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

[Mrbloodworth]

Im personally very shocked and optimistic about the miracle patch reports.

If they can deliver some fun, I'm down...

Hey Signe, I haven't got a PM from ya about joining my guild :))))

I know you dig PvP, and i'm here to say, last night i finally got my main to 13, and me and 3 of my friends decided to give the PvP mini-games a try. They are really fun, mostly due to the combat system. In fact, i got a feeling of a FPS style match, but more like savage 2 in the way that people STILL MOVE in combat, something your not likely to see in most MMO combats, because its unnessary and does nothing. Here, it is situational awareness, and position is important, death comes swiftly but so does victory.

I did however play a caster, and currently, casters can be very sick in PvP, but really (Really) vulnerable to melee..so its almost harder to use one (Thankfully that dagger in your hand isn't just for decoration, not the best, but at least its not 100% worthless gesture). Melee on the other had seems to be some intense stick and move combat. Its all very refreshing.

As a side note, i think there were about 12 people in the match, and i didn't hitch, etc.., not a once after the initial loading of the play area. If they can reduce loading times between deaths... It will just be that much more speedy.

On the PvE side, sure, a lot of the quests seem to be common fair, but the cinematic way they deliver them, combined with the multiple responses to the dialog (and it can even change the outcome it seems) makes it a fresh take all around.

In my opinion, they already had Fun.

[Draegan]

I played an assassin last night to 14.  Now I'm in the  territory.  But as of the 1-13 stuff, it's very fun.  When you're in stealth you don't crawl around, and move at a decent pace.

[tmp]

The actual leaks are just as damn bad to track down if not worse.

Well, you do get debuggers spew at you exact data on what shit you forgot to clean up nowadays so it certainly did get easier in a way.

[HaemishM]

Finally got the goddamn download and patching done last night. My new computer (P4 3.2 Ghz, 3 GB RAM, 7900 GS) can actually play it on default medium settings at 1280x1024. It looks decent, but the Tortage area's performance was really underwhelming. Not a lot of stuttering or load time issues, but just a low FPS and a feeling of slogging through mud. I'm still just not sure if this combat system is enough to make me want to play it at release.

[Morfiend]

My new computer (P4 3.2 Ghz, 3 GB RAM, 7900 GS)

Holy shit.

The moon is blue, and the devil is wearing a parka.

Quick everyone repent, I am convinced the apocalypse is now upon us.

[Signe]

Why 3 GB RAM and not 4?  Just curious....

[SnakeCharmer]

Probably avoiding Vista 64?

[Venkman]

My guess he's probably avoiding Vista altogether.

[Merusk]

Same reason he got a 7900 instead of an 8800 or 8600, perhaps?  Cash!

[Mrbloodworth]

About tomorrow it said you only need to be level 2 to be buffed to 20. I was under the impression you had to be level 13 to get bumped up. Also the patch notes for todays patch is up, its basically the same patch notes for the latest CB patch which people are calling the "miracle patch"

I cant confirm till i get home.

[Signe]

I know Slay and Draegan and some others have offered guilds but what sort of server are people choosing?  I don't know that I'd be up for a FFA PvP server. 

[HaemishM]

I paid not a red cent for this computer. Funny story that. My boss and friend, who I've known for 17 years now, is a compulsive upgrader. And he's not cheap, and makes more money than me, so he can afford and does get the better stuff, if not the best. This computer was apparently an upgrade or two back for him, and the hard drive stopped working. Just up and quit. Rather than try to fix it, it ended up in a closet because it was time to upgrade anyway. The only thing wrong was the hard drive. Since I have to buy a new/used car in the next few months and am trying to get up a downpayment, he offered the carcass up to me and you better believe I snapped it up.

So no, the apocalypse is not upon us, as I didn't spend a dime. I pulled out my two hard drives from my old machine (they were SATA's) and voila, NEW PUTER!!! HUZZAH! Motherfucker runs everything I've got like glass, even Oblivion. And yet, AOC only ran on medium settings at a barely acceptable level.

[WayAbvPar]

Can you put me on the waiting list for his next handmedown kthx?

[Signe]

Very nicely priced, Haemish!  Evidently, the ominous Scandie "they" are going to put the "miracle" patch, as Darniaq infers, on the OP sometime today or maybe they have already.  I suspect that it might help.  Since yesterday, it's run fine on my computer with barely a stutter, but I just run it on low anyway.  It looks fine to me on low.  I have no idea what sieging is going to be like, though.  I'm so slow at leveling, it'll probably be time to switch over to WAR before I become any good at that, anyway.

[Nija]

It really is a miracle patch, performancewise. Other stuff is still messy. No more dips to 5 fps if you just spin the camera around. They didn't do any type of quality degrading either, that's just some bs rumor I think.

It runs really damn good now. It feels like a totally different client, to be honest. That's how much of a performance gain it was.

[Miasma]

I know Slay and Draegan and some others have offered guilds but what sort of server are people choosing?  I don't know that I'd be up for a FFA PvP server. 

I have a vague idea which server type Slayerik will choose....

I'm going on a PvE server.  Since to do some of the endgame stuff you need a lot of people me and some people from my small guild joined a bigger one called the old timers guild whose charter would be a good match for most of the people here.  You have to be at least twenty five(though they are flexible) and it's all about adults having fun together without all the drama, leetspeak and stupidity that goes on in most guilds.  Work, family etc comes first so more casual players are welcome there.  They have loads of people spread over several MMOs and there are hundreds who will be playing AoC on the PvE server so the chances of getting a guild city and being a force in the PvP endgame are good.  This is the first game I'll be playing with them and I'm fairly optimistic about it.

[Signe]

I'm thinking the same thing, Miasma.  Plus I'm so sloooow and caaaaasual that I'll probably be dead weight for any hardcore PvP guild for ages.  I'll have to find one which will wub for my mind.  Or nipples.  I don't care.

[Slayerik]

Nice way of saying I hate Slayerik and wouldn't come near one of his guilds with a ten foot pole

Just kidding of course, I know everyone here is dying to join me on a PVP server ! Oh wait, no messages yet! :)

[Triforcer]

Nice way of saying I hate Slayerik and wouldn't come near one of his guilds with a ten foot pole

Just kidding of course, I know everyone here is dying to join me on a PVP server ! Oh wait, no messages yet! :)

I am interested.  But I am SO hardcore that even being part of an FFA guild is not good enough, because it might take valuable time away from solo ganking which is the purest way to gratify my selfish desires. 

But seriously...FFA PvP?  As I said before: it'll be dead in 6 months, but it'll be a hell of a six months. 

[Signe]

Nice way of saying I hate Slayerik and wouldn't come near one of his guilds with a ten foot pole

Just kidding of course, I know everyone here is dying to join me on a PVP server ! Oh wait, no messages yet! :)

Hey!  I'm the one that DOESN'T hate you! 

[Slayerik]

Due to one of your 18,000 smilies, I am unable to tell if you are insulting me even more by saying that you are the only one that doesnt hate me on this board or if you really do not hate me and are comforting me in your own way...

I'm going with the former.
 

[Slayerik]

Enough about me, I heard there may be boobies here!!! And not evil Signe boobies either!

[Signe]

I do not joke about liking people. 

Also, I'm more interested in all the dafty drafty men running about in their man-knickers than the women with their nippleless boobies.

[Lantyssa]

I know Slay and Draegan and some others have offered guilds but what sort of server are people choosing?  I don't know that I'd be up for a FFA PvP server. 

The roomie and I will be attempting an RP-PvP server.  If Vanaheim makes it as a name, I'll be pushing for that one.

If we like the game but find the server type unpalatable, then a PvE server down the line.

[Falconeer]

*sigh*
I would join Commander Slayerik in a second - he knows how to deliver fun to the PvP-hungry - but I have other obligations. Stupid pacts made with digital blood ages ago, when the Halberdier class was still in the game.

[Sparky]

For people with miraculous patches:  have they improved the memory leaks any?  I really like the look and sound of this game and I'm considering a day one purchase but with only 2 gigabytes of RAM and a low toleration for really bad technical problems it'll just sour me on the whole experience if you're all relogging evey hour just for acceptable performance.  Thanks.

[Signe]

I played for a little bit yesterday and had to log off a couple of times.  I don't think this patch addressed the memory leak at all.  If so, they suck.

[Venkman]

Seems a few of the Destiny quests got broken some how in the early levels. Miracle patch makes it play better, except for the details of actually, like, playing

Just kidding. No idea if the events are connected.

[KallDrexx]

ok disregard what I said earlier.  I'm regretting preordering as the game is barely running today for me at low settings. 

*edit* Nevermind, apparently my computer just really needed to be rebooted.

[Slayerik]

*sigh*
I would join Commander Slayerik in a second - he knows how to deliver fun to the PvP-hungry - but I have other obligations. Stupid pacts made with digital blood ages ago, when the Halberdier class was still in the game.

Thanks Falc :)

The guild I'm semi leading is not going to be hardcore by any means, hell my wife just agreed to pre-order with me! That means I'll have to level slow hehe

[Merusk]

Well the FFA pvp beta is going *splendidly*.  Who'd have thought a game with set-respawn places and FFAPVP would turn into a "stand around and gank the rezzers" debacle.  Not Funcom, that's for sure!

 

[KallDrexx]

lol man

This game fails so hard for FFA. 

Just fails  sooo hard.

[Sparky]

Hah I'm picturing half their servers like Darktide, inbred and empty but for a few early adopters boasting how many nubs they chased away that week.

Think I'll take a wait and see approach even though that +8 bag space and rhino mount preorder bonus was very tempting.

[Sir T]

Its sad but I heard they were going to have full ffa even where there are missions where you need to level up, and deep inside my mind I heard a quiet voice saying "camping."

I have seen too much of the deep dark gaming soul...

[Merusk]

Jebus... you'd think with 3 "pets" following me around my Necro would be all kinds of ownage.  HA.. no.  I got instajibbed by some rogue guy.  Back to the Dark Templar it is!  Wish I'd rolled up an Assassin so I could have one of them.  No surprise that "pure" stealth classes are owning face right now.