I'm being serious. This game may truly be the WoW killer. Not now, but in a course of a few years. Think about it

• 600,000 early access slots - ALL SOLD OUT
• All 200,000 or so CE - SOLD OUT
• 1 million have applied for beta
• Better graphics, better combat - AoC leads the way for next-gen MMOs; WoW users may become tired of raiding/graphics during the next few years and switch
• WoW loses servers - AoC gains more servers
• This generation seems to be a lot about graphics and word of mouth advertising - perfect, AoC has excellent graphics

AoC is just exploding in sales. To what I've read, pre-orders are up to 800,000. Almost 1 million  subs in the first day of release. Now imagine how the game will expand? Call me a sceptic, but I truly believe this game is The One.

Oh no no... apparently (from what  I've heard on these forums) it's not good.

We should go play checkers.

Originally posted by D3mis3

I'm being serious. This game may truly be the WoW killer. Not now, but in a course of a few years. Think about it

• 600,000 early access slots - ALL SOLD OUT
• All 200,000 or so CE - SOLD OUT
• 1 million have applied for beta
• Better graphics, better combat - AoC leads the way for next-gen MMOs; WoW users may become tired of raiding/graphics during the next few years and switch
• WoW loses servers - AoC gains more servers
• This generation seems to be a lot about graphics and word of mouth advertising - perfect, AoC has excellent graphics

AoC is just exploding in sales. To what I've read, pre-orders are up to 800,000. Almost 1 million  subs in the first day of release. Now imagine how the game will expand? Call me a sceptic, but I truly believe this game is The One.

Lololololololololololololololololololololololololololol!

200k subs in a couple of months, then it'll probably grow slowly if Funcom doesn't do anything stupid. Healthy for an MMO but not a WoW killer. The only reason why there's so much hype now is A) the graphics and B) all these things Funcom is promising that sound and look good now, but who knows how long until they become normal and boring. WoW will die with 3 or 4 games' help, not The One. Alot of people will try it and might find out they don't like it or it wasn't as much as they expected. So we'll wait and see.

Originally posted by Mordria

Oh no no... apparently (from what  I've heard on these forums) it's not good.

We should go play checkers.

From what you;ve read (and I read them too) most people on the forums either are fanboys, people asking for computer advice, or trolls who hated the open beta because it wasn't perfect (despite being a stress test). I've read lots of forums and most of the "average gamer who wants AoC" gamers are not on the AoC forums whining or praising like it's Jesus. Sale numbers don't lie - this game has become one of the top 5 best selling MMOs in a matter of weeks.

Just wait until people see the HUGE difference in performance and content that there will be compared to the versions they've seen.

I'm tellin' ya, this game is fucking AWESOME.

Originally posted by D3mis3

Originally posted by Mordria

Oh no no... apparently (from what  I've heard on these forums) it's not good.

We should go play checkers.

From what you;ve read (and I read them too) most people on the forums either are fanboys, people asking for computer advice, or trolls who hated the open beta because it wasn't perfect (despite being a stress test). I've read lots of forums and most of the "average gamer who wants AoC" gamers are not on the AoC forums whining or praising like it's Jesus. Sale numbers don't lie - this game has become one of the top 5 best selling MMOs in a matter of weeks.

Even seems FC wasn't quite expecting this either

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Originally posted by Wharg0ul
Just wait until people see the HUGE difference in performance and content that there will be compared to the versions they've seen.
I'm tellin' ya, this game is fucking AWESOME.

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I don't care if it kills WoW, though I would be thrilled not to have their sub numbers shoved down my throat everytime I talk about another game.

Originally posted by Wharg0ul

Just wait until people see the HUGE difference in performance and content that there will be compared to the versions they've seen.

I'm tellin' ya, this game is fucking AWESOME.

Strongly agreee here. Most people are whining that the game will die because of the lag and such. Actually (idiots, read FC's posts) you've been playing clients months old that are not fully optimized. A few guildmates and personal friends are currently in the EA servers testing and they say the game runs great on all settings. Not saying it will run great for everyone but hey, a week old client is better than a 2-3 month old client now is it?

 WoW killer rofl ya right.I will bet in 6 months time it will not has as many paying subs as LOTRO does anyone care to bet? Step up to the plate fanbois since this is a WoW killer you should have no worries at all .

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Please note these are my opinions, I obviously don't think they hold true for everyone:)

Do I think the game is awesome? Absolutely. I really enjoy the combat sequences, the graphics are amazing, and TBH I think they put *alot* of work into the various quests & missions (especially the Destiny ones).

Do I think it will be a WoW killer? No.

WoW itself will be the ultimate WoW killer. There will be many up & coming 'next new things', and eventually the desire for 'that old game' will fade away, just like the days of MUDs and MUSHs. WoW will only be able to re-invent it's already borrowed wheel, until most people have finally just had enough with it.

It won't close a la E&B; it won't just disappear one day a la Ryzom.

WoW has had it's run, and I think that over the next few years, you'll see subscription numbers dissipating, but I don't think you'll ever see it go away, for a very long time (hell, EQ is still open...and Horizons:)

There are games down the line that I am looking forward to: Fallen Earth, heck even Warhammer; I retired my WoW characters just about a year ago now, and I'd never go back. What I'll be playing in the future, though, is definitely up in the air.

For now, however, AoC will be it:)

The fact that this game does not have Fk'n elves and dwarves was a selling point for me.

Market is saturated with games like this. 

No wonder one million people signed up for beta.

wow didnt reach 10 million players overnight. And the game is starting to show its age.

I think Age of Conan has a real shot at doing some damage to WoW's player base.

They key though will be that most wow gamers run PC's built in 1998 or some shelf $499 system with no true video card. Thats not going to cut it for Conan.

Another key is if Conan will launch in China. 1/3 of the total world population lives there which is why WoW has such gaudy numbers.

Im predicting 1.5 million players by December of this year. It will break 2+ million if it goes to Asia. Topping wow, I cant see that happening. But I can certainly see it taking a chunk of the wow player base