All Posts by soad_nathan

It will be even more possible when the quad SLI drivers come out later, if you look at some of the more seasoned posters on the AoC forums, you will see that they have crazy rigs with like Dual 9800 GX and 8GB of RAM along with some wicked processor that I have never heard of.

Its not unheard of, but rare.  I have the same computer as previously mentioned except the second 8800GTX and the 24 inch monitor but I will be doing the EVGA step-up soon so ill get the 9800gx

Originally posted by achesoma

Yes, you can cancel preorders from gamestop.  You can use the money you put down as credit towards something else.

This is accurate, I just checked.

I pre-ordered the CE and i would be more than happy to give you one of the keys, message me around release if you are still interested.

The devs are saying that the open beta will be separate, I would keep your eyes on that website for any further information.

Originally posted by Shannia

 

Originally posted by Kyleran

 

Originally posted by Shannia

You obviously completely underestimate the power of power leveling guilds.  Within the first month of WoW, pvp servers had complete guilds maxed out in levels.  The devs have repeated stated that it will take a player to get to 80 the same amount of time that it takes for a WoW player to get to 60.

They better have everything in game and working at launch or you will see another Vanguard.

I'm not trying to slam anyone or anything, but if you think guilds are going to give Funcom 60-90 days POST launch to get things like battle keeps in the game and working properly, you are sadly mistaken.

 

 

I think you are mistaken about why VG failed.  Sure, they didn't deliver all the promised content at lauch, but no game ever does, not even Blizzard was able to pull it off. 

The real problem was the content they did deliver was poor, with lots of lag, client crashes, and generally an unfinished feel even at the lower levels.  Sure, if AOC releases in this state, it will fail.  But if all of the lower level content is working well, and all we're missing is upper end raiding or even mounted combat, most of us will be happy and keep playing (for 3-4 months anyways)

And to the other poster that said the game will require a 64 bit operating system and 8 gig of ram to siege, lets hope not, because thats not the base platform of the average player and this game certainly will fail if they followed VG's lead and developed to a platform that most folks won't have for another year or so.

But I do agree with other people, I've yet to see a game that can handle 200 player battles, DAOC, EVE, FFXI and even WOW in the day all tried, and all came up short.  Now it will be WAR/AOC's turn to see if they can advance the technology and bring this size fight to us. (though Lineage 2 IMO does it the best out of all the current games)

 

 

I respect your opinion and will have to disagree.  If they are missing upper end raids, mounted combat, and most importantly of all the Battle Keep system, then they will fail at launch.  This entire game is based around the Border Kingdom and the Battle Keeps.  If they botch this at launch, AoC is done.  Remember, you only get ONE chance to make a first impression.

 

 

The last statement is true, but the rest of it I have questions.

They are not missing upper end raids as far as I know, they have showed video footage of at least two of them and acknowledged that the others are ready.

Mounted combat is also set as far as I know.  As you have probably seen, there are videos on mounted combat and on city building so I don't know whats missing there.

About the whole game being based on Border Kingdom and Battle Keeps, I strongly disagree, as do many people from what I have read on the AoC forums.  The PvP aspect of the game is going to play a big role in making AoC a memorable MMO, but I think it is a stretch to say that it will fail if it isn't perfect.  I personally would not mind the PvP aspect being absent on the 20th.  Mainly because the first 15 or so hours of gameplay are strictly single-player anyways.  I bet money that if the closed-beta testers weren't restricted, you would probably have a different opinion, though I don't know for sure.  Not only do I think that the Border Kingdom PvP aspect of the game will not be botched, but even if it was, I don't think that it will result in AoC's doom.

As many of you probably know, Vista sucks, despite the SP that just came out.

So, question.

I have XP Pro 64bit and Vista HP 32bit.

Which would work better with Age of Conan?

Originally posted by xSSx

How is the hacking situation going on? Any better? I just don't want to log in and get killed mostly by hackers. That is what it seems to be like at least on the official forums. Though it could just be their usual whining about anything.

Listen to Mars though, he is much more experienced than I.

And I'm SPIFFY Mars, how goes Planetside?

Originally posted by Shannia

Gaute: "It comes the 20th May, guaranteed."

Ya, this coming from the guy who had "no clue" a few months ago that Funcom's top management was going to swoop in and delay AoC to May 20th the day AFTER Funcom had a world wide press event saying that AoC was launch March 25.  I don't believe a word Gaute says because top management has made him look like a fool before and they can do it again.  When the game launches, then I believe no more delays.

 

I see where you are coming from, and like you, I have been waiting for this game for a while now.  I think FunCom has gotten everyone riled up now to a point where they can't turn back though.  I wouldn't complain anyways, because it takes time to construct a good game, but I have faith in this May 20th release.

Originally posted by Dudders

does gamestop only do the mammoth and best buy only do the rhino?

(rhino ftw)

forums.ageofconan.com/showthread.php

Originally posted by Fistljoe

As far as I know (preordered the CE), you also get acces to the more or less "open" beta starting on May 1st.

Additionally you can play the launch-version 3 days before all non-preorders.

Haven't heard that anywhere.  You pre-order the game and you get to log-in 3 days early, I don't think you get to play the beta another 17 days earlier, I could be wrong though.

And yes, pre-order gets you a mount.  If from Gamestop you get a mammoth and if from BestBuy you get a rhino.

No beta access though, I'm pretty sure WAR does that.

The only benefit of pre-ordering is that you get to log-in 3 days earlier than everyone else.

Thanks again.

I do you noobsauce.  I was implying that no guild is going to be able to have "gigantorous fortress" within a mere day after the release.  As for the March part, it was a typo, I meant May.

And thanks Illius, that helps.

One thing that I'm sure many of the pre-orderers are looking forward to in Age of Conan is the siege warfare.  While it is blatantly obvious that on March 21st, there will probably not be any guilds that have a gigantorous fortress that dominates any smaller guild that happens to settle nearby, I have a question, that has probably been asked before.

Point A to Point B.  Point A being the beginning of the single-player mode as soon as you finish creating your character to Point B, being in position where you are trying to take over an enemy guild's fortress.  I know FunCom has not laid out a step-by-step process on how to get from Point A to Point B, but I'm sure that we can infer at least some of the route, so here is what I know so far.

You make a character, go through the single-player mode, find a guild to join, your guild attacks another guild, and Eureka, you're now at Point B?

I've wasted much time on the introduction to my question, I apologize.  Here it is:  When I finish up the single-player part of the game, will it really be that easy to get to Point B?  Will it be as simple as finding a guild and launching yourself into the fray?  If I still have the basic weapon and armor items, will I be able to actually contribute at all in a battle?  As soon as I step in will I be able to kill off some of the enemy NPC mercenaries?

To simplify this, I am asking if I will need to invest some of my time into acquiring better armor and better weapons so I can do more good on the battlefield?  I know the guild has buildings that require resources to improve the weapons of our NPC fighters, but does it improve ours as well?

Don't get me wrong, I am hoping that I will actually have to dedicate much of my time to just being able to enjoy that sensation of being in a large-scale battle.  Thanks for reading, and try not to be too harsh, especially since I'm sure some of the questions I have asked are things that will have to discovered on release.

Originally posted by xMars

Originally posted by soad_nathan

Holy shit its TRxMars

thats me

Sorry for being rude.  I'm just really used to getting owned by you, nice to speak to you somewhere where it doesn't involve taunts and such.  Hi there!

My GS just told me otherwise.

He asked me to come back up to the store to give them my e-mail address and that I would probably just get the code through the e-mail.  I'm still going with what you're telling me though.  Thanks a ton.

So you still have to go in on the 20th to get everything else?

/Sadface

Still worth it though, thanks a ton.

What about the codes to download and play the game early?

Was gonna do that tomorrow, I was just checking to see if anyone here knew.

Laziness did not prevail tonight!