[AoC] Status Thread

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Picked up the game on Friday. I've got a lvl 20 Tempest of Set on Scourge server - Zandantilus. It's a fun game, but feels very much like GuildWars, plus the subscription fee. I've tried a couple other classes to level 12 or so - Barbarian, Conquerer, Priest of Mitra.. and the Conquerer was a beast.

I'll try this for a month or two, but if the crafting system doesn't really impress me, I'm not sure if I'll continue to play once WotK & Warhammer come out. We'll see.. it's a shame there isn't a 'perfect' MMORPG out right now. GuildWars had the best PvP, although only arena-based. WoW easily has the depth and development for high replayability, but graphics and the crafting system are atrocious. Age of Conan is fun, but very similar to GW, and I haven't been to end-game yet.

I definitely don't see myself multiboxing on AoC any time soon, if at all - WoW is much better for that.

When's WoW 2 due? Or better yet.. Diablo 3? One of these days, the perfect MMO will be released..

[PyrostasisTDK]

AoC significantly improves once you get off the island post 20

[Eteocles]

Oh god there's so many maps and quests once you leave Tortage it's confusing as hell...I dunno where to go or where to start...but I eventually stopped in a zone and cleared out some quests + my journal's full...got like 3 lvls...and I still have tons of quests to do in the areas I've gone past already lol; the ONLY complaint I have about Post-Tortage: The non-Destiny Quest NPCs no longer have voiceovers. For some reason I can't bear to read half of the quests without a voiceover now...I just skim and skip through, whereas with them I read through and kinda got into the story lol

[Sabes]

Hit 70 this weekend with my Guardian. The class is a freaking lvling machine once you get it down. At least for me it is. Pretty much going for lvl cap then I'll reroll a SIN i think, then after that i don't know a PoM maybe. I love the Guard, but not much is waiting for me at 80, meaning that all my friends are mid 30's. I'll probably pass by them again before they get to the cap. Power/Speed leveler at heart, just love to bum rush to the max, to do it all again getting faster each time. Oh and how I like the game, enjoyable when it doesn't crash or give me the WTF 10k lag spike. It will be more polished in a few months.

[Esquilo]

Playing on the Zug server, level 51 HoX. The talent trees need some serious work as stated already. Squishy, but high damage output. If you go in with guns blazing, you most likely will walk out. If you stop, think about what combos to use at all during a fight (with 2+ mobs) your dead. I've 3 manned the Sanctum at level 40 with a level 40 priest and a 40 conquer without any problems. The Heralds aggro is hard to judge though, 90% you won't pull aggro going all out if you let your tank engauge for 10 secs first. But, every now and then you'll grab aggro and be dead before you know you have aggro.

When raiding with a HoX, be sure to position behind the mob opposite your tank. You do more damage and you can almost see when you grab aggro.

This is all only based on Sanctum runs so far though, things may change once we start raiding the higher level dungeons.

[darkives]

Have a 64 guardian and a 64 tos I duo atm, but have rolled a new tos who is 23 now that I tribox apprenticed... That is until last monday's (17/6/08) patch.

Cant get 3 working together again, the 3rd client sits on 2-3fps all the time now

[Erron]

I've been three boxing for a few days now 3 Demonologist and just hit level 20. I know there now way this combo will work past 20 without a tank/healer. I was just testing to see if three AOE/Casters could clear anything at their level. There isn't anything in Tortage that slows this trio down.

If you could five box what class combination would your recommend to get to the higher levels?

I am thinking Guardian Tank, Priest of Mitra Healer and either three Demonologist or three Tempest of Set for DPS.

Thoughts?

Playing on the Wiccana server atm. the "unofficial" RP PvE server. Considering a PvP server to test out.

[Kopitar]

KOS and Damage meter mod for AOC http://aoc.curse.com/downloads/details/13045/

[Erron]

I've been three boxing for a few days now 3 Demonologist and just hit level 20. I know there now way this combo will work past 20 without a tank/healer. I was just testing to see if three AOE/Casters could clear anything at their level. There isn't anything in Tortage that slows this trio down.

If you could five box what class combination would your recommend to get to the higher levels?

I am thinking Guardian Tank, Priest of Mitra Healer and either three Demonologist or three Tempest of Set for DPS.

Thoughts?

Playing on the Wiccana server atm. the "unofficial" RP PvE server. Considering a PvP server to test out.

Ok After running 3x Demonologist to 20, and 3x Tempest of Set I think I am fairly certain TOS is the multibox group to go with. Neither require complex combo moves like the Melee classes. And the AE damage and HOTs the TOS put our are awesome. Going to pick up two more copies of the game tonight and see if I can get Five running.

I really wish there was a way to skip the introduction quests and get right to Totage though, if I have to wash up on one more beach and save a chained up whore again, I might go mental.

I might look over the Server thread again and see if this community has landed on a particular server yet.

[Kopitar]

ToS aoe was nerfed a bit on the last patch, teamed with a PoM they are still very good.

/I believe that lightning will only do splash? dmg on 3 targets now?