Originally posted by partytildawn

I became interested in the Age of Conan game well over a year ago. I've beta tested quite a few MMORPG games over the years for review at a large entertainment magazine, however -- even after contacting the press reps for Conan with my credentials (actually, they never replied) -- I've not been able to secure a seat testing/playing the beta.

Of course, this sounds like whining, however let me qualify this statement. I have quite a few friends in the gaming community, and I live in a very techy area -- Portland, Oregon. Yet, I have not been able to meet a single person within my press contact circle, friends working at Intel, a general post on Craig's List, and gaming friends who have signed up for this beta who have been accepted into the beta.

I hung out over the weekend at a rather large and established computer cafe here in Portland designed for group gaming called Backspace and asked around there as well. Each person who was interested in Conan was experiencing the same frustration about not being able to get in on the beta nor knowing anyone else currently involved with the beta.

This is a bit unusual this close to game release and I can tell that at least among the people with whom I spoke, the level of frustration is growing to disdain of the game. Signing up for this beta has been hawked all over the internet yet it seems very few people have been accepted into the testing program.  This type of hype without follow through could backfire on the Conan team.

DOOOOOOOM

yeah I just did a google and WOW you are right.  And all this time I was under the impression that WoW was leading the pack with 10 million. LOL

What?  Where did you get that number?

Originally posted by Fion

Then you look at WoW and it's patch notes for a big content patch more often then not boil down to;

-New 24 man raid

-New 5 man instance

-More screwed up itemization so classes can bicker over who gets what some more.

-Nerfs to 4 classes that didn't need it

-Buff to 1 or 2 classes that is already OP, until enough people bitch that they nerf it again.

Server: Scylla

Guild: UGC

Character: -Thorn Revenge

Master BH / Pistoleer, loved hunting Jedi

Started: Summer of 2004 before the Jedi mess.  Played constantly and eventually was glad about the jedis coming into the game because I began hunting them on a regular basis.  Most fun I had ever in MMO.

Ended: About 3 weeks after NGE, I swear I tried, I even used a free respect but I just couldnt get into the game.  About a year later I tried to make a new character to see how it was and was disgusted.