All Posts by khartman2005

I just checked mine also and sure enough 60 days on both everquest and everquest 2. Although I was a subsriber to both games for years though. Not sure if I will install them again as I play LotR:O (founding lifetime account) and AoC.

Originally posted by darwa

I'm in England and I play on a US server.

I've not once had any lag whatsoever or been disconnected.

Try talking to your isp.

Everyone of us were on different ISP's. I am thinking it isn't a Funcom problem but maybe a central hub where many ISP connect to that was having traffic issues. Like I said it did not last long so not that big of a deal.

Originally posted by Ascension08

Originally posted by khartman2005

Originally posted by mbd1968

This is the reason I won't play AoC.

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khartman2005: Funcom has the logs of those that exploited, I am sure you and the rest of your guild were exploiting and now your paying the price. I hate cheaters with a passion and am glad you and your kind are being dealt with.

vingvega: Good, we don't need you exploiters in the game.....bye bye now!

Riho06: I've been around awhile and I can say a vast majority of people who get banned deserve their punishment, the numbers just don't lie. Sorry Mr. OP.

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I refuse to play with people like this.

 

Why, because I detest cheaters? I am glad you won't be playing AoC. We shall have decent people playing the game. Good riddance.

Sorry for my rudeness here, but no, its because you're so blindly faithful that Funcom knows what they're doing that you believe everyone who gets banned deserves it. Every single person. Maybe it should happen to you, then you can call yourself a cheater.

We are not capable of determining if they are guilty or not but I have a hard time believing that everyone is innocent.

People that got banned had tons of gold. Hell I am level 30 in AoC and I have 12 silver. I have no clue as to how some of these people came to have 60+ gold in their possession.

If the OP is truly innocent and I have a hard time believing that (my personal opinion) then his account will be reinstated.

Originally posted by mbd1968

This is the reason I won't play AoC.

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khartman2005: Funcom has the logs of those that exploited, I am sure you and the rest of your guild were exploiting and now your paying the price. I hate cheaters with a passion and am glad you and your kind are being dealt with.

vingvega: Good, we don't need you exploiters in the game.....bye bye now!

Riho06: I've been around awhile and I can say a vast majority of people who get banned deserve their punishment, the numbers just don't lie. Sorry Mr. OP.

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I refuse to play with people like this.

 

Why, because I detest cheaters? I am glad you won't be playing AoC. We shall have decent people playing the game. Good riddance.

Originally posted by busdriver

People are getting banned because of a wellknown bug that Funcom was too lazy to fix. It does't really matter if this guy actually exploited or not, the fact is Funcom should have handled this like professionals (yes, I realise that for this particular company it would be a new thing), find proof first and then use the banstick.

I say it again, Funcom should have ironed these sort of things out during beta, that's why it's there for. Now Funcom's customers, players, are paying for their money-hungry ways of handling QA.

Just because  a bug makes it to release and was known in beta does NOT give anyone the right to exploit it for personal gain. That is called cheating. Anyone that sanctions that behaviour is sad and pathetic in my book.

Originally posted by Tanvaras

Suxxors mate, sorry to hear that.

I myself will not be trying AoC out, too much bad press about it. I dont mind MMO's having bad press as most do when theya re relased, but AoC is not donig the right thing I think, Lets hope fro there sake they get into gear and sort out there major issues, or they going to be another lemon MMO out there as more and more MMO's go live.

Cheers

Tan

 

bad press, if you mean WoW morons that though AoC would be as easy as that creampuff game then your right.

Most professional reviews coming out now are positive about the game.

Here are a few

www.1up.com/do/previewPage

www.atomicgamer.com/article.php

www.gametrailers.com/game/1905.html

 Those are just a few sites, I would give AoC another few weeks and you will have even more major reviewers giving their impressions.

Face the fact that the people that don't like this game are a vast minority and always will be. I am playing
AoC and I love the game.

Originally posted by Baseline

Me. The Guild Leader of The ßox, on Deathwisper, just got banned very quickly. Basically, a GM just sent a generic PM about exploiting, and kicked me off without answering my inquiry as to why exactly.

My guild has spent the last week hardcore grinding coin in Keshatta and pooling all coin and resources to me to get our guild city completed with all walls as of just yesterday.

I had over 60 gold in my inventory today, pooled from our guild of nearly 100 people and friends of the guild, all grinding in raids in Keshatta with us. Yet the GM still banned without a specific explanation.

The bottom line here, is that Funcom just banned me, the leader of the guild, because a lot of our enemies on the server petitioned in saying I was exploiting, duping, etcetera, and they probably looked at how far we were with the city and how much gold I still had and believed it.

GG funcom. You said that it's going to be a guild effort to do this. You said that everyone would have to pool their resources to the guild leader and architect (both me) to make the cities / sieging happen. We did that, and you banned the guild leader.

Not surprising. Other people on the server have had their gold purged and bans have been handed out very quickly to anyone with any real pooled progress.

Here's a tip funcom, learn to differentiate between Dupers/Exploiters, and people pooling their endless hours of hard work into one person.

I won't be buying this game again, and you just pissed off about 100+ very vocal people that pooled a lot of resources, time and coin to me. You've also spread a lot of negative publicity about your game for how quickly you ban and  ruin a lot of peoples pooled efforts.

I hate cheaters with a passion and am glad you and your kind are being dealt with.

Originally posted by acidosmosis

The truth is you are in fact a fan boy, just like so many people that are playing this game right now and have no clue whatsoever about what it takes to make a decent game.

 

Age of Conan does not have what it takes. No, it sure as hell will not become the new WoW. If you think so, you're not too smart and will just be proven otherwise, so who cares about those fan boy opinions.

Sorry, just tired of hearing kids say "OMG NEW AMAZING MMO EVERYTHING GLORIOUS IT IS GOD"..

Yea.

God I hate armchair developers (proabably wouldn't know C++ code if he was staring at it).

So we like the game, label us fanboys.

Originally posted by Xasapis

I wouldn't hold my breath about the game holding the 400.000+ initial subscriptions. It has a good momentum but more than half of them bought the game out of curiosity or boredom and will not be subscribing further than that first month.

The game will probably hold 1/3 the initial player base and if the developers keep on correcting the game and adding content, it'll grow up over time.

Maybe and that holds true for any MMO really, but my point wasn't the subscriber numbers but rather the idiotic statement about button mashing that always comes up in every damned forum for every new MMO. No matter what game you play you do nothing but pretty much mash buttons.

Originally posted by WinnTech

If you see AoC as 1,2,3 button mashing then remind me to never team up with you. You will be a very uneffective player in AoC. The skill is knowing where the different combos swing, when to use what combo, how to organize them and so on. Now wheather the screen gives you hints on how to execute the combos are irrelevant, it's when you execute what combo that matters.

I guess AoC combat system is too complicated and hard for you to master. That's cool though. You're probably more at ease with an autopilot combat game like WoW or WAR - when it releases. The safe bet would've been to cater to the teen crowd and made a toon game with autocombat and conservative well proven mechanics, again like WoW and WAR. Instead Funcom makes a game for adults with stellar graphics. Talk about giving the "suits" the finger. Even if you hate Funcom you should wish they sell in the bucketloads. Maybe other MMO developers will dare to try new ideas too.

When Funcom make something completely new of course some won't like it. it's how we humans tick. Good thing you tried it at least. Goodbye hope you find something better.

 

Nice angry rant there Howie (may I call you Howie? eh I don't care). It is inevitable that there are a few, how could I say, "Bad Apples" that seem to wish to ATTEMPT to slam people. All they do is end up showing how much of an ass they really could become.

Let's look at the logic in this rant:

1.  If you see AoC as 1,2,3 button mashing then remind me to never team up with you. You will be a very uneffective player in AoC.

 Answer: Yes, I do see the game as a button masher. Not just a button masher, THE button masher. Just because you place tactics on button mashing does not change the fact that you are mashing buttons. The fact that AoC has the player thinking of what button to mash does not mean that the system is revolutionary. As far as being an effective player. Unless the game has very specifically detailed changes, I would not care to load the game again. Less possible due to some people I now know are playing.

2. I guess AoC combat system is too complicated and hard for you to master. That's cool though. You're probably more at ease with an autopilot combat game like WoW or WAR - when it releases. The safe bet would've been to cater to the teen crowd and made a toon game with autocombat and conservative well proven mechanics, again like WoW and WAR.

Answer: Well, wrong again. The system is NOT complex. I found it simplistic, yet annoying. Autopilot games are nice to relax on, but not challenging enough. Annoying and difficult are two separate things Howie. The "Teen" crowd idea is nixed since I am near 30 and would guess that you, dear Howie based on your response, may be around my age, but mentally younger. It's okay, things like this happen what can I say.

 

3. Instead Funcom makes a game for adults with stellar graphics.

Answer: Funcom is finally getting to the stellar graphics and the attempt at adult is to throw nudity and beheading. How original, no sorry, Oblivion mods did that already. Not only did it do so, but the character\environment mesh much better than AoC has thus far. I will give the game credit, its characters are done well, just not the land the characters walk on.

4. When Funcom make something completely new of course some won't like it. it's how we humans tick. Good thing you tried it at least. Goodbye hope you find something better.

Answer: Well, Howie, at least it was an attempt at leaving the conversation cordially. I guess I could take back the mean things I said. I apologize. Everyone has an opinion, but when that opinion crosses another a fair response is due. I would LOVE to come back to AoC, just as soon as I can get my game controller to work with the bloody thing, lol.

Last rebuttal, the whole comment

"And 1,2,3 and 1,2,3" shows that the OP was buttonmashing. If this is what you do, prepare to get raped in PvP, and not be as efficient as you can in PvE. It is much deeper than you think. Easy to learn, hard to master.

Well, what can I say that has not already been said. I find it amazing how people can assume one thing about another's game play style without knowing the person. Assumption can be a dangerous thing, specially when it is incorrect. I purchased the game on the 20th, and played it till I fell asleep each day. the fact of the matter is, the fighting system is not that complex.  Action and reaction, figuring the AI. One on One PvE combat I did not find challenging. But, I had fun with the multi PvE. But after a while, fingers tire. Lets just say, after the gym, this is workout number two for the hands and upper forearms. The saying "One, two, three and one, two, three..." That is an allusion to being a conductor of combat. I DO understand the fact that the whole game does not consist of 1,2, 3 mashing constantly.  But, I for one, and I do not speak for myself, do not like the keyboard interface for the game.  I do agree, the interface would be "Easy to learn and hard to master", but I am no novice, it is just not my cup of tea as far as interfaces.

As was mentioned before (yes I know it is 6 words and I found it hilarious):

"To sum this wall of text in 5 words ...
OP did not like the combat."

We get that you didn't like the game but close to 400,000 players do (well I will take that down to 395,000 for the ones that didn't like it). I will give you all about 5000 people that probably agree with you. Fact is the game is a smashing success. Go back to WoW or whatever other game you played and mash buttons there.

Originally posted by Bob_Blawblaw

 

Originally posted by khartman2005

 

Originally posted by Bob_Blawblaw

 

Originally posted by RayRay77

Originally posted by khartman2005

 

Originally posted by Bob_Blawblaw

 

Originally posted by khartman2005

Originally posted by Bob_Blawblaw

I don't quite understand how you can say Amazon.com is known for bad support. I have been dealing with them for years and never once had a problem. I have actually had stellar customer service from them.

 

Who says it's Amazon.com I'm talking about? Go back and re-read it my friend.

I did read it, it was a blog by the ceo at Amazon.com. You said a company with such bad customer support to have a blog like that or did you forget that.

 

If you had meant SOE you should have worded it better.

Ummm...the OP didn't write that blog entry. Look at the address of the link.

 

Thanks Ray. Now Khartman, please go back and re-read it. Seriously. Read and think before posting please.

Okay, I just realized my mistake. I just wish it had been a little more clear.

 

I see the wilcox guy works for SOE and it was quoting him. I appologize for not reading it thoroughly.

 

I can see by the way that you own up to your mistakes that you don't work for SOE. No worries Khartman.

Thanks, after what they did to SWG I will never go back to a SOE game ever. I just wish the thousands of mindless sheep that still play those games would all just suddenly wake up and realize they are being screwed over by SOE.

Originally posted by Stolas16

Well lucky me as it turns out i'll be building a new computer very soon. My next question, advice on the video card. Whats a good card for AoC that runs it nice and smoothly, and still won't set me back like $350? :P

I ordered this one a few days ago and will be here tomorrow

ttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx

Originally posted by mrdoublerr

I dont like vista,  it  feel slower then xp, and that anoying security crap,I know you can disable it but still give u shit after, and I actualy tested on both operating system, I get better fps playing crysis on xp.(both high seting dx9)

the only thing that I like is the search function on the start menu, all the rest is useless, fakin windows gadget is gay, that stupid window swap who cares, vista is just xp with a nicer interface with anoying bits added to it.

why change something that work, at least, if you do change it , make sure its better then the last one lol.

and before you go , get a better pc, E6750 2.66, 4 gig ram, 8800 gt, 520w PSU, 16mb HD

maybe one day... when SP46 will come out then, but by that time we'll have Windows Wootsta™ 540 bits edition that will still be shit btw but watever, we cant play videogames without it!

the only good thing about microsoft is there customer service, seriously

yeah, I know it was a typo but it was a damned funny one.

Originally posted by FrostHearT09

Originally posted by khartman2005

 

Originally posted by FrostHearT09

Don't even try to think of installing vista it'll ruin your life..

I have been using vista since it came out. I have had 0 problems with it aside of the early driver problems, those got solved pretty quickly.

 

 

  you said 0 but then you have one LOL!

I really didn't consider the slight driver problems to a big deal since XP and every OS before that had growing pains when they were first released.

Originally posted by FrostHearT09

Don't even try to think of installing vista it'll ruin your life..

Originally posted by hubertgrove

Can someone provide a review  of AoC - but from a SWG perspective?

I mean, comparing this new game with our old game. I don't mean for the sake of competition but to help those like me who don't know much about AoC and want to know how big its landscapes are, whether there are mounts and houses, if there's any kind of GCW, what the crafting and auction house system is like etc.

When SWG launched it was truly a sandbox game. Skill trees, no levels and fantastic crafting system (I would wager the best one ever) and the housing system (the only thing left of the old SWG that is in my opinion the best housing system ever created.

AoC is a level based game.

You really can't compare the two.

Originally posted by skamper

Originally posted by xaviondk

You should get x6 experience in epic instances. from what i have read.

You don't, and the boss dropped the same old green item.

Again, what level are you? If your under level 20 your still in Tortage (the beginning area). I wouldn't expect drops to be spectacular there.

What level are you?

Originally posted by Ujirik

Originally posted by khartman2005

 

Originally posted by Ujirik

He can get a Xion 630w psu for 59.99 (49.99 after rebates) or a BFG 650w psu for 74.99 (49.99 after rebates) from Newegg.

But, he needs to get the dimensions of the PSU he has now and find one that will fit his case. If I remember right the inspirion line of computers used rather small cases.

 

8800gt's are large cards so he need to make sure he has 12 inches of clearing on the pci-e slot to fit the card and plenty of ventilation maybe an aftermarket cooling fan otherwise he could find himself with a burned out card.

Ah, the joy of owning a Dell PC.

Most of them anyways.. lol

I own a Dell XPS 710 and if you have ever seen one it is a beast.. The case is HUGE and the airflow through it is awesome.

Here is a video of it when I first got it set up. You can see how big this thing is. When you start it up it sounds like a jet taking off. s135.photobucket.com/albums/q127/WookieIsshe/

Originally posted by Ujirik

He can get a Xion 630w psu for 59.99 (49.99 after rebates) or a BFG 650w psu for 74.99 (49.99 after rebates) from Newegg.

8800gt's are large cards so he need to make sure he has 12 inches of clearing on the pci-e slot to fit the card and plenty of ventilation maybe an aftermarket cooling fan otherwise he could find himself with a burned out card.