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Age of Conan: A Buff From Sex

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  • chryseschryses Member UncommonPosts: 1,453

    I have a great idea.  How about if you abstain from sex in AoC you can get a beserk buff but you have less concentration for spells etc.  But if you have sex then you lose strength and get the concentration buff?

    Personally I don't care if they show nudity or not as long as the game is labeled correctly.  Secondly I think its an ok idea since people do have sex and it will give the game more reality.  However I hope its done tastefully.

     

     

  • shadowlotusshadowlotus Member Posts: 1

    Originally posted by butters88


    lol. Sex buffs. Gotta love that. What if you have sex for like 10 hours? Does the buff last longer? lol
    No.  If you have an erection that lasts longer than four hours you should contact your doctor immediately. 

     

    jolt

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  • BigHatLoganBigHatLogan Member Posts: 688
    Originally posted by LordRelic


    My reply ...
    Why is it that sex is such a deng taboo  i dont understand it. Its a natural part of life why in the hell (mainly the USA) are so many people afraid of showing/seeing sex or sex related things it blows my mind.  Every were you look there is something sex related i know every damn one of you think about or do it.. so whys it so scary and or sinful to you? the US. living here sex is so damn taboo its sad. Sure its a game but its a game based were sex is a real thing sex is a part of freaking life in fiction or in real life get the hell over it and stop this SEX IS A SIN BS! get over yourself and your damned petty ideals of what life is..  some of us are living in the real world its about time the rest of you join us



    There is a large population of really heavily christian people in the US, sex is less taboo on the west coast as opposed to other areas of the country.  Of course, we don't have people having sex in Yogurt commercials on TV (complete with nudity) like in Europe....  But we have plenty of movies with sex and a healthy porn industry.

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  • greymanngreymann Member Posts: 757

    Yay, I'm 12 years old and now I'm gonna bye this game because I can have sex.  See, now they just have to include anal impalement via a dulled pole into the action and my 9 year old friend might bye it. 

    Just kidding.  Seriously guys, this might keep a lot of kids out who's parents are on it but it'll be filled with all the other kids who broke through like successful sperm on a egg.  They are the ones curious about sex and violence.  They have either stupid parents who don't care, or uncles or big brothers, or clerks who don't care... coming to a server near you.  Actually I don't care.  It's naive to think any mmo population is going to be different then any other.

  • Amy571Amy571 Member Posts: 59

    I can't believe how seriously upset some of you people are over this

     

    Its just a tiny feature really.... How many games out there have something like this already? Quite a few! I do not think it will attract or push away anymore or any less immature players than before it was announced. Not that many people care about it really as it is just not that earth shattering. They added getting drunk to several MMOs, and it serves no purpose what so ever! You can totally go out and get drunk in real life, yet none of you seem to get upset about the fact they added that to the game. Think about the roleplay aspects of this feature. And on another note, think about all the people that cyber ingames. The sex buff feature in AoC is probably rather tame, and other then maybe talking to a NPC named "brothel maid" or something of that sort, you would probably have no idea that is what your character is doing. People, INCLUDING KIDS AND IMMATURE INDIVIDUALS,  cyber in mmos pretty well constantly, and graphically speak to each other in a manner much more obscene then their sex buff feature will probably be, so its not anything for you guys to get so worked up over.  I am a young female gamer and I think this idea is pretty neat, even without the buff! As a fan of the lore I would probably be pretty disappointed if I couldn't take my character out for a little fun once in awhile!

     

    The only thing in this game that will attract or push away the immature community is the complexity of the game, or how difficult it is to be a skilled player. If they make it where you have to think to play, the kids wont last long.

  • bingo69bingo69 Member UncommonPosts: 195

    **Sex Buff Fool Detected**... ~ Stealth up ~ Track the fool who got buffed up ~   Assassinate him ~ loot him up.

    If it attrack the kid? Why would it matter? more people to kill, more money for me, more bounty on my head haha!

    Well, About this Sex Buff thing, you guy are realy weird, why would you not get the game cuz it has  a feature about sex in it? What about it? you can get a buff from it that's all? It's gonna attrack more player? That's a good thing More people for pvp, Don't like them, kill them... Are you stupid enough to stay at the city to whine about the immature paying the hooker there? LOL That's about all I'm seeing right now... The pathetic noob that don't leave town and just whine in there about immature player.

    I"m buying this game for the pvp aspect, for the siege aspect, for the good looking, for the battle engine. What happen if they had feature liek sex and such? If i Like it, that's good, If I don't like it, too bad, I'll still play and continue with it... I won't stop playing cuz it just a small feature added to the game lol. It's part of the lore and it's part of the game. It's a real thing as well. What to fear about ti if it buff you? lol. All benifice. The Devs probly gonna put a timer on it if idiot abuse it. Stop Acting like idiot... Sigh... realy pathetic Wish we were ingame and I could kill you all already haha.

    Oh well. That's about it. Don't flame a game about a small feature over all of it. You can't judge a car just by the look.

    Don't be fooled.

  • ArckenArcken Member Posts: 2,431

    More and more gimmicks.

  • janfebmarjanfebmar Member Posts: 5

    The guys here saying that this is going to be a game where lots of 12 year olds are running about you are wrong.

    To play AoC you will need a Visa or any other credit card.

    Thus, makes it ALOT harder for them to play this game.

    This is not the case with WoW however since they have gamecards.

    WoW is the most childish game ive ever played. So many kids playing it , it makes me sick.

    And I played on an RP server (argent dawn), but there were TONS of TONS of 12 year olds.

  • janfebmarjanfebmar Member Posts: 5

    Originally posted by bingo69


    **Sex Buff Fool Detected**... ~ Stealth up ~ Track the fool who got buffed up ~   Assassinate him ~ loot him up.
    If it attrack the kid? Why would it matter? more people to kill, more money for me, more bounty on my head haha!
     idiot... Sigh... realy pathetic Wish we were ingame and I could kill you all already haha.
    Oh well. That's about it. Don't flame a game about a small feature over all of it. You can't judge a car just by the look.
    Don't be fooled.
    Zaraki
    Shadow Wolves Fang
    Assassins and Thieves Only Guild.

    But i totally judge you by the way you write..

    Is there any difference? No you still look like a 13 year old wow player from what you write anyways.

    Its you thats pathetic.

    Kids wont be able to play this game without using someones Visa anyways.

  • ArckenArcken Member Posts: 2,431
    Originally posted by janfebmar


    The guys here saying that this is going to be a game where lots of 12 year olds are running about you are wrong.

    To play AoC you will need a Visa or any other credit card.
    Thus, makes it ALOT harder for them to play this game.

    This is not the case with WoW however since they have gamecards.
    WoW is the most childish game ive ever played. So many kids playing it , it makes me sick.

    And I played on an RP server (argent dawn), but there were TONS of TONS of 12 year olds.



    Perhaps you are wrong. I worked at a video game store at the time the grand theft auto series really took off.  Not a day went buy that a parent didnt come in to buy their 8 or 9 year old son a copy of GTA. And most of em bought em with credit cards. So I dunno if thatll be a deterrent.

  • janfebmarjanfebmar Member Posts: 5

    Originally posted by Arcken

    Originally posted by janfebmar


    The guys here saying that this is going to be a game where lots of 12 year olds are running about you are wrong.

    To play AoC you will need a Visa or any other credit card.
    Thus, makes it ALOT harder for them to play this game.

    This is not the case with WoW however since they have gamecards.
    WoW is the most childish game ive ever played. So many kids playing it , it makes me sick.

    And I played on an RP server (argent dawn), but there were TONS of TONS of 12 year olds.



    Perhaps you are wrong. I worked at a video game store at the time the grand theft auto series really took off.  Not a day went buy that a parent didnt come in to buy their 8 or 9 year old son a copy of GTA. And most of em bought em with credit cards. So I dunno if thatll be a deterrent.

    Well, maybe in America, but in other countries were children arent ameriCAN and CANT go off insane at school killing people like its a trend, parents just dont like their kid to subscribe to a service with their credit card.

    Subscribing to a service which costs monthly is different than buying something with a one time fee.

  • octarinoctarin Member UncommonPosts: 13

    What's the big deal for christ's sakes... how is it going to be any different from SWG of Second life for example? People honestly, stop getting stuck on a word (aka sex) every time it happens to pop up. And as for the 13 year olds you can't keep them out, and to be honest, neither should you. The more they know before they make the stupid mistake and get pregnant at 14 cause they think it's funny, the better. Or did you all forget when exactly in your lifes you started having sexual urges? Let them see the world of Conan and Robert Howard as it is- sexist, racist, dark and menacing. So what? As if the real world if better. Maybe if "mature" people stopped finally paying attention to sex and taboo-ing it every step we take then the young folk would be free of misconceptions and prejudice, and come to think of it as what it really is, our natural way of evolution.

  • AmatheAmathe Member LegendaryPosts: 7,630

    I think they should make it a realistic buff:

    +10 to sense of relief/satisfaction

    You want a slice of pizza.

    You want a cold beer.

    You want a nap.

    You no longer have any interest in talking to the person with whom you had sex.

     

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  • infesterinfester Member Posts: 15

    Lol cmon guys

     

    Most of the posts here are all about as AoC were all about the sex

    In my opinion, it´s a great idea to don´t damage the lore but also don´t damage the gameplay As already posted, players will NOT have sex among themselves, so we can keep cool about chat spam or anything else, and plus, it´s almost obvious you´ll get a not so important buff, so if you´re not into having a black screen for a moment and possibly paying for that you can just NOT do it...

    I personally don´t care so much for the feature, but hey, it´s nice they had some time to polish out some detail like that too keep up with the lore...

    I´m pretty sure Immature players won´t play the game at all, I see many here that are crazy about the WoW community, but as we can see on the interviews, Funcom is taking advantage on that, and AoC will not be able to keep the Immature players, not because it has gore/blood/sex, but for it´s complexity...

    All that don´t agree please go see the great creation of Funcom, Anarchy Online and you´ll see that the community is almost 100% mature :) as it is indeed a very dificult game to play....immature players do play mostly easy to play games, such as WoW.

    Ohoh big post, well I just don´t see sense for people getting so much on a topic like this, yes it´s news and we don´t have more info on the details, but relax, AoC will be great regardless, I trust Funcom on that :)

  • RugsterRugster Member Posts: 59

    My 2 pennies worth:

    Theres always people having sex in mmo games. Theres pervs everywhere.

    Nipples? Who cares! Go tot he beach, do you see a sign saying MATURE rating only?? No, you see people ages 1yr to 70yr old sunbathing, swimming and makin sandcastles! Many are naked.

    However. There are sadly, deluded cultures which think that naked women are offensive. Probably, because they'd never seen one or been with one. And it is because of these minorities that the majority must suffer.

     

    Which is true in all things...

    This M rating will not reduce or increase the number of kids or adults playing AoC. Because 99.99% of gamers just don't give a £$%^ about ratings. It's just the 0.01% who do. And who cares what 0.01% of gamers think?

     

    Apparently the developers do and the idiots in government offices who attach certificates to movies, songs and video games dipicting acts of violence and sex. 

    And finally, just be happy, the higher the cert the game gets, the less chance you'll have of the 0.01% playing it. Which is GREAT news as far as i am concerned!!!

     

    Although i do so enjoy ganking that 0.01% in wow...

     

    As for a Buff in AoC

     

    I bet its 30 seconds of feel good followed by 3 hours of exhaustion... just like realife!

     

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  • BeeryBeery Member Posts: 184

    I don't see what the big deal is.  I'm happy to see a MMOG coming along that has more adult-themed gameplay.  Diversity is good and neither sex nor nudity are wrong.

    As for the idea that all kids are always immature, I don't buy it.  In my 45 years I've seen a lot of mature kids and a whole lot of immature adults.  In my opinion the most immature folks out there tend to be in their very early adulthood - these are basically naive kids who are ignorant about how the world works, who have been brought up on their parents' prejudices and who have raging hormones.  All of a sudden these folks get freedom from parents and free access to drink.  The results aren't pretty.  I much prefer playing with the average 13 year-old than the average 22 year-old.

  • toadkillertoadkiller Member Posts: 148

    Originally posted by Beery


    I don't see what the big deal is.  I'm happy to see a MMOG coming along that has more adult-themed gameplay.  Diversity is good and neither sex nor nudity are wrong.
    As for the idea that all kids are always immature, I don't buy it.  In my 45 years I've seen a lot of mature kids and a whole lot of immature adults.  In my opinion the most immature folks out there tend to be in their very early adulthood - these are basically naive kids who are ignorant about how the world works, who have been brought up on their parents' prejudices and who have raging hormones.  All of a sudden these folks get freedom from parents and free access to drink.  The results aren't pretty.  I much prefer playing with the average 13 year-old than the average 22 year-old.

    I think that's the slogan NAMBLA uses to defend their practices actually.............

  • HarukoHaruko Member UncommonPosts: 45

    I bet my 9 year old nephew will love the new stuff 

  • ElikalElikal Member UncommonPosts: 7,912
    Originally posted by erasure25


    Hopefully they allow for M/M action as well for all us LGBT players out there. 



    Ideally that is to hope, yes. But I have my doubts. Such jarheaded ugly looking men can only be straight. =P

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  • deedelechachdeedelechach Member Posts: 64

    Originally posted by whitedelight


    My only concern is for the poor girls in game that must face the wraith of an end game guild getting that last buff in before the start of a raid. 24 men, 1 tavern?
    I wouldn't worry about that, I honestly can't imagine very many irl women playing this game...

     

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  • METALDRAG0NMETALDRAG0N Member Posts: 1,680
    Originally posted by deedelechach


     
    Originally posted by whitedelight


    My only concern is for the poor girls in game that must face the wraith of an end game guild getting that last buff in before the start of a raid. 24 men, 1 tavern?
    I wouldn't worry about that, I honestly can't imagine very many irl women playing this game...

     

     

    I agree this game is really designed for the teenage boy audience  and certain types of older men. 

    "Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god."
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  • BadSpockBadSpock Member UncommonPosts: 7,979

    There is enough sex in movies and on TV, even if not explicit, why oh why add it to games as well? It may fit with the Conan IP, but for a game.... just not a good idea IMO.

    As Gameloading said, kids will buy and play this game. It's the responsibility of parents to monitor them, not the gaming companies, but just putting this kind of thing into the game opens the door to all kinds of trouble for Funcom.

    If it's not with other players it's going to be with NPCs, which probably means you'll pay NPCs for sex to get a buff. That's prostitution in gaming form. Oi.

    I just don't see the point...

     

  • METALDRAG0NMETALDRAG0N Member Posts: 1,680
    Originally posted by heerobya


    I just don't see the point...
     

    Isn't it obvious?

    "Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god."
    -- Jean Rostand

  • brizownbrizown Member Posts: 10
    Originally posted by Stradden


    Fresh off the presses at the Games Convention in Leipzig, MMORPG.com has learned from a reliable source at Funcom that characters will be able to have sex and will receive a buff for the action. That is not to say, however, that there will be explicit sex in the game.
    Anyone who has followed Robert E. Howard's creation knows that sex has been a prevalent theme in the Conan IP, which Funcom is doing their best to honor.
    Age of Conan, as has previously been announced, will carry an "M" rating.
    MMORPG.com will continue to follow this story as more specific information becomes available.

    This disgusts me. Why would they do this, they are killing their chances to ever be big with this. Sex does not sell, its a fact..JHFGE

  • bingo69bingo69 Member UncommonPosts: 195

     

    Originally posted by janfebmar


     
    Originally posted by bingo69


    **Sex Buff Fool Detected**... ~ Stealth up ~ Track the fool who got buffed up ~   Assassinate him ~ loot him up.
    If it attrack the kid? Why would it matter? more people to kill, more money for me, more bounty on my head haha!
     idiot... Sigh... realy pathetic Wish we were ingame and I could kill you all already haha.
    Oh well. That's about it. Don't flame a game about a small feature over all of it. You can't judge a car just by the look.
    Don't be fooled.
    Zaraki
    Shadow Wolves Fang
    Assassins and Thieves Only Guild.

     

    But i totally judge you by the way you write..

    Is there any difference? No you still look like a 13 year old wow player from what you write anyways.

    Its you thats pathetic.

    Kids wont be able to play this game without using someones Visa anyways.

    You kidding right? English isn't my main language... So I don't realy care if you judge me by how I write. I'm not trying to make you my friend either here. Visa you say? Dad, can i borrow your visa to subcribe to a video game please, You'll take the money off my allowance(or whatever you say it). Game card is just a way for people to subcribe with out using their visa over internet because it less dangerous. Simple as that. Some people prefer to be more secure.

     

     Anyhow, hope I'll see you on battlefield...even though your head won't worth a gold.

     

    By the way, how many idiots will keep whining about this small feature over the whole game now? This game is not about sex, it only has a small feature of sex in it, that's all. Wow Alchemy = Drug ( Potion of giant strengh or whatever = grow you up = mega steroid no?) just a exemple... Wow Night Elf female naked Dancing = Wow Wannabe Nudity no? No whining there? oh right... we can't pay them for sex... damn!!!! but we can pay them for dancing on mail box!!! come to same?

    Some parent are smart and will teach their child about sex and some wont and will be scared about it... What to be afraid or to be so scared about it? I don't realy know, I only had fun with that lol..

     

    About a MMORPG with a sex feature( REMEMEBER It ONLY 0.000001% of the game that give you a small buff. ), what so wrong about it again? Like I said,  if you don't like the feature, will it make you stop from buying a whole game cuz of this? lol, if yes, suck to be you, if no, get the hell outta here and go get some head rolling. That's how the game probly gonna work. It's not about how many girl you can get hooked in one night. You peoples are going crazy and thinking Oh My God, Sex added to a mmo! World is going to a end!!! Kid will go wild!!! lol. You know nothing about the feature yet and you go crazy, you've just heard the word sex and panic... Atleast a word of advice, keep your virginity ingame till you lose your irl if anything happen ingame haha. Wouldn't be fun to spoil :P

    Hope that help to calm a bunch of crazy people for now lol...

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