I put up a post about why I was canceling my account for this game and it was removed and I was warned about violating the rules of the forums.

Read a plethora of reviews on a game before you buy it, you'll get an idea of how generally buggy it is...no fault but your own you were suckered into this.

>> Technical support is non-existant

No, it exists, just when you have 100,000 people, or 1/7th of your install base all calling in the same week because there are technical problems, your call IS NOT going to be answered.

The problem wasn't they don't have a good tech support staff, the problem was that the game was too buggy so TOO MANY people needed technical support.

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With MMO's, you wait a full year before you sign up -- let others grapple with the inevitable bugs and features not yet working.

#19 For your information I didn't cut and paste shit, I didn't even make the picture, the picture was linked on the AOC test forums in a post where people where complaining about how the actual AOC forum is almost useless because "constructive" posts got buried with posts like that, here is another one for you.

I put up a post about why I was canceling my account for this game and it was removed and I was warned about violating the rules of the forums. Apparently you cannot post anything related to the status of your account or in any way describe the status of your account.

So I'm not sure why there would be a screenshot of people posting cancelation things like that unless they changed that ridiculous policy.

The game is fun, I want to continue playing it but there is nothing to do currently that I actually want to do right now. I want to see big seige battles and cool missions and right now there aren't any.

I'm going to keep an eye on the game but I'd be shocked if the bulk of players keep their account past the first paid month (2nd month total). I dropped mine at the end of the trial period because I knew I didn't have any time for at least another month to play it.

I think the music in AoC is top notch and goes great with the game. I chose not to subscribe after the 30 day free trial because I'm still not over my burnout from playing YEARS of MMO's, that being UO->EQ->DAoC->CoH, etc. I did find leveling to be pretty smooth and quick for an MMO, which I liked a lot.

I think AoC is a good MMO, and maybe down the road I'll fire it up again.

About 50% or more of the people I know that have played it have "gone back to WoW".

You got a great body, but your record collection sucks....
BN 360 Scoreboard:
http://www.mygamercard.net/clboard.php?id=GW57kfq7

That's true, DX10 was never in. Why wait until people had their pre-order copies in their hands before letting them know that the advertisement on the box was false? Or do you think they didn't know they wouldn't have DX10 functionality in the game till the Fall of this year by 2 days before hand? DX10 was a big selling point of this game, in fact I believe it was supposed to be a Vista release title to showcase DX10.

Did Gaming News sites put words in Gaute Godager's mouth to hype the game? It's possible I suppose. I always figured that he just answered the questions. I'm not even assuming that he "pre approved" the questions, just that he answered the questions, so he hyped the game.

Why would I care what MMO, besides this one, had a smooth launch? I bought this game based on the promises and features advertised by Funcom, not based on other companies launches of titles I didn't buy. I want what I'm promised when I make a purchase, what's the problem with that...you know, getting what you pay for?

What sneaky dialog? How about the comment stating that sieges work great? Oh, but you can't build the city required to do them. Sorry, I suppose it's not sneaky, just "spin"...and then once the first siege happens they suddenly recognize there are issues...like no siege engines and walls can't stop people going around their edges. So does that make the spin into a lie? My opinion is that it does.

How full of yourself are you? Why do my reasons for not liking a game have to be "valid" for you? I didn't say you shouldn't like the game because of my reasons. If you disagree, that's great, but that doesn't make my reasons that I don't like the game invalid.

I don't really follow every MMO so I'm not even going to bother to try to find one that didn't have a mess up after a patch. Once again, I paid for this game. I have no idea why you insist on involving games I did not pay for.

How is their approach different? Quests? Please don't get into saying the combat is revolutionary, you're still button mashing. All they did is take Dance Dance revolution and slap it together with WoW and then claim that it's revolutionary. I'm glad you enjoy it, I'm sure there are many who do. I, however, do not view it as any different then other fantasy mmo's. You still use the same combos, you just decide which way to attack based on shields and you have to press multiple keys to get a special move. Oh, and there are boobs and blood. What other parts of this game deviate from the standard fantasy mmo?

The game feels like a bad WoW clone with elements of Dance Dance Revolution to me. If you disagree, that's great, but just because I have different expectations from the money I spend doesn't make my opinion invalid. You may not like my reasons, but they're MY reasons. The day I tell you that you should quit the game because of my reasons is the day your judgment of them will be warranted.

#19 For your information I didn't cut and paste shit, I didn't even make the picture, the picture was linked on the AOC test forums in a post where people where complaining about how the actual AOC forum is almost useless because "constructive" posts got buried with posts like that, here is another one for you.

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j282/fcwedd/fail2.jpg

And before you accuse me of trolling and cutting and pasting I didn't make that picture either. Now you can go back to praising all that is Funcom.

DX10 was NEVER in the game except a placeholder checkbox in the video settings. What other features did they remove from the game from beta to launch day?

And I once again who was over-hyping Age of Conan? Funcom or Gaming News sites that post anything and everything from when the game was announced to when the dev team took a collective shit together?

I will say that AoC isn't without it's bugs and issues, but besides WoW (sadly their servers were overloaded and killed half of them less then 24 hours after launch) name 1 MMO that has had a smooth launch?
Granted I had a bit of an issue with a time card but that was resolved in less then 2 hours, and I've had excellent dialogs with the GM's in game.

And what sneaky dialog are they having with their customers?
Ya have alot of reasons you say you dislike AoC but haven't mentioned any valid ones.

Oh and please name 1 other MMO to date that has never had some sort of major fubar after a patch went out and had to go down for emergency maintence.

I'm not a fanboy of Funcom, but I am enjoying a much 'different' approach to fantasy mmo's that they have presented. Again there are some issues, but so far I'm having a nice easy 'play at my own pace' experience.

Ya wanna talk about companies disrespecting their customers? Have you heard of Flagship Studios, or perhaps Lucasarts/SoE with Star Wars Galaxies?

Myself and 3 friends were playing AoC and it wasn't a horrid game, but it certainly wasn't all it was hyped up to be IMO. The combat system was novel, but after a week or two it was still a button mashing fest.

I think it's a good game if you're into MMO's, but I don't like Funcom. They over-hyped their product, they "offically" removed promised features the day or two before launch (DX10 as an example), they don't seem to bother testing their patches before release, they have zero customer support, and they are plain sneaky with their information and dialog with customers.

All 4 of us canceled. If it wasn't for Funcom I'd be willing to give the game a try in the future, but I don't want to put any more money into supporting a company that treats their customers with the disrespect Funcom does.

So I cancelled until they can learn to program for crossfire like every other game in existance.

there are plenty of games that don't function properly with crossfire.

I've been doing "x to y" quests for about 40 levels are so, so far haven't done anything out of the MMO ordinary. This might change when I start participating in PvP sieges of course.

Oh yeah, didn't they tell you? Those aren't in yet. Or as they like to put it, Sieges are in, there just aren't any guilds with Tier 3 cities because you can't build Tier 3 cities yet. So yeah, have fun with the amazing siege code we've implemented. That was about the point when I cancelled my subscription. That was a week or two ago, mind you.

Of course they may have fixed the problem with creating T3 cities by now, but considering it took them 3 weeks after launch to get stats to function... I have my doubts. Yes, that's right, at release the only stat that worked properly was Constitution. Strength, Dexterity, Intelligence, Wisdom... all useless at launch. It was cool. You could grind and kill and slave in a group dungeon for some kickass gear to realize after the fact that all that fancy equipment did exactly nothing to help you.

Edit: I've just checked and apparently they -have- corrected the issue and in the most recent patch they've put in the vendors necessary to buy siege weapons. You may now "apply" to siege someone elses battle keep.
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The bugs I can live with except the one the makes the game perform worse in crossfire than on one card. Not the mention the fact you can't even see inventory icons in crossfire.

So I cancelled until they can learn to program for crossfire like every other game in existance.

Even without the Wow cash cow, Blizzard will take as long as they need to develops games. That's their way. And gamers know when a Blizzard game is released, it's not gonna be full of bugs and game stopping bullshit. It's amazing to me that the developers of AoC didn't realize that they needed to produce a game that is finished and virtually bug-free in order to compete with WoW. I've been turned off to MMO's since WWII Online, where it became common pratice to release a MMO obviously unfinished and unpolished and expect ppls to just deal with it. From what I see, Blizzard is the only company that has gotten it right- It will be released when it is complete!

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Whether you like it or not, Blizzard = WoW

captain obvious to the rescue!

With the WoW cash cow, Blizzard can take as long as they need to develop Starcraft II and Diablo III. I'm ok with that.

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Fion actually the buddy keys with the Collectors Edition are active and can be used.

Also I doubt his picture was cut and pasted as you could probably search for 'cancel account' and have all of those pop up.

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Blizzard, Vivendi, Activision, etc. are publicly traded companies - they have to report their financial numbers accurately or go to jail. Most of their revenue obviously comes from WoW, they must report those numbers accurately, if those numbers are in fact wrong someone would have called them out on it, and no one has.

Actually they can use whatever definition they want for "subscriber". As long as the money numbers they report are accurate, there is no problem. They can mangle the definition of "subscriber" till they are blue in the face.

Whether you like it or not, Blizzard = WoW

captain obvious to the rescue!

Yeah, right. I doubt those numbers from the get-go. Regardless, let's see where they are in 3 or 6 months from now with their mess.

Whether you like it or not, Blizzard = WoW, and the upcoming Wrath, SC2, and Diablo III. Blizzard should change their name to 'License to Print Money'. Funcom is the Molyneux of MOG games. Long on promises, short on delivery.


"He was one of a kind. He was a mutant. A real heavyweight water buffalo type...who could chew his way through a concrete wall and spit out the other side, covered with lime and chalk, and look good in doing it." - Bill Murray as Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

Blizzard, Vivendi, Activision, etc. are publicly traded companies - they have to report their financial numbers accurately or go to jail. Most of their revenue obviously comes from WoW, they must report those numbers accurately, if those numbers are in fact wrong someone would have called them out on it, and no one has.