Age of Conan: Evilborean Adventures

[MrAngryFace]

are you using dx10 stuff? thats probably the culprit lol

[MrAngryFace]

Over half a gig of patches, wtf

[MrAngryFace]

yeah probably :/

[TVC15]

are you using dx10 stuff? thats probably the culprit lol

Perf is roughly the same, and DX10 doesn't look any better.  I am sure if I had a DX9 and 10 screen side by side, I could nitpick, but when you're playing, there's absolutely no difference.  It's definitely less than 5 frames difference.

[Joe Molotov]

yeah probably :/

and thus is why I play free games. After buying guild wars like a FOOL I knew it was a bad idea to pay for MMOs ever again(and then I bought the BC like a jackass).

You play Maple Story though. 

[MrAngryFace]

AGE OF INSTALLATION

[Joe Molotov]

AGE OF INSTALLATION

You know those 750MB worth of patches you have to install? They actually came out before the game did.  I got an early copy and downloaded all the patches before the servers were even open.

[TVC15]

AGE OF INSTALLATION

You know those 750MB worth of patches you have to install? They actually came out before the game did.  I got an early copy and downloaded all the patches before the servers were even open.

All MMOs have those.  They call them day one patches.

[MrAngryFace]

yeah, but maple story? yuk.

that swords of the new world game is free now you know, check it out if you havent already

[demi]

MMOs are gay. Play Star Soldier! Ten point seven!

[MrAngryFace]

Well I got to level 5. Thoughts:

+Uses the rest system like in City of Heroes, very nice. No more bread/water crap.
+I like the combat system, it added another layer of complexity to the basic melee attacks while still having special attacks
+Save points in an MMORPG? Yes please. Fuk corpse walk.
+Sorcerers are awesome so far. Shapeshifting! Flames!

-Runs kinda blah, I have most things dialed down tho, its acceptable and still looks ok
-I actually dont like the cutscene story stuff. I prefer the quick quest windows of WoW. I dont wanna have to read story.
-Enemies are pretty blah. Models are ok but kinda yawn. Conan mythos is kinda generic anyway. Of course WoW's first areas had crap monsters too!
-Loading takes a while, wtf


a screenshot of my mage, Vynitha. In her first, of hopefully many, demon forms. Of course I went fire!

[Smooth Groove]

Looks way better than WOW.  Blizzard needs to start updating their engine.

The devs confirmed that DX10 features aren't implemented yet so it's best to run it in DX9 for the extra performance. 

I guess I'll wait a couple more days for feedback before deciding to get it or not. 

[MrAngryFace]

Funcom is famous for their support in Anarchy Online, im sure this will be another well supported game

If WoW got an engine upgrade it would look better because it has better art, but iirc WoW engine is just the WCIII engine suped up

[Smooth Groove]

Someone said that it's mostly a solo game during the 1st 20 lvls.  Is that true? 

Approximately how long does it take to reach lvl 20?

[MrAngryFace]

dont look at me, im level 5. The first 5 levels are solo then you reach a town with people. I suspect what they mean is levels 1-20 quests and play are more linear than what comes after.

[Smooth Groove]

How long is 5 levels?  I want to figure out it's worth $50 if I'm only playing it for a month or 2. 

I wish there were some reviews already.  When's the last time a game was released without even 1 published review?

[MrAngryFace]

about as fast as the first 5 levels in WoW, an hour. The first 5 levels are no measure of the time spent in the game from that point on. All newer MMORPGs reward the first 5-10 levels rather quickly to get people into the mood.

[TVC15]

Someone said that it's mostly a solo game during the 1st 20 lvls.  Is that true? 

Approximately how long does it take to reach lvl 20?

Once you get to Tortage (which would be level 5-7) you can do group stuff, though there are still single player questlines to do.  I guess around level 20 there is no more SP stuff.

[Eric P]

Man, I'm having trouble getting this to perform consistently, even on medium. 

Eric ->  That server conked out on me, so I fooled around on another one.

ok, keep me updated

the game sure is pretty, but once more the animations are janktastic.

the apes look HORRIBLE and animate HORRIBLE.

[Eric P]

-Enemies are pretty blah. Models are ok but kinda yawn. Conan mythos is kinda generic anyway.

i will have to disagree with your generic comment.

if it seems generic now, it's only through the dissolution of the original themes through pastiches, reinterpretations and the like

what i didn't know was that this takes place after Conan has ascended to the throne.  I was hoping it would be a bit before that.

what's kind of annoying is that the friend list features don't open up until you hit level 5.  so you have to grind out then get friend features.

also, this is a small thing which can be changed, the Q and E buttons don't equal strafe.  those are mapped to Z and C while X is crouch.  I don't know if i'll even need to crouch in the future.

[MrAngryFace]

Crouch is for when you have to crap

[Eric P]

i'm gunning a 2.2 c2d, 8800 gt and 4 gig of ram  xp sp3, and it does well at medium and is a nightmare slideshow on high.

i need a new processor

[FatalT]

X is actually block, not crouch. My Age of Conan folder is 25.4 GB.

[Phoenix Dark]

how are the opening areas compared to WoW? also what's the highest lv player you've seen online so far lol

[Joe Molotov]

how are the opening areas compared to WoW? also what's the highest lv player you've seen online so far lol

Basically, you're stuck on Newbie Island until you hit Lv. 20. It's pretty fun though, like I said in my original post, I prefer the early game to WoW or EQ2's. There's the opening area where you play by yourself for the first five levels, then it opens up to the main island where there are three main dungeons, one fairly large town, several small monster infested areas, and one fairly big monster island.

[MrAngryFace]

I really dont like the cutscene crap, gonna try and turn that off

[TVC15]

i'm gunning a 2.2 c2d, 8800 gt and 4 gig of ram  xp sp3, and it does well at medium and is a nightmare slideshow on high.

i need a new processor

Even on medium, I turn world shadows off.  The world shadows are very glitchy, and they are a huge perf hit.

also, this is a small thing which can be changed, the Q and E buttons don't equal strafe.  those are mapped to Z and C while X is crouch.  I don't know if i'll even need to crouch in the future.

Q and E are used for melee attack buttons later on.  Yes, there are 5 melee attack buttons.

[FatalT]

I'm a level 17 assassin now. I love ganking newbs.

[Eric P]

i'm gunning a 2.2 c2d, 8800 gt and 4 gig of ram  xp sp3, and it does well at medium and is a nightmare slideshow on high.

i need a new processor

Even on medium, I turn world shadows off.  The world shadows are very glitchy, and they are a huge perf hit.

also, this is a small thing which can be changed, the Q and E buttons don't equal strafe.  those are mapped to Z and C while X is crouch.  I don't know if i'll even need to crouch in the future.

Q and E are used for melee attack buttons later on.  Yes, there are 5 melee attack buttons.

hunh

ok.  What's your new server?

[TVC15]

I'm on Dagoth.  I was playing on some RP PVP server for a bit yesterday (I forget the name) because Dagoth was going up and down, but I will stick to Dagoth.

[MrAngryFace]

i'm gunning a 2.2 c2d, 8800 gt and 4 gig of ram  xp sp3, and it does well at medium and is a nightmare slideshow on high.

i need a new processor

Even on medium, I turn world shadows off.  The world shadows are very glitchy, and they are a huge perf hit.

also, this is a small thing which can be changed, the Q and E buttons don't equal strafe.  those are mapped to Z and C while X is crouch.  I don't know if i'll even need to crouch in the future.

Q and E are used for melee attack buttons later on.  Yes, there are 5 melee attack buttons.

shadows are the traditional perf hit of games everywhere!

[Eric P]

I'm on Dagoth.  I was playing on some RP PVP server for a bit yesterday (I forget the name) because Dagoth was going up and down, but I will stick to Dagoth.

ok cool.  i'm still named fantomas.  still playing dark templar

kind of neat.  made it to tortuga and i like the instanced solo quests stuff.  reminds me of an aspect of LoTRO I quite enjoy

[Joe Molotov]

I created a new character in Dagoth. I'm going to tank it up as a Johanna, the Guardian.

[Eric P]

i'm having a great deal of fun with dark templar doing combos and taking their blood for my dark master.

i think i may also enjoy conquerer because i enjoy those types of support characters

[TVC15]

I really can't get this to run in a stable manner.  Even on the lowest settings it jumps between 10 and 40 so often that it's jarring.  Even outside of Tortage (which is a guaranteed 12fps regardless of my settings), it's all over the place. 

[FatalT]

I really can't get this to run in a stable manner.  Even on the lowest settings it jumps between 10 and 40 so often that it's jarring.  Even outside of Tortage (which is a guaranteed 12fps regardless of my settings), it's all over the place. 

Yeah, I cancelled the monthly subscription so I'm just going to play out my free month. I'll resubscribe when and if they get some technical stabilization patches out.

[MrAngryFace]

Funcom did wonders with Anarchy Online, I have faith

[TVC15]

I really can't get this to run in a stable manner.  Even on the lowest settings it jumps between 10 and 40 so often that it's jarring.  Even outside of Tortage (which is a guaranteed 12fps regardless of my settings), it's all over the place. 

Yeah, I cancelled the monthly subscription so I'm just going to play out my free month. I'll resubscribe when and if they get some technical stabilization patches out.

I can get my computer to run Crysis mostly smoothly.  There's not much excuse for this.

When I do the night missions, the game runs considerably better, and more stable.  Makes me think there are issues with their net code, in addition to their graphics engine.

Funcom did wonders with Anarchy Online, I have faith

Oh, I know.  I was just expecting that if the game was rough, I'd at least be able to play it smoothly on low settings. 

[MrAngryFace]

yeah, I hear ya

[Eric P]

that's so odd

because i'm pulling in a steady 50-80 fps on medium and i have a bit less of a machine than you do.

maybe it's vista?

[TVC15]

that's so odd

because i'm pulling in a steady 50-80 fps on medium and i have a bit less of a machine than you do.

maybe it's vista?

Ugh, could it possibly be the hard drive I have it installed on?

[MrAngryFace]

yeah mine runs fine at medium

[Eric P]

that's so odd

because i'm pulling in a steady 50-80 fps on medium and i have a bit less of a machine than you do.

maybe it's vista?

Ugh, could it possibly be the hard drive I have it installed on?

i guess it could depend on the type of connection, but wouldn't that only affect the polling of the data as it loads it into memory?

[Van Cruncheon]

i still think you have a really borked video driver situation

[TVC15]

i still think you have a really borked video driver situation

Everything else works fine.  nVidia released replacement drivers a week later that work fine.

[Smooth Groove]

So, what's the verdict?  Yay or nay?

It's only $39.99 right now at Fry's. 

[Eric P]

So, what's the verdict?  Yay or nay?

It's only $39.99 right now at Fry's. 

enjoyable but i'm only a handful of hours in

i need to get out of the noob zone to make an informed decision

right now though, i'm having a great deal of fun

[TVC15]

I really can't play it with the performance I'm getting.  It's in the 10s and 20s more than the 30s and 40s.

[FatalT]

I really can't play it with the performance I'm getting.  It's in the 10s and 20s more than the 30s and 40s.

That's how I've been playing it this whole time. I've actually been enjoying it, too, somehow.

[Smooth Groove]

I really can't play it with the performance I'm getting.  It's in the 10s and 20s more than the 30s and 40s.

It really sounds like some kinda bug since weaker rigs than yours are getting higher performance.  Maybe there's some kinda incompatibility with your Mac motherboard?  

[MrAngryFace]

WHARE the fuk do I get equipment in town? Im still running around naked with a dagger and im level 7

[pilonv1]

WHARE the fuk do I get equipment in town? Im still running around naked with a dagger and im level 7

Age of Conan: Wino Adventures

[MrAngryFace]

YEAH! 15-20 FPS YEAH! (its better outside of town)

[TVC15]

The best part is, there's like no frame rate difference for me between low and medium.  High runs just about the same, too.

[MrAngryFace]

I just wanna buy some armor! I have some level 9 kit, I have to level I spose :/

[MrAngryFace]

found shop, is it just me or is there a lot of equipment clipping in this game lol

[MrAngryFace]

argh, mages sure die a lot

[MrAngryFace]

Man when do i get new spells, level 8 almost and I still have like level 2 skills and spells. The lady who is supposed to train me wouldnt give me jack shit. arghhh

[TVC15]

I got it working well.  I have it at consistent 30-50fps now (sometimes it dips to the 20s when there are lots in Tortage).  There was an issue with drivers specifically with 8800s, and I followed the fix, and now it's working great.

I really like the combat in this

[Smooth Groove]

What's the fix?

Aside from the invisible body parts, those characters models look great, even better than most non-mmorpgs.  I might have to get the game just to check it out like a tech demo.