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• • MMOs are Heading in the Wrong Direction - AoC is Stuck in the Undertow

  • Originally posted by DAS1337
    

     

    Originally posted by Draccan
    

     

    You have a great command of language, unfortunately not so of the facts!

    WoW had much more content at launch.

     

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    You see the issue is that there is so much in your post that is plain wrong. Wow as I said was a very varied game with even better crafting and even better gameplay. The world is big and seemless and there is so much to explore in the beginning weeks of playing. Plus levelling was slower.

    Your argument "socialism is death" doesn't explain anything. No argumentation about it. No clarification how you can derive this point.

    Also your look at pvp'ers as angstfilled teenagers is crap. PvP is about competition and challenges. Killing X number of mobs is not a challenge. It is boring. When you meet players who dont (usually ;-)) suffer from bad AI, then they meet you in a different way.

    Also you mention AoC but excuse all the shortcomings of the game and the company behind it, without taking into account how much they FAILED at making the game new and refreshing.

    In DaoC one could REALLY fight over keeps and it would have been easy to implement incentives for real pvp. AoC was released with zero pvp incentive, filled with bugs becuase they didnt allow testers access to it before release, the game is stale with zones of player cities in instances no one ever need or want to visit... there is no showing off your city to other players and there is no random fights happening there, no integration with the game world.

    Also Funcom completely fails with communication; deletes petitions ad libitum and generally do not address players' concerns.

    So when you come here and post this incoherent nonsense, I can only say... yes the drug shows. But get the facts straight! Please!

    Happy day :-)

    Draccan

     

     

    They have an opinion of the game that you don't have.  This really doesn't have to do with facts.

     

     

    If you're one of those people that believes WoW is or ever was a good game.. I really feel sorry for you.  The only thing that you could ever do in WoW was and is to grind for the next best piece of gear.  That's it.  At least AoC isn't a complete grindfest.  And I'm saying that before they even add the PvP content.  What was crafting about?, grinding to the next piece of gear to wear.  What was PvP about?, yes, grinding to the next piece of gear.  A game that didn't even have weather until over a year after release, something every other game has implemented at launch day, why?  because it didn't add to the grind that is WoW.  To be successful, you have to make it your job.  Why do people kill each other in WoW?  I bet you can't name a reason, you can't form a hatred for a player... you only kill other players because they are on the opposite faction.. and because they are attackable.  There's a huge difference in AoC.  Alliance or Horde come into your main city and kill your faction hero.  What happens?  Nothing.  Does anyone retaliate?  Rarely.  Why?  They will say it's because they could rather be grinding reputation.. which does what? Ding Ding Ding!!  GRIND FOR GEAR.

     

    Saying that people are afraid of no balance is pretty accurate.  How many casuals do we have who have effectively destroyed the gaming industry for PvP'ers?  Everything has to be handed to everyone on a silver platter.  A person who plays 10 hours a week should be able to have the same things that someone who played 50 hours a week has worked for.  That's BS.  That was the OP's point there.  Apparently you didn't understand, she's high.. what's your excuse?  Just because you don't think something is new and/or refreshing, doesn't mean you're right, nor does it mean that no else else believes that as well.  So often, I see people like you with huge ego's.. believe your opinion is fact.  Sorry to rain on your parade.. have you ever heard that the world doesn't revolve around you?

     

    I don't think Funcom has handled things very well with their communication efforts.. or lack thereof.  however, they have added many patches already.  Fixed many issues.  And because of their actions, I have reason to believe that everything will be fixed and implemented in time.  All I can really say here is that if you don't like AoC, then go back to any of those games that you're touting to have been great.  They are still accepting subscriptions.  I wish AoC was seamless.. I wish there wasn't a need for cloned instancing.  I wish PvP sieges weren't capped.  But that is just the way of things right now.  You can see the natural evolution of gaming technology here.  They are taking baby steps...  maybe 5-10 years from now, we'll all be running around in a huge seamless world, with no loading times, graphics like Crysis, chopping and hacking each other into little bits all in the name of glory.  but, that time isn't now. 

     

    Bitching isn't going to help.

    
     

    Huge seamless world with no load times? It was one of the first MMOs, Asheron's Call... minus the Crysis graphics of course.

  • Posted: 7/10/08 1:46 AM
    Age of Conan
• • What MMO Was/Is Better Than AC1?

  • Oh man, AC had events that the best of WoW's raids couldnt even TOUCH!

     

    Remember at the beginning of the shadow wars when we had to destroy the crystals to relase Bael'Zharon? To destroy the last one you had to become pvp and a lot of servers held out and had groups of pks protecting the crystal to prevent the 'Zharon from being released.

     

    Thistledown held out so long that the monthly update was almost delayed, Turbine had to bribe (err... recruit) several players to switch sides.

    That is simply epic. No quest, raid, story from any other MMO can even come close.

    Not to mention the first update ever, the Frore (sp?) quest was sooo much fun, and really hard lol. Lvl 20s were rare back then.

  • Posted: 7/09/08 11:23 PM
    Asheron's Call