Age of conan - World of warcraft

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Well, i play wow, and i want to know if its worth starting age of conan

basically comparing both games

Weapons/items
Size of the game
How fun is age of conan compared to wow



how many weapons/items are there on conan compared to wow ?

is there a fun playability on age of conan ? as i don't really think wow is fun i just want to get to lvl 70 :p
 
They are different types of games really, its still quite buggy, but its suitably different from wow that you can enjoy it.

Im on AOC this month, be back on WOW next month and i intend on switching monthly, i do prefer WOW though, but AOC does have very good prospects, i just prefer the look of WOW.
 
World of Warcraft trumps Age of Conan to be honest.

The combat is better, the characters and armor look cooler, the world is very well designed and it's a real open world game, unlike Age of Conan with the instanced zones.
 
They're not remotely similar so comparing them is a bit pointless IMO.

Not only that but people can't seem to compare these two particular games without turning into fangirls anyway, so my advice would be to read through the Conan threads and read some reviews instead.
 
Ulfhedjinn said:
They're not remotely similar so comparing them is a bit pointless IMO.

Not only that but people can't seem to compare these two particular games without turning into fangirls anyway, so my advice would be to read through the Conan threads and read some reviews instead.
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I've played both, not really being a fangirl as my opinions aren't blind ones. :D
 
Jihad said:
World of Warcraft trumps Age of Conan to be honest.

The combat is better, the characters and armor look cooler, the world is very well designed and it's a real open world game, unlike Age of Conan with the instanced zones.
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Yes a game that has been going 3-4 years will be better than a game that has just come out, To be perfectly honest i am enjoying Age of Conan more than when i started Warcraft. I have more freedom because im not addicted to the game.

As stated you cant compare, they may be the same Genre but they are totally differant in terms of game mechanics, gameplay, graphical quality etc.
 
Sinny said:
Yes a game that has been going 3-4 years will be better than a game that has just come out, To be perfectly honest i am enjoying Age of Conan more than when i started Warcraft. I have more freedom because im not addicted to the game.

As stated you cant compare, they may be the same Genre but they are totally differant in terms of game mechanics, gameplay, graphical quality etc.
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Of course you can compare, if you want an MMO go for WoW, it's the best of the genre thus far, they may be different but they are still MMO's after all.

As for Conan having superior graphics, it sure does but it to me I still think World of Warcraft looks better.

Can't blame the games for you getting addicted or not either.
 
I dont see how you can't compare them tbh.

I prefer WoW. I cant get in to AoC at all. I've stopped playing both anyway.
 
WoW is better than AoC in almost all respects (even comparing WoW at release).

For me it depends on whether you've been there done that in WoW or not. If you haven't I would suggest WoW is the better game to get into.
 
Jihad said:
Of course you can compare, if you want an MMO go for WoW, it's the best of the genre thus far, they may be different but they are still MMO's after all.

As for Conan having superior graphics, it sure does but it to me I still think World of Warcraft looks better.

Can't blame the games for you getting addicted or not either.
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You can choose between them but you cant say whats better because their is more than 1 opinion, everyone to themselves etc.

I was just giving examples of Conan i dont want to write a long drooly post about i think whats better i was just pointing out Conan is new to the game and needs things fixing as it is a bit slow at the moment.

I personally think Age of conan has a lot more going for it because its a new type of mmo and is quite refreshing. Warcraft has gotten the hang of things quite well and its fairly balanced but that has come with experience on the genre. It also depends what you like more, i typically am a Lore nut and love the Conan stories, I would pick WoW if i have not played either out of the two but as soon as bugs were sorted in Conan i would turn that way.
 
I do feel that values of items in aoc don't feel right cannot get excited about something what has a value of 0.02 or 0.3 yes i know items will get better stats later but i would have liked better stat items really.
 
To be honest, I think WoW is better in basically every way. The only thing AoC has over WoW is perhaps more in depth story explanation through the audio dialogue and cutscenes, but apparently that ends fairly soonish in the game and from then on in it's just text for the quest briefing just like WoW.
Also there's the optional responses to NPC dialogue but it doesn't seem to change anything at all, because only one of the options seems to lead to a quest, selecting a different option simply gives you a different response which isn't of any use, it doesn't actually change anything in the game. In some cases you just end up choosing all the responses until you get the one that actually leads to a quest.

AoC just seems buggy, severely unpolished, just on the whole not very good. The combat system was way overhyped, and to be honest the directional shield system and the combo system which were supposed to put it's combat above that of other MMO's...just doesn't do the job. It doesn't really add anything to the combat at all, it just feels pointless as it doesn't make the combat any more enjoyable or involving. The WoW combat is infact more indepth and involving.
 
As it stands right now WoW is the better game as its had time to develop and mature. In 3 years time Age of Conan will be far more polished and refined as you would expect.

Anyone trying to compare wow with AoC as they are now is just being silly. Of COURSE Wow is more polished and bug free... its been out 3 years now and AoC is what... 3 weeks old?

AoC has the potential to be as good a game as wow is, but MMO's need time to mature and grow. The only real way to know if you likie it is to try it.
 
AoC feels unfinished, No itemisation - I'm still using level 10 armour at level 40 as they have more stats, many quests are bugged and the interface is horrible.

It's meant to be an mmo but I have got to level 40 and only grouped twice to do instances - You level so much faster than WoW there is no point in doing dungeons.

Also atm there is no end game content. I know it's early days but I feel quite dissapointed with AoC. It's not drawing me in to play it whereas with WoW I would be on it all the time.

I would stick to WoW for the time being and try AoC in a few months.
 
If you want a polished AoC then try EQ2.
Sadly EQ2 lost a lot of people by WoW being so easy to pay. Still a lot of good players on EQ2 and new players.
 
SHould probo check but, is there a trial yet? How much better/different is it to the open beta/crapathon buggy piece of crap?

From the beta, ignoring crashes, the combat seemed holy, boring hit left, or right, or up the middle. Stats on items seemed, just weird, it felt like it overcomplicated numbers with weird stats numbers "just" to be different to other MMo's. When frankly having a base number of stats with easier numbers/scale to deal with just feels better. Not to mention the layout being horrible, moving items around, everything just felt wrong.

I just don't think theres anyway I could buy it and continue to play without a trial of final after the open beta. They really couldn't have learned much from it, Lotro Open beta was almost perfect, fantastic representation of final game and definately persauded tons of people to join, AOC's open beta seemed to do completely the opposite. Fair or not an open beta available a WEEK, a single week before retail release should certainly reflect the final game to a large degree. Lotro for a month or even two was almost identical to final game.

gotten totally bored of Lotro now though, main story got so difficult to find a team for I never, in months of play, got past book 8 of 12 now. Back on City of Heroes, would be nice though if AOC or Warhammer turned out good, chances of Star trek online being finished/good are extremely low(which is insane, it would have such an immense fan base instantly?) and Stargate has about 0.0007% chance of being decent.
 
When comparing MMO's, lots of people just compare the features of both games. Nothing wrong with that, but they forget the community is one of the most important strengths/weaknesses.

So don't forget to consider the types of players you'll inevitably be playing with. They will have far greater an impact on your experience than any graphics will. Go to the official forums of each title to get a rough overview of the maturity level of your fellow players. Neither title can really claim a mature fanbase, but WoW is the worst of the lot.

The general IQ of the WoW playerbase is staggeringly low -- for example, a polished hardwood staircase will display a better aptitude for learning than the average WoW player.
 
Jihad said:
....The combat is better... Define better. World of Warcraft has you right clicking the mob, and pressing a few keys now and again. Age of Conan has you actively pressing the keys. Which is better? I prefer Age of Conan's - it makes me feel like I'm not just sitting there pressing a couple of keys while my characters makes a couple of different attack moves.

...the characters and armor look cooler... Define cooler. World of Warcraft is a high fantasy game, with multiple races, lots of colour, over-the-top concepts. Age of Conan is grittier, low fantasy, a lot more realistic. Characters in World of Warcraft are simple, deformed, and common. Characters in Age of Conan are realistic, proportionate, all human, and varied. Armour in World of Warcraft is over-the-top, cartoony at best, the height of high-fantasy. Armour in Age of Conan is based on realistic concepts, gritty, but not lacking in flair, design or quality.
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At the end of the day no game is "better" than the other as a simple truth. It's all subjective. It depends on what you like. I do like high-med fantasy, but I also am attracted to low fantasy feel.

I do enjoy World of Warcraft's openness, and that's probably the one thing that World of Warcraft banks a lot of it's success on. Not the only, but a large aspect.

Problem with Conan is that the areas feel very disjointed. In FFXI, in order to get from Bastok to San d'Oria, I'd have to go into South Gustaberg -> North Gustaberg -> Konschtat Highlands -> Valkurm Dunes -> La Theine Plateau -> West Ronfaure -> San d'Oria.

Now, that's still zoned, you pass through an invisible barrier, a short loading screen, and there you are in the next zone - but you actually had to travel through different places to get around. With Conan I can easily click on an NPC and travel half the kingdom in a few seconds.

What I would say, however, is not to judge Age of Conan too harshly just yet. You know that World of Warcraft is an older MMO, not ancient by any means, but...old. It's had time to correct it's mistakes, to change it's way. And Age of Conan will do that in time.

If you can't stand bugs etc, then I'd say put AoC on the shelf for a few months and let them sort out the bugs (the same sorts of bugs that plagued WoW from the start and took many months for them to sort it out) and then see.

But at the end of day, it's all subjective. Look at the different sides, look at each point and at the end of the day, try it out. Don't let fanboyism, or bias affect your decision because you could end up missing out on the most amazing moments of your life.
 
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