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• • Age of Conan: Editorial: Anatomy of a Launch - Part 2

  • "Skimpy Clothes are not female unfriendly.  I know alot of women who like them.  But the general atmosphere of those games is one of equality.  In AoC the first woman you meet is a whore who has been chained up by a scavenging pirate."

    You lost me at this point. Some women would disagree with you. I don't...it doesn't bother me and I am among those that like some of them, but it has bothered other women I've played with. Just because you "know women who like them" doesn't mean that skimpy clothing should not be considered to be female unfriendly content. Some women don't mind it, other's do...however if you consider saving an NPC whore on a beach to be unfriendly, then having my player character run around in a thong fits the same mold I think.

    **bit a spoiler game info below read at your peril**

    If you know anything about Conan (and you probably do) is that it's a brutal world full of wenches, whores, and warrior women. The general atmosphere is "kill or be killed" and survival of the fittest to a fierce degree (re: the books and the comic books in particular).

    Funcom is following the lore, they didn't just throw in that random whore on the beach for no reason as a slap in the face to women (and she's actually used, not for sex purposes people, to further your destiny quest). Also, later you go off (in Tortage) and can do quests for the town "madame", on the other hand you fight in a destiny quest with a former warrior-pirate queen (a strong female role) trying to take back her city. Unfriendly to women? I think we'll just have to agree to disagree on this one.

  • Posted: 6/14/08 10:38 PM
    General Discussion
• • Age of Conan: Editorial: Anatomy of a Launch - Part 2

  • Originally posted by MightyJudge

    Agreed, had nothing to do with combat or gore. Also the fact you got offended on behalf of the females of the world and took it upon yourself to fight for their honor is just as out-dated. Last I heard the ladies can speak for themselves.

    He also he didn't write "isn't famale friendly" he wrote "less female friendly than other MMO's on the market" which considering the content is a fair call. In the world of Conan all women were refered to as wench. Call your wife that and see how long you would last

    I understand why the reviewer made the statement, but quite frankly I don't buy games based off of "female friendliness" level. GTA4 is as female unfriendly as you can get and I'm having a blast in that game.

    For most women who enjoy MMO gaming, this will mostly likely be a non-issue. I can create a character on CoH/CoX with bigger boobs and skimpier clothing than AoC. In many asian MMOs my female characters are practically naked. I don't know what other MMOs he's basing this on.

    Now excuse me while I go incinerate a Pict with my HoX

  • Posted: 6/12/08 4:34 AM
    General Discussion
• • Having a great time.

  • /agree

  • Posted: 6/01/08 3:23 PM
    Age of Conan
• • OK, this is really getting me angry. Help!

  • I emailed community@ageofconan.com (not the support one) as well. I never got a response, but they did fix my account eventually. Honestly, you're not missing much over there.

    [Edit: Also make sure you set up your "forum account" username/password on the registration page as well. The username/password you created for your game is not the same as the one you use for the forums (unless you specifically set it that way).]

  • Posted: 5/29/08 9:00 PM
    Age of Conan
• • short question
  • The buddy keys that come with every edition of the game ( one with the normal version and five with the collectors edition ) will be provided through the accounting tool once the first wave of paying customers has settled on the servers.
    
    So soon you will be able to take your friend with you and show them the beautiful lands of Hyboria!

    __________________
    Johannes 'Waldgeist' Rebhan
    Community Manager (German)

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    So yeah, you have to wait a bit more to get in as a buddy.

  • Posted: 5/29/08 8:57 PM
    Age of Conan