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10/10 for the first 2 1/2 months. Now, 0/10. Nothing to do.
was 9/10 till my tos got nerfed 5 times, after that 3/10.
tos used to be able to solo.
now at lvl 73 tos is so squishie that you need a body guard just to harvest mats for your guild.
10/10 till about mid July.Then it slowly went downhill as they "fixed" OOM issues, which only got worse on my end with each patch. Went to having almost zero OOM issues to having one an hour with this new patch. And not to mention total lock ups
From Mid July - Aug 1st 7/10
Now...3/10
As for me - about to hit 70 and I'd give it about a 4. It would have been much higher had you asked last month. Now the thinning out of content and just ongoing nagging but very visible bugs are starting to tick me off. Like everytime I get cotton from a level 70 mob I think, "I can't beleive they haven't fixed this yet."
level 1-79: 8/10
Level 80: 0/10Levels 1-20 (Tortage): 9/10
Levels 21-79: 6/10 (if those new zones that FC promised were already in, this score would probably be higher)
Level 80: -5/10
5/10 Not painful, but not enticing.
6/10 when it launched. 0 now
As a pay to play game - 2/10
6.5 hoping to see a 8-9 within a year though
Working on my second 80. 4/10.
9.5/10 - Only level 50 right now and I've been playing since the start. As a casual player I'm having a blast and I probably will continue having fun for some time.
9/10
I am really satisfied with the game, as my experience with mmo's has shown me, it only gets better with time. Unless the company is Turbine, completely screwed up AC2. Everything else has been great. Heck, I'd still be playing AO if it weren't for the fact that I moved to North Pole Alaska after I had started playing it right when it came out and had only dial up.
In the past 30 days my enthusiasm for this game has taken a huge nose dive. As of yesterdays patch it is even worse. I'd have to say 2/10 as it stands today
For the record, I've had an 80 since about late June sometime and now a pair of 60's.
Yesterdays patch may be the straw that breaks my back as now the client locks my machine up solid instead of just crashing, therefore requiring a hard reset/power down about every hour to hour and a half.
That is intolerable behavior.
I haven't been posting much, mostly because I stopped playing AoC a long time ago, went back to WoW to raid, and am currently under NDA for a certain something or other game. But today, I had a fantabulous surprise in my inbox from the glorious people at Funcom. After, something like a month and a half, Funcom has finally activated their Buddy Code system. Oh joy! I wouldn't wish that game on even my worst enemy. But regardless, there's icing on the cake. Let's see if you can spot what it is!
Dear Age of Conan gamer
As you may know, every owner of Age of Conan may invite a friend to come play free of charge for seven days. At last we are happy to announce that we have enabled this functionality. This means that now is the time to invite your friends to come play Age of Conan and see what all the buzz is about!
The invitation process is easy:
Log-in to your account page, and choose "Buddy program". Follow the on-screen instructions, and then write a personal message to your friend if you so desire.We are certain you will make a friend happy with this token of appreciation, and what is better than chopping of Pict heads together with your best buddy?
We recommend that you lend your install DVDs to your buddy to get him or her ready to play as fast as possible. Alternatively your buddy will be offered a $2,99/€2,99 client download with 3 additional days of playtime to cover the download time.
We still highly recommend the personal touch of going to your friend's house with the DVD install though. Not only does this make it completely free for your friend, it also allows you to show them the ropes!
Sincerely,
Funcom
This is extremely strange, if you don't know. Never in my entire gaming life have I had to pay to use a Buddy Key for a game. Usually you just end up cursing how slow your client download is going and thinking, "well, this is seven hours of my free time I'll never get back." Not only does it aggravate me that Funcom took so long to enact their Buddy Keys system (should have been up sooner, two weeks after launch would have been prime), but they're being the lousy douchebags that Age of Conan players (the non-fanboy majority) have come to expect by charging you just to try their game. In any other genre, this might be okay. Maybe if this were Xbox360 Marketplace, I'd understand.
What gall Funcom has. Too bad no one wants to play their failure or tolerate their customer abuse.
