Age of Conan

[Malaria]

Any of you niggers playing? Die-ohz, Himora and I are rolling together, come join us ;x

[Aecosori]

I haven't looked much into AoC... moreso WAR, but I miss the feeling of exploration in a new game. Currently leveling a priest in WoW with a buddy, but sooo boring. I wouldn't mind playing with you fools. I can always convince my roomate to play anything with me as well. I don't know how the game's class mechanics or grouping work, but what would ya'll need? I would want to play healer/support.

[Malaria]

I haven't looked much into AoC... moreso WAR, but I miss the feeling of exploration in a new game. Currently leveling a priest in WoW with a buddy, but sooo boring. I wouldn't mind playing with you fools. I can always convince my roomate to play anything with me as well. I don't know how the game's class mechanics or grouping work, but what would ya'll need? I would want to play healer/support.

i've only played the pve intro for like lvls 1-5 and some random instanced pvp at lvl 20. there're a lot of classes and a lot of abililties but in actuality there's less variety than WoW. there are only a couple of "pure classes" with the rest being mashes of dps hybrids

the way the healing mechanics work in the game is ~95% weeeeaaak but stackable huge aoe hots. direct heals put 1min debuffs on you (loatheb lol) so i think the end game PvE is going to involve fighting giant groups of mobs rather than having a mikezilla tank forget to hit shield block while 10 guys try to Gheal spam him.

the game is more pvp based anyhow and EVERYONE does dps. look at a Priest of Mitra as they are the closest to pure support. i'm going Tempest of Set, Paul is probably going Conqueror, and Himora Dark Templar
http://community.ageofconan.com

[simslater]

There needs to be an MMO for chrono trigger. kyle do u get to play ahnuld in aoc?

[paul]

dude DOOMBRINGER wheelchair-warfare and illnuggetz are coming to play we're trying to gather a crew for the 24 man content! nah we'll prolly suck ass because im gonna be hella casual

[Aecosori]

I'm with you for casual Paul.

Definitely interested in the Priest of Mitra. However, the Bear Shaman looks interesting too, seems to play like a feral druid/shaman hybrid... would be great for solo play. Anyone in beta know enough about these guys to swing me either way?

[simslater]

Kyle once he gets Age of Conan: http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/2131/nantanokd7.gif

Also paul you goin to etd pop? my cousins tryin to make me drive up there for it, but I have finals the week after... so electric daisy carnival is prob only thing i'm gonna have time to see before monster massive =/

[Dyz]

I got my preorder yesterday. The games beta sucked, but im gonna give it a try anyways.

[iLL]

I was considering playing, but after looking at the amount of time to reach max level I dont know anymore.I honestly would rather spend my time doing actuall real things now days, like creating some bomb oil paintings. But maybe I'll be high as shit one day and paul will persuade me into playing. Not to mention MGS4 is coming soon....

[Aecosori]

From what I've read it will take as few as 4 days to max if you know what you're doing (played beta) and maybe 6-8 for an experienced mmo'er. 10 tops. That's pretty short for 80 levels. MSG4 isn't for a few more weeks, and isn't going to be time intensive.

[iLL]

From what I've read it will take as few as 4 days to max if you know what you're doing (played beta) and maybe 6-8 for an experienced mmo'er. 10 tops. That's pretty short for 80 levels. MSG4 isn't for a few more weeks, and isn't going to be time intensive.


Yeah I was reading it takes about 250hours, 250hours that could be better spent in my opinion. Im slowly seeing myself turn to shorter more immersive experiances that are coming to the ps3. After WoW I dont think there will ever be a game like that again in my life where so much time is invested, that in the end is really for nothing.

[Thraka]

I would be lying if I said to someone that all that time raiding was for nothing; at least I had alot of fun and got a lot of hilarious stories/memories out of it, slightly better than saying i spent 250 hours sitting in a corner, if only just a little.

[Malaria]

I'm with you for casual Paul.

Definitely interested in the Priest of Mitra. However, the Bear Shaman looks interesting too, seems to play like a feral druid/shaman hybrid... would be great for solo play. Anyone in beta know enough about these guys to swing me either way?

the game is all about melee"combos" so the bear shaman is where it's at if you want the visceral mortal kombat style blood splatterage. however from what i've read the priest of mitra is pretty much the king of cc come end game and "overpowered"

and yeah, i agree, casual is the way to go ;x
putting social aspects aside, the most enjoyment that i derived from the actual gameplay of WoW was from leveling up my first toons. slow down, enjoy the ride. age of conan also appears to have a pretty engaging single player story line "destiny quest" with voice overs from NPCs so leveling won't be traditional mmo grind grind grind ding

[iLL]

Sure there was fun, connections, and great experainces associated, but I am sure the time could have been spent in a more productive way. And as time goes on you do have to come to the realization that yes, it was you spending all that time in a corner.

[Aecosori]

I was more or less "imprisoned" during my three years of WoW raiding... gave me a lot of time to play where all I would have been doing otherwise was maybe studying or working out. WoW is better than both of those. I certainly don't wan't to bash WoW or a raiding lifestyle, especially on these forums, because to be honest I definitely still try to live vicariously through our raiders and would like nothing less than to see world first KJ. Man, I respect the dedication and skill this takes.

As a source of entertainment, WoW stimulated (for lack of a better word) me beyond what any other means such as film, music, etc., could possibly achieve. It provided a range of emotions that you simply can't get through those sources. I mean, look at your nerves during and the overwhelming relief and excitement following our C'thun kill. Look at the frustration when we had 8 minutes on our flasks prior to engaging 4hm one last time for the night, the renewed hope when Poletyka handed out 40 of his private stock, and the pride you took in I L L I S T R... err, M I N I S T R Y when lady bitchface and the gang finally ate shit. Look at the anger you felt (or whatever emotion it was) when Michael Zilla lied to you, Riall (who I still talk to from time to time) bitched out about sitting on Nef, or Ody ran away with the guild bank. And of course the priceless immature comedy from so many of you goons... "Thunderclamp!" This is why we played.

You won't find this kind of experience for a long time. And I think this is the redeeming quality of it all. The reason why it was better to play this game for 150 days than it was to "sit in a corner." I think there's a lot to be said about the genre and of online gaming in general. This range of emotions, creating friendships, and dealing with social situations and politics may be more of a learning and growing experience than any of us give it credit for. Of course, our real life friends give us a hard time about killing internet dragons, and often I wish I had taken the night off from raiding (in retrospect) in order to go out and have a good time with them, but we're young (I'm a young 23), and there's plenty of time to make up for what you feel you missed. But I definitely don't regret playing. And when the game comes along that can replicate this, I will play that game. AoC or WAR isn't it, and it'll take a long time to come into being. The only thing I would do differently, is ALWAYS give precedence to your friends and family, which is why I'll be playing casual for the time being.

Anyways, AoC seems pretty tight... Aeco will be a PoM in all likelyhood. Unless all the shitty players roll it because they think it's overpowered. In which case Bear Shammy. Even if it actually is currently, I've seen enough nerfs as a Druid to last a lifetime, and I don't think my heart can take too many more, and there definitely will be more.

EDIT: @ Kyle - I couldn't agree more. Exploring an unfamiliar world for the first time. Learning the game mechanics, interface, the novelty of it is great. I'm going to level like a slug.

[iLL]

Well said aeco haha. I'm not going to say my experaince in WoW was meaningless, because in the end for me it did have a positive impact on getting my life on the correct track. But during my active times in the WoW community it did have a negative impact on where I was headed and my priorities in life. Of course everyones experiances were different, although many will not admit it WoW does have many adverse affects to those, like me, that at some point put WoW ahead of other things happening in the real world.

And I do give still give credit for the guys and gals in exodus that continue to push on in the hardcore gaming arena, however, for those on the outside looking in, it is quite confusing on why they still do what they do. For example, those certain WoW superstars signing their autographs on napkins at hooters, in my opinion and my position now as quite the casuaul gamer, laughable.

I just personally think that when we all look back on this, at least those of us that go onto to try and solve real problems in this world, that we wont be telling stories to our children of our times in iron forge, killing hocken as many times as we could, the massive amount of time spent pvping to try and prove that we were the most badass or our pve kills where we felt like we had conquered the world.

[Aecosori]

Oh hell no, I won't be telling my kids or grand kinds i killed night elves in Ironforge. What a sad legacy. What's nice is, 99% of us who have the drive to raid in a high end guild also have the drive to accomplish great things in real life, and move on to bigger and better things.

Fuck, I'm a helicopter pilot for the Army. The definition of bad ass. Kidding. But no, really. Seriously.

I'm going to tell them about the war. Funny thing is... they won't give a shit less, and they wouldn't give a shit less even if I did tell them about Ironforge. They're just going to run off and play on their fancy new future space supercomputers in some crazy fangled virtual reality mmo, 'shut the fuck up old man!" And then, I'm gonna hobble back to my old pos pc, and try to play the same game. You better believe when I'm old and decrepit I'll be playing video games, it's all we'll be able to physically do. And I'm even gonna make the old ball and chain farm gold for me. Man, it's gonna be great. I can't wait to retire.

Don't worry, the legacy of our generation isn't going to be WoW. We're all dead in 2012 anyhow.

[paul]

fuck you guys man, im straight telling my entire kin of children and grandchildren about my journeys in the land of warcraft. nah but really wow was such a trip for me that can never be replaced i surely do not regret it at all. once i was done playing i had my own awakening that bruce(veldra) and i discuss every so often. i mean look how many people met up rl or live near each other or know people from other places or want to meet or talk on msn or only come to talk on vent or shit like that. if you think your time in wow was poorly spent then it probably was, there are people who played purely for the sake of progressing which is sad. ministry was an experience that can not be described in words i still get goose pumps thinking about our 4hm kill how fucking nuts it was i mean really tho, that shit was over the top big time. like i met andy martel ed an all those guys through this game also and now andy and i plan on going to china sometime next year. its shit like that thats insane and i look back onto it and its just like damn what a trip because i would probably never goto china if i hadnt met him and gotten to know more about it or byqoo or people like that and now i know if i ever goto FL i can go chill with ill nugs or anarchist or THADON. and like i met up with thizz him an i throw down all the time now an shit and we're going to magic mountain next month. i wouldnt say your time was wasted steven i mean if thats how you feel well then quite frankly i feel insulted

im going conquerer by the way gonna straight pump that ass out

-cheers paul

[Aecosori]

I hate to keep posting... feel retarded. But this is a subject close to my heart obviously. Ha.

Paul man I'm real jealous. You and all your new friends. Any of you fools always have a home with me. That includes the Ministry/Fortis/Exodus guys and girls. Especially girls. Except Khat. Seriosuly, don't be a stranger. Currently in lower Alabama "LA" doing the army thing. As you were saying, know Riall (Jackson) irl, Blight (Will), and Shangtsung (Dave) too.

[iLL]

Haha that was awesome aeco, and paul I love you man. Aeco your exactly right about those with the drive to accomplish great things. But its coming to the akawening to that fact , much as paul described in his own personal "rebirth". And you know it is the connections to guys like paul, and other ministry members such as the badass aecosori(jesus man wheres the free helicopter rides?) that keep me to coming back to a place like this.

[escariot]

wow is great because it kept me from heavy alcoholism and spending money at bars/clubs/strip clubs/restaurants. killing bosses that were hard/fun was nice and i met a whole ton of people who at least acknowledge my existance when i stop in to say hi, sot that's nice :). but yeah i know what you mean about it feeling "meaningless". with that same time i could have been taking college courses/etc and bettering myself to make more money in my career at the very least, or a whole world of other things. but fuck it, for the most part we're all young, aside from fucking valrath who sounds like he's 48 and smoked seven million cigarettes. (kidding ~)

[Ossuary]

All in all we play the game to enjoy it. Some in different ways than others. As long as you feel the friendships you made, the experiences you had and the people you curbstomped made you happy then the time spent was worth it.

[Aecosori]

On Topic:

Who got in to the early access? I did. Just wanted to know so we can coordinate a server when they pop. PvP ruleset obviously.

Hopefully those who didn't get in the EA can still create a char on whatever server we're on... otherwise wasted three days of playing... because I'm sure the EA servers will be full population.

[Dyz]

i got early access, i just need to install the client.

IMO we should play on the server my original wow/AC guild is playing on so i can kill those tards over and over.

[Xtqh]

tony, wanna scissor?

but yeah, i've got it preordered and i get the extra bagslots or whatever. didn't get the collector's though since there will prob be better rings at endgame than 2% HP/XP.. plus i'm a nolife fag so 2% XP is like nothing when you havent seen outside since SWG.

tell me what server you're on and if im in town when it comes ill roll over there so we can fingerfuck all day.^o^

[Dyz]

tony, wanna scissor?

but yeah, i've got it preordered and i get the extra bagslots or whatever. didn't get the collector's though since there will prob be better rings at endgame than 2% HP/XP.. plus i'm a nolife fag so 2% XP is like nothing when you havent seen outside since SWG.

tell me what server you're on and if im in town when it comes ill roll over there so we can fingerfuck all day.^o^

Hi Citgo =P

[simslater]

US Servers (Early Access 17th of May)

PvE Servers

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Set
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Dagoth
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Zug
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Omm
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Derketo
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Thog
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Wiccana
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Gwahlur (recommended Oceanic)
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Anu

PvP Servers

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Tyranny
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Bane
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Deathwisper
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Bloodspire (recommended Oceanic)
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Doomsayer

RP-PvP Server

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Cimmeria

[Aecosori]

I say Tyranny...

but there really hasn't been any ruleset released for the server types... so, gay...

[Malaria]

how these guys can be so fucking unorganized is beyond me :(
what really gets me is that for funcom early access is just another way to stress test right before launch ... except all those particiipating paid $5 and there're people who've ordered multiple copies of the game just to get EA

anyhow are these servers based on time zones or what??? it's funny b/c fuck my ass:
"I believe all US servers are located in NJ, save bloodspire." GGGGGG great for me, not so good for people out in...bigfoot territory, canada

[Aecosori]

Nah Kyle, I went down to gamestop two days ago... preordered a copy, and they gave me the preorder key. I came home, entered it, and got in the EA. Easy. Sorry a lot of people got left out of it, I could really care less if i got in it or not. Lesson learned: preorder in store.

But you' re right, they still have the closed beta ongoing, and I bet the early access is plagued by patch after patch, server downtime, and hella bugs. The $5 actually gives you ten days of play time prior to your free month, so if I don't like the game after 40 days I'll cancel my subscription and never once pay the $15.

They're trying their best. =)

[Malaria]

i got into EA so i'm fine but people like SIM got porked by buying the $10 preorder box from best buy and get EA denied

[Dyz]

Wheres this $5 fee at? I havent seen anything of the sort and i already have the client installed and my account set up saying i have early access.

[Aecosori]

When you set up the account and entered all your info there were a couple checkmark boxes at the bottom of that page. One of the boxes accepted the fee for early access.

[Dyz]

oh, then i must have done it lol

[Xtqh]

Deathwhisper is where the cool kids roll.

[WoTDragonReborn]

I may give this a shot. Dioz harangued me for awhile and I do miss playing with all you noobs. Any idea if Team China (Ben's cafe crew) will be playing?

[Malaria]

I may give this a shot. Dioz harangued me for awhile and I do miss playing with all you noobs. Any idea if Team China (Ben's cafe crew) will be playing?

WoT, KRASSSHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEM says he has surpassed your level in dota

[Himora]

We are going to roll on a PVP server and i will post the name of it here when we start tommorow. Or if someone finds out the names before then.

See ya guys in game!

[Aecosori]

Sim posted the names of the servers already. Choose one arbitrarily, although Doomsayer was suggested.

[Himora]

The server has been decided!

Everyone who is going to join us should create characters on the server Bane.

[WoTDragonReborn]

WoT, KRASSSHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEM says he has surpassed your level in dota

I could kick the crap out of that noob pete 1 handed with my eyes closed.

[Thraka]

Keep me/this thread updated on your guys' leveling experience, I'm curious. I doubt I play but I still have not heard many lengthy 1st hand accounts of gameplay or whatnot and if you guys have an exceptionally fun time, who knows.

[Aecosori]

Bane says Culture pvp... what does that mean?

[Aecosori]

Umm... I don't think we should roll bane. Apparently Culture PvP only lets you group with people from the same race. Lol, I didn't want to play with you guys anyways. Someone make a decision here.

[Himora]

Hmm yea i just got off of work and heard about this, i hear that Bluesteel should be good. But i guess we should wait for more to decide?

[Aecosori]

I really don't care what server we play on... we can play on RP for all I care... just so long as we can play together. I'll post my name when someone tells me where to roll.

[Himora]

Ok we all rolled on the server Bluesteel, GO GO GO!

[Thor]

isn't that a Zoolander move?

[casey]

yes, yes it is thor. brocksamson's crew, goons, and bg9 faggots are all on deathwhisperer or something.

[Dyz]

Funcom fucked me out of my Early Access and charged me for ti to boot. So im taking this shit back and filing a complaint and disputing charges on my CC for both the EA Fee and the money i paid for the game itself.

[Xtqh]

Funcom fucked me out of my Early Access and charged me for ti to boot. So im taking this shit back and filing a complaint and disputing charges on my CC for both the EA Fee and the money i paid for the game itself.

the ever-continuing saga of tony getting owned by various corperations

[klinx]

I am about to start playing AoC, where you guys/gals playing at?

[Dyz]

Game sucks dick.

[Malaria]

the first 50 levels or so are pretty fun. after that it's grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind...ding 80. no content. sit around. gank noobs.

ffa pvp is pretty nice though especially when you can stand at a choke point in a lowbie zone and feast on their tears ;x

[klinx]

nice forum rank "suckmoe"

by anychance do you guys know a warrior named uckmoe? I heard he got into exodus once...

1+1=2
O.o

[casey]

fuckin exactly kyle. i cancelled my acct. just chillin at 80 waiting for the game to actually be out. not paying for a fuckin beta test. nothing to do in this game...has potential but yeah :(

[Aecosori]

There's a few (at best) of us on bluesteel.