aoc is not pvp oriented. there are more pve servers than pvp servers at the launch, and not only there is mind boggling massive pve content. neither the content is boring like whatever crap was back at wow when i played.
in pve servers, you have a huge zone, borderlands, that has ffa pvp in it. guild battlekeeps and other stuff, all battlegrounds are to be in that zone. rest of the world is not ffa pvp in a pve server. but, the thing is, pve server will have the same kind of endgame pvp as the pvp servers. so thats something very handy.
and still is. i got into early access and i can say that im gonna be in for a loooooooooong time. (forever, if they keep the in game content top notch in expansions, like they have done for launch). ive never been a fanboi of anything, ever. so you can read what i type below as the sincere experiences of a gaming veteran.
im an uo, swg, wow veteran. (not counting countless other brief stints like eve, potbs etc). though i enjoyed some or many aspects of all these games, none of them whacked my mind outta like aoc did.
tbh i didnt expect that much effort, care and love put into a game. this game has more polish on one of its fingernails than wow has in its entirety.
quests feel like not a mmo, but playing kotor (some odd, version of it passing in prehistoric times, definitely). i forgot i was in a mmo, leveling and such and newbie etc, but totally got hooked up with the storyline, and the cinematic quest thing they got going on in there.
the destiny quest line is astounding. you climb rooftops at night, sneak to eavesdrop conversations, break into shops, whack out people out of the still of the night. its not like playing a game, but watching an interactive movie in which you are the leading actor. i was level 13 without even realizing i was advancing.
graphics and realism of the world is mind boggling. you can boast 3.5 km view range if you do have the computer to handle it. detail is so that the stitches and pads on a padded armor armpiece will be twinkling under light effects. stuff seem better than the best drawn, painted colored conan comic, and they look REAL.
music is good, so good that it sometimes gives you the goosebumps.
gameplay ? boy. it feels like playing an arcade instead of a mmo that has turns and queues and stuff and all that. you may find yourself getting excited and moving your head here and there with your barbarian's moves. and when it comes to that, aoc barbarian is one of the most fun classes i ever played in any game. get a 2 hander, jump in out of stealth, start swinging the death dealer - oh boy.
launch was probably the BEST in entire mmo history. with only 1 hour delay, they have succeeded in providing everyone with undisrupted gameplay on the first day, everything went smooth. it was so that all trolls and ex beta testers that were babbling in the forum all shut up, and instead thank you topics started to pop up every 10-15 minute. everyone was amazed how they were able to fix the beta client that was very problematic a week ago so fast that the game smooth like butter at launch. not only that, they stuck with what they announced - they needed to make 2 hour maintenance at the launch after the first night, then they announced they needed to extend it one hour more, and when the time came, all servers were up like a clock and never went down. on both saturday and sunday. no single glitch, no accidental log out, no drop out, nothing. undisrupted gameplay for 8 hours until morning. many people who had to go to their jobs on monday had gone without sleep.
the game quest/storyline/gameplay captivates to such an extent that entire guild forgot each other, despite we have all decided which server to roll a prior, rolled at the same time, got in at the same time and found each other. all of them got hooked up on the quests and following the story. theres little talk in general chat channels despite this being a game launch and guilds were not around on first 2 days yet, probably because of that - people are playing some kind of Thief (the game) in multiplayer.
in the end, it was worth the wait. aoc is a f@cking stellar game. i assure you it knocks the socks off of ANY mmo out there, bar none.
i want to thank everyone who had participated in the making of this great game of our times, from the artists to code grunts, to network people to beta testers to lore masters. thank you for producing something that is worth the wait, and worth to pay for.
just like they have prevented foulplay in wireless auction, and just like they prevented microsoft from gulping yahoo at the expense of internet competitiveness, im calling Google to take action and go in to prevent microsoft from ruining another important internet entity.
thats the way with fascism. they move on perceived necessities. not realities. cutting access to entertainment RIGHT at the time when their country totally needs it. only happens in fascist governments.
someone would have listened to a song from a website that someone s/he lost liked very much, and remember, and find some solace in good remembrance or similar.
but no. not happening with cold war derelict dinosaurs and a fascist party at the government.
"'The Phantom Menace' was awful" - says who ? im not a star wars fanatic, im way too picky with everything when it comes to realism, storyline, acceptability, and even i dont think that it was 'awful'.
why should my opinion matter ? well, exactly the same reason the poster of the article thought his/hers was.
dont embed such sweeping statements into your summaries when posting articles please, people.
that groups like Razor1911 etc can do such stuff with just a budget of $10 beer money and a bag of chips. same crowd is probably also able to thwart any $11 m 'take control of all computers' project with a similar budget.
so thats $11 m more taxpayer money down the drain to juicy contractor deals.
* Strange unidentified craft (UFO's) seen near U.S. airbases, mostly at night
* Secret testing of spyplanes, spy ballons, and prototype stealth aircraft by the air force in the late 40's, 50's, and 60's
* The height of Cold War secrecy and paranoia
* Air force and other government officials telling UFO witnesses to keep their damn mouths shut about what they saw no. it is what you know.
there are a lot of unidentified craft action cases over white house in years 1945-47. do a search for it around the net, youll find satisfying documents. 1945-1947 were the days they were trying to break sound barrier, leave aside producing insta-turn capability in high speed vehicles that could run away easily when aircraft moved to intercept them over white house.
another big buck media company that is in alignment with MAFIAA and other bastardly organization's ideals, takes over an important internet presence. expect sh@t spreading around from cnet soon.
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if you take down all the graphic settings, it will still look like better than wow, and will run on normal machines.
what you talk about.
aoc is not pvp oriented. there are more pve servers than pvp servers at the launch, and not only there is mind boggling massive pve content. neither the content is boring like whatever crap was back at wow when i played.
in pve servers, you have a huge zone, borderlands, that has ffa pvp in it. guild battlekeeps and other stuff, all battlegrounds are to be in that zone. rest of the world is not ffa pvp in a pve server. but, the thing is, pve server will have the same kind of endgame pvp as the pvp servers. so thats something very handy.
it doesnt lock itself down to low settings however. if you have a high end machine, a crossfire or sli, it gives what you ask for.
unlike wow, which is set to run on a laptop, and run on an ultra fast gaming pc as it runs on a high end desktop.
aoc basically makes you able to go to a whole different world with its graphics and realism, whereas wow takes you to l337 land.
really, which game is that one you speak of ?
the aoc im playing knocks the socks off of any other mmo in graphics, detail and setting.
and still is. i got into early access and i can say that im gonna be in for a loooooooooong time. (forever, if they keep the in game content top notch in expansions, like they have done for launch). ive never been a fanboi of anything, ever. so you can read what i type below as the sincere experiences of a gaming veteran.
im an uo, swg, wow veteran. (not counting countless other brief stints like eve, potbs etc). though i enjoyed some or many aspects of all these games, none of them whacked my mind outta like aoc did.
tbh i didnt expect that much effort, care and love put into a game. this game has more polish on one of its fingernails than wow has in its entirety.
quests feel like not a mmo, but playing kotor (some odd, version of it passing in prehistoric times, definitely). i forgot i was in a mmo, leveling and such and newbie etc, but totally got hooked up with the storyline, and the cinematic quest thing they got going on in there.
the destiny quest line is astounding. you climb rooftops at night, sneak to eavesdrop conversations, break into shops, whack out people out of the still of the night. its not like playing a game, but watching an interactive movie in which you are the leading actor. i was level 13 without even realizing i was advancing.
graphics and realism of the world is mind boggling. you can boast 3.5 km view range if you do have the computer to handle it. detail is so that the stitches and pads on a padded armor armpiece will be twinkling under light effects. stuff seem better than the best drawn, painted colored conan comic, and they look REAL.
music is good, so good that it sometimes gives you the goosebumps.
gameplay ? boy. it feels like playing an arcade instead of a mmo that has turns and queues and stuff and all that. you may find yourself getting excited and moving your head here and there with your barbarian's moves. and when it comes to that, aoc barbarian is one of the most fun classes i ever played in any game. get a 2 hander, jump in out of stealth, start swinging the death dealer - oh boy.
launch was probably the BEST in entire mmo history. with only 1 hour delay, they have succeeded in providing everyone with undisrupted gameplay on the first day, everything went smooth. it was so that all trolls and ex beta testers that were babbling in the forum all shut up, and instead thank you topics started to pop up every 10-15 minute. everyone was amazed how they were able to fix the beta client that was very problematic a week ago so fast that the game smooth like butter at launch. not only that, they stuck with what they announced - they needed to make 2 hour maintenance at the launch after the first night, then they announced they needed to extend it one hour more, and when the time came, all servers were up like a clock and never went down. on both saturday and sunday. no single glitch, no accidental log out, no drop out, nothing. undisrupted gameplay for 8 hours until morning. many people who had to go to their jobs on monday had gone without sleep.
the game quest/storyline/gameplay captivates to such an extent that entire guild forgot each other, despite we have all decided which server to roll a prior, rolled at the same time, got in at the same time and found each other. all of them got hooked up on the quests and following the story. theres little talk in general chat channels despite this being a game launch and guilds were not around on first 2 days yet, probably because of that - people are playing some kind of Thief (the game) in multiplayer.
in the end, it was worth the wait. aoc is a f@cking stellar game. i assure you it knocks the socks off of ANY mmo out there, bar none.
i want to thank everyone who had participated in the making of this great game of our times, from the artists to code grunts, to network people to beta testers to lore masters. thank you for producing something that is worth the wait, and worth to pay for.
errrm. since .. you know ... that time i registered on this site.
a few more similar occurrences such as this, and google, you'll be outta favor.
just like they have prevented foulplay in wireless auction, and just like they prevented microsoft from gulping yahoo at the expense of internet competitiveness, im calling Google to take action and go in to prevent microsoft from ruining another important internet entity.
you owe us, 'the internet' that much.
what does 'entertainment' word mean in china if not songs.
thats the way with fascism. they move on perceived necessities. not realities. cutting access to entertainment RIGHT at the time when their country totally needs it. only happens in fascist governments.
someone would have listened to a song from a website that someone s/he lost liked very much, and remember, and find some solace in good remembrance or similar.
but no. not happening with cold war derelict dinosaurs and a fascist party at the government.
acceptability = the status a movie attains when it satisfies enough bitchy expectations. like realism.
anything for pr0n. even studying your ass to hell in your freshman year.
you gotta low how bold corporate shills can speak due to years of republican administration spoilage.
a blowjob from Padme ?
too much difference ?
spanish inquisitioner. i would rather not argue with a churchman with a scientific skepticism flavor.
"'The Phantom Menace' was awful" - says who ? im not a star wars fanatic, im way too picky with everything when it comes to realism, storyline, acceptability, and even i dont think that it was 'awful'.
why should my opinion matter ? well, exactly the same reason the poster of the article thought his/hers was.
dont embed such sweeping statements into your summaries when posting articles please, people.
that groups like Razor1911 etc can do such stuff with just a budget of $10 beer money and a bag of chips. same crowd is probably also able to thwart any $11 m 'take control of all computers' project with a similar budget.
so thats $11 m more taxpayer money down the drain to juicy contractor deals.
there are a lot of unidentified craft action cases over white house in years 1945-47. do a search for it around the net, youll find satisfying documents. 1945-1947 were the days they were trying to break sound barrier, leave aside producing insta-turn capability in high speed vehicles that could run away easily when aircraft moved to intercept them over white house.
another big buck media company that is in alignment with MAFIAA and other bastardly organization's ideals, takes over an important internet presence. expect sh@t spreading around from cnet soon.
with this, we wont need to take any of those measures anymore. how many times did you fry your bios ?
im amazed that you have been able to somehow accuse me of being a medieval witch hunter mccarthyist.
there are still crop circles that contain radiation that is unnatural. its definite that a lot of crop circles are fake. but not all.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=nq4&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=government+harassment+of+ufo+witnesses&spell=1 choose anything that you may see as reliable