How is that "free lvl 50" ? 

when u reach max lvl u can create a lvl 50 ?

Originally posted by kuhronusu

How is that "free lvl 50" ? 

 

when u reach max lvl u can create a lvl 50 ?

When you hit level 50 on any toon for the first time you can log out and make a new character, when you are done creating it you hit enter game and a popup will appear asking if you want it to be autoleveled to 50. Its a 1 time deal, if you deleat it you dont get it back so make sure its something you want to keep. it also starts you off with a full set of gear and 1.5 gold to help you get started.

Fury server [EU]

After merges 6 instances of Kheshatta peak times.
At the moment maximum of 2, often 1 peak times.

No idea at all about the American servers, but I can say as a long time subscriber, since pre-release. AoC Fury server [EU] is haemorrhaging players at an alarming rate.

If you are into pvp, then end game content consists of rolling yet another alt.

We pvp'ers keep hoping that the next patch will be the one to bring people back. Unfortunately we are still waiting. Sad but true.

If you want to pve, then yes fine, if you want to pvp casually that's fine too. You will have a blast. If you want to get to 80, and do sieges, have meaningful pvp and see some sort of tangible rewards for your efforts, stay away.

Wait for the next patch...or the one after that..or perhaps the one after that. Just like the rest of have been doing.

I will agree that pvp does left a lot to be desired for a multitude of reasons and do offer a lot in terms of how far they could be developed. While the mini games are fun, no one ever really does them as they dont offer much of a reward, and ghosting  is getting out of hand. I am hoping with the 1.6 patch and the addition of pvp towers, that will change. I also am hoping a wide range of pvp options come with the expansion.

people who don't do minis don't do them "not because there is no reward" but because they repeatedly get raped by premades with good setups.

the rewards for minigame pvp is actually much higher than world.

I play on Cimmeria and I always see people running around.  My guild has regular events and raids.  They train their members to work together.  I even get ganked on occasion nowadays, though not as much as Nov2008 to Feb2009.  :-)  In a way, this is a GOOD thing. ;-)

Originally posted by Thorgrimm

I play on Cimmeria and I always see people running around.  My guild has regular events and raids.  They train their members to work together.  I even get ganked on occasion nowadays, though not as much as Nov2008 to Feb2009.  :-)  In a way, this is a GOOD thing. ;-)

Cimmeria is the RP server isnt it ? Does pleople actually do the RP ?

if i start to play i was thinking in the Tyranny, but maybe cimmeria is a good choice too.

Originally posted by kuhronusu

Originally posted by Thorgrimm

I play on Cimmeria and I always see people running around.  My guild has regular events and raids.  They train their members to work together.  I even get ganked on occasion nowadays, though not as much as Nov2008 to Feb2009.  :-)  In a way, this is a GOOD thing. ;-)

Cimmeria is the RP server isnt it ? Does pleople actually do the RP ?

if i start to play i was thinking in the Tyranny, but maybe cimmeria is a good choice too.

Yep it is for PVP. Wicanna is the unofficial RP server for PvE. I play on Wicanna and there are some guilds who are strictly RP. Nice people too.

Originally posted by Blackwell99

Originally posted by kuhronusu

 

 

Sorry but after all my reading, i can't just take it as truth. I don't think the game is the same at launch. As i read, the game got alot of improvements and i read the Expansion Content and changes, i think  Funcom is finally leading the game to success, after all the flaws.... 

But thanks for your opinion anyway =)

 

So let me get this straight...

 

You come in here asking if the game is worth a second chance.

 

Then by the 7th post--of your thread....you made a decision? And then start bragging about how well read you are on the topic of AoC?

Now you are defending AoC? 

 Even though the players who sub to the game are in a TOTAL revolt at this point in time? It'd take you 2 minutes to figure that out on AoC's Official Forums.

C'mon man

I think that kind of transparency would actually offend other Viral Marketers.

 

 

 

Did I miss something while playing my guild on Cimmeria last night ?   ...All the players that sub are in revolt ?   LoL  Blackwell speak for yourself,  oh wait you don't sub to AoC, matter of fact you don't even play MMOs.   

Well speaking as a person that actually plays MMOs ,  AoC has some issues but for me and my Guild it is much more fun to play than the other MMO option around.  See I am not some fanatic fanboi,  I admit the game had serious problems but the only things left are routine issues like class balance,  need for more Raid content, low pop during off hours complaints on some servers and some serious Siege problems that surfaced after the 1.505 patch in October and were patched last week.

All iussues aside,  the game is good :

• It is one of the most graphically detailed MMO available.  The character and environment details are amazing.
• For new players it has one of the best low level (1 -20) areas I have found in any MMO.   Tortage and the low level story line is amaazing.
• The Combat system is deeper than most MMOs,  the combo system and non sticky combat is refreshing after playing the standard MMOs.
• Guilds can build their own cities and soon their will be even more Guild City content.
• Guilds can build and siege Battle Keeps,  siege perfoamce has been a issue but after the recent hotfix things are working fine.

It is a compeltely different game compared to when you played at launch,  you may want to jump on the free trail to brush up on your MMO playing so you can at least try to post with some credibility, instead of haunting the AoC forums like the ghost of Christmas past with your proclaimations of doom and destruction.

Originally posted by kuhronusu

Originally posted by Thorgrimm

I play on Cimmeria and I always see people running around.  My guild has regular events and raids.  They train their members to work together.  I even get ganked on occasion nowadays, though not as much as Nov2008 to Feb2009.  :-)  In a way, this is a GOOD thing. ;-)

Cimmeria is the RP server isnt it ? Does pleople actually do the RP ?

if i start to play i was thinking in the Tyranny, but maybe cimmeria is a good choice too.

Cimmeria is the RP-PvP server.  And yes there are TONs of Guilds that RP.

Check out the server forum for more info.   

http://forums.ageofconan.com/forumdisplay.php?f=55

Originally posted by Xerith

Honestly Im not worried about the life span of AoC, if they werent in a decent financial situation they wouldnt be releasing an expansion. Games that are in mass decline dont have the money or man power to do it

Funcom started the expansion before losing over 90% of the population and 34 million dolars releasing the original AoC MMO.

Unless the other MMO, TSW is great, Funcom will likely go out of business...they will run out of money adveertising for the expansion and TSW.

AoC isn't really worth a first or second chance, maybe the expansion but over the last few month this game has been so bad it had driven players away....so don't buy a sub to find out what it is.  *SPOILER* This game is boring and doesnt have much PvE or PvE stuff and most of that is broken.

Originally posted by finaticd

 

AoC isn't really worth a first or second chance, maybe the expansion but over the last few month this game has been so bad it had driven players away....so don't buy a sub to find out what it is.  *SPOILER* This game is boring and doesnt have much PvE or PvE stuff and most of that is broken.

*DOUBLE SPOILER* The above poster doesn't play the game.

Originally posted by Sevenwind

Originally posted by finaticd

 

AoC isn't really worth a first or second chance, maybe the expansion but over the last few month this game has been so bad it had driven players away....so don't buy a sub to find out what it is.  *SPOILER* This game is boring and doesnt have much PvE or PvE stuff and most of that is broken.

 

*DOUBLE SPOILER* The above poster doesn't play the game.

*TRIPLE SPOILER* Sevenwind is right.

The game is good, don't listen to the damn naysayers. Play and find out for yourself. I did and I'm loving it.

so... i started the trial yestarday.

The game is alot smoother now, very good to see that.... when i first played the game was like a dinosaur trying to live in a Hobbit house , lol

the rest i can't say yet, but the fact that the game are running smooth and my latency is not so bad (arround 180~300 sometimes)  i'm really thinking in resub =P 

Who here plays on cimmeria ?! and who plays on Tyranny ?

Originally posted by kuhronusu

Originally posted by Thorgrimm

I play on Cimmeria and I always see people running around.  My guild has regular events and raids.  They train their members to work together.  I even get ganked on occasion nowadays, though not as much as Nov2008 to Feb2009.  :-)  In a way, this is a GOOD thing. ;-)

Cimmeria is the RP server isnt it ? Does pleople actually do the RP ?

if i start to play i was thinking in the Tyranny, but maybe cimmeria is a good choice too.

Cimmeria is Officially the RP-PVP server which is why I created several of my avatars on that server.  As far as what really happens, I have run into folks roleplaying, but everyone's experiences are different.  I am happy with it and I spend much of my time on Cimmeria compared to the other servers that I frequent.

Originally posted by Iplaytoomuch

You might like AoC but you cannot dispute the fact that most people don't. Or are you saying that 95% of people who tried AoC are "naysayers"?

It's ok to like the game but to imply that anyone who doesn't, is lying, is just dumb. People who like AoC are a very small minority and that is a fact.

For every one person that complains in a Forum, either Official AoC or MMORPG, there are hundreds, if not thousands, who enjoy and play this game frequently.  Like I said before, there are over 600 people in my Guild.  If I could get all of them to post here, we would see a huge turn-around in interest in the game, since Positive commentary would then go through the roof.  Most active players are so involved in their characters and PvP, that they do not have the time to come down here to bicker with Nay-sayers.  I suppose that I am just a glutton for punishment, since I feel that it is more important to share my joy and fun experience with perfect strangers, and make new friends, than reach Level 80 so quickly. I do not YET see AoC at the level of interest as WoW for instance, BUT if more folks tried out the new and improved Age of Conan, I believe that AoC would give WoW a run for its money.  WoW is beautiful, but it stills seems cartoony. AoC has a gritty realism that WoW has toned down to keep younger players.

This is especially true now that folks are buying new PCs with Multi-core and 4GB+ of RAM and Windows 7.  I believe that Windows 7 will bring more folks to AoC, since hardware and operating system are then tuned for better performance.

For example, this is my RIG:

Manufacturer: XFX78I
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6700 @ 2.66GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.7GHz
Memory: OCZ SLI-Ready Dual Channel 8192MB PC6400 DDR2 800MHz Memory (4x2048MB)
Hard Drive: WD SATA 500 GB 7200RPM
Video Card: XFX Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT, 512MB GDDR3, PCIe 2.0, DVI/HDTV/VGA, SLI
Monitor: Acer X213W 21.6" Widescreen LCD Monitor
Sound Card: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Speakers/Headphones: Logitech 5.1
Keyboard: Saitek Eclipse KU-0418
Mouse: Logitech Laser Mouse M-UAS144
Mouse Surface: Protocol Pad
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Ultimate (6.0, Build 6002) Service Pack 2 (6002.vistasp2_gdr.090803-2339)
Motherboard: XFX nForce 780i 3-Way SLI Motherboard
Computer Case: Cooler Master, RC-690-KKN1-GP Black SECC/ABS, Full/Mid-Tower, SLI Ready
 

My systems runs like a champ on Age of Conan, and has run well since Nov 2008.  I know many others had problems, but you can see what a high-powered rig can deliver.  My system is not even best-of-the-best.  I bought nearly all 2nd generation quality off the marked compared to what I could have purchased.  These components are pretty cheap right now, if you want to build an equivalent system.

Originally posted by Iplaytoomuch

Originally posted by Thorgrimm

Most active players are so involved in their characters and PvP, that they do not have the time to come down here to bicker with Nay-sayers.

 Haha, so this is your newest excuse? People are so involved in playing that they don't have time to post? Haha.. yeah right.

Listen.. the more players a game has, the more activity the forum has. This is how it has always been. This idea of forums being silent because everyone is playing is laughable, but a very common excuse by fans.

When AoC launched, these forums (and official ones) were full of people, and there were hundreds of new posts every day. Now it seems like there are a handful of people who keep repeating same crap over and over again.

I really doubt you are in a 600 person guild. And if you are, how many of those are actually playing? Most guilds have only 10-15 players online during peak hours.

You are so full of yourself. You cannot read minds, so you cannot say whether anything I post is untrue.  Likewise, where do you get your so-called facts?  You have NO IDEA why people post or quit a game.

Yes, I am in a guild of 600+.  No, all 600+ are not on at the same time, but many do, and I am not going to speak for them.  They are entitled to their privacy, and, when they decide to come down here, they will share their commentary and their personal opinions.  Most prefer to post on the AoC Forums, since they do not care to converse with people like you who run their mouths with no proof.  Yes, most people are either in school full time or working full time so they have a limited number of hours to play.  Some have families or other extracurricular activities, so they have even less time.  Some like myself actually work two jobs to survive in this economy.  In short, many have a limited amount of hours to play, and would rather play during their available hours than argue with people like you who do not have a clue.  Forums are quiet now for two reasons: people have better things to spend their time on and, two, most have tired of the sheer amount of untrue negativity found in most forums.  Until I decided to poke my nose in here for the latest releases, I avoided forums for several years to avoid the high school level drama found therein.  We have better things to do than listen to whiners, who like to rant and rave like anti-social misfit children who have no real social activity in their lives outside of video games. 

Yes, people vote their frustrations with their wallets.  BUT we are also in a RECESSION.  People do not have a lot of money to waste nowadays, and they want the most for their little available fun money.  People are unhappy enough without dealing with freeloaders who just need a place to vent their own inadequacies.  I have quit several games merely because my money has to be spent on other things, like my family which always comes first, like many other game players out there.  MMORPGs are not the only things suffering in this economy.  Dollars spent are going down all over the world in all industries.  Small businesses are failing.  Large businesses are raising their prices to make-up for their loss of profits.  Gas prices have reached all-time highs and dropped and started to rise again.  Folks are losing their homes in record numbers, and others cannot sell their homes in this poor economy, since banks and creditors are not offering reasonable loans.  People have lost their jobs in record numbers; my company, considered in a SAFE SECTOR, lost half their IT Staff.  Those left are working more hours for less pay, and having to get second jobs to make their ends meet.  So, due to this recession and all the other reasons that increase the complexity of the situation, people are backing off from games who were casual players.  All of my friends have cut their playtime from multiple games to as few as one or two.  This is hurting all developers across the industry.  The developers have the choice of laying off a fraction of their peak number of employees or losing their companies all together.  You can vent and fume all you like, but your contrived notions of why games lose and gain players are completely false.  Yes there are unhappy players voicing their frustrations in this and other forums, but WE ARE BY FAR THE MINORITY.  Most players have better things to do with their time than talk to you. 

We have reached a point of critical mass.  Yes, we all want to get regular and active players back into our games.  We do not need to be scaring new casual players away because someone urinated in your Cheerios months if not years ago, and you have a personal grudge against Funcom for whatever reason.  Your soapbox is ungrounded in fact, based upon many untruths and repeating negative comments from another forum.  In law-enforcement and the court system, this is called HERESAY, and it is not allowed to be evidence in a case.  We decide things based upon facts, not opinions.  What one person has a beef against, 500 others think is just fine.  Instead of focusing on the 5% minorty of bugs and other issues (contrived or legitimate), we need to focus on the 95% positive to draw back players into all quality games, and Age of Conan is one of many quality games out there.  We rely upon other players reporting legitimate issues and drawing them to the attention of developers.  When legitimate problems are clouded over by untruths and lies, developers will pay no attention to us.  So if you perceive that devs are ignoring you, you probably earned their just wrath for whining too much.  Be quiet and allow those of us that they will listen to, to do the job that we are attempting to do, to improve the game for our communities.

Very well said =)

This topic went so wrong lol

Its funny how people lose their time trying to bash the game.... if u dont like it, if u think something is wrong, ok u can show your point, but if in everypost u try to show how awful the game is and how dumb people are for playing it...  U really need help or maybe another game that u like. So you can post in it's forums about how great the game is. It's better than trying to ruin the reputation of the one u dont like...

Changing subject... i have a issue with the conection =/

my ping is changing alot, from 200~300 to 800~1000 , anyone suffering from this ?

Originally posted by Iplaytoomuch

 I really doubt you are in a 600 person guild. And if you are, how many of those are actually playing? Most guilds have only 10-15 players online during peak hours.

AND you are right, I am not in a 600 man guild; I said 600+.

When I checked tonight, we had 773 people in our guild, and it grows more and more each day as folks are drawn to the Cimmeria Server.  Have a nice day...

At the moment we have 23 folks logged on, and 12 of them are Level 80s doing PvP or something similar.

Originally posted by kuhronusu

Very well said =)

 Changing subject... i have a issue with the conection =/

my ping is changing alot, from 200~300 to 800~1000 , anyone suffering from this ?

My FPS varies between 13 and 30  FPS, depending upon zone.  I have all my graphics and audio settings maxed!

At the moment, my LATENCY in Purple Lotus Swamp is 155mS.  I have 512kbps Extended Reach DSL from Embarq.  At best, I typically reach 480kbps or so.

Have you modified your video settings recently?  Start with returning everything to Defaults in your settings.

Are you set to automatic downloads on any of your software products?  2nd Tuesday of the month is Patch Tuesday for all Microsoft products, and that was yesterday.  Is your machine running an automatic anti-virus or anti-spyware scan?

Is anyone else in your house sharing your Internet connection?