[AoC] - Subscribed or Cancelled?

[Jaded]

It seems they put all their effort in presenting a fairly cool looking world; albeit with EQ1 style zone boundaries (which is unbelievable in itself - Hi 10 year old game design)

Actually, I would argue that EQ's zone system was superior to AOC's in every way. I'd much prefer to run through an invisible boundary than click on a closed door or talk to an NPC and magically appear in a new walled-off zone. EQ's zones felt more connected and seamless than AOC's.

I'd compare it to EQ2, which was also a step backwards for zone design as far as I'm concerned. Vanguard did it best, but performance sucked as a result. So I guess WoW's solution is probably the best compromise. Continuous zones, but often with choke-points that you have to go through. (I'm speaking of vanilla WoW, I never played BC)

[Ghiest]

combat was fun, healing and group mechanics are totally off ... caster nerfs way over the top. Too much unfinished things in there. And the 30% extra time it takes me to do a combo just for having a female character really is an insult.

Canceled but I might go back in 3 months to see where and what they have fixed (if anything).

[Ravensign]

Originally Posted by Jaded

Continuous zones, but often with choke-points that you have to go through. (I'm speaking of vanilla WoW, I never played BC)

Since BC was designed with flying mounts, there technically are some areas with chokepoints for ground mounts, but once you get your 280 flyer, its all one big zone.

[Tropics]

Originally Posted by Jaded

Actually, I would argue that EQ's zone system was superior to AOC's in every way. I'd much prefer to run through an invisible boundary than click on a closed door or talk to an NPC and magically appear in a new walled-off zone. EQ's zones felt more connected and seamless than AOC's.

I could not agree more. EQ1's zone system was vastly superior and gave the player a sense of spatial relation between the various zones, AOC is just a mess by comparison.

[Greyform]

still subed, but not a hardcore player so it's the game I fire up when I decide to play one

[Hatorade]

Went back to VG(I know right?), Psionist and Bloodmage are just too damm fun.

[Khorum]

Just cancelled. Game was fun but PVP was pretty underwhelming. The clientside bugs and the bear shaman's gameplay prolly didn't help.

[kcxiv]

Game hasnt gave me the urge to play, but i may keep subbed for a few months and play here and there. I cant stay is a horrible game as i am only level 19. I play very very casually.

[spronk]

for those who cancelled, make sure you go into your account at http://register.ageofconan.com and delete your credit card entry. a number of people have reported that they have been billed days after cancelling.

I won a 3 month timecard from funcom during beta, so my account is still good for a while hoping some of the updates fix stuff, but just feels like there are fundamental problems with the game that make it a boring game, past a certain point. liked 1-50 though.

[devante]

Still subscribed and enjoying it. Granted I'm only playing a couple times a week with a good crack out session here and there. Only made one char so far (52 necro) and finding the game incredibly easy so far pve wise. Aside from one day when I did some Sanctum grinding in the early 40's, I've never even joined a group. Between potions and the necro pet life drain spell I pretty much just wade through mob after mob with never any downtime. I've really got no idea what the other classes are, where I'm at or what the fuck is going on. I've literally done no research at all about the game and playing completely oblivious to everything.

I'm finding this approach to really make the game better for me. First time I've ever tried it this way in an MMO and it's been pretty damn damn cool so far.

[IruleYcauseImSweet]

Cancelled.

Game just didn't hook me.