Age of Conan Is 'Biggest MMO Launch Since WoW,' Ships One Million According to Developer

basically this game is cool @ first then gets REALLY boring. the game plays like resident evil with all the damn loading. every corner u go around in this game is a load screen. i HATE that. the combos in this game are kinda cool, but quickly make no difference @ all if ur circle strafing in PvP. PvP is just gay in this game. once again magic users are OP. lol, why the fuck can't we get a working PvP in a MMO? single player in this game is meh at most. i'm only lvl 20, but getting there was boring. i have 3 toons all @ lvl 20 and i have 3 weeks left of my free month. once i get out of no0b island i'll make the call whether or not imma stick around. so far it's not looking good. there are locks of balancing that needs to be done. certain characters are just shit toons to play as. um, um, assassin... shhh. i used to look forward to coming home and playing away gheyly all nite in my mmo's, but playing this game is completely different. i don't really care to even log on. and if i do i'll prob only play for 1-2 hours max. i'm used to logging in and playing @ least 8 hours str8 without even thinking about it. i can only wait for Warhammer Online to come out in the next 3-4 months. hopefully that game i won't be a paying beta tester!

I'm having a ton of fun on this game so far. I'm only level 33 or so, and on a full-PvP server (Deathwhisper), but so far it's a blast.

The only real complaint i've heard is from people who are already level 80, in that they claim there is not a lot of endgame content. I would guess that part of their problem is that they either ground like crazy or they used a supposed Priest of Mitra bug to powerlevel (some peeps got banned for that bug), and they kinda got ahead of the curve. For most people, the game is rich and fun.

Once there are more level 80's, the city PvP will increase, and with additional higher-level content I think we'll see a real uptick in some of the overachievers' satisfaction levels.

As for the PvP, it's a lot of fun. They haven't implemented the PvP leveling system yet, which is wise, because it's better to start keeping "score" only after most of the potential bugs and exploits are ironed out. That said, the actual PvP is very well done, and even though there is no real cost to dying, other than a 1/2 hour cumulative res sickness (easily fixed by a visit to your gravestone or by getting a certain amount of EXP over time), it still gets my pulse going, although not as hard as EVE Online or UO used to, since you could literally lose it "all" in those games.

One other quality point that I haven't heard much about is the music, which is, by and large not just good, but excellent. The Celtic or perhaps Scottish-style singing in one of the earlier Cimmerian zones, is particularly beautiful, while the Set-dominated area of Bushbur is discordant, strident, and unnerving, and establishes a great atmosphere for the desert setting. Someone put a lot of effort into the musical score, and it shows.

In the immortal words of Winston Wolfe "Let's not start sucki'n each other's dicks just yet"

They have a WHOLE LOTTA problems that need to be addressed. This game is still very much a beta. Everything from broken feats, to nearly broken classes to basic game mechanics that don't function.

Content after level 40 or so is literally a pve grind until about level 55-60. There is also only one zone for that level range, so people have to fight for camping spots.

I'm pretty shocked. Not just because its sold so well, but also because I didnt realize the Conan franchise had this much of a following.

Wish AO had been like this instead.

At level 9 now and I love this game. It's the first MMO I've bought and it is VERY accomodating to guys like me. Plus, the gore and boobs are fucking awesome and a great change of pace from the other MMO's I've tried (EQ, Ass Call, Guild Wars...pseudo mmo I know..., SWG, Matrix Online)

The combat is awesome and for the first time in an MMO I actually look forward to getting into combat as a low level character.

Shipped to sold is a big difference. Lets take Quake Wars. How many were shipped since I still see the special editions on shelves a year(?) now after launch for the same price as the regular edition.

As with any MMO come back in 6 months and proclaim how many subscribers are still around from launch.

1 million sales to retailers? What is the subscriber count though? 400k last I heard, which is still good.

W00t!! Go FunCom!

So.. have they fixed the whole "GM mess" yet?

Considering that most other MMOS that came out after wow sucked horribly i'm not overly impressed. Whats the retention rate after a month and then after 3 months. Those are the important numbers.

Good for the,. Love the game.Any shackers on Stormrage want to join a small guild ?