Pretty much every review from all big gamesites are positive. I have played the game in EA and I couldnt aggree more. Once you get past lvl 24 or so, the game is flat out amazing.

PC Gamer mag this month advertises on its cover a special in-game item you can get by buying the mag. Enter a special code and such, each one unique to the mag copy.

Mine - "Totem of the Origins"

"This rare artifact allows the user magical transportation back to his or her home city. .... Due to its immense power, it can only be used once every 24 hours."

The "early adopter" items in MMOs usually are very good. That totem sounds pretty useful depending on how transportation works in AoC.

any more on the game? tempted to pick it up today as im pretty bored outside poker

What do you think of the game so far, Blarg?

I've got an assassin and ranger to 20 or so. I'm liking the Ranger ALOT once I got all the damn combos down.

However at the moment I'm screwed and don't know what to do. My ranger is stuck in an instance and cannot get out. I was doing the last night quest with my ranger and accidentally killed Strom before some other "kill objective". I killed Strom, went back and killed the other dude, then the "kill Strom" objective pops up. I'm like o.k. I'll kill him again. Wrong. He's not there and hasn't respawned in 12+ hours. I am now stuck in the instance without any NPCs to get me out or any boss to kill. I've died on purpose, relogged, etc. and still am in this instance with no boss to kill. Filed a petition before bed and the line was 230 or something. I wake up to find out I am still 183 in the line.

Any ideas? I can't even communicate with OOC.

Considering how miserably boring - and sometimes dangerous - getting from place to place is in MMORPG's, anything that helps with teleporting or movement speed is usually a welcome relief.

Don't have it, bro. My computer is too old for new games like this. Just have a subscription to the mag, so thought I'd give folks a heads up on the freebie.

Just caved in and picked this up, I'll let you guys know what I think if I'm still alive a century from now when this f'n game finishes it's gargantuan install.

I think you will like it. The graphics+atmosphere are amazing. I'm hoping endgame pvp will be balanced and fun, that is really my only concern right now.

Blarg, since you can't use the code, want to PM it to me?

edit: I mentioned this before, but my main gripe with the game so far is the crappy looking interface/items. I hope they plan to do some updates in the future. I also vastly prefer the fonts/display of item characteristics in say D2/hellgate as opposed to just crappy small font. Makes items seem more epic (pun intended). I would guess that 90% of people would agree with me if asked the question though I doubt it actively bugs most of them as it does me.

I went ahead and picked it up. Installing now. Can I create characters on multiple servers ala wow? I have some RL friends playing on a PVE server and want to play with them for a bit, but in the end I want to play on PVP. Carebear GTFO

if anyone is having trouble connecting to the patch server, the fix described in this thread (from the AOC forums) worked for me:

http://forums-us.ageofconan.com/show...=25058&page=12

one thing, this worked for me when I was patched up but couldn't reach the patch server. Don't know what the effect would be if you were not current.


yeah you can have characters on separate severs, I started on Tranny and still have a lvl 6 there. I think there is a limit of like 8-10 characters across all servers though.

Leap what does that link say about the updater? My updates are stalling and this is pretty damn annoying. I haven't created my account yet only because I want to maximize the amount of play time I have for my "free 30 days" while I test.

basically that some people cannot connect to the patch server. Someone in the thread mentioned that it was some routing trouble in texas, who knows. Last night I had the problem, it was gone in the morning. I crashed while zoning and had it again. Found the thread and used the fix to enable logon. However, because god hates me, I am now stuck trying to zone. I have no idea if the fix had anything to do with it... The fix is below -- it says it will only work if you are current so this may not help you if you are trying to patch up.


edit: after reading some more it sounds like people using the fix are reporting getting stuck in instances, so I'm guessing I am screwed until this resolves. Good stuff -- guess I will try unplugging my router and sacrificing a chicken.

2nd edit: by crom's balls! I can connect to the server normally and am no longer stuck imo -- hope your patcher issues are likewise resolved

I'm not sure if I should try this since in your post it says to only do this if you are already patched up.

I wouldn't try it now. The patch server is functioning normally or was at least 20 minutes ago. If you are still having issues I would check your router perhaps. I think they recommend forwarding on a certain port(s).

It could also be that the routing issue is resolved for me but not yourself. Some people on the forums reported being able to hit the patch server when others couldn't so who knows.

I'm a level 46 demonologist at the moment.

Gotta be honest... I'm not overly impressed thus far.

I've been playing 95% solo though, so maybe it gets more interesting with a guild?


One massive problem: TOO MUCH GODDAMNED RUNNING AROUND

Questing post-35 almost isnt even worth it. You're better off grinding mobs.

mMorpg

Except 95% of the content is geared toward soloing.

So I got in the game. I rolled a Tempest of Set on Set to play with a RL friend for a bit. Once I get used to the controls, I am going to reroll on a PVP server. Not sure what class, but I'll probably just play through a few to figure it out.

Played last night for a few hours, will try again tonight.

Would be a tad better with a top of the line system but so far it seems like a pretty enormous meh.

Wtf man, I went into some wine cellar to get some wine for that guy who's plugging the lavaflow and some bitch chopped my head off.

I have no problem with that, but when I respawned I HAVE BLONDE HAIR AND PIGTAILS THAT WON'T GO AWAY.

My character was fat, dark haired and scruffy looking and now I look like some sort of Stygian teen porn model. Servers just went down so hopefully it's fixed when I play tomorrow.

I CANT GET A COPY WTF EVERYONE SOLD OUT!!!!

Unless you have a posse to roll around with, a PvP server will eat you alive.

The "PvP" servers just mean that it's 100% FFA from level 5. Anyone can kill you at any time for any reason with zero restrictions and no real consequences.

The idiots keep trying to compare it to the UO atmosphere. But your average griefer is too ******ed to understand that in UO, rampant griefing had severe consequences in most cases. Thus it required some actual forethought and skill to be a good PK. In Conan, you can spawn camp someone for an hour with really no recourse. Unless a bigger fish decides to come along and grief YOU. The FFA servers are stupid unless you have a group of 5 you'll be leveling with.

The PvE servers are how the game was meant to be played. There are FFA PvP zones later in the game, and of course the PvP mini games and Guild vs Guild combat.

does anyone know when the buddy program (one week free trial) will take effect??? I know several people with the game that I could get the trial off of before getting a copy of the game would be possible. this is pissing me off and im fiending to play. RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE