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• • Thinking of getting AOC? - Read this first

  • Originally posted by neya ....
    

    Negatives

    • Every zone, city and dungeon is instanced

                 I do not see this as a negative seeing how most every zone is HUGE

    • Zones are very linear not allowing free movement as you have to follow paths in most zones

                  I guess this is true, personally im glad for the paths id get lost O_O...I do not feel restricted or anything... no different from the paths in WoW. Really this negative makes no sense.

    • Cannot climb mountains or even navigate simple raised terrain unless there is a set path up a mountain

                  Why does this bother you? Usually even in real life... there is a path...this is a silly complaint.

    • Very system intensive and unless you have a decent gaming system you will find it very difficult to play; even those with systems who meet and exceed the required specifications are obtaining low FPS.

                I spent 600$ on my PC and 137$ on my gaming card. I have great FPS on Normal settings.

    • Siege warfare is not immense as anticipated and is actually an instanced battleground of a maximum 48 players vs 48 players.  If your guild has 200 members; forget 3/4 of your guild being on the field to defend your guild city.

                  Seriously... people are still trying to figure things out. Most guilds do not have fully functional cities...most people are still trying to figure out feats and points...what do you expect?

    • Guild cities are instanced so are dead zones where nobody visits because they are difficult to get to
    • No open world
    • Very easy gameplay with little challenge

                 We must be playing 2 very different games. These negetives do not effect my game play at all.

    • Hardly any need to group

                Id like to see you solo Sanctum at 35.

    • Grouping reduces the amount of XP you receive

                  ....If you have played any other MMO you would have known this... I did the dungeon Border Range the other day with 4 friends.... We did Epic and got ~400 per kill. We would have gotten more if we kept the level range closer. This is not good to you?

    • mobs and quest items are on respawn timers and you suffer a lot of waiting around

                Yea but its not that bad...again nothing new other MMOs are same. Respawn time in some areas are slow though and thats something programmers are addressing.

    • Death penalty lacks any impact

                 You find this bad that you do not get pentalized for dieing? Are you serious?

    • Very few players met in each zone due to instancing

                  LOL... I strongly disagree. And it largely depends on the area you are in and what instance you are in (nu, alpha, gamma...ect). PLUS seeing how resources are at a fixed place this is VERY GOOD.

    • Poorly constructed user interface

                They are addressing but I agree with this.

    • Lack of inventory space

                STRONGLY AGREE

    • Lack of weapon, armour and spell descritpions and statistics - you don't know what anything does

                  I agree, but they are working on a AoC Armory as we speak should be up on offical sit soon. It will hopefully list all NPCs and Items as such.

    • Very difficult to progress your character as nobody knows where to quest from one place to the next

                A new world = people exploring where to go... Nothing new.

    • Difficult to meet up with friends as you are in one instance; they are in the other.

                I agree its hard to figure this out, but usually it helps to explain that there are different instances in one area. But this has never effected me. I have always been able to meet up with firends.

     

  • Posted: 5/30/08 1:18 PM
    Age of Conan
• • A Review From A Sceptic **Possible Spoiler**

  • Am I missing something? I do not understand what you are getting at. Do explain.

  • Posted: 5/27/08 3:54 PM
    Age of Conan
• • A Review From A Sceptic **Possible Spoiler**

  • So I have been reading a lot of post since the launch. Most of them negative... I ask myself where are all the positive post?.... I will tell you all the positive posters are too busy having fun.

    I was dead set on not getting AoC b/c of all the people saying that it was "unfinished" and had too many bugs. It is sad that the loudest voices are always the more negeative ones. Does this game have bugs? Yes. Does that make it a bad game? No. The most frustrating thing at this point to me is not having a bank or auction area, but hopefully that will be soon if not today after the update ;).

    The people who are posting negative things are those who are having hardware issues or those who are very impatient while the programmers try to fix things. I for one have not had ANY troubles. In fact I have had nothing but a blast. This game is a combination of FFXI, Wow, And Giuld Wars (at least to me). And those were my fav mmos (FFXI was my favorite).

    So for those of you being hesitant about getting AoC....here is my review

    Character Customization:
    Truely the customization is really nice. If any of you have played CoH then you will be very happy. There are lots of choices. Eyes, ears, chins, cheeks, mouth, nose, arms, legs...ect can ALL be tweaked to your liking. There are tattos and scars...just amazing in my opinion.

    Graphics:

    All i can say is that they are amazing ...just look at my screenshots. These screen shots are takin from the starting area Tortage.

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    Tortage is really amazing b/c all of the quest are voice acted so you get a cinematic feel. Sadly for some reason that ends when you leave Tortage, BUT it does not effect your game experience. I still was enjoying myself. I hear voice acting is only on the storyline (which is also amazing). After you finish Tortage you go to your home city which depends on your race.

    These screenies are from Aquilonian...

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    This place is HUGE...maybe too huge... lol

    Sound:

    Sound is great! During battles the music escalates are you are being attacked by mobs. It is very cinematic. I love it. And while traveling or exploring the music is not overbearing that you have to turn it down/off. It is very well done.

    Gameplay:

    Gameplay over all is very enjoyable. This is game is not only meant for melee.. which I have heard some say. I have a friend who has been playing mmos with me for a long time and every time she plays a priest. She told me " I have not had so much fun playing a caster class in all my mmo experience". And trust me she takes her casting seriously. I for one am a lv 25 Assassin ( i am always a rouge). I LOVE the melee. Simply put this game as ALOT of potential.

     

    I am very sorry many people are having troubles with the game, if they had an ounce of patients they would enjoy the game more. The bugs are there yes, but the programmers are working over time and everyday I come back to a better experience. DO NOT listen to the complainers, experience it yourself.

    And another thing....nudity is not a big deal in this game. Its so stupid to hear people say everyone is running around naked.. I have not ONCE seen anyone flash me. There are not 13 year olds running a much in this game. I am having a good time. I dont know why everyone is coming to mmorpg.com to bash the game. I hope they know they are ruining the chances for other to play.

    Hope this helps!

  • Posted: 5/27/08 3:48 PM
    Age of Conan
• • PC TEST to see if you can run AoC....

  • For those of you who are wondering if you can run AoC on your PC go to the following web site....

    www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest

     

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    Enjoy

  • Posted: 5/27/08 12:38 PM
    Age of Conan
• • Sexual Themes

  • I am trying to figure out AoC and if I want to get it....So a little help would be nice.

    First off I am not protesting the sexual theme, but how far do they take it? I heard that girls get a choice to be prostitutes. Is that true?

    Id imagine you would have to look at a game like real life. You can either be apart of an aspect of a game or not. Is this why many people have a problem with the game? They think that they HAVE to partake in the sexual aspect of the game?

  • Posted: 5/21/08 5:58 PM
    Age of Conan