Age of Conan

[LordjOX]

That's good, seems there is a majority of WAR people here, AOC is going to be a very nice game.

 

[rynnor]

I'll buy it if only due to the prolonged wait for Warhammer - then it has a few months to capture my interest.

 

[Ctuchik]

the only 2 things (as of yet) thats making me choose AoC over Warhammer is the player built cities/towns/keeps/whatever you wanna call them.


i cant wait to get in a guild and manage to get one of those going and then try to defend it

oh and ofc the Mammoth mount you get from the swedish preorder offer at lvl 40

sure, Warhammer sounds fun and all but i dunno, all in all it kinda feels pretty "meh" to me.

 

[LordjOX]

Well as said before, AOC has two types of player constructed buildings: Border Keep (BK) and Player Village (PV). BK is for PVP and PV is for PVE.

I guess it's the BK you are referring to and yeah it will be for guilds to defend vs. other guilds and mercenaries. (you can hire yourself out to other guilds for a contract fee). So it will be kind of like frontier keeps in DAoC, those days were cool

 

[Khale]

Yeah the mercenary idea I found pretty cool as well. Cause I probably won't be in a big guild but a small one with some IRL friends. So being hired as spies, saboteurs, infiltrators or just muscle can be fun.

I do have a question about the original AoC forums. I've registered there but I'm not receiving any activation email (same with a friend of mine). Is this normal or is it still only open for beta players?

(I've tried the contact us forum option and some info email address if people didn't receive an activation email, but still no reply after 2 weeks).

 

[Ctuchik]

yeah i love the mercenary idea to.

lets start a mercenary guild?!?

puhleeeeeeeease?!?

 

[Fafnir]

I do have a question about the original AoC forums. I've registered there but I'm not receiving any activation email (same with a friend of mine). Is this normal or is it still only open for beta players?

(I've tried the contact us forum option and some info email address if people didn't receive an activation email, but still no reply after 2 weeks).

Checked spamfilter? My AOC newsletter went there at start.

 

[Khale]

Totally empty (as I hardly receive spam nowadays on my hotmail account). The filter is totally empty and I've received even the newsletter before from the conan site. So why I didn't receive an activation email is completely unknown. Mate of mine even uses a gmail address and didn't get any either.

 

[taB]

I'd rather like a mammoth, it'd taste nicer on a bbq.

However I think £25 plus Rhino from Play.com is gonna have to be done

 

[taB]

Whoops, bought it.

 

[ECA]

I've been in the beta for a similarly titled but non NDA breaking game called wage of shonan, and tbh :/ it looks great, gameplay mechanics are fun....but runs like a total dog on my not so old system. ~ 2.6ghz core duo 2, 2gb ram and a x1950pro.

 

[taB]

I've been in the beta for a similarly titled but non NDA breaking game called wage of shonan, and tbh :/ it looks great, gameplay mechanics are fun....but runs like a total dog on my not so old system. ~ 2.6ghz core duo 2, 2gb ram and a x1950pro.

I have a similar setup with 4-core goodness, so fingers crossed I'll be able to enjoy wage of shonan. Worth a try anyways .

 

[Ctuchik]

I've been in the beta for a similarly titled but non NDA breaking game called wage of shonan, and tbh :/ it looks great, gameplay mechanics are fun....but runs like a total dog on my not so old system. ~ 2.6ghz core duo 2, 2gb ram and a x1950pro.

probably the major reason for the delays i'd guess. trying to make the game run for those that cant afford the best of the best. not a good thing if you plan to compete with one of the 2 biggest games around.

 

[LordjOX]

I've been in the beta for a similarly titled but non NDA breaking game called wage of shonan, and tbh :/ it looks great, gameplay mechanics are fun....but runs like a total dog on my not so old system. ~ 2.6ghz core duo 2, 2gb ram and a x1950pro.

Wage of Shonan whimpers at your graphics card, probably the reason why it is dogging you.

I have a similar setup and have more or less the same bitching experience, but new PC be incoming soon!

Also, check out what kind of dance Cimmerians will do in the game: YouTube - Spektakulær Hallingdans digitaliseres (Spectacular Hallingdans is being digitalized)
[youtubevid]qp87knh1UBQ[/youtubevid] (language is norwegian but video shows for itself)

The client allegedly has really improved since last year so it runs a tad better on mid-end machines, you will still be able to play at reduced graphic details though.

45 days to go!

 

[ECA]

even with a new graphics card.... wage of shonan wants 4gb ram, minimum to run the game at any sort of fps

 

[taB]

Can afford another 2 gig before it's out

 

[Mazling]

This wage of shonan really lokos and sound alright. I've always wanted a more visceral, more dexterity-based combat system for my rpg; too many point & click crud types around.

 

[ECA]

This wage of shonan really lokos and sound alright. I've always wanted RSI.

FYP

 

[Mazling]

FYP

FYI, and this may be a surprise to some of you: mmo's do not have to be played every waking moment.

 

[Bahumat]

wAge of shonan is super crap. I hated it

 

[Khale]

They finally gave me access to the forums (they have changed as well, probably to prepare for launch). So now I can finally post

 

[LordjOX]

Age Of Conan: Hyborian Adventures Don't miss this if you haven't tried it yet

 

[Starman]

Signed up

 

[Khale]

Well I ain't really interested in the PvP minigames so I'll pass (to keep the game completely new when I get my CE discs).

 

[Ctuchik]

yeah i'm not gona sign up for anything either until the game is launched.

will be nice to start a game without having played it in a beta/weekend events beforehand.

so now i just hope i'm not gonna get a beta invite that i signed up for long ago.

 

[Mazling]

so now i just hope i'm not gonna get a beta invite that i signed up for long ago.

Feel free to send it by me, if it comes

 

[Fafnir]

Preorder codes arrived last week

 

[LordjOX]

Yeah I read, I've not gotten mine yet though.

Anyways, for those with shoddy computers, Wage of Shonan latest beta build really has improved performance wise.

 

[Khale]

The AoC Wiki - Hunt For Mitra has started (and it's quite easy). So go try it and see if you're lucky. They offering 5 beta spots and 5 gamecards for AoC

Hunt For Mitra

 

[taB]

Heh, that took 10secs per page, nice spot