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Wow, JPGs look like ass.

Alt-F11 for the win. My new screenshot is stickied.

Alt-F11? I thought it was just F11.  Anyways, those -were- in game screenshots, I just compressed them so I could host on photobucket.

This game is just so fucking gorgeous.

I am addicted to screenshots. I have GBs overe GBs of them in mu hard disks since the early UO and EQ era.
Age of Conan is worth tons of screenies even with my crappy video settings.

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2409/2512621829_861a895a77_o.jpg)


(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2170/2513447382_d2230425c5_o.jpg)

Here's another one from Khemi.

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2409/2512628023_9063414fd7_o.jpg)




And the obligtory nipples. I always neglect them... how unfair. (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2284/2512627957_f644a546fb_o.jpg) NSFW

Lefteye?

Ha. Typical glitch.

The horizon mist covers the terrain, but not the reflection on the sea.

Lefteye needs a lambskin condom eyepatch.  :wink:

I'm sure FFXI, WoW and GW get it right. They have special arcane knowledge when it comes to fragment shaders, unlike the Funcom noobs.

On another note, have they updated the art, especially for the toons? I can only remember seeing toons looking like crap the past few months. But the past few days they've looked all... <gasp> human.

Hm? They look great.

I'll take some character select screenshots before going to bed.

That's what I mean. They look great. They used, as far as I can remember, to look like clay figures.

It's not the engine, it's me. I had to tone down DRAMATICALLY the visual settings to have it run at decent fps on my old machine. Those screens are taken on a low low low setting. You can't expect too much visual coherence when you tweak every single weird-named setting in the video panel to make it run smoother.



EDIT: Yeah, Lefteye. What about it, Marg?

Yeah some of the models I saw in earlier screenshots had the "Hi this is what I did in 15 minutes in Poser complete with plastic skin" look to them. I was pleasantly surprised by what I saw in the character creation screen. They still have a bit of that "uncanny valley" look to the faces but it's much better than what I was expecting.

The animations, on the other hand, are crap.

Was just wondering if Lefteye was any relation to Lisa "Lefteye" Lopez.

(http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/2530/sometoonsbg9.jpg)

My newb Barb. Dude's like a cross between Cochise and William Wallace.

(http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/3171/korrpicture02ob1.jpg)

(http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/9021/korrpicture01tt8.jpg)

Beware the hobo Xotli

(http://mshapiro.net/imgs/hobo.png)

Course!
It may sound silly, but then again I am the guy with The Cake is a Lie tattoed on my left torso so silliness has to be expected, and I like pay homage to the weirdest things.
Lefteye has been my online char in any MMORPG since 1998 UO.

Early morning (in game) screens:

(http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/8430/aiaxpicture003fi4.png)

Overlooking the site of our Guild city (the battlekeep foundation is in a shallow depression in the hill behind me - very defensible, nice spot schild):

(http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/7417/aiaxpicture006xl7.png)

My my, not another horrible, stiff running animation to get used to. I don't get how it can be so hard to make the running in MMOs not seem like you're watching the paralympics. They're generally just odd.

(http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/2420/aiaxpicture007ks4.png)

Smock, turban, latex gloves and rubber slippers.

(http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/6466/picture001qt3.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)

(http://www.vanifae.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/vanifae-conq.jpg)

(http://www.vanifae.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/vanifae-conq-combat.jpg)

Stupid question but do male avatars have any body hair in this game? i know conan is all about well oiled LA body builders who wax regularly but if I'm gonna make a stoud axe-wielding man from the north, I think it would be silly if he looked like a ken doll.

In this shot we see Lefteye confused by the spectacle of human bondage.

I think I'm going to pick this up tonight.

I don't think there's any hair.  You can get some huge tattoos no one will ever see though.

This thread needs more boobies  :grin:

Here is a Cimmerian Barb I made:

Stop forgetting people at work read this. Censored. (http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/1892/ulfhilderzq8.png)

Damn, she's ugly!

She has a face?

My capital city:

(http://img60.imageshack.us/img60/274/picture012fj6.jpg)

My new character, Kite.
(http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/3419/kitealtarcf3.png)

Chilling with some new friends. By friends I mean sex puppets.
(http://img354.imageshack.us/img354/4899/kitesquirmunderhallez8.png)

Schild, at level 3, very badly burnt. Just as he's about to go into Tortage. This is what happens when you get lit on fire too many times. And it's disgusting.
(http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/8875/schildverybadlyburnteb3.png)

She's a Barbarian who wants to chop of your head!

I wanted something other than sweet farm girl or old hag, which is what most Cimmerian female faces look like. I guess you could call her old farm girl.

 :pedobear: Shaman
(http://img360.imageshack.us/img360/1245/kirthpicture000gm9.png)

The pack of guys who jumped me in the blue lotus swamp:
(http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/8309/kirthpicture001cf7.png)

She got a tattoo of a bikini bottom made?  Ouch!

Really? How long does that last? lol.

Me after killing some big blood demon
(http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/9207/kirthpicture002dj6.png)

Is today hot dog day?
(http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/4916/kirthpicture003tc3.png)

speaks for itself:
(http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/2723/kirthpicture004hv7.png)

There is a place, you just have to visit it to understand it. (http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/264/kirthpicture006ue4.png)

STOP POSTING NSFW SHIT INLINE.

Did I miss hot dog day?   :ye_gods:

My guy. I love his face.

Heihachi!

Only Image in this thread that makes me think "hmm, maybe I should get this game". Awesome.

Some new stuff.

Tempest of Set showing off her new totems (Idols of Set)

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2366/2520026977_06942b29b4_o.jpg)






Poitain. The place is so beautiful, peaceful.

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2346/2520845976_5b201235cf_o.jpg)






Lefteye goes Chewbekka in Tarantia Noble District.

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3140/2520846126_60aa786b5e_o.jpg)






Awesome armour on an NPC.

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3144/2520027487_c789332c33_o.jpg)






Burn the bridge behind you.

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2201/2520027603_3afe8986e8_o.jpg)






Our guild keep (up on the right side).

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2013/2520027843_e89368379d_o.jpg)

I could of sworn I posted this picture of my character, but I'm not too sure...

Anywho, this is Nixel the $1.99 Discount Kidnapper/Rapist/Thug:

(http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/6710/picture000xy6.jpg)

Why am I not surprised that you are wearing flip flops?

My character must always live the college life :grin:

(http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk305/smwigmore/Maizoth_picture011.jpg)

So is the intent there to surprise the cockfags, or is he a cockfag who surprises others?

(http://i27.tinypic.com/talk51.jpg)

(http://i25.tinypic.com/2n8ycn8.jpg)

not the same guy (names censored to save them from themselves)

(http://i25.tinypic.com/288a5b5.jpg)

(http://i25.tinypic.com/nyus1u.jpg)

(http://i28.tinypic.com/21an58i.jpg)

(http://i30.tinypic.com/jjv7np.jpg)

(http://i29.tinypic.com/1taqsx.jpg)

A very rare sight in Age of Conan!

Goddamnit. The game master armor and weapons are always so cool.

Working benches (and some chairs)!
(EDIT: How the heck do I link images? I thought it was [ img ]link[ /img ])
http://img68.imageshack.us/my.php?image=relaxingintaverntn5.jpg

No spaces.

probably the wrong spot to ask, but anyone know where one is pected to place the painting one gets as one of the Tortage quests? Is there individual player housing that I missed somewhere along the line?

Most games I don't take too many screenshots, but this one I feel like I'm a photographer at times. Its fuckin sexy.



(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll177/edog420420/Harbodus_picture015.png)

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll177/edog420420/Harbodus_picture016.png)

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll177/edog420420/Harbodus_picture017.png)

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll177/edog420420/Harbodus_picture018.png)

(http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/8691/detoranpicture002bs0.jpg)

Heres what I'm talking about when I say sometimes when I log in to PLS there are Icons for all the resource nodes:
(http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/3852/plsmaplk9.jpg)

One of the best character models I've seen in any MMORPG.

(http://i31.tinypic.com/2j2ep09.jpg)

Love the visuals in this game.  Only complaint is that I have to adjust gamma way up to see anything at all at night :P

Somehow the models fall right into the uncanny valley for me.

Unlike EQ2 and most Turbine games the clothes/armor actually look 3D which is a big plus in my book.

Oh - the armor being a model instead of a skin is great. But something just looks...wrong to me.

This could turn it around for Vang................wait what game is this?  :-P

I think the intent is to suprise the cockfags. As in Surprise, Cockfags!

Not my char, but was sent to me and I laughed. Even better is his wife, who takes such care and time deciding her chars name, has a lovely <Surprise Cockfags> under her name at the moment.

The texture work (normal, spec, and color) of armor is FANTASTIC. There is some real talent here, technical and artistic. also, all innovatory icons use the real 3d model (ala SWG) +1 funcom!

I noticed this - EQ2 and LoTRO both look flat to me in comparison.  Even WoW looks less flat than EQ2 and LoTRO.  CoX looks flat as well.

What is responsible for flatness?

AoC doesn't have it.  Oblivion didn't either.

I like non-flat.

Slayerik, your dude has chicken legs!

Damn...I've been resisting this game because I figure you guys will get bored in a month anyway, but it's beautiful.

In D&D Online the armor looked literally painted onto the skin, it wasn't clear to me that it even had a separate model at all.

Technically that's the question - do you have an actual 3D model for the armor or not? Beyond that it's just the skill of the modeller.

This is the first game I look at that is clearly better than FFXI graphically.

I wouldn't doubt that the armor is 3D. And any other little objects for that matter. Else the game wouldn't be so demanding.

Shall i break it down?

Yes and in rhyming couplets.

AoC and Oblivion use 3D models (I've done a few for Oblivion mods) for armor that is 'worn' by the character model.  This also has the advantage that if you pay attention to clipping issues while you are designing it then any character can wear the piece and you can mix and match pieces easily.  Also, with careful use of textures, bump maps and transparency you can make 1 basic piece of armor look like dozens of completely different ones just by changing the textures.  Also, because they are separate models you can animate them independently of the character model.

I loathe the 'painted on skin' look of games like LotRO.

(http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/7306/carbpicture000jb2.jpg)

(http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/7347/carbpicture003vk0.jpg)

Couple shots from the Lovecraftian "House in Bubshur" instance.

(http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/8535/carbpicture008aw1.jpg)

(http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/2724/carbpicture009om7.jpg)

Closeup.

(http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/3617/carbpicture001bk9.jpg)

View from mountain hunting lodge

(http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/554/kirth022wr3.jpg)

I found a cave

(http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/4717/kirth024ox2.jpg)

Wonder what happened to this guy

(http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/1672/kirth026xr9.jpg)

Don't mess with the double skulls

(http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/1586/kirth028ev4.jpg)

I hate you guys. I have to give up vanguard if i want to try AoC.

That makes no sense.  You should adore us!

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3258/2546979068_15c2c2fc78_o.jpg)

Hehe now i really hate you all, I picked up the game at 8pm ish its now 1 am and i have work to sleep for.

My Dark Templar
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2154/2547653734_af7100b57c_b.jpg)

Kyalla, Herald of Xotli.  Harald of Xolti.  Harold of Xolti.
(http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s13/specialj99/AoC/Kyalla1.jpg)

Tortage, blending in with the pirates.
(http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s13/specialj99/AoC/Kyalla2.jpg)

Don't know if it's a bug or not, but my hair turns white after I go into demon form.  When I zone it goes back to normal.  Hope it stays that way; it's kind of a cool side effect.
(http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s13/specialj99/AoC/Kyalla4.jpg)

Khemi.  I've become some sort of tourist photographer.
(http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s13/specialj99/AoC/Kyalla3.jpg)

You misspelled, "Harald"  :awesome_for_real:

More liek Harlot of Xotli. Ho ho ho.

Harlot of Hottie

Im digging the dark skinned babe, nicely done!  :awesome_for_real:

I have a char who looks just like that, hair and all.  In fact, I have characters who look just like lots of other characters here.  Making yourself look good is easy but making yourself look is different is HARD.

Different is overrated.

I'm different AND ugly. Luckily my wife saw past all that and still married me.  :grin:

Yeah, I know I've got the 'Robe of Everyone in Khopshef'


Fixed!

That's a very Lineage thing to say! 

When I was little, we had a neighbour named Harold Maynard and we used to sing "Hark the Harold Maynard sing" at Christmas.  Not to be funny but because we thought it was right.  Just reminiscin'...

In german its Harald :P

Thought I would post my Tosser too. :) Sorry about the lacklustre armour.

(http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/9355/tzjinnpicture002fo2.jpg)

Ehh, LotRO uses custom meshes for worn armour pieces -- you can easily see it changing into various robes, shoulder guards, boots, gloves etc. AoC gets additional 3d illusion over surface of the armour mainly from the normal maps, and from more details/polygons given to it in general.

(http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/65/wildlandssunriseui4.png)

When I left Sanctum with Rattran last night, the sun was rising in the Wildlands. The way light hit everything I just had to get my way out of that entrance and get to the ledge of a mountain.

In motion it was pretty fucking amazing. I should turn up my foliage density and such for cases like this.

It's not just the armor though.  It's the whole feel of the game - the scenery, the buildings, everything.

It can't be polygons.  Even WoW looks more 3Dish than LoTRO, and I'm pretty sure WoW has a lower polygon count.

Had a very similar experience last night in the Broseph Province outside the Black Castle...Fuckin' pretty.

The last game where a sunset awed me was SWG, the sun rising over Naboo Palace was one of those MMO moments that stick in my mind.

Yeah that's why i said "AoC gets additional 3d illusion over surface [of the armour] mainly from the normal maps" -- the bumps and lines 'etched' in the surface scatter the lighting in ways you're used to see in normal world and add extra sense of depth.

Mind you, personally i don't find WoW to be less flat ... to the contrary if anything since LotRO utilizes at least specular mapping which helps with appearance of surfaces like cobblestone and such. Looking at my screenshots of WoW human city (Stormwind?) that detail is lacking, and everything is given the same amount of lighting.

It's the difference between putting most of the form of the object in the mesh vs the texture.  The meshes in LoTRO tend to have the least amount of polys as possible with the majority of the detail left in the hands of the texturer.  It's a very poor style.

For example in this image: http://www.dragonsteelmods.com/Images/articles/LOTR/resize/lotr1.jpg

The arm 'armor' is just a texture laid on top of the arm, maybe raised slightly but really just the same mesh, in AoC or Oblivion the lower arm guard is an independent meshes and the upper arm is its own mesh both of which is different than the arm mesh.  The chest below the neck to the waist is the same sort of thing.  The belt and 'layers' of the skirt are all the same mesh just painted in detail.  Etc...

I'd have to disagree with that last statement, based on belief it has little to do with "style" and much more with design focused on game performance. Not to mention WoW takes the same approach (pushing it to even more extreme for that matter) and the "poor style" is probably the complaint you're likely to hear the least when it comes to it.

Except that screenshots shows character who isn't wearing gloves, which normally alter the shape of lower arm to create effect of worn armour. Similar is the chest area complaint -- while that screenshot does poor job showing it, in game you can see easily the geometry is there to add thickness of cloth and/or collar over the character skin.

The belt and layers and such are flat indeed, that's the parts where AoC gets an edge with normal mapping like i said. Even that isn't universal effect though, scroll up few posts to that Harlot of XXX for example, and note how there's no thickness whatsoever to her belt over the robe ... something you'd see on the outline of the hip if it was actual geometry rather than normal mapping.

tl;dr: LotRO has obviously less geometry/surface detail than AoC, but it pays enough attention to it (given technical constraints), hardly deserves to be called flat.

Ok, I won't call it flat.

But it lacks something that's present in WoW, Oblivion, and AoC.  I don't know what that thing is.

It's like looking at a really pretty painting.  It's really pretty, but I don't feel like I'm inside it.  I feel like I'm looking at it.

EQ2 and GW are similar in that they, too, look like paintings instead of worlds.

WoW had great animation but was completely and totally flat. You could tell that clothing was just painted on and it looked poopy. Sure, through stylization they made characters look more impressive with GIANT SHOULDERS and shit, but while they were rocking the 80s look, they still looked like they had polyagonal arms reminiscent of the N64 era.

LOTRO had SOME great art direction, but it wasn't quite there. As for EQ2, well, the original artists, particularly the character designers were just bad. Some of the later stuff was OK but they would have to redo every asset to achieve what AoC achieves. Funcom did the right thing and hired a team of asians right from the get-go. Oblivion was fucking horrible looking.

GW is basically the WoW art style with better meshes and textures. And MUCH better lighting. But too much bloom.

Great garden ornaments:
(http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/5153/hyperbolapicture02ssu4.jpg)

I seem to have a miniature drunken sailor hosing me down:
(http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/126/hyperbolapicture005sqn1.jpg)

Sorry:
(http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/7261/aocrespawnsta0.jpg)

Edit: those were way too big, fixed :)

In AoC its simple to tell which guys play female characters. Only they will undress their characters in a diseased slaughterhouse while waiting for boss to respawn.

Nudes. Again (http://www.apox.no/wtf.jpg).

Why do people keep posting topless girls. The game being M and the official forums allowing it doesn't mean we will. Stop that. Fuck.

I'm greaty impressed by quality of waxing available in Hyborian Age.

Yeah except look at that huge chunk taken out of my ankle!  :ye_gods:

Of course, you did attempt to flirt with them...
It's the only reason I'm reading this thread! Bring on teh bewbs!

Actually, I'm trying to figure out why everyone thinks the graphics are so great, they look ok but not outstanding) You can argue style and I'll agree, but EQ2's engine has had teh shiney for years. And the armor isn't all that hot looking, so it's not even that big a knock against EQ2's style imo.

Uh. "I don't know why people like the graphics" says the man who hasn't played the game. WTG.

Some times you just like to go against the flow don't you? For one, eq2 doesn't use near the texture resolution AOC does.

This image sums up my response to your posting.

(http://eq2.mondespersistants.com/images/images_art/200.jpg)


And just for comparsions:

(http://eq2.eqtraders.com/images/articles/T8RPVan.jpg)

V.S

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3144/2520027487_c789332c33_o.jpg)

Do not take this as me saying eq2 is an ugly game, we have been down this road. But TECH WISE, and artistic skill wise, AOC wins.

Having started to play EQ2 again on a box that can actually handle it, I'd have to say yes, AOC is a much prettier, more technically impressive graphics engine. It runs like ass in comparison but it has a reason to.

Conan is a much better looking game, just from a technical standpoint. Of course you can argue style forever, but I think Conan also pulls off its realistic style better too.

The number of good SSs in this thread is a little small for such "great" graphics. I'm assuming it must be better animated, or something.

e: Typo, a bad ones.

It's just like any game where in-motion looks better and has its moments. Cityscapes in Conan are particularly beautiful. Outside of that? It's ok. The detail that goes into some things is just amazing.

Holy crap, that jester deserves a spot in the I Raff, I Ruse thread  :grin:

WTF you been playing to think these screenies are bad anyways? Definetely not any MMOs.

AoC brings good gameplay with good graphics. True story.

AoC reminds me of Vanguard a lot graphics-wise, though it does have visible edge over it. Can't quite put finger on it, but i think it's something to do with the colour palette most of all and how some of these larger cities are put together.

It probably is the colour palette.  We've become too used to the bright and shiny of WoW or something.  I find Vanguard much duller and mundane with their colours than AoC, though.  AoC uses a more realistic palette than WoW, but I don't find it a bit dull or mundane.  I especially like the attention they paid to metals and metallic colours.

AoC is simply the best-looking realistic MMO, imo. 

I love WoW graphics but it's cartoony, not realistic, and it is looking a bit dated.  I adore the Disney-esque graphics (Nagrand, in particular).

I just had this happen with my  :pedobear: shaman when he got lightning fried by a bugged spawn of ~25 Pict stormcasters:
(http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/6885/parabolapicture006cr8.jpg)
Personally I like it, it makes him look like a goddamned superhero  :grin:

I still cant tell if thats a bug or a feature, but its kinda cool.

Sword and shield made out of cardboard? Awesome look though. Though I think it would be on the PJs side more than the superhero.

I guess the thing in the SSs that makes me go ? is that they are often fantastic in bits but a bit off in others, so they look inconsistent and such. The ones without the inconsistent bits are very good though.

Yeah I totally know what you mean, which is one of the reasons it looks so much better in motion. When you look at a still screenshot your eyes find the flaws but when it's moving you just don't see the glitches and problems.

The way that armour & clothing is modeled rather than just painted on textures means that you get clipping. The animations sometimes have small problems. The textures sometimes aren't applied correctly. But when you're playing it you notice the light reflecting off of the armour, the way his pigtails bounce along when he runs, the way the chain mail coif hanging down from a helmet swings when the character dances, the way the landscapes unfold into epic vistas before you.

If you're looking for flaws then you'll find them, but that's true of any game surely? Conversely if I'm enjoying it and the visual design is good (and coherent) then personally I forgive the inconsistencies :)

I like how the beaded Stygian hair meshes have bounce throughout.  In a screen shot it looks okay, but in motion it adds a lot more than many of the other style which only have points of movement near their ends.

Got our whole tier 1 cirty up.  Not that it actually does fuck all yet funcom.

(http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/6116/detoranpicture001yd7.jpg)

All those buildings that aren't your keep are attackable. We're just stockpiling til a city does shit other than be a headache. A headache Dark Paradigm should learn vry vry quickly.

Made a new friend:

(http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/43/kirthpicture025bo4.jpg)

Nice touch with the wine stain on the map:

(http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/5202/kirthpicture033ix1.jpg)

I thought they fixed the attackable part?

I know I don't get the attack icon on stuff like walls anymore, although it does bring up an upgrade dialogue even though I'm not an architect...

They aren't -- I took my mammoth over to our neighbors earlier but wasn't able to damage anything.

On a completely unrelated matter, we're now on Dark Paradigms "shit list", which apparently means they follow you around on horses and try to block your path.

Hhahahaha...gotta love PvE bitch servers.

Priest spellweaving is pretty fucking awesome. Like the coolest looking thing in an MMOG ever. And makes me even more overpowered. Knockback with every Smite? hahahahhahahaha, suck it.

(http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/1391/priestspellweaving00iq3.jpg)

(http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/1995/priestspellweaving01ax3.jpg)

Do you only get the statues at 60 or how do you get those?

They actually added misting over a huge river, it looks even better in motion as it blows over.

(http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/9291/picture003az0.jpg)

You get it at 50. It requires a lot of stamina management. I haven't gotten beyond the statues being built yet. Well, not completely. I keep dying.

I got 80% of the life off Akivasha in Sanctum though using it. She has about 30,000 hit points. Using only smites, lance, and rebuke.

I'm playing both and i like the graphics of both. But the stuff you pulled outta EQ2 is kinda weak.

Here's a shot of EQ2 Tyburon, (I'll post a shot of AoC Tyburon when I get back to my big rig tomorrow)

(http://homepage.mac.com/surlyboi/tybat72.jpg)

I like 'em both. And Conan, while brutally beautiful, lacks a bit of flair, IMO.

(http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/6765/aocftwpicture003acz0.png)
Rain makes the water break into tiles.

Nah, you're just seeing the edges of the Matrix.  Are you the One?

My Tempest chick.

(http://www.apox.no/Shockwave_picture014.jpg)

(http://www.apox.no/Shockwave_picture019.jpg)

The kids in Old Tarantia remind me of...

(http://www.apox.no/Shockwave_picture031.jpg)

All the kids in the game look like they've got Downs.

FUCK YOU, I'VE GOT DOWNS.

Trimmed for size.  A lightning strike while standing at the edge of the Bat God's perch.  I love the view distances:

(http://iria.chem.uh.edu/aoc/Kylantha_001.jpg)


My Dark Templar moonlights as a follower of Derketo:

(http://iria.chem.uh.edu/aoc/werewhore.jpg)

The big difference for me between EQ2 and AoC is how armor and ground are handled. A good comparison is the image you posted and the one photek posted (http://forums.f13.net/index.php?topic=13245.msg460771#msg460771) a few posts later.

Having said that, if AoC launched when EQ2 did, AoC would probably have a similar resolution though of course similar style.

SPOILERS.

One of the cooler events in game.


http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/6848/kirthpicture035yv7.jpg
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/1918/kirthpicture036cn4.jpg
http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/1867/kirthpicture037mc5.jpg
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/794/kirthpicture038mk1.jpg
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/87/kirthpicture039em9.jpg
http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/1755/kirthpicture040zy2.jpg
http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/2825/kirthpicture042ag4.jpg
http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/9184/kirthpicture043vp7.jpg

While cool, that's kind of spolier-y.

That's why I am not posting or saying anything about the last step of the Destiny Quest.

Just... Aesthetically super cool.

I just did that part of the quest and im very glad i didnt see the pictures beforehand, you really should take them down cause its one of the coolest quests on any mmorpg ever and you might ruin it for someone.

That spoils one of the better destiny quests.

fIxed. Glad I didn't look at it.

Found an elite level 80 group boss in our city zone for some reason.  I couldn't get a good SS because he killed me so fast trying to take the picture :awesome_for_real:.
(http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/1256/image1dj3.jpg)

Downsized. I love the sunbeams though. The second one shows the sort of depth I love from this engine.

(http://www.darniaq.com/AoC/AoC_Sunbeams.jpg)

(http://www.darniaq.com/AoC/AoC_overlook.jpg)

Nice screens.

(http://www.apox.no/ccaves.jpg)

(http://www.apox.no/ccaves2.jpg)

Schild and I are twins!!!!!!
(http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/9569/twinskk9.png)

Textures!
(http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/2816/texturesmc7.png)

Boss time:
(http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/8540/bosszb2.png)

Which country is Picnictableia found in?

I love the stuff they do with the moon and sun.  The hand in that scene and the eclipse in the Pictish ruins of Tortage.

Random stuff:



Oh, you mean this guy? I know how it feels...

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3163/2586776662_9a74d7fb20_o.jpg)



Keshatta. Concept art quality.

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3014/2586776744_d76605bbfe_o.jpg)



It makes you want to touch the fabric.

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3182/2586776806_21e8752409_o.jpg)



Great job with daylight and time of the day.

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3105/2585941309_3e1b976904_o.jpg)

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3054/2586776974_66051d0d3b_o.jpg)



Lame sexy spellweaving.

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3143/2586777084_e73bb0babb_o.jpg)





And behind the cut... NSFW blue bloody boobs (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3079/2585957423_5c0f4c2106_o.jpg). (with low res background texture, meh)

Ok, shots looking much better. Between some stuff here and conversation elsewhere in the subforum, I think I might go for AoC for the winter mmo this year. Hopefully it'll be patched up a good deal by then.

That's exactly what I thought going through the various threads here.
Will be a tough one though if WAR wants to be a winter MMO, too...

I'm not playing AoC or even the WAR beta, but I expect the former to be much more polished than the latter once WAR releases. Polish has become the leading factor in the MMOs I choose for once. The biggest thing WAR has going for it seems to be lower system requirements. My current budget just doesn't have room for the upgrades required by AoC, let alone the initial purchase. I'll wait and see what happens. Until then, I'm MMO-free for the first time in a while.

The difference is how beautiful this game is, from graphics to music and sound.

I reallt do not see WAR beating this game in ANY of these areas, and combat as well. Color me biased though.

Not a screen shot, nor is it anything i have. Apparently, this is epic tier ranger armor, and its hot.

(http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/8240/yumyumuh1.jpg)

Ookii Edit: Don't hotlink, it didn't work anyway.  On Imageshack now.

Thanks Ookii!

One of the things I really love is the blurring of distant objects. Even on lower-end machines, long shots look
great! (http://www.darniaq.com/AoC/Distance-Low.jpg). Here's the same shot with higher settings
(different computer):

(http://www.darniaq.com/AoC/OverlookHigher.jpg)

Tried a leap of faith with my Hashashin. Needless to say the result I guess.

(http://www.apox.no/Anakhamun_picture009.jpg)

Couple of more :

(http://www.apox.no/2.jpg)

NSFW, boobies included : http://www.apox.no/nsfw.jpg

View of our almost complete tier 2 city (need to upgrade some walls) when you fall through the world but still manage to live...

(http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/4772/citydt0.jpg)

If WAR plans to focus on large scale pvp as its primary gameplay aspect, they would be silly to attempt it.  Don't you think?

Maybe on the graphics side, but combat they better attempt to make more fun than Wow.