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My opinion, treat it as such
MadGonzo
Member Posts: 55
Lots of people like this game for now, and by lots i mean probably on the better end of the scale
Not me, and for some reason i think most people will quit AoC after a while
its not that engaging.. and the whole xbox instancing is taking a toll on the population already
as for the state of the game when it came out, i heard from my friend from closed beta
that they were screaming "dont release this yet" until the very end
and "most people" couldnt play AoC the first 2-3 days of EA (early access) because the client just didnt work on their setup
funcom handled it though, and got the whole shebang running
as for me and many others, i dont mind the lack of game world/support/quests/vocals
but i do mind the lack of core gameplay, artificial intelligence, items (and diversity), skills, abilities, descriptions and a decent balance between classes
because right now the balance is non-existent, ai is laughable and well the whole gameplay thing is beneath funcom at release stage
i really expected more balance to be honest
most people say that its to be expected, but really? that much broken? it reeks of poor decision-making
so, are you all having so much fun you dont mind all these broken core features/implementations?
if so, then the scale for how low you can go before releasing something has gone way down
perhaps wow got so boring anything is worth your while (i feel the same way though), but sheesh
i also disliked funcoms zero-approach to customer service and how they blatantly lied for PR's sake
not that it matters, but it adds to the fire for those who feel they bought this game for <said reason>
(it also seems the directors had a say too much in the game..
seeing as ie. assassins stealth only works at night time, which removes 50% of playtime
but thats only my speculation and should be treated as such)
Ammendment 1:
I asked my friend for more fuel to the fire (no i didnt) but i asked him about why they didnt want the release so here goes:
Alot of commonly known bugs, infact tons, had not been fixed by that time... So funcom must have been pushed to release
And the closed beta is still running 
oh, and for those of you currently playing AoC, how is your response time on combos?
if you press a key (not 1-2-3 attacks) does it respond IMMEDIATELY? it does with your mouse
this was bothering me alot from the start, but not gamebreaking.. i just want to confirm if anyone else has this problem 
care to comment? im very interested in my latter observation, to rule out my system being the problem
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I am having the same problem also on the response time.. where it affect me losing the battle.
yea I see where u are comming from Suncom has some of the worst customer service I have ever seen. There does seem to be alot of stuff that is just broke in the game. It gets a bit boring around lvls 40-50 and I have heard really bad around 60-70 so they have alot to do for sure. I do over all like the game though and I think it has the potential of being one of the best games ever but a few things need to change. For one Funcom needs to get some people who are good at customer service to talk to their customers and not the jerks that work there now. I think one of the biggest problems with this game and probably most other games though is actually us. We as a community are horrible at evaluating these games because everyone takes sides and if u say something bad u are a troll if u say something good u are a fanboi. Try mentioning a problem right now in game on AOC and see how many fanboi morons attack u.
This attitude warrants hugs and kisses I suppose.
it wasnt like that in early access or open beta.. everyone was chatting about everything they found - good or bad
especially in open beta :P so many problems
i actually liked the game until level 30, i guess its because im a programmer that i find so many problems
i think i wrote 100 bug reports during open beta, and some of them have been fixed
so, all in all, i think most people will give this game a well-worth try again when its fully up and running
I am enjoying it.
And not real sure who you talked to about EA but there wasn't any problems that I know of in EA from a large mass of people. I was on the Cimmerian server at EA and everyone on that server was applauding Funcom on bringing the stability around 200%.
I take it you have either only played WoW and Conan or failed to list your experiences with these types of games.
I am hear to say I was in WoW beta and there for release, and it was a mess. There where days that the servers in WoW went down and people were paying for monthly time and couldn't play, even blizzard refunding them weeks of play time because it was such a problem. It lasted for months, I remember in January I was still getting refund time. This is the way things go on new releases, if anyone is interested in past games.
My history dates all the way back to UO pre- trammel days where you adventure out of town and get ganked everytime. You got use to running around with nothing. I than moved to Asherons Call Darktide, and ran around with nothing. I was there for the Blood Wars, and defending of Kara. So I have witnessed alot of games and non are smooth at launch.
Just from playing over time I think that this instancing is probably going to be the norm for alot of games coming out, graphics are on the plate with alot of companies and the only way to build performance is by instancing. I would say if you don't like it your probably going to need to play wow forever, because most if not all will go this direction.
For your combo problems I have no issues what-so-ever so, either your ISP is laggin or your comp might need some looking into.
Good Luck I will keep playing, I for one am not going back to WoW for nothing. When you get to northrend and see the last bear and boar you will think twice about why you quit Conan.
Fire
I used to play WoW and this was to be my salvation.. now i play nothing
I actually tried vanguard, but its not fun when you are the only person for miles (i havent seen anyone else yet)
the instancing isnt about graphics, its about console - specifically xbox
personally i dont like it, but im sure many people are looking forward to the xbox release
as for the combo problems, 1 yes and 1 no.. hmm, i take it some people have that problem, some not
(i wonder why though.. its annoying not being able to perform combo attacks)
thanks for the comment anyways
EDIT: i was mostly talking about the open beta, though tortage was and is the best part of the game
there were many problems etc. but we DID have a lot of fun.. which is why i bought the game
Treat it as such? You mean you want me to not read most your post and then flame you for one sentence that says something bad or good about the game since games are either all bad or all good and no in between?
instead of responding to it as if i say its a universal truth
if you take time into perspective as well, in a few months people will forget the sinking ship this was at release if funcom does it right
i think they will as stated above
your comment is not appreciated nonetheless
instead of responding to it as if i say its a universal truth
if you take time into perspective as well, in a few months people will forget the sinking ship this was at release if funcom does it right
i think they will as stated above
your comment is not appreciated nonetheless
It called being facetious. Its not meant to be taken for reals. Its a parody of this forum.