General Discussion

my issue is why are they even trying to make a new expansions and have yet to address and fix the issues that are currently plaguing the game. I got a conqueror to lvl 80 and a necro to lvl 40 i pretty much drew the line in the sand when my pets were all completely useless and werent fixed for over 2 weeks. in fact I canceled before they even fixed them which headed into the 3 weeks range. the combat system is great, the pvp although annoying by aimless gankers is pretty fun at times.

 but the issues are too much to overlook, the gem duping, the exploits, the combat issues. too numerous to name. my system ran the game pretty good so i didnt have any real issues performance wise with OOM's only an occasional shadow bug and graphical anamolies due to driver incompatabilities. i think this game needs alot of work. i am realizing why they took direct x 10 out. probably because it performed like crap. but i dont like the idea that I bought a direct X 10 game at launch, with no Direct X 10. basically i never got the full product that i paid $100 for. ( bought the collectors edition). i think its fair to say I will never buy another collecter's edition again lesson learned.

to all those wanting to play Warhammer lets jus say its being over hyped. but i found the game to be pretty stable and polished.

I'm enjoying AoC still but only because I rerolled and am hoping the extra content will be in before I reach lvl 55 again. I don't mind the out of memory errors every few hours, the lag spikes every few hours and the population is fine on my server (Aquilonia). I've got more than my money's worth of entertainment but wish they'd add some level 80 content that doesn't require 24 people.

I do find this talk of an expansion a bit strange but maybe Funcom are trying to copy that from Guildwars too. They are quite open about borrowing ideas. I'll tell you exactly why the PVP patch and new content isn't available yet - it's the bait to steal people back from WAR...

Originally posted by boinged

 I'll tell you exactly why the PVP patch and new content isn't available yet - it's the bait to steal people back from WAR...

 

well that is a horrible plan. make a game but forget to put in the things people bought it for and why???..... to wait till another new game releases THEN! put out the things they should of already had to get them to come back! HAHA! WORST PLAN EVER

who's taking odds that this expansion is going be just about all of the stuff that should have been there at launch?

The missing content from 50+, the pvp stuff etc, new zones / dungeons...
 

I know! rather than include that stuff in a timely fashion for your rapidly diminishing playerbase...
Lets label it an expansion and get the morons to pay for the game again! - failcom logic.

I digress... i quit after my months sub ran out. With a lvl 63 barbarian and some alts (the female ones got put on ice after the 'female characters do less damage' bullshit). I gave it a chance and was let down.

Here's hoping Mr Ragnar Tornquist's 'Secret World' mmo doesn't share AoC's shortcomings.
What was a 'must buy' for me after 'Dreamfall' etc... is now a nervously optimistic wishlist item.

I just don't get all the hate against Funcom - if you lack the skill to play it, don't!

Great game even though the game is not what was "promised", but should be the promised land within a year or so.

Haters should go and hug WAR instead and enjoy the "content". ;)

Originally posted by Zodan

I just don't get all the hate against Funcom - if you lack the skill to play it, don't!

what the fu#$?! hahah lack the skill? what skill to playing AoC? Who ever can get off the best combos first skill? or the now who ever has the best gemmed gear skill?

Expansions only ruin level based fames.

I don't usually post on the forums, I just like to read them.  That having been said; I kind of like AOC.

It runs really well on my computer (3.0e8400, 4gigram, 260gtx). I don't have any performance issues w/ all settings to max on a 1920x1200 monitor. I don't know what kind of rigs people w/ performance issues are playing on, but perhaps a new game requires new components. I do get 1 or 2 lag spikes on a 6-8 hour session, but thats livable. I do crash once or twice w/in the same period of time. Compared to most MMO's I've played, that's acceptable (to me) , and I've played 'em all.

This is some major bashing of a decent game. Just opinions i know, but geesh.

GL Failcom, I mean Funcom!

Originally posted by vidiotking

I don't usually post on the forums, I just like to read them.  That having been said; I kind of like AOC.

It runs really well on my computer (3.0e8400, 4gigram, 260gtx). I don't have any performance issues w/ all settings to max on a 1920x1200 monitor. I don't know what kind of rigs people w/ performance issues are playing on, but perhaps a new game requires new components. I do get 1 or 2 lag spikes on a 6-8 hour session, but thats livable. I do crash once or twice w/in the same period of time. Compared to most MMO's I've played, that's acceptable (to me) , and I've played 'em all.

This is some major bashing of a decent game. Just opinions i know, but geesh.

GL Failcom, I mean Funcom!

Read the tech forums sometime, maybe. People with comps better than yours can barely run the game, if at all. The "you comp sucks" argument fails in relation to this game.