Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures
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hurley




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PostPosted: Fri, 16th May 2008 13:56    Post subject:
yea well too bad for him. I preordered may13th, received the early access codes 1 day later.
not offgamers fault, funcoms decision though.
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Sin317
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PostPosted: Fri, 16th May 2008 13:58    Post subject:
its not "funcoms decision", they set a limit, like EVERY OTHER DEVELOPER/PUBLISHER did since the dawn of freaking time ...
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matisto21




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PostPosted: Fri, 16th May 2008 14:02    Post subject:
yeah but why didn't i receive my key then ? :@
it's already 4 days ago i preorderd it on the 13 th :s
so i didn't get a chance to register for early access
and send yesterday mail to them
still no answer :s
not a great service if you ask me ...
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Cebrail




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PostPosted: Fri, 16th May 2008 14:03    Post subject:
It is Funcom's decision, and it was the right one, they even told why on their forum's which are open to all

Simply put, they could not gurantee downloading and patching for all if there was unlimited amounts of Free Access slots, so they had to stop it at some point.

I preordered ages ago and have my client fully patched up and installed, and tomorrow at 5pm GMT i'll be killing things Smile
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matisto21




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PostPosted: Fri, 16th May 2008 15:03    Post subject:
mmm k that i understand but when will i be able to play it then?
because i need key to download it no ?
and when will i receive my game through mail?
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Cebrail




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PostPosted: Fri, 16th May 2008 16:15    Post subject:
You will be able to play it on the 23'rd.

You wont be able to download it from Funcom, at least not yet, since it's only for the Pre-Launch people.

Your game should arrive on the 23'rd as well since thats the launch-date
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Ghworg




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PostPosted: Fri, 16th May 2008 19:12    Post subject:
Cebrail wrote:

I preordered ages ago and have my client fully patched up and installed, and tomorrow at 5pm GMT i'll be killing things Smile


I pre-ordered 2 or 3 weeks ago but got my key yesterday.
No early access for me, but i don't mind to wait another week.

I don't think launch day will be fun, i expect lots of downtime.
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Cebrail




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PostPosted: Fri, 16th May 2008 20:18    Post subject:
I agree Ghworg, but I think Prelaunch will be more "fun" than the real launchday with so many more people lagging up start area.

Anyway it will be fun I think, and I have tried so many beta and first days, im expecting downtime and crashes too, but it happens
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sueil




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PostPosted: Sat, 17th May 2008 04:21    Post subject:
So got my preorder key and registered for early access tonight and then found it was closed. It still took my money and gave me the download link. Is it going to be useless or did I somehow sneak in?
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suicid4l




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PostPosted: Sat, 17th May 2008 10:25    Post subject:
You would of hoped they'd limit the number of preorder keys retailers can send out?

Not sure how it's normally done tho tbh, just that would seem the best thing to do?

Now a lot of ppl are left disappointed..

Or maybe I've misinterpreted? I was in closed/gen beta for ages but haven't preordered and probably won't buy..
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shadak




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PostPosted: Sat, 17th May 2008 11:29    Post subject:
I thought pre-order key was for the ingame items etc.. and a "CHANCE" to get early access. But I dont understand why they would charge you 5$ or whatever and then tell you its too late. I got to EA but this is what seems to happen to some ppl.
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Cebrail




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PostPosted: Sat, 17th May 2008 12:33    Post subject:
Ok let me just clarify all of this then.

Pre-Order
Gives you an ingame item, usually a mount or in the case of Amazon, a bow.
It does NOT give you pre-launch access, it just ensures that your game is there on the launch-day so you can play, providing your retailer ships it in time.
Pre-order is your gurantee that you will actually GET the game and not arrive to find it sold out, nothing else.

Pre-Launch
Pre-Launch you pay 5$ for if you choose it, and it gives you the following.
3 Days earlier access for the US, 6 days earlier for EU.
10 days Gameplay before they begin charging monthly fee.
The ability to download and patch the game from the 14'th
No special ingame items or similar.

Pre-Order is available as long as supplies last with your vendor, but since it's launchday today it's no longer Preorder, just normal ordering/purchasing.

Pre-Launch is not a physical "thing" it's a code you activate on your account and a download link, nothing else.

Pre-Launch was "stopped" a few days ago, because selling more of them would put too many people in it, making it almost impossible to download and patch with any real speed, and also remove any benefit of starting early since so many would play it would still lag.

Hope it helps clear the confusion.

Oh and there are 5½ hours left until Pre-Launch beginning, 5pm GMT.

Real launch for those without Pre-Launch is the 23'rd.
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dl2004




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PostPosted: Sat, 17th May 2008 12:43    Post subject:
Errrrrrrrr 5pm GMT is 6pm today in the UK (BST) so 6.5 hours to go.... Razz
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shadak




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PostPosted: Sat, 17th May 2008 14:47    Post subject:
Yeah they apperantly use real summer GMT
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Cebrail




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PostPosted: Sat, 17th May 2008 14:52    Post subject:
Dl2004 was right, my timing was off.

as of this post, there is 4 hours, 12 minutes and 16 seconds

or 252 Minutes
or 15121 seconds
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ShadowX




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PostPosted: Sat, 17th May 2008 16:55    Post subject:
And the countdown for another drugs adicted game has begun.

Only 1 hour 10 min left to enjoy u free healthy life Very Happy
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noxxle




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PostPosted: Sat, 17th May 2008 16:58    Post subject:
ShadowX wrote:
And the countdown for another drugs adicted game has begun.

Only 1 hour 10 min left to enjoy u free healthy life Very Happy


You are an hour off. Its 1pm EST. Check the official forums, there are hundreds of posts verifying this.
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Naish




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PostPosted: Sat, 17th May 2008 17:05    Post subject:
Does the game support dual-cores(quad is too much to ask) yet? In one of the older betas it didn't, but that was...5 months ago.
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dl2004




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PostPosted: Sat, 17th May 2008 17:31    Post subject:
Servers are live now but you need another patch to play and the patch server isnt up yet.
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sueil




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PostPosted: Sat, 17th May 2008 17:44    Post subject:
Yeah I have been constantly restarting the client hoping for a patch. The official forums are down now so no way to find out it's out besides doing that.

Patch server just went online.
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dl2004




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PostPosted: Sat, 17th May 2008 17:53    Post subject:
Game live NOW..........
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Raap




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PostPosted: Sat, 17th May 2008 18:00    Post subject:
I made a char and got into the game, 2 minutes later server went down :O
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dl2004




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PostPosted: Sat, 17th May 2008 18:02    Post subject:
Same as....
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sueil




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PostPosted: Sat, 17th May 2008 18:02    Post subject:
Mines gets stuck on logging in saying it can't connect to the authentication server.
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dl2004




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PostPosted: Sat, 17th May 2008 18:08    Post subject:
Maybe it was just a test as there is still an hour to go?
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noxxle




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PostPosted: Sat, 17th May 2008 18:15    Post subject:
noxxle wrote:
ShadowX wrote:
And the countdown for another drugs adicted game has begun.

Only 1 hour 10 min left to enjoy u free healthy life Very Happy


You are an hour off. Its 1pm EST. Check the official forums, there are hundreds of posts verifying this.


Like I said.
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ShadowX




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PostPosted: Sat, 17th May 2008 18:17    Post subject:
LOL welcome to launch day , gooooooooooood job funcom lets charge people 5 euro for just a download and fuck them up on the gameplay Razz
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Raap




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PostPosted: Sat, 17th May 2008 18:21    Post subject:
I hope they don't wipe my char, I spent like 5 minutes making him ;(
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PostPosted: Sat, 17th May 2008 18:21    Post subject:
ahaha where is AGE OF CONANANANANA. stupid funcom.
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noxxle




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PostPosted: Sat, 17th May 2008 18:22    Post subject:
MasterJuba wrote:
ahaha where is AGE OF CONANANANANA. stupid funcom.


Where it should be. Its not 1pm EST yet.
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