looking for a little help from experienced players

mobiano · January 2009

Hello, my friend and I are looking for a new mmo. We have done some research and it came down to WAR, WOW, LOTRO, or this. AOC seems like the obvious answer, but we have some questions.If you dont wanna read all of this just answering one question would be a huge help, thanks.

1. How much armor and weapons are there in the game? Is there enough armor and weapons to keep you constantly swapping in one piece for another as you level up/obtain new ones?

2. I've read that every class can solo to 80, but what about groups? Are they easy to find? Can you get rare armor/weapons from group work?

3. Monsters. Is there a wide variety? Are you always fighting the same types of mobs or does every zone have its own?

4. Finally, if there is alot of gear, does it all look the same? We have played Final Fantasy XI and a level 10 warrior can sometimes be wearing armor that looks exactly the same as a level 75 warrior.

Basically, we just want a game with a very wide variety or armor, weapons, and quests. We like to duo, but groups are always fun too.

Thank you

Unfinished · January 2009

The fanbois will claim their is a ton of variety, but the truth is lack of itemization and unique skins was one of the top complaints since launch, and FC has only added a few new ones from some crafting and some instances. For the most part youll see more twins running around than a fertility clinic.

mobiano · January 2009

Oh man, that is very dissapointing, but, I guess that most mmos start out that way, do you think that alot of gear will be released in the future?

Capn23 · January 2009

Originally posted by mobiano

Hello, my friend and I are looking for a new mmo. We have done some research and it came down to WAR, WOW, LOTRO, or this. AOC seems like the obvious answer, but we have some questions.If you dont wanna read all of this just answering one question would be a huge help, thanks.
1. How much armor and weapons are there in the game? Is there enough armor and weapons to keep you constantly swapping in one piece for another as you level up/obtain new ones?
2. I've read that every class can solo to 80, but what about groups? Are they easy to find? Can you get rare armor/weapons from group work?
3. Monsters. Is there a wide variety? Are you always fighting the same types of mobs or does every zone have its own?
4. Finally, if there is alot of gear, does it all look the same? We have played Final Fantasy XI and a level 10 warrior can sometimes be wearing armor that looks exactly the same as a level 75 warrior.
Basically, we just want a game with a very wide variety or armor, weapons, and quests. We like to duo, but groups are always fun too.
Thank you

1. I'm going to tell you right now. Armor is not extremely important. Your skill will always be what determines the battle...well unless the person is like 5 levels above you, but even then if you are really talented you can kick their asses. You probably won't be swapping constantly though.

2. Easy enough on my server. It might take a little effort and some spamming in global chat, but if you get into a good guild you shouldn't have too much trouble.

3. So far they've been pretty different. So far I've encountered a lot of human type mobs though. Whether that changes later on I don't know. AmazingAvery will be able to help you out there.

4. Yah gear isn't too varied...although in my personal opinion the armor looks so good and feels so right with the setting of the game that I don't even really notice all that much.

And I would definitely suggest duoing. That is the best way to play. Groups are a ton of fun in AoC.

AmazingAvery · January 2009

Originally posted by mobiano

Hello, my friend and I are looking for a new mmo. We have done some research and it came down to WAR, WOW, LOTRO, or this. AOC seems like the obvious answer, but we have some questions.If you dont wanna read all of this just answering one question would be a huge help, thanks.
1. How much armor and weapons are there in the game? Is there enough armor and weapons to keep you constantly swapping in one piece for another as you level up/obtain new ones?
2. I've read that every class can solo to 80, but what about groups? Are they easy to find? Can you get rare armor/weapons from group work?
3. Monsters. Is there a wide variety? Are you always fighting the same types of mobs or does every zone have its own?
4. Finally, if there is alot of gear, does it all look the same? We have played Final Fantasy XI and a level 10 warrior can sometimes be wearing armor that looks exactly the same as a level 75 warrior.
Basically, we just want a game with a very wide variety or armor, weapons, and quests. We like to duo, but groups are always fun too.
Thank you

There are over 41 Thousand Items in the game. There are plenty that look the same and plenty that have unique skins. 41k items..... sure sounds like a lot to me. In game I have PvP gear and PvE gear I change out several times during play.

Yellow Gremlin Database: aoc.yg.com/ as proof.

They have Hi-Res image now so you can really see the difference in looks:

Here are just a few examples of some items with cool high-res images:

http://aoc.yg.com/item/Achiton-of-Ef...evotion/277659

http://aoc.yg.com/item/The-Hand-of-Storms/106950

http://aoc.yg.com/item/Shield-of-the...cleaver/817446

here are some PvP gear screens (just a sample) http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/47421

Grouping is not required but there are no shortage of situations where they are handy and useful.

AoC has up to 24 man raid instances and plenty of group instances / dungeons as well as solo ones.

The Black Castle is a low level dungeon which has been revamped - check out some feedback here as an recent example (something most haters here can't give you) forums.ageofconan.com/showthread.php

There are plenty of monsters, there are lots of different types of human mobs too as per the lore.

http://aoc.mmodb.com/bestiary/ is the link you need for the Monster database 100's and 100's.

Here is a list of nealy all the area's and the link at the bottom contains a regularly updated list of quests available in each area. The raid stuff is not listed here though.

Acheronian Cave

Acheronian Ruins

Apprentice Quarters

Aquilonian End

Armsman's Tavern

Atzel's Fortress

Aztel's Approach

Bartholomo's Shop

Black Castle

Black Ring Citadel

Blessed Caves

Blood Ravine

Blood Rite Subterrain

Border Range

Border to Kush

Broken Leg Glen

Bubshur House

Cannibal Cave

Caravan Raider Camp

Caravan Raider's Hideout

Carpet City

Castle of King Conan

Cimmerian End

City of Tortage

City of Tortage - Night

Conall's Valley

Conarch Village

Crom's Rock

Den of Perversions

Eiglophian Mountains

Field of the Dead

Fight Club Arena

Frost Swamp

Genzio's House

Ghost Palace

Green Man Tavern

Halls of Eternal Frost

House of Kalanthes

Imirian Ravine

Khemi

Kheshatta

Khopsef Province

Kyllikki's Crypt

Lacheish Plains

Mausoleum

Mithrelle's Mansion

Mountain City

Noble Arena

Oasis of Zaara

Old Tarantia

Outflow Tunnels

Poitain

Preparation Chamber

Purple Carp Tavern

Purple Lotus Swamp

Pyramid of the Ancients

Renton's House

Sailor's Den

Sanctum of the Burning Souls

Seadog Mansion

Serpent's Head Inn

Serpent's Head Inn Room 3

Setsokhaten's Crypt

Spider Cavern

Tarantia Noble District

Tarisha's Shop

The Catacombs

The Cistern

The End Battle

The Main System

The Maze

The Old Smuggler Route

The Onyx Chambers

The Soul Chamber

Thoth-Amons Stronghold

Thoth-Amons Tower

Thunder River

Tina's Room

Toirdealbach's Tomb

Tortage Beach

Tortage Keep - Mage

Tortage Underhalls Day

Tortage Underhalls Night

Tortage Volcano

Totem Torrent

Treasury of the Ancients

Tuthnemtip Estate

Ulric's Mansion

Villa Amiel

Villa Camillus

Villa Lentulus

Villa Paetus

Villa Verde

Vistrix's Lair

White Sands Isle

Wild Lands of Zelata

Yakhmar's Cave

Age of Conan Quests - By Zone

Age of Conan also has many linking quests with lots of different parts spanning lots of the above area's. Here are some names so you can get an idea of the amount of content that is included.

If your worried about shortage of quests - then don't be. Lots of people that previously left never even knew of lots of different area's.

A Beloved Friend - I. A Bitter Parting

A Better Smith - I. The Skills of a Master

A Broken Bloodline - I. Travel to the Village

A Brother's Vengeance I - A Brother's Vengeance

A Curious Encounter - I. Finding the Truth

A Dangerous Challenge - I. A Helping Hand

A Deadly Message - I. The Underhall Thieves

A Father's Revenge - I. An Honourless Mule

A Fishy Future - I. A Clean Beach

A Gruesome Death - I. The Death of Evodius

A Harrowing Journey - I. An Errand Gone Awry

A Hot Day - I. Ale from the Purple Carp Tavern

A Matter of Pride - I. A Bandit Chief

A Missing Filly - I. Fear of the Whip

A Name To Die For I - A Dying Town

A Needle of Truth - I. The Hidden Liar

A Pinch of Salt - I. Salt in the Wound

A Plea For Prophecy - I. Derketo's Chosen

A Queen's Carapace - I. To Kill a Queen

A Question of Conscience - I. A Brutal Business

A Rare Delicacy - I. A Damp, Dark Place

A Refugee's Tale - I. The Man From Corvo

A Refugee's Tale - III. A Witch-hunt

A Relative Risen - I. Maternal Mourning

A Special Request - I. Worthless Trinkets

A Steep Cliff - I. Machines of War

A Vision From Set - I. The Word Of Set

A Vote's Worth - I. Drowned Coinage

A Woman's Scorn - I. A Dead Lover

Abandoned in the Halls of Fear - I. Find the Missing Girl

Abominable Adversaries - I. Obtaining a Corpse

Acheronian Bloodhunters

Against the Larvae Matrons - I. Against the Larvae Matrons

All That Is Lost Shall Be Found - I. Nemedian Sacrifice

All That Remains - I. O'Brother Where Art Thou

Allies of the White Hand - I. Scouting the Bandit Camp

An Impending Attack - I. Beheading the Battlemaster

Ancient Weapons - I. Collecting the Weapons

Anuket Spring Water - I. Hunt For Hidden Springs

Appetite of the Wolf - I. Hunting Hogs

Arachnophoria - I. Kill Spiders in the Frost Swamp

Armsmans Tavern - I. Tarantia Noble Market

Ash - I. Gather Ash

Assassination Amongst Thieves - I. Stabbing the Backstabber

Attack of the Savages - I. Savages Die as Savages

Azusena's Revenge - I. A Woman's Revenge

Band of Bandits - I. Slitting Snatcher Throats

Battling Banditry - I. The Penalty for Banditry

Beastmaster of An-Sug - I. The Jade Idol of An-Sug

Beginner Gems - I. Beginner Gem Cuts

Black Legion Recruit - I. Battling To Be A Legionnaire

Blinding the Enemy - I. Blinding the Vanir

Blinding the Hills Eyes - I. Elminating the Look-outs

Blood and Venom - I. Disembowelling Bloodspiders

Blood of the Serpent - I. A Bottle of Blood

Bloodsilver Awl Pike - I. Making the Bloodsilver Awl Pike

Bloodsilver Ball Mace and Bloodsilver Great Hammer - I. Making the Bloodsilver Ball Mace and Bloodsilver Great Hammer

Bloodsilver Decurve Bow - I. Making the Bloodsilver Decurve Bow

Bloodsilver Decurve Crossbow - I. Making the Bloodsilver Decurve Bow

Bloodsilver Decurve Crossbow - I. Making the Bloodsilver Decurve Crossbow

Bloodsilver Mace and Bloodsilver Heavy Bludgeon - I. Making the Mace and Maul

Bloodsilver Pugio - I. Making the Bloodsilver Decurve Bow

Bloodsilver Pugio - I. Making the Bloodsilver Pugio

Bloodsilver Swords - I. Making the Swords

Bloodsilver Throwing Knife - I. Making the Bloodsilver Decurve Bow

Bloodsilver Throwing Knife - I. Making the Bloodsilver Throwing Knife

Bloody Ambush - I. Laying in Ambush

Breaking the Black Ring

Breaking the Spearhead - I. One Against Many

Bridge of Blood and Death - I. Battling to the Bridge

Brutal Customs - I. An Ominous Symbol

Butchering the Weak - I. The Reality of War

By Duty Torn - I. A Daughter's Pain

Caged Animals - I. A Merchant and his Courtesan

Casilda

Caught in the Shadows I - Search the Ruins For Genzio

Chaos in the Fortress - I. Invading the Fortress

Cimmerian Blue Steel - I. The Cimmerian Blacksmith

Cleansing the Tomb - I. Toirdealbach's Final Battle

Conflicting Interests

Convincing the Hunter - I. Speak to Rithriall

Copper - I. Gather Copper

Cotton - I. Gather Cotton

Crawling From the Depths - I. Cutting Down the Crawlers

Crimes of Passion - I. Mangling Marcelin

Crom's Contempt - I. Laoric's Longings

Cure For Lycanthropy - I. Ingredients for the Ritual

Curing the Sick - I. Gather Wild Herbs

Curses of Travius Blacktongue - I. The Rough Side of a Tongue

Dangerous Ambitions - I. Medicines and Miracles

Dark Beast Repellant - I. Repelling the Beasts

Dead Man's Ledger

Dead Meat I - Salted Meat

Dealing with Dila - I. Dueling Dila

Death From Above - I. Pinned in Place

Death to Renato Savill - I. Traitor Hunting

Death to the Black Dragon - I. A Traitor's Fate

Death to the Vanir - I. Destroying the Vanir

Defeating Iceblade - I. Shattering Iceblade

Demicus' Experiment - I. Butcher's Work

Demon Eggs - I. Snatching the Unhatched

Den of No Return - I. Liberations

Desert Courier - I. Heavily Armed and Higly Paid

Desert Raiders - I. Bandits in the Dunes

Desert Scorpion Armor - I. Perfect Desert Armor

Desperate Men - I. The Bandit Supply Chain

Devil's Pass - I. The Beast of Devil's Pass

Distant Lands - I. Trading in Salt

Doctor's Orders - I. What's That Smell

Doing Your Part - I. Thinning the Threat

Domicile of Vileness - I. Lost in the Darkness

Dousing the Fire I - The Wine Cellar

Dry Times - I. The Red Hand Guard

Elina's Father - I. Searching the Cannibal Cave

Emerald Eyes - I. The Forgotten Statue

Emeralds in the Rough - I. Finding Sewer Cadavers

Empty Reserves I - The Fight For Food

Empty Stalls I - Dead Men's Tools

Ending the Threat

Enslaved - I. The Lost Pirate

Enslaved and Abused - I. Prisoner of Picts

Entourage - I. The Dead Guards

Esperan the Zingaran - I. Hear Esperan's Offer

Exoskeleton - I. Mantis Armor

Exoskeleton - II. Scales of the Mantis

Eye For An Eye - I. Reign of Terror

Fabio's Predicament - I. The Scroll Thief

Famian's Greedy Shame - I. A Scheme Gone Wrong

Family Matters - I. Lending a Helping Hand

Fangs of the Ferocious - I. The Jaws of Danger

Fascinating Faces - I. Captured Emotios

Fear of the Demon - I. The House of the Dead

Feast of Wyrmlings - I. Frost Serpent Cull

Feathers for Quills I - The Barren Hills

Feeding the Hungry - I. Staying Alive

Fetching Fungi - I. The Dark and the Dank

Fighting the Pict Leaders - I. Fighting the Pict Leaders

Finding Safe Passage - I. Scout the Road Ahead

Fleeing to Vanaheim - I. A Show of Strength

Fleet of Mouth - I. Like The Wind

Forbidden Knowledge - I. What the Dead Know

Forgotten Treasure - I. A Bad Bargain

Foundations of Trust - I. A Knotty Conundrum

Freed From Their Cages - I. Battling to the Prison Cages

Garden of Cursed Mysteries I - Bushwhacking

Gift From A Stranger - I. A Father's Pain

Gold and Gore I - Plundering the Dead

Gone With The Wine - I. Stones and Bones

Gone With The Wine - II. Stones and Bones

Grave Invite - I. The Haunted Mausoleum

Greater Prey - I. Slaying the Werewolves for Ceana

Hard Evidence - I. The Scale of the Beast

Heads of the Fallen - I. The Heads of the Fallen

Heady Kaphil Liquor - I. Fallen Red Desert Blooms

Helping the Settlement

Helvenia's Harvest - I. Making a Living

Herbal Vitality - I. Nemedian Strength

Hethlon's Vanished Wife - I. Death by the Riverbank

Holding Fear At Bay - I. Night Terrors

Horror Beneath the Surface - I. Deep Into The Underhalls

Hunger

Hunting For Valoz - I. Hunting the Warg

Hunting the Settites - I. Allied Against Set

Hunting the Vanir - I. Slay the Vanir

Hunting the Wastes - I. Staging Camp

Ill Will And A Last Meal - I. No Honor Among Thieves

Illuminating the Darkness - I. Scared of the Dark

Immortal Acheron - I. The Ruined City

In Defense of Beauty - I. The Three Blades

In the Service of King Conan - I. Battle Upon the Stone of Shame

Internal Allies - I. Imprisoned Bandits

Into the Dark Woods - I. Gathering Human Remains

Into the Fire - I. Thinning the Hyperborean Ranks

Invaders From Afar - I. The Gurnakhi Invaders

Invading Mercenaries - I. Falco of the Black Dragons

Invading the Supply Camp - I. Invasion and Destruction

Junia's Revenge I - Bloody Revenge

Kaylee's Bastard - I. Divine Intervention

Keeping the Village Safe - I. Retrieving Lost Tools

Kern Wolfeye - I. Kern Wolfeye

Kidnapping and Torture - I. Diversionary Tactics Outer

Lady of Villa Verde - I. Vandals at the Villa

Lethal Weapons

Lethal Weapons - I. A Venomous Challenge

Letter to the King I - The Stygian Refugee

Letter to the King II - I. The Answer

Life and Death - I. Breath of the Breathless

Lift the Curse of Constantius - I. The Corrupting Force of Death

Lord Atum-Keket - I. Into the Pyramid

Lost In The Desert - I. The Missing Husband

Lusts of the Flesh - I. Dead Man's Craving

Making Things Right - Nera

Mammoth Skinning - I. Another Day, Another Hunt

Markers of the Lost Tomb - I. Five Stones Baked in the Desert

Melanor's Star

Melanor's Star - I. The Thief's Tale

Mercenary Spies - I. The Guard Post

Mitra's Children - I. Deliver the Medicine

Morne's Clumsy Hands - I. Helping a Friend of a Friend

Mouth of Darkness - I. Reach the Mouth of Darkness

Nightshader Purgative - I. Gathering Dark Moss

Nobles of Tarantia - I. A Special Brew

Oak's Scorn - I. Cutting The Oak Down

Obtaining the Noble Arena Key - I. Find Aquilus

Octavia's Fate - I. A Suspicious Disappearance

Of Rotting Flesh I - Scouting for Padraig

Old Man Gormley - I. Old Man Gormley

Old Secrets - I. Forgotten Treasures

Orders From Kylikki - I. Discovering the Plans

Oris' Overture - I. A Recipe for Success

Ossian's Odyssey - I. Cimmerian Style

Paetus And The Nemedian Crown - I. Scouting the Villa

Paper War - I. Locate the Nemedian's Orders

Path of the Pirate - I. Desperate Times

Patrolling the Wastes - I. Patrolling the Desert Wastes

Patterns of Insanity - I. Macabre Murders

Pieces of Peace - I. A Gentle Spirit

Plans of Mayhem - I. Searching For Information

Poisoned Arrows - I. Death By Venom

Pool of Black Blood - I. Black Mythos

Pools of Blood - I. The Lotus Drugged Terror

Pools of Darkness - I. Ancient Knowledge

Profit and Loss - I. A Merchant Without Wares

Proof of Raiders - I. Grim and Grisly Evidence

Protecting the Flock - I. Undesirable Duties

Prove Your Worth - I. Blood For Trust

Proving Grounds - I. The Challenge of the Hunt

Prowling the Pack Leaders - I. Hunting the Pack Leaders

Purge the Frost Swamp With Fire - I. Destroy the Ghunarki Camp

Purging the Fallen - I. The Mysterious Illness

Queen of Punishment - I. Lost Love

Rabid Vengeance - I. Pack Hunting

Rage Of The Ape God - I. Crusade Against the Ape God's Army

Raiders From Hell - I. Hellish Meat and Hell Spawned Raiders

Recovering the Bandits' Haul - I. Kill the Bandit Leader

Red Hand Death I - A Sting of This

Remains of a Bygone Age - I. The Standing Stones

Residents of the Haunted Forest - I. The Forest and the Cursed

Restless Spirits - I. Dark Chords

Rogue Trader - I. Caught in the Snow

Rotten Molars - I. The Jaws of Danger

Rough Leather - I. Gather Rough Leather

Run Away, Far Far Away - I. Abandoned For Fresher Fruits

Rusty Courage - I. The Lost Blade

Salt For Silver - I. A Bargain at Any Price

Salts of the Earth - I. No Salted Meats in the Oasis

Sandstone - I. Gather Sandstone

Save the Princess - I. A Stolen Princess

Scorpion Archer Armor - I. Strange Armor

Sealed in the Blood of Set - I. Slaying the Followers of Set

Searching for Answers - I. A Gutsy Invention

Securing the Caravan Route - I. Lions of the Desert Sands

Seeds of Desire - I. The Maiden's Secret

Sense of Fashion - I. Perilous Threads

Seven Years - I. A Woman's Misfortune

Shamanistic Remedies - I. Secret Ingredients

Shipwrecked

Silver - I. Gather Silver

Sins of the Father's Whore - I. Alcippe's Comeuppance

Skeggi's Fish - I. The Sea's Bounty

Skin Of The Corrupted - I. Rare Skins

Slayer of Snakes - I. Crawling Servants of Thoth-Amon

Sneaking Suspicions - I. The Great Pyramid

Something of a Delicacy - I. Hunting the Scaled Ones

Spiced Wine - I. The Secret Spice

Spirit of Acheron - I. A Twisted Soul

Spirits in the Sand - I. Halls of Eternal Frost

Spreading Confusion - I. Dire Consequences

Stabbed to Death - I. Carved From Bone

Stagnant Sewer Water - I. Samples of Murky Water

Stolen Statues of the Elder God - I. Recover the Statues

Storming the Gate - I. The Gate to Aztel's Domain - Bloodstone Bridge

Strongarm Tactics - I. Burning For Power

Tabbot and the Scouts - I. Scouting For Scouts

Tailored Tasks I - Under Your Skin

Tainted Beddings - I. A Last Request

Tale of Insanity - I. The Mad Digger's Tale

Tarisha Sacrifice

Tarisha's Sorrow - I. Secrets Uncovered

Tearing the Veil - I. Cleaving the Dead

The Aberration

The Abomination - I. The Head of an Abomination

The Albino Dark Beast - I. Hunting the White Beast

The Arena Bear - I. Arena Bear

The Arena Pict Chief - I. Arena Pict Chief

The Assault Camp - I. Taking Down The Taskmaster

The Awakening I - The Trainer of Mages

The Awakening I - The Trainer of Warriors

The Awakening II - I. The Vanished Sorceress

The Awakening II - I. Underground Havoc

The Awakening III - Deceitful Strategies

The Battle of Corvo - I. A Call to Arms

The Beaten Apprentice - I. A Coward's Roots

The Black Skulls - II. The Black Three

The Captain's Warning - I. A Den of Wolves

The Chef - I. A Recipe For Death

The Chieftain's Command - I. Find the Gaud Mound

The Chieftain's Vengeance - I.

The Cimmerian's Axe - I. The Glory of Youth

The Cursed Scroll - I. Shadows of Doubt

The Dangers of Decadence - I. The Missing Twin

The Demon in the Tree - I. A Priest's Concern

The Downtrodden - I. Running Errands

The End Battle - I. Valeria

The Evil That Men Do I - Evil Deeds of Evil Men

The Eyes of the Dead - I. The Ancient Ones

The Final Escape - I. Between the Dead and the Sticky

The Fisherman's Dilemna - I. Smash and Grab

The Flow of Information - I. Inform Obenathis

The Gambler's Gambit - I. Telung's Wager

The Giant Killings - I. Giant Killer With No Name

The Gift of Healing - I. A Potent Brew

The Gravesinger's Voice - I. Muffled Voices

The Halls of the Dead - I. The Doomed Prisoners

The Hidden Cavern - I. The Lame Man's Liniment

The Honest Man - I. Man in Black

The Huntress - I. Hunting the Huntress

The Hyperborean Messenger - I. An Unlikely Truce

The Journal of Un Nefer - I. Missing Pages

The Killing Zone - I. Destroy the Snake's Guardians

The Kitten - I. The Kitten in the Forest

The Lamb Becomes A Wolf - I. Seize the Ledger

The Last Archive - I. Lost Treasure Map

The Last Hero - I. Nemedian Troubles

The Laughing Man - I. Innocence Caged

The Legendary Turach I - The Famous Captain Redrik

The Little Farmar - I. The Missing Harvest

The Lost Bottles - I. Searching the Island

The Lost Heirlooms of Kerkyra - I. A Foolish Promise

The Lost License - I. Hunt For the Lost Papers

The Lost Men - I. The Prisoners at Skammenstein

The Lost Regiment - I. Missing Men

The Lost Regiment - II. Gruesome Evidence

The Lost Scouts - I. Investigate the White Hand Camp

The Lover's Ring - I. A Lost Love

The Lurking Horror - I. Folk Tales

The Magic Orb - I. The Mysterious Orb

The Memory Remains - I. Sara's Necklace

The Messenger - I. Meeting With Cul Chieftain

The Ministrel And The Bandits

The Minstrel and the Bandits - I. A Song Without A Tune

The Missing Cargo - I. Find the Missing Cargo

The Mitra Clergy - I. The Priestess

The Mongrel Menace - I. Scattering the Curs

The Monster and the Child - I. Hunting and Searching

The Murderous Little Acolyte - I. The Snake Lurking Among the Sheep

The Music of the Night - I. Silence the Wolves

The Nemedian Incursion - I. Guard Duty

The New Threat - I. The Lazy Scout

The Northern Pass - I. Mysterious Allies

The Orphans in the Hovel - I. Where's Galeria

The Party - I. Raising Spirits

The Passing of Blackfrost - I. Assault of Torgrim's Camp

The Path of the Raven - I. The Raven's Nest

The Path to Enlightenment - I. The Oracle's Task

The Perils of Competition - I. Only Room For One

The Phoenix of the East - I. The Great River

The Phoenix of the North - I. The Old Hunter

The Phoenix of the South - I. The Priestess of Derketo

The Pict Threat I - Stalkers in the Wild

The Poisoned Cup - I. A Lethal Drink of Water

The Prisoner's Revenge - I. The Innkeeper's Rage

The Purveyor of Putrescence - I. Chunky Pies and Thin Soup

The Raided Tomb - I. The Stolen Sarcophagus

The Rescue of Osobail 1 - I. Search the Western Mounds

The River Pirates - I. A Shipless Sailor

The Rogue Bandits - I. The Rogue Element

The Roots of the Earth - I. A Plague of the Mind

The Sacrifice - I. In Search of the Mad Shaman

The Sanctity of Slaughter - I. A Tainted Altar

The Satiated Serpent - I. The Latecomer

The Scholar's Pages - I. Tales for Sale

The Screams From the Glacier - I. Sleepless Nights

The Slave Girl - I. Perils of the Working Class

The Slave Rebellion - I. Caught In A Trap

The Smoky Pits of Stygia - I. Smoke, Fire and Suffocation

The Snowy Beast - I. A Legendary Hunt

The Soldier's Reprieve - I. Clearing the Camp

The Spice in the Sand - I. Sand Spice

The Spider Queen - I. An Ancient Hunter

The Spirit's Lament - I. Laying Spirits To Rest

The Stench of Death - I. The Hauler

The Tactician's Camp - I. The Head of the Snake

The Tanner's Request - I. Armoring the Village

The Tanner's Stench - I. Neighborly Disputes

The Terror Beneath Bubshur - I. Dreams of Madness

The Thief - I. Honor Among Thieves

The Threat of the Vanir - I. Find the Vanir Camp

The Torches of Eiglophian - I. Light the Eiglophian Torches

The Troglodyte Conflict - I. Increasing the Hostility

The Uncrowning of the King - I. King's Killing Quest

The Unwritten Law I - Brutal Pirates

The Urchin - I. The Green Man

The Venomous South - I. A Savage Crime

The Veteran - I. Hasty Words

The Wandering Drunk - I. Drunk Shenanigans

The War Totem - I. The Power of Gods

The Wolf Dream - I. Confirm the Wolf Dream

The Wolf Hunt - I. Slay Yukagi Wolves For Ceana

The Wolf Menace - I. Trophies From The Pack

The Wolves At Our Throats - I. Fending Off The Wolves

The Worshippers Demise - I. Gutting the Beasts

The Wounded Child - I. Lost in Darkness

The Wrong Kind of Message - I. A Lively Debate

Thick Heads and Strong Axes - I. Hewing Demon Flesh

Time To Pay I - Bloodlust

To The Victor Go The Spoils - I. Mystery of the Vanir

Torn By Guilt - I. Lost in the Sands

Torn From The Dead - I. In The Ears of the Enemy

Trained Hounds - I. A Mysterious Letter

Traitor, Spy, Or Fear - I. Traitor, Spy, Or Fear

Traitorous Dogs - I. A Traitor's Blood

Treachery and Deception - I. A Murdere in the Midst

Treading Lightly I - Sassan's Hut

Trek to Thrymheim - I. The Long Journey North

Trials of Desert Combat - I. Proving My Prowess

Tribute to Set - I. The Final Ingredients

Trouble in the Province - I. Rumors of Unrest

Turning Point - I. Weakening Zeno's Ranks

Undead Guardians - I. Remains of Acheron

Under False Flag - I. Up The Hill

Unfinished Business - I. A Break In The Chain

Unfinished Business - II. A Smuggler's Life

Unholy Magic - I. Getting a Shaman's Attention

Unjust Deserts - I. Track the Cannibals into the Oasis of Zaara

Veil of Dawn - I. The Bay of Golden Fruit

Venom in the Wastelands - I. The Bloody Harvest

Wagon Wreck - I. Slowing the Vanir

Wanted - The Apostate Man

Wanted - The Blasphemer - I. Outlawed By Set For Blasphemy

Wanted - The Smuggler - I. Outlawed by Set For Smuggling

Wanted - The Stolen Idol - I. Outlawed by Set for Sacrilege

War Correspondence - I. Delivery to the Lacheish Plains

War Standard - I. Conscript's Blood on the Battlefield

Water for the Soldiers - I. Pure and Dripping

Wench's Wager - I. Collect a Spider Egg

What Creeps Beneath - I. Noises From Beneath

Where Dead Men Wander - I. Death and Defection

White Gold - I. Tusks For Gold

White Hand Officers - I. The Heart of the Troubles

Will to Change - I. Searching For Disguise

Wisdom Through Venom - I. Stingers and Fangs

Wolves and Lambs - I. A Ghastly Disappearance

Words of Wisdom - I. An Ancient Tome

Worm Holes - I. Bury Them Alive

Xantia's Wrath

Yipping Hyenas - I. Hunting Hyenas

Zeno's Last Hour - I. Zeno the Madman

I dunno about you but it looks appealing to me and experiencing nearly all that since launch and still not uncovered everything yet.

What ever you chose to do - wish you well on it

I am not here to persuade you to play the game, I post facts to show you whats there. For me the game offers and wide variety of things to do in a plesant setting. Difference is a hater will tell you not to play, and here most of them last played months ago and have not experienced the changes first hand. They can tell you how a 1980 car is, how it drives, has 4 doors, steering wheel etc but you know there are some differences to a 2009 model.

RightInThere · January 2009

Originally posted by mobiano

Hello, my friend and I are looking for a new mmo. We have done some research and it came down to WAR, WOW, LOTRO, or this. AOC seems like the obvious answer, but we have some questions.If you dont wanna read all of this just answering one question would be a huge help, thanks.
1. How much armor and weapons are there in the game? Is there enough armor and weapons to keep you constantly swapping in one piece for another as you level up/obtain new ones?
2. I've read that every class can solo to 80, but what about groups? Are they easy to find? Can you get rare armor/weapons from group work?
3. Monsters. Is there a wide variety? Are you always fighting the same types of mobs or does every zone have its own?
4. Finally, if there is alot of gear, does it all look the same? We have played Final Fantasy XI and a level 10 warrior can sometimes be wearing armor that looks exactly the same as a level 75 warrior.
Basically, we just want a game with a very wide variety or armor, weapons, and quests. We like to duo, but groups are always fun too.
Thank you

If you want some facts from a nonfanboi pretty critical person, take it from me. I just resubbed after having like a 6 months break and I find this game very refreshing. Gear in particular. You see, FC made every character and every pice of equipment look so damn good, that it's hard to not be swayed by this alone. What Unfinished is saying is somewhat true though (even though he is a extreme hater), neverthe less it's some truth to what he says. A lot of people left 2-3 months after launch due to 1. performance 2. itemization. Well performance have been sorted for months now, but so has itemization. I understand there have been added tons of new items to the game and they just keep adding. Also the whole crafting thing they are expanding on now (city armor, culture armor, basioc armor) also just opens up to a crazy amounts of new looks. So I would say AoC is one of the better games you can get if you like to funk your character up in all sorts of armors and weapons and mean looks. Really nice stuff. (got a few new pices yesterday in fact..wooooot!!)

Then a different thing was mentioned, armors and other items does not play as a big role in AoC as other games as the weight is on player skills instead of the item grind. They decided to change this a couple of months back though, so expect the equipment stats to just keep getting more and more important. good luck.

monoth · January 2009

There's plenty of new items, although a lot of them are just slightly modified existing gear... Not a lot of unique gear.. The gear that is unique you have to do Dungeons several times and hope they drop, problem with this is trying to find people to do dungeons with, and even if you do, by the time you do get the items you want, odds are you have out leveled them. So if you like wearing armor that is 20-40 levels below you then ya, good looking armor is possible.

Other possibility is the new cultural recipes, but there extremely rare drops and have a high cost to make, usually they will cost more to make then what a crafter can sell them for so don't hold your breath hoping to find any on the trader. And if you do find some on the trader the gem slots are more or less useless because of the gem nerf.

Avery posted there is 41k items in the game, what he forgot to tell you is most of that is just recyled graphic skins or slightly modified graphic skins... There is not 41k unique looking items in this game. not even close...

I know Funcom has said there going to fix gems and re-itemize stuff, but that could be next week or 12 months from now... They originally promised a gem fix several months ago and were still waiting....

finnishguy · January 2009

I find itemization in AoC generic and boring. Everyone looks the same.

They really should use more colors. Now they have 2 colors: brown and slightly less brown.

And yes, you CAN use multiple colors without it looking like a cartoon.

OrionMan · January 2009

Originally posted by finnishguy

I find itemization in AoC generic and boring. Everyone looks the same.
They really should use more colors. Now they have 2 colors: brown and slightly less brown.
And yes, you CAN use multiple colors without it looking like a cartoon.

Perhaps you did not read title of this thread "looking for a little help from experienced players". The text in red was supposed to tell you that you should not answer as you have not played AoC.

finnishguy · January 2009

Originally posted by OrionMan

Perhaps you did not read title of this thread "looking for a little help from experienced players". The text in red was supposed to tell you that you should not answer as you have not played AoC.

???

Actually I've played since beta and I still have an active account. I'm probably much more experienced than you, my friend.

Crashloop · January 2009

Originally posted by mobiano

Hello, my friend and I are looking for a new mmo. We have done some research and it came down to WAR, WOW, LOTRO, or this. AOC seems like the obvious answer, but we have some questions.If you dont wanna read all of this just answering one question would be a huge help, thanks.
1. How much armor and weapons are there in the game? Is there enough armor and weapons to keep you constantly swapping in one piece for another as you level up/obtain new ones?
There is not enough different armors to swap each level and look unique all the time. however there is throughout the game a decent amount of sets you can gain whilst leveling that you can gain. Most of the unique looking armors are in instances. At end game you will end up looking the same for some time until you find a new piece you want to use, but this isn't unique to AoC only. Most MMO games have their set of armors that people prefer at 80 due to stats/effects on them. However since gear doesn't matter as much as in WoW you can mix between sets and make something that looks different from what majority is using. AoC also takes a more realistic look of weapons and armors, you won't see pink plate armors etc. Most leather armors usually have a brownish color etc. For weapons a lot of them have the similar models, then again for the game aiming to be more realistic then having cool looking wepons that would be ineffective if they existed for real.
2. I've read that every class can solo to 80, but what about groups? Are they easy to find? Can you get rare armor/weapons from group work?
This depends a lot on what server you choose, some servers are easier to get groups on then others. Hopefully the upcoming server merge will help this problem to go away. Every class can solo to 80, and if you have a group you can do the quests in epic mode which makes all bosses drops better items. so by doing quests in epic mode you can get better items and more unique looking items. Also the main source for rare weapon armors is to do instances.
3. Monsters. Is there a wide variety? Are you always fighting the same types of mobs or does every zone have its own?
The lore of Hyboria is in a huge portion aimed towards human fighting humans. You have animals, demons and other humanoid races too, but you will find yourself fighting a lot of the same type of monsters. Each zone has their set of NPC's like the cimmerians fight against vanir's, aquilonian fights the nemedian's etc. You also have picts and undeads around so I never found the variety of mobs to be an issue. It seems to fit the lore quite nicely.
4. Finally, if there is alot of gear, does it all look the same? We have played Final Fantasy XI and a level 10 warrior can sometimes be wearing armor that looks exactly the same as a level 75 warrior.
A level 10 guardian can look the same as a level 80 one if the player doesn't bother getting different gear. Most of the normal green colored gear in aoc looks very similar. different names and stats, but lookwise not much separates them, the blue gear does look different from the green gear. However you will see the re use of some low level blue gear on higher levels. The gear at higher levels usually has more details but this you don't see before studying the armor more closely
Basically, we just want a game with a very wide variety or armor, weapons, and quests. We like to duo, but groups are always fun too.
Aoc is a game that can easy be done as a duo, there are some solo instances and solo quests but majority of the game can be done as a group and quite often it can be a lot more fun
Thank you

mobiano · January 2009

Thanks so much guys, all of you were a huge help. From what I can tell there is not a TON of gear, but it looks so good that it doesnt matter. So, We are going to give this game a shot it looks just incredible and I hope it will be. So, thank you everyone and have fun.

Crashloop · January 2009

Originally posted by mobiano

Thanks so much guys, all of you were a huge help. From what I can tell there is not a TON of gear, but it looks so good that it doesnt matter. So, We are going to give this game a shot it looks just incredible and I hope it will be. So, thank you everyone and have fun.

There is a lot of gear, it's just that the difference in much of it isn't really noticible by a quick look. However the raid gear and bos gear does look miles better then the normal gear that drops. But that's how it is in majority of MMO's

The advantage AoC has over WAR and WoW is that while those 2 games "forces" you to use the best possible gear you can find, AoC allows for more freedom to choose a mix of gears. Sure you might lack a few bonuses but gear doesn't matter as much as in the 2 mentioned games so missing the stats doesn't really make your class unplayable.

DaveTT · January 2009

Originally posted by mobiano

Hello, my friend and I are looking for a new mmo. We have done some research and it came down to WAR, WOW, LOTRO, or this. AOC seems like the obvious answer, but we have some questions.If you dont wanna read all of this just answering one question would be a huge help, thanks.
1. How much armor and weapons are there in the game? Is there enough armor and weapons to keep you constantly swapping in one piece for another as you level up/obtain new ones?
2. I've read that every class can solo to 80, but what about groups? Are they easy to find? Can you get rare armor/weapons from group work?
3. Monsters. Is there a wide variety? Are you always fighting the same types of mobs or does every zone have its own?
4. Finally, if there is alot of gear, does it all look the same? We have played Final Fantasy XI and a level 10 warrior can sometimes be wearing armor that looks exactly the same as a level 75 warrior.
Basically, we just want a game with a very wide variety or armor, weapons, and quests. We like to duo, but groups are always fun too.
Thank you

I definitely recommend you and your friend to try AOC

I wont post more info, because many people already answered on your questions, AmazingAverys post was more then enough

Good luck m8, i hope you and your friend will have a good time playing AOC

Unfinished · January 2009

OP be wary, you might want to ask yourself why there is so many a 'I Highly recommend you try AoC' type responses posted so quickly here. (these folks spend more time on these forums than a real fan could be bothered to, you'd think they would be way too busy actualy playing the game)

There is a reason 80-90% of the folks who bought AoC are no longer subscribing.

Sevenwind · January 2009

Ah then OP you have to be wary of some of the posters in here whose majority of their post history is critical of the game. These folks spend more time on the forums here waiting for a postive post to come up so they can trounce on it.

All in the post history... Please all and you will please none.

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