Interesting. This sounds like it might be good for the game. Nitpicking, however, I feel that "Perk" does not feel right for a deadly special abilities.
"Gamers will no longer buy the argument that every MMO requires a subscription fee to offset server and bandwidth costs. It's not true you know it, and they know it." Jeff Strain, co-founder of ArenaNet, 2007
TBH, I'm sceptical of any game that uses Alt Advance levels. As a veteran of EQ, I saw this as a good thing when it came out and added a lot of depth to the game.
The problem though, is that in the end, it kept a new population player base from joining. Lots of guilds, at least top guilds, required hundreds, even over 1000 at one point, if memory serves, just to get in. Thus a player had to level to max, then level again, with equivalancy being about releveling 5 more times to max, if not more just to be able to get into a good guild. So while this might be a good thing at the beginning, it runs a very high risk down the road, and one that's not easy to overcome. What can a new player just leveling do to compete with someone that's been in the game, has the gear and all the AA's. Bottom line, they can't.
Although, I do have to say, from some of the people that have responded, I'm curious about how this game as progressed since launch, as I did buy the game and try it out, and it quickly became IMO, the worst MMO I had ever played, and as said, I started with EQ, so during that time, I've played a lot of them.
I remeber those issues from EQ, it is much worse now, but then AoC doesn't have that same focus on max-level raiding that EQ does. In theory it shouldn't be an issue, but we'll have to wait and see.
I just need to level up my Conq now to 80 in time for the expansion and then I can work on AAs for that and level up a new character through the expansion.
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Looking forward to the expansion.Realy do need to play more .AoC has been great fun an hope they keep this level of improvemnts inc.
"Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing." Robert E. Howard, The Tower of the Elephant (1933)
TBH, I'm sceptical of any game that uses Alt Advance levels. As a veteran of EQ, I saw this as a good thing when it came out and added a lot of depth to the game.
The problem though, is that in the end, it kept a new population player base from joining. Lots of guilds, at least top guilds, required hundreds, even over 1000 at one point, if memory serves, just to get in. Thus a player had to level to max, then level again, with equivalancy being about releveling 5 more times to max, if not more just to be able to get into a good guild. So while this might be a good thing at the beginning, it runs a very high risk down the road, and one that's not easy to overcome. What can a new player just leveling do to compete with someone that's been in the game, has the gear and all the AA's. Bottom line, they can't.
Although, I do have to say, from some of the people that have responded, I'm curious about how this game as progressed since launch, as I did buy the game and try it out, and it quickly became IMO, the worst MMO I had ever played, and as said, I started with EQ, so during that time, I've played a lot of them.
To be honest i would just give those guilds a two finger salute ) so what if you do not have the best of the best gear
I really like the new content and abilities they are adding but all the heavy zoning and instances is what keeps me from going back. I like open-world mmo's because having a mount that takes only about 2min to get from one side of the zone to the other is a bit redundant.
And no, not all open-world mmo's lag, I have a great PC and have no problems with lag. I'm sure I might get flamed but not really caring. I am just stating my opinion about the review like everyone else and why I choose not to go back to AoC.
I really like the new content and abilities they are adding but all the heavy zoning and instances is what keeps me from going back. I like open-world mmo's because having a mount that takes only about 2min to get from one side of the zone to the other is a bit redundant. And no, not all open-world mmo's lag, I have a great PC and have no problems with lag. I'm sure I might get flamed but not really caring. I am just stating my opinion about the review like everyone else and why I choose not to go back to AoC.
Have you seen the size of the new zones in the expansion? I guess not...
Do yourself a favor, and save that comment until you have seen that. the video that was released some time ago showed a much larger area then the ones your used to from the original game. I think many are in for some shocks in the expansion, mostly those stopped playing long time ago.
I really like the new content and abilities they are adding but all the heavy zoning and instances is what keeps me from going back. I like open-world mmo's because having a mount that takes only about 2min to get from one side of the zone to the other is a bit redundant. And no, not all open-world mmo's lag, I have a great PC and have no problems with lag. I'm sure I might get flamed but not really caring. I am just stating my opinion about the review like everyone else and why I choose not to go back to AoC.
Have you seen the size of the new zones in the expansion? I guess not...
Do yourself a favor, and save that comment until you have seen that. the video that was released some time ago showed a much larger area then the ones your used to from the original game. I think many are in for some shocks in the expansion, mostly those stopped playing long time ago.
I understand where he is coming from, its not why I left AOC as its not a deal breaker for me but I do truly prefer an open MMO. I will give AOC another run after the expansion goes live and I see what live players have to say. I would really like this game to finaly turn into a game that fits me as a fan of the foundation IP. I have not played since launch and wont (hopes that my run on it after expansion will be that much better), the game has potental a lot of it; heres hoping it works out.
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A lot of effort going in with the expansion, the guys are working really hard to deliver.
The asian themed area is nice, and this system is a much better option for character progression than more levels/gear and generally I applaud them for it. Funcom, despite the crap they get, actually has nice ideas. However, I feel this is only going to exacerbate the glaring balance issues, and does nothing to solve what is essentially broken PvP/Siege warfare at the moment.
Man, I am normally the biggest hater of Age of Conan and FailCom but this expansion is frackin awesome. I love it. I love that they didnt add levels or shit like that. Its just all this new content, its almost too much content, so you can't rush through it like you do the 1-80 regular stuff. And its always different since there are 50+ ways to gain the new points. No more EPIC Kesh only or Minis.
I still wont give up until i see a press release saying that prick Erling Erlingson is fired from failcom, but this at least made me resub.
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Interesting. This sounds like it might be good for the game. Nitpicking, however, I feel that "Perk" does not feel right for a deadly special abilities.
"Gamers will no longer buy the argument that every MMO requires a subscription fee to offset server and bandwidth costs. It's not true you know it, and they know it." Jeff Strain, co-founder of ArenaNet, 2007
WTF? No subscription fee?
I remeber those issues from EQ, it is much worse now, but then AoC doesn't have that same focus on max-level raiding that EQ does. In theory it shouldn't be an issue, but we'll have to wait and see.
I just need to level up my Conq now to 80 in time for the expansion and then I can work on AAs for that and level up a new character through the expansion.
Keep up the goodwork Funcom.
Playing: ARMA 2
Waiting for: Darkfall: UW
Played: Ultima Online, Age of Conan, Anarchy Online, Planetside, Dark age of Camelot, EQII, WoW, SWG, FFXI and a lot more
Sounds good, gonna stay subbed for awhile.
Looking forward to the expansion.Realy do need to play more .AoC has been great fun an hope they keep this level of improvemnts inc.
"Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing." Robert E. Howard, The Tower of the Elephant (1933)
To be honest i would just give those guilds a two finger salute ) so what if you do not have the best of the best gear
Chrim
I really like the new content and abilities they are adding but all the heavy zoning and instances is what keeps me from going back. I like open-world mmo's because having a mount that takes only about 2min to get from one side of the zone to the other is a bit redundant.
And no, not all open-world mmo's lag, I have a great PC and have no problems with lag. I'm sure I might get flamed but not really caring. I am just stating my opinion about the review like everyone else and why I choose not to go back to AoC.
Have you seen the size of the new zones in the expansion? I guess not...
Do yourself a favor, and save that comment until you have seen that. the video that was released some time ago showed a much larger area then the ones your used to from the original game. I think many are in for some shocks in the expansion, mostly those stopped playing long time ago.
Have you seen the size of the new zones in the expansion? I guess not...
Do yourself a favor, and save that comment until you have seen that. the video that was released some time ago showed a much larger area then the ones your used to from the original game. I think many are in for some shocks in the expansion, mostly those stopped playing long time ago.
I understand where he is coming from, its not why I left AOC as its not a deal breaker for me but I do truly prefer an open MMO. I will give AOC another run after the expansion goes live and I see what live players have to say. I would really like this game to finaly turn into a game that fits me as a fan of the foundation IP. I have not played since launch and wont (hopes that my run on it after expansion will be that much better), the game has potental a lot of it; heres hoping it works out.
A lot of effort going in with the expansion, the guys are working really hard to deliver.
The asian themed area is nice, and this system is a much better option for character progression than more levels/gear and generally I applaud them for it. Funcom, despite the crap they get, actually has nice ideas. However, I feel this is only going to exacerbate the glaring balance issues, and does nothing to solve what is essentially broken PvP/Siege warfare at the moment.
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sounds a great way to avoid playing tortage over and over...wonders how much time take to lvl a alt to lvl 20...
Yes! That reads well! I can't wait for the release of the expansion! The game has improved so much! I was close to quiting and I am happy I did not!
Me and the GF have recently gone back to this game and are having a lot of fun, and it runs well and looks *good*.
We should easily have our characters at 80 by the time this all goes live, so really looking forward to it all.
Feats and Perks... It is sooo Fallout-ish, I like it already
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This sounds like a hybrid of glyphs in WoW and traits/deeds in LotRO. It's also innovative with the offline component and the mix fo pvp and pve.
It sounds great so far. I've recently returned to AoC and absolutely love it.
Man, I am normally the biggest hater of Age of Conan and FailCom but this expansion is frackin awesome. I love it. I love that they didnt add levels or shit like that. Its just all this new content, its almost too much content, so you can't rush through it like you do the 1-80 regular stuff. And its always different since there are 50+ ways to gain the new points. No more EPIC Kesh only or Minis.
I still wont give up until i see a press release saying that prick Erling Erlingson is fired from failcom, but this at least made me resub.
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