I haven't played AoC yet, but from all the videos I've seen, it looks like fuuuun. I don't care about stuff like PvP or 'endgame'...I play games to explore different worlds and kill bad guys. Once I get my copy of the game, I am gonna explore all over and kill MANY baddies
All the crap people are b1ching about are things I really dont care too much about. As for the crashes and bugs, I am sure (if not already) they will patch and fix those issues soon. I don't think they would abandon their game after spending all that time and money to create it. Haters can whine and moan all they want but it wont do any good muaha
I just cant stand it when i make a post talking about how an upcoming update looks good and i get nothing but endless people bashing either the update or the post over and over.
So which is it, people making new threads or people replying to your own?
Originally posted by ninfanlink
They simply reply to be an asshole or to piss of the posters... again not very helpfull!
That's what we call a "troll" and you should report them to moderators and then ignore them. It's not really a reason to complain, you're going to get some no matter what and whining only fuels them further.
To be honest, I really don't get what the point of this thread was. Every time somebody makes a valid point, you change topics. Are you really just upset that so few people like AoC or what?
To be honest, I really don't get what the point of this thread was. Every time somebody makes a valid point, you change topics. Are you really just upset that so few people like AoC or what?
I've pointed this out a few times and I think thats most likely the point
but yeah, to call this game Fantastic is like calling Twilight the Godfather of vampire movies....
No, it has nothing to do with people not liking AoC or funcom. A shit ton of people dont like wow or blizzard but people dont go out of there way and set goals to kill wow either! Thats my main issue. People are going out of there way to ruin a game! I just think thats bs.. no matter what game it is! sorry let me update this real quick! "People are going out of there way to kill any future this game may have"
You obviously don't read wow forums very often.
sorry let me update this real quick! "People are going out of there way to kill any future this game may have"
And if they feel that a company went too far in it's desire to make money at the expense of them they should do that.
How many games release and after 3 months are plagued by the same bugs from launch?
Only ones I knew of was this AO, and SWG and look at those games reps in the community, get over it already man funcom dropped the ball plain and simple no amount of blame you guys place on the commmunity is going to change that.
but yeah, to call this game Fantastic is like calling Twilight the Godfather of vampire movies....
No, it has nothing to do with people not liking AoC or funcom. A shit ton of people dont like wow or blizzard but people dont go out of there way and set goals to kill wow either! Thats my main issue. People are going out of there way to ruin a game! I just think thats bs.. no matter what game it is! sorry let me update this real quick! "People are going out of there way to kill any future this game may have"
Then by your own logic, this game/developer must have done something really bad to make people do this.
You go to wow forums, there a little hate, a few good bye posts but thats about it. With AoC, its just a full on rampage...people just don't do this for no reason. People are going out of their way to smash this game because it's what needs to be done.
My biggest gripe with AoC was the over promising and under delivering (or more accurately lying) that went on from Funcom. There's STILL none of the promised PVP rewards, armors, etc in that game.
I haven't played AoC yet, but from all the videos I've seen, it looks like fuuuun. I don't care about stuff like PvP or 'endgame'...I play games to explore different worlds and kill bad guys. Once I get my copy of the game, I am gonna explore all over and kill MANY baddies
All the crap people are b1ching about are things I really dont care too much about. As for the crashes and bugs, I am sure (if not already) they will patch and fix those issues soon. I don't think they would abandon their game after spending all that time and money to create it. Haters can whine and moan all they want but it wont do any good muaha
Good luck exploring in AoC. It's all instanced, and when you want to leave a city, you can't just walk out, you need to talk to an npc to port you somewhere.
E.g. The starting Stygian city, there's houses and a pyramid across the water from it, but guess what., you can't swim there, it's all props/eyecandy.
But hey, what do I know right, I'm just a Funcom hater. Go ahead and spend your 50 bucks.
I haven't played AoC yet, but from all the videos I've seen, it looks like fuuuun. I don't care about stuff like PvP or 'endgame'...I play games to explore different worlds and kill bad guys. Once I get my copy of the game, I am gonna explore all over and kill MANY baddies
All the crap people are b1ching about are things I really dont care too much about. As for the crashes and bugs, I am sure (if not already) they will patch and fix those issues soon. I don't think they would abandon their game after spending all that time and money to create it. Haters can whine and moan all they want but it wont do any good muaha
I agree, dont judge something you never played. Go out there and buy the game and give it a try.
There have been a few of these posts over the past few days. I wrote one that intended to give a little balance to all the hate: acknowledge the problems, but also highlight what's good about AOC. I also took issue with the more unbalanced criticisms from the obessisive haters who go beyond valid critiique and gleefully insist on the game's total meltdown.
Now some of the haters I can sympathize with as they have good reasons to be upset with Funcom, but there are a few who are really off their rockers. The responses from a few obessisive-compulsive haters to my original post (i.e.' some people are still enjoying this game') and this one are very revealing btw.
The extreme serial haters really do feel 'personally' aggrieved by Funcom and want the company to fold as part of some warped, consumer revenge fantasy. They are also incredibly dogmatic and insist that anyone who 'critically' likes the game (i.e. who can see bad and good in AOC) is not a 'real' mmorpg enthusiast, is lacking in mmorpg 'taste', and is actually encouraging evil companies like Funcom to repeatedly sell us sub-standard mmorpgs. It's an interesting variation on the 'You are with us or against us' syndrome, and if you are against the haters then you are 'with' the corporate lies of Funcom and maybe even marked with the number of the Beast.
The arrogance and self-delusion is breathtaking when you have a self-electing, self-superior mentality that claims to be the sole purveyor of 'truth' and 'good taste' when it comes to mmorpgs. Combine that with a laugable Jesus-complex which, in the same breath, claims to be 'doing it' for 'us', to protect 'us' from evil companies and ultimately to safeguard the future of all mmorpgs (and maybe of the human race itself). And here was me thinking the 'issue' was a fifty-quid computer game.
I'm sorry OP, those haters are never going away and they will never stop. But we can study them.
Ok, quick question for ya sir. Do you really think people posting about the same issues over and over again really helps anybody? I would like a real honest answer that dosent have becuase they can in it!
I give you a honest answer here.
Yes it helps alot of ppl. Funcom claims they are patching up the game every week (another lie). Still the game has so big technical issues that quite big portion of players that start playing are suffering cause of memory leaks - even tho they have PCs that are up to recomended spec. This has not changed even tho Funcom is trying to tell ppl it has. So posting this again and again and again after each and every "patch" that Funcom says is fixing stuff - is exactly what should be happening.
You can call it bashing. The truth is that its the counterweight to what FUncom is saying. They are giving false image of the game and that needs to be corrected. Cause we all know (including you) that Funcom is NOT thinking about the gamers. If they were they would not have published AOC in this state.
What should be evident from AO is the capability of turn around. AO was turned around. And with AoC people are waiting for this to happen.
Agreed and Im one of them even got the box waiting. However whilst one of my well balanced friends have stated "Conan is a severely broken game" I won't be going near it anytime soon.
And heck if I get into another game I won't be going near it.
What I will say is this though. From what I have heard and seen Warhammer is ready for its launch not in 6 months time to a year, it is ready. Conan will be forgotten if funcom doesnt try harder.
Some people won't forget (AO) and now AoC for some. What should be evident from AO is the capability of turn around. AO was turned around. And with AoC people are waiting for this to happen. Difference is Funcom is larger than it was 7 yrs ago with AO, more resources, more people, the jobs on their website they are advertising for new people are larger than the EQ dev team I believe. Some key jobs roles for Aoc too I might add.
AO turned from unplayable crap to playable crap. funcon didnt change and ao didnt really change either. still the old lies and promises. still the broken patches, unreasonable bans and censorship to cover up their bug-ridden and content-free products. its 10 years too late for this kind of work now.
im still suprised , all you trolls and haters have been warned and you still fell for it
The only reason AO turned around was because Sil took over. If they keep Gaute in charge of AoC, good luck.
lol
didnt knew sil did take over, but if you know sils background you know hes been the biggest funcon fanboy ever. hes been a big part and global player of all the lies and shit around fc after cz left.
so ur saying that since hes only lvl 32 that he doesnt know crap....
wow
ur crap
lvl doesnt matter when i popped the game in and realized i didnt like it at all i wasnt near 32
soooo lvl doesnt matter??? maybe... maybe ur a *censored*.... i hate people that think lvl matters becuz it doesnt when u play a game u should enjoy urself from lvl 1 to max and in aoc .. i personally didnt like the game...
Funcom deserve to fail. This is the second time they do this, and people ignorant of their past need to be warned what they go to. Its run by ignorant fools who treat their customers like cash-cows, ignoring them completely and make fixes/nerfs/bugs they didn't ask for. They did this in AO, and they now do this in AoC. This is the sole reason I never pre-order games. I always use the wait and see approach to games, especially mmo's.
Funcoms getting what they deserve. They knew exactly what kind of crap they sold us. Their mistake was they thought we were stupid enough to not know any better.
I will continue to warn people about this game until my last breath, might even have it carved in my tombstone.
I think it is great the community is showing how it is completely UNACCEPTABLE for a game company to treat it's customers like this.
It wasn't only the bug filled mess of a game released with lies of many features simply not included.
What tipped the scales was the PATHETIC customer service. I have never seen such terrible customer treatment from any game company ever. These guys make SOE look like saints.
We should NOT accept any company treating us this way, and should not let up punishing companies that decide it's ok to rip us off and treat us like garbage.
It is time game companies realized they need to produce quality to succed.
You must be completely dillusional to not hate the way Funcom handles issues and brings out support. There are good things with AoC gameplay, but mostly are over-shadowed totally by bad things. I am not here to spread lies or bad words, I speak from my hearth when I say Funcom spit in our faces with all their lies. Now please dont tell me I do not have the right to express my view on this company!
If people really think posting nothing but shit over and over again is going to make funcom learn there leason, then i guess nobody has heard of a company called EA who gets over 2 million hate letters a year about there shitte over priced sports games and other games!
From your original post:
"I would love to know where all these people are when ea puts out another shit title like they do every year with their nascar, nba, ncaa, madden games and when they hype a game and release is full of bugs!"
Looks like you answered your own question.
You cant complain that people do not bitch about EA enough and about Funcom too much.. and then admit that EA get a lot of hate mail. Kindof defeats your own argument... lol.
Funcoms next mmo will not be created using the AO engine afaik. Keep your eyes open for more info on that. But in my estimate, Funcom will crash before they can release another title....
so ur saying that since hes only lvl 32 that he doesnt know crap....
wow
ur crap
lvl doesnt matter when i popped the game in and realized i didnt like it at all i wasnt near 32
soooo lvl doesnt matter??? maybe... maybe ur a *censored*.... i hate people that think lvl matters becuz it doesnt when u play a game u should enjoy urself from lvl 1 to max and in aoc .. i personally didnt like the game...
Wow, who pissed in your Cheerios this morning? Its a fairly well known phenomenon that people's satisfaction with AOC goes down in direct to proportion to the level they reach. Sure, some folks drop it after level 5, but for those who give it a fair trial, as they level up the decreasing amount of well designed/developed content tends to increase their dissatisfaction with the game.
I am part of the phenomenon, the game was pretty fun up to 40..but by the time I got two characters up to 55/48 the magic had worn off and I cancelled both of my accounts just this week.
edit: Oh yeah, and with regards to Avery's comment that more people are still subscribing than have quit. I'll take that bet Avery.... I'm willing to say that's not true, that more have left than remain now from my own personal observations on two servers.
The low level areas and main cities are ghost towns atm compared to the first month of launch....
Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
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I haven't played AoC yet, but from all the videos I've seen, it looks like fuuuun. I don't care about stuff like PvP or 'endgame'...I play games to explore different worlds and kill bad guys. Once I get my copy of the game, I am gonna explore all over and kill MANY baddies
All the crap people are b1ching about are things I really dont care too much about. As for the crashes and bugs, I am sure (if not already) they will patch and fix those issues soon. I don't think they would abandon their game after spending all that time and money to create it. Haters can whine and moan all they want but it wont do any good muaha
lol
So which is it, people making new threads or people replying to your own?
That's what we call a "troll" and you should report them to moderators and then ignore them. It's not really a reason to complain, you're going to get some no matter what and whining only fuels them further.
To be honest, I really don't get what the point of this thread was. Every time somebody makes a valid point, you change topics. Are you really just upset that so few people like AoC or what?
To be honest, I really don't get what the point of this thread was. Every time somebody makes a valid point, you change topics. Are you really just upset that so few people like AoC or what?
I've pointed this out a few times and I think thats most likely the point
but yeah, to call this game Fantastic is like calling Twilight the Godfather of vampire movies....
You obviously don't read wow forums very often.
sorry let me update this real quick! "People are going out of there way to kill any future this game may have"
And if they feel that a company went too far in it's desire to make money at the expense of them they should do that.
How many games release and after 3 months are plagued by the same bugs from launch?
Only ones I knew of was this AO, and SWG and look at those games reps in the community, get over it already man funcom dropped the ball plain and simple no amount of blame you guys place on the commmunity is going to change that.
but yeah, to call this game Fantastic is like calling Twilight the Godfather of vampire movies....
Then by your own logic, this game/developer must have done something really bad to make people do this.
You go to wow forums, there a little hate, a few good bye posts but thats about it. With AoC, its just a full on rampage...people just don't do this for no reason. People are going out of their way to smash this game because it's what needs to be done.
My biggest gripe with AoC was the over promising and under delivering (or more accurately lying) that went on from Funcom. There's STILL none of the promised PVP rewards, armors, etc in that game.
Good luck exploring in AoC. It's all instanced, and when you want to leave a city, you can't just walk out, you need to talk to an npc to port you somewhere.
E.g. The starting Stygian city, there's houses and a pyramid across the water from it, but guess what., you can't swim there, it's all props/eyecandy.
But hey, what do I know right, I'm just a Funcom hater. Go ahead and spend your 50 bucks.
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I agree, dont judge something you never played. Go out there and buy the game and give it a try.
There have been a few of these posts over the past few days. I wrote one that intended to give a little balance to all the hate: acknowledge the problems, but also highlight what's good about AOC. I also took issue with the more unbalanced criticisms from the obessisive haters who go beyond valid critiique and gleefully insist on the game's total meltdown.
Now some of the haters I can sympathize with as they have good reasons to be upset with Funcom, but there are a few who are really off their rockers. The responses from a few obessisive-compulsive haters to my original post (i.e.' some people are still enjoying this game') and this one are very revealing btw.
The extreme serial haters really do feel 'personally' aggrieved by Funcom and want the company to fold as part of some warped, consumer revenge fantasy. They are also incredibly dogmatic and insist that anyone who 'critically' likes the game (i.e. who can see bad and good in AOC) is not a 'real' mmorpg enthusiast, is lacking in mmorpg 'taste', and is actually encouraging evil companies like Funcom to repeatedly sell us sub-standard mmorpgs. It's an interesting variation on the 'You are with us or against us' syndrome, and if you are against the haters then you are 'with' the corporate lies of Funcom and maybe even marked with the number of the Beast.
The arrogance and self-delusion is breathtaking when you have a self-electing, self-superior mentality that claims to be the sole purveyor of 'truth' and 'good taste' when it comes to mmorpgs. Combine that with a laugable Jesus-complex which, in the same breath, claims to be 'doing it' for 'us', to protect 'us' from evil companies and ultimately to safeguard the future of all mmorpgs (and maybe of the human race itself). And here was me thinking the 'issue' was a fifty-quid computer game.
I'm sorry OP, those haters are never going away and they will never stop. But we can study them.
Regards
Melmoth
I give you a honest answer here.
Yes it helps alot of ppl. Funcom claims they are patching up the game every week (another lie). Still the game has so big technical issues that quite big portion of players that start playing are suffering cause of memory leaks - even tho they have PCs that are up to recomended spec. This has not changed even tho Funcom is trying to tell ppl it has. So posting this again and again and again after each and every "patch" that Funcom says is fixing stuff - is exactly what should be happening.
You can call it bashing. The truth is that its the counterweight to what FUncom is saying. They are giving false image of the game and that needs to be corrected. Cause we all know (including you) that Funcom is NOT thinking about the gamers. If they were they would not have published AOC in this state.
http://forums-eu.ageofconan.com/showthread.php?t=85938
Agreed and Im one of them even got the box waiting. However whilst one of my well balanced friends have stated "Conan is a severely broken game" I won't be going near it anytime soon.
And heck if I get into another game I won't be going near it.
What I will say is this though. From what I have heard and seen Warhammer is ready for its launch not in 6 months time to a year, it is ready. Conan will be forgotten if funcom doesnt try harder.
The only reason AO turned around was because Sil took over. If they keep Gaute in charge of AoC, good luck.
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QFT.
AO turned from unplayable crap to playable crap. funcon didnt change and ao didnt really change either. still the old lies and promises. still the broken patches, unreasonable bans and censorship to cover up their bug-ridden and content-free products. its 10 years too late for this kind of work now.
im still suprised , all you trolls and haters have been warned and you still fell for it
lol
didnt knew sil did take over, but if you know sils background you know hes been the biggest funcon fanboy ever. hes been a big part and global player of all the lies and shit around fc after cz left.
There we go
so ur saying that since hes only lvl 32 that he doesnt know crap....
wow
ur crap
lvl doesnt matter when i popped the game in and realized i didnt like it at all i wasnt near 32
soooo lvl doesnt matter??? maybe... maybe ur a *censored*.... i hate people that think lvl matters becuz it doesnt when u play a game u should enjoy urself from lvl 1 to max and in aoc .. i personally didnt like the game...
Funcom deserve to fail. This is the second time they do this, and people ignorant of their past need to be warned what they go to. Its run by ignorant fools who treat their customers like cash-cows, ignoring them completely and make fixes/nerfs/bugs they didn't ask for. They did this in AO, and they now do this in AoC. This is the sole reason I never pre-order games. I always use the wait and see approach to games, especially mmo's.
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Grammar nazi's. This one is for you.
Funcoms getting what they deserve. They knew exactly what kind of crap they sold us. Their mistake was they thought we were stupid enough to not know any better.
I will continue to warn people about this game until my last breath, might even have it carved in my tombstone.
I TOTALLY disagree.
I think it is great the community is showing how it is completely UNACCEPTABLE for a game company to treat it's customers like this.
It wasn't only the bug filled mess of a game released with lies of many features simply not included.
What tipped the scales was the PATHETIC customer service. I have never seen such terrible customer treatment from any game company ever. These guys make SOE look like saints.
We should NOT accept any company treating us this way, and should not let up punishing companies that decide it's ok to rip us off and treat us like garbage.
It is time game companies realized they need to produce quality to succed.
SHOHADAKU
People are still having their credit cards scammed after cancel as well. This company was sunk to Farlans level.
You must be completely dillusional to not hate the way Funcom handles issues and brings out support. There are good things with AoC gameplay, but mostly are over-shadowed totally by bad things. I am not here to spread lies or bad words, I speak from my hearth when I say Funcom spit in our faces with all their lies. Now please dont tell me I do not have the right to express my view on this company!
From your original post:
"I would love to know where all these people are when ea puts out another shit title like they do every year with their nascar, nba, ncaa, madden games and when they hype a game and release is full of bugs!"
Looks like you answered your own question.
You cant complain that people do not bitch about EA enough and about Funcom too much.. and then admit that EA get a lot of hate mail. Kindof defeats your own argument... lol.
Funcoms next mmo will not be created using the AO engine afaik. Keep your eyes open for more info on that. But in my estimate, Funcom will crash before they can release another title....
I laughed, good post heh.
There top share holder just dumped a bunch of his stock in Funcom, this is not a good sign of a public stock.
MAGA
There we go
so ur saying that since hes only lvl 32 that he doesnt know crap....
wow
ur crap
lvl doesnt matter when i popped the game in and realized i didnt like it at all i wasnt near 32
soooo lvl doesnt matter??? maybe... maybe ur a *censored*.... i hate people that think lvl matters becuz it doesnt when u play a game u should enjoy urself from lvl 1 to max and in aoc .. i personally didnt like the game...
Wow, who pissed in your Cheerios this morning? Its a fairly well known phenomenon that people's satisfaction with AOC goes down in direct to proportion to the level they reach. Sure, some folks drop it after level 5, but for those who give it a fair trial, as they level up the decreasing amount of well designed/developed content tends to increase their dissatisfaction with the game.
I am part of the phenomenon, the game was pretty fun up to 40..but by the time I got two characters up to 55/48 the magic had worn off and I cancelled both of my accounts just this week.
edit: Oh yeah, and with regards to Avery's comment that more people are still subscribing than have quit. I'll take that bet Avery.... I'm willing to say that's not true, that more have left than remain now from my own personal observations on two servers.
The low level areas and main cities are ghost towns atm compared to the first month of launch....
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