Age of Conan

May not be the right place, but i was wondering if you guys here could suggest what's best to do with my system for AoC.

I tend to get about 40 FPS in low population area's but then 15fps best when its busy.

Setup :

AMD Athlon 64X2 Dual Core 4200+ (Stock 2.2Ghz)
Asus A8N-SLI SE
2.5GB (2x1GB & 2X256MB) Will edit the Speeds here ASAP
2 X Nvidia GeForce 7900 GS (256MB Stock Speeds)

Not sure what else you may need to know. But would an upgrade to say an 8800GT 512MB be a good improvement or would my CPU not be good enough.
 
Both the CPU and the graphics cards are weak points, unfortunately. To upgrade to a core2duo and a decent graphics card, you'll also have to upgrade your motherboard, and possibly your power supply. And um, maybe your memory too.

If you could just o/c your cpu to 3ghz and get an 8800GT though, you'd certainly make a difference to how it runs.
 
I wouldn't bother with a Core2 upgrade at the moment tbh, just see what your current CPU will do.
Definately worth an upgrade on the grpahics front, 256mb and a core that's getting on a bit, you'd see some great boosts going to a 512mb 8800GT or faster. Worth keeping in mind that the new cards are due out very soon though.
Buy used and buy cheaply. :)
 
Alexrose1uk said:
Thought I'd seen a few of you around on Battlescar, nice to see you're working out how all the guild commands etc and bugs work before slower people like me get there ^^


Should be good fun once Battlescar has matured a bit :)
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Awesome :)

I'm leader of a UK only pvp squad in my guild if your high enough level / interested? :P

Also need a mic and vent etc
 
lewism said:
Hows the pvp so far? worth rolling on a pvp server?
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I wouldn't even consider rolling on a PVE server. I don't usually play PVP servers and the like but I decided to make an exception with Conan, and I have to say the quality of play is brilliant so far. :D

Really not that many cases of ganking, at least on my server (Aquilonia PVP-RP). Only been ganked once.
 
Ulfhedjinn said:
I wouldn't even consider rolling on a PVE server. I don't usually play PVP servers and the like but I decided to make an exception with Conan, and I have to say the quality of play is brilliant so far. :D

Really not that many cases of ganking, at least on my server (Aquilonia PVP-RP). Only been ganked once.
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cus your on a role play server? :/
 
I wouldnt, all the kids will be on fury etc screaming "YAY GANK"

I personally see roleplay server as where the mature lot would go.
 
Changes coming for Demonologists and Necromancers.

Source - Source

Demonologist Changes said:
Demonologists

* The duration of Protection of Set will be substantially increased.
* The maximum damage absorbed before Protection of Set fails will be increased to be more in line with damage dealt in leveling scenarios. Additional survivability increases are also being evaluated.
* Players will gain a visible debuff to indicate when Protection of Set has run out of absorbable damage.
* The base splash damage dealt by Fires of Gehenna, Hellfire Stream, Shockstrike, and Shock will be substantially increased.
* The amount of damage dealt by most damage sources will be reevaluated.
* The cooldown of Inferno of Ahmner and Shockblast will be reduced to 2.5 seconds to match the casting time of Fires of Gehenna and Shockstrike.
* The Archmage feat will be moved to tier 2 instead of tier 3 in the Mage general tree to make it more easily accessible to varying builds.
* All crowd control will have a significantly reduced chance to break from damage dealt by pets.
* Fiery Torment (Rank 1) will be introduced at level 30 instead of level 45.
* The casting time of certain long-duration buffs will be reduced.
* The run speed of pets will be increased significantly.
* Various bugfixes and alterations to existing feats and abilities; for example, decreasing the casting time of Detonation.
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Necromancer Changes said:
Necromancers

* The duration of Runed Flesh will be substantially increased.
* The maximum damage absorbed before Runed Flesh fails will be increased to be more in line with damage dealt in leveling scenarios. Additional survivability increases are also being evaluated.
* Players will gain a visible debuff to indicate when Runed Flesh has run out of absorbable damage.
* The mana cost of all ranks of spells will be significantly reduced.
* The damage dealt by Necromancer nukes will be reviewed and the amount inflicted and duration may be increased on specific ranks and spells.
* The base splash damage on core Necromancer single-target spells will be added or increased.
* The amount of periodic damage affected by absorb shields in PvP will be reviewed.
* All crowd control will have a significantly reduced chance to break from damage dealt by pets.
* The Archmage feat will be moved to tier 2 instead of tier 3 in the Mage general tree to make it more easily accessible to varying builds.
* The casting time of certain long-duration buffs will be reduced.
* The run speed of pets will be increased significantly.
* Some issues in regard to melee pets having difficulties following moving NPCs will be improved.
* Various bugfixes and alterations to existing feats and abilities.
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also this is worth a note

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Summer Updates! said:
Fellow Hyborians!

As you may have noticed we have had frequent patches the last two weeks. We hope this will soon start to quiet down, but as long as there are major issues – and there have been – we will dedicate the Conan team to fixing them and giving you these fixes as soon as possible! We have a plan on how to move this game forward because as you know, what you have today is but the platform – the dawn of this world. I hope you enjoy the game as is, but I can ensure you, this is but the beginning!

Our focus from now on can be summarized by these points:

1. We will add content, specifically in mid-late thirties and mid-late fifties and make the leveling speed smoother in those areas, reducing the need to grind.

2. We will have an overhaul of the PvP system – adding consequence and a host of small things.

3. We are fixing bugs you reported through all channels we can get information from.

4. We will add a new large outdoor region in the 55-60 range this summer!

5. This is only a small teaser! More information about the exciting summer and fall Roadmap will come the end of the next week!

6. We are staffing up Customer Service, Quality Assurance and Community departments!

I will spend some words on a bit more details now.
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Mp4 said:
Jesus, i have been looking in to a new card going to wait for a few more months yet, and well cba to get vista either so wont be getting anymore ram. As id wanna get max 4GIG etc
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Let me put it this way, you'd see a bigger improvement getting another 2GB of RAM than from upgrading your graphics card, and it'll cost about half as much. Yeah, XP will only use 3.5GB rather than 4 but so what? Your current card is fine - you'll be getting better framerates than the guy a few posts up from you who's using an 8500GT even though he's using a monster CPU!:)
I'm using an HD3850 and I'm getting between 20-40FPS depending on how much is happening on modiefied High settings (some view distances increased, Shadermodel 2.x, no AA, 8x AF, a few other minor tweaks)
 
Chris C said:
Right now I dont think its worth the £10 a month, Ok i admit I'm coming heavily from a WoW perspective but this game just isnt compelling me to play it every time I have spare time, WoW did, UO did, I could put this down for a week and not miss anything. just doesn't feel right, I dunno, its not a specific thing I can put my finger on.
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I feel exactly the same
 
Still enjoying myself, I have to say. Although I do have periods where I don't get the chance to play for a few days, so by the time I'm back on there, I'm really keen to get going. I'm only 43, so not hit the 50s grinding issue, although Funcom have said they will look at the grinding problems. I'm an expert at Sanctum though and with a group who pays attention and doesn't mess about, we can clear all the bosses in under 30 minutes. The heavy armour which drops off the final boss is superb :)

This weekend I'm hoping to visit some new areas, like Field of the Dead. Lots to do still :)
 
I haven't noticed any rain yet, must just be the zone you're in. I really miss dynamic weather, even the rain in EQ was great, hardly able to see 10 foot in front of you heightened the tension when hunting :)
 
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