AOC - General Information

[Draegan]

I'd imagine that once you get to max PVP level, you can't lose it, so it wouldn't matter.

[Heylel Teomim]

I cant figure out how these keys are going out. I'm supposed to just sit here and refresh the page over and over? That's gay.

[Vehn]

anyone know when registration starts for the 3 day head start? I got my code from amazon and they gave out the code and all

[Tudana]

Originally Posted by Vehn

anyone know when registration starts for the 3 day head start? I got my code from amazon and they gave out the code and all

May 17 for USA

[Twobit Whore]

Originally Posted by Heylel Teomim

I cant figure out how these keys are going out. I'm supposed to just sit here and refresh the page over and over? That's gay.

Install that IM program and it should alert you instantly. You'll need to be at the computer of course but you won't need to spend 2 hours refreshing.

anyone know when registration starts for the 3 day head start? I got my code from amazon and they gave out the code and all

You can register it on May 2nd. You can start downloading on the 14th and you can play on the 17th.

[Tolanin]

Ya the 14th is the start of the DL i hope they have good servers i bet they get hammered.. plus its gotta be one massive DL since its the entire game.. i wonder if this is contracted through FP too.

[Flight]

Originally Posted by Heylel Teomim

I cant figure out how these keys are going out. I'm supposed to just sit here and refresh the page over and over? That's gay.

Age of Conan Beta on FilePlanet

Theres a message next to each set of keys Under Status


TBD = To Be Decided (ie that set of keys may not go out that day)

Confirmed = That set of keys will go out that day

Coming Soon = That set of keys will be released within the next 2 hours, but maybe as quick as a few minutes

Distributed = you missed that set of keys


Make sure you are logged in and subscribed because the sets of keys are going within a minute or so.



Follow the 3 instructions at this link :


Age of Conan Minisite on FilePlanet


You will get a message in the Team Fileplanet box a few seconds before set of keys is released. If you are in time when a set of keys is released you will get asked for email, name, DOB and tick 2 boxes. If you are in time it gives you your key straight away.

[TwiNCannoN]

Originally Posted by Draegan

The one thing that's going to be difficult to deal with is all the hotkeys you have to be pressing.

You're going to end up using 1,2,3,q,e for left, middle, right, back left and back right attacks.

Then hotkeys for every combo and special ability after that. Activate the combo then run off the string of directions to finish it.

Your fingers might go broke.

Yeah it can be pretty bad. I'm not sure if I dislike it though, the complexity is appreciated.

But with my barbarian (who gets a set of skills for 2hander, and a separate set for dual wield, and god forbid I have to open my inventory to get out my bow), fights can often make your fingers go nuts.

[Kodylan]

Originally Posted by Draegan

I'd imagine that once you get to max PVP level, you can't lose it, so it wouldn't matter.

Unless it's changed recently, you can lose your PvP level. It's how they're going to control the flow of rewards in the game. Think of it as a rating system, basically.

[ModernDayDruid]

Originally Posted by Guiness

Hrm...just out of curiosity how long did your client take to download, the one I'm pulling is 12.5GB. I did a speed test and I'm bouncing around 5mb down. I am also confusing the issue as well, this is coming from the fileplanet mirror.

I was getting 700kps almost consistently so it did not take too long. I have a 10mbps fiber data line to my house so unless the source sucks, I usually get very fast DLs. That was dl from West Coast server #2.

[Pyksel]

Age of Conan's Seige Battles

Particular note towards the end that they will be discussing Spellweaving on Monday.

[Tolanin]

Of particular importance

Funcom will place limits on how many can charge into battle to stop people from recruiting the entire server for an attack.

Thats gonna be nice and should maybe calm some of the people worried about lag in battlekeep sieges... its not a perfect solution but its better than having a 200 man zerg going at your keep with .1 fps.

Other thing that i noticed from that article is that they say they will use the performance of guilds in the other pvp areas (i read that as meaning CTF/deathmatch) to determine how they are queued for a chance at assaulting the battlekeeps, since theres a limited number of times you can attack a battlekeep per week... now i wonder if that means we will have guild rankings in the battlegrounds cause thats what it seems to imply, seems cool.

These articles give me a little hope that this stuff isnt just vapor and they might actually have it ready for launch or atleast a few months after at latest.

[Pyksel]

Originally Posted by Tolanin

Of particular importance

Funcom will place limits on how many can charge into battle to stop people from recruiting the entire server for an attack.

Thats gonna be nice and should maybe calm some of the people worried about lag in battlekeep sieges... its not a perfect solution but its better than having a 200 man zerg going at your keep with .1 fps.

Other thing that i noticed from that article is that they say they will use the performance of guilds in the other pvp areas (i read that as meaning CTF/deathmatch) to determine how they are queued for a chance at assaulting the battlekeeps, since theres a limited number of times you can attack a battlekeep per week... now i wonder if that means we will have guild rankings in the battlegrounds cause thats what it seems to imply, seems cool.

These articles give me a little hope that this stuff isnt just vapor and they might actually have it ready for launch or atleast a few months after at latest.

It will be based upon performance in the mini-games that will determine who gets to lead the assault.

Since many guilds will likely be trying to schedule attacks on the limited number of battle keeps (there can be 8 active at a time), Funcom has implemented a priority structure. Whichever guild has members that fare better in the PvP minigames gets priority when determining who gets to lead a siege assault.

[Tolanin]

the mini-games are the CTF stuff or is that something else? i get a bit confused with their terminology sometimes.

[Hatorade]

Got my preorder game key from gamestop emailed to me. Can't register it yet but whatever at least I know it works.