So, like I suspect quite a lot of MMO players, I’m sitting here waiting for the Age of Conan servers to come up for the Early Access period.
I shall be attempting to record my first experiences for posterity, that folks not in early access may live vicariously through my adventures!
5:55 BST I’m all patched up and ready to go. The servers are due to open at 5 GMT, which will be 6 BST. I notice that the official forums are down right now, presumably to get rid of the pre-release forum, and replace it with an equally annoying hive of scum and villainy.
6:01 BST They’re late! Consider my account cancelled, Funcom!!!!
6:07 BST Turns out early release has been delayed to 8 pm GMT. Let’s meet back here in 2 hours and fifty.
6:36 BST Rain stopped play for most of today’s England vs New Zealand Test Match. This has been quite a day of waiting for things to happen! Still, let us remain calm. I wasn’t in AoC’s beta, or I’d have an awful lot more worth saying at this point. My primary goal is to set up a happy little crafting guild, and if possible, build our town next-door to that of the Scions of Nordheim. Knowing precious little about costs, I don’t know yet if that is a realistic ambition.
7:29 BST Halfway there! What are you doing to pass the time, apart from randomly checking blogs for information? Drop me a note using my handy comment thingy down below! Me, I’m eating cherry cake.
8:49 BST OK, let’s try this again! Ten minute warning for the arrival of King Conan!
9:01 BST Oh Funcom, must you toy with us?
9:09 BST Oh dear. Well, see you in 50 minutes then!
9:23 BST I have some patching action going on. It’s a bit slow though, what with everyone else also patching.
9:24 BST And then the patch server went down again :(
9:27 BST I’m all patched! However, the login server seems unwilling to make my acquaintance.
9:54 BST Well, I’m in! I was a little dismayed by the lack of decent hair options, but Alfric is born!
11:26 BST OK, I’ve played through with a character up until opening the Acheronian gate now, and am now the proud owner of a level 5 Necromancer. I had been, right up until the end, a little concerned that combat was too easy, but it does seem to be getting a little more dangerous so I guess those crocodiles were just going easy on me!
Things began with my slave ship exploding, for reasons I have yet to discover. I washed up on a sandy beach, and was instantly approached by this gentleman.
A strange old man who apparently feels comfortable inciting complete strangers to commit murder. I am sorry, Sir, but I really don’t know you well enough yet.
But it didn’t seem like I had a lot of choice but to follow through with the bloodthirsty fellow’s plan, and so I set forth through a jungle wherein most everybody seemed to want to kill me, to their own regret.
The much vaunted combat system, thus far, seems to me a lot like hitting the 1, 2, and 3 keys at random until things fall over. I didn’t really need my spells up until the final bit. I do suspect that once I face some beefier opponents, taking a little more thought about what the heck I’m doing is going to wise.
Graphically, everything seems decent enough, especially given my meagre specs. A healthy enough framerate to play with, though I have yet to step into a city with other players, which is where framerates tend to suffer the worst.
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lol well had you all fooled
WOOHOOO XDDDDD ITS UPDATING THE FINAL SHIT
patch server down, they will die
its back up
you still have 10 mins to go before they say you would…no point getting angry before its late again
oki its up….but any of you getting a messege saying wrong version of the client?
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