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• • Age of Conan: Leipzig - Content, DX 10 and Expansion

  • 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.

  • Posted: 8/24/08 6:45 PM
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• • Age of Conan: Plans for GC Leipzig

  • I've exhausted any good will i had for funcom awhile ago.

    While I could have forgiven features like DX10 delayed, even class balance stuff (all mmos need months of balancing after release, tbh it never ends), they deliberately released a non-finished game to take advantage of the 'wow-weary' players who wanted something new. they achieved massive retail sales, at the expensive of longevity.
    As we are seeing, its most likely that had they waited to launch the game until after they had a PVP system (with points / Ranks / gear etc), stats that meant something (currently you can play naked without too much of an issue), Content for players at lvl 50+ (NOT including the repeatable Villa solo instance grinding)...

    They would have launched after WAR and probably WOTLK.

    This barefaced Cynicism and contempt for their customers for the sake of the almighty Dollar...

    means i'll think three times before buying another FC product.

    My wow guild disbanded and we defected to AoC... only for it to fall apart due to the absolute mess the game is in.

    cheers.

    Now its back to WoW and alts.

    (oh and the WAR beta - \o/ )

  • Posted: 8/16/08 11:29 AM
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• • Age of Conan: Ellingson Interview

  • good job putting some of the more difficult questions to him - even if he did squirm his way around some of them.

    cheers.

    :)

  • Posted: 8/01/08 9:57 AM
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• • Age of Conan: Correspondent - The PvP System

  • I guess I'll add my name to the list of folks here left with a bitter taste in their mouths by Funcom.

    When you have the temerity to print features on the back of the box and then leave them out at launch... with a 'ship it and patch it later' attitude (and i mean crucial content like the pvp system and gear, the level 60+ pve content etc, DX10 support)...

    that's showing nothing less than contempt for the customer base.

    I do have the capacity to listen to other peoples views though, I'm not about to throw grief at the OP for daring to like a game I've past all reasonable milestones of patience with. Good for him, I'm happy that he's happy etc.
    I think the hostility from the so called 'tin foil hat brigade' basically comes down to exasperation that others are happily indulging on the AoC marketing spin and still remain hopeful that change is on the horizon -  a bit like an abused spouse (imo).
    It's time to live and let live guys.

    "Be Excellent to one another" etc

    :P

  • Posted: 8/01/08 6:47 AM
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• • Age of Conan: E3 Update

  • Originally posted by Cursedsei
    

    Originally posted by Guillermo197
    

    Didn't any of you notice the part that said Eidos isn't showcasing Age of Conan in their stand at E3.

    Appearently Eidos is trying to distantiate themselves from Age of Conan already and know more then most of us.

    If Age of Conan is such a success, then Eidos would have been proud in Showcasing the product they distribute isn't.

    Says enough really (and sadly).

     

    Mhm, certainly makes sense to me. Hell, Microsoft was quick to rub it in Sony's face that they got the NA PS3 Exclusivity out the window and now are releasing FFXII on the 360. So honestly, if the game was doing so well, I think Eidos would of been prancing around and bragging about it. But they arent.

    Hmm... just thought of this...

    Perhaps... Funcom, is the Uwe Bole of MMOs?

     

    nah. most people would agree (i hope) that 'The longest journey' and 'Dreamfall' are two of the best story focused games ever. They should just just slap the AoC dev managers aroung the face a bit with an angry sea bass... then work exclusively on 'Ragnar Tornquists' games.

  • Posted: 7/22/08 7:36 AM
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