Age of Conan

I have a hard time understanding why I see so much hatred posted about AoC on the forum.  I know it is not a perfect game but from I have read the developers are working out as many bugs and glitches as they can.  I have also seen reviews from other websites and they have been giving it an above average score.  Am I missing the reason for all the hatred?

Haters, check off whichever option below applies:

1) You're a fan of another game, and trash anything that isn't like that game

2) You wanted AoC to have be a game it isn't and has never pretended to be (sandbox)

3) You hate it for being too much like WoW

4) You hate it for not being enough like WoW

5) You just like causing flame wards

6) You want to like the game but are concerned about the number of bugs and missing features.

7) You're really, really bored.

8. PO'ed because FC made a buggy game and theur tech support is sleeping at the wheel or their communicarion rivals that of monkeys with tin cans

Easy, this is not a place to go to to get information regarding any MMO, lest it be articles directly written from the staff here.  Otherwise, its just a minute few that are not currently playing and enjoying the game that have some time to spit out their mouths. 

Enjoy the game.  I do.  I learned I cant get caught up in an argument with someone who has already sold their soul to the devil.   /shrug.

I have no idea why people feel the need to do this!

Buy it, play it. If you like it keep playing, if you don't like it stop playing!

I cancelled my account today, not because I hated the game or concept

Not because my computer couldn't run it

Not because of anything Funcom is or isn't doing.

I quit simply because it isn't the game for me. No harm no foul.

To those that like it....enjoy....

To those that hate it....MOVE ON.....

Originally posted by LuckyR

I quit simply because it isn't the game for me. No harm no foul.

To those that like it....enjoy....

To those that hate it....MOVE ON.....

As to tech support...man...400,000 subs right now, potentially. I can bet their TS is swamped! Admittedly they could at least send some kind of response letting you know they're working on xyz, but I wouldn't blame their TS guys too badly when I bet they are getting their butts kicked right now.

There are numerous threads both here and at funcom's forums elucidating the reason many gamers are angry or dissatisfied.  If you don't know now then your state of denial  is such that you will never have the blinders lifted.

Some people look at a glass of water and see it is half full.  Some see it as half empty.  Maybe it's just 120 ml.

Originally posted by Dravok

I have a hard time understanding why I see so much hatred posted about AoC on the forum.  I know it is not a perfect game but from I have read the developers are working out as many bugs and glitches as they can.  I have also seen reviews from other websites and they have been giving it an above average score.  Am I missing the reason for all the hatred?

I think some people focus on one aspect of the game they don't like and use it as a reason to hate the game.  I think any poster that slams the game based on one aspect like instancing is more clearly saying they don't like games with instancing and not really providing feedback on the game.  I think that is something for the reader to interpret. 

Now differing reviews are gonna be based on differing experiences.  I posted a very positve review at lvl 23 or so.  However at 43 my opinion had significantly changed.  That isn't based on hate that's based on changing game experience as I've moved out of the highly polished tortage area and into the main game area.  I think the game plays VERY different at the lower levels then the higher levels and not simply based on bug differences but design differences.  So I think the review you get is going to be variable based on the level experience of the reviewer.

Case in point doing combat with combos of 1-2 keys is fun and working the enemy shields and choosing the right abilities etc is fun.  Later doing the same with 3-4 keys when there is no queue and lag in the key activations causes combat combos to fail unless you are watching the timing of keypresses.  This becomes frustrating because missing a combo in a tight fight is death.  The becomes less fun and more about micromanaging the combat combo sequence.

Originally posted by terrant

Haters, check off whichever option below applies:

 1) You're a fan of another game, and trash anything that isn't like that game

Though not always an indicator of the reason I do find it interesting that corresponds nevertheless.

Myself I have played AC2, (gone for a few years now) WoW, EQ2, DAoC, (briefly) CoV, VG, LOTRO, Tablua Rasa, (briefly) and Pirates of the Burning Sea. (briefly)

Meaningless list but the point is I still think those games are good or have good things about them yet I'm playing AoC and enjoying it so far.  I'm finding people with the same mindset to be a rare occurence these days though.