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

[kllrwlf]

If anyone wants to try it out without purchasing the game there is no official trial version but you can download and play it for a couple days by signing up as "pay by cash".

https://register.ageofconan.com/sign...register/conan

Anyone try this? 15 gig download...

[merujo]

i bought AoC, got it in its EU release, leveled until 30 and... i couldnt continue or else my brain would fry. I know its getting fixed, things are going to be better, etc, but overall, it's wasnt doable to continue, because each night i would have an headache due to so many bugs around.
it was like they gave all the beta to ppl that never played a mmo, and the past 5 years were spent on graphics. i continue to say to my friends, they should had copied more from wow, not only the talent names.

[Nisch]

i bought AoC, got it in its EU release, leveled until 30 and... i couldnt continue or else my brain would fry. I know its getting fixed, things are going to be better, etc, but overall, it's wasnt doable to continue, because each night i would have an headache due to so many bugs around.
it was like they gave all the beta to ppl that never played a mmo, and the past 5 years were spent on graphics. i continue to say to my friends, they should had copied more from wow, not only the talent names.

No.....they shouldn't copy anything from WoW. Not everyone likes WoW.

I think the game's great. WoW was a piece of crap IMO. I'm glad they didn't copy WoW.

[kllrwlf]

If/when I stop playing WoW and want to play another MMO, it'll be for a game that's not like WoW... otherwise, I would just play WoW.

[JD50]

I just cancelled my account. It was a fun game, but I just can't get used to playing in a non seamless world. It just kills it for me that I can't look at the map and walk from zone to zone and just go exploring.

[merujo]

im not saying to copy wow, like, feel like it, or gameplay, or wtv.
all im saying is that, if this was their (funcom) idea of a blast game, they should had look'd into other mmo's, and if wow is a piece of crap, i wont classify many others mmo's out there.
aoc was a 5y development game, that many ppl are leaving already because...graphics aint everything. i played the game for several hours, and somethings are just impossible to come out on retail like that.
Yes, it has potential. No, i wont pay to beta test a game.

[Nisch]

MMO releases always had problems.

I remember how crazy it was trying to login to WoW when it was released.

People that leave already expect too much, in my opinion. A few buggy quests, graphics glitches, item problems, etc. are not enough to scare me away from the game that has great graphics...content is great. You have a story to follow, the active combat system, etc. There are many good points of this game and I personally plan to stick it out.

[elo]

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

or... w/e

There is no perfect software starting with your operating system ( 'I won't pay Bill Gates to beta test his software' - rofl).

If you're so high and mighty above it all why are you playing PC games at all? The issues go with the territory. Oh wait, they're trickling into consoles too because they're really just mini computers.

[Vyndree]

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

or... w/e

There is no perfect software starting with your operating system ( 'I won't pay Bill Gates to beta test his software' - rofl).

If you're so high and mighty above it all why are you playing PC games at all? The issues go with the territory. Oh wait, they're trickling into consoles too because they're really just mini computers.

There is no need to get huffy over someone else's opinion. Honestly, if anyone doesn't like the quality of a product -- ANY product, including Windows -- they should put their money where their mouth is. Which is exactly what some people are doing.

The fact that the "issues go witht he territory" is the consumer talking -- at what level of quality can people push out a product such that the consumers will buy it -- and continue to buy it. For some people the bar is different, and that's your right as a consumer. Some people value potential over intial content, and some are the other way around. Some would consider a game with perfect flawless graphics and combat system of beta-quality if the questing, trading, or crafting system is flawed. That's their opinion and they have a right to it. Clearly funcom considers it release quality, and since it's their product they can release it in whatever state they feel is acceptable. The consumers who don't find it acceptable can choose not to play. That's all that's happening.

Nobody here is trying to be the "high and mighty" person here, but the thread is asking for opinions and so people are giving them -- and peoples opinions are bound to differ. I didn't find anything wrong with merujo's post or his "tone". Let's play nice people -- the thread is about your opinion of the game, and people shouldn't be afraid to give their honest opinion.

Suvega honestly enjoys playing AoC so much that he only hops on WoW to raid. I, on the other hand, quickly got bored and while I loved the combat system and the way they made their healer hybrids -- I couldn't stand being blocked from the destiny quest storyline or having to tiptoe around the "if you respec you lose all gathering professions" sort of bugs. Two different people, two different opinions -- we can still play nice and live in the same house. So let's not start throwing insults at each other over an OPINION on a game.

[elo]

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.

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.