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[cartoon_soldier]

I hope the launch client does not crash as much as the beta one.

 

[Leatherface]

Count me in GAF. make sure to update this thread with the server/guild info.

 

[Dedalus]

I hope the launch client does not crash as much as the beta one.

Open beta client was an old build so it was a bit unstable. There was a "miracle patch" applied to the closed beta servers which is now the gold version, so it's pretty stable after that patch.

Wait am I reading this right? 30GB install??? Are you freaking serious?

Next-gen baby

 

[Wollan]

Count me in GAF. make sure to update this thread with the server/guild info.

Actually, in accordance with NeoGAF ruleset someone (not me, too busy to play seriously earlier on + I'm going to play on Norwegian/EU server) should create a Meetup thread in the online forum for that purpose. This thread is more for initial impressions and launch period + news as they develop.

 

[verio]

So, has the general view of the beta been positive? I'm on the fence with this game, but it looks great and much different than other MMOs.

 

[woobit]

So, has the general view of the beta been positive? I'm on the fence with this game, but it looks great and much different than other MMOs.

Looks pretty great, it'll probably save my summer vacation this year. Still haven't bought yet though, but I'm stick of trying those free asian mmorpgs to satisfy my mmo(rpg) hunger

 

[Xabora]

Anyone know of an alternate download?
buggering torrent client blows... 25min kbps upload destroys my download.


:/

 

[Outdoor Miner]

So, has the general view of the beta been positive?

Mixed.

 

[Masta_Killah]

I'm interested, but dont think my PC can handle it?

I've got 3 GHz P4, 2.5GB RAM and a shitty X1550 Saphire Radeon.

Win or fail?

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest

You barely pass on your cpu(might need to oc), but I dont know about your gpu...

Minimum: 128 MB DirectX 9.0c Graphics Card with Shader 2.0 support (NVIDIA GeForce 6800+ / ATI Radeon 9800+)

 

[drizzle]

Actually, in accordance with NeoGAF ruleset someone (not me, too busy to play seriously earlier on + I'm going to play on Norwegian/EU server) should create a Meetup thread in the online forum for that purpose. This thread is more for initial impressions and launch period + news as they develop.

Can't we put a link on the OP when that happens?

i always FORGET about the online meetup forum...

I don't know if I like the sound of that. Just say you want to meet up with your guild but they're all spread out between instance 1, 2 and 3?

If they're on your friendlist, you can "summon to this instance". If they're not and you're on Teamspeak or some other crap like Ventrillo, you can do /instanceselection and a window with all instances avaliable of that particular area will show up. (The ones where friends are in, or party leaders, will have an icon identifying them).

If they're not on your friendslist and you don't have a voice chat running behind the game, that's one shitty ass guild you're in.

Wait am I reading this right? 30GB install??? Are you freaking serious?

More precisely, 2519 File(s) 25.717.801.227 bytes, sans patches, which will be avaliable starting tomorrow.

I have a dual core 3.4GZ P4, 2GB ram and 6800XT and the game runs more than fine.

You have a Dual Core Pentium 4? That's impossible. You probably have a regular Pentium 4 which has HyperThreading (which shows up as two processors, but it really isn't). Either that or i'm really wrong about Pentium4s...

I have a Quad Core Qx6700 (2.6 ghz, still not overclocked), 4 gig of ram (but vista 32bits, so only 3gigs usable) and a 8800 GTX and i get mixed results with performance. On the main city it's a fucking mess. 10-15 FPS on the crowded areas (as experienced on the last day of the IGN/FilePlanet Beta).

Inside a dungeon i got 80-100 FPS. Obviously, on High settings both times.

My friend with a Dual Core e4400 (2 ghz), 2 gigs of ram and a crappy 8500 (yeah, i told him about it before he bought.. he didn't listen) was getting 10-20 fps OVERALL on LOW.
He got pissed and ordered a 9600gt... should be arriving soon.

I just hope they keep tweaking the game over time. The last patch on the beta server improved the stability and the performance a lot, but also disabled lots of things graphically speaking (specially on the water effects). But it only actually worked in Tortage. After the PVP update rolled in, we were back to stuttering madness. At least for me. (probably becaue of the overload of people in the main city just sitting around looking at their new feats and skills).

 

[iamblades]

So, has the general view of the beta been positive? I'm on the fence with this game, but it looks great and much different than other MMOs.

from the closed beta and all the impressions ive heard, heres what i gather:

people ar almost uniformly positive about the graphics and the melee combat sytem

peope are mixed on performance and stability, some people with lower specs are getting good perfomance, some people with super pcs are getting crap performance. the majority of people seem to think the miracle patch helped, some are the opposite.

stability is also mixed, some people have no problems at all, some crash all the time.

so overall people are positive about the game, but concerned about the level of polish

 

[zoku88]

You have a Dual Core Pentium 4? That's impossible. You probably have a regular Pentium 4 which has HyperThreading (which shows up as two processors, but it really isn't). Either that or i'm really wrong about Pentium4s...

I'm guessing he either means what you said or a Pentium D.

 

[Ferrio]

So, has the general view of the beta been positive? I'm on the fence with this game, but it looks great and much different than other MMOs.

I didn't like it. Instanced zones, the zones I saw were on rails, combat seemed pretty simple yet cumbersome.. Also the large scale seige games are only 48 vs 48 people.

 

[Wollan]

Just got the key for claiming my pre-order War Mammoth.

Didn't expect this as Norwegian stores (I'm using Komplett.no) are usually pretty passive with such deals. Anyways, activated it and I also got the option for early purchase access which is great for me as my game copy is being delivered in Norway while I'm stranded in Australia. Now I will just download the game instead and have someone e-mail me the retail key when the box arrives.

 

[Proc]

GFW radio needs another segment on this week's show with updated impressions.

 

[verio]

I didn't like it. Instanced zones, the zones I saw were on rails, combat seemed pretty simple yet cumbersome.. Also the large scale seige games are only 48 vs 48 people.

Ew. Will wait on reviews, then.

 

[Tunesmith]

Ew. Will wait on reviews, then.

From what I experienced, the newbie zone/island was on rails but it then opened up once you got off it.

Also, 700-ish mb patch available now for the early access people.

 

[TheHeretic]

Ew. Will wait on reviews, then.

Yeah ditto. I'm cautiously optimistic but its hard to know if this will be a serious WoW competitor or a great big bloated pile of steaming... well, you know.

 

[Wollan]

One review so far:
• GameReactor Magazine - 9 out of 10
(reviewer spent over a month in closed beta, access to whole game)

I haven't actually read the text though (don't have mag).

 

[Ferrio]

From what I experienced, the newbie zone/island was on rails but it then opened up once you got off it.

I'm talking about after tortage, the zones I visited were on rails.

 

[TheHeretic]

I'm talking about after tortage, the zones I visited were on rails.

To be fair at these graphics levels most peoples computers would explode if they tried to render hundreds of characters all at once. I've played games without instancing (FFXI) and it becomes a clusterfuck of epic proportions. The system AoC uses (based on the number of players to prevent saturation) seems somewhat intelligent, if not a little immersion breaking.

 

[Ferrio]

To be fair at these graphics levels most peoples computers would explode if they tried to render hundreds of characters all at once. I've played games without instancing (FFXI) and it becomes a clusterfuck of epic proportions.

To be fair, most of the MMO's out there are non instanced.

 

[TheHeretic]

To be fair, most of the MMO's out there are non instanced.

The only MMO that really matters these days is, unless you are Korean and put Lineage under previous occupations in your resume.

 

[Chris_C]

When you buy online from one of the bigger online sites (maybe all?) you will get an e-mail which gives you the opportunity to pay $5 to access it this weekend (you can already start downloading today).

When you say online stores do you mean stores that offer via digital distro? I can't find any of those. However I might get it off the Funcom.com store, do you know if they also offer early access?

 

[Wollan]

When you say online stores do you mean stores that offer via digital distro? I can't find any of those. However I might get it off the Funcom.com store, do you know if they also offer early access?

I mean standard stores like EBgames.com, Gamestop.com..etc. I'm pretty sure the Funcom store of all places has the initiative.

 

[iamblades]

I'm talking about after tortage, the zones I visited were on rails.

I really don't see this.

From what I played the zones were no less open than other MMO.

Cimmeria feels a bit boxed in because of the locale, being in the mountains, but even then, I fail to see how it's different from any of the zones in WoW or any other MMO. Pretty much every MMO i've ever played has like 3 maybe 4 zones connected to each other, and they all use mountains and seas to wall off higher level zones. AoC is no different at all in that regardl.

Even tortage is not on rails. I think the whole 'on rails' terminology is getting a bit overused. Just because you can't climb over a giant mountain range or swim across the ocean to get into the next zone does not make a game on rails. There are way more options in tortage than I can remember in any other MMO starting noob area. Granted tortage lasts like twice as long as well, but still you have plenty of stuff to do.

 

[godhandiscen]

To be fair, most of the MMO's out there are non instanced.

Ferrio, you wanted to play Guild Wars which is horribly instanced, I dont know whats up with that.


Can I preorder the CE anywhere?

 

[Ferrio]

Ferrio, you wanted to play Guild Wars which is horribly instanced, I dont know whats up with that.

Because I don't consider Guild Wars a MMO, I consider it a diablo clone with a shit ton of cool skills.

The makers don't even label it a MMO.

 

[f@luS]

almost finished installing the 14gb pre access file....dude 30min to install !

cant wait for the 17

edit : finished now

the install folder is 23.9g! Right now im downloading a 725m patch...

 

[iamblades]

almost finished installing the 14gb pre access file....dude 30min to install !

cant wait for the 17

Installed and patching now.

Taking foreeever. Glad I have three days to DL it, and this should spread out the launch patch rush a bit.

:lol :lol

 

[Wollan]

the install folder is 23.9g! Right now im downloading a 725m patch...

After that patch you are technically ready to play (as soon as the servers are up).

 

[f@luS]

Well thats cool.

Since ive preordered the collector version, will i have on the 17 my ring to get more xp or will i have to wait for my box on the 23?

 

[Wollan]

You won't get the items before you receive the retail box. When you receive it you will have to enter a claim command in the game chat.

 

[TheHeretic]

Is the collectors edition worth getting?

 

[guggnichso]

Ok.

Downloaded Early Acces Client.
Patched Early Access Client.
Game only starts in DX9-Mode. No DX10 executable in Early access client.

what. the. hell.

 

[Wollan]

Is the collectors edition worth getting?

It contains:

* In game items: Ring of Acheron gives the player higher XP points & Drinking Cape gives free drinks in all of Hyboria's taverns
* Leatherette map of Hyboria
* 124 page Art book
* Game on 2 DVD's
* Full colour 72 page manual
* Exclusive DVD with bonus material, trailers, interview and "making of" Exclusive soundtrack CD
* Buddy card (for 5 friends)
* 30 days free play
* Limited Edition Packaging

 

[f@luS]

You won't get the items before you receive the retail box. When you receive it you will have to enter a claim command in the game chat.

oh that sux !

Is the collectors edition worth getting?

I wasnt goin to buy it but you know....
Ive come 1st into the game coz 4 of my friends are goin there ! we all preordered the classic one then they changed to the collector

I was like "WTF i will be the only one without the ring? ill xp slower than u FFS !" and so i had to change :lol

 

[$h@d0w]

I'm interested in this game but can't really justify buying into another MMO at the moment - would anyone be so kind to share a buddy code with me?

 

[TheHeretic]

It contains:

* In game items: Ring of Acheron gives the player higher XP points & Drinking Cape gives free drinks in all of Hyboria's taverns
* Leatherette map of Hyboria
* 124 page Art book
* Game on 2 DVD's
* Full colour 72 page manual
* Exclusive DVD with bonus material, trailers, interview and "making of" Exclusive soundtrack CD
* Buddy card (for 5 friends)
* 30 days free play
* Limited Edition Packaging

Holy shit.

 

[Masta_Killah]

Just finish dl the patch. Started the game and watched the beginning intro scene. WOW! Really gets you in the mood for battle.

 

[f@luS]

I'm interested in this game but can't really justify buying into another MMO at the moment - would anyone be so kind to share a buddy code with me?

ask me on the 23 and i will give you one.
But still you will have to download the 14gb i guess, u should start right away

 

[$h@d0w]

ask me on the 23 and i will give you one.
But still you will have to download the 14gb i guess, u should start right away

Cool, thanks - that download is monster!

 

[Wollan]

Game only starts in DX9-Mode. No DX10 executable in Early access client.

They only have a DX9 start client but you can choose DX10 from the launcher (same is the case with LOTRO).

 

[randomwab]

* Game on 2 DVD's

Wait, that's a bullet point for the CE? What does the normal version come on?

The only thing worth while in the CE that I can see is the ring, and I don't know whether it'd be worth paying double the price of the normal version of the game.

 

[guggnichso]

They only have a DX9 start client but you can choose DX10 from the launcher (same is the case with LOTRO).

Yes, you can choose DX10 from the launcher. When you do this and try to start the game, it just closes itself and does nothing - because the DX10 executable it tries to start is simply not in the Eary Access Client.

Trust me, I'm not stupid, there's simply no DX10 in the client. Download it and see for yourself

 

[verio]

By the way...

Preorder Age of Conan from Best Buy and get a War Rhino mount.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...conan&lp=1&type=product&cp=1&id=1207957307964

It doesn't list it in the description, but an Eidos employee confirmed that preording through Best Buy is the only way to get the Rhino mount in North America..

 

[Wollan]

Wait, that's a bullet point for the CE? What does the normal version come on?

It's what it contains.
Not a 'bullet point' (though I would argue having the game is nice).

 

[Lumine]

Hmm, is there a free trial, a demo or beta easily accessible still available?
Game looks really good and the idea of combining an MMO with action oriented combat sounds hot!
Just not going to jump blindly into another MMO. Especially not when I still have a WoW subscription.
Perhaps someone has a key they would be willing to share because they're not using it themselves anymore?

 

[randomwab]

For Euro people wanting the Rhino mount that verio mentioned, Play.com is giving it when you order the game from them.

http://www.play.com/Games/PC/4-/3310624/Age-Of-Conan-Hyborian-Adventures/Product.html

 

[GONZO]

Cancelled my gamestop preorder and just went into best buy to get the box. I entered my info and downloaded the client last night. Patching as i type this. I can't wait. Hopefully my laptop can handle this game. I really don't feel like buying a new graphics card.