Age of Conan

Whos got there early access key? whos gonna be playing?
On a side note ive got my early access account sorted but my uni blocks p2p software so i cant download the files, can anyone help or suggest anything?

im thinking of getting it but not early access balls.

I've managed to download it at a fairly steady 400-500 kbps (My usual speed is 950kbs) and it's installed and ready to patch.

Afaik, the Funcom p2p downloader is the only method available, which is a bit harsh on those who have blocked ports, it would have been nice to know beforehand

Theres no point playing early or in the first 2 weeks imo, its always bad in any new mmo. Always dies and is really really laggy to start with

im just gonna pre order it and enjoy my mammoth mount or watever it is
but i wont be registering my account until iv played a bit of gta!

gotta wait till after my exams to play em cos i left my ps3 and good pc at home :'

willy tell me when you get age of conan you biartch

played the beta, apart from ganking people with my mate it wasnt that great. since this isn't the full released version its not completely what its going to be ofcourse so i'm still hoping on it being good, however right now..? well:

if i was going to play a MMO i'd choose a better one, honestly :/

and before people give it, OBVIOUSLY this is my opinion, you don't have to tell me that, you guys will probebly enjoy this game a lot more than me.

i've pre-ordered the full game, looking forward to it

rimmer elaborate more! all the features seem amazing

well i did hardly any reading of the game before i played the beta so i have no idea of these 'features' your mentioning..but if you bring them to my attention i'll try and tell you about my experience with them

all i noticed was that was different from other mmos:

ALL classes can stealth
there are attacks that you can do left, right, and headon which are usless to actually do till they are needed to carry out important attacks like stuns etc.

where do you download? ive got early access.

here Westy enjoy:
http://funcom.cachefly.net/AoC-EU-EarlyAccess.exe

pvp rimmer? this guild fort system, mounted combat, crafting, seige weapons, classes in general?

I did acutally notice a fair increase in the amount of damage when attacking someone on the lesser shielded side, gotta be more fun that just right clicking someone anyway.

these are my observations from the beta, i didnt really play it that long cos i wasnt having fun. but for you mmoers out there i'll try give details on what i did notice.

the pvp was a bit weird in beta. it was ffa. everyone could hide, and people could spawn kill. everybody spawned in the exact same place, and there was no time that you had to do anything. this was quite harsh for me cos i had a mediocre pc for this game. apart from that, ranged classes were very easy to get to as a melee character (probebly didnt have the skills at level 20 to counter that), apart from 1 stun skill.

the classes are all fairly balanced, but they have done it in a weird way. if you can grasp this fact, you'll see why. the classes arent actually that different from one-another from what i saw at level 20.. everyone can stealth, everyone can stun, everyone can do damage. I didnt see healing though, but then again i wasnt in a party with a healer or anything. warriors damage is through the roof though. (i 1 shot a equal level character to me).

apart from that, i cant say anything else. i simply did not see them in the beta dolphin.

is it me, or is there no auto-attack? personally, as a person who rolls his ciggies, i like auto-attack :<

Nah there isnt, + you get 2 more attack directions at 40. I kinda prefer being a bit more involved, even if only slightly. Got a bit bored of the 1 or 2 button combat in Lotro and WoW.

wows combat system is terribad, canneh wait for conan

i dont share the same opinion, in a grinding game i do like the option to just attack like that when grinding. however, on the pvp aspect of things i completely agree with you.

actually, no, i dont. this might sound odd. i would like to see the directional buttons used more. for example, if i wanted to do a high level attack on you, id press the button for that attack, and say...3-5 directional attacks to make that attack damage or have some sort of benefit to what im doing.. like more damage, higher stun time or something similar. come to think of it its probebly possible theyve already done this since its only level 20. i only saw 1 directional button being used after an attack though.

would add some skill and speed on pvp imO.

pvp on wow is so bad.

Age wasnt having fun because i was taking all his kills and doing all the damage..

I played in open beta and i thought it was great.. even though it was maxed at level 13 the storyline was great and the overall atmosphere of the game is amazing..

I did pre-order it but i did it on the 9th so i might of been a bit too late or i'll get my key pre-play key later or something.

but yeah PvP day to finish off the open beta was great.. was really fun and the PvP/Combat does take a bit of skill...

Overall the openbeta was suprisingly good after all the crap i read on the forums about AoC being "unplayable and horrendously bad" and the amount of bugs but i really didn't get any of them so yeah.. AMAZING game.