OMG...really....lord of the rings and world of warcraft don't even rate beside this Masterpiece. Age of Conan online is the Michelangelo of MMO's
It is so good..that i am willing to announce that it is the BEST MMO of all time. I am a veteran of MMO's and pc gaming and no question we are looking at what can only be described as.... Perfection
The developers of this game deserve all the accolades that they will get and deserve...you work hard and you reap the benefits
There will always be people who find ways to rocket through the levels. As long as the casual pace is ok, I see now problem with it though. What's the record in WOW now from 1-70? 1 day and 4 hours or so?
yeah thats a record set by people who have nothign better to do. The average joe wont sit at their computer all dya and do nothign else.
<- average joe
It's been 5 days for me (2 chars on 1 server) both haven't reached 20 yet (in the teens). I wonder what the average is overall for everyone broken down by server and population? But quite frankly they can't make the analysis on whether "leveling is too fast" for at least 2 to 3 months IMHO if they want to gather enough data to make a proper judgment call.
-------------- Played: Age of Conan, DDO, Saga of Ryzom, SWG, DaOC, MxO, EQ2, and so on... Wish List: Jumpgate Evolution, Star Wars: TOR, Star Trek
you are entitled to your opinion, like you said it is the michealangelo of mmo's, michealangelo dealed in painting which is visual. you are goo gah gah about the graphics and overlooking how weak the execution of the game is.
Did someone say LotRO is better than AoC? uhh.. but Turbine owns LotRO... and turbine made DDO....... and DDO is the biggest failure i've ever played... and thats saying a lot.. cause i got as low as 2fps on Vanguard.....
AoC is an incredibly awesome game, if you can get your head out of your preverbial rear-end, then you might start playing the game the same way you play other games. Did you need to group from level 1-30 besides dungeons? in any game? how about wow? nope? then why the complaints about AoC... if a game tops at lvl 50.. thats lvl 25 before you should ever have to group, well AoC tops at lvl 80. So thats level 40 before you start having to group more often. It's there in the first 40 levels, even in the tutorial Tortage, you just have to look for it.
WoW info - At lvl 15, did you group? no. At lvl 25 did you group? no. Why is that? is it because almost all of the quests are to kill 10-20 of something that you can pull safely by yourself?
When you enter a dungeon/region, if you want to do your quests and killing in solid multiplayer groups, then enter it as Epic, some Normal places are as hard as elites in other games (like WoW) but most Normal places can be solo'd if you are careful and know how to play your character, if you want forced multiplayer content, then enter everything as Epic and enjoy the elite-style mobs and quests. If you don't like it, then go away or stop complaining.
If you go looking for groups or help with quests or dungeon runs, why don't you go looking for it in AoC? if you search for multiplayer *whether hard or easy* in other games, why won't you search for it in AoC? and have people forgotten that if you don't put in the effort, it probably won't get done? I rarely get invited randomly to groups in other MMOs, just as rarely as i do in AoC, and I look for multiplayer interaction in AoC the same way I look for it on other games.
"Sometimes, things that may or may not be true are the things a man needs to believe in the most. People are basically good. Honor, courage, virtue mean everything. Power and money, money and power mean nothing. Good always triumphs over evil. Love, True Love Never Dies." Which Final Fantasy Character Are You?
gotta wonder....the people who don't like this game...why are they on the AoC forums at all??
Why aren't they reading the forums appropriate for the game they DO like??
Is it because they are just here to cause trouble? Becuse their game is vaporware? Because they don't like ANY game, and can't help but try to bring their misery onto others?
Seriously...I don't even READ forums particular to games I don't enjoy....and I sure as hell don't post in them.
Are you people so utterly worthless that you have NOTHING better to do?
gotta wonder....the people who don't like this game...why are they on the AoC forums at all?? Why aren't they reading the forums appropriate for the game they DO like?? Is it because they are just here to cause trouble? Becuse their game is vaporware? Because they don't like ANY game, and can't help but try to bring their misery onto others? Seriously...I don't even READ forums particular to games I don't enjoy....and I sure as hell don't post in them. Are you people so utterly worthless that you have NOTHING better to do?
I had been beta tester for almost 5 months, i am interested in seeing what people think about the retail. The game is not anything light years ahead of other mmo's except in the graphics department. THE GAME LACKS DEPTH! If you cant see that then i don't know what you look for in other mmo's, if you ever played one.
it's decent game, but nothing revolutionary about it.
edit- because I am not gonzo gaga whoopie over the game does that make me a hater?
exactly, like i said id be playing it right now if it were free. The beta was still up ike 2 days ago and i was playing/testing. The game is just so unpolished in certain areas that were in WOW and LOTRO at release.
The game is not anything light years ahead of other mmo's except in the graphics department. THE GAME LACKS DEPTH! If you cant see that then i don't know what you look for in other mmo's, if you ever played one.
well the quests in the starter area are really well written. While not revolutionary it is still good writing even if it all still boils down to kill tasks and fed ex runs.
You are trully delusional, if you want the same instanced game you can play eq2. This game is a joke at best. 5 years for this crap? What the hell is next gen about this game? makes me sick what they hyped and what they delivered was so different.
yeah all i hear is how great the fatalities are, how you can solo. what about the item lore and the drops people? that alone is enough to call this game crap! very important. after people get to 30 our so they will start to realize, 90% of your drop is vendor money for your mount. Give us some real items, give me some armor in the first 20 levels that doesnt look the same with a +.01 rating, wow it think i got a +2 armor at level 23. who created your item lore a physics professor?
The game is not anything light years ahead of other mmo's except in the graphics department. THE GAME LACKS DEPTH! If you cant see that then i don't know what you look for in other mmo's, if you ever played one.
well the quests in the starter area are really well written. While not revolutionary it is still good writing even if it all still boils down to kill tasks and fed ex runs.
did Medafor just say the game lacks depth?
... Frontier/Sieges (DAoC/SB)
... PVP Minigames (WoW, Others...)
... Endgame Raiding (WoW, EQ, Others...)
... 80 Levels (No payed subscription U.S. released game)
... Oblivion(singleplayer) Deep Quests (No payed subscription U.S. released game)
... Amazing graphics that run on most computers (No payed subscription U.S. released game) - CPU Lag? Try shader 2.x/2.0, No Bloom, Disable Shadows, and No Water Reflections. Enjoy your new 100+ fps.
... Guild Cities(w/ crafted buildings) (Shadowbane, No others?)
You tell me a game that combines features from other games (not shared features, specific to one-two game type features) and show me where they have as much content and as many systems as AoC has from other successful games.
"Sometimes, things that may or may not be true are the things a man needs to believe in the most. People are basically good. Honor, courage, virtue mean everything. Power and money, money and power mean nothing. Good always triumphs over evil. Love, True Love Never Dies." Which Final Fantasy Character Are You?
gotta wonder....the people who don't like this game...why are they on the AoC forums at all?? Why aren't they reading the forums appropriate for the game they DO like?? Is it because they are just here to cause trouble? Becuse their game is vaporware? Because they don't like ANY game, and can't help but try to bring their misery onto others? Seriously...I don't even READ forums particular to games I don't enjoy....and I sure as hell don't post in them. Are you people so utterly worthless that you have NOTHING better to do?
I'm on the forums because there are no other games that are currently out that I want to play. I had big hopes in AoC and now that I know what it's really like I'd like to warn people on what they are getting into so they don't waste $50 like I did. If people enjoy the same things I do I hope answering questions and providing some insight to the game helps them figure out whether they want to purchase the game or not.
Why are you letting these "utterly worthless" people bother you anyways? With 1448 posts under your belt I'd imagine you would know what to expect from a public MMO forum by now.
Slow down a bit OP. I am enjoying the game myself as well and it has a good chance of being my primary MMO (unless something developed later brings me more enjoyment) but I can't say a game just launched is the best MMO ever. There is still work to be done and polish needed. It has a good base/foundation to build from but let's wait and see if that is actually done before we go tossing out best ever crowns. Hopefully it will be a great game as it continues on this progress because we sure as hell have needed some other options as game to play. The market has been dry for far too long.
Originally posted by bjornarg There will always be people who find ways to rocket through the levels. As long as the casual pace is ok, I see now problem with it though. What's the record in WOW now from 1-70? 1 day and 4 hours or so?
20hrs from lvl 1-70 in WoW...boy if that doesn't speak volumes about that game. WoW doesn't even rate beside AoC, not even in the same category. WoW is more along the lines of being compared to Runescape
20hrs from lvl 1-70 in WoW...boy if that doesn't speak volumes about that game. WoW doesn't even rate beside AoC, not even in the same category. WoW is more along the lines of being compared to Runescape
I dont believe that, how is that humanly possible, lol.
The game is not anything light years ahead of other mmo's except in the graphics department. THE GAME LACKS DEPTH! If you cant see that then i don't know what you look for in other mmo's, if you ever played one.
well the quests in the starter area are really well written. While not revolutionary it is still good writing even if it all still boils down to kill tasks and fed ex runs.
did Medafor just say the game lacks depth?
... Frontier/Sieges (DAoC/SB)
... PVP Minigames (WoW, Others...)
... Endgame Raiding (WoW, EQ, Others...)
... 80 Levels (No payed subscription U.S. released game)
... Oblivion(singleplayer) Deep Quests (No payed subscription U.S. released game)
... Amazing graphics that run on most computers (No payed subscription U.S. released game) - CPU Lag? Try shader 2.x/2.0, No Bloom, Disable Shadows, and No Water Reflections. Enjoy your new 100+ fps.
... Guild Cities(w/ crafted buildings) (Shadowbane, No others?)
You tell me a game that combines features from other games (not shared features, specific to one-two game type features) and show me where they have as much content and as many systems as AoC has from other successful games.
The first 30 levels were not that impressive. Like i said i dont hate the game because i know it will only get better with patching and new editions. I loved my first 40 levels in LOTRO online, I loved my first 40 levels in WOW. My first 30 level in AOC were blah. Im sure the higher you get the better it gets, but a game shouldnt take that long to draw you in.
I was a skeptic at first with this combat system but now after having gotten used to it...oh my god...it is so fluid. Once you flow with the movement of the combat it is a beautiful experience and it is an Orgasm when the fatatility happens....lol
I feel the exact same way. I was a skeptic at first too and now I'm used to the combat system it's freakin awesome. This is by far my favorite MMO combat system. I went with HoX so I can either decapitate or burn people alive and hear them scream as their charred corpse falls to the ground. The combo and dodge system is truly an equalizer in pvp regardless of gear. The more skilled will win every time as long as your within 3-4 levels of each other. Three of us lowbies( in our low 20s) took out a level 36 conquerer who was ganking in Kopshef province the other night. I love it!
I was a skeptic at first with this combat system but now after having gotten used to it...oh my god...it is so fluid. Once you flow with the movement of the combat it is a beautiful experience and it is an Orgasm when the fatatility happens....lol I'm serious , this combat is so revolutionary...how come nobody else developed this before until now? Tell you what, this combat system is born to be played with a Martial Arts class..a Monk class. If they ever use this with a martial arts class it would be sick!!! Combined with the fatalities....sheeesh forget about it...it would be hands down best class fighting system ever devised, ever I am absolutely loving this game. My frame rates drop down in the city of Tortage the noob city but there is so so so much detail there it is mind blowing. I need a better video card that is all. I play with a Nvividia 7800..it gets the job done but I should upgrade Awesome , magnificent game FunCom!
Originally posted by medafor Originally posted by Jetsonix 20hrs from lvl 1-70 in WoW...boy if that doesn't speak volumes about that game. WoW doesn't even rate beside AoC, not even in the same category. WoW is more along the lines of being compared to Runescape
You are trully delusional, if you want the same instanced game you can play eq2. This game is a joke at best. 5 years for this crap? What the hell is next gen about this game? makes me sick what they hyped and what they delivered was so different.
People need to say what about instanced bugs them. Like I have a slow hard drive and loading times kill me or what ever about instances bugs them. Why? b/c it makes no sense with out it. People say "yea it's instanced" without a reason like that is suppose to say or mean something. Give a reason, show some thought or don't.. really doesn't matter but you'll sound smarter that is for sure.
We dont like instancing because we play WOW and LOTRO. clear enough?
And I don't like instancing because I feel it takes away from the immersiveness of the game and with them it doesn't feel like a true mmo. I like to feel apart of the world and with an open world to explore, with no loading between zones.
another problem i may have is that i was caster classes all through beta. THE PET SYSTEM SUCKS BALLS! 1,2,3 is not useful at all. If i ever get the game maybe i will enjoy a warrior type class yall.
The game is not anything light years ahead of other mmo's except in the graphics department. THE GAME LACKS DEPTH! If you cant see that then i don't know what you look for in other mmo's, if you ever played one.
well the quests in the starter area are really well written. While not revolutionary it is still good writing even if it all still boils down to kill tasks and fed ex runs.
did Medafor just say the game lacks depth?
... Frontier/Sieges (DAoC/SB)
... PVP Minigames (WoW, Others...)
... Endgame Raiding (WoW, EQ, Others...)
... 80 Levels (No payed subscription U.S. released game)
... Oblivion(singleplayer) Deep Quests (No payed subscription U.S. released game)
... Amazing graphics that run on most computers (No payed subscription U.S. released game) - CPU Lag? Try shader 2.x/2.0, No Bloom, Disable Shadows, and No Water Reflections. Enjoy your new 100+ fps.
... Guild Cities(w/ crafted buildings) (Shadowbane, No others?)
You tell me a game that combines features from other games (not shared features, specific to one-two game type features) and show me where they have as much content and as many systems as AoC has from other successful games.
The first 30 levels were not that impressive. Like i said i dont hate the game because i know it will only get better with patching and new editions. I loved my first 40 levels in LOTRO online, I loved my first 40 levels in WOW. My first 30 level in AOC were blah. Im sure the higher you get the better it gets, but a game shouldnt take that long to draw you in.
Sounds like you want a pick-up-and-go game. Do you buy go-phones? is setting up your major corp phone too tough? is it's perty colors too much?
Wow is a pick-up-and-go game, I enjoyed playing it from level 1-60, 60-70 after the expansion wasn't so much fun.....
AoC is a real game. It takes time, thought, effort to create your character and build their levels and establish your place in the world. I don't like using EQ for comparisons but i think it might work... There is a lot of 'nothing to do' in EQ, lots of standing around, socializing, weak quest farming, that is.. if you aren't into it to the point of guilding up, aiming for endgame, and constantly grinding/questing to get those levels, AoC is much the same.. if you aren't into it, you'll stand around a lot, 'attempt' to socialize lol, get bored with quests fast... Some games are for some people, and other games are for other people.
Games that take time, and games that start arcade speed, will always hit 2 different markets of gamers.
So you didn't like AoC, great. I heard on the radio a guy called in and said he went to the premier of the new indiana jones movie, said it was so boring it put him to sleep, told everyone it was bad and not to go see it, then i ask people i know and they all say it rocks, an opinion is great, just make sure you're talking to people that share the same views and like/dislike the same things.
"Sometimes, things that may or may not be true are the things a man needs to believe in the most. People are basically good. Honor, courage, virtue mean everything. Power and money, money and power mean nothing. Good always triumphs over evil. Love, True Love Never Dies." Which Final Fantasy Character Are You?
Did someone say LotRO is better than AoC? uhh.. but Turbine owns LotRO... and turbine made DDO....... and DDO is the biggest failure i've ever played... and thats saying a lot.. cause i got as low as 2fps on Vanguard..... AoC is an incredibly awesome game, if you can get your head out of your preverbial rear-end, then you might start playing the game the same way you play other games. Did you need to group from level 1-30 besides dungeons? in any game? how about wow? nope? then why the complaints about AoC... if a game tops at lvl 50.. thats lvl 25 before you should ever have to group, well AoC tops at lvl 80. So thats level 40 before you start having to group more often. It's there in the first 40 levels, even in the tutorial Tortage, you just have to look for it. WoW info - At lvl 15, did you group? no. At lvl 25 did you group? no. Why is that? is it because almost all of the quests are to kill 10-20 of something that you can pull safely by yourself? When you enter a dungeon/region, if you want to do your quests and killing in solid multiplayer groups, then enter it as Epic, some Normal places are as hard as elites in other games (like WoW) but most Normal places can be solo'd if you are careful and know how to play your character, if you want forced multiplayer content, then enter everything as Epic and enjoy the elite-style mobs and quests. If you don't like it, then go away or stop complaining. If you go looking for groups or help with quests or dungeon runs, why don't you go looking for it in AoC? if you search for multiplayer *whether hard or easy* in other games, why won't you search for it in AoC? and have people forgotten that if you don't put in the effort, it probably won't get done? I rarely get invited randomly to groups in other MMOs, just as rarely as i do in AoC, and I look for multiplayer interaction in AoC the same way I look for it on other games.
Just wanted to say that DDO is the biggest failure ACCORDING TO YOU.
A lot of people are enjoying it and I played it too, quite good.
Might not be your cup of tea but hey, you don't have to take that tea :P
And according to ME Lotro and WoW are better than AoC as much as I hate WoW :P
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OMG...really....lord of the rings and world of warcraft don't even rate beside this Masterpiece. Age of Conan online is the Michelangelo of MMO's
It is so good..that i am willing to announce that it is the BEST MMO of all time. I am a veteran of MMO's and pc gaming and no question we are looking at what can only be described as.... Perfection
The developers of this game deserve all the accolades that they will get and deserve...you work hard and you reap the benefits
Well done FunCom and Eidos
yeah thats a record set by people who have nothign better to do. The average joe wont sit at their computer all dya and do nothign else.
<- average joe
It's been 5 days for me (2 chars on 1 server) both haven't reached 20 yet (in the teens). I wonder what the average is overall for everyone broken down by server and population? But quite frankly they can't make the analysis on whether "leveling is too fast" for at least 2 to 3 months IMHO if they want to gather enough data to make a proper judgment call.
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Played: Age of Conan, DDO, Saga of Ryzom, SWG, DaOC, MxO, EQ2, and so on...
Wish List: Jumpgate Evolution, Star Wars: TOR, Star Trek
you are entitled to your opinion, like you said it is the michealangelo of mmo's, michealangelo dealed in painting which is visual. you are goo gah gah about the graphics and overlooking how weak the execution of the game is.
Did someone say LotRO is better than AoC? uhh.. but Turbine owns LotRO... and turbine made DDO....... and DDO is the biggest failure i've ever played... and thats saying a lot.. cause i got as low as 2fps on Vanguard.....
AoC is an incredibly awesome game, if you can get your head out of your preverbial rear-end, then you might start playing the game the same way you play other games. Did you need to group from level 1-30 besides dungeons? in any game? how about wow? nope? then why the complaints about AoC... if a game tops at lvl 50.. thats lvl 25 before you should ever have to group, well AoC tops at lvl 80. So thats level 40 before you start having to group more often. It's there in the first 40 levels, even in the tutorial Tortage, you just have to look for it.
WoW info - At lvl 15, did you group? no. At lvl 25 did you group? no. Why is that? is it because almost all of the quests are to kill 10-20 of something that you can pull safely by yourself?
When you enter a dungeon/region, if you want to do your quests and killing in solid multiplayer groups, then enter it as Epic, some Normal places are as hard as elites in other games (like WoW) but most Normal places can be solo'd if you are careful and know how to play your character, if you want forced multiplayer content, then enter everything as Epic and enjoy the elite-style mobs and quests. If you don't like it, then go away or stop complaining.
If you go looking for groups or help with quests or dungeon runs, why don't you go looking for it in AoC? if you search for multiplayer *whether hard or easy* in other games, why won't you search for it in AoC? and have people forgotten that if you don't put in the effort, it probably won't get done? I rarely get invited randomly to groups in other MMOs, just as rarely as i do in AoC, and I look for multiplayer interaction in AoC the same way I look for it on other games.
"Sometimes, things that may or may not be true are the things a man needs to believe in the most. People are basically good. Honor, courage, virtue mean everything. Power and money, money and power mean nothing. Good always triumphs over evil. Love, True Love Never Dies."
Which Final Fantasy Character Are You?
gotta wonder....the people who don't like this game...why are they on the AoC forums at all??
Why aren't they reading the forums appropriate for the game they DO like??
Is it because they are just here to cause trouble? Becuse their game is vaporware? Because they don't like ANY game, and can't help but try to bring their misery onto others?
Seriously...I don't even READ forums particular to games I don't enjoy....and I sure as hell don't post in them.
Are you people so utterly worthless that you have NOTHING better to do?
it's decent game, but nothing revolutionary about it.
edit- because I am not gonzo gaga whoopie over the game does that make me a hater?
I miss DAoC
I had been beta tester for almost 5 months, i am interested in seeing what people think about the retail. The game is not anything light years ahead of other mmo's except in the graphics department. THE GAME LACKS DEPTH! If you cant see that then i don't know what you look for in other mmo's, if you ever played one.
exactly, like i said id be playing it right now if it were free. The beta was still up ike 2 days ago and i was playing/testing. The game is just so unpolished in certain areas that were in WOW and LOTRO at release.
well the quests in the starter area are really well written. While not revolutionary it is still good writing even if it all still boils down to kill tasks and fed ex runs.
I miss DAoC
yeah all i hear is how great the fatalities are, how you can solo. what about the item lore and the drops people? that alone is enough to call this game crap! very important. after people get to 30 our so they will start to realize, 90% of your drop is vendor money for your mount. Give us some real items, give me some armor in the first 20 levels that doesnt look the same with a +.01 rating, wow it think i got a +2 armor at level 23. who created your item lore a physics professor?
well the quests in the starter area are really well written. While not revolutionary it is still good writing even if it all still boils down to kill tasks and fed ex runs.
did Medafor just say the game lacks depth?... Frontier/Sieges (DAoC/SB)
... PVP Minigames (WoW, Others...)
... Endgame Raiding (WoW, EQ, Others...)
... 80 Levels (No payed subscription U.S. released game)
... Oblivion(singleplayer) Deep Quests (No payed subscription U.S. released game)
... Amazing graphics that run on most computers (No payed subscription U.S. released game) - CPU Lag? Try shader 2.x/2.0, No Bloom, Disable Shadows, and No Water Reflections. Enjoy your new 100+ fps.
... Guild Cities(w/ crafted buildings) (Shadowbane, No others?)
You tell me a game that combines features from other games (not shared features, specific to one-two game type features) and show me where they have as much content and as many systems as AoC has from other successful games.
"Sometimes, things that may or may not be true are the things a man needs to believe in the most. People are basically good. Honor, courage, virtue mean everything. Power and money, money and power mean nothing. Good always triumphs over evil. Love, True Love Never Dies."
Which Final Fantasy Character Are You?
I'm on the forums because there are no other games that are currently out that I want to play. I had big hopes in AoC and now that I know what it's really like I'd like to warn people on what they are getting into so they don't waste $50 like I did. If people enjoy the same things I do I hope answering questions and providing some insight to the game helps them figure out whether they want to purchase the game or not.
Why are you letting these "utterly worthless" people bother you anyways? With 1448 posts under your belt I'd imagine you would know what to expect from a public MMO forum by now.
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Slow down a bit OP. I am enjoying the game myself as well and it has a good chance of being my primary MMO (unless something developed later brings me more enjoyment) but I can't say a game just launched is the best MMO ever. There is still work to be done and polish needed. It has a good base/foundation to build from but let's wait and see if that is actually done before we go tossing out best ever crowns. Hopefully it will be a great game as it continues on this progress because we sure as hell have needed some other options as game to play. The market has been dry for far too long.
20 hours
20hrs from lvl 1-70 in WoW...boy if that doesn't speak volumes about that game. WoW doesn't even rate beside AoC, not even in the same category. WoW is more along the lines of being compared to Runescape
I dont believe that, how is that humanly possible, lol.
well the quests in the starter area are really well written. While not revolutionary it is still good writing even if it all still boils down to kill tasks and fed ex runs.
did Medafor just say the game lacks depth?... Frontier/Sieges (DAoC/SB)
... PVP Minigames (WoW, Others...)
... Endgame Raiding (WoW, EQ, Others...)
... 80 Levels (No payed subscription U.S. released game)
... Oblivion(singleplayer) Deep Quests (No payed subscription U.S. released game)
... Amazing graphics that run on most computers (No payed subscription U.S. released game) - CPU Lag? Try shader 2.x/2.0, No Bloom, Disable Shadows, and No Water Reflections. Enjoy your new 100+ fps.
... Guild Cities(w/ crafted buildings) (Shadowbane, No others?)
You tell me a game that combines features from other games (not shared features, specific to one-two game type features) and show me where they have as much content and as many systems as AoC has from other successful games.
The first 30 levels were not that impressive. Like i said i dont hate the game because i know it will only get better with patching and new editions. I loved my first 40 levels in LOTRO online, I loved my first 40 levels in WOW. My first 30 level in AOC were blah. Im sure the higher you get the better it gets, but a game shouldnt take that long to draw you in.
I feel the exact same way. I was a skeptic at first too and now I'm used to the combat system it's freakin awesome. This is by far my favorite MMO combat system. I went with HoX so I can either decapitate or burn people alive and hear them scream as their charred corpse falls to the ground. The combo and dodge system is truly an equalizer in pvp regardless of gear. The more skilled will win every time as long as your within 3-4 levels of each other. Three of us lowbies( in our low 20s) took out a level 36 conquerer who was ganking in Kopshef province the other night. I love it!
Jesus dude... It's just a game. Get a grip
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html;jsessionid=E84F5F3365456CDC7DA3C5BCDB2CD8E4?topicId=5284850132&sid=1
Jesus its like any game, people who sit at theircomputers 24/7. The average joe will not do it, so it makes no differance.
People need to say what about instanced bugs them. Like I have a slow hard drive and loading times kill me or what ever about instances bugs them. Why? b/c it makes no sense with out it. People say "yea it's instanced" without a reason like that is suppose to say or mean something. Give a reason, show some thought or don't.. really doesn't matter but you'll sound smarter that is for sure.
We dont like instancing because we play WOW and LOTRO. clear enough?
And I don't like instancing because I feel it takes away from the immersiveness of the game and with them it doesn't feel like a true mmo. I like to feel apart of the world and with an open world to explore, with no loading between zones.
another problem i may have is that i was caster classes all through beta. THE PET SYSTEM SUCKS BALLS! 1,2,3 is not useful at all. If i ever get the game maybe i will enjoy a warrior type class yall.
well the quests in the starter area are really well written. While not revolutionary it is still good writing even if it all still boils down to kill tasks and fed ex runs.
did Medafor just say the game lacks depth?... Frontier/Sieges (DAoC/SB)
... PVP Minigames (WoW, Others...)
... Endgame Raiding (WoW, EQ, Others...)
... 80 Levels (No payed subscription U.S. released game)
... Oblivion(singleplayer) Deep Quests (No payed subscription U.S. released game)
... Amazing graphics that run on most computers (No payed subscription U.S. released game) - CPU Lag? Try shader 2.x/2.0, No Bloom, Disable Shadows, and No Water Reflections. Enjoy your new 100+ fps.
... Guild Cities(w/ crafted buildings) (Shadowbane, No others?)
You tell me a game that combines features from other games (not shared features, specific to one-two game type features) and show me where they have as much content and as many systems as AoC has from other successful games.
The first 30 levels were not that impressive. Like i said i dont hate the game because i know it will only get better with patching and new editions. I loved my first 40 levels in LOTRO online, I loved my first 40 levels in WOW. My first 30 level in AOC were blah. Im sure the higher you get the better it gets, but a game shouldnt take that long to draw you in.
Sounds like you want a pick-up-and-go game. Do you buy go-phones? is setting up your major corp phone too tough? is it's perty colors too much?Wow is a pick-up-and-go game, I enjoyed playing it from level 1-60, 60-70 after the expansion wasn't so much fun.....
AoC is a real game. It takes time, thought, effort to create your character and build their levels and establish your place in the world. I don't like using EQ for comparisons but i think it might work... There is a lot of 'nothing to do' in EQ, lots of standing around, socializing, weak quest farming, that is.. if you aren't into it to the point of guilding up, aiming for endgame, and constantly grinding/questing to get those levels, AoC is much the same.. if you aren't into it, you'll stand around a lot, 'attempt' to socialize lol, get bored with quests fast... Some games are for some people, and other games are for other people.
Games that take time, and games that start arcade speed, will always hit 2 different markets of gamers.
So you didn't like AoC, great. I heard on the radio a guy called in and said he went to the premier of the new indiana jones movie, said it was so boring it put him to sleep, told everyone it was bad and not to go see it, then i ask people i know and they all say it rocks, an opinion is great, just make sure you're talking to people that share the same views and like/dislike the same things.
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Just wanted to say that DDO is the biggest failure ACCORDING TO YOU.
A lot of people are enjoying it and I played it too, quite good.
Might not be your cup of tea but hey, you don't have to take that tea :P
And according to ME Lotro and WoW are better than AoC as much as I hate WoW :P