Due to some massive improvements.
If you notice this article holds very outdated info.
It also doesn't take note of the decent population many servers have.
Also not the DX10 video that I made on there, it's implementation is about the hit the live servers in full and already has people clambering back to see plus the content updates.
If you don't like PvP there are PvE servers from which you can still PvP on.
There are just as many bugs in game as there are other mm...
Advocates are class leads which go back to basics from many games that are still around in the genre. It is about tweaking and balancing in this particular area. More so it is direct avenue to the developers with feedback. This shows the company is listening and willing to improve the game with the subscriber feedback, rather than being out of tune with it's audience. It is a good thing for the many players in game.
Well deserved, some of the best in game music ever..
DX 10 is not in this patch. It was on the test server, but they have delayed it by a few more weeks to better optimize. Instead with this patch they have opened up significant additional raid content and high level content.
Incgamers always gets the info wrong about this game.
Simple fact is EA cut 11% of it's work force - between 30 - 40% got layed off at Mythic. Things are pretty desperate in game too, quite a few of those were senior devs.
First they say there won't be cuts + no official forums, now look what happens. They rush out info on expansion to soften the blow of the drastic sub drop.
The problem isn't the 300,000 they have left, it is how quickly they lost 450,000 players. Do even a simple graph and put 750,000 at septembe...
Looks like one of the players only played a short time based on a timeline of over 6 months ago.
The other guy is right in saying content is a little thin at endgame however, there is no mention of the 2 high level content introductions coming in a few weeks or the high end new playfield thereafter.
They also did say how the game was right now, increasing population, server merges happened and the servers seem real busy.
You can get 100Mpbs in Canada :) Have it set up nicely on my Docsis 3.0 modem
Can't wait for the current patch to come of test server, then its the itemization update. Good to see the community is pretty healthy.
Have a little look down there list there were several reports here - this is just repeat outdated news.
It is also not factual and wrong.
There is actually 24 servers now. Anyone who plays mmorpg's can do a comparison with EQ2 and LOTRO amount of servers.
Plus there will be another 2 language servers added V soon.
The game is also seeing a significant boost in new people joining and healthy populations.
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Thats a good deal for Age of Conan. Although I think Amazon do cheaper.
Might be worth a look to some with DX10 patch imminent.
If you have actually played the game you will know it is not about Boobs..
I'll take a guess that you played the first month and left right?
Things are so much different now.
DX10 coming in, in a few weeks, first game to use CUDA. Plenty of innovation coming through.
Is LOTRO dead?
How many servers does it have? oh the same as AoC now.
Age of Conan had far too many servers from which the population was spread thin. Now they are rectifying this.
If LOTRO has the same amount of servers as AoC has, then the same thing would happen in that game.
20+ servers is what you will see in AoC, just like LOTRO and just like Warhammer Online soon. Not 50+.
DX10 is on the test server at the moment - more DX10 features than any other mmorpg - Age of Conan will be the first game to use CUDA too.
Things are a lot different than beta time.
Stable, game content and people are all there.
Well considering there is the option to roll on a brand new fresh start server once all the merges are complete people were wondering what the population was like. 6/8 of the big guilds made it over and the server saw many new characters that were not previously associated with the two that merged.
A lot of things about AoC are amazing, especially the sarcastic posters :)
This is great news for the community. With over 50 servers and similar sized games like Lord of the Rings Online having half as less this is a win win situation for the community. The population was spread too thin from to many servers. No technical issues today and both servers that were merged overall reported no issues and a boost in numbers. Looking forward to other servers getting the same treatment.
Age of Conan is alive and kicking - there are many people on a lot of se...
This is something that has been in the works for a while. The playerbase is steadily growing and many are just waiting for server merges and this update to go through before returning.
Things are on the "up" with Conan - in about a months time we will see more DX10 features and implementation that any other mmorpg out there. Poor write up on AoC this week with poor research and bias wrong second hand info from incgamers.
Maybe the ppl at onlinemassivelymultiplayer.com can get some tips from the news article here and do a re-review, that way first hand experience beats misinformation and chinese whispers.