All Posts by solareus

I will bet you one gold piece Turbine already has the date for the engine upgrade around 2010...

Originally posted by openedge1

Originally posted by solareus

Here is a good article

www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/technology-news/2008/06/19/gamehorizon-david-solari-51140-21108133/

roughly 900k boxes actually sold to people in the U.S. and Europe.

 

"The number of subscribers is into six figures and we’ve had 300,000 box sales in Europe - you can also double that into the States."

So, you doubled what he said, then added it back to the 300k? Hmm, reading comprehension would have helped here.

You can also double "THAT", in reference to the 300k

This would equal 600k.

Still about 100k off from AoC.

It is not determined in how it is to be interrupted, you the troll say less, I the fan say more ...

Originally posted by Yeebo

Originally posted by Da1e

I don't really know where in the books that it says they are akin to demigods/angels, so i'm just going to have to take your word for it.

Even so, players could be akin to an akin of a demigod,

a even more watered down version of gandalf, as afterall, gandalf can get any girl he wants ;)
 

of course I'm partly joking, (no-one would go out with poor gandalf due to his age), but I still think in the world of lotr, mages are not out of place.

The main problem is that the books explicitly state that there were only five wizards.  

Think If we get to cared away with being precise in the lore , we will lose out on some content as well as mechanics. Think Turbine knows the balance that needs to be up held and this will be the first major peice of mechanic since launch , the true test of the powers of Turbine. Just see how the class is before we jump to conclusions...

Case Closed ! Funcom fails.

The game is split perfectly between solo and group content. I'm lvl 46 now and I've soloed almost all of it. The Epic quest will be where you need to group and now with the new quest  manager it is so much easier to sift between solo , group , epic, raid quests , cause it filters them automatically to show which quest are  what kind, it is awesome !

Originally posted by openedge1

Originally posted by AckbarNL

Lotro had the best launch in all mmo history ,

 

Actually City Of Heroes is noted as having the best launch in all of MMO history

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Heroes

"The launch of City of Heroes was widely reported as one of the most successful MMOG launches in the history of the industry."

While LOTRO had a few issues like monster exploits

http://forums.lotro.com/showthread.php?t=32233

AH Exploits

http://forums.lotro.com/showthread.php?t=39394

And things like the Ultra High texture memory leak

http://community.codemasters.com/forum/showthread.php?t=179650

But, if you are talking most successful in numbers, that goes to AoC.

Curious which one of those issues where game crippling ? Personally had 0 problems with my hi res client at launch, even other did have issues. Mostly people with 1 gig or less of memory had issues(but of course openedge1 had 4 gigs and had issues... /roll eyes)

AH issue was crushed with in 24 hours of it being submitted in open beta.

AoC proclaims sucessfully shipped numbers .... LotRO at release made tons, as much or even more the AoC. The lore of LotR is well beyond the scope of AoC and the player base is far larger.

Here is a good article

www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/technology-news/2008/06/19/gamehorizon-david-solari-51140-21108133/

roughly 900k boxes actually sold to people in the U.S. and Europe.

Originally posted by openedge1

Originally posted by Sharkypal

Originally posted by openedge1

Originally posted by Jackdog

I tried AoC for about a week. I really think the people at Funcom better worry about fixing their own game rather than trying to put any other games down. They are hosing up their game pretty good in my opinion. If Lotro is McDonalds, then AoC is the greasy spoon that was shut down by the health department for getting their meat at the animal shelter.

 

I think we all need to remember...

It is not AoC that is the crap, it is Funcom. They took a game with high ambition, high hopes, and great mechanics, and trashed it beyond belief.

I know everyone gets on my case because I always give LOTRO a hard time, but I will say this. Turbine stuck it out, tried to make the right decisions, and have added the content now, added features like housing and fishing...

AoC has a long way to go, and can only make it if Funcom pulls that thumb out

Later

 

People on here have already disproved your "lack of content" argument (myself included). People get on your case because you are an incessant naysayer who spends his time attacking a game he has little or no clue about and doesnt even play.

I see you are trying to be a little more moderate in your approach but it doesn't take away from your previous posts, many of which are just unfounded attacks for what reason I am sure we  will never know.

And IMHO AoC is an absolute disaster and what kind of an idiotic statement is "It is not AoC that is the crap, it is Funcom?". AoC is a half finished joke of a game with a major lack of content and unlike your claims about Lotro, these are heavily documented. I concede your point, if things were different, they wouldnt be the same. Failcom FLAT OUT lied to everyone about many game features that were not in the launch client but Im sure you know all this.

Next you'll be trying to you'll us that Lotro's launch was similar to AoCs. In all seriousness, you've made your "point" and no one here agrees with you. You're not going to change anyone's mind and no one is going to stop playing based on your fabricated information. I really hope you come back for MoM and enjoy the game and I mean that sincerely. Otherwise I suggest you move on to something else and leave us to enjoy Middle Earth.

S

 

Anger management would help with that attitude...really.

No, I was in Closed Beta 1, 2, Open and a Founder at launch, and already knew there was no way I was going to pay a $199.00, because I felt it was not worth it. The game had too many quirks that we told Turbine about over and over. They did not fix them.

You have a personal army  maybe ? Quirks usually means soomething of personal preference that doesn't cater to the whole.

 

But, you really are taking this a little too personal "Leave US to enjoy Middle Earth". I am glad you are happy there, but it does not mean that I cannot voice my opinion about it's issues either.

THe problem with this statement, is that they are your own personal issues, with "quirks" that cater only to you, you continuously project "your" own "issues" as some kind of fact regarding the state of the game, which anyone will tell you they are asinine.

You know you just troll trapped yourself with this statement ? I will try to help you learn your fail.

I would say the game does have it's hiccups, but nothing as crippling as the ones at launch. So don't get to frustrated when something borks up..

The Legendary weapons is going to be wicked cool !

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1 blizzard team = Funcoms entire staff.

For the most part, when the community commented on a part of the game that could use improvement. like customizing how your character look, Turbine has answered back in action. Each time somethign comes up, Turbine has always answered with action, not words. Content  in 30 lacked at launch, Turbine answered with a completely new zone of content.

To have articles from a last year as your evidence of the game currently, is just not applicable.

No other developer can do what Turbine is doing right now. They are in a League of their own right now. LotRO is really the first AAA mmorpg ever produced, in my opinion. There is some AA's but because of Turbines dedication to the community and their projects, they get that extra "A"

Awesome !

I agree, Conan is Epic fail. Epic in the poor development decisions and poor in costumer service, poor in over all presentation.

Why Epic Fail ? When ever a developer has to try and degrade other games to make there project stand out , is a clear sign that they are sitting on a pile of shit.

LotrO is Mcdondalds then  AoC is road kill

Originally posted by openedge1

Originally posted by solareus

I agree with the Op. I would of never subbed for 3 months to VG is it was not for AoC. What it was for me is wanting that graphic style, but in an actual mmorpg, not a console fotm.  Turns out VG has a lot to offer, with quests that last days and days and an abundance of open world terrain to explore. 

AoC is just a bad game, bad game design, bad game theory, bad over all production for something that took 5 years to make in my opinion, Vanguard took the same amount of time, and you can actually see in VG why it took so long. Some of the architecture in VG is just massive, seriously one of the best underdog games right now is Vanguard, still a ton of work to do , but I would recommend people to buy the liquidation prices before VG takes off .

AoC will never, and I repeat never have a massive feel because of the game design.

 

Only if VG wasn't so cruel to casual players. You need to dedicate half of your life to feel any progression in that world. Death and travel in VG to a player with a real life = FAIL.

Lets call it VG-Job 2.0.

The world is astounding, and the mobs look cool. But, the people are still ugly, and the animation is not very realistic, kind of like the models and animations in LOTRO. Combat is not fleshed out well, as some classes get their butts handed to them if they aggro even 2 mobs.

I have heard they will be doing a revamp for VG's models though, with a trial area, and starter island...And THAT may be the winning move.

Now, if we could have the world of VG, the lore of LOTRO, and the models, animations and combat of AoC, with game fillers like in WoW and EQ2..and a story like Guild Wars

We would have the best MMO ever.

Dreaming!

that is the beauty of VG, it is not for casual gamers and never was for them. I actually like being on a quest for 4 days in full sessions, and I'm still not done with it. LotrO fill my Story driven  fantasy and VG fills my "I am still hardcore gamer" theme.

AoC filled nothing for me, it was like a " im kind of a porn game" theme and if I want porn I have actual websites to use ... lol AoC epic fail in theory and design , in my opinion.

I agree with the Op. I would of never subbed for 3 months to VG is it was not for AoC. What it was for me is wanting that graphic style, but in an actual mmorpg, not a console fotm.  Turns out VG has a lot to offer, with quests that last days and days and an abundance of open world terrain to explore. 

AoC is just a bad game, bad game design, bad game theory, bad over all production for something that took 5 years to make in my opinion, Vanguard took the same amount of time, and you can actually see in VG why it took so long. Some of the architecture in VG is just massive, seriously one of the best underdog games right now is Vanguard, still a ton of work to do , but I would recommend people to buy the liquidation prices before VG takes off .

AoC will never, and I repeat never have a massive feel because of the game design.

Is this the first mmo to make onto "bom"bay tv ?

 o o o I made one too

www.grapheine.com/bombaytv/index.php

very good !

Originally posted by AOCjester

Originally posted by solareus

Originally posted by ronan32

Originally posted by AOCtester

Why do Funcom devs lie ?

 

 

all devs lie.

 

Turbine  has not lied about LotrO ?

And before you say "well AC 2" Look at ac 2 this way, they had finished the xpac, and decided to go ahead and release to see if they could retain the numbers to support the game, they couldn't and they told you they where closing the game.... They did not lie, they just where relying on the xpac to much.

LotRO has enough players where they can produce xpacs up to 2014 :D

 

lord of the rings has knights of darkness said turbine, but what happens? nothing! false promise and lie alltogether. if dev continue to lie, dev is a lier. lier will never tell the truth and must as so be considerd lier. fact is lier lie

 

?.? why are you lieing ? AoC community seems very desperate , If they weren't why would the lie like this fellow ?

Originally posted by ronan32

Originally posted by AOCtester

Why do Funcom devs lie ?

 

 

all devs lie.

Turbine  has not lied about LotrO ?

And before you say "well AC 2" Look at ac 2 this way, they had finished the xpac, and decided to go ahead and release to see if they could retain the numbers to support the game, they couldn't and they told you they where closing the game.... They did not lie, they just where relying on the xpac to much.

LotRO has enough players where they can produce xpacs up to 2014 :D