pass is lvl 55-65. And in total you can get to level 80 in AoC.

You did not go into much detail and one week, are you out of the marketing ploy known as Tortage?

BTW it;s a well known fact that Funcom employees and a few players are trying to hype up the game.

Seriously, I liked the first 20 levels as well, as did everyone....wait until you play through the game and see how shallow that epic quest is and how little there is to do after the 60s.

Have fun with AOC

I had a very very bad feeling about this game at launch. I was beta tester  and canceled my CE preorder at launch, after the open beta. 

Bought this game 8 months after the release, found a CE for 30euros with 1 month and I agree with the OP. Bought it because was bored by Warhammer online (I have the two games, and I have 2 actives subs: play both War and AOC for the moment. People are coming back to AOC; I play alone in War since few days...Rvr is dead in T1/T2 even in "big servers", saw maybe 20 players in Altdorf :/  Don't know if I'm going to take another month to War but I'm sure to take another month to AOC)

This game is amazing now, FC improved this game a lot since the release. Works better than War in my computer (trust me or not i don't care) War has lags etc, even when I'm alone in an area, it's a pain. 

AOC is great, impressive and works perfectly NOW. AOC has actually one of the best community (same than Lotro's cty in PVE servers). War's community is nice too, people coming from DAOC.

FC must create more content for HL now. But this game is IMO the greatest since Lotro.

AOC needs more content for sure, for HL. But it's a good game. 

 i'm waiting now for Anarchy Online 's rewamp

Originally posted by gessekai332

So last week I was wandering around mmorpg forums looking for a new game to play. I was getting bored to death of WAR and all the other older mmo's tired me out. I wanted a game that combined great pve but also great pvp as well.  Somehow I stumbled upon all these "Age of Conan is making a comeback!" threads. I thought they were lying at first or just overhyping it, but I was getting desperate for a game so I decided to try it out.

But wow, I am so lucky I did. The quests are really in-depth and enjoyable for an mmorpg(cut scenes?? seriously??), it runs beautifully on my computer with no crashes at all (i bought my comp from dell for $800 2 yrs ago), there is an awesome storyline (one that competes with guild wars as far as mmo's go), and there is awesome pvp to boot. But most of all, it has what all these other crappy ass western mmorpg's for some reason did not incorporate into their system- fun factor in killing a monster! the hits feel and sound great plus at the end u have a chance of doing a fatality (i did not expect this at all). What is more humiliating to another player than cutting off his head when you kill him?? But yeah I am so happy I found this game, I have been playing it non stop for a week. I feel really sad that I wasted several months of my life on WAR (1-2 months should have been sufficient). I was also really excited to find out that it had a really cool combat system where player skill ACTUALLY matters, and you cant just sit their mashing buttons.

But yeah, I loved this game so much i actually got one of my friends to register to play the game a few nights ago and he loves it too.

I do not know what all you veteran players had to deal with in the past with Funcom but so far I'm happy with everything. Really... I love this game lol.

EDIT: Last of all, I would like to thank all the good people in this forum that are promoting this great game and getting new players to join- I would never have found out about this game without your help. Please keep up the good work!

 

Yeah, combat is fun in AoC. It do still need a lot more content to be truly great. That and some PvP issues is the current problems of AoC but it is fun to play.

I do think it needs it's first expansion to be the game I want it to be.

I just bought WAR a few days ago, and I've never cancelled and uninstalled a game so fast, that I payed full price for.  What a waste of $40.  So, I still needed something to play, and hesitantly thought I'd give AoC a try, dreading another MMORPG-style letdown.

..but, no, I'm actually having fun.  I can see the game will have lots of your basic MMORPG issues as far as longterm play goes.  I may get bored and quit before getting anywhere near the level cap.  but for now, I'm enjoying it.  From character creation, to the starter story, to the unique combat mechanics, the all the little details that make it feel like a real game.

Unlike WAR, where so much is missing that might be considered fluff, that it feels like only half a game.  Might have a good endgame, unlike AoC, but I'd have to be able to stand playing it for that to matter.

Originally posted by Molepudding

OP, I might buy AoC, but only if the characters look good? What do you think about the characters? Do they look any good?

Yes, they look good

Originally posted by Vhaln

I just bought WAR a few days ago, and I've never cancelled and uninstalled a game so fast, that I payed full price for.  What a waste of $40.  So, I still needed something to play, and hesitantly thought I'd give AoC a try, dreading another MMORPG-style letdown.

..but, no, I'm actually having fun.  I can see the game will have lots of your basic MMORPG issues as far as longterm play goes.  I may get bored and quit before getting anywhere near the level cap.  but for now, I'm enjoying it.  From character creation, to the starter story, to the unique combat mechanics, the all the little details that make it feel like a real game.

Unlike WAR, where so much is missing that might be considered fluff, that it feels like only half a game.  Might have a good endgame, unlike AoC, but I'd have to be able to stand playing it for that to matter.

Hopefully we will see a continued effort to push out high more high level content. I think players especially new ones to the game like to know there is lots of stuff to still do when they reach max level. The next patch will help and looks like the immediate focus is in this area too.

I really enjoyed this game up to level 60 or so.  I had fun through all the bugs and such, but after resubbing last month I think it would take a few more months of focus on itemization, getting a reasonable economy going, content, content, content, and then maybe I could stick with it. 

ya im thinkin about trying aoc out again ive been getting bored of wow and war and i heard that aoc has been improving alot lately. what are the next patches for aoc? when is dx10 avalible?

Originally posted by xbellx777

ya im thinkin about trying aoc out again ive been getting bored of wow and war and i heard that aoc has been improving alot lately. what are the next patches for aoc? when is dx10 avalible?

These should help:

www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/thread/221321/Update-104-notes-Test-Server-had-an-update-today.html

www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/thread/217947/page/1

All depends on when they feel it is ready. Still a little ways off imo, but coming along nicely.

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Originally posted by AmazingAvery

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Originally posted by Vhaln

I just bought WAR a few days ago, and I've never cancelled and uninstalled a game so fast, that I payed full price for.  What a waste of $40.  So, I still needed something to play, and hesitantly thought I'd give AoC a try, dreading another MMORPG-style letdown.
..but, no, I'm actually having fun.  I can see the game will have lots of your basic MMORPG issues as far as longterm play goes.  I may get bored and quit before getting anywhere near the level cap.  but for now, I'm enjoying it.  From character creation, to the starter story, to the unique combat mechanics, the all the little details that make it feel like a real game.
Unlike WAR, where so much is missing that might be considered fluff, that it feels like only half a game.  Might have a good endgame, unlike AoC, but I'd have to be able to stand playing it for that to matter.

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Hopefully we will see a continued effort to push out high more high level content. I think players especially new ones to the game like to know there is lots of stuff to still do when they reach max level. The next patch will help and looks like the immediate focus is in this area too.

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There really isnt anything to do at max level. Even 9 months after release and people are still quiting because theyre bored. You can talk till your face turns blue and its not gonna change the fact that most people quit a month or two after they hit 80.

Originally posted by Hamrtime2

 

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Originally posted by AmazingAvery

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Originally posted by Vhaln

 

I just bought WAR a few days ago, and I've never cancelled and uninstalled a game so fast, that I payed full price for.  What a waste of $40.  So, I still needed something to play, and hesitantly thought I'd give AoC a try, dreading another MMORPG-style letdown.
..but, no, I'm actually having fun.  I can see the game will have lots of your basic MMORPG issues as far as longterm play goes.  I may get bored and quit before getting anywhere near the level cap.  but for now, I'm enjoying it.  From character creation, to the starter story, to the unique combat mechanics, the all the little details that make it feel like a real game.
Unlike WAR, where so much is missing that might be considered fluff, that it feels like only half a game.  Might have a good endgame, unlike AoC, but I'd have to be able to stand playing it for that to matter.

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Hopefully we will see a continued effort to push out high more high level content. I think players especially new ones to the game like to know there is lots of stuff to still do when they reach max level. The next patch will help and looks like the immediate focus is in this area too.

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There really isnt anything to do at max level. Even 9 months after release and people are still quiting because theyre bored. You can talk till your face turns blue and its not gonna change the fact that most people quit a month or two after they hit 80.

 

In a month or two there will be tarantia commons a whole high level zone. In the next month there will be 2 high end dungeons going on live release. In a month or two there will be a better crafting situation in place + re-itemisation and further down the road extra pvp levels etc etc.

You know there is a quote out there that states FC will provide enough game play for 9 months which also happens to be the average amount of time a player plays mmorpg's according to Lord British lol.

At the end of the day bugs are not what they used to be and things are moving forward with actual decent new additions to the game.

Is it thin right now, yep, I wouldn't argue with you there but it is not a very specific statement and assumes everyone has the same tastes and what not. I mean I remember you being a huge promoter and fan of WAR and yet you left? if I remember right? Which is something I keep reading here on the first page of the AoC boards from WAR vets. I think AoC's endgame is not as boring as other games I hear about because it appeals to my specific tastes, things are not given to you.

Its nice to hear you are enjoying bcoz i hated the game. Maybe losing 33 servers helped the population some. Give it some time you will see that the game is not that good.

You are so right. I quit 2 days after hitting 80. I never seen a game so thin on end game content.