Also on Vortex - seen sufficient numbers to keep my interest.

High-Elf ... Twanger is the name

I recently bought this on Steam.  Loaded it up and was killing other players my first night.  That pretty much works for me. With all the classes to choose from, things to see in the world and I can pop into a RvR scenario from where ever I am I pretty well satisfied with this one.

Originally posted by gestalt11

@Stradden:

 

IMO professional reviewers should maybe stop having drinks with these guys and start playing some hardball.

 

It is not really realistic to play the whole game in 2 weeks because these games are purposely made so that does not happen.

 

However it is easily possible for devs to give access to pre made stuff or various other means for a reviewers to get a decent survey of the real state of the game in a reasonable amount of time.

 

Mythic could easily give a reviewer a pre-made character at each of the 4 tiers just like they do for Beta testers.  Afterall reviewers are essentially testing things out for their readers.  Just simple things like this could make reviews actually mean something.  If AoC had given the pro reviews a premade level 60 and reviewer had tried to level to 80, how many reviews would have been 5 or 10 points less.  Probably quite a few.

 

All I see are excuses.  Well fine either admit these reviews are good for nothing but toilet paper or start refusing to review them until the developers give you the access you need to properly kick the tires and see what is really the case.

 

These devs spend a lot of resources to to get good reviews.  And not doing so will make them look like they something to hide.  It is easily possible.

 

Because all I have seen over the past few years is a bunch reviewers getting played by having dinner with these guys and the goo goo gah gah feeding frenzy effect of limited access.

 

Man up and turn it around on these guys.  They have been running these gaming sites like a pimp runs a ho.  That might be rather course but it is rather apt.  They need you, but they limit access and various other things and the press etc demand nothing in the way of quid pro quo.  They just do a fluff piece on the first 20 levels that these guys know you aren't going past. 

 

Seriously all I see a bunch of guys getting played and mostly because they want to be played.  Not corruption, not a sudden conversion to fanboyism.  But not real objectivity, not a real search for information.  Just limp wristed attempts and then taking whatever is shoveled at them.

 

Edit:  This is not meant to specifically apply to you, Jon.  its not like you gave EE a pass or something on your last interview.

You make some good points.  Reviewers could always say "give me a tricked out level 50 charecter" and lets see for myself.

I think the reviewers only saw what most of us saw and raved about in the first few days of playing.  I think Tortage was well done and provided the hook.  Unfortunately that attention to detail just didn't carry through and beyond..

I think it would have been hard for a reviewer to play up to say level 30-40 by which time they would have thoroughly seen through the vail and cried foul.

Certainly something to think about in the futrue.  Just goes to show that it pays to wait a few weeks before buying and playing a new release MMO.

When testing a system it is better to get people who know nothing about the system you are trying to test,  than those who are familiar with it.  It just works better.

For the record I have been following the game for a while and I thought about being an Alpha tester.  In the end I am just glad this game is at the stage where its getting tested.

Life's too short to get all butt hurt and whine about not being used as a lab rat.

Also if I were developing the game, or this system, the last people I would want on my Alpha are die hard fans who regardless of NDA's will most certainly leak the details, bitch and moan long before the horse is out of the gate, and pretty much bung up my release.

In short get over it.  If you are already bitching about how Icaras "let you down" this early in the game, before you even try playing it, then you only prove the point that they made the RIGHT decision to not pull testers from their die hard fan base and instead go with the general file planet, or whatever the heck it is population.

Originally posted by twhint

The problem with the roof/fountain/wall example is that the mobs couldn't attack you back, which is an exploit. It has always been known that using terrain to prevent taking damage from mobs is an exploit. Claiming ignorance to that is like saying you didn't know not signalling to turn is a ticketable offense. You learned it in traffic school. It may not always be enforced, but it is there.

 

Give the mobs ranged weapons and the ability to use them.

Much easier to fix than 1) rebuilding the terrain for the whole game and 2) it sure as heck beats pissing off your player base trying to keep people from doing something they might actually think is a feature.

Honestly I was surprised the first time I jumped up on a hill over looking a mob with my bow and couldn't inflict any damage on them.  To me it seemed like the right thing to do.  The game has climbable areas, ranged weapon classes and high ground then why can't I inflict damage on them?  I can get up here.  If so then they should be able to get up here as well.  If the AI can't handle the pathing to where I am then give them ranged weapons and the ability to use them. 

Seems like an easy fix to me.

I recall watching a Funcom intro video showing a Ranger doing something to that effect.

I believe that doing so would cause such a ripple in the force that Darth Lucas and his apprentice Darth Smedley would see this thread to vanish faster than SWG's player base after the NGE.

Originally posted by Mackerni

Sent.

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Thanks in advance.

Originally posted by edgehead

God I loved the crafting in this game, there was nothing else like it. Too bad that game is gone. Oh well, moving along, these are not the droids I'm looking for.

QFT

Originally posted by Rudydog

Originally posted by octa

Mark Jacob's explanation is straight up and a breath of fresh air.  This is exactly what we wanted from Funcom all along.  An indication that they are aware of our discontent and an explanation for it.  Mythic provided exactly that.

I wasn't sure about trying Warhammer but now I'm even more convinced.  That's a good company and I will gladly support them with my money.

 

/agree

Really happy how that situation was dealt with. It wasnt just a one off post, but multiple posts that didnt get too common. Everything was clear cut and not over verbalised. Just straight to the point with some compassion.

If only Funcom would learn. The only mod ive had any respect for officially with AOC was Famine, on a good day.

The volunteer mods really left a bad taste in my mouth over there. I think they are partly to blame for the community demise.

Funcom take note here, its not a bash or you suck post. Its just a take note and act fast to save your flaming game.

It all starts with the people.... you can only tell paying customers to 'get stuffed, if you dont like it and

leave mentalitly' for so long until the magic 700k + figure looks very worn and old.

I truely deep down, even though i have quit AOC. Would like to see a number of very successful MMORPG's out there.

Please dont leave it to just one company, time for many other MMORPG companies to really pull their finger out.

Competition is good! Drop the marketing hype and get back to basics.

 

You know I too have canceled AoC and the sad thing about it is I am not really that bitter over the whole thing.  As someone who has played MMO's on and off for several years now my expectations have really gone down hill with regards to quality and how game play matches advertised function and features.

I agree with getting back to basics, it would be nice to see some integrity in the market again (if its even been there to begin with :) ).

Is it just me or have things been on a downward decline for a few years now/?

Mmmm Brandy.

I still miss this game.  It had its problems - for me the three were broken quests, rubber banding and combat medics tossing grenades beyond 65 meters (actually capping all ranged weapons at 65 always bugged me).

But I always had something to do.  Players actively sought out other players but you didn't actually have to interactive directly with one and other.  Needed to buy something head to a vendor or the bazzar.  You get something and the seller makes something.  There was something for everyone.  

The player economy was great - abet not perfect but so far the best I have encountered (for my tastes anyways that goes for three MMO's I have tried since Eve, WOW and AoC).

Rare items that made top of the line gear got top of the line prices.

But I never ever was at a loss for what to do in a day. 

Shoot fireworks off in the town square, get your toon remodeled by an image desinger, go fishing on Dath and then sell the fish as a Fish Monger on Tat, go on a raid to Fort Tuskan or some other planet and drag incapped folks out of the fire.  Sell stuff, buy stuff and sell more for a profit.

Heck I even liked running around on Lok before they had vehicles surveying.  Just running around seeing the sites and sometimes getting killed by mods.

It was really a "what you made it" kind of game.

But for me it was never boring.

Originally posted by Cropper

Originally posted by cbas

I'd been happier if they fixed the bug that causes me to spin out of control while in combat.

If it's your character spinning, I don't know what to tell you, if its your view spinning its probably your mouse, I had the same problem, new mouse, no problem.

I am going to try dancing and check it out.  One thing that I think is lacking in this game are more social features, not related to chopping off heads and such.  As strange as it may sound I love to fish in games, also a duelling feature would be nice (unless its in there and I haven't found it yet).

I'd been happier if they fixed the bug that causes me to spin out of control while in combat.

Originally posted by Sinkitsune

the very momment they made it where you are able to make a female character and be able to pick her breast size, Conan became Sexist.

 

Personaly I Destroy every female player I see that

1.Isn't roleplaying

2. is Undressed

3. has a Stupid name

I'm not sexist, I'm just fed up with losers running around staring at their characters ass and breasts instead of playing the god damn game right.

On a Side note, You CAN make your male character look better.. just gotta try hard. My Character Kadan looks like a young/Blond Arnald Swarz

Its not easy to stare at your charecter's breasts while running around due to the camera angle.

I've been playing PVE on Dekato (sp?) or whatever its called and all the OOC chat I have been reading have been positive.   Also I have no problems asking questions in chat and I get prompt helpful answers.

I just killed a bunch of drunk bullies in Tortage for some good old fashioned spawn slaying.  Did it in the night/single player instance of the game.  Then head to the merchant in the harbour and head back to kill some more.

Yup

I find it funny that their US forums are down during this time but their EU ones appear to be working.

Quelling discontent over this delay perhaps?