Age of Conan Feedback thread

[spirited1]

Thanks for the info, Ninjaman09.

It sems that Funcom has put a muzzle on beta testers to stop them talking about lvl13+, and not only that, you can't even level up past 13 to see those areas. That tells me Funcom isn't confident about their game, because the only areas that are polished are the newbie ones and the rest of the game is broken/bugged out/incomplete.

So tired of horse **** MMO's that promise the world and fail to deliver by releasing too early. I hope AoC is different, but right now it's sounding like I've seen all this before.

[CaptnStubing]

I'm having a great time with this so far. Graphics are nice and the voice acting is pretty damn good. I'm getting really involved in the quests...
Exactly. I wasn't expecting the question to be as involved and fun as it is.

PVP however is what will keep me with this game. If that is good then it will be my main game. If not then I won't be playing any mmo.

[Blacklash]

The fact that it's rated M means more kids will be in it because of that. Gotta be "cool" ya' know?

I have it preordered and haven't played the Beta yet. I plan on giving it a fair chance and will be ignoring both the fans and critics. Fan boys and the haters usually get it wrong.

[killahsin]

running in windowed mode at my res/refresh rate seems to have stopped all my funky crashes lol

[K007]

Can we get some screenshots? Some HQ settings probably? Or is it not allowed yet?

[killahsin]

ok uploading screenshots now

[killahsin]

here you go a directory of screenshots from the beta. (http://italiano3d.shackspace.com)

[Badboy_12345]

Thanks for the info, Ninjaman09.

It sems that Funcom has put a muzzle on beta testers to stop them talking about lvl13+, and not only that, you can't even level up past 13 to see those areas. That tells me Funcom isn't confident about their game, because the only areas that are polished are the newbie ones and the rest of the game is broken/bugged out/incomplete.

So tired of horse **** MMO's that promise the world and fail to deliver by releasing too early. I hope AoC is different, but right now it's sounding like I've seen all this before.

actually they capped it at lvl 13 because they didnt want to spoil the story.
The game even becomes better after lvl 13

[WeReWoLf]

It certainly does.*wink*

[lIqUID]

I'm still kind of on the fence with this one. I'm getting kind of bored with questing past level 6, and I'm not really digging the combat system as melee. I do have a necro at level 7 or so, and it seems a bit better. The graphics are amazing and I run a steady 40fps with everything maxed even with debugger and all that other crap running.

I have it preordered, and it is different than WOW which is a good thing, but man I'm really considering dropping the preorder, and just picking up GTA4 for my PS3 instead.

[Ninjaman09]

Bleh, I ended up uninstalling the beta client and canceling my preorder. I don't want to get into another MMORPG anyway.

[Bah!]

Is character creation deep?

I'd say it's pretty deep. Certainly more than most other MMOGs on the market.

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[killahsin]

man i capped a caster it was ok, reminded me of like all other caster games just faster lol. so then i made a melee character holy **** it is real time combat for sure.. the dodging is kinda sweet.

[nekrosoft13]

ok game so far, so far been doing everything solo.

btw, I'm Nekro in the game, server 1

[Buckeye]

You guys don't feel like this game is on rails ?

Maybe after lvl 13 cap on release is lifted it will feel different when we can get out of newbe area.

[killahsin]

well yes but rememebr originally the area were in was singleplayer only it was merged into multi to make people happy im guessing. basically 1-20 is a singleplayer game turned multi.

[arioch21]

are there any other DL links ?, FP one keeps restarting and not resuming :( got to 4gigs the most. Tried some of the torrents from last week but no luck they seem to be offline. My stupid internet is having hiccups tonight. :(

[spajdr]

Does game support SLI already? anyone knows or tested?

[nekrosoft13]

are there any other DL links ?, FP one keeps restarting and not resuming :( got to 4gigs the most. Tried some of the torrents from last week but no luck they seem to be offline. My stupid internet is having hiccups tonight. :(

use the IGN/Fileplanet download manager, it allows to resume.

[nekrosoft13]

if it was like Guild Wars with no subscription I would buy it, but other wise i'm not bothering after the beta. I simply wouldn't play it as much to be paying a monthly fee.

[arioch21]

use the IGN/Fileplanet download manager, it allows to resume.

thats what ive always used, some odd reason it started a new DL instead of resume :( ill just get it from a friend who already DL'ed it.

[darkrider01]

The client that I am running (closed beta) is stable and runs great. I'm getting around 30FPS with all settings on high at 1920x1200, but it does drop to the low teens at the start of combat sometimes. They are telling us that the client that we are running in the closed beta is still not the final client, but I'm guessing that it's pretty close.

Here's a hint for a cool effect (may not work on open beta client): Zoom in pretty close in behind your character when you go into combat - several of the attacks will splatter blood all over your screen. Fatalities also provide a nice coat of red as well.

I'll post some screens of my little Assassin painting Picts later.

[Blacklash]

I've registered for the war mammoth with my key and I'm set to have early access on the 17th. Will an official link be provided on the 14th for the client download?

[killahsin]

if it was like Guild Wars with no subscription I would buy it, but other wise i'm not bothering after the beta. I simply wouldn't play it as much to be paying a monthly fee.


You do realize after lvl 20 its just like every other mmo though right? in terms of huge massive open mainly non instanced zones?

[Ninjaman09]

You do realize after lvl 20 its just like every other mmo though right? in terms of huge massive open mainly non instanced zones?
I've decided to give it another shot since I feel like they didn't show all it had to offer in the open beta. :p

Hopefully it's true that the open beta client is having performance issues because of the "debugger" and shader issues.