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Cod Ball
27-05-2008, 16:33
Couldn't see a thread about this, anyone got it?
if so are you enjoying it? I'm looking forward to doing some group stuff if I can find a group haha
I played the beta abd enjoyed it. Not sure if im going to get it though.....still playing WoW *must resist,must resist*.
A work mate is playing it and says its ltots of fun. I`m tempted to try it although I dont wanna get dragged into another MMOG
Heard it is ok but very instance based and high spec needed to run it well. Apparently the combat is good as it's not just click and go, but the chat system is a little poor.
Still hooked on WoW here myself too :p
I did enjoy the combat....had to actually think about what you was doing and not just spam hit the keyboard.
sometimes i dont want to have to think to hard when playing a game, this games makes me think to hard, meaning i cant play it while sleepy or wasted.... also my pc struggles with it at high res, and i dont plan to upgrade my 7900GTO anytime soon.
I like this game so far, but there's a lot wrong with it.
First, the whole technical thing. The engine feels pretty terrible. In the city I get 10-15fps average with the 1900XT rig in my spec below. And that's on the lowest possible graphics (which look pretty poor by the way) and latest drivers. You'll notice this spec is well within the recommended specification in all but the GFX, which is above the minimum specification.
I don't have any idea what the graphics engine is doing, but I can look straight down at the floor in first-person mode, and my FPS won't increase one bit. Somehow rendering a floor comes at a price of 15fps. I think not. I don't know what it's doing, but it's doing it badly.
The heavy, heavy use of instancing is another thing that I'm not fond of. The game is barely an MMO at all. Many areas (and I'm talking proper, outside zones here) will have half a dozen instances. It's absurd. It is, of course, impossible to know which instance you will be dropped into (you have to manually switch instance from a button when you are in the zone). As far as I can tell, this is simply a massive shortcoming due to the zones being far too small.
When the inevitable comparison to World of Warcraft arises (and, oh, it will; this game almost feels like a graphically-enhanced carbon copy) the biggest difference is that WoW offers large, single-instance zones. And not only are they single-instance, but they are completely seamless. You can run from Silvermoon City to Booty Bay with no loading screens.
Conan? You even see loading screens when entering a tavern. It feels like a gigantic step back in online gaming and one done to make the developer's life far, far easier. It's a lot simpler to make a tavern if you just stick a door somewhere and then give another team the job of actually making it. It's horrible and breaks immersion.
So, yes. I suppose Conan does have "great" graphics (though darned if I can play with them), but it comes at the expense of real immersion. When something this convoluted, messy and uncomfortable turns up, it makes me realise why WoW, which is now polished to the extreme and runs as though it's slaked in butter, has 12 million subscribers.
I'll be playing to the end of my thirty days but doubt I'll be renewing my subscription. But, hey, if you're on the Aquiliona server before then and want to say hi, my nick is 'Zesh'. :)
Thx for a good review of the game Zozart. As you correctly pointed out that they will compare this to WoW and yes it's very well polished. It's a shame because this game showed promise but one would assume thats where the patching comes into play.
I'll be staying away from this mmo.
As for WoW servers you'll find me on Turalyon. Hordie = Trottersinc/Formaata.
Thx for a good review of the game Zozart. As you correctly pointed out that they will compare this to WoW and yes it's very well polished. It's a shame because this game showed promise but one would assume thats where the patching comes into play.
I'll be staying away from this mmo.
As for WoW servers you'll find me on Turalyon. Hordie = Trottersinc/Formaata.
It's not so much a review as it is a summation of the worse things I've found!
There is plenty of good to say about the game, however. The graphics (when all working well and good) are very nice. The bank and auction house has now been activated which will set the economy going. The quests (so far) don't seem quite as mind-numbing as WoW (we all know how painful it is farming 100 enemies for a freakin' quest drop) and the first 20-levels, with plentiful voice acting and a unique "single player" destiny quest line is really well done.
If there's ever a free trial I would recommend checking it out. It's likely that by the time there is a trial most of the kinks will have been ironed out too.
Does it have professions and crafting and things? One of the aspects I really like about WoW.
Cod Ball
30-05-2008, 15:18
It's funny actually I've been speaking to people on it for ages and they've all said "yeah I used to play WoW but this is so much better, I feel my WoW supscription is coming to and end very soon!"
You need a High end system to play Conan, you can play wow with a low end system.
uuhh;441066']You need a High end system to play Conan, you can play wow with a low end system.
FUncom are playing a bit of a dangerous game alienating a huge chunk of the market by making it need a high end system but It is an adult game and I think they are aiming at the type of ppl who post on places like here who have ninja pc`s.
THey have supposed to have sold 700k in the first week so they have done something right :D
I am looking at getting it today I think
I play on Battlescar PvP server, lvl40 Conq.
Games ok, early days so afew bugs. Some classes are inbalanced, rangers are over powered and healer classes dnt seem to die.
Grahpics is impressive and so is the system requirments, 30Gig hhd space :eek:
Khan
Ps. I only got this to take a break from WoW
I have just started on battescar only about lvl8 though...
I am stuck on a quest already though lmao.
My nick is Dunpeal. Gimme a shout if you need a hand. I can assist you on most quests except White Sands as the lvl cap to enter that zone is 25.
The first zone (Tortage) like all mmos is a 'noob' zone, which has striaght forward quests. If you do get stuck, follow the advice given on quest log and also all objective(s) are marked out on map.
Word of advice, as your on a PvP server once you leave Tortage when you hit 19/20 you will enter the world of very annoying gankfest. You will get ganked in the world, at rez points and in towns as some NPCs dnt work.
But, if you love PvP (like me:p) than just focus on lvling until you can gank your self :cool:
Khan
I loved pvp on wow :D
I was a ganker :D
Moldiver
02-06-2008, 21:25
MY name is Moldiver on this, lvl 20 on the Ymrh server. Me and mates have started a guild if anyone fancies joining.
I'm playing on Battlescar as a level 30 tempest of set with about 10 mates levels ranging from 18 to 45, if anyone needs any help give me a shout.
http://aoc.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page
http://forums.tentonhammer.com/showthread.php?t=28485
Couple of useful links
If your starting out hold onto your feat points untill you understand what to do with them, the AOC official forum is great for advice on what to use them in.
Moldiver
03-06-2008, 19:43
Me and my mates have changed to battlescar, names Moldiver. I am a female assasin, don't know if i like it yet. Never went a female character in a game
jesush++
03-06-2008, 22:03
Lol, is that because you can choose your "assets", although this doesnt look so good :p
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/gaming/a97302/funcom-sorry-for-in-game-boob-reduction.html
Moldiver
03-06-2008, 22:10
Actually saw that once i had changed, didn't like the femlae assasin so am changing back to a ranger i think later on.
The problem with the assasin is distance, I destroyed a lvl 35 assasin last night and i'm a lvl 30 Tempest of Set, stuck her miles away from me and by the time she was up close she was dead.
Hey would really like to try this game as im getting a little bored of WoW - just waiting for season 4 to come out :)
so is there a way to get a trial for the game? as i don't want to buy the game and then realise i don't like it or even worse i cant play it on my computer :)
If there is how do i get a trial?
//Nebs
Cod Ball
04-06-2008, 16:00
you go to the shops and spend £30 lol.
There is no free version as you're effectivly getting a single player game at the same time.
ISnt there a 7 day friend trial in the box?
It's a brilliant game. I have found Asda to be the cheapest place to buy it atm.
Cod Ball
04-06-2008, 16:20
You pay £30 for the game and get a 30 day trial with it.
Doesn't it run like a dog though? i.e there's no point getting it unless you have a 1.5 grand beast?
Yeah but im sure there is a 7 day trial inside as well for inviting a friend.... I`ll check when i get home.
Well it runs fine on my computer although it is a quad core q6600 cpu with 4 gig ram. The graphics card is an x1900xtx though so its a bit on the old side.
Basically Funcom have decided that they want this game to be the best looking MMO on the market. Its an adult MMO aimed at Adults. The market I believe they have aimed at are ppl who post on places like here who keeop their pc up to date.
Cod Ball
04-06-2008, 16:27
hmm, there may be....I know there is a buddy program on the site but it says its not available yet.
Yeah its quite demanding but my machine cost me £800 about a year ago and it runs it fun =/
I've got a bit bored of this already. The instancing has just gone too far. I don't want to play an "MMO" which has about 10 instances of every zone. Dungeon instances I can understand and appreciate, but typical zones should never be instanced. Guild Wars gets away with it by not having a monthly fee!
And before anyone says "if there weren't any instances, the zones would be overrun and you'd never get to kill anything" - that's a terrible excuse. Fact is, they have designed all the zones with heavy instancing in mind. This lets them get away with much, much smaller zones which equals less content.
WoW has really set a standard here with the gigantic, single-instance zones in Outland. Even with the frenzied Burning Crusade launch day they didn't resort to splitting people up over instances; instead they employed clever solutions such as (the obvious) gigantic zones and (the less obvious) a mechanic where enemies spawn more frequently depending on how many people there are.
And the funny thing is? Playing AoC, I have still, on several occasions, found myself waiting 10+ minutes for a boss to spawn for a quest. The whole instance situation is a total mess as far as I'm concerned and I will certainly not be renewing my subscription.
Im enjoying it atm :D
Im playing as a dark templar and its great
Gotta love waiting for a Boss with another 10 people to get the kill, respawn time is nuts at like 15mins :eek:
AoC is really pretty to look at but thats about it tbh, I really thought in the long run it might (not over take WoW) be one of the most talked about mmo. I did enjoy the first week of game play but since than its kinda gone down hill for me.
Gone back to WoW :p
Khan
Ps. Might come back to AoC after some updates.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-rl3RPC_Mw
Is there any better reason to play AOC than this ?
Moldiver
05-06-2008, 15:56
Can't wait till i get my horse, think i could do that all day.
Aye I cant see that ever getting old :D
wonder if you can kick other ppl on horses off now that would be even cooler :D
omg that is the lamest thing ever! haha, no way can they allow that, how annoying.
WTF_Shelley
08-06-2008, 18:22
Has anyone got this running properly on ATI yet? as it runs like a dog on my pc, Ati tools shows only 25% usage on my GFX card and only hits 20fps if luckly
Its working fine on my pc ati x1900xtx
WTF_Shelley
09-06-2008, 10:35
Its working fine on my pc ati x1900xtx
My cards one up from yours, so im starting with huh?
Is the rest of your machine a ninja quad cored beast with a 8gig of ram and raid 5?
lol
its a q6600 @3.0 GHZ with 4 gig ddr2 ram and a maxtor hd. so not too ninja.
Funcom stated somewhere on their forum that they had some issuses with ATi cards. You can always look up their forum for solutions.
Khan
I am getting a bit bored with it now....
Im actually tempted to go back to WoW lol.
Its fun but I cant help but feel that its missing something.
The game runs fine on my Pc, 1920x1200, 16xQa, everything full.
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