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Beginning of The End? Age of Conan to Merge Servers
Posted 09/30/08 at 07:41:36 PM | by Nathan Grayson
When an MMO begins to feel its bones a creakin', and decides it's time to curl up and die from natural causes (read: WoW), one of the first phenomena an outside observer will witness is the server merge. Generally a result of sudden population deflations from formerly-packed games, when servers collide, the game in question has probably seen better days. Age of Conan, sadly, is one such game.
"I can today confirm that we are actively working on an approach to merge servers, both in Europe and North America," announced AoC director Craig Morrison. "It's important for us to ensure the best gameplay experience for you all, and more healthy populations on each and every server will make sure we maintain healthy communities for the game in the future."
But AoC's troubles don't end there. Funcom, the loincloth-tacular MMO's publisher, may soon be dressing like its scantily clad (but undeniably manly) hero. As of now, Funcom's stock is sitting at a two-year low -- trading for a mere $5.
So, moral of the story? Never, ever prefix your game's title with "Age of..."
Comments Print Email I think the BIGGEST problem
Submitted by pagen64 on Wed, 2008-10-01 15:57
I think the BIGGEST problem with AoC, Was that alot and i mean alot of pc's just were not up to running this game. But people purchased it anyway, Got it installed tried to run it and there PC's froze. IMHO I think this game is great, Great looking, Great fun, I play this Wow And now WArhammer, They are all the same as far as questing. And grouping for instances. I still get yelled at alot because i am not the best tank. But i just love there armor. LOL
Submitted by BrookV on Wed, 2008-10-01 09:48
I remember seeing them peddle this game at Dragon con in 2007 talking up this game big time. This year, they had a huge booth that felt rather empty. Just looking at the specs alone kept me away from the game as I'm sure it did a lot of people. Conan was big in the late 70's and early 80's. I'm not sure why they even dug out this franchise to base a game like this off of. Most 20 somethings don't even know what a "conan" is! I can see a stand alone game, but an MMO? It was a shot in the dark from the get-go in my opinion.
Too bad, but there are a lot of lessons learned from this games short comings and failures. Though the fighting controls were rather unique (albeit a bit awkward), so props to them for trying something new there I guess.
It should die
Submitted by ericmckenna on Wed, 2008-10-01 06:00
I know its supposed to have better fighting mechanics and all, but coming from wow, this game was a huge turd. I played twice and then canceled my account. And companies wonder why there is so much piracy, digging through a dumpster is not stealing.
Submitted by Avery on Tue, 2008-09-30 22:54
In actual fact the game is taking an upturn in populations reported all over the official forums and in plenty of other places. Yes there are quite a few servers that are pretty deserted, however, there are loads that are also very full and even more so after the recent PvP patch 2.0 that came in a couple weeks back. A quick search on the official forums under server specifics will show this.
The game has got a change at the helm, many bugs have been fixed and there is hardly much of a severe performance issue any more.
Since when does stock have anything to do with the game you pay to play? Do you even play it? You know companies can be very stable and profitable without being listed as publicly traded. How long has FunCom being listed? how many game companies out there are not listed and have profitable games, cough, Turbine (lotro), Mythic Pre EA, CCP (EvE) etc etc. How long has Anarchy Online (Funcom's other mmorpg) being going without the company being listed? If FC go de-listed its is definately not the end and definately not worth gloating over.
If you play the game and your on a less populated server I am sure you would benefit from when the time comes to cross-over. As fellow gamers it can only make things better for them, its a damn if you do, damn if you don't situation. The new guy in charge is making the right decision, which is widely applauded in the responses from the link to his newsletter.
I suggest to do more research into the game starting with Patch 3.0 notes that just got release a few hours back for the test server: http://forums-tl.ageofconan.com/showthread.php?t=39026 if you have access if not on the official forums: http://forums.ageofconan.com/showthread.php?t=168791
As for the guy who thinks the game installed 5 times what it should of, maybe try the config for the patcher located in the game directory...
What about Warhammer: Age of Reckoning? ??
Submitted by Pyrophorics on Wed, 2008-10-01 13:30
Well, stock matters when its one of the top company guys selling off hundreds of thousands of their own.
I tried the recent update, it some fixes but the game is still the same for the most part. It's a little less buggy but still linear.
I mean, once you play one character you are pretty much done. The next character gets the same starting area and goes to the exact same places. Sure, they have different home cities but I know on my first character I had to go to other home citys just to keep getting quests because I ran out.
Submitted by Pyrophorics on Tue, 2008-09-30 19:35
Haha, knew it was coming sooner rather than later.
It was the most visually stunning BUG I have ever seen. The forums were in uproar from all the unhappy customers. Each patch was actually making the game more buggy. Even the box of the game was bugged, it is labeled as having DX10 ... which it does not.
My fiance and I canceled our account earlier this month and haven't looked back.
Anyone thinking about getting this game? Save yourself the money.
Edit: Btw, my favorite bug? The game was reported to be about a 20gb install (give or take). The installer allocated 116gb for my install instead. 300gb velociraptor, you better believe I removed the game.
Submitted by hogkill on Wed, 2008-10-01 15:25
maybe you shouldn't have bought it in the first place. am i the only person who can tell whether or not a game will be shit just by spending a couple minutes reading about it?
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