Its a toss up.

Game was incomplete. FC wanted to charge me to complete dev, while blowing smoke up my ass that everything was fine.

or

Even if everything worked fine, the zoned/instanced aspect of the ENTIRE game killed the immersion for me in what was otherwise a really nice environment.  When I found out that the person I was chatting with and was trying to group with was standing right next to me, but we couldn't see each other cause we were in different instances of a regular town (not even a dungeon) and that to group we had to jump through several hoops to get on the same page it took a lot of the enjoyment out of the game for me.   Most common thing heard in public chat in the first 2 months "where are you guys?" I know a lot of people don't care about that but for me it was a big deal.

As pathetic as this might sound. I am actually reinstalling the game as we speak just too see how much they have added into the game since I left. I've been told alot has changed so I'm hoping it is better but I don't have my hopes up. I am only doing this simply because I'm bored of all mmo's at the moment and currently only playing Fallout 3

I'll let you guys know what changes there are and whats been added if you are interested ^_^

well I'm pretty dissapointed.... I tried it out and it runs a bit smoother but everything else seems to be the same except some minor changes to the instances and some npcs have voice overs now that didnt before. There is only 8 servers now. Some new sounds added into the game for the menus and such you may notice

its still the same old game just with bug fixes. The developers added in some new armor sets as well and some end game content but nothing to keep you playing it for over a month or two. I don't really see how this game is going to survive another 2 years on the market. I'm shure alot will disagree with me

I'm shure alot will disagree with me

Afraid so. But, then many will agree with you as well.

Sorry it did not change for you. Changed a ton for me.

New quests, new zone, changes to older group based dungeons. Changes to combo system, PvP consequences..

Just how long did you demo it?...lol

Cheers

1) Customer interaction.  Frankly, it sucked hard.  I've never played an MMO that had such horrible interaction between developer/CM/CS and its player base and I've played just about every MMO out there.

2) The game was woefully incomplete at launch with glaring class imbalances and bugs.  I could have dealt with that though if they'd just had much much better ethics in the community interaction department.  Gamers aren't stupid but we do get ugly when your methods of communication sucks.  Sadly, the problems in that area started in beta and carried over to release, which really says a lot.

I wish them well, but I'll be hardpressed to justify playing another one of their MMOs.

Originally posted by openedge1

I'm shure alot will disagree with me

Just how long did you demo it?...lol

 

Look at the time between posts, about 14hrs? half of that was probably asleep due to hours.

Not really an appropriate amount of time to see a before and after comparison over something like a 6 month period I'm guessing.

It takes just over 1 day to do everything on Tortage, at which point you would be level 22.

Originally posted by socrates656

well I'm pretty dissapointed.... I tried it out and it runs a bit smoother but everything else seems to be the same except some minor changes to the instances and some npcs have voice overs now that didnt before. There is only 8 servers now. Some new sounds added into the game for the menus and such you may notice

its still the same old game just with bug fixes. The developers added in some new armor sets as well and some end game content but nothing to keep you playing it for over a month or two. I don't really see how this game is going to survive another 2 years on the market. I'm shure alot will disagree with me

Well, they did add Ymirs pass also but it is true that AoC are in big need of more content. Hopefully the expansion coming late this year will fix that.

Crafting is at least better, you have PvP gear and the guild citys actually works now also. And they have added some quests and revamped some dungeons like the Pyramid, Black castle and Catacombs. And they have added more RAIDs, not enough of them but more.

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Originally posted by IKShadow

I miss did not quit option :/

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Oh yeah, that makes sense since the thread is named "What was your main reason for leaving AOC??"
 

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Ok then option I just wanna see the stats :)

Originally posted by IKShadow

 

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Originally posted by khartokhar3

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Originally posted by IKShadow

 

I miss did not quit option :/

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Oh yeah, that makes sense since the thread is named "What was your main reason for leaving AOC??"
 

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Ok then option I just wanna see the stats :)

For myself and about 6 others I play with. We wanted the game to finish or add the stuff they said they would put in there. After they did, we would come back. Bu we also said we would wait for 3 months after release, we waited 1 month. But I did go recently to test and they doing some good work.

 I left because:

get quest. follow the arrow. zone. follow the arrow more. zone. follow the arrow more. complete quest. follow the arrow back to the quest giver for the reward. zone...

boring.

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I like a game that allows you to solo as much as team.  Once you hit 40, I either have to be a higher level than everything aroundme, or team with a group to play.  In an mmo, like in life, I like to have a choice, not be force-fed.
The linear mapping got old really fast, too.  I expect it in GW, an instanced CORPG that is free to play.  For $15 a month, plus $50 for the box, I think I deserve a bit more than channeled maps Lego'd together.  Especially Cimmeria.  Christ, that place is one big valley!
As to those who suggest, "Come back now!  The bugs are fixed, the gameplay is better, and there's more content on the way!"  I tried it the first three months, when it came out, then retried it for a month in November/December.  It would be idiotic, for me, to come back to the game, a third time, and waste 15 bucks, almost a half tank of gas, on the OFF-chance the game will get me back. 
Notice I am referring to myself, and my opinion, not assuming(makes an ASS out of U and ME) that my opinion is the right one.