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Age of Empires Online (AOEO)

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Age of Empires Online Forum » General Discussion » soo whats going on with this game?

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Dewm Spotlight Poster Joined: 5/29/09 Posts: 1240 Players come for the game, but they stay for the people- Most Devs have forgotten this.	1/08/13 2:04:31 PM#1 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Played during beta, wasn't impressed. thought I would wait to see what has happened... ...after a year, what has happened? Looks like they released a little content.. do people still play this game? how many? is it on its way out? thanks!
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Dr_Negative Apprentice Member Joined: 8/14/07 Posts: 39	1/10/13 4:30:07 PM#2 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Pretty much in a nut-shell since you last played in beta: They switched to a true free to play model where you could earn all content for free (Empire Points), this greatly increased the then dwindeling playerbase. Also launched on Steam. Added 4 more civs to play for a total of 6. Added 4 booster packs which are a skirmish mode, survival mode, and lots of additional quest content. Enabled Arena PvP gearless mode (Champion mode) for free civ users. Created lots of Vanity content through a free service called "Vanity Island"...Empire Points sink basically. Added PvE endgame focus on what is called "Alliance Wars", this also gives players to ability to earn lots of Empire Points, which is used to purchase civs and stuff in lieu of cash. Heavily promoted the PvP aspect via http://www.twitch.tv/ageofempires which now has over 2 million views and does really well. Microsoft announced that the game had ended development phase and entered support phase and now considers the game complete similar to a standalone AoE game. There are many other minor polishes they did but the above list is the most notable imo. Don't play anymore, played in beta myself and I killed time with it while wating on Rift Storm Legion, but had a lot of fun while I did.