Age of Conan

This is what all Betas have become that is why they are no longer called "Tests".

Same thing happened in Tabula Rasa and I still say Garriot was right, their developers were naive to believe their Beta was going to be a real test rather than a bunch of immature trolls.

Absolutely no point in judging any community on the Beta anymore.  And I do not plan on buying AoC atm.

Originally posted by skeptical

Maybe it's the fileplanet community that is the problem. All of those people ranting in beta most likely won't even be playing the game because they either don't like it or can't run it. The whole fileplanet thing was an exercise in failure so I'm pretty much ignoring anything to do with it. The pvp weekend seemed good so I'll just wait and see what happens at release.

Guild Wars was smart to do things the way they did with their preview weekends and AoC's case jsut bears that out.  The AoC PvP preview works fine.  This fileplanet thing, I refuse to even call these things "Betas" anymore will simply be disgusting and frustrating to many people.

And this has nothing to do with the quality of AoC or any other game.  Real open Betas are a thing of the past that are no longer possible.  And even from a PR standpoint I think they do more harm than good.

All MMOs should seriously look into following a development model more like Guild Wars.  Otherwise they will get dragged down by a sea of asshats.

What started all that crap was the invasion of  the WoW kiddies and their immature attitudes. I have played WoW and the community there after several years is still just as immature as it was in the beginning. Those kiddies think that AoC should have been as polished as a 4 year old game (WoW for those that can't follow what I am saying). They are treating an open BETA as the final product when in fact, there is a closed beta going on at the same time on different servers.

If they had kept their immature mouth shut there would be no problem.

Originally posted by Vozz

Since I've had a Fileplanet sub since earlier this year, I decided to grab a copy of the Age of Conan beta client last week and give the game a try. While it could use some polish, I'm one of those people who hasn't had any hardware issues running it, so I managed to get into the gameplay, which I enjoyed. I like the combat, the lore, the combat rose UI...all in all, I'd normally be picking up a copy of the game in two weeks' time.

But I'm not. Why, you ask? The beta testing community is the whiniest, rudest bunch of idiotic Funcom ass-kissing fanboys that I've ever seen, bar none. Someone mentioning that the AoC demonologist reminded him of a combination of an EQ and WoW class prompted a torrent of "fuck WoW, eat shit n00b" "go back to WoW, baby!" "I'm gonna come to your house and kill you!" type comments. Any time any other game came up, or someone said something not totally complementary about AoC, a ton of people ended up insulting them, threatening them, calling them poor scrubs who couldn't afford a decent machine, and so on. While I know that a beta community isn't entirely indicative of what the final game community will be like, these jackasses have put me off buying the game in the short run, at least until I find out a bit more about what the release community is like. Oh yeah, and the official forums? --->

 

Your statement is completely one-sided. What about the people constantly starting threads about how great EVERY other game is than Age of Conan? What about the WoW children coming in and start polls asking for options that are ALREADY in closed beta or the gold client, and have been discussed openly by moderators and devs?

What about the people who obviously come into our "beta" forum and cry and complain that Age of Conan is no where near release quality when, in fact, they are "playing" (not TESTING) a 3month + build than current closed beta or even GOLD release?!

What about the constant WoW arguements in /global in AoC started by WoW Fanbois constantly spouting crap about how overpowered a certain class is because they kept getting killed by them. The same class I dominate in PvP because the game is SKILL based and not ITEM/SPELL based?

You sir have stated nothing but hypocritical information. I ask you please revise it and give a FAIR description of the current beta community. As it stands, most of them are tired of the aformentioned individuals attacking AoC with ignorant and misguided statements that cause hell on the forums to erupt instantly.

-Faded

Agree with the OP: worst community .

Originally posted by DragonOak

I agree with the OP, I have postponed my plans to buy this game and I will wait for:

1. Game to be released and several patches for bug free gaming

2. The ad community of Asshats to rape, pillage, and destroy as much as they can and then move on.

3.  And exact system specs to know what to run the game on, not the kinda sorta maybe shoulda coulda woulda run systems, before I upgrade my system.

I'll take another look to AOC in september.  Need infos about end game PVP , and i wait for those players moving on , and going to play Aion then war . September. Not before. And this game needs to be patched and improved a LOT !

it's not a problem of BETA  i'm afraid. Most of those people preordered the game. 

If i play Aoc, i'll be in the 2nd or 3d wave.

Cya.

It's beta.  There aren't server communities yet.  If you want to avoid this then look where the large RP-PVP guilds are joining and go there where there will be a mass of mature people. 

Originally posted by Vozz

Since I've had a Fileplanet sub since earlier this year, I decided to grab a copy of the Age of Conan beta client last week and give the game a try. While it could use some polish, I'm one of those people who hasn't had any hardware issues running it, so I managed to get into the gameplay, which I enjoyed. I like the combat, the lore, the combat rose UI...all in all, I'd normally be picking up a copy of the game in two weeks' time.

But I'm not. Why, you ask? The beta testing community is the whiniest, rudest bunch of idiotic Funcom ass-kissing fanboys that I've ever seen, bar none. Someone mentioning that the AoC demonologist reminded him of a combination of an EQ and WoW class prompted a torrent of "fuck WoW, eat shit n00b" "go back to WoW, baby!" "I'm gonna come to your house and kill you!" type comments. Any time any other game came up, or someone said something not totally complementary about AoC, a ton of people ended up insulting them, threatening them, calling them poor scrubs who couldn't afford a decent machine, and so on. While I know that a beta community isn't entirely indicative of what the final game community will be like, these jackasses have put me off buying the game in the short run, at least until I find out a bit more about what the release community is like. Oh yeah, and the official forums? --->

 

Ageo of Conan has two very distinctive problems.

1. The Hype: Yes, the Hype. Now if this is FunCom's fault (partly I'm sure) or the fans (also partly), or even parts of the media, doesn't matter. It all blew things way out of proportion in terms of what to expect of this game. One effect of this is that rabid fanboy's try to elevate the game into something it is not. They are also quick to put out lies regarding all kinds of things.

2. The Haters: AoC has more than average haters. Why? I have no idea. But for a long time now, AoC has been the goal of bashing of an entire community of MMORPG players. Every little detail that looks negative is immediately taken by storm and talked about in such vicious and insulting ways, it's not even funny anymore. Meanwhile, any normally positive things are blatantly crushed beneath the Haters boot with unfounded assumptions and half-truth's.

The Community? The community grew out of these two problems. It's no worse than any other community in average. Ever checked the boards of any MMORPG? You've got idiots left and right, to a degree that depends on the game in question, but you have them everywhere.

As I said, AoC suffers from the Hype and the extra-loud haters out there the most. Because they are what you see on the outside because  they yell the loudest. I've seen and read and chatted with more than enough people playing AoC to know that the general community is not any worse than that of any other game.

My guess is the whole drove of Hypers/Haters will eventually go away after a month latest. Try to look into the community again then. I am rather certain you will find a different pictures, because the extremists have moved on to something else...most likely WAR.

A game with an 18 rating is just going to attract MORE kids, not less :/

Though there are more problems than just the community, I suspect this is the reason open beta testers can only see up to level 13.  I'll say no more....

I hate immature communities, which is the main reason I don't playe