Age of Conan Offering 'Unlimited Free Trial' Through Year's End

yay the single player portion of the game is free (or at least the intended single player version)

The download keeps stalling on me. Bleh.

i had a blast with the game when it came out, absolutely beautiful looking game, and the combat was such a breath of fresh air from the retarded normal mmo combat.

sadly i'm a solo player mostly, and got tired of a lot of the higher zones being 100% elites (after their changes to make elites gods no matter your level).

was definitely a great game though.

Still waiting for them to code in the things which were listed on the back of the box.

I played through the trial then picked up the retail version for only 9 bucks (which is a pretty good deal for 30 days extra play). My character is now level 70 and interest is beginning to wane. I've pretty much soloed my entire way through the game so far and skipped the group quests, but the remaining solo quests (of which there are now much fewer) are all of the "go to X and kill Y number of Z". I doubt I'll hit the 80 cap before my 30 days are up simply because the grind-based gameplay at this point has killed my enthusiasm.

That said, I did enjoy it a fair bit - the combat system is certainly more satisfying than in most other MMORPGs I've played in the past and the graphics are pretty damned nice on my rig too.

I honestly think AoC _now_ is a lot better now than what a lot of people give credit for. Sure it had a terrible launch and the quality went drastically downhill shortly after release, but anyone who plays it now, with new eyes, is in for a pretty damned enjoyable experience. I didn’t bother checking it out on release as I am turned off by games that are overhyped (cough Aion). They can rarely, if ever, actually deliver.
I raised two chars to around lvl 50 before I stopped playing, and that was largely due to other commitments (cough female aggro).

It has some great features, a great combat system and some of the best graphics around, period.
Where it fails though, imo is:

1. Casters handsdown own melee. If you want to PVP and are melee, expect to go through many tissues as you’re smashed with ease by casters.
2. The PVP minigames, AoC’s version of WoW Battlegrounds, are snorefests (imo)
3. The quests are all over the shop, someone needs to go over the whole game and streamline them like LOTRO is doing. Nothing worse than finishing one quest only to not be able to find more without running all over 3 huge zones to work out where the next logical hub is, and even then they’re running you all over the world.
4. Combat for melee is latency sensitive (im from Australia, so it can further add to melee pvp frustration)

There’s more, but that’s all that comes to mind right now. Despite those 4 points i listed, the game is still hugely underrated imo, and the good points far outweigh the bad. Point 3 is my single biggest issue though, and i am hoping the new expansion (which looks sweet incidentally) largely resolves it.

i still have my account, but it hasn't been played since the day it came out. i wouldn't mind starting a new toon for the starter area just for the hell of it just to see wtf they've changed and/or fixed. also, what does trading mean? no AH or sum sort of trade option with other ppl?

Is anyone still playing this?

This game got a lot of hate, and it wasn't all that bad. Not that it kept me subscribing, but it gave me much more play time than WaR.

The trial only lets you experience levels 1-20. In other words, the trial restricts you to the only part of the game they bothered to finish.

I originally played this for my free month and quit, i might try it out again just for the heck of it, but
i already know i don't want to pay any subscription fees for games for a while.