Every boss fight looks the same in this game. A huge ten-story tall "monster" with 40-foot long claws and weapons swinging at tiny little players who are wacking away at said monsters toes.

I may give the game a try but the art style may kill it for me. 70lb little female characters swinging 10 foot long 400lb swords is a bit over the top and retarded, no matter where you come from. 

Eve is fun sometimes. I quite about a year ago as I was a pirate and fights always went two ways. Either the opponent ran or the opponent would show up with a blob. Even-good fights are almost unheard of in Eve. The risk is so great that people would never fight unless they had the huge upper hand. Plus logging on all the time just to change skills felt more like a job than playing a game. 

Also, large battle lag is another thing that turned me off considerably. 

ROFL, you get punished for being a good PvP'er. This is the worst PvP machanics I've ever read by a mile. These designers don't have a freaking clue. Epic failure game incomming. 

Pay money to duel someone? LOL, I have heard of stupid ideas but that one takes the cake. I couldn't imagine this game being any good with a game company that would put such a stupid idea into a game, even if they are going to change it later. 

Man, I was so excited to hear about this game as I love Mechwarrior games back in the day. Until I found out this was being designed by Piranha. They made Duke Nukem Forever which was simply horrible. My expectations for this game have pretty much vanished.   

Originally posted by Blackbrrd

Got to try the beta and I am very impressed. The game has so far been 100% stable, it just misses some minor polish, for instance the icon that shows quest difficulty is a bit small. The quests and combat works very well and the graphics are awesome. I am a former AoC player, so I know what a buggy game is, and this ain't it. ;)

Details!

I have a lot of hope for TSW but if they release in April I fear it will be overshadowed by GW2 and Diablo 3. FUNCOM cannot allow another Age of Conan release failure. Age of Conan could have been a big hit even today if they didn't fail cascade the launch. It is a good game.

I say push back TSW until October after Diablo 3 and GW2 fevor has waned. FUNCOM should put a ton of features and polish into the game until then.

Whenever they release I will be trying the game but if they release within a month or two of GW2 or Diablo 3 it will seriously hurt it.  

Seems they might have a quick fix and the new PvP server should be up shortly.. 

Oh crap I had set aside all weekend to playing. I guess waiting till next week isn't the end of the world but I have been waiting for this server now for a long time...

I guess you missed the whole don't make a mass zerg noob ranger class as posted above?

Originally posted by RabbiFang

It's wrong to assume that all Rangers are noobs, when in actual fact, some of us just love the archery classes in games. I don't like magic, and I have never liked the close up 'warrior' classes. In every MMO of this type I have played, I have gone ranger, and will do so again tomorrow ;)

 

Also, if you look at the RAGE forum in particular, you'll see that very, very few people have said they're rolling Rangers.  Barbs/Guardians seem to be the most popular so far. 

 

In response to your question, Greefer, the answer:

 

Demonologist or Ranger.

I would also love to play a Ranger but I will not because there will be so many of them on the new server. I don't care what some poll with a few handfulls of people says. I gaurantee you that Ranger will be the most played class on the new server. 

Whatever it is, please do not make a Ranger. Every noob and their mother rolls a Ranger on PvP servers...

I was recently awed by Age of Conans new DX10 graphics in the expansion zones. The best MMORPG graphics I have ever seen. Also, AoC is launching a new PvP server for great gameplay Thursday July 7th.

http://forums.ageofconan.com/showthread.php?t=234792

If you want a true hard fight for your life PvP environment: In addition to a free to play model, Age of Conan is now launching their new hardcore PvP server Thursday morning July 7th. Everyone starts on a level playing field.

http://forums.ageofconan.com/showthread.php?t=234792

Woohoo time to own!

New PvP server is suppose to go live within a week. 

Or you don't know what you are talking about? Everyone seems to think their two cents worth of input is valuable. Which it isn't.

Originally posted by mCalvert

Here are the flaws in the design (afaik)

-one character per server. does that mean one name per server? you cant change your name? Or if you get a bad rep, can you delete your character and start over with a new name? in essence clearing your name 

 

Having to start over is a pretty big deal. The main point of having one character slot is indeed reputation. If you ruin that, you have to start over from scratch. No name changes allowed. 

-you still have to do the tutorial, tortage and all the pve crap to get to the endgame pvp which is all anyone cares about

No endgame PvP is not what everyone cares about. Some of the lower level PvP is the best in the game. Some people stick to lower level tiers just for that very reason. 

-there is no purpose to pvp, as guild cities are not destroyable, theres no meaningful looting, theres no point in endgame crafting, raids are instanced

PvP is a purpose unto itself. Thats like saying no one should ever do anything fun because something material isn't gained from it.

-all the pve elements remain where people will be doing pvp. this means spawn camping, mobs interfering, and a pve map layout designed for questing, not fighting

You must be very new to MMORPG's. Having to PvP in a world with all of the above is what makes things interesting. Maybe you want to PvP in a big square with nothing in it?

-unbalanced classes

Just like every other MMORPG in existance

-unbalanced levels and gear

Just like every other MMORPG in existance 

 

So let me get this straight, you want a world devoid of NPC's, with all of the classes being equal (whatever that means) with everyone at the same level with the same gear? lol, I don't know why I even bother responding to such silly posts. I guess Pong is that way ->>> 

Great news. An exiting time for Age of Conan...

Well if you like melee and healing, make a Bear Shaman. Although, they have the most micromanaging to do and require a lot of work to be good at. 

HoX is pretty straight forward. They are not a tanking class but more of a DPS melee/spell class.