Age of Conan Poll... staying... going... trying... what !?!

[Kopitar]

Compared to Vanguard, the release of AoC is almost perfect...

[Vyndree]

Yeah, sorry. I've just been reading the AoC forums too much and there's a LOT of attitude on there right now. I never really got into the WoW forums for the same reason. I just get huffy because there's been nothing that's remotely interested me in the MMO space since WoW came out and now that there is a game I'm enjoying there's all these people trying to tear it down. Sure, as long as FC is making money they'll keep at it regardless of forum trolls, it's just frustrating.

Believe me, I understand getting frustrated from all the garbage on the official forums for various games.

As is such with the opinions of people, they are always unique. I just want to make sure the thread stays civil so that everyone can manage to share their opinions without stepping on too many peoples' toes. As always, people are more likely to complain -- so you'll tend to hear that the loudest. The people who are happily playing the game (hint hint, nudge nudge, Suvega) are probably too busy playing the game that they have no spare time to post about it on a forum.

And my point on Windows wasn't really that it's a piece of junk (I've been quite happy with Windows since Win2k), was just drawing the analogy as far as companies delivering a 'finished' product. [edit] Oh, and Linux has much greater issues. It's just all in what you want to do and personal preference.

I wasn't taking offense... I may work for MS, but I don't work on Windows. I was just drawing the same analogy... In essence, Windows has to meet a certain quality bar in order to get the number of sales it's looking for -- if consumers are unhappy with a product they will say so with their dollars. An unhappy customer will leave. Different types of software have different requirements for stability, security, and content -- but in the end it's the consumer they're trying to please. So as long as they're pleasing the number of consumers needed to get the profit they want, they'll continue making and supporting products.

[Mosg2]

I've been able to setup two AoC instances running on the same computer with HKN and maintain ~50fps without getting any errors or graphical tearing. Yeah, having to reform to follow sucks, but... The healer classes are all hybrids so you just cast your two HoT's and go to town. I love it.

[merujo]

LoL Mr. 'I Won't Play to Beta Test a Game'! What a big man! Tell em like it is!

Elo, im sorry if u got me wrong. It's not, i wont play, but i wont pay to beta test a game.
Nah, im not here to bash the game or whatever, since it was a "give ur opinion" thread, i just gave my 2cents.
I trully believe u enjoy the game, i also enjoyed it a bit, and like i said, it has potential, lots of it. To show u how i was waiting for it, i was the first to get a copy in my town :P and it was a CE Perhaps the hype was too much around the game, but im not the one to blame, thing is, it didnt came out perfect, like i was expecting, but truth is i didnt expected so many flaws at the beggining (lvl20 onwards)
I even pulled my hair like a mad man when i couldnt reach a npc or basic bugs but nah, i decided to give up, after reporting bugs and try to do some petitions, because unlike some wow haters, i didnt played 30 minutes in northshire abbey, i played a lot of hours, and the release factor isnt enough to cover all the mess. 3 friends continued and gave up at 50+ because, basicaly, theres no more quests ? they returned to wow.

thank god not all ppl like wow! thank god ppl differ in opinions! thank god u like the game!
but im not really gonna continue playing it, because i just... dont have that geek look when i load AoC

Elo, hope u dont get me wrong again, and sorry for my sucky english, portugeezers are the suck :P

[Ðeceased]

I've been able to setup two AoC instances running on the same computer with HKN and maintain ~50fps without getting any errors or graphical tearing. Yeah, having to reform to follow sucks, but... The healer classes are all hybrids so you just cast your two HoT's and go to town. I love it.

hehe I was thinking about this :P I've been looking at some vids of say "Tempest of Set" and solo they already seem quite OP.. multiboxing multiple ones..
The WoW equivalent would be like having a 5 Paladins with the AoE damage of Hellfire that acctually heals you and other allies around you and regens mana..

I could see myself getting tiered of the game pretty quick if I Mboxed those :S

all i can say is the combat system looks like it could be interesting. Melee doesn't appeal to me that much but I do like the directional spells including healing. and the amount of AoE

Quick question.. how long was Alpha and Beta testing? or is it still in Beta? Because that is one thing that astounds me.. the sheer quantity of issues atm :S

[Nisch]

Yeah I plan on 6 ToS soon.......

[elo]

Yeah no worries Merujo, like I said just the forum trolls got me goin'

Ya know, yeah there's a LOT on the forums about all the issues, but I've made it to 47 and have experienced very few. I think I've fallen through the world twice and both were related to climbing. One instance i found has a bugged boss which is unfinishable, another has one that didn't fight back until last tuesday (but that was a fun bug!). There was one where you had to get 4 pieces of something (body parts FTW) and we had to reset for each piece, but it was quick and you got XP so meh. Yeah a couple of my feats (talents) don't work as advertised but I'm SO used to that.

Actually a lot of the things that I thought were bugs were just me not understanding. Like there was this one NPC showing up on map I couldn't get to and I was just absolutely convinced it was bugged, even dropped the quest. Later figured out it's a 'hidden' route to get to her.

Ah, I did recently discover the infinite trap bug, now THAT one is annoying.

Honestly the most frustrating part of me is getting ganked while playing my level 20, then logging on with my 47 and not being able to find the bastard that did it (multiple instances, etc.) but when looking at it objectively it's probably a good thing to help cut down on PvP anger.

[geoffdavison]

Like there was this one NPC showing up on map I couldn't get to and I was just absolutely convinced it was bugged, even dropped the quest. Later figured out it's a 'hidden' route to get to her.

God that was annoying... i was lucky to figure it out.. :-D

[merujo]

I think the worst of AoC when i played was the constant split of players on the same party, to other instances, and, the fact that u can only see them on the minimap on a very short range. Those can be fixed easily i think, but i got so annoyed man...i just gave up. Also the gathering professions and..meh...i dunno, it really didnt grabed much of my attention, only the graphics were outstanding. I think that in some months it will be better overall, but i'll stick to wow for now.

[Tdog]

I very rarely use most software or hardware upon initial release of it to the public. Because of this I have avoided man "buggy" headaches I just let most everyone else try it till I hear that it has calmed down and things are under control. Still not sure if I'm even going to buy AoC, Thus far the only game that's really caught my eye over WoW is Warhammer.