Funcom

Not long after I removed my "method of payment" from my Age of Conan account I received an email from Funcom asking me to please tell them why. I like that. So that's one point to Funcom. They get another point for making bits and pieces of Conan rather likable too. But that's not going to make me continue to play. I might return to Conan later though, if I start to hear good things about it again.

Thing is, I wonder if they are going to get enough money to make those much needed improvements if everyone does what I do?

The end of Age of Conan...

I've just removed my "method of payment" from my account page. That means I'm only able to play for the remainder of the "free" period included in the game package. Not that it's a problem, because I am afraid I am returning to WoW. Good ol' Warcraft...

Age of Conan isn't good enough to keep my interest, casual player as I am. I need it to work without hiccups, I need it balanced and I need much more Warcraft. 8-) I really like the fighting, the combat system, which is much more intense and far better than anything Warcraft has to offer. But it doesn't compensate for the environmental bugs and the poorly designed status and gear details. So I'll let it mature for a bit. If I hear good things about it later I'll give it another chance.

So it's back to WoW again, back to the repetitive, pretty, comfortable, fun, warcraft. :-)

First day of Age of Conan

I will give it three months. If it still feels like a bugged out rough edged flawed version of Oblivion by then I won't give Funcom any more of my money (499 SEK to purchase Collector's Ed and 15 EUR/month subscription).
But it's early days. There are undoubtedly lots of defects still to be fixed and unbalanced environment/race/profession/quests to fix (like for instance the low level volcano quests! I stopped counting the times I died after the first twenty times or so...). The whole game might also leave a completely different impression once you get past the low level quests.

So I'll give it a few more hours and wait for higher level quests, game-feel (my own) and eventual bug fixes.

Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures

OhmygodwhathaveIdone... I just booked the collector's edition of Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures. It will automatically give me a ride like the one on the image above. HOW COOL IS THAT?! :-)
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