AoC why should I?

[Tilda]

I've watched the videos of AoC pvp weekend, it looks quite fun, although the pvp looks very guildwars-esq.

Convince me as to why I should play!
I like the idea of the boarder zones being pvp, but what about the other zones? Do they change depending on server type?

Give me reasons as to why AoC is amazing and worth spending money on!

 

[LordjOX]

One reason:
YouTube - Age of Conan - Better than fatality
[youtubevid]iZcWJdmdkio[/youtubevid]

Other zones are will be full pvp on the PVP and RP-PVP ruleset servers.
The game speaks for itself: excellent visuals, a new and innovating combat system, set in one of the most engrossing fictional worlds created by Robert E. Howard. Everyone that has a passion for MMOs will miss the best experience to come to the genre this decade if they miss Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures.

 

[Hawkwind]

Agree and very valid point, been wondering the same. Only did the pre-order because of the WAR delay. Something to do over the summer when the family is back in UK for 10 weeks \o/ .

 

[Vasconcelos]

I've watched the videos of AoC pvp weekend, it looks quite fun, although the pvp looks very guildwars-esq.

Convince me as to why I should play!
I like the idea of the boarder zones being pvp, but what about the other zones? Do they change depending on server type?

Give me reasons as to why AoC is amazing and worth spending money on!

PvE wise: obvious reminiscences from WoW. When a formula works, why change it?
Classes: very melee orientated but pretty neat the majority of 'em
Playstyle: melee playstyle is the rox. It requires both skill and tactics. You cant go hack&slash mode but you cant either go BaldursGate style. Can look it as if DAOC steps further and becomes more active, in a way that you have to chose wot style to use (in AoC in the form of combos) at the right moment but in this case not just pressing the style button. With the use of the 3 types of slash (left+upper+right) in mind, imagine if Amethyst Slash required you to hack the enemy in the right side 1st and then finish wit an upper slash, instead of just pressing number 6 in QB (e.g)
Magic is very WoW'ish. With a casting bar, interrupts a la wow but no insta-spells (the fastests i saw were 1 sec casting time)
and BEST OF ALL: no Global CoolDown
PvP: well, this is the part that makes me doubt more. There are 2 types of servers, pure PvP a la Cammlan (everyone vs everyone except inside cities) or normal servers.
In normal servers, the PvP ONLY takes place in the border kingdoms (Emain) much like in daoc (keeps and open places) but in AoC there are no defined sides of a conflict: its guild vs guild or pure group vs group (as long as they remain grpd), the core of the border kingdoms action will be the sieges of exisiting twrs/buildings/etc controlled by guilds or pure keeps made from scratch by guilds. There will be frame times in order to lay siege on guild keeps (no more alarm clock raids). Solo players can be hired as mercenaries (imagine that you charged a fee to that guild grp in DAOC for your services).
And there will be pvp game CS style, taking place in instanced zones like CTF, defending choke points etc...
In the PvP servers, it wil remain the same but in this case, while the guild keeps will only be built in the border kingdoms, the concept of kill any1 anywhere will remain exactly the same as in Cammlan.

Graphic wise, AoC is something to behold if you have a pretty new rig with an 8800 series card or above.

 

[ECA]

The pvp games are more fun than wows, world pvp is actually there unlike wow/others, guild ownage @ endgame in terms of pvp and pve.

Also the classes are all really cool - no class is boring with limited stuff like wow where a tank wants to /wrists because he cant pvp.

That said, they do need to fix the games current performance and stability issues

 

[Killing]

 

[chipper]

i want that keyboard or did they only sell it to middies ;P

 

[fettoken]

i want that keyboard or did they only sell it to middies ;P

Yep, insta button of iWin, thats for mids fo shur!

 

[Ctuchik]

The pvp games are more fun than wows, world pvp is actually there unlike wow/others, guild ownage @ endgame in terms of pvp and pve.

Also the classes are all really cool - no class is boring with limited stuff like wow where a tank wants to /wrists because he cant pvp.

That said, they do need to fix the games current performance and stability issues

prot tanks CAN pvp, i do it regularly on mine. sure i'm not dishing out mad DPS but if i even get a crap healer healing me i can't die fast enough for the enemies

400 resil prot tanks are almost impossible to kill when they get a heal or 2 because even MS warriors cant do any damage to em.

and rogues, lol.

got a mage nuking you? reflection shield FTW and watch him kill himself, same with warlock DoT's

trust me, a well played prot warrior is nothing to sneeze at in pvp.

 

[fettoken]

I've watched the videos of AoC pvp weekend, it looks quite fun, although the pvp looks very guildwars-esq.

Convince me as to why I should play!
I like the idea of the boarder zones being pvp, but what about the other zones? Do they change depending on server type?

Give me reasons as to why AoC is amazing and worth spending money on!

Its like if i ask you, Idiot says what?

Do you have the balls to answer that question, or do you have the balls to play AoC, its the same thing..... well, ya feeling lucky, punk?

 

[Tilda]

You fail at making sense.

 

[Faeldawn]

Its like if i ask you, Idiot says what?

Do you have the balls to answer that question, or do you have the balls to play AoC, its the same thing..... well, ya feeling lucky, punk?

If only your IQ rivalled your post count

 

[fettoken]

You fail at making sense.

Obviously you are looking at it the wrong way. See the big picture.. then it will all make sence.

If only your IQ rivalled your post count

Shut up dweeb, there is no post count.