B.S. Mr Hartman? Try fact. Easily 3/4 of the home computer systems out there today will not run the client in any form of an acceptable manner. You would think Funcom would look at the dumb decisions that other developers made and avoid them, seems like they embraced them instead. Sure the initial playerbase will be big, but this game will set a record for number of people canceling in the first 3 months. I just tire of incompetent developers who just do no understand the genre.
Can you elaborate more? I am a potential customer, that hasn't been sold yet. However, I did buy a brand new computer for next gen. gaming and was hoping to play AoC.
There are two types of developers right now. Those willing to take risks, and those who'd rather play it safe. AoC, EQ2, and Vanguard all took risks when creating their games to appeal to the gamers who have better systems. If this is what you mean, then I"m not sure why you are upset. It is not a bad thing for the players when developers push the envelope concerning technology. It is only a bad thing when the game doesn't profit from it and it is only a bad thing for those people that cannot or will not afford a new computer to play the game. Both EQ2 and Vanguard had bad releases because their technology wasn't stable. LoTRO is a good example of developers pushing the envelope, but also having stable architecture.
What kind of computer are you running and are you below or above the minimum specs? Were you playing with a crowd of people?
Please do NOT base your decision to play off what this guy said, if AoC was so bad on 3/4 of all computers then the prerlease would NOT have sold out. He is nothing but a troll and one that wouldn't know how to tweak his computer if he was told how to do it step by step. If you really do not want to spend the money on AoC right now wait till release and send me a pm here on the boards and I will give you my buddy code once I get it
I don't think customers should need to know how to tweak their computers to play a video game. I'd think most customers have other areas they prefer to concentrate their studies when they have the time or desire to study. I want to pick up AoC and just start playing, with the most amount of tweaking being in the video options under "Options" that comes with the game. I'm not about to go into my .ini file and start tweaking like some of these other gamers who have the knowledge to do so.
I take everyone's opinion into account before making my decision. I understand people have a natural tendency to be biased, good or bad, with a product, especially MMORPG gamers. So I apply critical thinking skills to weed out possible biasm. I obviously didn't pay any attention to the 3/4 comment, because that is obviously biased and would require a ton of research to prove. No, instead I take it as a fact that his computer is having troubles with it and it is better to find out his PC specs, the settings he ran AoC on, and the FPS he was getting. It also is worth mentioning the other programs running in the background and the possibility of spyware, viruses, and trojans.
I will probably end up waiting a few days for some reliable reviews from key members in the MMORPG community before buying, but I am tempted to buy the game on game release day myself and being my own critic. After all, it has been a month since I last played a MMORPG and that is a long time considering I've been subbed to 1-2 MMORPGs for about 7 years now.
I'm basically looking for:
How the average performance is on computers around my own computers specs.
Server stability (lag, latency, glitches, tearing, rubber banding and etc.)
Quality of content
If the game is overall considered a solid product.
Bugs are expected as is a rough launch. The difference between MMORPGs out there is how fast the company behind their product fixes the launch problems and completes the end game content. The important thing is that the basics are there. Combat is complete, initial content is complete, and the key features in the game is complete.
MMORPG's w/ Max level characters: DAoC, SWG, & WoW
Currently Playing: WAR Preferred Playstyle: Roleplay/adventurous, in a sandbox game.
Originally posted by Szark ....Last week Funcom registered over 115.000 posts on the official forums, across four languages. This comes in addition to Age of Conan discussions on external forums and in other languages.
They left out the part where they promptly deleted/wiped the Official forums, and only let people with early access, view the new forums...
I'm wondering if the public is going to get access to the Official forums or is it only going to be available to the paying customers...
Although, FC did say it would open them up on release, it's still set up so you can only create an account through your AoC account on the main Funcom site.....
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There are two types of developers right now. Those willing to take risks, and those who'd rather play it safe. AoC, EQ2, and Vanguard all took risks when creating their games to appeal to the gamers who have better systems. If this is what you mean, then I"m not sure why you are upset. It is not a bad thing for the players when developers push the envelope concerning technology. It is only a bad thing when the game doesn't profit from it and it is only a bad thing for those people that cannot or will not afford a new computer to play the game. Both EQ2 and Vanguard had bad releases because their technology wasn't stable. LoTRO is a good example of developers pushing the envelope, but also having stable architecture.
What kind of computer are you running and are you below or above the minimum specs? Were you playing with a crowd of people?
Please do NOT base your decision to play off what this guy said, if AoC was so bad on 3/4 of all computers then the prerlease would NOT have sold out. He is nothing but a troll and one that wouldn't know how to tweak his computer if he was told how to do it step by step. If you really do not want to spend the money on AoC right now wait till release and send me a pm here on the boards and I will give you my buddy code once I get it
I don't think customers should need to know how to tweak their computers to play a video game. I'd think most customers have other areas they prefer to concentrate their studies when they have the time or desire to study. I want to pick up AoC and just start playing, with the most amount of tweaking being in the video options under "Options" that comes with the game. I'm not about to go into my .ini file and start tweaking like some of these other gamers who have the knowledge to do so.
I take everyone's opinion into account before making my decision. I understand people have a natural tendency to be biased, good or bad, with a product, especially MMORPG gamers. So I apply critical thinking skills to weed out possible biasm. I obviously didn't pay any attention to the 3/4 comment, because that is obviously biased and would require a ton of research to prove. No, instead I take it as a fact that his computer is having troubles with it and it is better to find out his PC specs, the settings he ran AoC on, and the FPS he was getting. It also is worth mentioning the other programs running in the background and the possibility of spyware, viruses, and trojans.
I will probably end up waiting a few days for some reliable reviews from key members in the MMORPG community before buying, but I am tempted to buy the game on game release day myself and being my own critic. After all, it has been a month since I last played a MMORPG and that is a long time considering I've been subbed to 1-2 MMORPGs for about 7 years now.
I'm basically looking for:
How the average performance is on computers around my own computers specs.
Server stability (lag, latency, glitches, tearing, rubber banding and etc.)
Quality of content
If the game is overall considered a solid product.
Bugs are expected as is a rough launch. The difference between MMORPGs out there is how fast the company behind their product fixes the launch problems and completes the end game content. The important thing is that the basics are there. Combat is complete, initial content is complete, and the key features in the game is complete.
MMORPG's w/ Max level characters: DAoC, SWG, & WoW
Currently Playing: WAR
Preferred Playstyle: Roleplay/adventurous, in a sandbox game.
They left out the part where they promptly deleted/wiped the Official forums, and only let people with early access, view the new forums...
I'm wondering if the public is going to get access to the Official forums or is it only going to be available to the paying customers...
Although, FC did say it would open them up on release, it's still set up so you can only create an account through your AoC account on the main Funcom site.....