Age of conan, Open beta: May 1st 2008.

[Mrbloodworth]

Only for the closed beta, and even then only for reporting/news sites. Not testers. Open beta is NDA clear.

Incorrect. All closed beta testers can freely talk about their experience up to level 13.

Oh yeah, and that. 

[Signe]

I should be able to zap through voice overs.  I read faster than they talk.  Hopefully, this will be addressed in the release version.  I'm trying to be serious here.

[palmer_eldritch]

Incorrect. All closed beta testers can freely talk about their experience up to level 13.

Alright then.

palmer_eldritch, give me two more examples of cool things AOC does with it's classes aside from the melee-based bear shaman. There are a dozen classes, surely there is something else that is cool. If you can present a good case for +coolness, then I'll concede.

Um, is it a contest? Go ahead and declare yourself the winner, I don't mind.

NIJA BEAT ME EVERYONE!

Anyway, yeah, I like the herald - a mage who hits things with his flaming sword. I like the way the tanks can actually do damage. I like the melee combat in general because combos add a bit of fun and because most of the classes are about getting up close and smacking things. It's all just my opinion (and based strictly on the classes up to level 13 - what happens after that is a closely guarded secret).

[Evildrider]

Everywhere I zone there are a gaggle of topless, nippless women standing around.   

[Miasma]

Up to level 13, it's a blast.  Programmable keyboards and mice put the game into easy mode for combos that require multiple key presses to fully activate.

I keep hearing people say this and while aggravating it was bound to happen.  They apparently made a somewhat more interesting combat system that requires you to do stuff and what do all us veteran MMO players do?  Macro that system so that we don't have to use it and it will always succeed.

 

[Signe]

Everywhere I zone there are a gaggle of topless, nippless women standing around.   

It's really creeping me out, too.   

[Mrbloodworth]

Up to level 13, it's a blast.  Programmable keyboards and mice put the game into easy mode for combos that require multiple key presses to fully activate.

I keep hearing people say this and while aggravating it was bound to happen.  They apparently made a somewhat more interesting combat system that requires you to do stuff and what do all us veteran MMO players do?  Macro that system so that we don't have to use it and it will always succeed.

 

But does it really work? The keyboard macro...?

[SnakeCharmer]

Yes.

[Nebu]

They apparently made a somewhat more interesting combat system that requires you to do stuff and what do all us veteran MMO players do?  Macro that system so that we don't have to use it and it will always succeed.

Every year, ProgressQuest gets funnier and funnier. 

[SnakeCharmer]

Macro that system so that we don't have to use it and it will always succeed.

 

Then we complain that the combat is 

[Nija]

The herald of xotli is a caster who turns into a demon to kick ass in melee.  Cloth armor + two hander + fire spells.  Here you can see one transforming and wading into a pack of baddies.

That lasts 20 seconds with a 120 second recast. It's a party trick.

[Mrbloodworth]

The herald of xotli is a caster who turns into a demon to kick ass in melee.  Cloth armor + two hander + fire spells.  Here you can see one transforming and wading into a pack of baddies.

That lasts 20 seconds with a 120 second recast. It's a party trick.

at level 1-13.....

[sam, an eggplant]

They apparently made a somewhat more interesting combat system that requires you to do stuff and what do all us veteran MMO players do?  Macro that system so that we don't have to use it and it will always succeed.

Bullshit. If it required interaction and a modicum of player skill macroing wouldn't be possible. If you can make a macro it's just thinly disguised button mashing.

[Nija]

at level 1-13.....

Yeah, you get the demon transformation garbage at level 3 I believe. 2 or 3.

[Venkman]

They apparently made a somewhat more interesting combat system that requires you to do stuff and what do all us veteran MMO players do?  Macro that system so that we don't have to use it and it will always succeed.

Bullshit. If it required interaction and a modicum of player skill macroing wouldn't be possible. If you can make a macro it's just thinly disguised button mashing.

Exactly. AoC requires you to do exactly the same thing every other game does except you do it a slightly different way. Or said another way: change the paint color doesn't change the shape.

[tmp]

Every year, ProgressQuest gets funnier and funnier. 

PQ just need RMT option so you can catch up with the people who have unfair advantage having started earlier, then it's perfect.

[Lantyssa]

Is there any non-revealing armor for female characters?

[Signe]

I hope we get some good nipple armour!  In any case, the big men running around in panties and frocks are cracking me up.  Someday, there will be a game where us women get to wear the beefy armour and the lads have to run around half naked and they will be our bitches.

Anyway, are people going to play at launch?  It will be months before WAR is ready.  Did anyone besides me and Schildy (who just wants the box) even pre-order?  (I'm a sucker for a wooden box, too) 

[Mrbloodworth]

I hope we get some good nipple armour!  In any case, the big men running around in panties and frocks are cracking me up.  Someday, there will be a game where us women get to wear the beefy armour and the lads have to run around half naked and they will be our bitches.

Anyway, are people going to play at launch?  It will be months before WAR is ready.  Did anyone besides me and Schildy (who just wants the box) even pre-order?  (I'm a sucker for a wooden box, too) 

I pre-orderd.

[Engels]

I pre ordered, although I've had my finger over the 'cancel order' button a few times in the last week.

[Threash]

Is there any non-revealing armor for female characters?

I havent found any non revealing armor for my male character.  I pre ordered, the game is fun enough that i wont cancel it yet, i also ordered a new video card.

[Miasma]

I pre-ordered.  I'm hoping this surefire train wreck of a launch will break me off of MMOs for quite a while.  My first MMO was the disastrous AO launch so I'm going for a full circle type of thing .

[tmp]

Bullshit. If it required interaction and a modicum of player skill macroing wouldn't be possible. If you can make a macro it's just thinly disguised button mashing.

You can macro the combat moves of the beat'em up games but i'd argue neither many people do it, nor does the button mashing aspect remove presence of player skill needed to get anywhere with the combat system (beyond scrub level, anyway)

[Nebu]

I pre-ordered.  I'm hoping this surefire train wreck of a launch will break me off of MMOs for quite a while.  My first MMO was the disastrous AO launch so I'm going for a full circle type of thing .

I think you should save your money and simulate the release day by rubbing a plastic knife against your wrist.  I think this game has a lot of potential, but there's just too many problems to iron out for it to be a smooth launch.  I may just wait a couple of months and pick this thing up for half price.  

[lac]

Turning of indexing, defragging the funcom folder and playing fullscreen made the game run smoother for me(not smooth but with a lot less stuttering/loadingtime).

If anybody in open beta wonders, if you play a bearshaman and you die to every other mob you encounter between level 8 and 13, its not you, its the way its currently implemented. Things get better over level15.

The combo combat novelty is nice for a while but I'm having a hard time figuring out how I'm supposed to pvp with it unless I don't move. Everybody will obviously macro these things for pvp effectiveness.

[ShenMolo]

I should be able to zap through voice overs.  I read faster than they talk.  Hopefully, this will be addressed in the release version.  I'm trying to be serious here.

You can whip through the voice over / cut scenes by spamming the 1st selection. That progresses you to the end in a few clicks. Handy for those quests you've already done.

[Signe]

Well, since they've sold out of the CE, if you ordered one of those... sell the damn thing.  They're going for $200.   

I do spam the first thingy, ShenMolo, but it seems to take forever to ditch the cut scene when you talk to quest NPCs.  I think there might be a toggle for cut scenes... I'll give that a go.

[KallDrexx]

If anybody in open beta wonders, if you play a bearshaman and you die to every other mob you encounter between level 8 and 13, its not you, its the way its currently implemented. Things get better over level15.

Holy christ no kidding.  I Did the volcano instance yesterday solo and it took me an hour and a half cause of the constant dying.  I almost through my laptop accross the room. 

Reading the forums it looks like ti's cause Bear shamans don't have their main buff combos yet but jesus that was painful.

[Signe]

Bear Shaman is hard.  Everything is close up and I suck at running away in time.

[Xuri]

I pre-ordered the CE, but I'm sort of biased, seeing as I....uhm...work on the game. :P

[Nebu]

I pre-ordered the CE, but I'm sort of biased, seeing as I....uhm...work on the game. :P

You work on the game and have to pay for a copy?  That seems wrong on so many levels. 

[Mrbloodworth]

seriously.

[Merusk]

If you're playing the Warlock/Necromancer/Whatever the fuck it's called, here's a tip I didn't catch.  You can have more than one pet up at a time.  I didn't realize this until I saw another running around with 2 skinless wonders.

The Shadow/Death Knight class was pretty fun, too. Both classes were pretty standard for MMO 'dark caster' types from what I saw. They're also the only two I've putzed with for now. The horrific graphics lag on my poor little 7300 seems to have gotten worse as the weekend went on.

[Xuri]

You work on the game and have to pay for a copy?  That seems wrong on so many levels. 

I pre-ordered the CE before I applied for a job :P

[Signe]

If you're playing the Warlock/Necromancer/Whatever the fuck it's called, here's a tip I didn't catch.  You can have more than one pet up at a time.  I didn't realize this until I saw another running around with 2 skinless wonders.

The Shadow/Death Knight class was pretty fun, too. Both classes were pretty standard for MMO 'dark caster' types from what I saw. They're also the only two I've putzed with for now. The horrific graphics lag on my poor little 7300 seems to have gotten worse as the weekend went on.

When I first started the OB, it ran well with my 7800 GT.  The day before yesterday the updated with a small patch and it was just awful and got worse and worse until I just gave up yesterday.  They must have patched again last night or today, because suddenly it is running better than ever.  Now, mind you, the servers are down right now, I think, so all this exciting new performance could disappear for me and you'll be playing like a champ.

Also, Xuri, should you have a red name now?  Or do you wield a mop and bucket?  A red name would look great with your avatar.