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Anything changed in terms of PvP?
JoeVertigo
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I left AoC a while ago due to miserable PvP experience I had. I'm currently looking for some MMO to play so I thought I might as well give AoC another chance.
While I absolutely love combat system in AoC I couldn't stand the world PvP, mostly because it was nowhere close to being 'world'. Everything focused in tiny bits of the map, resembling more a football match then anything. I despised the never-ending guard taunting and pod killing accompanied by an instance juggling. I truly hated the criminal system which is probably the dumbest idea you can implement in a PvP game. The mini-games balance was a bit of an issue, but it was not that bad, the ability to switch the team was a joke though. And let's not forget the naked RP events - whole clans farming each other for PvP xp, that was really discouraging when doing the same the legit way.
That being said AoC combat dynamics are pretty much perfect for me. So the question is - did anything from what I mentioned change? Also - how's population on EU PvP servers nowadays?
Joe
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There are guards all over to tell you where to pvp and you get owned for killing someone lower level and sieges lag out and crash....so yeah this game is no longer a PvP game.
AoC combat is just like any other MMO, if not easier. Really press a skill and do same arrow keys makes it different from pressing a unique skill every 1.5 seconds.....most play casters anyway so is even more the same. Casters are harder they need to make a decision every 1.5 seconds as to what to press unlike melee who make a decision every 4.5 seconds and then play simmon says. Not only that most melee skills or dodged or shielded for being predictable.
Funcom has reviewed all of its assets relevant for
impairment testing. This process has led to
recognition of an impairment loss of around
3,1 MUSD for Age of Conan due to a decrease in
numbers of subscribers for the game. Funcom Q4 10 report.
http://forums.ageofconan.com/showpost.php?p=2926123&postcount=7 500 mains/alts on Tyranny in past 30 days - instead of merge servers let's open a new PvP server, again! http://forums-eu.ageofconan.com/showthread.php?t=106427
A ton more PvP options is coming with 1.06 and the expansion. 1.06 will introduce an arena you can jump in at anytime, chose a side and just slug it out for as long as you want.
The expansion is giving faction based pvp in big world based battlegrounds. Check some of the interviews and you will see some of the new content coming.
My Guild Wars 2 Vids
Arena gives no individual rewards so it wont be popular and PvP gear is substandard to raiding by far today. Has anyone but me played an MMO, people do stuff to get stuff is selfish but it works and is how people are.....how popular will an arena where people get nothing be?
Funcom has reviewed all of its assets relevant for
impairment testing. This process has led to
recognition of an impairment loss of around
3,1 MUSD for Age of Conan due to a decrease in
numbers of subscribers for the game. Funcom Q4 10 report.
http://forums.ageofconan.com/showpost.php?p=2926123&postcount=7 500 mains/alts on Tyranny in past 30 days - instead of merge servers let's open a new PvP server, again! http://forums-eu.ageofconan.com/showthread.php?t=106427
Not aiming this towards you, but I'm no longer interested in what a game promises. Seems like every MMO out there is full of 'potential' and that one day it they're gonna implement the 'wonder patch' that will fix everything. So yeah, what's the state of the game today?
Joe
Game sucks today PvP wise....so much is broken...you have premade vs PuG mini games but that is is, sieges lag out or crash and as I stated there are guards all over or penalties to world pvp.
Funcom has reviewed all of its assets relevant for
impairment testing. This process has led to
recognition of an impairment loss of around
3,1 MUSD for Age of Conan due to a decrease in
numbers of subscribers for the game. Funcom Q4 10 report.
http://forums.ageofconan.com/showpost.php?p=2926123&postcount=7 500 mains/alts on Tyranny in past 30 days - instead of merge servers let's open a new PvP server, again! http://forums-eu.ageofconan.com/showthread.php?t=106427
Anyone care to elaborate a bit? As in less bashing more actual info?
Shrines of Bori is in the process of being tested. This content will be available sometime this year, I'll post it in these forums when a date is set.
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Guessing you did not read what the OP said in his second post.. in short don't talk about promises, talk about what's going on right now.
The game has been turning to a PvE game slowly every update after Gaute was let go/left. It was marketed as a PvP game, but that time has long gone now. All you have to see is how combat is being slowed down all the time.
Guessing you did not read what the OP said in his second post.. in short don't talk about promises, talk about what's going on right now.
The game has been turning to a PvE game slowly every update after Gaute was let go/left. It was marketed as a PvP game, but that time has long gone now. All you have to see is how combat is being slowed down all the time.
Very well but group/mass pvp is anything but slow, sure duels between some classes can take awhile but this its not just because the game is turning into a PvE mainly game. This was done in preparation for the group pvp content they have planned and going forward. Sure there is some growing pain in there for people who like dueling but in the end it is better for the game. If you are waiting for more pvp content on live servers, check back in a few months.
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Ignore fan boys.
So is it still the same loon party in Kesh or what? I thought I indicated exactly what bugged me about AoC
Everything is still the same as you left it.
Rise above hate.
Ignore fan boys.
Wait for the expansion too see if they add any new PvP options,
Only advice i could give..
Wow, this is kinda sad then. AoC's combat system and gfx/animation make for an umnatched PvP experience yet the whole PvP system is still broken and the devs are trying to pull off a PvE game here from what I gather. I don't hate games (apart from EVE) or devs (funnily enough I think CCP are brilliant guys) but this is plain ridiculous. Wow, just wow
Casters still wreck everything last I checked also(few months ago)
Kinda sad, the combo system was fun but the casters had nothing equal to it, so they just point and click.