AOC - General Information

[krinkled]

I am having a hard time deciding whether to preorder this or not.

Currently I have active WoW and LOTRO subs.

The technical beta experience has been sort of meh...

[Pyksel]

Originally Posted by Tolanin

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

CTF, Team Annihilation, etc. Basically battle-ground type scenarios akin to WoW or Guild Wars.

[DMyst]

Has anyone received their preorder key and were able to enter the code in the Funcom beta page?

[Convo]

Just got beta key hurry

[Composter]

Word, I'm in.

[ModernDayDruid]

Originally Posted by DMyst

Has anyone received their preorder key and were able to enter the code in the Funcom beta page?

I didn't think pre-order keys were active until May 2nd (meaning you Funcom's registration page will not recognize the key before that date.)

[Lonin]

Just finished downloading, went really fast for me, right about 3 hours.

[Ukerric]

Originally Posted by Draegan

To further add to this mechanic's hardcore nature, you only gain a fraction (somewhere between one half and one third) of the experience for a kill compared to the amount lost for a death.

Is it only me, or do I have lost all my maths?

Let me rephrase: 1 PVP win = X. 1 PVP death = -X*2.75. However, by the nature of PvP... for each PvP win, there IS a PvP death.

Pray tell, where do the xp come from? Since, at each fight about 2 fight worth's of XP are removed from the system? (unless we're speaking of the same XP as PvE, but I didn't get this)

[Inconsiderable]

Its perfect. PvP-Exp in AoC is a thing if beauty.
1 vs 2.75 means that not everybody will have it at some point. Its only for those that make 3+ kills before they die. Far better than WAR for example.

[Flight]

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edit : mistakenly posted; delete please.

[KianwanCT]

Originally Posted by Ukerric

Is it only me, or do I have lost all my maths?

Let me rephrase: 1 PVP win = X. 1 PVP death = -X*2.75. However, by the nature of PvP... for each PvP win, there IS a PvP death.

Pray tell, where do the xp come from? Since, at each fight about 2 fight worth's of XP are removed from the system? (unless we're speaking of the same XP as PvE, but I didn't get this)

Sounds like a nice way to reduce "zerging" and try to actually put some tactics and skills into play in PvP.

[Clericnon2boxed]

I would assume you cant have negative pvp levels, seems like an interesting system.

Now I am still wondering if playing on a FFA PvP server is better than a PvE server where the PvP is concentrated in the border kingdoms.

You and your buddies against the server, no horde/alliance stuff, the grieving will be outstanding .

[Vehn]

so to get over lvl 1 pvp you need over a 2.75 k/d ratio then? And does dying in pvp make you lose both regular pve xp and pvp xp?

[Twobit Whore]

No, just PvP exp and yes. You will need 3 kills for every 1 death to even inch forward in PvP levels.

I'm not sure how this will work in groups. Do you split the gained exp but lose individual exp? So if you are in a group of three is it 9 kills per 1 death?

[Tudana]

a nice new FC PVP insider for you guys.

New Video - Hyborian Insider #2 | Age of Conan @ Curse.com

for 2bit:
Also at the end he touches on siege warfare some, but is holding back until closer to launch...however, its in