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Post by dirtyhairy on May 11, 2010 10:43:25 GMT -5
Who would have thought aoc would survive to see an expac? I didn't.
Anyway, I've messed around a bit last weekend in the trial to see what changes have been made (in case I wanna play a bit over the summer). Looks like most of the client issues have been resolved. The trial is limited to Tortage though, so I can't test out the pvp.
Is anyone still playing or knows ppl who play? Is there actually a working pvp system now? I've looked at the forums and there's varying opinions on that. Also, who exactly did frame Roger Rabbit?
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Post by Heath on May 12, 2010 11:12:36 GMT -5
I have always thought AoC had more potential to be awesome than Warhammer or WoW, atleast for what I was looking for. If it actually turns out to be good it could be fun to play again, I just don't think I have the time to commit to it anymore like I would need to.
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Post by Shannon on May 12, 2010 12:06:08 GMT -5
I'd play again! Just only one or two nights though. But lots of daytime!
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Post by dirtyhairy on May 13, 2010 19:43:47 GMT -5
i picked up the xpac the other day and reactivated for a month. things i have noticed:
performance:
still hardware intensive, some areas seem to be optimized, while others can vary wildly in fps
most of the client crashes are fixed, i had only 2 out of memory crashes and they were in one of the new areas introduced with the xpac. the 3gb workaround fixed this though (seems to only affect 32bit systems)
general gameplay:
most of the feat trees have been reworked.. in fact DT's are supposedly OP'd now
the gemming exploit is gone (where ppl could gem insane armor or damage bonuses on their shit)
there's finally pvp levels
in addition to having a guild t1/2/3 city, there is also a guild level system that give bonuses to guildies based on lvl. can level guild thru pve/rvr/crafting apparantly. good thing to google if ur interested in that.
supposedly some of the higher tier crafting mats can only be gotten from pvp (i think u still have to farm nodes tho, should google this if interested as well cuz idc too much about crafting)
alternate advancement - this really feels like a combination of master levels and realm abilities (both passive and active stuff). u have 2 different point types, a pvp point and a pve point... some stuff needs just pve or pvp points and some a combination of both. alternatively, u can train these over time (i think this is similar to eve, but i havent played that in years) some of the shorter ones are 18hrs and i think some are 720hrs plus. i did notice that you could start training one via time and still earn xp toward points though. good news is all the pvp shit is in one section and only requires pvp points to get.
veteran points - some kind of reward for having an active sub over a period of time. theres a veteran merchant that sells stuff for these points, thinks like riding training and whatnot, also some fluff (boob enhancement). idk how, but aparantly i had 24 when i reactivated and it's per toon, not shared across the account.
im not advocating everyone go out and resub, but definitely check out all the changes that have been made, i think it's a much different game than when we played 2 yrs ago
the guild city is still there too
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Post by dirtyhairy on May 20, 2010 22:23:22 GMT -5
ok so an update. there have been a few patches since i resubbed and i can definitely tell a difference performance wise, no crashes and whatnot.
i've played pvp, there are guild grps that do the minigames sometimes that would be great to fight against. Also, there's usually a few grps and partial groups doing open world pvp kinda like camelot style in a way. the open world is probably the best imo, the minigames are somewhat dominated by casters.
anyway, who's comin back to play wit me!? we gotta get a grp together to pwn the ascendant guild grps!
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Post by Shannon on May 22, 2010 23:53:25 GMT -5
: )
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Post by dirtyhairy on May 23, 2010 16:39:47 GMT -5
Shannon! come play with me! ;D if anyone does come back, im playing with the cimmerian hillbillies. with everyone's time constraints, i don't think it's feasible to do the time sink guild city stuff. im mostly on the weekends and a few evenings. doing construction in between classes to make some money on the side, so if it's raining here i'll be on during the day some too.
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Post by Heath on May 25, 2010 23:31:21 GMT -5
I really would love to, but not biting off anything for a while seeing as how janet is 2 weeks out till due date.
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Post by Shannon on May 28, 2010 17:13:53 GMT -5
OMG is it that close already, Heath!?!?
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Post by Heath on May 30, 2010 21:29:34 GMT -5
Yep June 9th is the due date
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Post by thog on Jun 13, 2010 9:42:11 GMT -5
can I xfer servers? I'd love to bring my demonist over and play.
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Post by dirtyhairy on Jun 15, 2010 18:02:13 GMT -5
there was a server merger some time back, so u may be on set anyway. if not, i looked on account page and a single transfer is $20. idk if i would pay that much, but on u if u feel like.
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Post by thog on Jun 19, 2010 10:33:04 GMT -5
i reactivated. can't stop freezing up within 10 seconds of logging in. bah.
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Post by dirtyhairy on Jun 19, 2010 11:58:12 GMT -5
that sucks dude
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Post by thog on Jun 23, 2010 0:24:26 GMT -5
it's working now. i'm on tyranny
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