age of conan or world of warcraft?
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Does the way combat works mean you can be anywhere and get beaten ?, in runescape, before they screwed the wilderness up you used to be able to go to that area specifically for fighting other people.
Sorry i mention runescape too much, im just really familiar with it and tbh id like something that lets you do most of the same skills like fishing/mining/crafting/magic/farming + all or same ish skills. I dont think anything exists that does, as other games do the combat/magic/ranging seperately for each character.
im not saying it has to be 100% identical just maybe 50%
still i suppose ill open it up later, getting tired of seeing the shiny packaging
i could always sell it if i dont like it but ill lose a bit.
its hard to choose with these types of games, especially if there is no demo
Sorry i mention runescape too much, im just really familiar with it and tbh id like something that lets you do most of the same skills like fishing/mining/crafting/magic/farming + all or same ish skills. I dont think anything exists that does, as other games do the combat/magic/ranging seperately for each character.
im not saying it has to be 100% identical just maybe 50%
still i suppose ill open it up later, getting tired of seeing the shiny packaging
i could always sell it if i dont like it but ill lose a bit.
its hard to choose with these types of games, especially if there is no demo
If you like Runescape, wow will be the mmo for you.
Wow is Runescape with slightly better graphics.
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Uhhh...yeah, sure it is.
Well it's getting more and more obvious that you ride the short bus.
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Tried both -
I really did like AOC BUT to many bugs.
Female attack speed 33 percent slower (because they forgot to do math)
Tempest of Set is stupidly over power
They are messing around with classes without enough testing, nuking their damage 50 percent, then trying to fix it.
Video Ram leaks, meaning you have to change level of AA to dump video ram manually
Quest glitches
Map sometimes don't work
VOices only in starting area because they didn't have the time to finish them off!
And more.
Combat and the starting area was EXCELLENT though - better than wow. I started Wow again and loving it. I would certainly play WoW if it is your first one, the glitches in Conan might put you off MMO's otherwise.
I really did like AOC BUT to many bugs.
Female attack speed 33 percent slower (because they forgot to do math)
Tempest of Set is stupidly over power
They are messing around with classes without enough testing, nuking their damage 50 percent, then trying to fix it.
Video Ram leaks, meaning you have to change level of AA to dump video ram manually
Quest glitches
Map sometimes don't work
VOices only in starting area because they didn't have the time to finish them off!
And more.
Combat and the starting area was EXCELLENT though - better than wow. I started Wow again and loving it. I would certainly play WoW if it is your first one, the glitches in Conan might put you off MMO's otherwise.
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Wow is way smoother experience (obviously) but that really dosen't bother anyone, bit of lag and glitches is just fine it's new afterall.
What ruins Aoc is the distinct lack of anything fun to do along with the lack of any reward. Wow has some monotonous tasks but the reward keeps you hooked, Aoc has the same monotonous tasks without reward - would you play a slot machine over and over if all you did was insert money and waste time?
However wow primarily succeeds in it's moments of brilliance, like a well balanced pvp game both sides fighting as hard as they can and your name at the top of the score board. Raids where every person is giving there all. Aoc just trys and fails, though maby with full reworking of the raids (not just "bug fixing") along with a reworking of pvp it could stand against wow. A bit too much "what if" if you ask me but heh some people are bored of wow and refuse to play non-mmo's.
What ruins Aoc is the distinct lack of anything fun to do along with the lack of any reward. Wow has some monotonous tasks but the reward keeps you hooked, Aoc has the same monotonous tasks without reward - would you play a slot machine over and over if all you did was insert money and waste time?
However wow primarily succeeds in it's moments of brilliance, like a well balanced pvp game both sides fighting as hard as they can and your name at the top of the score board. Raids where every person is giving there all. Aoc just trys and fails, though maby with full reworking of the raids (not just "bug fixing") along with a reworking of pvp it could stand against wow. A bit too much "what if" if you ask me but heh some people are bored of wow and refuse to play non-mmo's.
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One of the only posts on here that tells it how it is TRUTHFULLY!
Biggest internet blag ever known.
OK ok cool down. What if i say Wow is basically Runescape with a lot better graphics?
Sheesh, you people need to get a grip. You jump on anything you presume to be a bad word about wow, im sure Blizzard employ people like you (paying you in game gold - since you dont need money outside of the game) to slander anyhting that isnt wow.
Obviously because the graphics are simple. You wouldnt be saying that if it was 4 years ago at the start of wow life.
It an MMO, it like every MMO you get quests you go kill stuff and you get items/cash as rewards. Not sure what you mean here.
Nice, really nice. People DO spend days on end pumping money into slot machine and getting nothing out.... um what do you think a mmo really is, you dont get anything out of wow do you? Unless you get sent your ingame items for real?
But it just doesnt make sence. So in AoC you dont get any items or gold...?? Are you sure youve played AoC?
I played horde and never lost battle grounds. Your about the only person who is brave enough to assume the classes are balanced. Go post that on the wow forums and we will all have a laugh at the responces.
Lerrrroy. Nuff said.
Since you like analagies. AoC is a baby, its just come out the womb, i would presum you wouldnt kick out your child if it didnt start paying house keep within a month of being born.
As ive said before it seems a bit silly to compair the games.
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Wow felt like a cartoon, didn't have the atmosphere i was looking for at all.
LOTR's was bland, didn't grab me either.
So AOC is next, this one i've paid for, so from the off i reckon i might be more biased towards it, but if its a bag of spuds then i'll call it, i just hope its more my type of game than the other two which were for me serious let downs.
LOTR's was bland, didn't grab me either.
So AOC is next, this one i've paid for, so from the off i reckon i might be more biased towards it, but if its a bag of spuds then i'll call it, i just hope its more my type of game than the other two which were for me serious let downs.
I played AoC for the inclusive month, got upto a level 46 Dark Templar. Got a little bored after that. Crafting is terrible and the whole experiance didnt bring anything new to the table.
Graphics are good but I think I've lost interest in MMO's in general and am not prepared to waste time in them like I used to in EQ/EQ2/SWG and WoW, maybe its old age
Graphics are good but I think I've lost interest in MMO's in general and am not prepared to waste time in them like I used to in EQ/EQ2/SWG and WoW, maybe its old age
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If by lack of reward you mean items, I've already explained in a previous post that this is due to it not being an item-centred game. I understand how WoW's powerful item rewards can create the feeling of achievement, and I agree that this feeling is lacking in AoC, but I think it's to the game's ultimate benefit, as it'll be more skill-based and less addictive.
I think you're being unfair there, nobody has even played end-game pvp (they've trieed but there's not much you can do at 5FPS
) so it's a bit premature to say that it's not as balanced or as challenging as WoW's. I fully agree that AoC isn't balanced 1v1 but what MMO is? (Apart from Guild Wars where 1v1 was basically you and 3 customisable AIs versus another player and his 3 customisable AIs, so 1v1 class balance was not an issue, the smallest the designers had to worry about balance-wise was 4v4.)I'm fairly confident that large-scale pvp in Conan will be deep enough to enthrall when they eventually sort the bugs out. This is based on what I've seen from teaming up with different people in terms of how the different classes synergise. I think that the major problems of 1v1 won't be an issue in mass pvp: casters will not be as overpowered as their seemingly-infinite mana reserves won't hold out for a 30v30 or more battle, and they'll be sitting squishy ducks until they recharge, soldiers will find their poor damage will be compensated for by their charge abilities and larger HP pools, which will enable them to get in and use their knockdown abilities to disrupt enemy casters until their own damage dealers go in and do their work. What IMO needs to be tweaked is the sprinting system which ironically enables people with lower stamina pools to run faster and further, and the stealth system, which sometimes allows you to hide even if you're being observed (due to lag, buggy terrain etc.) and prevents you from hiding even if you're out of sight if even a single other member of your team is in combat (which may be intentional but I think is wrong).
People saying "If its your first MMO experience, choose wow"... i dont think this is the case.
I would choose AOC if it was my First. Because you are more open minded. I started on WoW and when it first came out it was full of bugs too, but i enjoyed it and didnt complain. But that definately tarnished my views on AoC
I would choose AOC if it was my First. Because you are more open minded. I started on WoW and when it first came out it was full of bugs too, but i enjoyed it and didnt complain. But that definately tarnished my views on AoC
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I admit I don't have a lot of imagination, and after playing AoC I'm not that optimistic about it either. However I stand by saying it dosen't need simple bug fixing it needs re-working - maby this really will occur and AoC will literally transform afterall what makes wow end game win is: fun complex raids - fun varied pvp - decent crafting + big rewards. For me AoC fails at all these major aspects not just little glitches and bugs it flat out falls on it's face.
Now you do get items on Aoc and yeah you do get gold, however A: these make no difference in pvp B: the end game epics are barely different to the standard stuff i.e little difference between casual chump and hardcore lifer.
As has been said by the more adept and explained above Aoc is more skill based, fine. I play cod 4 single player what reward do I get? Nothing but pure enjoyment. I would be fully happy with that, in fact I'd say it's supieriour, however if that's the case I want my experience to be fun not include "the same monotonous tasks wow does". Aoc just isn't fun, on top of that it dosen't offer decent reward to keep you playing. Sorry but it fails
Now you do get items on Aoc and yeah you do get gold, however A: these make no difference in pvp B: the end game epics are barely different to the standard stuff i.e little difference between casual chump and hardcore lifer.
As has been said by the more adept and explained above Aoc is more skill based, fine. I play cod 4 single player what reward do I get? Nothing but pure enjoyment. I would be fully happy with that, in fact I'd say it's supieriour, however if that's the case I want my experience to be fun not include "the same monotonous tasks wow does". Aoc just isn't fun, on top of that it dosen't offer decent reward to keep you playing. Sorry but it fails
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Gah, see your compairing two games which are not suppost to play the same.
AoC is not suppost to be like WoW, so a lot you wow players come along and say its crap, simply because its not like wow! Well heres a break through, its not meant to be like wow!
But thats not to say all people who have played wow are against AoC, a lot of them have seen the light and can see what AoC is suppost to be... and they like it, its different.
You say it needs re-working, so its more like wow? Then you would just bash it for being like wow.
The biggest break through in a mmo will be when it gets really hardcore and they start deducting xp when you die. Cant wait to see all the wow player reaction will be then.
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