AOC - General Discussion II

[Falmer]

Jesus fucking Christ, OOC on EU-Fury is the most fucking retarded thing I've ever, ever witnessed in a mmo. Playing on Dagon I've always thought how mature the community was, but this shit seriously makes Barrens chat look like discussion about quantum physics.
DO NOT WANT

[Fog]

What really weirds me out about the game is that on a FFA PvP server, nobody but me seems interested in PvP. I pass people constantly and none of them ever try to attack me, for the most part, nor are they prepared when I attack them. Then, when I gank them because they are sitting in front of me trying to kill a bunch of mobs, they complain about how mean I am!

I don't understand the atmosphere at all. Why would people roll on a FFA PvP server if they didn't want to be PvPing all the time?

[mutantmagnet]

Part of the reason is that they are too hung up on reaching level 80 before they begin pvping.

Some people in this world are multitaskers while others are geared towards doing things in a step by step process.

[Mkopec1]

Yeah, thats what I gather, most people are just grinding to 80 first. I see a whole bunch of PvP myself. Usually in and around towns ther is some usually going on. And best of all if no one wants to PvP with you you can just take it to them, right?

I have no problem finding PvP when I want.

[Sealody]

Originally Posted by machineman

Also Shipped is different than Sold

Since you get that 1st month included and technically you are a customer and part of the player-base that 1st (included) month.

Age of Conan celebrates 400,000 players - Joystiq

Not sure about an official source so take it for what it's worth.

[Hatorade]

Originally Posted by Oblio

Can you post your Feat Tree please? I started playing at EA but I am only level 34 DT because I went on vacation for 10 days and have had company in town plus a new job; bottom line is I have had no time to read up about our skills/abilities/feats so I feel like a total fucking noob. Any help you could offer me would greatly appreciated, life isn't going to calm down for me until next weekend so again any blurb of info you can offer would be awesome. Thanks!

Depends on what you want to do. Conan Kave - Age of Conan Feat Calculator is my current build for PvP as I am only level 53.

I use to have Conan Kave - Age of Conan Feat Calculator and will cont up the Desecration path for soul barrier which rocks in both PVP and PVE.

basically you either want Incinerate ether or soul barrier...both once your max level the rest is gravy.

Conan Kave - Age of Conan Feat Calculator I imagine will be my final build. Unless the pet sucks then I will go for the doom presence for the utility of it in PvP.

[Tuco]

Originally Posted by Fog

What really weirds me out about the game is that on a FFA PvP server, nobody but me seems interested in PvP. I pass people constantly and none of them ever try to attack me, for the most part, nor are they prepared when I attack them. Then, when I gank them because they are sitting in front of me trying to kill a bunch of mobs, they complain about how mean I am!

I don't understand the atmosphere at all. Why would people roll on a FFA PvP server if they didn't want to be PvPing all the time?

Because FFA PVP doesn't mean 'red is dead and I must attack everything in sight', it means you're on a server that provides a vehicle for for a variety of PVP. If I spend an hour PVPing with some guy, all my enemies who are gaining power will have become stronger while I got weaker.

Every day I rest, charlie sits in a bush. Every day I get weaker, and charlie gets stronger.

Really, there are three major motivations for PVP, the social motivation, a built in motivation and resource control.

Always the most fulfilling is resource control because there is always a winner and someone who failed.

Like last night Darph was my bodyguard and kept a certain guild locked inside the city while I leveled and enjoyed the resource that Darph and his boys secured for me.

The next best is the social aspect, and on Deathwhisper we have enemies that we've been fighting for ten years. It's pretty hard to pass up a chance to add just one more notch on our sword everytime I see one I can kill. They don't pass up the chance either.

The worst, in my opinion, is built in rewards. AKA PVP rewards AKA turning players into NPCs that you have to monotonously farm in order to get to rank 14 AKA everyone wins and no one loses.

[mutantmagnet]

Uhmm WTF?

If that's true and intentional, LOL.

[Twobit Whore]

Originally Posted by mutantmagnet

Uhmm WTF?

If that's true and intentional, LOL.

It's true and not intentional. They tried to fix it in beta a couple of times, and I think someone even joked about the beta patch notes in this thread. They ultimately failed to fix it.

[Hatorade]

Originally Posted by mutantmagnet

Uhmm WTF?

If that's true and intentional, LOL.

Everyone knows giant tits get in the way when you try to overhead slash... Working as intended if you ask me

[GrobbeeTrull2.0]

I don't see a problem with it. I know in real life it'll take one exceptional woman to move the kind of things I can move.

[Fog]

I like the idea of the different genders having different strengths and weaknesses, to be honest, but if one gender is the inarguably better pick for a class then you are doing it wrong.

[Grumpy Old Fart]

Originally Posted by Falmer

Jesus fucking Christ, OOC on EU-Fury is the most fucking retarded thing I've ever, ever witnessed in a mmo. Playing on Dagon I've always thought how mature the community was, but this shit seriously makes Barrens chat look like discussion about quantum physics.
DO NOT WANT

It isn't much better on the NA RP-PvP server. That type of server always attracts a few guilds of the 10-18 year old kiddies who are too scared to roll on an FFA-PvP server and think the "lolrpers" will be easy targets.

I don't think most of them will last too much longer on our server, however (in fact, some of the few kiddie guilds left have recently merged after losing so many members, and the biggest kiddie guild even has members remove their guild tag while out XP'ing, since they were constantly slaughtered). There are tons of real, hardcore RP'ers around with lots of PvP experience that automatically kill those idiot kids (/raise), and I'd have to guess that most of them must have 1-20 or worse kill-death ratios going for them at this point.

It is entertaining to keep OOC turned on, even on the RP servers, in a sort of "Gee, it's nice knowing there's a ready supply of labor for McDonald's in the pipeline" way.

[Fog]

Originally Posted by Grumpy Old Fart

I don't think most of them will last too much longer on our server, however (in fact, some of the few kiddie guilds left have recently merged after losing so many members, and the biggest kiddie guild even has members remove their guild tag while out XP'ing, since they were constantly slaughtered). There are tons of real, hardcore RP'ers around with lots of PvP experience that automatically kill those idiot kids (/raise), and I'd have to guess that most of them must have 1-20 or worse kill-death ratios going for them at this point.

What are you talking about, the "kiddie" guild? Did you card them before killing them? Do they whisper you asking for help with their homework?

In my experience, teenagers are usually the better players at video games, not the worst.

[Falmer]

Originally Posted by Fog

What are you talking about, the "kiddie" guild? Did you card them before killing them? Do they whisper you asking for help with their homework?

In my experience, teenagers are usually the better players at video games, not the worst.

Noone who's completely fucking braindead can be a good player. Teenagers, yeah, but the worst kind of retarded mouthbreathers are usually just as bad at whatever game they're playing as at written english.