Age of Conan

Then again, games with over 100k subs are pretty awesome games no matter what really.. And its enough to fill a couple of servers..

I sure as hell didnt have fun in wow or EvE becouse the subs where low/high... aslong as theres enough to go around on a server. Heck i play lineage2 on Lionna server with about 1k avarage players on.. works wonders (the bigger servers got from 3-5k online, but they are more botinfested to..)

Its like the EvE devs say, if we get over 200k subs, were doing a hell of a job and profiting...

Its not about the subs ppl, get over the 10m wow market and start focusing on the ppl on your server... Couse even with 10 mill players playing wow, there servers seems more dead then many other games with all the instancing...

Id bet a AoC server with open pvp actually happeneing (god lets pray they dont go heavy on the minigames) and sieges going on, it will seem ALOT (yes alot) more alive then a random WoW server (not counting there battlegrounds, nor AoCs minigames),

WoWs greatest times imo is on new server where ppl level and gank the shit out of each other over hunting grounds.. when it shifts to BG and Raid farming... its dying.. (not saying instancing is bad, but to the wow extent... well thats for another thread)

/end rant

P.S for those trolls and flamers in here, ill give you a hand. Im a Blizz Fanboi. And i also look at AoC possitively so i guess that makes me a AoC fanboi too, there you have it. Move along.

Originally posted by daylight01

 

Originally posted by Zorndorf

 

Originally posted by daylight01

I am sorry m8,normally I agree with your posts but this statement I dont,

"And btw, AoC will have a CONSISTENT sub count of ~200k until it either A) irons out the wrinkles and improves performance for the common man, and/or adds content or makes game improvements"

Can you back up this?or again like so many other's just pull a number out of your head?

I know you maybe have YOUR doubts but they are YOUR doubts,If you can show me a pre-order selling list I maybe will agree,not to point out that almost every european seller is now sold out of the CE I find you point hard to believe and also that they cant get enough OB keys to please ppl even though OB is near its end...This could be agrued till the sun come's up but the truth is niether you or me know the number's so why assume them?

While it wasn't my post, but there are two  simple reasons why the subscriptions will stay at 200 or 300K.
First:

 

the tech specs : go look to your next computer game store and see what the people are buying.

No the mainstream isn't the 3GByte 8800GTS with 10K rpm hard disk. That's 5% of the market.

Second reason is that gameplay isn't there ... yet.

Higher graphics coupled with loading times of every building, zone or scenario you enter isn't game play. It's a show off (with serious hic-ups) at the moment of some more pixels..

Show offs don't sell games. They are mostly a fad and fads don't live long.

IF Conan happens to have game play after all, well than they could double these figures, but until than I think the man is right about the 200K subs.

O BTW subs aren't copies sold. Subs are the long term users who pay to play for months to come.

LOL,I think I know what a sub is,again ok I maybe see your point that alot of game's sold are the 5 euro game's for system's built 5 years ago,but your "5% of the market" is also very flawed,hell how many of that(as you call it) 95% even play on-line game's?I am sorry but again you are going under the "I can shout but cant prove file"

 

Look I cant prove anything all I do know is everyone is different and you saying "yep 200k subs"is just being stupid as you have no idea how this game will release and indead how many ppl will sub with decent pc system's.

I could say like you"hell everyone has good system's now and everyone wants a new game and this is the game for them and I think it will get 2 mil subs"

Something wrong with the above statement?

Yep I cant prove it and is alot of nonsense.

Would you like me to say it will beat WoW and have 10,900,999 subs?

Originally posted by grimland

i urge you to read this post. with all the haters andf flamers around here, just take few minutes, be honest with yourself and think: why the hell you wanna buy this game and not stay with wow.

I personaly going to wait for the first reviews and than buy this game.

credit: Ingrid

http://www.play-girlz.com/is-age-of-conan-better-than-world-of-warcraft/

The official launch date for FunCom’s MMO, Age of Conan, is fast approaching, and the MMO players of the world are trying to answer the ultimate questions: Is AoC better than WoW? Should I leave WoW for AoC?

I’m not exactly sure what people expect others to answer, as if this game were somehow so magical, so incredibly beyond anything that ever came before that it would compel every single person that’s ever tried it to proclaim: YES! IT IS OFFICIALLY THE BEST GAME EVER. IT IS THE MARY POPPINS OF MMOS - PERFECT IN EVERY WAY.

Let’s get real. Making two gamers happy is difficult. Making every gamer in the world happy is delusional thinking. Is AoC better than WoW? Who’s to say that it is and who’s to say that it isn’t? There’s no real answer to the question: is x better than y.

I love MMOs and I usually try as many of them as I can only to find that the vast majority of them are a huge disappointment. But that’s not to say that they suck or that I can’t see why others might find enjoyment in them. In the end, it all boils down to personal preference.

If you’re trying to figure out whether AoC (or any other game) is “better” than WoW (or any other game), I suggest the following:

- Figure out what you like about WoW and figure out what you don’t

- Read as much as you can about the game you’re thinking of buying

- Read the forums but don’t take all comments to heart. People will always have different opinions/experiences.

- Find out if your computer can play the game (otherwise you’re just wasting your time if you’re not willing/able to upgrade)

- Sign up for the betas or do your best to get into the open betas

- Ask specific questions. People tend to be a lot more helpful when they feel they can be.

- Understand that MMOs are never truly “complete” and that comparing a game that hasn’t even launched to a game that’s been out for four years is terribly unfair and a little crazy. I was there for WoW’s open beta/launch and played it for several months before quitting. I came back a year and a half later and it was honestly an entirely different game and an entirely different experience. I expect the same will be true of AoC, WAR or any other MMO that’s launching. That’s not to say that these games won’t be enjoyable at the beginning, they’re just obviously not going to have the same amount of content.

- And of course, the ultimate way to find the answer to the ultimate question is… try the game. Wait for free trials to spring up, or see if any of your friends will let you play on their accounts. If you’ve got the funds, buy it and try it. No one says you have to keep your subscription and in the end it’s not any more expensive than any console game you buy, beat, and stick on a shelf to collect dust

I think I am glad I preordered. I don't care much what others do or don't do. Thats between them and their wallet. I want to play AoC, so I will.

I was in the beta of WoW also, and unlike you I didn't go anywhere for nearly 2 years. The game experience didn't change one bit. Blizzard did patches and bug fixes well into the 1st year after launch, they did a pretty good job. Not a great job, they were slow to react to the sheer numbers of players at launch, and there were still bugs around. But so what?

I will never go back to WoW. It was fun but I had my fill of it a long time ago. All that is beside the point. People do what they want to anyway, so buy AoC with no trial, wait for a buddy key or don't play it at all. Thats the wonderful thing about advise, it's so easily ignored.

Originally posted by mo0rbid

I didn't read all of what the OP wrote but I simply say this: they're not even the same kind of game

You should have read it before writting

Play what you want to play but  keep in mind that AoC combat system has been designed to fit the X Box game pads.And that their true targets are console players.

I have some doubts on the state of the game after release,I'll wait 2 months to see how things evolve.

To the guy who said that the game will have 2M sub ,I don't know what you are smoking but it works