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• • Stay Away from WinXP SP3

  • Been running with SP3 since RC1. No problems at all, so I'm sorry to hear about yours but SP3 is a fine patch as far as I'm concerned..

  • Posted: 5/18/08 10:04 PM
    General Discussion
• • First twenty levels still free from the monthly charge?

  • I sincerely hope not, as then you'd have a million goldsellers spamming freely on their under 20 accounts.

    If they make non-subscribed players unable to chat to anyone outside of Tortage, then maybe. Otherwise, no. Of course then all the new players will get turned off by the uncontrolled spamming, thinking it was part of the whole game.

  • Posted: 5/18/08 9:06 PM
    Age of Conan
• • THANK YOU FUNCOM!

  • Originally posted by Darkheart00
    

     

    Originally posted by Teala
    

     

    Originally posted by Darkheart00
    

    hmm got to wonder if OP is paid plant considering has written review with same things before in another thread. The game is good but as i said there lot of issues that are still question mark (content 20+, not much substance to the gameplay, not much uniqueness when it comes to mobs, how good is crafting?, instances are supposedly heavily bugged people are just running in killing the boss and running out etc). Which you do not go much into.

    Me work for Funcom.  LOL!   I don't think so.  They couldn't afford me!  Well maybe now they could...but seriously...I do not work for them...and have no affiliation with them.   I am a gamer just like you.  

     

    I haven't written a review yet.  I won't until I have played the game to like level 40.   The way I did with Vanguard.    I was honest and upfront with my Vanguard review and I'll do the same with AoC.  Does AoC have issues?   Yep.  is the game perfect?  Ummm....not even.   It is missing some things I really, really want to see added for RP purposes.   Plus I am not fond of instancing....at all.   However....I think Funcom has done this game right the way they did it and it works.

    The game runs so beautifully...it makes games like Vanguard seem archiac!   The ammount of poly's in the characters is unreal and to have it play as smoothly as it does and I am running in 1920x1200 res with full shadows and high textures...and....and...OMG...it is a sight to behold on my 24' monitor.   Just beautiful!

    Animations are so well done.   Puts all other games in this genre to shame.

    OK enough all ready....I'll do my review in about 2 months.   I have to go catch a plane.   You guys have fun playing.   IfI am lucky I''ll get some play time on my laptop.   CYA!

     

    Yeah i am just seeing if the game has substance to sustain itsself couple weeks from know. The level 1 to 20 content is great but after that? From what i understand from what i have read CB peeps loved the first weeks of the game but quickly grew tired of the gameplay and 20+ content which was more MMOish than the first levels.

    Maybe because they have no idea what an mmorpg is about? Sounds to me like a bunch of console singleplayer FPS bunnies suddenly found out that the game is an mmo and couldn't handle it. Too bad for them.

     

    On topic, great job Funcom. You have successfully cornered the market on both sci-fi and fantasy with AO and AoC in my opinion.

  • Posted: 5/18/08 3:20 PM
    Age of Conan
• • MS selling old consoles as 'new' in Europe - buyers beware

  • www.n4g.com/industrynews/News-145991.aspx

     

    MS selling old consoles as 'new' in Europe - buyers beware

     

    

    Max Console reports that Fench website logic-sunrise who is usually pretty clued up on these things indicates that Microsoft's new 199 Euro's Xbox 360 packs with 2 games and 2 wireless controllers are in fact OLD machines. After opening 10 of them, they found that the machines have been converted to new and all have non-falcon motherboards, old Hitachi 47 or Samsung MS25 drives and the repair center sticker on them.
    
    They suggest that you do not buy these packs and if you want a brand new machine, then fork out 199 Euro's for the arcade pack or 269 Euro's for the premium pack."

    Updates:

    Here is the French source: 
    
    www.logic-sunrise.com/news-6827-les-nouveaux-packs-xbox-360-de-demain-neuf-mais-d-occasion.html
  • Posted: 5/17/08 5:15 AM
    General Discussion
• • The Best guitar player...ever.

  • Possibly the best guitarist ever. If not, he was definitely at the top. R.I.P. Randy.

    youtube.com/watch

    youtube.com/watch

  • Posted: 5/16/08 9:55 PM
    General Discussion