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Thinking of giving this a try, got nothing to play after I got sick of PoE. Anyone still playing this? Worth the bandwidth?
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| Posted: Wed, 10th Jul 2013 01:03 Post subject: |
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Played the game at relaese, got back for a bit after it went F2P. It's a good game, alright, but F2P has some serious limitations. Only several (4 out of 12, I believe it was) classes are available, a lot of endgame content is blocked, and there's other stuff too - your max gold is capped, for example, and not at a very high value either. Not only does it make AH pretty much unusable, but also, since some gear is bought with gold too (like PVP sets, even though gold is just one of the things you need), and the prices are often above the cap... well, you get the idea.
That's how it was then, at least. Not sure if anything's changed since.
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| Posted: Wed, 10th Jul 2013 09:08 Post subject: |
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| Aquma wrote: | Played the game at relaese, got back for a bit after it went F2P. It's a good game, alright, but F2P has some serious limitations. Only several (4 out of 12, I believe it was) classes are available, a lot of endgame content is blocked, and there's other stuff too - your max gold is capped, for example, and not at a very high value either. Not only does it make AH pretty much unusable, but also, since some gear is bought with gold too (like PVP sets, even though gold is just one of the things you need), and the prices are often above the cap... well, you get the idea.
That's how it was then, at least. Not sure if anything's changed since. |
They changed a lot of that in December. All classes are now avaliable and there is higher gold limit.
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| Posted: Wed, 10th Jul 2013 09:37 Post subject: |
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Tested it for like an hour, uninstalled. Decent game nothing I havent seen before...
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| Posted: Wed, 10th Jul 2013 10:39 Post subject: |
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| Acer wrote: | | Tested it for like an hour, uninstalled. Decent game nothing I havent seen before... |
It was the first MMO to use a combo system for melee skills (though sadly that didn't extend to magic). That little fact in and of itself makes it worthy of praise in my opinion. Also, throw in the fact that they used a gory, gritty, and mature storyline (aka weren't pussies pandering to the Rated T market), and AoC will always hold a special place in my mind.
It's sad that Funcom seems to be the only dev. that has tried ANY sort of innovation in the MMO market in the last 10 years (The Secret World is another such example). It may not have worked out the best for them, but I'll be goddamned if they don't score points for at least having the balls to TRY!
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| Posted: Wed, 10th Jul 2013 11:10 Post subject: |
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I played it, it entertained me but it wasn't really keeping me around. Might just be my state of mind right then but I really didn't get sucked into the atmosphere. So I bet the quest/story writing wasn't that interesting to me.
On the combat mechanics: I wouldn't say twitch or combo mechanics are an innovation for the genre tho. It's a gimmick for some game designs it works for others it doesn't.
Might also be the fact that if I want combat like that then I play other genres. Most people who don't like the typical combat for MMO's are mostly looking for a persistent world game not so much an mmorpg in my opinion.
But at least in Conan it didn't really obstruct either, so they get points for thinking up a useful mechanic instead of just wanting to put in something new for the sake of being new yet it limits more than adding. (yet, if you do it 50 000 times like every other thing in an MMO, it is as 'boring' as anything else  )
But by all means bring diversity just don't go: this style is dead now let's make everything like "newfancymechanic". We have seen that the past decade
The mature world of Conan is what they did brilliantly, I usually hate over the top gore and nudity for no sake. But it's the world of Conan and it should be there! There was a justification for it and it was done nicely. (eventho my GF whines it's all the same, she's wrong!  )
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| Posted: Fri, 31st Jan 2014 11:17 Post subject: |
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Just to feed my curiosity - is the backpack/bag/equipment screen still restricted to 8 items like it was when they went f2p?
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| Posted: Fri, 31st Jan 2014 12:31 Post subject: |
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http://www.mmobomb.com/news/funcom-tweeks-age-of-conan-free-to-play-restrictions/
| Quote: | - All Classes are now available: Free players may now try any of the game’s classes completely free.
- Classic Dungeons are Unlocked: The complete selection of classic dungeons are now unlocked for free play. This includes ALL of the pre-80 dungeons and a selection of level 80 dungeons as well. Level 90 adventures in The Crow’s Nest, The Iron Tower, Xibaluku, The Slaughterhouse Cellar and Attilius’ mansion are now available for free play.
- Gold Cap Increased: In order to allow free players to engage more in the end game economy , in particular with the incoming new crafting system in mind, the gold cap on free accounts has been raised from 2g to 10g. |
no idea about the inventory, but i guess unless you add a bag, it's limited yes (i added a month of sub, so i wouldn't be bothered with anything lol).
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| Posted: Fri, 31st Jan 2014 13:28 Post subject: |
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Age of Conan was always completely underrated. And released at the worst time ever... In a very bad state (too early)... with a very bad PR decisions... (WoW killer!1111! and Tits and GORE!! BUY BUY!!!)
And yet, objectively, it's a very solid MMORPG.
Even actual roleplaying is great in this.
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| Posted: Fri, 31st Jan 2014 13:46 Post subject: |
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What killed AoC for me was the system requirements for it's time. When I got to the main hub I got like 10 fps. Unplayable.
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| Posted: Fri, 31st Jan 2014 13:53 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Fri, 31st Jan 2014 14:10 Post subject: |
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The thing is, the game looked even better in the closed beta. There was parallax mapping almost everywhere, among other things. They've reduced it so much, most people don't even know.
It sill doesn't look anywhere near as good today. (Still one of the best looking MMORPGs though).
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oh that is in dx9.
Dx10 somehow is extremely stuttery. I mean, it runs at 60+ fps, but it has weird stutters...
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| Posted: Fri, 31st Jan 2014 18:43 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Fri, 31st Jan 2014 19:50 Post subject: |
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There seems to be a complete lack of AO in those shots, and the shadows seem to be what very minimal? they look like base shadows and not dynamic.
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| Posted: Fri, 31st Jan 2014 19:59 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Fri, 31st Jan 2014 21:26 Post subject: |
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| Sin317 wrote: | it's funcom 
(can't wait for getting into AO new engine beta lol) |
the one that is announced since 2008?
edit: i beg for pardon,it was 2009
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| Posted: Fri, 31st Jan 2014 21:29 Post subject: |
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Remember when it was released... I think it still holds up great.
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| Posted: Fri, 31st Jan 2014 22:07 Post subject: |
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| Sin317 wrote: | | m3th0d2008 wrote: | Yeah, I dunno Sin, your screens are way too bright and overly saturated in some parts. AoC is also supposed to be looking a bit darker/grittier 
*EDIT* But to your defense, since the DX10 update, the game looked worse. It's propably because they changed the whole lightning. It's still funny that they didn't bring back the higher-res ground textures from before that patch. |
it's dx9.
And it's possible it looks different on your screen, then it does on mine (contrast, brightness etc wise). |
I didn't say you are using DX10, I said that they changed the lighting with the DX10 update. In general
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