All the good things

shadowhack

i myself cant wait for AoC, but! all ive heard of this game are good things but i havent really seen any negative comments about this game?

What does everyone think might be the cons of this game or something that might not please some people?

i think it will be the combat, i like how the combat is but i think some people might not like it and winge?

Neanderthal

I could bitch about it if you really want to hear it. 

I'm just running out of energy for that sort of thing because we go through this with every new game.  Every new game is going to be the "NEXT GENERATION" all full of wonderous goodness.  Then it gets released and it turns out it's just another re-skinned standard issue, standard formula game.  People play it anyway because it's not terrible (there are exceptions to that of course).  Then they find the next "next gen" game to follow and brag it up as the genre changing whoop-de-do just like they did with the last one.

So what's the purpose in pointing out the flaws or the misleading hype of the devs?  Maybe after I've taken a break from caring for a while I will regain the energy to become passionate again.  But for now I think my fading passion to argue about this crap is a symptom of my fading interest in mmorpgs in general.  I want them be so much more than they are but I've just about lost hope that they ever will be.

Krebul

Well obviously people are really looking forward to the unique combat system, as well as Border Kingdoms.  If there are any negatives, they wont be discovered until the game is released.  Hopefully servers remain stable, and the actual game itself is not plagued with bugs.  If the game actually works, I think its a winning design, and I can't foresee very many negatives.

sacredfool

ok, a few possible setbacks just for all the trolls out there:

No Open PvP SUCKS! we can no longer kill noobs with top chars!! I hate AoC!

The combat system is gonna be crap. it failed in all previous games!

WHHHAATT?? i can not put a skyscraper in my town? i would really like that....

Etc Etc....

(will update in 6 months time)

Sry, just felt tempted

Aelfinn

While I am definitely hyped about the game, there are definitely a number of potential cons:

*Lag will be a severe problem when it comes to the RT combat. Ordinary autoattack combat systems have an advantage in this respect, your character doesn't stop when your messages can't get through.

*Relatively high system requirements

*Small company, while Funcom has been quite successfull with their games overall, they still can't wield the kind of monetary clout available to Blizzard and other big names. Of course, as SOE proves, money isn't everything in this respect, and Microsoft having a vested interest in the game will more than likely help. This particular con won't be a problem unless AoC starts getting massive population, over around 500 thousand most likely.

Items that might be good or bad depending upon your gaming preferences:

*No item looting or permadeath in PvP

*Zoned world with instancing on places like dungeons

*Very large world

*NPC bounty hunter system. Crimes, including however they define ganking, can earn you an NPC bounty hunter squad howling for your head if you are caught in the act.

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