Age of Conan board game available Feb 2009 - rule book available now

Crashloop

Originally posted by BoudahXL



As for AoC itself, as much as I hate certain aspects of this game I have to hand it to Funcom, with all the mistakes and bad decisions there is a good game with potential coming to life slowly.
I'm sorry for the early birds, but being a mmo vet I cannot believe anyone has ever played a perfect release.What I do velieve is that newcomer to the mmo realm weren't just ready to experience the first year of an mmo.
Although some companies have made better decision for mmo release AoC wasn't in worst shape than most mmo on release.
People forget the general chat in WoW first six months, people asking why the hell hero class weren't in game yet, where were the promised player housing, how come DireMaul wasn't working yet, empty zone(yes there were a few please try to remember WoW vets will smile and easily answer this one).
Remember Eve online first 6 months, so buggy someone could destroy your ship, then your pod and loot your inventory floating in space before your loading screen was finished loading just to see your dead body in space station.
I'm sure other vets could reply this thread with more colorfull examples of popular mmo's.No one remember when people were teleporting in WoW to empty chest, speed hack, no one remember that paladin could one shot a raid boss alone stacking reckoning for hours.Yes one player with a friend were able to down raid bosses that required 40 men raids!
Gee are only newcomer to mmo or short term memory people posting on these forums nowaday or are so comfortable on 4-12 years old mmo's release that we expect the same quality on release?

 

So much truth in this part.

I'm probably not a MMO vet like you, started out with SWG, then moved to WoW shortly after EU launch. I remember people talking about all the good stuff that was going to come for WoW in the beginning it never did, it had bugs, lot s of them even on the eu release which I played. Molten Core was buggy for what 7 months?

Thing today is that people expect that when a MMO is released it should be "finished", just Like WoW is today. Even Blizzard have said they won't probabøy make a new MMO as people will automaticly expect it to be as good as WoW, and it is impossible for them to make a game that is that good on launch.

Zorvan

Originally posted by Soupgoblin


Don't be haters...
Funcom has to make money somehow, no one wants to see Erling Ellingson on the street begging for food
 
But it is funny to imagine a Conan board game with broken and missing pieces being played on a board surface that is almost half blank (due to being shipped unfinished). I bet the graphics will be great, though.
 

 

Speak for yourself.......

xpiher

Originally posted by BoudahXL


Indeed, no matter what's going on in mmo or the news, these guys just want to post no matter what.
And the easiest road to a post is a non-constructive one, hell even a joke take more efforts than trolling, rambling about old facts and mistakes...
Avery please don't  waste time explaining yourself as a correspondant I wouldn't ask no less than you reporting news and what not about this mmo.
Whether people like it or not you're doing just that, gathering informations and posting them, thank you.
As for the board game I never liked  bi-products of videogames, whether it's a movie, toy or board game, I'm sorry i just can't, but this doesn't mean the product is bad.
As for AoC itself, as much as I hate certain aspects of this game I have to hand it to Funcom, with all the mistakes and bad decisions there is a good game with potential coming to life slowly.
I'm sorry for the early birds, but being a mmo vet I cannot believe anyone has ever played a perfect release.What I do velieve is that newcomer to the mmo realm weren't just ready to experience the first year of an mmo.
Although some companies have made better decision for mmo release AoC wasn't in worst shape than most mmo on release.
People forget the general chat in WoW first six months, people asking why the hell hero class weren't in game yet, where were the promised player housing, how come DireMaul wasn't working yet, empty zone(yes there were a few please try to remember WoW vets will smile and easily answer this one).
Remember Eve online first 6 months, so buggy someone could destroy your ship, then your pod and loot your inventory floating in space before your loading screen was finished loading just to see your dead body in space station.
I'm sure other vets could reply this thread with more colorfull examples of popular mmo's.No one remember when people were teleporting in WoW to empty chest, speed hack, no one remember that paladin could one shot a raid boss alone stacking reckoning for hours.Yes one player with a friend were able to down raid bosses that required 40 men raids!
Gee are only newcomer to mmo or short term memory people posting on these forums nowaday or are so comfortable on 4-12 years old mmo's release that we expect the same quality on release?

 

This post desvers its own thread. I'll copy it and put it on the AoC forums

Lobbyboy69

Originally posted by phluux


Does it come with a board and pieces when you purchase or do you have to wait a few months after you purchase it to get them?
I'm just askin'.

 

LOL... im not a fan of the Avery bashing going on in this thread, but that post made me spit my coffee out.