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How does Age Of Conan compare with more "modern" mmo's?
memphis12
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I'm currently playing Tera and loving it, although I'm at that levelling stage (46) where it starts to get a little bit tedious, but I know it'll be great again in a few more levels. My first mmo love is Rift, love that game sooo much, but Trion messing around with class's to much made me quit.
I have heard about Conan mmo, but never gave it much thought.
How does it hold up in 2013? Graphic wise as well as if it has passed it's sell by date.
Is it a constant grind?
What is level cap?
What mmo would you say it is most like, to compare with?
Is there dungeons and raids?
What is "end game" content like?
How is f2p compared to p2p?
Do you have class's such as tank, dps etc?
How does the guild system work? Do you level it up and get perks like rift?
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me out.
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It's just as modern as the MMO's out now in most ways especially graphics and combat. If you put it side by side with rift you would be forgiven for thinking RIFT is an older MMO imo.
How does it hold up in 2013? Graphic wise as well as if it has passed it's sell by date. Graphics are superb really i think it looks better than most other than ffXIV and TSW i can't think of something that beats it
Is it a constant grind? Sorta
What is level cap? 80 Plus AA's ( like eq)
What mmo would you say it is most like, to compare with? It's very unique nothing else like it!
Is there dungeons and raids? yes
What is "end game" content like? 6 man godslayers (really hard dungeons) or rais t1-t4 (t3-t4 requires pretty solid raiding guild) AND PVP!
How is f2p compared to p2p? f2p is pretty limited at cap, it's best to pay the 10$ sub to unlock time training AA's and offline levels! free to use on any char above lv 30. you gain 1 free level per four days of paid time.
Do you have class's such as tank, dps etc? yes but no "healers" really they are dps with heal over times
How does the guild system work? Do you level it up and get perks like rift? You guild has a city t1-t3, t3 requiring the most and has foritified walls big battlekeep etc.
let me see if i can help you out.
Graphics. best i have seen still to date, blows tera and rift away graphic wise. but the gear looks dumb.
level cap is still 80 i believe, but there are other skills and such to level once you hit 80 called alternate advancement ( and you will have to pay monthly fee to do this, if you dont you shouldnt even worry about playing because end game will be impossible without it )
its hard to compare it, the questing is your typical mmo kill 20 of this, go fetch that,except for the first 20 level starter area that part has a awsome story. that is worth downloading and playing in itself.
the combat is different and takes time to get use to. its not like teras but its also not like your typical wow style either. kind of a hybrid in a way.
there is dungeons and raids, but to do the high level ones you will need to pay real moneys.
If you want to do end game stuff you should just pay monthly, i would suggest going free at first because you get everything you need for along while to try out the game. if you decide you like it then at max level go montly sub.
one more thing, if you try it pick the pve server that one has population. the pvp servers are totally dead and you will be bored if you like playing with others.
Thanks guys. I am hearing only good things about this game on other forums I've posted. I am a little worried the gear looks "dumb" I want my tank to look bad ass!
is there mounts, teleport devices and what is best class for a solid tank?
thanks again.
Your tank won't look dumb, the armor isn't dumb it's realistic. Also if you don't think this is badass.....
Now other MMO look as badass as AoC I would say. Check out these two vids
One from community the other marketing...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksXQx8UX9Ng
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2X_SbZCHpc
Ohh just found another one, explaining the noob island starter area:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1Gbt1VbzqM
You see it's pretty gritty and violent... But we love it. AoC is by the way growing again now after they changed the F2P model a bit. Would guess that it's population have trippeled over the last 3 months. Fuck I dig this game
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The Ultimate Breakdown
from all the traditional mmos AoC has the best melee combat and overall character animations.
You beat someone with a baseball bat and it looks just like AoC.
Nobody has done combat and character animations that good in mmos.
I'll never stop dreaming of the day Funcom upgrades TSW characters to those of AoC. If it never happens then oh well. Moving on.
Pretty much this. Just wanted to add a +1 graphic-wise, it still has one of the best looks out there (back at launch with a good gfx card it beated even some singleplayer games...)
And for the classes, AoC is great in that too, while it has some regular ones too, most of the classes are pretty unique. And yep, healers are not the "stand in the back and spam heal"-kinda classes, they are buff/debuff, support dps characters focusing on HoT's with a few direct heal. Not to forget ofc the templar, who can be an off-tank dps backup healer
I think the answer to this one is that AoC wil only gain resources from here and onwards. Reason is that the TSW team now is merged with the old and smaller AoC team. The merged team will now work on both MMO's equally and AoC will gain from the bigger budget TSW development. (At least was this what I read in a PC Gamer intervju with Joel Bylos). I think the sacked people was financial people and the office in Bejing (Good riddance flirt with Korean/Chineese gamestyle).
The Ultimate Breakdown
It simply does not (anymore).
There are way better combat systems out there already. Funcom is not starting to listen to the very people who funded their company via buying their games and subscriptions. The grafics are outdated. The only thing left is obviously the artstyle, which is unique in like every game tho.
So, there you have it.
compared to what other mmo?
EQ2 fan sites
lolz.
Nothing is Dx9 10 or 11 like AoC. Thats for graphics
For animations. AoC is the game with the maximum animation bones made ever!! So there you have it.
How do I know? Well, it's the reason for me not plaing GW2, LotRO, Tera, Diablo 3 or anything else you can think of. I love animations and graphics (and a good portion of Violence), therefore AoC.
The Ultimate Breakdown
This, basically.
Soundtrack is great too and gives the game a convincing atmosphere.
I understand you guys love AoC but telling the OP it's the best mmo on the market is quite far fetched. Coming from Rift, he's in for a huge disappointment.
I'm thinking of playing it again. I tried it once over a year ago easily, and though I played for a few days, it never reminded me of WoW.. I'm not sure what sense that comparison makes.
Only reason I stopped was because I heard horror stories about how boring it was after Tortage.
OP try it yourself. You will either love it or hate it. For me i love the graphics and setting and general gritty feel of the game.
I tell you what i also like is that theres not 5 not 6 not 7 but 12 classes. the character creation is also very good.
Suggest give it a try.
I only backed Foreverdream's accurate answers, with emphasis on graphic and classes, never said it's the best mmo
And agree, both soundtracks are awesome (I like Hyboria better, but Godslayer is nice too)
Never tried Rift, but as I heard it's an upgraded / enhanced Wow, so I guess AoC won't be a huge disappointment since it has a bit different gameplay with more fun in it.
I´ve tried everything, SWOTR, Rift, Gw2, Tera and I can assure you that AoC surpasses all other current "medieval times" MMOs although it is older, FC added new graphics features over the course of time.
AoC wins the following categories:
Best Graphics, realistic - gritty - immersive. Easily on par or better than titles released today.
Best Quest Stories
Best Music and Sound, this is the killer -- makes it the most immersive MMO ever
Most Content - 4 giant countries and no matter which of the four races, you can go everywhere (Unlike ESO)
Biggest regions, really big, with swimming, diving, mountaineering, day/night cycle, animals hunting each other and running away from you
Best most brutal and active combat system plus fatalities
Sieges, Guild City building and decorations, crafting, ressource areas with PvP, really cool animal mounts, combat companions, pets
Optional hardcore server with corpse loot and no guards
...lots of more I probably forgot to mention
Name ONE MMO which offers more than AoC, you won´t find one!
Secrets of Dragon?s Spine Trailer.. !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwT9cFVQCMw
Best MMOs ever played: Ultima, EvE, SW Galaxies, Age of Conan, The Secret World
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2X_SbZCHpc&t=21s
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Well you forgot a bullet on the collision detection. The impact og what you do in that game have always felt so right and solid for me. When you hit someone, it really feels like you hit them hard. This is a subtle thing hard to word or do right.. But it's there.
The other thing you also probably should mention is that the games animations have more animation bones than any other BBA based MMO in the world. This wether you look to old shit or the latest and greatest. Even Rift have to bow down to AoC. Not many people know this but indeed it's so. test Rift, then test AoC. You will be surprised!!
The Ultimate Breakdown
All in all I really liked the game. In my opinion the visuals are very good to great. I really enjoyed the more active combat with targeting and combos and the classes were all really fun.
The only think that killed the game for me was the population. At the time that I quit the game.. it was a barren wasteland. There was no one playing... like ... at all. I haven't played in a while so maybe the f2p has helped the population.
I would surely recommend the game though. Very solid game.
For every minute you are angry , you lose 60 seconds of happiness."-Emerson
Ditto. It's still quite contemporary.
The only thing I'd do to push userbase is speed up the mid-levels, which in my experience were slow and boring. Maybe revamp the item shop a bit less pricey. Although either of these may have changed since I played last.
nobody is telling the OP that AoC is the best mmo on the market. AoC is far from the best, but one thing is certain, AoC has the best character animations and most unique combat of all traditional mmorpgs. There are a few mmorpg with the best graphic visuals (not talking about realism, talking about quality), and AoC is one of them.
There are several mmorpgs out there that can be more fun than AoC but the character animations and the combat itself are far inferior than the ones in AoC.