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Age of Conan (PC MMO) - Launch Thread
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Kintaco said:I should read the manual, I trying my WoW commands and they are not working.
Hit / and press tab twice
As for the skills that are +damage, a lot of them are +dps, even though they don't say this. The easiest way to notice this is when you equip an item or cast a buff that adds +damage to the type of your weapon, you can see hte dps increase, not the damage (and one of the devs mentioned they may adjust the tooltips about this at some point as well).
Unfortunately, the overall feat tooltips are far from precise, so a lot of it is just getting a general impression of the tree and going from there.
Most abilities scale with level as well, including buffs, so stuff that looks weak at first, gets gradually stronger over time.
Also, don't spend any time agonizing over builds or whatever from 1-20 - that's just newbie stuff. You don't even get to your first proper instance till the mid/late thirties, and it's not particularly difficult to level with nearly any class anyway, and you can respec feats and retrain skills as needed.
I wouldn't expect a lot of cosmetic fixes soon though, as with most mmos, the first month or so will all be stability/main feature fixes and patches, once things settle down, they'll start grinding away at their own priority list, and whatever the community whines loudest about (I'll be over on a mountaintop yelling about the pure shit group minimap icons)
cartoon_soldier
Member
Image from Conarch Valley as you enter the village here.
Ferrio said:
Don't forget the minimap/main map range of about 20 feet before they vanish completely, assuming you were eagle eyed enough to see them anyway! Oh, and did I mention that *players* sometimes vanish completely, regardless of view distance set, sometimes at close range, due to either a rendering or world geometry issue? It's pretty sweet! Yeah, they need to fix that shit pronto
Alt-Z for ui
Victrix said:Don't forget the minimap/main map range of about 20 feet before they vanish completely, assuming you were eagle eyed enough to see them anyway! Oh, and did I mention that *players* sometimes vanish completely, regardless of view distance set, sometimes at close range, due to either a rendering or world geometry issue? It's pretty sweet! Yeah, they need to fix that shit pronto
Alt-Z for ui
Really? In a Funcom game? That's unheard of!
Chrange said:
This game has _nothing_ on AO's launch, bugwise. Just a fair bit of stupid and/or annoying crap, typical for most mmo launches. That player/minimap issue is the worst I've run into, but there are some other (hilarious) ones that mostly affect pvp servers - I don't play there though, so I don't care!
AO vets would appreciate knowing that 'PlayshiftFailed' has shown up more than once though.
MickeyKnox
Member
What the fuck is the deal with merchants/traders in Tortage? there was one guy down by the harbor now he's gone, I want to buy and sell some shit.
Dorfdad
Gold Member
game is good, LOTS OH BUGS BOYS! I found one thats GAME killing right now awaiting a fix from a GM in single player instance I was doing the Escape from the Keep. I decided to logout for a break and pick it up later.
Well when I logged back in I was back outside and the quest was complete and uncomplete in both sections. I was unable to enter the keep again and Im unable to progress in the story any more at all..
Pissing me off. Also alot of the story or quests are annoying as hell run across the map to only run back to town to run back to the guy again I mean 4 times for one stupid quest and no idicator what value the quest is work sometimes..
Well when I logged back in I was back outside and the quest was complete and uncomplete in both sections. I was unable to enter the keep again and Im unable to progress in the story any more at all..
Pissing me off. Also alot of the story or quests are annoying as hell run across the map to only run back to town to run back to the guy again I mean 4 times for one stupid quest and no idicator what value the quest is work sometimes..
Masta_Killah
Member
MickeyKnox said:
AH merchant is down and has been down since the 2nd-3rd day of Early Access. If you want to sell your wares, theres an armor/weaponsmith right when you get into Tortage to your left.
Bought this thing, put 8 hours into it and so far so good. Perfomance is hit and miss for me, but will play around a bit tomorrow.
But one thing really bothers me. I'm Level 16 now after ~ 7 hours and still in the first area. That is just waaaay too long. Especially since I want to try other classes tomorrow. I don't really looking forward to do all the stuff again.
But one thing really bothers me. I'm Level 16 now after ~ 7 hours and still in the first area. That is just waaaay too long. Especially since I want to try other classes tomorrow. I don't really looking forward to do all the stuff again.
Dorfdad
Gold Member
Won said:
wow I have over 16 hours in it and im only level 17 you must be doing core quests only? Also I agree I want off this damn island too many stupid quests.. IF they would fix my character I might be able to move on this is shitty 67 petitions in front of me waiting as well...
Dorfdad said:
Still no dice. Man this is why i don't do PC gaming anymore. Nothing works properly.
EDIT; Holy shit, i try to get support and log in to the forums and now the account i created and logged in with not 10 minutes ago suddenly doesn't fucking exist.
what the fuck is this shit.
EDIT 2: Now it's telling me that my key needs to be swapped.
Please tell me, somebody else has to be going through this shit. This is by far the silliest fucking shit i've ever seen in the dozen plus MMOs i've played.
EDIT 3: Why isn't there any phone, chat, or even email technical support? This whole situation is almost unreal. It's as if they sold shit......in a box to me. I just paid 50 bucks for shit in a box.
EDIT 4: and i'm done. I'm never buying a european game (especially MMO) again.
Goontopia update!
Front gate with the level in the background. No way anyone is getting in our city...
Here is the tradepost we built yesterday. It lets us have a private guild auction house.
The Temple being built. It gives some kind of bonus to the priest classes.
And the after party head banging.
Front gate with the level in the background. No way anyone is getting in our city...
Here is the tradepost we built yesterday. It lets us have a private guild auction house.
The Temple being built. It gives some kind of bonus to the priest classes.
And the after party head banging.
Warnen
Don't pass gaas, it is your Destiny!
Kintaco said:
doh sorry, started my 1st night quest at 6 or 7 took me to lvl 13-14 lvled up to 15 did the next one and got to 17, then lvled up to 19 for the last.
I like to kill everything I see so maybe I over leveled in each mission.
I actually like the starting area in this game, granted I haven't played out side of it much but still think its fun.
Leatherface
Member
Question for you vista people. I'm considering upgrading to vista from XP pro. How is direct X 10 in this game? How does the game run on Vista with dualcore/4gig of ram/ and 8800gt?
Is this a worthwhile jump at this point or should I just stick with XP?
Also 32bit or 64bit? last I checked 64bit vista was hella buggy but that may have changed by now. *shrug*
Is this a worthwhile jump at this point or should I just stick with XP?
Also 32bit or 64bit? last I checked 64bit vista was hella buggy but that may have changed by now. *shrug*
Diseased Yak
Gold Member
Leatherface said:
DX10 isn't in the game yet, scheduled for August according to the devs.
I'm running on Vista Home Premium 64-bit SP1, Q6600/4gb/8800gt and it runs brilliantly. With everything maxed but shadows turned off I run ~60fps in dungeons and out by myself, ~30fps in town, unless it's Tarantia (which has a shitton of geometry) it dives to like 20fps. It's always playable, though. Bout the only complaint I have is it hitches sometimes when having to load a bunch of stuff in, but only for a second.
Vista has been rock solid for me, never a crash, never an issue running anything, even older software.
MickeyKnox
Member
In case anyone wants to play this with a controller here's a useful link http://www.xpadder.com/
Impressions of a Level 16 Barbarian...
While I was initially disappointed with the general lack of polish in Age of Conan, I am enjoying the game considerably right now. The combat is fast-paced and exciting, as opposed to being a slow tedious affair where players are forced to constantly "pull" and use "strat". Questing is efficient and solo friendly. I have yet to get to a point where I have to resort to grinding because there are not quests currently available. There is always something to be doing. Every NPC I've talked to thus far has had full voice acting, a nice touch in my eyes. But I suppose anything is better than talking to NPC's and being greeted with a brief paragraph of text that resembles an advertisement more than an actual conversation.
World PvP seems to actually be a factor. There is constant fighting in the wilderness. The game feels much like Stranglethorn Valve from very early on. You don't have to wait twenty levels to experience it either. You can begin slaughtering other players at Level 6 or so. Fortunately the game is not a total gankfest like some zygotes would have you believe. Their tears have caused frequent floods in Hyboria over the past couple days, but don't let them fool you. The respawn camping can indeed be lame, but can easily be avoided by stealth or simply switching to another instance. Just be glad you don't have to wander back your body as a ghost for ten minutes. The open PvP system allows for some interesting situations. Players may attack you at random, save you from mobs, or even ally with you to defeat higher level adversaries. There was an instance last night when I saw someone my level being attacked by a higher level caster. I stepped in and helped this person kill the foolish mage. I would have expected the player I saved to attack me anyways, but he simply bowed and and went on his way. So far the community is pretty awesome, unlike WoW's. Half the time you end up grouping with people you just ganked. Fun stuff.
So far grouping has been awesome. I stayed up until 5 am last night questing with three other players. It was great fun. Can't wait to play more.
While I was initially disappointed with the general lack of polish in Age of Conan, I am enjoying the game considerably right now. The combat is fast-paced and exciting, as opposed to being a slow tedious affair where players are forced to constantly "pull" and use "strat". Questing is efficient and solo friendly. I have yet to get to a point where I have to resort to grinding because there are not quests currently available. There is always something to be doing. Every NPC I've talked to thus far has had full voice acting, a nice touch in my eyes. But I suppose anything is better than talking to NPC's and being greeted with a brief paragraph of text that resembles an advertisement more than an actual conversation.
World PvP seems to actually be a factor. There is constant fighting in the wilderness. The game feels much like Stranglethorn Valve from very early on. You don't have to wait twenty levels to experience it either. You can begin slaughtering other players at Level 6 or so. Fortunately the game is not a total gankfest like some zygotes would have you believe. Their tears have caused frequent floods in Hyboria over the past couple days, but don't let them fool you. The respawn camping can indeed be lame, but can easily be avoided by stealth or simply switching to another instance. Just be glad you don't have to wander back your body as a ghost for ten minutes. The open PvP system allows for some interesting situations. Players may attack you at random, save you from mobs, or even ally with you to defeat higher level adversaries. There was an instance last night when I saw someone my level being attacked by a higher level caster. I stepped in and helped this person kill the foolish mage. I would have expected the player I saved to attack me anyways, but he simply bowed and and went on his way. So far the community is pretty awesome, unlike WoW's. Half the time you end up grouping with people you just ganked. Fun stuff.
So far grouping has been awesome. I stayed up until 5 am last night questing with three other players. It was great fun. Can't wait to play more.
SuperAndroid17
Member
how will the game run on a ??
Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual-Core processor E2200 (2.2GHz)
256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8500GT gfx card
and 2GB DDR2-800MHz dual channel SDRAM (2x1024)
thanks!!
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I guess I should upgrade into Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo processor E4600 (2.4GHz) ?
Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual-Core processor E2200 (2.2GHz)
256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8500GT gfx card
and 2GB DDR2-800MHz dual channel SDRAM (2x1024)
thanks!!
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I guess I should upgrade into Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo processor E4600 (2.4GHz) ?
Masta_Killah
Member
Xabora said:
You mean low...
Your GPU is bare minimum.
I'm going to check out this as well: http://www.blueorbgamers.com/aoc/index.htm
LowParry
Member
Alrighty. Last update then off to bed. Up to level 33 now. Been told that once you get closer to 40, you're going to have quests that are more group oriented. But they say you can level solo all the way up to 80. We'll see. The armor I've been getting hasn't been much of a variety in term of looks. I'm sporting mostly blue items now but still...meh. Maybe later on, something better will come along the way. Anywho, some final shots. More updates tomorrow!
tahrikmili
Member
Anyone playing with an HD2600PRO and dual processor? How well does it run?