Yep!

We know there will be NPC you can pay for love. They have already said it was a dark and gritty world.

Just as it is in Hyboria...and in the real world.

NakedChick095865:  Will have secks for 5 gold. Get yur buffs here.

Kool if this doesn't make mommy and daddy boot there kids of the game I don't know  what will.

LOL!

Goodbye WoW kiddies!

Imagine dudes running around with their ding dongs out screaming "SOMEONE BUFF ME"

Originally posted by ImixZinz

Imagine dudes running around with their ding dongs out screaming "SOMEONE BUFF ME"

LOL, or imagine girls running around with their boobs out screaming "SOMEONE BUFF AND WAX ME"

lol, i think you mean hello WoW kiddies and all those other horny 12 yr olds that had no reason to play mmos before now.  Trust me, the more mature a game is, the less mature the fan base...ok, not always, but a lot of times in my experience.

Originally posted by ImixZinz

Imagine dudes running around with their ding dongs out screaming "SOMEONE BUFF ME"

Nothing explicit like that

Nor names with numbers ;P

Conan and Sex has been in the lore for the last 75 yrs.

Originally posted by Leoj

lol, i think you mean hello WoW kiddies and all those other horny 12 yr olds that had no reason to play mmos before now.  Trust me, the more mature a game is, the less mature the fan base...ok, not always, but a lot of times in my experience.

Not on RP servers :) 12 yr old would find say the warhammer lore more appealing in my opinion, from the fan base you see through the games workshop windows.

Originally posted by Rabidwardog

Kool if this doesn't make mommy and daddy boot there kids of the game I don't know  what will.

Lol, watch there be still thousands of kids playing it

Kiddies will for sure find this game, it not like anyone under 15 has never seen a "R" rated movie for cryin out loud.

Originally posted by Rabidwardog

Kool if this doesn't make mommy and daddy boot there kids of the game I don't know  what will.

You mean the same way that they don't let their kids play GTA, Ghost Recon, Rainbow Six, or God of War? </sarcasm>

Well one thing is for sure, we wont be needing internet porn anymore. 

Originally posted by Ammon777

LOL!

 

Goodbye WoW kiddies!

Because an M rating keeps children from buying the game, right? Children never buy games like Grand Theft Auto and Manhunt, right?

Originally posted by Gameloading

Originally posted by Ammon777

LOL!

 

Goodbye WoW kiddies!

Because an M rating keeps children from buying the game, right? Children never buy games like Grand Theft Auto and Manhunt, right?

of course not! we illegally download them

This topic brings me to a question that i have been meaning to ask.

A friend of mine listens to podcasts all the time, and he said that he was listening to one with the Dev of Conan (forget the name), the Dev said that character models will not have nipples because to add nipples the game becomes "adult only".

Now someone tell me this is a joke. I am not jumping up and down to play Conan because i might see a cartoon girl topless (i have cable) but to advertise that you will have topless women characters in the game and then not have nipples is just silly. If that is the case they would be better off dressing these characters in sexy clothing instead.

Originally posted by safwd

This topic brings me to a question that i have been meaning to ask.

A friend of mine listens to podcasts all the time, and he said that he was listening to one with the Dev of Conan (forget the name), the Dev said that character models will not have nipples because to add nipples the game becomes "adult only".

Now someone tell me this is a joke. I am not jumping up and down to play Conan because i might see a cartoon girl topless (i have cable) but to advertise that you will have topless women characters in the game and then not have nipples is just silly. If that is the case they would be better off dressing these characters in sexy clothing instead.

I believe the German version has to modified.

thanks for the quick reply.

Sadly that video was so choppy (at least it was for me) that i could not tell if the girl had them or didnt have them.

I wish I got a buff from sex..in RL usually I get a headache....and hunger.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_controversy

• Duke Nukem 3D The 1996 PC first-person shooter game, which features many topless women throughout the game, posters of nude women, strippers and prostitutes, and even a pornographic book store/movie house. The main character (Duke, whom you control) even offers prostitutes and strippers money and asks them to "shake it baby". In the case of the strippers, they will open their top and expose their breasts.
• God of War featured several scenes of big-chested topless women, including a particular scene where the character could have off screen sex with two half naked women in order to gain red orbs.
• Custer's Revenge was a game for the Atari 2600, released by Mystique under the brand "Swedish Erotica" that featured a naked General Custer advancing across the screen, dodging arrows, until he could reach a topless Native American woman who was apparently tied to a pole, and then rape her. The game was controversial for its racism as well as its sexuality, and, while television news coverage on the subject featured game animation, parts of the screen were concealed with black rectangles in order to avoid showing nudity.
• Sierra's Leisure Suit Larry computer games were popular tongue-in-cheek adventure games for adults in which the protagonist constantly attempted, usually without success, to convince women to have sex with him. The games did not excite much controversy despite showing partial nudity with increasing graphical quality over the years.
• Eidos's Tomb Raider series were action-adventure games which featured a female protagonist named Lara Croft with extremely large breasts. The series did not explore sexual themes at all, but Lara was featured in video game magazines as a sex symbol, and it is generally believed that the success of the series over the years was partly due to the prominence of her appearance in the game's advertising and packaging (the game's appeal also inspired two movies based on it).
• In June 2005, an entire portion of unused code for an interactive sex mini-game was found within the main script of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The game could be accessed in the PC version via a modification, and through Action Replay codes in the PS2 and Xbox versions. The fact that the scene was left on the disc and could be accessed by altering a few bytes of the game's code via a hex editor prompted the ESRB to change the rating of San Andreas to "Adults Only" on July 20, 2005. The game was pulled from many stores; Rockstar Games posted a loss of $280.8 million that quarter. (see hot coffee mod)
• The US version of the game Fahrenheit (re-named as Indigo Prophecy for American audiences), published in September 2005; had scenes depicting sex and other "adult content" removed in order for it to be classified as a "Mature" title, as opposed to an "Adult Only" rating. This was probably done in light of "hot coffee" scandal (above).
• The US version of Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion was re-rated from "Teen" to "Mature" after it was discovered that a topless skin on female characters could be revealed through a Mod.
• The Sopranos: Road to Respect-Towards the beginning of the game, the player enters the Bada Bang, the strip club owned by Tony and the gang. During many of the scenes, women are seen topless. There is also an option that if the player walks up to the stripper area, he can watch the show. Also, the player allows a stripper to do a lap dance for him.

Oh noes there are breasts, nipples and sex in AoC!

Originally posted by jdong

I wish I got a buff from sex..in RL usually I get a headache....and hunger.

Hehe, my thoughts exactly, I get "de-buff" which is usually exhaustion...
And maybe a morale boost

Originally posted by Ammon777

LOL!

 

Goodbye WoW kiddies!

Was that a prejudice comment towards young people who play MMOs in general or just to the spamming 10 year old idiots who play WoW? I'm 13 and look forward to playing AoC or WAR (I like orcish roleplaying so I'll most likely be playing WAR).

Originally posted by glord

Originally posted by Ammon777

LOL!

 

Goodbye WoW kiddies!

Was that a prejudice comment towards young people who play MMOs in general or just to the spamming 10 year old idiots who play WoW? I'm 13 and look forward to playing AoC or WAR (I like orcish roleplaying so I'll most likely be playing WAR).

AoC is rated M, meaning you are too young to play it.

lol. Sex buffs. Gotta love that. What if you have sex for like 10 hours? Does the buff last longer? lol

Originally posted by glord

Originally posted by Ammon777

LOL!

 

Goodbye WoW kiddies!

Was that a prejudice comment towards young people who play MMOs in general or just to the spamming 10 year old idiots who play WoW? I'm 13 and look forward to playing AoC or WAR (I like orcish roleplaying so I'll most likely be playing WAR).

 Of course his wishful thinking that somehow kids wont be playing AOC .... is just that, wishful thinking.

Originally posted by sullivanj69

Originally posted by glord

Originally posted by Ammon777

LOL!

 

Goodbye WoW kiddies!

Was that a prejudice comment towards young people who play MMOs in general or just to the spamming 10 year old idiots who play WoW? I'm 13 and look forward to playing AoC or WAR (I like orcish roleplaying so I'll most likely be playing WAR).

AoC is rated M, meaning you are too young to play it.

Yeah..... Like has been said before, there is no rating in the world that will keep teens from any game. There are a whole lot of M rated PS2/XBox games out there that herds of teens play. Conan will be no different.

My only concern is for the poor girls in game that must face the wraith of an end game guild getting that last buff in before the start of a raid. 24 men, 1 tavern?

Besides, it isnt like the Devs actually dont want teens to play.

You dont advertise your game as having blood splatter, head removal, naked girls and sex and not expect lots of teen age boys to play it. The best way to get the teen interested in playing your game is to tell them that they cant.

Its going to pay to be guild leader, you wont have to wait in that line.

Originally posted by sullivanj69

Originally posted by glord

Originally posted by Ammon777

LOL!

 

Goodbye WoW kiddies!

Was that a prejudice comment towards young people who play MMOs in general or just to the spamming 10 year old idiots who play WoW? I'm 13 and look forward to playing AoC or WAR (I like orcish roleplaying so I'll most likely be playing WAR).

AoC is rated M, meaning you are too young to play it.

Originally posted by Stradden

Fresh off the presses at the Games Convention in Leipzig, MMORPG.com has learned from a reliable source at Funcom that characters will be able to have sex and will receive a buff for the action. That is not to say, however, that there will be explicit sex in the game.

Anyone who has followed Robert E. Howard's creation knows that sex has been a prevalent theme in the Conan IP, which Funcom is doing their best to honor.

Age of Conan, as has previously been announced, will carry an "M" rating.

MMORPG.com will continue to follow this story as more specific information becomes available.

Outstanding! This will be a different twist to the MMO's that are currently out there at the moment. 

Originally posted by butters88

lol. Sex buffs. Gotta love that. What if you have sex for like 10 hours? Does the buff last longer? lol

  Diminishing returns. LOL

Originally posted by glord

Originally posted by Ammon777

LOL!

 

Goodbye WoW kiddies!

Was that a prejudice comment towards young people who play MMOs in general or just to the spamming 10 year old idiots who play WoW? I'm 13 and look forward to playing AoC or WAR (I like orcish roleplaying so I'll most likely be playing WAR).

If I wrote it, it would be "a prejudice comment towards young people who play MMOs in general "

this is ridiculous......whats next? Swimsuit Larry Online?????

Originally posted by Tenebroso

this is ridiculous......whats next? Swimsuit Larry Online?????

It is in the lore. We have only received a tidbit of information so we don't know the whole story. You are likely jumping to conclusions or just an AoC basher or forum troll. The fact of the matter is we will likely not see anything or hear anything happen. Otherwise, I do not think they would be getting an M rating, but an Adult Only instead. With this being said how mature are we acting right now making such a big fuss over this?

Age of Conan : Where even your character loses its virginity before you.

Talk about adding insult to injury XD

"RAID STARTS IN 30 MINUTES! IS THERE ANYBODY WHO HASNT HAD SOME YET??"

I have been permanently damaged by the uber buffs during the SWG pre-CU days. Whenever I hear the word "buff", I think of 20 people standing in line waiting to be buffed by the doc sitting up front. After reading this, I now have this image of two lines in a tavern, one for men and one for women, just standing there waiting to get their sex buff from some person up front, who has already served a couple hundred customers that day. Somehow the words "sexually transmitted disease" come to mind

Meh...

To be honest, it seems kinda lame, doesn't really add anything to the game, and will only encourage the immature players (note - I didn't say kids) to do immature acts under the excuse of "but I just wanted a buff".

Originally posted by ImixZinz

Age of Conan : Where even your character loses its virginity before you.

 

Talk about adding insult to injury XD

"War is the business of barbarians"  - Napoleon Bonaparte

You would have to consult your Tome of Knowledge to know what to so?

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Originally posted by safwd
This topic brings me to a question that i have been meaning to ask.
A friend of mine listens to podcasts all the time, and he said that he was listening to one with the Dev of Conan (forget the name), the Dev said that character models will not have nipples because to add nipples the game becomes "adult only".
Now someone tell me this is a joke. I am not jumping up and down to play Conan because i might see a cartoon girl topless (i have cable) but to advertise that you will have topless women characters in the game and then not have nipples is just silly. If that is the case they would be better off dressing these characters in sexy clothing instead.

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Ryzom characters can't be entirely naked, but the males can be topless and have nipples (does that count?), and the Zoraï medium-armor vest shows a little bit of nipple on females (IIRC).

I don't think nipples on males count.

This 'feature' is a very risky move either way disipte the age issue if not done 'correctly' there may be a lot of complaints (think Sims 1/2 'issues') I mean it's one think to have a singleplayer character from a story at it (eg GoW) however when the character in question is 'you' and with massive amout of players involed it's a very fine line between succusful and a complete disaster..

Most classes will have the ability to "self buff".

It will take several attempts to buff females with a chance to fail completely.

Only the most battle "worn" will be able to 'Group buff.

HIV is spreading into the mmo-s to now??

AIDS is everywhere!!!

maby the should make condoms to

So there's going to be a little nudity and some off-screen prostitution..big deal, really. Warfare and genocide is rampant throughout gaming, yet nobody bats an eye lid.

..so uhm..anyone have like, uhm, previews of the animations? *nudge nudge, wink wink, say no more!*

You guys are funny!

You can hack off every part of enemys body, mutilate the corpse as you please and murder the weak, yet little non-graphic sex and it's an OUTRAGE!!!

Kids will plays this game, those that live in Cali can atleast.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20159547/

Judge blocks California's violent game law

2005 regulation banning sales to minors ruled unconstitutional

Fortunately the world is not just America...

Originally posted by Kremlik

This 'feature' is a very risky move either way disipte the age issue if not done 'correctly' there may be a lot of complaints (think Sims 1/2 'issues') I mean it's one think to have a singleplayer character from a story at it (eg GoW) however when the character in question is 'you' and with massive amout of players involed it's a very fine line between succusful and a complete disaster..

I do forsee some issues this might bring up. Will two male characters be able to have sex? Two females? Group sex? Rape? Guys playing female characters and vice versa? This list goes on and on.

I opens up a huge can of worms. Sex is a touchy subject to a lot of people and what is perfectly okay to one person is completely taboo to the next person. Some people will just do it for the buff and not even consider that he or she technically just had sex in the game. while other people will take it a lot more personal. What happens when the two groups collide?

All that for a mere buff.

I congratulate Funcom for having the balls (no pun intended) to go ahead and do a little bit of pioneering on such a controversial subject, but I fear that in the end, it'll cause more trouble than it's worth and add nothing to the enjoyment of the game.

Originally posted by Stradden

Fresh off the presses at the Games Convention in Leipzig, MMORPG.com has learned from a reliable source at Funcom that characters will be able to have sex and will receive a buff for the action. That is not to say, however, that there will be explicit sex in the game.

Anyone who has followed Robert E. Howard's creation knows that sex has been a prevalent theme in the Conan IP, which Funcom is doing their best to honor.

Age of Conan, as has previously been announced, will carry an "M" rating.

MMORPG.com will continue to follow this story as more specific information becomes available.

This will for sure boot the annoying kids from this game.

I'm so pleased. *tears running from the eyes*

Oh, and I like sex too. 

Originally posted by daarco

Yep!

We know there will be NPC you can pay for love. They have already said it was a dark and gritty world.

Just as it is in Hyboria...and in the real world.

Just as it is in the real world? So you'll get an AIDS debuff if you get unlucky and pick the wrong prostitute?

I'll have to say "no thanks" to this cheap sales idea.

Sure the IP uses sex and all that,
but actual buffing? Doesn't that equate to forced sex?
And isn't that illegal?

Originally posted by Sramota

I'll have to say "no thanks" to this cheap sales idea.

Sure the IP uses sex and all that,
but actual buffing? Doesn't that equate to forced sex?
And isn't that illegal?

It's plain moronic.

Originally posted by Amalaric

 

Oh, and I like sex too. 

So... can I like... get a buff? I'll pay 10 silver

If someone underaged acts completely normal you'll never even notice. Same as with men playing chicks (and vice versa).

How mature you are depends on the person. Some people never grow up.

And back on topic.. I wonder if you can..err.. buff yourself?

And by the way, I'm glad to see the way society has been developing. 200 years ago women weren't suppoused to show any skin at all, including their feet. I hope that the sinfull attitude we have here in Scandinavia will rub on to other countries.

I mean.. some places you can't even go without a shirt. As a man!

Meh.. I couldn't care less.

Originally posted by Panin

And back on topic.. I wonder if you can..err.. buff yourself?

 

LMFAO!

Hey guys,

I just wanted to try to step in and clarify some things.

First of all, all we know is that sex will be a part of this game. We also know that it won't be explicit. There's a lot of speculation going on here, which is fine, but people seem to be taking it as fact, which it isn't.

People seem to think that because there is going to be sex in the game that characters are going to be able to have sex with each other. That wasn't the news item.

Some people have come to the conclusion that they will be portraying characters forcing others to have sex. That wasn't the news item.

What we do know is that characters will be able to have sex with someone. My best, albeit uninformed, guess and I stress the word guess, is that it's going to be NPC related. We also know that characters will receive a buff for the act. This fits well with the Conan lore. I've so often seen people complain that an MMO had an IP that they didn't follow. This is an example of staying true to an IP. From what I can tell, that's a positive thing.

Games with "M" ratings and any other media intended for us grown-up people tend to have sexual content, or at least implied sex. Look at a game like Sims 2. They don't even have an M rating and non-explicit sex is a major point of the game. It leads to the procreation feature that really makes the game unique.  We're not talking about hardcore pornographic scenes here. We're talking about characters engaging in the act of sex.

Just thought I'd clarify.

 Well pretty much sex ingame will ruin AoC community.First of all I find all of the supposedly mature people that think that a rate on a game M rated,Y rated etc will stop people that arent allowed to play from playing,im not surprised that most people dont think logical anymore ... but anyway having sex ingame will attract way way WAY too many kids to the game,the thing is that parents dont usualy look at what they are buying for their kids or watch what they play... soo kids can just tell their parents to buy it and deal done,they got it,kiddie jacks off to mmog porn.Secondly kids can buy the game without their parents even being aware (I assume there will be game time cards etc).Soo yeah bye bye any mature player base AoC might have had.

Well, I think this is more of a stunt to get more people in the game than a "lore" thing. I have read every Robert E. Howard story, and of course there is sex, but Conan certainly didn't get "stronger" after sex lol.

Why do you think professional athletes and (for example) soccer stars get quarantined before important events? They get banned from booze and sex, so they should NOT be EXHAUSTED before the start of the match.

Is there really a coach out there who tells his pupils - "go get your girls, we have an hour before the game starts"? Lol.

All in all - it is VERY SILLY to get a buff from sex. I would maybe expect this from a GTA kind of a game, but not in AoC.

More in-line it should be - you get drunk in a tavern, and instead of you get in a drunken brawl, you pick up a girl/guy, you get some action and you pass out.

Originally posted by mcharj11

 

Originally posted by Panin

And by the way, I'm glad to see the way society has been developing. 200 years ago women weren't suppoused to show any skin at all, including their feet. I hope that the sinfull attitude we have here in Scandinavia will rub on to other countries.

I mean.. some places you can't even go without a shirt. As a man!

Not show any skin 200 years ago.

 

Yeah maybe in an islamic country, but going back through history didn't western women wear coursets that pushed their cleavages right up for a nice view. My point is western women have never throughout history been completely discrimated against for showing skin unlike in islamic countries where they can be beaten to within an inch of their lives for showing an ankle.

Wrong. In victorian England, women were suppoused to sit in their rooms, knitting or sewing. Or some other boring thing, untill they got married. Then they had a whole house to sew in.

In Islam they can at least go outside. But I agree that the religion is far too conservative about women. It just creates more animal sex, wich is punishable by death in some countries. Or you have to marry the animal.

Ok can the moderator please delete these long quoted comments about religion and whatnot? KEEP ON THE SUBJECT PEOPLE!

This seems more pathetic then cool.

Argh... i just watched the latest clip and was getting a little bit excited about AoC, and this seems like a bit of an anti-climax .

Like someone already implied in their response, it just seems to me that the more obviously "mature" content included the more immature the crowd. People who lack maturity are going to flock to the game simply to "have sex", hear some swearing and see some blood.

They could have included explicit seedy references which would have been classed as mature in a mature manner...

It just seems they've destroyed the whole intention of cutting out the kids... and yes, it is an unfair stereotype. I'd much rather cut out the self-righteous over 18's than the immature under 18's.

LoL im betting all the Teenage fanbois are drooling right now 

[imagines amazing avery doing it and saying " its not real sex its jsut a feature". "Johnny", says his MoM, "what are you doing in there?".  "Just playing a game mom".

What a stupid feature its liek they are so despirate for subs they wil add anything.

I am not being a healer in this game....

Patient:  But I am sore.

Healer:  I care not, you can administer the salve yourself.

If they are going to add buffs for sex, they should add debuffs too. I would think if they added risks along with the rewards, I would be able to stomach this better. Just add a few STDs, make one permadeath, and it'll be more realistic.

A buff? are they serious, the only buff that you would likely get from sex is a STD, which is actually a debuff, I could see that happening.

"You caught an STD, now it burns when you pee, -20 Agi."

Well I guess they had to try and make a feature that is inheriently pointless have a point.  If they wanted to give buffs for something, why not give ones for eating a hardy meal, bathing or getting a good nights rest, you know things that actually have a point in maintaining and improving health.

Originally posted by whitedelight

My only concern is for the poor girls in game that must face the wraith of an end game guild getting that last buff in before the start of a raid. 24 men, 1 tavern?

Your kidding, half the women characters I know are played by guys, can't wait to start harrassing a couple of my guildees for "Favours" when AoC goes live 

Too bad it doesn't give a buff IRL ;)

Originally posted by qbangy32

Originally posted by whitedelight

My only concern is for the poor girls in game that must face the wraith of an end game guild getting that last buff in before the start of a raid. 24 men, 1 tavern?

Your kidding, half the women characters I know are played by guys, can't wait to start harrassing a couple of my guildees for "Favours" when AoC goes live 

 To the rest in the thread go back to the "Oh its gonna be so cool I can ripe out the bakers heart while its still beating, and then trample all over his kids with my warhourse, but Oh Noooooes I hope they don't make me see a Boobie!" Threads 

  Phear me for I have killed many a pixel!   

Surely there are parents that will let there kids play it despite the M rating, I say this because at the age of 12 my dad would wake me up by blowing bong hits in my face, and if parents of children get into a hizzy because there kids r playing this  THEN KEEP AN EYE ON YER DAMNED KIDS AND QUITE LETTING THE PUTER BE THE BABYSITTER.

On topic it will be nice to know more details of this so called sex buff mentioned in the OP's post.

I wonder if you can get different titles for the amount of illegitimate kids you have :)

"Super Grandpa"

I wonder what all the MMODads think about this

 I find it funny that all the "mature" people have such a problem with what devs choose to add to a mature mmo. Nudity, drugs, and violance are part of everyday life. The real question is the game going to be worth playing is the nudity there to cover up something? Maybe, maybe not we will have to wait and see. On the issue of underage people being in the game of course there will be some. As many as in wow of course not. Compare it to the movies do you see kids in rated R movies yes. Ok now are there more kids in the pg-pg13 movie or the R movie. Censor ship does work somewhat not every parent is a piece of crap and most of us monitor what our kid does or watches.

My questions are:

Since we know buff whores will exist, will you get STDs from unprotected sex / "buffing"?  Will the chance of getting STDs be a random roll on each instance or have a modifier based on number of partners?  Since STDs in the appropriate timeframe have no cure, will you receive a permanent debuff if you get one?

Lastly, this is one of many reasons I won't get AoC.  The last thing I want to do in a game is simulate sex, in all honesty, regardless of whether it is "lore" or not, I find it pretty pathetic.

To be honest, it seems kinda lame, doesn't really add anything to the game, and will only encourage the immature players

it's probably just a very short term buff to Charisma or some non-combat stat or skill anyway. 

It is not the "showing boobs" or what not that keep kiddies off your game: It is game mecanics who requires some thought (Like a player run economy) instead of the spoon feeding crap you have in WoW that will keep them out.

Originally posted by daeandor

Lastly, this is one of many reasons I won't get AoC.  The last thing I want to do in a game is simulate sex, in all honesty, regardless of whether it is "lore" or not, I find it pretty pathetic.

Yet simulating all the =other= virtual interactions you can have with virtual people in every other way =except= sex is ok and non-pathetic?

- Simulate murder... fine,

- Simulate thieving... fine,

- Simulate drinking and drug use... fine,

- Simulate dancing, chatting, waving, bowing... fine,

- Simulate sex... OH HELL NOZ!  SEX IS A SIN!

Interesting - 2007 and the cultural hangup with sex lingers on.

I can see it now, raid bosses will drop prescriptions for Viagra, now that's worth my DKPs!

Pick up lines will be: "Hey baby I just killed 10 sheeps, can you turn them into condoms for me, I'll buff you real good"

Seriously though, this is a potential reason to stay away from this game for me, although we have not recieved enough details to say for sure at this point. I see this feature drawing in the last kind of crowd I'd like to interact with.

On a side note, this is one of the funniest threads I've read in a while.

I can see a hint of realism behind the buff.  If I have sex in the morning I seem to have a brighter and more positive outlook on the day.

Too many people are making too many extreme assumptions in one direction. So let's look at this assumption: in the end this will probably be such a miniscule part of the game you wont even care much.

Any bets that I'm wrong? 

I wonder how, or rather if, this will affect its current rating of "M"? Breasts and gore are one thing, but knowingly putting in a system of actively condoning sex to receive "rewards" in game might be crossing the line and makig the ESRB folks go the route of AO. Remember it only took one hidden mod to turn GTA:SA in to AO. Manhunt 2 had a similar fate until it changed the game enough for the ESRB folks to rate it "M".

Now, granted an AO rating will definitely help keep alot of the younger crowd out of the game. But it will also have a negative impact by removing it from ALOT of store shelves (in the US at least).

You should get a buff to a certain attribute from different orifices.  

Originally posted by BaronJuJu

Now, granted an AO rating will definitely help keep alot of the younger crowd out of the game. But it will also have a negative impact by removing it from ALOT of store shelves (in the US at least).

If there was a reliable way to police the purchase age they could make it download only.

Originally posted by chriswsm

Originally posted by BaronJuJu

Now, granted an AO rating will definitely help keep alot of the younger crowd out of the game. But it will also have a negative impact by removing it from ALOT of store shelves (in the US at least).

If there was a reliable way to police the purchase age they could make it download only.

Originally posted by Flummoxed

 

Originally posted by daeandor

Lastly, this is one of many reasons I won't get AoC.  The last thing I want to do in a game is simulate sex, in all honesty, regardless of whether it is "lore" or not, I find it pretty pathetic.

Yet simulating all the =other= virtual interactions you can have with virtual people in every other way =except= sex is ok and non-pathetic?

 

- Simulate murder... fine,

- Simulate thieving... fine,

- Simulate drinking and drug use... fine,

- Simulate dancing, chatting, waving, bowing... fine,

- Simulate sex... OH HELL NOZ!  SEX IS A SIN!

Interesting - 2007 and the cultural hangup with sex lingers on.

As a side note, murder, thieving, and drug use are all illegal in the US, so the only means to "do" those things are through simulated means.  Sex, on the other hand, is legal among consenting adults and does not really have a need for simulation in an mmorpg.  I guess I am obligated on a thread like this to say something along the lines of, "why simulate sex when you could get a life and get a girlfriend instead." 

Oh, and I never said I opposed it because "it was a sin."

Lame, but I'm glad... help keep horny teens out of Warhammer.

Originally posted by newbinator

Lame, but I'm glad... help keep horny teens out of Warhammer.

You are horribly mistaken or extremely misinformed if you think this is going to stop somebody from playing WAR. Judging by your comments though , I would be willing to wager you yourself are a horny teenager.

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Originally posted by whitedelight
Judging by your comments though , I would be willing to wager you yourself are a horny teenager.

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Oh, BUURRRRN.

That was a burn right there!

Meh its been done before in Grand Theft Auto.  It didn't add a whole lot to the game, but it didn't ruin it either.  I suspect it will be much the same story in AoC.

I didn't read any of the posts prior to mine, just felt like commenting.

I wonder if you can catch STDs as status effects... Will there be cigarettes afterwards?

This all sounds like a load of BS to me.

Originally posted by Stradden

Fresh off the presses at the Games Convention in Leipzig, MMORPG.com has learned from a reliable source at Funcom that characters will be able to have sex and will receive a buff for the action. That is not to say, however, that there will be explicit sex in the game.

Anyone who has followed Robert E. Howard's creation knows that sex has been a prevalent theme in the Conan IP, which Funcom is doing their best to honor.

Age of Conan, as has previously been announced, will carry an "M" rating.

MMORPG.com will continue to follow this story as more specific information becomes available.

It could just be a charisma buff, as your day would be a little better after you did the deed.

Originally posted by jor8888

 

Originally posted by Stradden

Fresh off the presses at the Games Convention in Leipzig, MMORPG.com has learned from a reliable source at Funcom that characters will be able to have sex and will receive a buff for the action. That is not to say, however, that there will be explicit sex in the game.

Anyone who has followed Robert E. Howard's creation knows that sex has been a prevalent theme in the Conan IP, which Funcom is doing their best to honor.

Age of Conan, as has previously been announced, will carry an "M" rating.

MMORPG.com will continue to follow this story as more specific information becomes available.

This is all wrong b/c in real world after u have sex u feel tired and exhausted, certainly dont feel like buffed.

 

 

I could be wrong but thats what it sounds like...

So where is the video already. Hmmm <If you are not 18 Click Here>

Originally posted by whitedelight

Originally posted by newbinator

Lame, but I'm glad... help keep horny teens out of Warhammer.

You are horribly mistaken or extremely misinformed if you think this is going to stop somebody from playing WAR. Judging by your comments though , I would be willing to wager you yourself are a horny teenager.

Even when I was a horny teenager I wouldn't have wanted sex in my video games.

Originally posted by newbinator

 

Originally posted by whitedelight

Originally posted by newbinator

Lame, but I'm glad... help keep horny teens out of Warhammer.

You are horribly mistaken or extremely misinformed if you think this is going to stop somebody from playing WAR. Judging by your comments though , I would be willing to wager you yourself are a horny teenager.

 

Even when I was a horny teenager I wouldn't have wanted sex in my video games.

Then I will assume you are just horribly misinformed if you think horny teenagers will not play WAR. You will find them in every single mmorpg you decide to play. You should know this.

Originally posted by whitedelight

Originally posted by newbinator

 

Originally posted by whitedelight

Originally posted by newbinator

Lame, but I'm glad... help keep horny teens out of Warhammer.

You are horribly mistaken or extremely misinformed if you think this is going to stop somebody from playing WAR. Judging by your comments though , I would be willing to wager you yourself are a horny teenager.

 

Even when I was a horny teenager I wouldn't have wanted sex in my video games.

Then I will assume you are just horribly misinformed if you think horny teenagers will not play WAR. You will find them in every single mmorpg you decide to play. You should know this.

At the same time as you will find them, rarely do you see a game encouraging them.

I agree with you completely that they're in every game, (and they're mostly between the ages of 18-24) but I personally don't like sex in games to encourage these horny teenagers. (But that's my own personal opinion.)

I mean it's just an idea taken from GTA and put into an MMO. 

To me judging from the lack of death and decay in the game, and from hearing this, I'm thinking that sex is going to be the reason for the mature label instead of death and gore.  I really wish it would go the other way.

By lack of death and decay I mean that it would have been better for them to have rotting battlefields, bodies with visible intestines and rot on them on the ground, and the killing of women and children to make it Conan and make it Mature.

I disagree with putting sex and nudity in a game to make it Mature.  Put as much gore as you can realistically pack in.  Have places where monsters use body parts for wallpaper, but sex as a buff?  they could have been a little more original.

EDIT: As a disclaimer, i dont think that sex and nudity shouldn't be in the game because it's worse than gore by no means.  I just think it's a cheap trick as opposed to an artistic style that governs the world. (which is what death and decay would have been)

EDIT: As an aside and a thought about this.  I'm sure everyone's seen the complaints about naked night elves dancing naked on mailboxes for money and how immature that is. 

Think of how bad it's going to be if they allow nude female avatars.  And they're catch line will be "why have sex with an NPC when you can have sex with me.  I'll even charge the same amount of money."

So is the buff only for npc sex or can pc's get it on?  Hell, that would almost make raiding fun.

Having sex and lots of violence in a game isn't going to 'block kiddies' from playing, it's going to encourage them.  I find it incredible that everyone is jumping to conclusions that conflct with reality and human nature.

Besides it's not really the age of players than matters so much, it's the maturity.  Can people in a psuedo-anonymous PvP world really be trusted to handle sexual themes in a mature fashion?

Of course they can't, I'll take my "WoW kiddies" moniker over pervy adolescence any day of the week thank you very much.

Originally posted by Recant

Having sex and lots of violence in a game isn't going to 'block kiddies' from playing, it's going to encourage them.  I find it incredible that everyone is jumping to conclusions that conflct with reality and human nature.

Besides it's not really the age of players than matters so much, it's the maturity.  Can people in a psuedo-anonymous PvP world really be trusted to handle sexual themes in a mature fashion?

Of course they can't, I'll take my "WoW kiddies" moniker over pervy adolescence any day of the week thank you very much.

 

I have to agree with recant on this one, ever played 2 Moons? its another one of those "mature" games and it has possibly the WORST community of all time.and yes even worse than a WoW PVP server.blood,gore,nudity ect.. all those seem to do is attract more kids than an ice cream truck. and some one else has stated its the kids wanting to do the things they really aren't suppose to thats what makes it so fun.I drank and partied my ass off in my teens once i turned 21 and was leagal to drink, it just was never as fun as it was way back then, hell i'm 30 now and haven't had a single beer in like 4 years its just no fun anymore.

Originally posted by wizyy

All in all - it is VERY SILLY to get a buff from sex. I would maybe expect this from a GTA kind of a game, but not in AoC.

But you get a buff from sex in real life so why not in a computer game? 

The sad thing about mmo's is that most of the "women" avatars in game are actually men who like playing women, usually for aesthetics. Yea, I know a very small handful of women who actually play PC games and a much smaller amount (I can count them on one hand) who would even think of playing mmo's.

So I hope they at least keep the probably off-screen sex between pc's and npc's only, as I'm sure you'll eventually run into the scenario of two RL guys playing women who think they're having sex with real women.

Also, The Sims 2 has tons and tons of sex (Where do you think babies come from ) and only has a Teen rating. It's very artfully done. So I think if the guys at Maxis can get away with that, AoC has much more leniency with an M rating. My only hope is that it serves some purpose (A buff seems like an excuse to put it in game more than a need) other than a form of virtual masturbation for eager players. Otherwise it seems like a useless and unnecessary addition to a game (already pushing it atm).

Players will not have sex with other players. They said Mature rating is as far as they would take it and that would garner them an Adult Only rating. It will likely be an NPC scene and then a fade to black screen, and then you come back and have a short duration buff.

3 months after launch this games going to need alot of viagra.

I can see it already: I bet this games going to do The same as:

StarWars Galaxy.

Buffs from sex common. This is Supposed to get me exited

This games lost all my respect

Oh god I can see it now. Hordes of immature idiots making sex jokes non stop. You can already see a good bit of it in this thread. Sorry but that kind of crap stopped being funny in middle school. This really puts a black mark on AoC for me.  Sure it is in lore but some things don't work in mainstream mmo's and sex is one of those things. Are they gonna add a bathroom buff next?

As fore a mature rating stopping kids? Mom I want to buy a game off the internet can I borrow your credit card? Heck most kids these days probably have debit cards. They could also get a friend to buy it or pay a kid they know for it. Same way kids get m-80s and such when they are ILLEGAL in their state and you need to be 18 to buy them out of state. Make no mistake that any kid who wants this game will have it.

Uh whats so immature about sex and jokes about sex?   If a game like AoC did not have sex in it i would lose respect for it.  Obviously most of you have no experience reading Robert E. Howard.  Conan stories are primal.  Sex and violence predominates.  Luckily, warhammer will offer cartoony feel good G rated fun for the lot of you.

My reply ...

Why is it that sex is such a deng taboo  i dont understand it. Its a natural part of life why in the hell (mainly the USA) are so many people afraid of showing/seeing sex or sex related things it blows my mind.  Every were you look there is something sex related i know every damn one of you think about or do it.. so whys it so scary and or sinful to you? the US. living here sex is so damn taboo its sad. Sure its a game but its a game based were sex is a real thing sex is a part of freaking life in fiction or in real life get the hell over it and stop this SEX IS A SIN BS! get over yourself and your damned petty ideals of what life is..  some of us are living in the real world its about time the rest of you join us

Sounds kind of awkward to execute...will guilds have orgies before a fight?  Will the gender population affect it (too many male/female characters).  In game prostitution?  I know nothing about Conan, and sleep and sex are things that are often left out of MMOs, but the complications seem to outweigh the realism.  Is it one button? Do you have to wait? Are there diseases?  Pregnancy debuff?  Seems like an aspect that either shouldn't have left the drawing bored or will be so trivial that its meaningless.

Originally posted by Xiliaro

Sounds kind of awkward to execute...will guilds have orgies before a fight?  Will the gender population affect it (too many male/female characters).  In game prostitution?  I know nothing about Conan, and sleep and sex are things that are often left out of MMOs, but the complications seem to outweigh the realism.  Is it one button? Do you have to wait? Are there diseases?  Pregnancy debuff?  Seems like an aspect that either shouldn't have left the drawing bored or will be so trivial that its meaningless.

You won't actually be participating... you get a buff for doing it though, only perk.

Originally posted by whitedelight

Players will not have sex with other players. They said Mature rating is as far as they would take it and that would garner them an Adult Only rating. It will likely be an NPC scene and then a fade to black screen, and then you come back and have a short duration buff.

If that's all there is to it, then sure... go ahead and add it... but I demand NPC sheep roaming around so that I don't have to go all the way back to the city when my buff runs out

Well if THAT is not a sure-catch for kids, jerks and n00bs, I  dont know what is. Sex as a buff. Yeah. I can see the endless spam in chat about nothing else already. Thank you very much, but thats sure to make this game a big  NO NO for me. Like every adult and mature person I prefer to have sex in bed and game in my PC and not mix it. Porn is for loosers. =P

I have nothing against sex, really. And I know this IS Conan lore. So it was kinda to be expected. I just guess it will, if anything attract hordes of immature players. And besides, maybe you show any of these male character models to your girlfriend (or sister if you have none) and ask them: would you date with any of those. My guess is, if the girl isn't BLIND or desperate, none would even say hello to any of those UBER ugly males I have seen in the game screenshots. I mean, they all look as if they fell head-on into a lawn-mower! This just as a sidenote.

Oh and besides, but my guess is, we NEVER see this feature. I mean, come on, its AMERICA! You can own an UZI no matter who you are and shot down your postman, defending your own holy ground, but God Forbid you are doing anything ugly in your bed you are not supposed to do. No chance. =P

If anything this will stop guys playing female avatars.  I for one don't want some hairy barbarian chasing me around town screaming for sex because he needs a buff to go and kill some lizard men or whatever.

Unless you are into that sort of thing of course.

Question is what kind of buff?   Stupid grin buff perhaps? 

Originally posted by Elikal

Well if THAT is not a sure-catch for kids, jerks and n00bs, I  dont know what is. Sex as a buff. Yeah. I can see the endless spam in chat about nothing else already. Thank you very much, but thats sure to make this game a big  NO NO for me. Like every adult and mature person I prefer to have sex in bed and game in my PC and not mix it. Porn is for loosers. =P

I have nothing against sex, really. And I know this IS Conan lore. So it was kinda to be expected. I just guess it will, if anything attract hordes of immature players. And besides, maybe you show any of these male character models to your girlfriend (or sister if you have none) and ask them: would you date with any of those. My guess is, if the girl isn't BLIND or desperate, none would even say hello to any of those UBER ugly males I have seen in the game screenshots. I mean, they all look as if they fell head-on into a lawn-mower! This just as a sidenote.

Oh and besides, but my guess is, we NEVER see this feature. I mean, come on, its AMERICA! You can own an UZI no matter who you are and shot down your postman, defending your own holy ground, but God Forbid you are doing anything ugly in your bed you are not supposed to do. No chance. =P

Sure there will be some puritanist that will complain about that, no matter about war and blood, gore etc.. but sex... is not natural! war is, bombs, are natural too... but ffs how can anyone show their titties in a videogame!?

so... lets wait for the puritanist "ironi"

I cant believe people are upset about this. Get over yourself its a game nudity has been in games a number of times.  Great games like Duke Nukem and Grand Theft Auto.  This is a new era Im pretty sure 99.9% of the male population on mmorpg.com looks at porn, has sex, and even "buffs themselves". its part of life and especially part of the Conan lore.  i for one am glad that they didnt water down the lore of conan :)

Originally posted by Focus*Bankai

... and even "buffs themselves".

Heh, you're being silly now, stop that at once :p

The only proper response if you didn't include the fact it's lore based to the conan universe....

is...

GIGGITY GIGGITY! Allllriiight!

I'm curious how they are going to make it though, hopefully not end up having people run around playing with one hand only....

P.S.  The sex haters must really have alot of frustration built up, you know what helps against such irritating and stressful frustration? Yop, sex does, your body produces your own home made morfin called endofin, which not only gives you a  great sensation but also helps lowering your stress level and helps against pain at some points since it's your body's own natural painkiller.

So all haters, we know why you're angry... you forgot to let your endofin spread happiness in your body and now you're just astressful wreck angry about everything. Sex, it's natural, it's beautiful, it's great.... There's no sin to it, it's bloody healthy.! 

Educate your kids to do proper and safe sex not how it's a sin and just giving them wrong information.... many adults today live in a state of mind which i would call "deluded by huge amount of denial", which is quite often seen in the US, thank god i don't live there, land of the free? don't make me laugh.

Originally posted by LordRelic

My reply ...

Why is it that sex is such a deng taboo  i dont understand it. Its a natural part of life why in the hell (mainly the USA) are so many people afraid of showing/seeing sex or sex related things it blows my mind.  Every were you look there is something sex related i know every damn one of you think about or do it.. so whys it so scary and or sinful to you? the US. living here sex is so damn taboo its sad. Sure its a game but its a game based were sex is a real thing sex is a part of freaking life in fiction or in real life get the hell over it and stop this SEX IS A SIN BS! get over yourself and your damned petty ideals of what life is..  some of us are living in the real world its about time the rest of you join us

anyway, back on topic, i agree with your post LordRelic!

You are talking like "sex" will be the only buff.

Did you think that what they want to say is that you CAN (not you must) in certain situations got sex and if you do it right you get a buff from it? did you think that this sex, perhaps, is only under certain situations/quest/misions? dont you think that perhaps, what they are trying to say is that sex will not be censured instead of "two boobies running throught the town selling sex buffs"?

Dont dramatize...

Interesting thread and topic.

But from what I remember when I use to read the actual Conan comics was that there was a %50 chance that the seductive deva was actually a nasty hag in disguise.

I think if they're going to introduce a 'sex buff' there should also be a 50/50 chance of getting debuffed instead.

omg sex? rofl what about all those under age kids?

lol guys you make this hear like a MMOsexgame

Do you guys really think that the kiddies are going to come to AoC to get off on mmo sex when there is soo much free porn on the internet or their moms glamour magazine at home??

Hopefully they allow for M/M action as well for all us LGBT players out there. 

I have a great idea.  How about if you abstain from sex in AoC you can get a beserk buff but you have less concentration for spells etc.  But if you have sex then you lose strength and get the concentration buff?

Personally I don't care if they show nudity or not as long as the game is labeled correctly.  Secondly I think its an ok idea since people do have sex and it will give the game more reality.  However I hope its done tastefully.

Originally posted by butters88

lol. Sex buffs. Gotta love that. What if you have sex for like 10 hours? Does the buff last longer? lol

jolt

Originally posted by LordRelic

My reply ...

Why is it that sex is such a deng taboo  i dont understand it. Its a natural part of life why in the hell (mainly the USA) are so many people afraid of showing/seeing sex or sex related things it blows my mind.  Every were you look there is something sex related i know every damn one of you think about or do it.. so whys it so scary and or sinful to you? the US. living here sex is so damn taboo its sad. Sure its a game but its a game based were sex is a real thing sex is a part of freaking life in fiction or in real life get the hell over it and stop this SEX IS A SIN BS! get over yourself and your damned petty ideals of what life is..  some of us are living in the real world its about time the rest of you join us

There is a large population of really heavily christian people in the US, sex is less taboo on the west coast as opposed to other areas of the country.  Of course, we don't have people having sex in Yogurt commercials on TV (complete with nudity) like in Europe....  But we have plenty of movies with sex and a healthy porn industry.

Yay, I'm 12 years old and now I'm gonna bye this game because I can have sex.  See, now they just have to include anal impalement via a dulled pole into the action and my 9 year old friend might bye it. 

Just kidding.  Seriously guys, this might keep a lot of kids out who's parents are on it but it'll be filled with all the other kids who broke through like successful sperm on a egg.  They are the ones curious about sex and violence.  They have either stupid parents who don't care, or uncles or big brothers, or clerks who don't care... coming to a server near you.  Actually I don't care.  It's naive to think any mmo population is going to be different then any other.

I can't believe how seriously upset some of you people are over this

Its just a tiny feature really.... How many games out there have something like this already? Quite a few! I do not think it will attract or push away anymore or any less immature players than before it was announced. Not that many people care about it really as it is just not that earth shattering. They added getting drunk to several MMOs, and it serves no purpose what so ever! You can totally go out and get drunk in real life, yet none of you seem to get upset about the fact they added that to the game. Think about the roleplay aspects of this feature. And on another note, think about all the people that cyber ingames. The sex buff feature in AoC is probably rather tame, and other then maybe talking to a NPC named "brothel maid" or something of that sort, you would probably have no idea that is what your character is doing. People, INCLUDING KIDS AND IMMATURE INDIVIDUALS,  cyber in mmos pretty well constantly, and graphically speak to each other in a manner much more obscene then their sex buff feature will probably be, so its not anything for you guys to get so worked up over.  I am a young female gamer and I think this idea is pretty neat, even without the buff! As a fan of the lore I would probably be pretty disappointed if I couldn't take my character out for a little fun once in awhile!

The only thing in this game that will attract or push away the immature community is the complexity of the game, or how difficult it is to be a skilled player. If they make it where you have to think to play, the kids wont last long.

**Sex Buff Fool Detected**... ~ Stealth up ~ Track the fool who got buffed up ~   Assassinate him ~ loot him up.

If it attrack the kid? Why would it matter? more people to kill, more money for me, more bounty on my head haha!

Well, About this Sex Buff thing, you guy are realy weird, why would you not get the game cuz it has  a feature about sex in it? What about it? you can get a buff from it that's all? It's gonna attrack more player? That's a good thing More people for pvp, Don't like them, kill them... Are you stupid enough to stay at the city to whine about the immature paying the hooker there? LOL That's about all I'm seeing right now... The pathetic noob that don't leave town and just whine in there about immature player.

I"m buying this game for the pvp aspect, for the siege aspect, for the good looking, for the battle engine. What happen if they had feature liek sex and such? If i Like it, that's good, If I don't like it, too bad, I'll still play and continue with it... I won't stop playing cuz it just a small feature added to the game lol. It's part of the lore and it's part of the game. It's a real thing as well. What to fear about ti if it buff you? lol. All benifice. The Devs probly gonna put a timer on it if idiot abuse it. Stop Acting like idiot... Sigh... realy pathetic Wish we were ingame and I could kill you all already haha.

Oh well. That's about it. Don't flame a game about a small feature over all of it. You can't judge a car just by the look.

Don't be fooled.

More and more gimmicks.

The guys here saying that this is going to be a game where lots of 12 year olds are running about you are wrong.
To play AoC you will need a Visa or any other credit card.

Thus, makes it ALOT harder for them to play this game.
This is not the case with WoW however since they have gamecards.

WoW is the most childish game ive ever played. So many kids playing it , it makes me sick.
And I played on an RP server (argent dawn), but there were TONS of TONS of 12 year olds.

Originally posted by bingo69

**Sex Buff Fool Detected**... ~ Stealth up ~ Track the fool who got buffed up ~   Assassinate him ~ loot him up.

If it attrack the kid? Why would it matter? more people to kill, more money for me, more bounty on my head haha!

 idiot... Sigh... realy pathetic Wish we were ingame and I could kill you all already haha.

Oh well. That's about it. Don't flame a game about a small feature over all of it. You can't judge a car just by the look.

Don't be fooled.

Zaraki

Shadow Wolves Fang

Assassins and Thieves Only Guild.

But i totally judge you by the way you write..
Is there any difference? No you still look like a 13 year old wow player from what you write anyways.
Its you thats pathetic.

Kids wont be able to play this game without using someones Visa anyways.

Originally posted by janfebmar

The guys here saying that this is going to be a game where lots of 12 year olds are running about you are wrong.
To play AoC you will need a Visa or any other credit card.

Thus, makes it ALOT harder for them to play this game.
This is not the case with WoW however since they have gamecards.

WoW is the most childish game ive ever played. So many kids playing it , it makes me sick.
And I played on an RP server (argent dawn), but there were TONS of TONS of 12 year olds.

Perhaps you are wrong. I worked at a video game store at the time the grand theft auto series really took off.  Not a day went buy that a parent didnt come in to buy their 8 or 9 year old son a copy of GTA. And most of em bought em with credit cards. So I dunno if thatll be a deterrent.

Originally posted by Arcken

Originally posted by janfebmar

The guys here saying that this is going to be a game where lots of 12 year olds are running about you are wrong.
To play AoC you will need a Visa or any other credit card.

Thus, makes it ALOT harder for them to play this game.
This is not the case with WoW however since they have gamecards.

WoW is the most childish game ive ever played. So many kids playing it , it makes me sick.
And I played on an RP server (argent dawn), but there were TONS of TONS of 12 year olds.

Perhaps you are wrong. I worked at a video game store at the time the grand theft auto series really took off.  Not a day went buy that a parent didnt come in to buy their 8 or 9 year old son a copy of GTA. And most of em bought em with credit cards. So I dunno if thatll be a deterrent.

Subscribing to a service which costs monthly is different than buying something with a one time fee.

What's the big deal for christ's sakes... how is it going to be any different from SWG of Second life for example? People honestly, stop getting stuck on a word (aka sex) every time it happens to pop up. And as for the 13 year olds you can't keep them out, and to be honest, neither should you. The more they know before they make the stupid mistake and get pregnant at 14 cause they think it's funny, the better. Or did you all forget when exactly in your lifes you started having sexual urges? Let them see the world of Conan and Robert Howard as it is- sexist, racist, dark and menacing. So what? As if the real world if better. Maybe if "mature" people stopped finally paying attention to sex and taboo-ing it every step we take then the young folk would be free of misconceptions and prejudice, and come to think of it as what it really is, our natural way of evolution.

I think they should make it a realistic buff:

+10 to sense of relief/satisfaction

You want a slice of pizza.

You want a cold beer.

You want a nap.

You no longer have any interest in talking to the person with whom you had sex.

Lol cmon guys

Most of the posts here are all about as AoC were all about the sex

In my opinion, it´s a great idea to don´t damage the lore but also don´t damage the gameplay As already posted, players will NOT have sex among themselves, so we can keep cool about chat spam or anything else, and plus, it´s almost obvious you´ll get a not so important buff, so if you´re not into having a black screen for a moment and possibly paying for that you can just NOT do it...

I personally don´t care so much for the feature, but hey, it´s nice they had some time to polish out some detail like that too keep up with the lore...

I´m pretty sure Immature players won´t play the game at all, I see many here that are crazy about the WoW community, but as we can see on the interviews, Funcom is taking advantage on that, and AoC will not be able to keep the Immature players, not because it has gore/blood/sex, but for it´s complexity...

All that don´t agree please go see the great creation of Funcom, Anarchy Online and you´ll see that the community is almost 100% mature :) as it is indeed a very dificult game to play....immature players do play mostly easy to play games, such as WoW.

Ohoh big post, well I just don´t see sense for people getting so much on a topic like this, yes it´s news and we don´t have more info on the details, but relax, AoC will be great regardless, I trust Funcom on that :)

My 2 pennies worth:

Theres always people having sex in mmo games. Theres pervs everywhere.

Nipples? Who cares! Go tot he beach, do you see a sign saying MATURE rating only?? No, you see people ages 1yr to 70yr old sunbathing, swimming and makin sandcastles! Many are naked.

However. There are sadly, deluded cultures which think that naked women are offensive. Probably, because they'd never seen one or been with one. And it is because of these minorities that the majority must suffer.

Which is true in all things...

This M rating will not reduce or increase the number of kids or adults playing AoC. Because 99.99% of gamers just don't give a £$%^ about ratings. It's just the 0.01% who do. And who cares what 0.01% of gamers think?

Apparently the developers do and the idiots in government offices who attach certificates to movies, songs and video games dipicting acts of violence and sex. 

And finally, just be happy, the higher the cert the game gets, the less chance you'll have of the 0.01% playing it. Which is GREAT news as far as i am concerned!!!

Although i do so enjoy ganking that 0.01% in wow...

As for a Buff in AoC

I bet its 30 seconds of feel good followed by 3 hours of exhaustion... just like realife!

I don't see what the big deal is.  I'm happy to see a MMOG coming along that has more adult-themed gameplay.  Diversity is good and neither sex nor nudity are wrong.

As for the idea that all kids are always immature, I don't buy it.  In my 45 years I've seen a lot of mature kids and a whole lot of immature adults.  In my opinion the most immature folks out there tend to be in their very early adulthood - these are basically naive kids who are ignorant about how the world works, who have been brought up on their parents' prejudices and who have raging hormones.  All of a sudden these folks get freedom from parents and free access to drink.  The results aren't pretty.  I much prefer playing with the average 13 year-old than the average 22 year-old.

Originally posted by Beery

I don't see what the big deal is.  I'm happy to see a MMOG coming along that has more adult-themed gameplay.  Diversity is good and neither sex nor nudity are wrong.

As for the idea that all kids are always immature, I don't buy it.  In my 45 years I've seen a lot of mature kids and a whole lot of immature adults.  In my opinion the most immature folks out there tend to be in their very early adulthood - these are basically naive kids who are ignorant about how the world works, who have been brought up on their parents' prejudices and who have raging hormones.  All of a sudden these folks get freedom from parents and free access to drink.  The results aren't pretty.  I much prefer playing with the average 13 year-old than the average 22 year-old.

I think that's the slogan NAMBLA uses to defend their practices actually.............

I bet my 9 year old nephew will love the new stuff 

Originally posted by erasure25

Hopefully they allow for M/M action as well for all us LGBT players out there. 

Ideally that is to hope, yes. But I have my doubts. Such jarheaded ugly looking men can only be straight. =P

Originally posted by whitedelight

My only concern is for the poor girls in game that must face the wraith of an end game guild getting that last buff in before the start of a raid. 24 men, 1 tavern?

Originally posted by deedelechach

 

Originally posted by whitedelight

My only concern is for the poor girls in game that must face the wraith of an end game guild getting that last buff in before the start of a raid. 24 men, 1 tavern?

I wouldn't worry about that, I honestly can't imagine very many irl women playing this game...

 

 

I agree this game is really designed for the teenage boy audience  and certain types of older men. 

There is enough sex in movies and on TV, even if not explicit, why oh why add it to games as well? It may fit with the Conan IP, but for a game.... just not a good idea IMO.

As Gameloading said, kids will buy and play this game. It's the responsibility of parents to monitor them, not the gaming companies, but just putting this kind of thing into the game opens the door to all kinds of trouble for Funcom.

If it's not with other players it's going to be with NPCs, which probably means you'll pay NPCs for sex to get a buff. That's prostitution in gaming form. Oi.

I just don't see the point...

Originally posted by heerobya

I just don't see the point...

 

Isn't it obvious?

Originally posted by Stradden

Fresh off the presses at the Games Convention in Leipzig, MMORPG.com has learned from a reliable source at Funcom that characters will be able to have sex and will receive a buff for the action. That is not to say, however, that there will be explicit sex in the game.

Anyone who has followed Robert E. Howard's creation knows that sex has been a prevalent theme in the Conan IP, which Funcom is doing their best to honor.

Age of Conan, as has previously been announced, will carry an "M" rating.

MMORPG.com will continue to follow this story as more specific information becomes available.

This disgusts me. Why would they do this, they are killing their chances to ever be big with this. Sex does not sell, its a fact..JHFGE

Originally posted by janfebmar

 

Originally posted by bingo69

**Sex Buff Fool Detected**... ~ Stealth up ~ Track the fool who got buffed up ~   Assassinate him ~ loot him up.

If it attrack the kid? Why would it matter? more people to kill, more money for me, more bounty on my head haha!

 idiot... Sigh... realy pathetic Wish we were ingame and I could kill you all already haha.

Oh well. That's about it. Don't flame a game about a small feature over all of it. You can't judge a car just by the look.

Don't be fooled.

Zaraki

Shadow Wolves Fang

Assassins and Thieves Only Guild.

 

But i totally judge you by the way you write..
Is there any difference? No you still look like a 13 year old wow player from what you write anyways.
Its you thats pathetic.

Kids wont be able to play this game without using someones Visa anyways.

You kidding right? English isn't my main language... So I don't realy care if you judge me by how I write. I'm not trying to make you my friend either here. Visa you say? Dad, can i borrow your visa to subcribe to a video game please, You'll take the money off my allowance(or whatever you say it). Game card is just a way for people to subcribe with out using their visa over internet because it less dangerous. Simple as that. Some people prefer to be more secure.

 Anyhow, hope I'll see you on battlefield...even though your head won't worth a gold.

By the way, how many idiots will keep whining about this small feature over the whole game now? This game is not about sex, it only has a small feature of sex in it, that's all. Wow Alchemy = Drug ( Potion of giant strengh or whatever = grow you up = mega steroid no?) just a exemple... Wow Night Elf female naked Dancing = Wow Wannabe Nudity no? No whining there? oh right... we can't pay them for sex... damn!!!! but we can pay them for dancing on mail box!!! come to same?

Some parent are smart and will teach their child about sex and some wont and will be scared about it... What to be afraid or to be so scared about it? I don't realy know, I only had fun with that lol..

About a MMORPG with a sex feature( REMEMEBER It ONLY 0.000001% of the game that give you a small buff. ), what so wrong about it again? Like I said,  if you don't like the feature, will it make you stop from buying a whole game cuz of this? lol, if yes, suck to be you, if no, get the hell outta here and go get some head rolling. That's how the game probly gonna work. It's not about how many girl you can get hooked in one night. You peoples are going crazy and thinking Oh My God, Sex added to a mmo! World is going to a end!!! Kid will go wild!!! lol. You know nothing about the feature yet and you go crazy, you've just heard the word sex and panic... Atleast a word of advice, keep your virginity ingame till you lose your irl if anything happen ingame haha. Wouldn't be fun to spoil :P

Hope that help to calm a bunch of crazy people for now lol...

A buff from sex? uhh, dont most ahtletes stay away from sex before they're about to perform? So it should be the other way around, that you get a debuff if you have sex.

And may I just add that even though Conan books and movies had sex in it, it was far from the main thing. It should be about brute force and the survivial of the strongest, not porno scenes.

Originally posted by Yamota

A buff from sex? uhh, dont most ahtletes stay away from sex before they're about to perform? So it should be the other way around, that you get a debuff if you have sex.

 

And may I just add that even though Conan books and movies had sex in it, it was far from the main thing. It should be about brute force and the survivial of the strongest, not porno scenes.

I can't wait to get your head rolling.

I seriously SERIOUSLY doubt sex will be PvP meaning it will be with npcs at a brotheral or something not two real players doing it that would be silly. it'll be a buff which you pay for like in any game but with a rudder name basically. lets not speculate about this and get all the peverts who play mmorpg's even more excited, too many people treat online games as dating services as it is.

I suspect the devs are going to keep a tight reigns on this area of the game. As Stradden said, I can only imagine a place like a brothel where players pay for pleasure with NPCs. Go into a closed room and come out with some buff. Problably on the lines with drunkeness. More rare would be storyline missions and a maiden "thanking" a male player character. I suppose it can be a male thanking a female as well, but is this in Conan lore?

If they give players t he ability to buff each other via online sex, it will ruin the game.

As a cultural tool or storyline type of thing I do not mind the sex in the game. It will work.  If it ends up like a player ability (sexual prowess skill) it will harm the game more than contribute to it.

Mainly this is about a brothel renting hooker getting  a load screen for a minute coming out with  a buff. For other player buffing with sex, wont be needed, there are already enough USEFUL buff that are implemented in the game for that, most class get atleast one, but there more support class such as bear shaman, priest of mitra and such so dont worry. Even if sex get in between player, if it affect the player range too much they'll fix it ... simple as that.. so stop the panic over this  already :P lol

Shimtastic.

I'm a female MMOgamer who's been looking forward to AoC since 2005. I love the thought of cleaving my enemies' heads from their shoulders. My first thought at reading this newsbite was "lol". It's quaint and amusing and I don't mind it at all. i just assumed they didn't mean graphic sex because that's the sensible assumption to make when you think about how the rating system works. I also assume the buff isn't really going to give you a very big advantage in combat or last especially long. If the buff made any sort of difference people would complain.

All I want to be reassured is that there will be some hot manwhores to bang right along with the female ones. ^^

Haha, finaly a smart one, yep, doubt there will be any graphic sex or such...

** See the women looking for hot manwhore , *grin* ~ stealth behind her ~ *Siffle* ~ Poke Dagger on the Back and Another under the throat and say "Sigh, another one seeking super man buff huh, want ya head rolling or ya paying me instead ? :)" ** ( In the way, pay or die, so no buff for you.) ** but doubt I could do that in game since the hooker would probly be in safe city ... unless we could hire some hooker in player made town... would be awesome for me to lurk in their town and own them haha.

Pretty cool idea for a Conan game...  Can't wait to get my "buff" on.

/Cigarette?

Originally posted by Ammon777

Originally posted by ImixZinz

Imagine dudes running around with their ding dongs out screaming "SOMEONE BUFF ME"

LOL, or imagine girls running around with their boobs out screaming "SOMEONE BUFF AND WAX ME"

i guess it wouldn't be strange to see a pair of hairy boobs in hyboria.

Carpface, If there was cigarette in Conan , there will probly be in the game, but if there's not, forget about it. If there was some kind of drug, then maybe there will be.

IF they're good they should be able to have the best gear and most loot!

Bring on the wenches.

This is an epic failure if I've ever seen one.  They sold the game saying that this would be in it and it isn't.   The game might as well be rated T at best.  Oh wait, there's nipples... that' TOTALLY deserves an M rating, sorry.

Originally posted by Pneuma001

This is an epic failure if I've ever seen one.  They sold the game saying that this would be in it and it isn't.   The game might as well be rated T at best.  Oh wait, there's nipples... that' TOTALLY deserves an M rating, sorry.

this is game breaking how? I am sorry but i dont feel like spaming OOC chat asking for someone to have sex to get a buff before i go decapitate some barbarians.

Originally posted by tvalentine

Originally posted by Pneuma001

This is an epic failure if I've ever seen one.  They sold the game saying that this would be in it and it isn't.   The game might as well be rated T at best.  Oh wait, there's nipples... that' TOTALLY deserves an M rating, sorry.

this is game breaking how? I am sorry but i dont feel like spaming OOC chat asking for someone to have sex to get a buff before i go decapitate some barbarians.

Haha, looks like somebody is necroing a year old threads. Get a grip people. The game is sold with the features that are in it. Not the features that are promised (if they were promised at all, sex buff was an urban myth created due to the nudity). If promises were selling, Darkfall developers would be millionaires.

Ok, let me break a lance FOR AoC.

In Ultima VII - The Black Gate, the Avatar could go to the "Bath House", there were both male and female prostitutes and you could hire them for sex, then the screen went black, and you were "leaving as a much happier avatar". I am sure it will be along those lines, so no Pron to be expected here. However, since Ultima was a place of virtue, it was all very progressive, so you could hire a male and male and a female and female. Wonder if Conan goes that far. (THAT would almost be a reason for me to buy it, heh.)

I understand in US sex is a kind of "hot topic". No offense, but it seems to me as European you US folks have an unnaturally tense relationship towards sex. I dont understand all the fuzz about this boob thing and stuff. I mean, it sometimes annoyes me to be too much ocnfronted with sexual themes in a fantasy game, but only because I dont like it to be overly expressed since it tends to get on my nerve for being so primitve in approach.

I recall in a report about the history of the modern stock market I saw British stocks from 1900, and guess what there was a woman with nude boobs and nipples. And that in old puritan England of 1900. Or many you visit Munich or Berlin in summer and see the nude ppl sunbathing in the park and NONE cares. Its just you US folks having such an unnatural relation to the human body and sex, we Europeans, and Scandinavians esp. have a much more relaxed view on this any maybe just this time you learn something from us stupid old worlders, ja ne?

I CAN understand however the emphasis AoC plays on this attracts a plethora of a less than mature audience, but thats more a problem of some regions of humanity having a weird approach with sexuality than Funcom's fault.

There. Never call me a hateboi again because I also CRITICIZE things in AoC!