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Ahh so thats the game they're playing. Recruit fanatics from AoC forum to drum up fake new interest, make posts on mmorpg about how interest is climbing, trick people into subscribing based on climbing interest. (game MUST be getting better since interest is climbing!) Same old manipulation that funcom has been doing since release... apple doesn't fall far from the tree I guess. They havent changed a bit.
Sickening. Its days like this im ashamed to be a gamer. We need to hold people responsible for pulling this kind of stuff. New correspondent please? We need someone with integrity.
Waiting for: A skill-based MMO with Freedom and Consequence.
Woe to thee, the pierce-ed.
B- at release to B+ now. Thats 6 months. Simple fact is remember during development all the people who wanted the game to be how they want it telling the devs not to have raids, to have raids, not to have housing to have housing. It was rampant. The game has all the standard features of a regular mmo and then some extra's.
I am sorry but I don't consider Player Housing a standard requirement for an mmo. It is a nice thing to have but not necessary to have - there are the essential and the desirables. PH is a desirable.
AoC will be the first game ever to use CUDA in about a months time on a custom designed engine which is innovative. I can already do many things in game that I can not do in other games. That is why I chose AoC as my main mmorpg.
AoC does some things really well and some things pretty average. Those average things are so being worked on now, I mean don't take my word for it there is open dialogue on the test server forums / test vent with key relevant devs. Open floor. The community asks the comunity gets. Patch 3 showed about 6 updates that came from well presented requests and U4 is looking the same.
I am really looking forward to the next few months of updates.
Ohh no Avery, don't forget you are posting in MMORPG now. lol. Only WARs Public Fcking rediculous Quests are innovation here. lol.
I guess when the game is broken you have to use every dirty trick in the book to get people interested.
If AoC really was a great game, we wouldn't need all these people with agenda to tell visitors how amazing the game is and how they and all their friends should subscribe.
If AoC really was a great game, players would tell their friends and they would tell their friends.. etc and AoC would be a great success. Word-of-mouth would do all the work and there would be no need to start these fake "should I resubscribe" or "I'm new to Conan" threads or some fixed "Best MMO in the Universe" poll with AoC as #1.
It's really sad.
Why? Because people are holding a grudge against funcom, and not judging the game based on it's current merits or flaws, but on that first impression. They're not rating the game, they're punishing it.
I guess when the game is broken you have to use every dirty trick in the book to get people interested.
If AoC really was a great game, we wouldn't need all these people with agenda to tell visitors how amazing the game is and how they and all their friends should subscribe.
If AoC really was a great game, players would tell their friends and they would tell their friends.. etc and AoC would be a great success. Word-of-mouth would do all the work and there would be no need to start these fake "should I resubscribe" or "I'm new to Conan" threads or some fixed "Best MMO in the Universe" poll with AoC as #1.
It's really sad.
Are you aware of how hard it is for anybody that ever played AoC to go back to Nintendo style MMOs. It's impossible, I've tried and I can only play AoC because it is so damn much better than anything else out there. And guess what, I post that exact thing. Who are you to call me names and tell me about my agenda etc... You are posting here 24/7 on a game you played 6 months back? Am I asking you about your agenda (even I/we maybe should)? NO.
Ahh so thats the game they're playing. Recruit fanatics from AoC forum to drum up fake new interest, make posts on mmorpg about how interest is climbing, trick people into subscribing based on climbing interest. (game MUST be getting better since interest is climbing!) Same old manipulation that funcom has been doing since release... apple doesn't fall far from the tree I guess. They havent changed a bit.
Sickening. Its days like this im ashamed to be a gamer. We need to hold people responsible for pulling this kind of stuff. New correspondent please? We need someone with integrity.
This has been happening for the last two months or so, with the AoC poster Worgpest being one of the primary leaders (even several of the forum guys on the official AoC forum have grown tired of his relentless and obvious positive propaganda posts).
Their lines of persuasion used since receiving their marching orders have been as follows:
1. After every patch, create the perception that the game has now radically changed/improved - "I don't know about you guys, but since patch X, AoC is so much better, it's like a whole new game...."
2. Discredit any critics by painted them all as people who haven't played the game since shortly after launch or who have never played it, whether true or not - "Don't listen to him, he hasn't played the game since June...."
3. Create the perception that population in the game is dramatically increasing through anecdotal evidence, whether provable or not - "I don't know about you guys, but since X patch, I'm really starting to see tons of new players, and my server is really booming...."
Again, they aren't really discussing the game as much as they are trying to change a perception to influence a behavior. It is propaganda.
Truth isn't really necessary to the cause. Just perception management.
Hell hath no fury like an MMORPG player scorned.
Ahh so thats the game they're playing. Recruit fanatics from AoC forum to drum up fake new interest, make posts on mmorpg about how interest is climbing, trick people into subscribing based on climbing interest. (game MUST be getting better since interest is climbing!) Same old manipulation that funcom has been doing since release... apple doesn't fall far from the tree I guess. They havent changed a bit.
Sickening. Its days like this im ashamed to be a gamer. We need to hold people responsible for pulling this kind of stuff. New correspondent please? We need someone with integrity.
This has been happening for the last two months or so, with the AoC poster Worgpest being one of the primary leaders (even several of the forum guys on the official AoC forum have grown tired of his relentless and obvious positive propaganda posts).
Their lines of persuasion used since receiving their marching orders have been as follows:
1. After every patch, create the perception that the game has now radically changed/improved - "I don't know about you guys, but since patch X, AoC is so much better, it's like a whole new game...."
2. Discredit any critics by painted them all as people who haven't played the game since shortly after launch or who have never played it, whether true or not - "Don't listen to him, he hasn't played the game since June...."
3. Create the perception that population in the game is dramatically increasing through anecdotal evidence, whether provable or not - "I don't know about you guys, but since X patch, I'm really starting to see tons of new players, and my server is really booming...."
Again, they aren't really discussing the game as much as they are trying to change a perception to influence a behavior. It is propaganda.
Truth isn't really necessary to the cause. Just perception management.
Sorry but that sound like a lot of Bull crap. I have read a bit of the AoC forums lately and I can't really find anything but honeyposting. Just very nice posts really and nothing about the evil plans you refer to.lol. I belive you when I see you link in a thread with those "Orders".
Just a little note, you posting history does not exactly spell integrity... at least not on the subject AoC.
I believe most of the people who left after a month would leave even if AoC launched today. Most people didn't care about bugs because everyone knows they will be fixed. Biggest problems AoC had at launch, still exist today.
I think the biggest problem with AoC was, and still is, small instanced zones. When you have these small instances with a handful of people in an already small zones, you just don't get that mmorpg feeling people are looking for. It feels too much like a single player game.
This is just one example why most people still wouldn't like AoC even with these "amazing improvements" we've been getting lately.
Ahh so thats the game they're playing. Recruit fanatics from AoC forum to drum up fake new interest, make posts on mmorpg about how interest is climbing, trick people into subscribing based on climbing interest. (game MUST be getting better since interest is climbing!) Same old manipulation that funcom has been doing since release... apple doesn't fall far from the tree I guess. They havent changed a bit.
Sickening. Its days like this im ashamed to be a gamer. We need to hold people responsible for pulling this kind of stuff. New correspondent please? We need someone with integrity.
Excuse me, but we know that you have no interest in this game. Are you now saying that the hype and ratings meters are relevant? Still want me to pull all the warhammer linkage to the rating / hype posted all over where people talk about "while your there vote Conan a 1" for your precious game? So fricken two faced mate.
Do you really think I give a shit about the rating for the game, it is whether personally you like the game, that is all that counts.
I guess people are scared, scared that AoC is doing better, because everything they think they believe is slowly and surely becoming obsolete. Like I keep saying why are people like you here? You have no interest in the game unless it is bad news, you have made your intentions before quite clear. Whats the point? Not only do I question your motives but also your reading comprehension.
New correspondent? rofl. Grow up. I can happily take this title off, nothing will change.
Aww did Avery bring some good news and we don't like it.
Do you want me to pick your toys up and put them back in the pram?
morgande(posted Sun Dec 28 2008)
I had a second go at this after playing it at release, It was totally unplayable for me at release, mostly due to huge loading times when zoning, but I now, wow, it runns smoothly, all maxed out 1680x1050 (except for anti alias) and I average 33fps in tortuga, 100+ in dungeons (nvidia gtx260). very nice work from funcoms side since release, now I would recommend anyone to give it a try, It's fun, although the occasional ganker is a pain if you intend to play on a pvp server.
jaysins(posted Sat Dec 20 2008)
Quit because of the earlier very well known issues but am back and loving it.
ougarit(posted Fri Dec 19 2008)
A disaster at launch. FC worked on AOC and improved a lot. Fun to play now. Good cty, beautiful game. Nice
CryoDragon(posted Thu Dec 18 2008)
Great graphics....but they are muchly uncolorful. lol. Love the gameplay. overall pretty descent
sgecko(posted Wed Dec 17 2008)
This game makes me really happy. While there are certainly some bugs that need to be worked out, the overall package is well worth the price of admission -- especially if you're a fan of Howard's work.
Inzra(posted Sat Dec 13 2008)
Graphics are unsurpassed and stunningly beautiful. Realistc and adds to immersion. Sound is just as good, and the music is awsome and beautiful as well. How many people actually use this to roleplay I dunno, but the setting is great for RP, there's tons of emotes and lots of immersion. The value of thid game is imo very high, the combat system is unique and makes you participate in combat with every slash, rather than autoattack that plays a game for you. The potential for this game is huge, something we're starting to see with the new patches coming. As for fun I have been enjoying AoC since early access and even now with fewer people on board there is allways something to do. Find an active guild and you'll a great time, now with the server merges coming, there will be more people to fight/team with too. Customer service have allways been great imo even right after launch it took about 1 hour for me to get response to a bug from GM. last time I petitioned it took about 10 minutes. I've been running AoC on medium settings with winXP, and I rarely had crashes, and still the graphics looks better than any other game. It's not just the textures, it's movement of your char and the way you can control it. Newbies should really give this a try, now with the server merges coming Hyboria will come to life again, it's been a little quiet lately. I hope more people will get to experience the good sides of AoC and appreciate it for that, this game deserves better than the bashings it have gotten. Give it a try before you turn it down, I'm sure you'll be positively surprised :-)
strangism(posted Thu Dec 11 2008)
The game is great, the role playing community (if you can find a good guild) is awesome as well. Overall it is a fun game that has improved greatly since it came out. Most people i have noticed that bash this game just havent played it recently. If you are thinking of trying it than give it a go, i think you will like it
Sora2810(posted Wed Dec 03 2008)
Age of Conan is a great new experience to the MMO genre. They gave a full 1-20 Single/Multiplayer story to build you into the game so to speak. The players were fun, Combat's Great. Only problem is, not a lot of people play AoC anymore. Since you need a high-end computer to run the game normally with minimal hick-ups, it probley turned a lot of people off. I'm sure Age of Conan will pick right back up as soon as they introduce the Xbox 360 version, Then again it could send them sinking too. We just have to wait and see. Great Game, Worth a Shot, Free Trial's never hurt. But be ready to suck up some gigabytes in your hardrive.
cantjump(posted Fri Nov 28 2008)
This game is great and it's underrated big time. The graphics are really nice even though dx10 is not enabled yet, the game play is fun too. This is another game im going to be playing for awhile. Give it a try and don't listen to the haters or people who say its full of bugs when their computer lags around every corner.
Just some recent positive posts which out weigh the negative trolling ones. might want to check the join dates and post history on them all then come back.
Ahh so thats the game they're playing. Recruit fanatics from AoC forum to drum up fake new interest, make posts on mmorpg about how interest is climbing, trick people into subscribing based on climbing interest. (game MUST be getting better since interest is climbing!) Same old manipulation that funcom has been doing since release... apple doesn't fall far from the tree I guess. They havent changed a bit.
Sickening. Its days like this im ashamed to be a gamer. We need to hold people responsible for pulling this kind of stuff. New correspondent please? We need someone with integrity.
This has been happening for the last two months or so, with the AoC poster Worgpest being one of the primary leaders (even several of the forum guys on the official AoC forum have grown tired of his relentless and obvious positive propaganda posts).
Their lines of persuasion used since receiving their marching orders have been as follows:
1. After every patch, create the perception that the game has now radically changed/improved - "I don't know about you guys, but since patch X, AoC is so much better, it's like a whole new game...."
2. Discredit any critics by painted them all as people who haven't played the game since shortly after launch or who have never played it, whether true or not - "Don't listen to him, he hasn't played the game since June...."
3. Create the perception that population in the game is dramatically increasing through anecdotal evidence, whether provable or not - "I don't know about you guys, but since X patch, I'm really starting to see tons of new players, and my server is really booming...."
Again, they aren't really discussing the game as much as they are trying to change a perception to influence a behavior. It is propaganda.
Truth isn't really necessary to the cause. Just perception management.
Sorry but that sound like a lot of Bull crap. I have read a bit of the AoC forums lately and I can't really find anything but honeyposting. Just very nice posts really and nothing about the evil plans you refer to.lol. I belive you when I see you link in a thread with those "Orders".
Just a little note, you posting history does not exactly spell integrity... at least not on the subject AoC.
The dude is a self remarked "Crusader" his purpose is to post bad things about the game to outweigh the good that is put about. I mean c'mon! Thats nearly as bad as the alt accounts in this thread, but at least he keeps to one name.
Course it is Bull Shit, a negative thread on these forums and all the negative bees are around their little pot of love.
His argument is that you have no opinion because you play the game and have experienced patches which have dramatically changed the way the game plays for you. Oh no no no, you can't say that, it is impossible!!!
Whats more resonable.
1. You played the game can talk constructively about the game from in game experience and witness changes and experience them yourself.
or
2. You played the game several months ago, your opinions are as old as your experience.
You see what happened with this review score of 6.0 was the info the score was based on is outdated and pretty impossible to come to the conclusion the author got to unless you didn't play the game and picked up 3rd party inaccurate information or you simply didn't play that part.
On the ratings issue, I have never seen one thread with linkage, I have never posted on one and I typically don't give a crap about the rating, it's how people get their opinions based on lack of play and misinformation.
You want to ask these fellas the last time they played...
I came to the game to play with my wife. This game discourages grouping. There is actually an anti-grouping aspect. You LOSE experience when duoing this game.
That alone would drop my score below 6/10 for AoC. The lack of content for endgame if you do suffer through this single player game also lowers the score. The huge imbalance in classes in what is supposed to be a pvp oriented game lowers it further.
4/10 sounds more reasonable regardless of what the fanboys all yell. If the game were better than that score more people would play it.
Sub number do not lie.
And quoting the player base is rediculous. The forum mods have abused so many people and made them leave the game the only ones left are those that give good reviews. The honest reviews were driven away.
Everyone knows this. Why beat a dead horse?
Yes it's pretty...and that's it. Pretty doesn't get my 15 a month. It's a 4/10 at best, artificial inflation of score gave it a 6/10. Be happy with that if your a fanboy.
Actually there were "orders" like that some time ago. I believe it was either Orionman or Wargpest or both who asked all the fanbois in official forums to join the mmorpg.com Holy War against "haters". He was asking people to come here and post positive stuff about AoC.
Right before that we started getting all these ridiculous people posting how AoC is amazing and 10/10. Now these forums are filled with that crap, and people who come here and don't know anything about AoC might think it's the best game in universe, when we all know it's far from it.
I don't have the link nor do am I willing to go find it. Don't belive me? Couldn't care less...
Actually there were "orders" like that some time ago. I believe it was either Orionman or Wargpest or both who asked all the fanbois in official forums to join the mmorpg.com Holy War against "haters". He was asking people to come here and post positive stuff about AoC.
Right before that we started getting all these ridiculous people posting how AoC is amazing and 10/10. Now these forums are filled with that crap, and people who come here and don't know anything about AoC might think it's the best game in universe, when we all know it's far from it.
I don't have the link nor do am I willing to go find it. Don't belive me? Couldn't care less...
You say Couldn't care less... lol. You don't fool me man, what is wrong with you, you have posted 44 "I hate AoC" posts on one day. lol. Respect!! Thats even hefty by the measures of the Gamespy forums. Now, please bear with, link in those threads. Otherwise I will by this game.
Go "by" it, I don't care. I can even give you a buddy key if you want so you can try the game. I'm sure as hell not going to give them to any of my friends. My buddy keys are reserved for enemies only
Avery,
Take a break, go outside and get some fresh air before you pop a blood vessel and suffer from a massive stroke. No reason to work yourself up into seziures over someones opinion.
As for my opinion, eh, the games improved .... slightly. It's comparable to the improvements Vanguard recieved within the first month or so of SOE taking over. I had hoped more had been done, and sort of expected at least DX10 and server merges to have happened already, but sadly neither has yet.
It's worth checking out again ... but wait a couple more months.
It's also worth re-reviewing ... but only if Vanguard gets the same treatment.
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I've got this feeling, almost a confidence, that he actually is ScaredGirl, Scared, 1PostGuy, Boomtown, Polykarpov, GiveMePvP, and lots of other accounts starting from October and posting with the insane density, with ridiculously high level of self-similarity by content, style, grammatic and semantic patterns (even though he makes certain attempts to mutate his style but eventually converges back). That's "Avery... steak dinners and cash money... 90% of PLAYERS have LEFT the GAME, hahahahaha
" thing.
Now, after all the personal insults taken I am still not the one to judge him or similar people.
http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/331.html
Dude VG has no DX10 CUDA?? Stop comaring potatoese to strwaberries.
Stop comaring potatoese to strwaberries.
Normally I'm not part of the spelling police, but that made me laugh.
Hum i believe it was Dan Quale who misspelled Patato also.
MAGA
Hahahaha haha ha ha haaaaaa!
Just amazing how deluded people can get.
Let the numbers do the work.
Do I need to say WoW?
Leave the singleplayer alone for nubs.
Wow you are paranoid. Is that your "People to Kill" list or what? Are you going to add my name to the list?
Ok now I AM "Scared".
Dude VG has no DX10 CUDA?? Stop comaring potatoese to strwaberries.
Just because VG has no Dx10 it cannot be compared to AoC. Your impeccable logic impresses me. You're probably one of those freaks who think that godrays in Tortage will increase the subscription numbers.
Yeah, good luck wasting thousands of dollars for dx10 that will entertain you for a couple of days - that is, before you leave Tortage.
FCK deluded, how can you even speak like this about WOW. Stroll over to the gamespy forums and post your propaganda over there. See what happens. HA HA HA... Let me put it this way you would understand how much of an fool you make of yourself posting shit like above. Dude everybody hate the obsolete chewinggum look of WOW.
Thanks for confirming :-P
Wow you are paranoid. Is that your "People to Kill" list or what? Are you going to add my name to the list?
Ok now I AM "Scared".
Hmmm... Your profile interest me finnishman. Ruslan I'll look into this just for the hell of it. I am new and it would be fun to find out a bit more about the most active poster on Earth..."LADIES AND GENTLEMEN I PRESENT YOU THHHHEEEEE........FINNISGUY"
lol. FinFace you have profile on Gamespy?