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Is this game dying?
ChristianBal
Member Posts: 98
I play on EU server Aquilonia.
I played for 2 hours last night running around 20+ newbie areas and the world was almost empty. All zones had only one instance and I didn't see many other players.
When I did see other players, they never wanted to team up with me even though I play a priest of mitra. Seems like everyone is playing a single-player-game or something.
Is the game dying or what's up?
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Dunno where your talking about but on my server (fury) there are LOTS of people at the starter island. The game population is even increasing since you can buy the game in the green pepper edition for only 6,99 euro and get a free mammut for all your chars and 1 month free play.....
Dunno where your talking about but on my server (fury) there are LOTS of people at the starter island. The game population is even increasing since you can buy the game in the green pepper edition for only 6,99 euro and get a free mammut for all your chars and 1 month free play.....
I've been thinking about moving to Fury since it is the most popular EU server. Aquilonia is supposed to be the second most popular server but I find it to be a complete ghost town outside peak playing times.
I don't know about the EU servers but the on the us side my guild has about 20 new members that started the game in the past week. And there seems to be tons of new people everywhere, it feels anything but dead.
I resubbed just before the merge expecting to see a lot more people post merge but was really disapointed. I was playing on Wiccana on the US side and can count the number of players I saw in the Tortage daytime, Underhalls, White sands and the lowbie cities on one hand in the ten or 12 hours I played leveling 2 classes to the low to mid 20's. I have seen more players in the Vanguard trial leveling 3 classes to lvl 5 than I saw in my entire month , retrying AoC.
I miss DAoC
Yeah fury is totally packed. If this thread is genuine and aquilonia is actually pretty dry then come over to fury!
Aquilonia has a good pop alot of people, dont know what you are talking about mr troll.
I play on Fury but i have 1 char on Aquilonia, and i know some people that play on that server.
Aquilonia has between 1-4 instances per zone, ofc the popular ones have more instances, Kheshatta has atleast 3 at prime time.
But most pvp "high lvl" will now move to Borderkingdoms Cimmerian End (because of the pvp-resources).
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I think the oppoiste is the case, the game is now growing. It has gone through its lowest point and is now getting bigger, content and population wise.
After the performance had been sorted out and the addition of Yimir's pass, the main issues with the game have been sorted out. And as such people are starting to trickle back to the game.
Word gets around, its funny, forum activity in general will attract enquiries, so even the die hard trolls are helping spread the word that Aoc is growing.
Although i have no hard facts of this it can be seen by the genuine return posts here on these forums.
Aoc has a lot going for it, it has top notch graphics(arguably the best in any MMO) it has with out doubt the best animation of any MMO. The combat system is also unquie to AoC. It has unique classes and mounts etc. The 1-20 experience is also unique. It also has a different take on PvP.
So it is inevitable that the game will grow and grow of that there is no doubt.
The game is not perfect or to everyone's taste ofc but which game is?
Is this game dying?
Nope
Nope, I play on Aquilonia and it is usually packed with people. However, I didnt play yesterday due to a problem with my internet provider, Bredbandsbolaget (they had troubles with the connection to UK-servers and I couldnt log on at all yesterday). This might explain some of your "empty" experience. Bredbandsbolaget is a big provider in Scandinavia.
/MarsUltor
You know some people that play on that server? Well, then it must have good population.
Seriously.. I think you play during peak hours. I don't. Try logging in to Aquilonia outside peak hours, the place is a freaking ghost town.
Nope, I play on Aquilonia and it is usually packed with people. However, I didnt play yesterday due to a problem with my internet provider, Bredbandsbolaget (they had troubles with the connection to UK-servers and I couldnt log on at all yesterday). This might explain some of your "empty" experience. Bredbandsbolaget is a big provider in Scandinavia.
/MarsUltor
I had the same problem last week so Bredbandsbolaget is not to blame.
You say Aquilonia is packed? What time do you play? And where? My experience is that low level areas (1-40) are almost empty.
You know some people that play on that server? Well, then it must have good population.
Seriously.. I think you play during peak hours. I don't. Try logging in to Aquilonia outside peak hours, the place is a freaking ghost town.
Thank you. This is probably the funniest thing I will read today.
"No population in off peak hours...OH NOES!!!"
Uh, that is why it is called OFF-PEAK!
You know some people that play on that server? Well, then it must have good population.
Seriously.. I think you play during peak hours. I don't. Try logging in to Aquilonia outside peak hours, the place is a freaking ghost town.
If you check my post again MR Troll , i sad that i also have a char on Aquilonia ( lvl 52 Demo ), and i see plenty of people running around. ( all the time )
Very bad attempt to troll from your part.
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Bear Grylls : I need to get out of this frozen hellhole!
Bear Grylls : (Holds a beetle in his hand) 4 times more protein then Beef
You know some people that play on that server? Well, then it must have good population.
Seriously.. I think you play during peak hours. I don't. Try logging in to Aquilonia outside peak hours, the place is a freaking ghost town.
Thank you. This is probably the funniest thing I will read today.
"No population in off peak hours...OH NOES!!!"
Uh, that is why it is called OFF-PEAK!
I'm afraid I hav eto agree. Thats kind of like saying your computer doesnt work very well when its unplugged.
No, I think its doing just fine and might be growing a bit.
But come play EVE, we don't have off peak hours. Always lots of folks fighting somewhere.
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Thank you. This is probably the funniest thing I will read today.
"No population in off peak hours...OH NOES!!!"
Uh, that is why it is called OFF-PEAK!
First of all if that was the funniest thing you will read tonight, then you have a sad life and I suggest you go try Stumble and select the category "humor".
Secondly I understand the concept of peak and off-peak hours. However all MMOs I have played before have had players around the clock. I could always find some action no matter what time I login. With AoC I have to play during peak hours or I'm forced to do boring single-player-crap.
And even peak hours are not packed. At least not on my server.
I play Crom, only time there are few people around is in the middle of the night and even then there are at least some people out there.
Thank you. This is probably the funniest thing I will read today.
"No population in off peak hours...OH NOES!!!"
Uh, that is why it is called OFF-PEAK!
I'm afraid I hav eto agree. Thats kind of like saying your computer doesnt work very well when its unplugged.
Um.. when you unplug a computer, you can't do ANYTHING with it.
Are you saying an MMO should function only couple of hours a day, during peak hours?
Using that logic they should just shut down the servers during off-peak, because there are almost no players.
Anyone who doesn't believe me and call me a troll, go log into Aquilonia during off-peak and you will see what I mean.
Well, it was you who was in a couple of zones on one server for 2 hours outside peak hours and find it appropriate to ask if the entire game is dying...
The mentioned level 20-30 zones will allways be the least populated in the game for two reasons:
a. There are 3 of them, so the population will be spread thin.
b. Leveling from 20 to 30 is pretty fast, so you will only spend one or two days of your playtime in those areas.
Thank you. This is probably the funniest thing I will read today.
"No population in off peak hours...OH NOES!!!"
Uh, that is why it is called OFF-PEAK!
First of all if that was the funniest thing you will read tonight, then you have a sad life and I suggest you go try Stumble and select the category "humor".
Secondly I understand the concept of peak and off-peak hours. However all MMOs I have played before have had players around the clock. I could always find some action no matter what time I login. With AoC I have to play during peak hours or I'm forced to do boring single-player-crap.
And even peak hours are not packed. At least not on my server.
Yet, AoC has this.
Due to my schedule, I must play off peak between 6am to 8am EST, then I get to play between 3-5pm EST and sometimes 8-10pm EST weekdays...(not very much the 8-10p)
I always have groups, and can always find someone to play with and always see people on SET. I have 3 characters going of each race. A level 58, a level 36 and a level 21 (who skipped Tortage to go level then came back just now to finish my Night Quests)...no issues at all.
I am sorry the server you picked has an off peak issue, but it is not the norm for me.
(And yes, it is still funny, because no matter what...unless you play WoW, you will have large slabs of land in off peak hours that will be totally empty...try to log in on peak if you are having problems)
While you could try other servers, I would advise you to trust your own gut level feeling. If a game seems empty and dead, then it probably is (or at least going that way).
I would also advise you to be wary of fanbois of any waning game who will sometimes say "my servers is busy" or "there are always lots of folks around." I think many of those folks are just not being honest.
You can verify the above in almost any forum on this site. Someone will comment of a server being "dead", and out of the blue pop up responses such as "you aren't playing in peak times" or other paltry excuses.
peak or off peak there should still be players present.
EVE has a minimum of 25k on off peak (never seen it lower)
LOTRO off peak i see quite a few people on Landroval (i have a wonky sleep schedule with a 2 year old and a 2 month old)
SWG i saw people 24/7, even off peak on a little server like Valcyn (my home)
EQ2 i saw people off peak (though the later levels cause the game is very top ended)
So i agree with pencilrick, while games being dead is subjective, not seeing people can hamper online fun.
EvE is a ONE server for all architecture
Well honestly, there's no need to "team up" at 20, in ANY game**.
But there's tons of content in Conan that is soloable at that level and the quests are good (not "Go kill 200 spiders") so why would you need to team up? I can guarantee you will NOT read the quests if you are grouping, because no one is going to wait each time for you to finish reading it as the quests are too numerous. A PoM can burn thru content easily specced early. No one needs a PoM at level20 unless you are hitting BC. You sounds like you need a guild and someone to talk to, not someone to help with content. Join a guild and make friends.
Not sure if Conan dying or not, but if it is, they are sure putting up a big smoke screen.
For instance today they added new dungeons... the Cradle of Decay for grouping level 43+, the Slaughterhouse Cellar and Xibuluku for 80's. The Black Ring Citadel Wing 3 raid dungeon was touched on as well. That doesn't sound like they are planning a funeral at Funcom.
The PvP now has lootable resources that can be taken once you kill other players so that you can build up your keeps for defense in the Border Kingdoms. This is better than WAR's no purpose PvP of let's "Let's just kill one another, shall we?"
Your main problem is you are looking for group on a older server where most people already know how to level easily and don't need groups except for the dungeons. There is no dungeon at level20 no one wants to do. I doubt you could heal Black Castle because you already sound like you have leveling problems as a PoM now if you need grouping.
Since you are only level 20ish, you might want to consider rerolling on the brand NEW server, not the older ones. Ironspine has a very good population of new players who are looking to group up and learn the game. Reroll on the new ones, go out of Tortage and see if you have the same problem. That will take you all of two days if you do it casually.
Overall, the PvE content is far superior in Conan than the PvE content in games like WAR. So level your character up and you'll find you will have more problems with random tells asking you to heal than anything else.
**EDIT: Except for FFXI and maybe EVE.
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