I think this has potential too. But Vanguard was #1 hype at one point too! The only problem I have with the scoring system is that it's influenced by fanbois who rate games a 10 on every category, or haters who rate them 0. Also, games improve over time and sometimes they get worse over time. The score, however, is just an average of all the scores they received from the start. To be fair, though, I might try Conan when it comes out. (even though I will puke at the idea of playing another FANTASY MMO any time soon.) - Phos
Come on, Vanguard was #1 hype but it really wasnt that bad, ppl expected too much; but when you think Dark and Light was #1 hype, that was something very wrong... When people expect too much, they tend to get disappointed. And history repeats itself...
Shame about the following in AOC The commuity The terrable charecter animations [walking] The combatsysystem [promosis so much but failed to deliver.
Have you played then? How exactly has the combat system failed to deliver?
Here's your cookie. Yummy.
Quite simply they made promosis not so long ago and already some have benn bent or broken.
BTW thanks for the Cookie.
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Originally posted by JADEDRAG0N
Shame about the following in AOC The commuity The terrable charecter animations [walking] The combatsysystem [promosis so much but failed to deliver.
Well we already know:
You voted AoC a 1 - with a lame comment just because the same OP here posted saying AoC deserved more hype in the Pub section. The community is fine, you have your reasons for saying that but I bet you havent even integrated with it - ever. There are people just as hyped about other games on the hype list doing exactly the same thing, and you knock the OP just because he expresses himself differently.
The combat system is 90% of what they said it would be 18 months ago, its been refined and improved upon according to those that play it. Nothing has been broken
It has nothing to do with AO, as none of the animation system is even remotely the same code.
Either way, it's fixed in the "5.2" version internally, pretty much everything being shown by marketing right now is the "5.1" version where the issue still exists. I haven't seen any sliding while playing for weeks.
As a general note for all the animation-related threads: we -do- play the game on a daily basis and are quite aware of all the issues being brought up. Many are fixed already, and the remaining ones are on the list to be fixed prior to launch. Yes, we're redoing the running animation, yes we are redoing the caster dagger animation, and yes we are somewhat speeding up a few of the weapon animations (on a case-by-case basis.) These are all among many other changes on the animators' to-do list.
So, hopefully this will put an end to threads on that topic--or, at the very least, can be copied and pasted around to save us all some time and trouble.
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Making sure the players and NPCs have a fair chance of killing each other off...
And you made your way over to the AoC forums to just say this? Seems like what you done is to try and start some false rumours off.
Do you really like the game? If so but some constructive critisism up or some suggestions instead of being someone who remarks about "hearsay".
Yea I am a fan of AoC - and out of your points I disagree with point one and three, I sort of agreed with point two until the post from a developer went up yesterday, with the community feedback. So you see I can look at the bigger picture and be patient and see what happens. But with you it looks to me like you have no interest in the game?
To AmazingAvery When i posted that comment and gamve AOC a 1 welkl i guess i should explain that one.
A few days before i hyped WAR ans AOC a straight 10 each because i liked the look of them Both. Then i saw that rather lame post by that guy demanding in the generall pub section that AOC deserved to be no. 1 because it is better than any other game. To say the truth i was dismayed to see this so i did some deeper reserch [hard i know as There is littel official info on this game]. After my reserch i determind based on the dominant posts in the AOC forums on this sit ethat the palyerbase may be one of the worst ones around [in my opinion], Basicallly i read a lot of posts with various slang terms basically saying they will pawn everyone and those who dont agree with free for all gankings and PvP are Carebears noobs etc.
Also it seemed back then that some of the promises concerning the mechanics of fighting were missing and the walking animations were pretty shoddy it seemed.
I suspect AOC and WAR will trade places for a while then rise to the top (by a small amount) as we get closer and closer to the 10/30 release date. Of course, when/if an open beta comes (or CB expands greatly) that will really be the single factor that affects the ratings, for better or worse...
Doesn't matter to me... I don't play games based on their hype ratings, but I will pay careful attention to reports coming out of beta (assuming I'm not in there)
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AoC will be delayed they just hope it will come out on the 10/30
I wouldn't have a problem with AoC or any other game being delayed. I'd rather it come later on and complete than them rushing it as fast as possible and be broken with lots of bugs.
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Come on, Vanguard was #1 hype but it really wasnt that bad, ppl expected too much; but when you think Dark and Light was #1 hype, that was something very wrong... When people expect too much, they tend to get disappointed. And history repeats itself...
Shame about the following in AOC
The commuity
The terrable charecter animations [walking]
The combatsysystem [promosis so much but failed to deliver.
Have you played then? How exactly has the combat system failed to deliver?
Here's your cookie. Yummy.
Have you played then? How exactly has the combat system failed to deliver?
Here's your cookie. Yummy.
Quite simply they made promosis not so long ago and already some have benn bent or broken.
BTW thanks for the Cookie.
You voted AoC a 1 - with a lame comment just because the same OP here posted saying AoC deserved more hype in the Pub section. The community is fine, you have your reasons for saying that but I bet you havent even integrated with it - ever. There are people just as hyped about other games on the hype list doing exactly the same thing, and you knock the OP just because he expresses himself differently.
The combat system is 90% of what they said it would be 18 months ago, its been refined and improved upon according to those that play it. Nothing has been broken
As for the character animations you have seen recently: http://forums.ageofconan.com/showthread.php?p=776685#post776685
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Either way, it's fixed in the "5.2" version internally, pretty much everything being shown by marketing right now is the "5.1" version where the issue still exists. I haven't seen any sliding while playing for weeks.
As a general note for all the animation-related threads: we -do- play the game on a daily basis and are quite aware of all the issues being brought up. Many are fixed already, and the remaining ones are on the list to be fixed prior to launch. Yes, we're redoing the running animation, yes we are redoing the caster dagger animation, and yes we are somewhat speeding up a few of the weapon animations (on a case-by-case basis.) These are all among many other changes on the animators' to-do list.
So, hopefully this will put an end to threads on that topic--or, at the very least, can be copied and pasted around to save us all some time and trouble.
Balance Team Lead
Making sure the players and NPCs have a fair chance of killing each other off...
And you made your way over to the AoC forums to just say this? Seems like what you done is to try and start some false rumours off.
Do you really like the game? If so but some constructive critisism up or some suggestions instead of being someone who remarks about "hearsay".
Yea I am a fan of AoC - and out of your points I disagree with point one and three, I sort of agreed with point two until the post from a developer went up yesterday, with the community feedback. So you see I can look at the bigger picture and be patient and see what happens. But with you it looks to me like you have no interest in the game?
Have you played then? How exactly has the combat system failed to deliver?
Here's your cookie. Yummy.
Quite simply they made promosis not so long ago and already some have benn bent or broken.
BTW thanks for the Cookie.
Could you possibly give examples? You're being a little vague...
Here's a glass of milk to go with your cookie. mmMMMmm.
Have you played then? How exactly has the combat system failed to deliver?
Here's your cookie. Yummy.
Quite simply they made promosis not so long ago and already some have benn bent or broken.
BTW thanks for the Cookie.
Could you possibly give examples? You're being a little vague...
Here's a glass of milk to go with your cookie. mmMMMmm.
Is it full fat milk?
To AmazingAvery When i posted that comment and gamve AOC a 1 welkl i guess i should explain that one.
A few days before i hyped WAR ans AOC a straight 10 each because i liked the look of them Both. Then i saw that rather lame post by that guy demanding in the generall pub section that AOC deserved to be no. 1 because it is better than any other game. To say the truth i was dismayed to see this so i did some deeper reserch [hard i know as There is littel official info on this game]. After my reserch i determind based on the dominant posts in the AOC forums on this sit ethat the palyerbase may be one of the worst ones around [in my opinion], Basicallly i read a lot of posts with various slang terms basically saying they will pawn everyone and those who dont agree with free for all gankings and PvP are Carebears noobs etc.
Also it seemed back then that some of the promises concerning the mechanics of fighting were missing and the walking animations were pretty shoddy it seemed.
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I suspect AOC and WAR will trade places for a while then rise to the top (by a small amount) as we get closer and closer to the 10/30 release date. Of course, when/if an open beta comes (or CB expands greatly) that will really be the single factor that affects the ratings, for better or worse...
Doesn't matter to me... I don't play games based on their hype ratings, but I will pay careful attention to reports coming out of beta (assuming I'm not in there)
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You want to accomplish somehting play aoc, you wanna be like the rest and look the same, play war, its that simple.
See it works both ways dont it.
AoC will be delayed they just hope it will come out on the 10/30
What are these combat mechanics that were removed / changed / broken / bent that you keep referring to please?
the rankings, ratings, and voting on this site is all bs. it makes no sense. dont worry about it.
I wouldn't have a problem with AoC or any other game being delayed. I'd rather it come later on and complete than them rushing it as fast as possible and be broken with lots of bugs.
A man dies daily, only to be reborn in the morning, bigger, better and wiser.
-Playing AoC
-Playing WoW
-Retired- SWG
-Retired- EVE
-Retired- LotR
Computer (- Phenom 9600 Black Edition @ 2.81 Ghz (Quad Core CPU)- Gigabyte MA790FX-DS5 - 4 Gigs of PC 8500 ram (1066)- EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS PCI Express 2.0 - WD 500GB 7500RPM - Zalman CPU cooler (air cooled)
- 24" Widescreen 1080P HD display).