All Posts by Ozias

I have never, nor would I ever buy a game from Amazon. I buy my games at the store, usually, or online from gamestop, I have never even thought of buying from Amazon. In addition, I don't use Xfire. I personally don't see a use for it as my guild uses vent and team speak. Further more, I spoke with my guild and out of 132 people, only 8 used Xfire.

I think it's borderline retarded to base the state of a game on Xfire. I'm happy AoC is selling well as it's currently my addiction.

I said no. I think they'll announce it first.

I think that not all here are clear as to the difference between zones and instances. "Instances" are multiple instances (lol) of the same zone. Zoning is just the loading between areas. I apologize for those who knew this, but it seems like it's getting confused.

Originally posted by AOCtester

Originally posted by shukes33

Hang on a sec...are you the same guy whos going by the same name whos slating AoC on virtually every other thread about AoC? and now they implement a patch and already you know the problems its caused? why do you still play the game lol?

Oh wait it might be you dont but search endlessly for threads on how bad the game is lol. Thats quite sad hehe.

 

You can look at it as sad m8.  I look at it diffrently.  I want to play MMO games in the future that are actually delivering at launch - all those features the devs promised.  And it has to have certain polish to.

Now.. .How will me talking about how bad the state of AOC is atm prevent more MMO games taking the same route as Funcom did with their unfinished game ?   You go figure.  If you can't then its not my problem.

I bought the game at launch so I could tell everyone accuretly about the state of the game and what the transactions from closed beta into retail actually brought us.  Considering that it was supposed to bring sieges, spellweaving and dx 10...   Then maybe you can see my point

 

God damn I wish that people could just play what they like and shut the fuck up about everything else. You don't like the game, we get it. Now move the fuck on and play somethng else. Jewses Christ all the whinning around here makes me want to stomp on flowers.

I'm renewing fo sho. I will continue to pay as long as I'm having a good time... and I am. So charge me baby!

What he said should work perfectly, however, if it doesn't, just dl the trial for WoW and then you can go to the site and dl burning crusade.

that's funny...lol.

I suppose I'm a "fanboi" as I'm having quite a good time. All I can say is, shit happens. The enjoyment I'm having is still worth 15 smackers a month... hell, that's 5 coffees for me...lol

What color is the shield? Is it red? If it's red, it's more then likely just the security center's warning that the firewall is off, or something else if off. If this is the case, you should be able to right click and just select exit.

Are you running Vista? If so, try right clicking on the Vanguard Icon and selecting "run as admin". He was saying that you should be running as admin. Another fun Vista security deal.

Originally posted by Zorndorf

 

Originally posted by Ozias

 

 

Is gameplay value not completely dependent on the person playing the game? From the people I personally know playing WoW, they we're not playing battlegrounds because they were having fun, they were grinding for better armour. I once asked some of them why, and the majority responded "I don't know", "it looks cool"...lol. Again, here I'm just going off of the friends I had playing WoW. If I find value in the pure pleasure of the hunt and kill, is that not reward enough for me? (For the record, I have nothing against WoW, I played that also for some time).

2nd, isn't the PvP system part of the game play mechanics? The fact that I can roam around in a location just killing people is certainly the product of the mechanics of the game. For example, in some games, there are restrictions as to what level you can attack, what faction you can attach, etc. So the fact that it's a free for all is a part of the game mechanics that I enjoy.

Is the combat system not part of the mechanics of which you speak? I also mentioned that in my post. So how is it that I'm not looking into game play mechanics? Please advise, thanks

 

You DO know that more than half of Wow servers are free PvP servers, where you can "roam around in a location just killing people".

 

Apparently you never even played on a PvP server before (in whatever game) because that is just standard procedure.

The difference with Wow is you DO have a choice HOW you play and accordingly get rewarded.

be it the World pvp objectives in Outland, the battleground gears, the arena gear, the heroic dungeons, the raids, all polished, all with massive gameplay value.

But there IS a big difference in Conan PvP and Wow's: in Wow you can decide HOW you want your body back in DIFFERENT places and in DIFFERENT ways.

In Conan all you do is respawn at a FIXED location without having ANY chance against  the fixed respawn campers. So camping a respawn point in Wow 's open world is useless.

Just a little detail AGAIN to show just what that means: good and bad game design in even the smallest details that lead to better designed games .

 

First off, I'm not arguing that WoW didn't have free PvP servers, I was speaking of BG's only. And Yes, I did only play on the free pvp servers when I played. I'm not arguing WoW vs. Conan. I applaud WoW for having a free for all pvp server in the first place. What I'm saying is that I don't need rewards for PvP to value a game. I just want to have fun doing it, and that's enough for me. WoW included.

As far as me not ever playing a PvP server... as I said, I have played every game that has come out. You seem to have only played WoW...lol. In a lot of games there are exclusions as to who may be attacked and when. Get it out of your head that I'm attacking WoW. I think WoW is an excellent game, I personally am just having more fun in AoC then I ever had in WoW. The combat system alone is soo much better... For me. I don't enjoy the point and click combat. You may like it better, and that's great, I however, don't.

In your first post, you were saying that I obviously don't care about game mechanics and game value. I was simply pointing out that is incorrect. I care deeply for mechanics and game value. Just because you don't find any value in the game doesn't mean that others share your opinion.

As I've said before... what do any of us get outta these games for our hard earned 15 smackers a month? Fun. That's all. No amount of gear means anything if you're not enjoying yourself. So as long as a game is providing me with fun, I have no issue paying the bill. When and if it stops being fun, I'll stop paying.

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Oh, and btw, in WoW, you just campt their bodies and have another group at the closest Graveyard... Then they're out of options.. .there's a little detail for ya.When I die in Conan I usually get no less then 3 different locations where I can respawn, complete with distances from my corpse. In addition, even if you choose to respawn at the nearest location, your immune for 20 seconds which is plenty of time to get rested and back into the frey. You have no clue what you're talking about here. You're obviously a WoW Fan and will argue any point anyhow. So let's agree to disagree.  You play WoW and I'll play Conan, and hopefully we'll never meet again 

Originally posted by Zorndorf

 

Originally posted by Ozias

 

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That's my other issue.. I keep hearing people bitch that you get nothing from PvP.. has WoW warped us all? I for one don't want to spend countless hours doing mindless battlegrounds for points. Does anyone else remember when the reward for PvP was a good time? Fun. That's all I'm looking for. I want run around freely and stab someone in the face, ya know, just to releve some stress. I'm sure once the battle keeps and that other shit comes out (if it's not already) people will be happy. Who knows, perhaps not. You can't make all the people happy all of the time, but reading this site everyday, I'm starting to come to the conclusion that it is actually possible to make all the people unhappy all the time....lol  <FLAME ON!!>

I did say indeed very few, but perhaps you are indeed with these happy few.

 

Grtz :)

The game is one week old for you, and you like it, .... but what do I see in your comments?

Wow: "...doing  mindless battlegrounds for points", while the Conan battleground scenarios just don't give anything and you... like them.

If you want "to just freely run around and stab someone in the face, ... just to releve (sic) some stress" is not a very good indication you're looking into game mechanics , are you ?

Let alone gameplay value.

 

Is gameplay value not completely dependent on the person playing the game? From the people I personally know playing WoW, they we're not playing battlegrounds because they were having fun, they were grinding for better armour. I once asked some of them why, and the majority responded "I don't know", "it looks cool"...lol. Again, here I'm just going off of the friends I had playing WoW. If I find value in the pure pleasure of the hunt and kill, is that not reward enough for me? (For the record, I have nothing against WoW, I played that also for some time).

2nd, isn't the PvP system part of the game play mechanics? The fact that I can roam around in a location just killing people is certainly the product of the mechanics of the game. For example, in some games, there are restrictions as to what level you can attack, what faction you can attach, etc. So the fact that it's a free for all is a part of the game mechanics that I enjoy.

Is the combat system not part of the mechanics of which you speak? I also mentioned that in my post. So how is it that I'm not looking into game play mechanics? Please advise, thanks

Originally posted by Zorndorf

 

Originally posted by Ozias

I must admit that I was a little hesitant to try AoC with what I had read before release; however, I don't like to judge a game I haven't played. I'm very happy I tried this out because I have had more fun online the last week then I've had in a long time. Everyone has different taste, and this game is my taste..lol.

I do think it's very funny though how you make negative comments on zoning and then say that you're going back to Eq2...ROFL. That's funny as hell. Ring Ring... Hello? Yes, hello pot, this is kettle... You're black......ROFL!!!!!!!

the problem is ... you're playing it for one week now.

 

very few people play it longer .....

That's my other issue.. I keep hearing people bitch that you get nothing from PvP.. has WoW warped us all? I for one don't want to spend countless hours doing mindless battlegrounds for points. Does anyone else remember when the reward for PvP was a good time? Fun. That's all I'm looking for. I want run around freely and stab someone in the face, ya know, just to releve some stress. I'm sure once the battle keeps and that other shit comes out (if it's not already) people will be happy. Who knows, perhaps not. You can't make all the people happy all of the time, but reading this site everyday, I'm starting to come to the conclusion that it is actually possible to make all the people unhappy all the time....lol  <FLAME ON!!>

I can't wait until this game is released so I can start hearing everyone bitch after the first week or two about how the game is still not finished after all this time. Mark my words.... it will happen and I can't wait.

All systems are different my friend. You'll never know if it will run smoothly until you try it on your system. However, if you're just looking for re-assurance on specs you can just go off the min specs on the site. Based on those, you're golden. I'm running an AMD x2 6000+, 3g's Ram and 8800 gts (320) and it runs pretty damn well.

I must admit that I was a little hesitant to try AoC with what I had read before release; however, I don't like to judge a game I haven't played. I'm very happy I tried this out because I have had more fun online the last week then I've had in a long time. Everyone has different taste, and this game is my taste..lol.

I do think it's very funny though how you make negative comments on zoning and then say that you're going back to Eq2...ROFL. That's funny as hell. Ring Ring... Hello? Yes, hello pot, this is kettle... You're black......ROFL!!!!!!!

Yeah, I must admit, your title work is not good. I thought for sure this would be yet another post bashing the less then 1 month old Conan (which I'm playing and loving!)

I must say, if you don't like it, you don't like it. I reards to eq2 and Vanguard, I have played them both for over a year. Both are great games, but in terms of pure content and polish, you have to go with eq2. Not polish as in the game engine, as the game still does not run as well as it could, what without dual core support and such, but it runs well enough. If you buy RoK, you get it all. You won't quickly run out of things to do, and as long as you pick a popular server, you'll have plenty of people to play with.

Vanguard will eventually be a great game. They have just added, or will soon be adding race specific mounts and overhauling the character models. The game still plays and feels unfinished though imo.

I wish you luck in your choice!

Originally posted by jayheld90

Originally posted by Railgunner

Dex, Str, Wisdom stats on gear have no effect.  I mean come on?  You release a game where the gear stats do NOTHING?  How exactly do you "miss" something like this during 5 years of development?

Here's another good one, you post something for sale at the trader, and cancel it when it does not sell, then find you can't sell it to the vendor.  It no longer shows up in the list of items you can sell.    You just have to delete them to get rid of them.

Oh, and a number of items like rings for example, when placed for sale on the trader do not actually show up for sale. 

How exactly do you "miss" stuff like this?   The answer is you don't. 

The game is simply not finished and Funcom expects us to pay them for the next year while they finish the game?

 

 

 

 

yeah, i thought the game was cool at first. unfortunately, i have already canceled my account. if they were making an effort to fix these things, it would be a different story, but most of it has been broken since day one.

Again... THE GAME HAS NOT EVEN BEEN OUT FOR 2 WEEKS!!!! LOL. You guys are acting like this is Vanguard, and a year down the road there are still major problems....lol. This really cracks me up. 2 weeks, that's it! I mean come on, if they haven't fixed everything in 2 weeks, they're not gonna!

ROFL. I'm glad you all left. Perhaps I will as well. But I will sure as hell give them more then two weeks.

It's a given that an mmo released will not be "completed" or perfect. People forget what games like WoW, Eq2 and others were like when they came out. Remember Horizons? Huh? Member that mess?

Seriously, WoW was horrible, long lines to get into the game, no battlegrounds, no pvp system and no Hero classes that were promised. Hell, Eq2 didn't have a working auction house, and no mailboxes for almost 6 months. And you want to act like this is something new??? Just thinking about it... that god damn loot bug in WoW lasted almost a year!

The problem is, that a lot of mmo'ers started their careers with WoW well after release and expect every game that comes out to be that polished. Trust me, it took the bliz and these other companies some time just to get their games off the ground. But now, Conan is being compared to games that have been out 3-4 years.

I'm currently playing, and enjoying the game a lot. You can say what you'd like about the game, as every opinion matters, but from what I'm seeing, a lot of detail was placed into the game. Give it some time my friend. The game hasn't even been out two weeks. If the game still sucks in  a few months, then jump right back on the wagon.

Being someone who has played both, eq2 much longer, I would recommend eq2. They are both good games so it would really depend on you. Are you a big LoTR Fan? If you're not a big fan, the game lacks. It is very fun though and plays extremely smooth. As far as eq2, it's big. There is a ton to do and 4 expansions. If you buy RoK , you get it all. There are about 18 races to choose from and a healthy amount of classes. If you play the good side, you can betray and go over to the bad side and do that content and vise versa. As I said though, both are good games and both have trials.

Good luck!

Damn, the game just came out and here we are throwing shit like a bunch of primates...lol

Let's give them at least a month and then start the shit throwing. Even though we bought the game, the first month is free, so we at lease owe them that. I for one am an actual casual gamer. BTW, casual gaming is not 2-3 hours every day or every other day. It's more like an hour or so every other day, hence the term casual. I'm having a great time and very much enjoying the quest. Perhaps I'll hate the game in a month though.

I've been playing the game for about a week now, and I'm having a great time. Perhaps I haven't gotten to the part where it sucks. Who knows? I have played every game ever on the market and I have stopped playing every game on the market for some reason or another. I simply have not found a reason yet to stop playing this one. Yet.

I would tell anyone to give it a shot. You may like it. However, if money is tight, wait for a trial.