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Post-launch problems are NORMAL
Anubisan
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Look people, it is 100% normal and should be expected for any new MMORPG to experience problems... sometimes significant ones shortly after launch. This has happened in EACH and EVERY game that has been released in this genre.
I am so sick and tired of reading new threads created by naysayers who obviously hate the game and want it to fail. Regardless of your motives, there are certain facts you all seem to be ignoring.
- Every MMORPG has problems at launch. AOC is no different.
- AOC's problems at present are not game-breaking. In fact it has been one of the smoothest MMO launches ever.
- AOC is not dying. In fact, it has had record sales and the population is increasing.
- AOC has received very high reviews and customer satisfaction since release.
- AOC's combat system does not consist of button mashing unless you are an idiot and do not know how to play.
Obviously the game isn't for everyone, but so far it seems that more people than not ARE enjoying it. Starting threads like "Aoc is dying" or "Here is why AOC sucks" will not change anyone else's opinions of the game. This only makes you look like a troll and leads others to value your opinions less.
If you don't like the game, your opinion is noted. BY ALL MEANS... go back to your same old comfortable MMO and stop posting here.
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City of Heros was a great launch- no server issues, very few bugs , everything worked
LoTRO again a good launch - some server lag in Bree was the biggest issue
WOW - lots of server lag and some crashes but everything in game worked. Some balance issues
EQII - some server lag and a lot of bad choices in the release design but overall a good launch
AoC- poor performance and optimization, game breaking bugs, people losing money in bankd and vendors, balance issues, exploits ....
the servers did noyt crash is the best thing about the launch
I miss DAoC
I personally don't see why you had the need to make this thread if you didn't care. Or whatever the naysayers say because people have their own opinions right? So why should you care what they're doing?
I care because I am tired of reading the same ridiculous arguments over and over again. Most of you are just trolling and have not truly given the game the chance it deserves.
I would not be surprised if some of you are even employees of other MMO companies trying frantically to discredit the new kid on the block so as to save your favorite game.
People should know that games are not going to be 100% polished immediately after release. To expect as much is not realistic.
theres nothing normal about frozen accounts
gg Funcom
EQ2 fan sites
Mne eto nado kak zuby v zadnitse.
I do not care about this game one bit, I just like hearing how launch is going so I check out some of the posts when I'm bored.
From what I've been reading and this is just what I've read not how it actually is, but the majority of the complaints seem to have nothing to do with bugs or crashes, it's more with the way the game is designed, especially with the instances and such.
In every MMO, there have been problems as the OP has mentioned. Just because in previous MMO's there have not been the same problems that the majority has been aware of doesnt mean they didnt happen. Frozen accounts says you, never heard of anyone else ever bringing that one up before, care to elaborate? Aside from that though, how many launches have all of you been part of to knowingly say there were little to no problems with other large scale MMO's? Dont say LOTRO, because I played the beta and release and there were alot of graphical issues and broken quests. Dont say WoW because they had huge server lag problems broken quests and client download issues, and please dont list EQ, EQ2, COH or any other game because I know for a FACT that they have all had problems Post-Launch, you guys say not game-breaking I beg to differ, everyone has their own patience when it comes to games, and if you guys think that AOC was game-breaking bugs and problems, then you had the same issues with prior MMO's because they had similar issues if not worse in some cases. I agree with the original post, if you guys have problems with AOC dont play it, go to another forum and look up on a future game there, dont come to the AOC forums and complain that you dont like the game. No one cares.
Anubisan, please respond to this comment. How are CE accounts not working, pre order codes not working, "normal".
eventually these problems are going to be so normal, we end up buying and subscribing for beta versions of future games
However, I have heard on other forums that they are replacing these codes if your contact their support department. This is obviously a blunder on someone's part, but not something that cannot be fixed.
However, I have heard on other forums that they are replacing these codes if your contact their support department. This is obviously a blunder on someone's part, but not something that cannot be fixed.
Except their "support" is non existent. I'm sure everyone know of this already, no need to elaborate.
However, I have heard on other forums that they are replacing these codes if your contact their support department. This is obviously a blunder on someone's part, but not something that cannot be fixed.
This is a bit more than a blunder. This has only ever happened in one other game. Can you guess which it was? I'll give you a hint, it began with Anarchy and ended with Online.
But I digress. Age of Conan's release has been far from flawless. It has been riddled with many many problems, but most of these could be overlooked. What couldn't be overlooked at least for me, was the Public Relations, or lack thereof. Private boards with ham-fisted moderators. Complete lack of any information about the state of the game. Flat out lying about certain things. My favourite was about they were touting Age of Conan to be the first DX10 MMO for as long as I can remember. Guess when they decided to tell people that DX10 wasn't happenening, LAUNCH DAY.
Again that they didn't have DX10 in on launch, or a Bank, or Auction House, had an entire zone that needs to be retooled, has severe game breaking bugs, and dealing with those bugs with a scythe instead of a scalpel, the list goes on, isn't something that most people can't overlook. What most people do have a problem with, is how they handle these problems.
Mne eto nado kak zuby v zadnitse.
However, I have heard on other forums that they are replacing these codes if your contact their support department. This is obviously a blunder on someone's part, but not something that cannot be fixed.
This is a bit more than a blunder. This has only ever happened in one other game. Can you guess which it was? I'll give you a hint, it began with Anarchy and ended with Online.
But I digress. Age of Conan's release has been far from flawless. It has been riddled with many many problems, but most of these could be overlooked. What couldn't be overlooked at least for me, was the Public Relations, or lack thereof. Private boards with ham-fisted moderators. Complete lack of any information about the state of the game. Flat out lying about certain things. My favourite was about they were touting Age of Conan to be the first DX10 MMO for as long as I can remember. Guess when they decided to tell people that DX10 wasn't happenening, LAUNCH DAY.
Again that they didn't have DX10 in on launch, or a Bank, or Auction House, had an entire zone that needs to be retooled, has severe game breaking bugs, and dealing with those bugs with a scythe instead of a scalpel, the list goes on, isn't something that most people can't overlook. What most people do have a problem with, is how they handle these problems.
Considering I only speak Greek and English, anychance you can translate this in either language? K, thanks, bye.
I'm not buying another mmorpg ever again. Ill stick with AoC for a while since I've bought it already, but I am done, done, and done with MMOs. If it was going to get better it would have done so by now, due to WoW.
I equate it to the movie industry and television.
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Mne eto nado kak zuby v zadnitse.
I do agree that what I have heard about the Funcom customer support is troubling. However, since I have never dealt with them personally, I cannot attest to this...
I suppose only time will tell just how capable their support team really is.
However, I have heard on other forums that they are replacing these codes if your contact their support department. This is obviously a blunder on someone's part, but not something that cannot be fixed.
This is a bit more than a blunder. This has only ever happened in one other game. Can you guess which it was? I'll give you a hint, it began with Anarchy and ended with Online.
But I digress. Age of Conan's release has been far from flawless. It has been riddled with many many problems, but most of these could be overlooked. What couldn't be overlooked at least for me, was the Public Relations, or lack thereof. Private boards with ham-fisted moderators. Complete lack of any information about the state of the game. Flat out lying about certain things. My favourite was about they were touting Age of Conan to be the first DX10 MMO for as long as I can remember. Guess when they decided to tell people that DX10 wasn't happenening, LAUNCH DAY.
Again that they didn't have DX10 in on launch, or a Bank, or Auction House, had an entire zone that needs to be retooled, has severe game breaking bugs, and dealing with those bugs with a scythe instead of a scalpel, the list goes on, isn't something that most people can't overlook. What most people do have a problem with, is how they handle these problems.
Considering I only speak Greek and English, anychance you can translate this in either language? K, thanks, bye.
So is this what fanbois boiled down to, personal attacks and make themselves look like a tool? His english, I won't say is the best, but it's definitely comprehensible.
AoC doesn't suck because of the bugs or terrible customer support. It sucks because of the gameplay and that will never fix.
REALITY CHECK
Did you even play the game? It HAS banks, guild banks and an AH. Go find the trader NPC you stuiped, stuiped person. I don't even know where you are pulling this information out of. It has GUILD BANKS! WoW didn't even have guild banks until recently.
And yes, if you think AoC's combat is button mashing, you are stuiped, you are a wall candy eater. I wrote on length about the combat system in another thread, go find it. In addition, please cite this original, wonderful, non-button mashing MMO you are currently playing.
Why do people like you keep posting your opinions about a game I'm not even sure you have played.
However, I have heard on other forums that they are replacing these codes if your contact their support department. This is obviously a blunder on someone's part, but not something that cannot be fixed.
This is a bit more than a blunder. This has only ever happened in one other game. Can you guess which it was? I'll give you a hint, it began with Anarchy and ended with Online.
But I digress. Age of Conan's release has been far from flawless. It has been riddled with many many problems, but most of these could be overlooked. What couldn't be overlooked at least for me, was the Public Relations, or lack thereof. Private boards with ham-fisted moderators. Complete lack of any information about the state of the game. Flat out lying about certain things. My favourite was about they were touting Age of Conan to be the first DX10 MMO for as long as I can remember. Guess when they decided to tell people that DX10 wasn't happenening, LAUNCH DAY.
Again that they didn't have DX10 in on launch, or a Bank, or Auction House, had an entire zone that needs to be retooled, has severe game breaking bugs, and dealing with those bugs with a scythe instead of a scalpel, the list goes on, isn't something that most people can't overlook. What most people do have a problem with, is how they handle these problems.
Considering I only speak Greek and English, anychance you can translate this in either language? K, thanks, bye.
So is this what fanbois boiled down to, personal attacks and make themselves look like a tool? His english, I won't say is the best, but it's definitely comprehensible.
A little clarification considering that was rude, I was not dealing a personal attack to anyone, 2nd) I want something posted in english so everyone reading these forums doesnt have to read a ethics book to understand the conversation, and 3 I am not a fanboi, but I do enjoy the game quite a bit. By calling someone a Fanboi, are you not in your reply also commiting a personal attack on me by that reply? I think you are, So i can come to the conclusion that you are actually the one doing the personal attack here. And just because you feel this is comprehensible that doesnt mean that everyone does.
banks / ah / mail were not working at all until Tuesday evenings patch on 5/27
- less than 48 hours ago
EQ2 fan sites
Did you even play the game? It HAS banks, guild banks and an AH. Go find the trader NPC you stuiped, stuiped person. I don't even know where you are pulling this information out of. It has GUILD BANKS! WoW didn't even have guild banks until recently.
If you had been paying attention, the banks weren't put into the game until a few days ago. The game did not launch with them. And you can not give credit to AoC having Guild Banks before World of Warcraft, because before World of Wacraft there was no such thing as Guild Banks, other than level 1 alts.
And yes, if you think AoC's combat is button mashing, you are stuiped,(LOL) you are a wall candy eater.(...what?) I wrote on length about the combat system in another thread, go find it. In addition, please cite this original, wonderful, non-button mashing MMO you are currently playing.
There is no such thing as a non-button mashing MMO. In order to do things, you do indeed need to mash buttons. This is a fundamental part of online gaming; press button, character does action.
Why do people like you keep posting your opinions about a game I'm not even sure you have played.
Of course I have no played. I'm not playing until I get access to a Buddy Key and try the game for myself. However this does not mean that I do not have first hand information of the game. As to why? What else am I going to do at work?
Mne eto nado kak zuby v zadnitse.
However, I have heard on other forums that they are replacing these codes if your contact their support department. This is obviously a blunder on someone's part, but not something that cannot be fixed.
This is a bit more than a blunder. This has only ever happened in one other game. Can you guess which it was? I'll give you a hint, it began with Anarchy and ended with Online.
But I digress. Age of Conan's release has been far from flawless. It has been riddled with many many problems, but most of these could be overlooked. What couldn't be overlooked at least for me, was the Public Relations, or lack thereof. Private boards with ham-fisted moderators. Complete lack of any information about the state of the game. Flat out lying about certain things. My favourite was about they were touting Age of Conan to be the first DX10 MMO for as long as I can remember. Guess when they decided to tell people that DX10 wasn't happenening, LAUNCH DAY.
Again that they didn't have DX10 in on launch, or a Bank, or Auction House, had an entire zone that needs to be retooled, has severe game breaking bugs, and dealing with those bugs with a scythe instead of a scalpel, the list goes on, isn't something that most people can't overlook. What most people do have a problem with, is how they handle these problems.
Considering I only speak Greek and English, anychance you can translate this in either language? K, thanks, bye.
So is this what fanbois boiled down to, personal attacks and make themselves look like a tool? His english, I won't say is the best, but it's definitely comprehensible.
A little clarification considering that was rude, I was not dealing a personal attack to anyone, 2nd) I want something posted in english so everyone reading these forums doesnt have to read a ethics book to understand the conversation, and 3 I am not a fanboi, but I do enjoy the game quite a bit. By calling someone a Fanboi, are you not in your reply also commiting a personal attack on me by that reply? I think you are, So i can come to the conclusion that you are actually the one doing the personal attack here. And just because you feel this is comprehensible that doesnt mean that everyone does.
Please, point out which part of that post isn't in english. Or if you meant you want a condensed version, then well, if you're too lazy to read it, you're probably too lazy to give any kind of good input on the subject.