AoC: new goodies
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008 - 6:34pm
Here's some more in game footage. It a couple weeks old but i just now saw it, and thought i'd share. Yes i'm getting more/more excited.
This time some decent PvP action starting off with an assassin sneaking up on someone.
More PvP and spellcasting being shown off. It also shows that what's true in WoW and TF2 is true in AoC: Kill the fookin healer!
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Cool stuff. Definitely gives the impression that there's a different pace to the battles in game. I thought the environment looked pretty good too.
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I also just found a fan made visual FAQ that explains everything that's known at the moment. It's worth checking out
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After watching Conan on TV today, I am only more excited.
shihonage wrote:
PSN: BoogleGWJThis is my MMO for 2008, x-fingers!
I have struggled to find a MMO to hold me over. WoW is just too hack-n-slash with all the MMO time sinks, Vanguard is just unfinished and barren, SWG is just barren and the once great "true" MMO is just not the same, EQ2 is really good and probably the best bang for the buck right now. However with EQ2 I feel with all the content and just getting started it is just too much to use a filler until AoC. DDO is probably my favorite in along time, just you cannot login for 30 minutes in DDO and do anything...
I am really at a crossroads on this!
Maybe back to LOTRO for a few?
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You could always check out PotBS?
Has DDO gotten any better? Or is it still pretty much group driven? I beta tested it and played for about 3 months before giving it up.
Also Publish 8 for SWG is due anytime now and it's a overhaul of the JTL areas with new ships and goodies. I'll definitely be jumping back in for some of that.
Still you called WoW too hack/n/slash... I think AoC while doing it in a slightly different way will be a lot of hack/n/slash. I mean that's what Conan does.
In fact i'm not sure if it's in one of the links above or in another interview i've read but one of the mandates that the quest designers when making up their quests were... WWCD (what would Conan do?)
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DDO is still about 75% group especially the backend of the game. God I loved that game though. Had some of the best instances in any MMO I have played.
SWG I tool with every 6 months or so. Just not the same...
Well I just find WoW to be just about the item drive period, this is what I mean by hack-n-slash (AcitonRPG). I know all MMO's at the basic item have this drive (except SWG in the early days), but WoW just takes this to level of D2 in my mind. Personally I feel that WoW is the next step in the evolution of the ActionRPG and games like HGL, Mythos, Dungeon Runners, TQ etc... are just clones of D2. I thought as I got older I wanted less complex in my MMO (maybe that is what drew me to WoW intially), but as time went on it just felt void - missing something. Now with that said I still play from time to time mostly just PvP. I kind of treat WoW PvP like I play CoD 4 - get in have fun - get out...
Anyway this is just my opinion and not worth much. Plus I do not want to turn an AoC thread into a pro/con WoW thread!
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Here is some good interview at Funcom of what they do. Has some play of mounted combat and overall design stuff. Good watch!
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Yeah, I dropped wow due to time, addiction and money.
Now that I'm in college, developing alcoholism and getting paid to go there this shouldn't be a problem.
shihonage wrote:
PSN: BoogleGWJNot true and i wasn't thinking that way... was just curious about the term you used.
Missing the link
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3...2...1... until WoW vs. AoC thread...
Well, Cooking Mama didn't help me become a better cook, and Trauma Center certainly didn't help me become a better surgeon. I have the proof of both sitting in my freezer. -- imbiginjapan
Watching the keyboard turner in the second video was painful. At least he didn't click on rend^W his skills.
Computers don't make errors. What they do, they do on purpose. By now your name and particulars have been fed into every laptop, desktop, mainframe and supermarket scanner that collectively make up the global information conspiracy.
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I love all the options in character creation! I will spend countless hours fiddling with just that. Just awesome looking.
Crap!
http://trailer.onlinewelten.com/videos,id2905,age_conan_entwicklerbesuch...
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no no no, we are above that...
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"To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of the women."
I am sorry, is there more to life than that?
Seriously, though.. I am looking forward to seeing how AoC works out. I love WoW and am not about to bash it in any way. It does a heck of a lot more right than wrong. But, eventually, something better will come along and that'll be the game to play (hopefully with all my friends here in GWJ, which might be the biggest factor, in truth). It might be AoC or something after that such as WoW2 or whatever Blizzard comes up with next. It will take a good game, though, to do it because Blizzard does an excellent job of adding enough content and the promises of cool new expansion packs to keep me enjoying the time I am out there.
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Check out the new screen shots from CES!
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I already weep for my graphics card. I should have a new PC by then, if the Gods grace me with good luck.
Prederick wrote:
"When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross." - Sinclair Lewis.
Well, I guess I'll have to get a DX10 compatible card.
Well, Cooking Mama didn't help me become a better cook, and Trauma Center certainly didn't help me become a better surgeon. I have the proof of both sitting in my freezer. -- imbiginjapan
Barbarian video from CES.
While it's almost a bit too dark to see at times it's nice to see that at higher levels that every class doesn't look the same.
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Blood splattered the screen! That freaking rocks.
Well, Cooking Mama didn't help me become a better cook, and Trauma Center certainly didn't help me become a better surgeon. I have the proof of both sitting in my freezer. -- imbiginjapan
New Dark Templar video.
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I hope its more evident what you are doing than what that video showed. The fight looked no different than any other fight footage. Yet when reading the preview he was talking about buff and life drain combos that were not readily apparent to my eyes.
Not that it wasn't a cool video...
Being fangoriously devoured by a gelatinous monster.
Video wasn't long enough to show a whole lot except him swinging.
Want to trade out totems? Maybe we'll have better luck getting into beta if we swap out!
As for beta it's still early in the month and they said they were going to ramp up testing in Jan. So i guess more patience is needed.
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Information on the CE. I'd buy this for the music cd alone. I'm not sure how good the +exp ring will go over with fans though.
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I'm all over that Collector's Edition! A Drinking Cape!!! I mean seriously, EVERYONE should have a Drinking Cape!
I know I've mentioned it in several other threads but you should check out the original Robert E. Howard Conan stories if you haven't already. I can't wait to see how the developers implemented his world to the game.
I can't wait to jump into Hyboria with both feet. I hope this game hits the mark. It looks like it's going to kick ass.
"Fault always lies in the same place...with those foolish enough to lay blame"*
-Cort
*Unless you're Amazon or Funcom, in which case, SCREW YOU.
I hear that. While it's been a while since I read the books, I still look forward to seeing if this game can find a solid spot in the MMO market.
The drinking cape has me laughing, but I must admit that a ring that give extra XP seems a bit odd. Stamina, sure. Strength bonus, I'll take that too. XP, though, just seems an odd effect for an item.
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Video of them talking about the CE and them releasing an upgraded version of their graphics engine... Old engine was topping at 30-40fps the new one tops at 70-80fps not going under 30fps! New video from it coming soon....
take a big whiff.... you smell that? smells like beta
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CE bits are nice, but $90? Ouch.
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I hope thats beta Im smelling. There has been far too much teasing with the emails over the months.
Being fangoriously devoured by a gelatinous monster.
From http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm?GAMEID=191&LOADFEATURE=1682&SETVIEW=f.... If it's already been linked, I apologize.
I'm really surprised they're not delaying they're march launch.