AOC has finally started to slow down for me. Actually for about 1-2 weeks now. After failed promise after failed promise I can only state how disappointed I am in the game. I’ll try and list all the faults here.
- The “PVP Patch” was supposed to be here late June or Early July… Umm yea it’s August now
- Class imbalance runs ramped. I have a DT and a POM. The DT is simply a joke and the POM is actually middle of the road which is fine. The DT’s armor and dps are the worst in the game and they can’t actually PVP at all. If I wanted to spend years gathering Gem’s and adding unholy damage to all my gear then they can be viable but I don’t have the time to do so. I am by no means a light gamer as I play 1-2 hours a day, but come on…. I’d rather be sending my time on something fun.
- The developers lack direction. They switches gears on a dime and are constantly making updates to issues that do not matter. Like dressing naked women in the game, seriously? How about fixing the bugs?
- The game is in Beta. The devs continue to make MAJOR, not minor changes to the games dynamic. One example is the recent nerf to gems, that change alone made it nearly impossible to raid with the limited raid content available. People who spent countless hours grinding away are pissed because their once uber armor is now crap. An example: Unholy dmg on a weapon went from 12.0 to .120 how awesome is that?!
- Bugs / Memory leaks – The game is a technical nightmare. I’m in IT and when I get home I don’t want to have to troubleshoot a game to play it.
In summary Funcom = FAIL
P.S. I’ll give you until Sept 18th (The day Warhammer Online comes out, I’ve already preordered)
August 8th, 2008 | Tags: Age of Conan, Applications, MMO | Category: Games, Software | Leave a comment
This is the best application I have seen built by Microsoft. They finally get something right, backup’s made easy. With the options available and the ability to run as a task, Synctoy 2.0 is FREE and EASY!
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=c26efa36-98e0-4ee9-a7c5-98d0592d8c52&displaylang=en
Here are the available Backup options:
- Synchronize: New and updated files are copied both ways. Renames and deletes in one folder is repeated on the other.
- Echo: New and updated files are copied left to right. Renames and deletes on the left are repeated on the right.
- Subscribe: Updated files on the right are copied to the left is the file name already exists on the left.
- Contribute: New and updated files are copied left to right. Renames on the left are repeated on the right. Similar to Echo, except there are no deletions.
- Combine: New and updated files are copied both ways. Renamed and deleted files are ignored.
Requirements: XP or Vista
Microsoft .NET Framework v2.0
1GHz Intel P3 processor or equivalent
256MB RAM, 512MB RAM recommended
20MB free disk space
Advanced Tip: To run Sync as a Task… use the -R switch to run all sync’s you have created.
“C:\Program Files\Microsoft\SyncToy\SyncToy.exe” -R
August 6th, 2008 | Tags: Applications, Freeware, Microsoft, Vista, Windows | Category: Software, Tech | Leave a comment
Heading to Vegas over the weekend for the 4th. Staying at a crappy place off the strip (approx 2 blocks away) so it shouldn’t be too bad. We will be heading to a show, most likely O. The g/f is taking me for my birthday. It is also her birthday so I need to think of something to get her… suggestions?
July 3rd, 2008 | Tags: Jason Coller, Life, Travel | Category: My Life, Vacation | Leave a comment
So here is the deal. I rerolled another character a POM (healer technically) and I am loving it. I am level 37 currently, I can take on 5-6 mobs at 1 time. This number shoots up to 10 or so if the mobs are equal to my level. If they are 1 level below i can take on 15.. it’s a rush. My xp bar jumps like crazy.
They’ve been making improvments to the game and while the end game content still needs to be worked on, the game has come pretty far in the past month.
I ran Sanctum as a healer last night, and it was the easiest thing ever. I spammed my HOT spells and then just kicked back and enjoyed the show while doing damage. So healing isn’t a bore anymore in AOC which is very cool!
July 3rd, 2008 | Tags: Age of Conan, MMO | Category: Games, Media | Leave a comment
My B-day is today. Yesterday we had a BBQ/Pool Party. Beer + Meat = Fun. The girlfriend is taking me out tonight for dinner in the city, I don’t know where, but it’s exciting.
Gifts?
- Flip-Flops
- Board shorts
- Slacks
- Money
- Booze
June 30th, 2008 | Tags: Jason Coller, Life | Category: My Life | Leave a comment
AOC has switched from a 2 day a week patch schedule to a 1 day a week time frame. They also introduced a new patch test server. This should help since their QA staff are a bunch of morons!
http://forums-eu.ageofconan.com/showpost.php?p=621935&postcount=17
June 30th, 2008 | Tags: Age of Conan, MMO | Category: Games, Media | Leave a comment
Another Monday and Thursday went by and there have been some massive updates to the game.
- You can now cast while riding your horse, if you are a caster. Problem/BUG they introduced with this? Casters can cast while running.. LOL
- They nerfed DT’s. The last saving grace of the class was a small glimmer of hope if you had ALOT of time to farm unholy dmg adding items. Now if you added +400 unholy to a weapon it would do so, on your armor the same rules apply. Now you get nothing.
- DT’s can’t dps, can’t AOE, can’t tank, and can’t block.
My DT has been frozen since last Friday. I started a caster/healer POM. It’s pretty awesome killing 15 mobs at 1 time and getting mega xp. Then never running out of mana and healing.
June 26th, 2008 | Tags: Age of Conan, MMO | Category: Games | Leave a comment
So I am now a level 54 DT. My overall impression of AOC is this, great game, huge potential, unfinished product. I am basically paying to play a beta game. Levels 1 - 50 were pretty good in terms of questing and leveling. Now that I hit level 50, the grind begins….. Repeatable quests to kill 25 of x mobs over and over and over and over. Sounds fun right? Well not too much, I hear it picks up again from 60-72 but overall it’s a grind to 80 from here on.
They just brought out a patch to put in place…. get ready, this is something that should have been there from day 1….
Your skills including Str, Sta, Dex, Int, Wis now actually modify your base skills. Hilarious huh? Loot items give bonuses but they didn’t do anything till today (6/16) lol 3 weeks after the games release.
So yes, I am playing a beta game, but loving it still… Out of 10, it’s a 6. In 1 years time, in line with the xbox 360 release, the game will be ready for primetime.
-Latez
June 16th, 2008 | Tags: Age of Conan, MMO | Category: Games, Media | Leave a comment
