Age of Conan Beta

[Soukyan]

That's OK, I don't need one. I'm the guy asking about a forum, remember?

That's good!  Because I was lying.

I usually try to stay on everyone's good side by not playing favorites, but I can't do it anymore. Signe is my favorite f13 sibling. There, I said it.

[Signe]

[Simond]

What are the players supposed to do?  Wear their hair long and complain about wizards?

Crush their enemies, drive them before themselves, and hear the lamentations of their womenfolk?

[Oban]

What are the players supposed to do?  Wear their hair long and complain about wizards?

Crush their enemies, drive them before themselves, and hear the lamentations of their womenfolk?

But before they get to that point they need to spend twenty levels grinding and foraging berries.

Conan: I remember days like this when my father took me to the forest and we ate wild blueberries. More than 20 years ago. I was just a boy of four or five. The leaves were so dark and green then. The grass smelled sweet with the spring wind.
[pause]
Conan: Almost 20 years of pitiless combat! No rest, no sleep like other men. And yet the spring wind blows, Subotai. Have you ever felt such a wind?

[taolurker]

So did anyone else get the Age of Conan newsletter today? I can't believe the one column had a caption saying screenshots, that displayed this image.

/gasp
    

Strangely enough it's one of the NSFW pictures I had posted here a couple of pages back, cropped into a nice little banner ad size. I wonder if the same marketing campaign as Anarchy Online will surface.. "Come play with us" indeed.

[WindupAtheist]

Conan: I remember days like this when my father took me to the forest and we ate wild blueberries. More than 20 years ago. I was just a boy of four or five. The leaves were so dark and green then. The grass smelled sweet with the spring wind.
[pause]
Conan: Almost 20 years of pitiless combat! No rest, no sleep like other men. And yet the spring wind blows, Subotai. Have you ever felt such a wind?

Yeah, that was a weird-ass scene. 

[Venkman]

That's the one image they've been using to show how "mature" AoC is. To me, this is the difference between "tee-hee puritan Americans see boobies" and "actual mature-culture European game". The rest is  at this point, but they need to trot out another few images either of "mature" (whether it's that or blood or beheadings, whatever) to really prove their point.

[UnSub]

So did anyone else get the Age of Conan newsletter today? I can't believe the one column had a caption saying screenshots, that displayed this image.

/gasp
    

I clicked on that image and was disappointed to find pictures of houses and forests behind it. It was false advertising at its finest!

[Ghambit]

Are the ladies still gonna be able to alter the size of their asses?   

[Nerf]

If female characters don't have a /lament emote I'm uninstalling it day 1.

[UnSub]

If female characters don't have a /lament emote I'm uninstalling it day 1.

Ditto if barabarian characters can emote at all. They should only get three options - stoic, angry and drunk.

[Oban]

Ditto if barabarian characters can emote at all. They should only get two options - stoic and angry drunk.

Fixed.

[Slayerik]

Are the ladies still gonna be able to alter the size of their asses?   

Ass slider is my buy/not buy condition for this game.

[Miasma]

You might want to check whatever email account you gave them to see if you have access to some weird sounding three hour event.  It's tomorrow and so you'd have to register/download/install pretty fast...

[MrHat]

You might want to check whatever email account you gave them to see if you have access to some weird sounding three hour event.  It's tomorrow and so you'd have to register/download/install pretty fast...

GMT times pin it exactly when I'm at work.

Shame.

[Slayerik]

Ug, I cant even get weirdo thingy invites.

[Miasma]

You might want to check whatever email account you gave them to see if you have access to some weird sounding three hour event.  It's tomorrow and so you'd have to register/download/install pretty fast...

GMT times pin it exactly when I'm at work.

Shame.

Same here.  I guess it would be 2:00PM Eastern...

[SnakeCharmer]

Ug, I cant even get weirdo thingy invites.

That's me as well.

Beta gods hate me.

[BigBlack]

So did anyone else get the Age of Conan newsletter today? I can't believe the one column had a caption saying screenshots, that displayed this image.

/gasp
    

I clicked on that image and was disappointed to find pictures of houses and forests behind it. It was false advertising at its finest!

I clicked on that link because you didn't put a NSFW tag on it.

Bad dog.

[Signe]

Why is that image not safe for work?  She's wearing some sort of strappy bikini thingy, no?  Do you work in a church?

I find it unpossibly disbelievable that Slayerik and SnakeCharmer can't get into weirdo thingys!

[BigBlack]

Why is that image not safe for work?  She's wearing some sort of strappy bikini thingy, no?  Do you work in a church?

I find it unpossibly disbelievable that Slayerik and SnakeCharmer can't get into weirdo thingys!

I was in class, actually, not work.  With people sitting behind me who probably have an odd take on what I'm reading during class. ;p  The point of 'NSFW' isn't "your particular IT department will object", it's more a general guide to the content involved useful in a variety of situations.  Hell, call it "semi-NSFW" then.  But some sort of warning would be useful.

[Drogo]

Serves you right for surfing the forums during class, imo.

[taolurker]

My original post clearly stated that it was a cropped, ad banner sized NSFW picture that I'd linked earlier in this thread. If you blamed anyone, blame this on Unsub for quoting me, and not quoting all of the text, as well as making you think it was of trees and not bush.

[BigBlack]

Oh, that's certainly fair, I blame UnSub. :)  Either way, no big deal in the grand scheme of things.

Now if only I actually had a beta invite to the game in question...

[UnSub]

Oh, that's certainly fair, I blame UnSub. :)  Either way, no big deal in the grand scheme of things.

Now if only I actually had a beta invite to the game in question...

I accept the blame that you had to see some foul pseudo-titillation instead of some hot hot hot house and forest action. That'll teach you for going to school in Utah.

[Invictus]

I registered for the sake of asking those of you who might know the answer one question: is this legit? (For those of you who don't want to be spoiled, it's a post on the 4chan text boards purporting to be a report on the AoC beta.)


Please do not link to NDA breaking items here. Thanks.

[Slayerik]

Why is that image not safe for work?  She's wearing some sort of strappy bikini thingy, no?  Do you work in a church?

I find it unpossibly disbelievable that Slayerik and SnakeCharmer can't get into weirdo thingys!

Thanks Signe, I knew I'd have your support! Ummmm, I think.

Or are we weirdo thingys? Maybe I'm reading too much into this statement ! :)

[sam, an eggplant]

is this legit?

The guy is breaking NDA in the worst way. If I were in the beta, I wouldn't compound his error by granting it legitimacy.

[Murgos]

I'm pretty sure that if I click a 4chan link at work I'll be escorted from the building by 3 today.  Which sucks because I really want to click that link.

[Nija]

Here it is. All text.


Let's not repost NDA breaking items here, ok?

[MrHat]

Ugh, I clicked it.

Nothing naughty, but I bet I'm on a list now.

[bhodi]

I definitely would not grant it legitimacy by even quoting it like Nija did.

First, I think he's a NDA breaking douche. Based on his experience, however, there seem to be a lot of critical things left out -- what computer he's running it on, what type of beta is he in, when was this written and at what stage of the beta? Who knows. It's 4chan.

[Murgos]

Anything on 4chan is circumspect for validity.

[Mrbloodworth]

I definitely would not grant it legitimacy by even quoting it like Nija did.

First, I think he's a NDA breaking douche. Based on his experience, however, there seem to be a lot of critical things left out -- what computer he's running it on, what type of beta is he in, when was this written and at what stage of the beta? Who knows. It's 4chan.

Sounds like a beta to me, with a hefty helping of biased opinions.

[WayAbvPar]

Just so everyone is on the same page- the next person who posts anything that breaks the NDA will be getting a time out. Knock it the fuck off.