Age of Conan Beta

[KyanMehwulfe]

I wish Funcom would drop the half-naked shit and stay focused on giving us a good PvP game. Who gives a crap how much clothing is on a mob or character except cyberfreaks and kids.

Those with interest in the actual Conan setting, for one. Conan without dark seductive allure is like Warhammer without skulls and thrones.

[Murgos]

By all means, refresh my memory, Merusk. I honestly can't remember, it's just the succubus + breasts part that rings a Shadowbane-bell somewhere in the distance. :P

Shadowboobs?  You seriously can't remember the topless succubus from Shadowbane's PR?

[Merusk]

What Murgos said, and now I can't find the damn pic.

There was also the whole GOD Games "lesbian porn at <game convention>" incident.  (I forget which convention it was)

[Typhon]

(from memory) that was from a 2003/2004 E3 (2002?).  Although I'm remembering that they weren't actually inside E3 but were across the street or in the parking lot or some shit like that (not that I was there, just remembering from press at the time)

[HaemishM]

I tried to find the Shadowboobs pic as well, but was unable to. I'm sure someone has it stored on their machine somewhere. For posterior's sake, or sommat.

[SnakeCharmer]

Question someone here may or may not know...

Is this game DX10 only (thus requiring Vista)?  Or will it be DX9 compatible?

[Slayerik]

Question someone here may or may not know...

Is this game DX10 only (thus requiring Vista)?  Or will it be DX9 compatible?

IIRC, its 9 compatible.

[NiX]

(from memory) that was from a 2003/2004 E3 (2002?).  Although I'm remembering that they weren't actually inside E3 but were across the street or in the parking lot or some shit like that (not that I was there, just remembering from press at the time)

Either 2001 or 2002. It was on a screen outside the convention and they were told not to come back for it.

[Venkman]

That's their definition of half-naked?

Didn't you see the black band? :)

Ya know, that they're doing this in the context of everything else is pretty Conan-y. I applaud them for not wimping out on this aspect, immersive to the lore. Plus a good marketing gimmick ;)

[FatuousTwat]

I really hope they have an option to keep that black bar on in game! Some childrans could hack in and see those FILTHY WOMAN PARTS!

[UnSub]

I really hope they have an option to keep that black bar on in game! Some childrans could hack in and see those FILTHY WOMAN PARTS!

You can attack those filthy naked whores with swords, so that makes it alright and acceptable for young children to see.

[Lantyssa]

Ya know, that they're doing this in the context of everything else is pretty Conan-y. I applaud them for not wimping out on this aspect, immersive to the lore. Plus a good marketing gimmick ;)

I have no problem with naked women (although the guys deserve equal clothes optional time).  I'm nit-picking his choice of words.

[Venkman]

Funcom Gains $30m in New Funding

...the new funding being primarily required for strengthening marketing and operational capacity prior to the launch

So a good marketing budget and maybe a bigger dedicated Live team? In either case, good for them. I truly hope AoC does for Funcom and their AO-image what LoTRO has done for Turbine and their AC2 one (yea, I know, not directly comparable, but I do feel Turbine has gained a lot of cache for how well they pulled it off).

[Hound]

Question someone here may or may not know...

Is this game DX10 only (thus requiring Vista)?  Or will it be DX9 compatible?

No game will come out DX10 without DX9 backward compatibility for the next few years, that would be virtual suicide considering only a very small minority of gamers are running Vista and DX10 video cards. My biggest "will it work" on this game is the control system. I am hoping for the best but fearing the worst.

[Trippy]

No game not developed or controlled by Microsoft will come out DX10 without DX9 backward compatibility for the next few years, that would be virtual suicide considering only a very small minority of gamers are running Vista and DX10 video cards.

Fixed it for you.

[Hound]

No game not developed or controlled by Microsoft will come out DX10 without DX9 backward compatibility for the next few years, that would be virtual suicide considering only a very small minority of gamers are running Vista and DX10 video cards.

Fixed it for you.

thanks  :-D

[tazelbain]

My big reservation is how will the actiony combat fair in a laggy enviroment i.e. seiges.

[Nonentity]

My big reservation is how will the actiony combat fair in a laggy enviroment i.e. seiges.

You just gotta keep your eye on the prize, man.

Worry more about crushing your enemies, worry less about the lamentations of the women.

Well - the large-scale battles in Planetside worked fairly well. Bandwidth and network optimization code has only gotten better since then.

[Slayerik]

My big reservation is how will the actiony combat fair in a laggy enviroment i.e. seiges.

You just gotta keep your eye on the prize, man.

Worry more about crushing your enemies, worry less about the lamentations of the women.

Well - the large-scale battles in Planetside worked fairly well. Bandwidth and network optimization code has only gotten better since then.

But somehow Eve cant handle 150 players in one area without totally fuckin losing its marbles.

I pray for PS like netcode. They honestly did an awesome job when you look at how every other game performs when you get 100+ players in the same situation. And it even uses collision detection. Might have something to do with the client handling the hit detection side of it though eh? Either way, please pull this off FC :)

[raydeen]

Boobage (from Friday-update). But will there be nipples? That's the question everybody is asking. For some reason this gives me a flashback to early Shadowbane days. Can't remember why though.

Something is wrong with that chicks leg

Something is wrong with that chicks face. Why can't we hire the artists from the KMMO's? Seriously. Their games are crap but their modeling is great. I'm not sure where the disconnect happens in most western games, if it's in the modeling or the texturing but for the most part, we suck at 3D people.

[SnakeCharmer]

Boobage (from Friday-update). But will there be nipples? That's the question everybody is asking. For some reason this gives me a flashback to early Shadowbane days. Can't remember why though.

Something is wrong with that chicks leg

Something is wrong with that chicks face. Why can't we hire the artists from the KMMO's? Seriously. Their games are crap but their modeling is great. I'm not sure where the disconnect happens in most western games, if it's in the modeling or the texturing but for the most part, we suck at 3D people.

Everytime I see a KMMO or JMMO, all the men look like women.

And all the women look like schoolgirls.

[LK]

Amen.

[raydeen]

Yeah, but they at least look human. Pretty humans but humans indeed.

[Lantyssa]

So hire the Koreans to make men, which we'll use for the female models, and they can also do the backgrounds.  The Americans can do the guys.  (Look like ass, or look like a girl.  Your choice.)

[Venkman]

That's just crazy enough to be the right way to do it :) Reminds me of a quote from a buddy after seeing "300":

So, basically, that battle was between the Goths and the Metrosexuals?

[Megrim]

That's just crazy enough to be the right way to do it :) Reminds me of a quote from a buddy after seeing "300":

So, basically, that battle was between the Goths and the Metrosexuals?

I don't know about your friend, but i would be hard pressed to call one of the depicted 'Spartans' a Metrosexual to his face.

[tazelbain]

If the Spartans are any gay stereotype, its the burly, lumberjack gay.

[Venkman]

It wasn't about the Spartans themselves, just how they were depicted.

And anyone, much less Spartans, could crush my bud with a cross look :)

[Furiously]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wpa2Qplm8M

The 305!

[Merusk]

So the new newsletter came out, and had a nice article on ranged combat.  I forsee another game with a glut of the archer-type characters.  Now the question is how effective will they be vs melee.

Oh, and horse archery will be the first thing to get nerfed.

[UnSub]

So the new newsletter came out, and had a nice article on ranged combat.  I forsee another game with a glut of the archer-type characters.  Now the question is how effective will they be vs melee.

Oh, and horse archery will be the first thing to get nerfed.

Damn Mongols! Ruining the game for everyone else!

[Merusk]

Damn Mongols! Ruining the game for everyone else!

Mongols weren't the only ones who were able to shoot from a horse... the Ranger class is.  The logic also doesn't seem to hold when they mention specific things they've implemented to minimize or eliminate kiting, but then go ahead and let rangers shoot while on a horse.

[palmer_eldritch]

There's what I think is a new trailer up. It has no gameplay footage but gives some idea of the tone they are going for I guess.

http://uk.gamespot.com/video/927504/6173826/age-of-conan-hyborian-adventures-official-trailer-9

[Venkman]

Nice. Someday we'll actually be playing games at that level of fidelity :) Wonder if it was from the same folks who did the EQ2 and WAR trailers.

[Xuri]

The first guild for "hardcore roleplaying" as prostitutes in AoC is under construction. O_o