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Player vs. Everything: Age of Conan's newbie blues

Cameron Sorden writes:

''ve been playing Age of Conan a fair amount over the last week, trying to figure out if I like it well enough to continue paying for it on a monthly basis after my free month expires. The problem is that it's going to be my second MMOG -- the one I play when I'm not busy farming or raiding with my guild on World of Warcraft. Even for someone who writes about videogames professionally, when you start stacking up multiple subscriptions, things get pricey pretty fast. Usually, I keep two subs active at a time and write about what I'm playing.

Anyway, I've been trying to make this decision and I have a problem: I hop classes a lot. When you're talking about a 250 hour investment, you want to make sure that you pick a class you enjoy playing. To figure out what you enjoy playing, you really just have to try the classes out -- especially when the classes are as unique as the ones in Age of Conan. I've leveled two characters to the high teens in Tortage, and several more to the 10ish range. What I've decided, after doing all of this poking around with the classes, is that AoC's first 20 levels are about as frustrating as they can be once the initial sheen of "new game wonder" wears off. If you didn't notice it your first time through, just wait until you make your first alt.''

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LJWooly5830d ago

I'm sure he'll get better at the game, there's really not much reason to moan.

Doctor Phil5829d ago (Edited 5829d ago )

Thats the problem with MMORPG en general. It is always exciting and all to explore a new world, but after some time, it just gets repetetive.

I know many of you will disagree with me, but I say this after having played: EQ, Anarchy, DAoC, Eve, WoW and EQ2.

I started to notice, that I began to get bored after some time. I felt like working my a$$ off for virtual gold. I realized that it wasn't this particular game that I was playing, but the hole MMORPG in general.

Now I've gone back to play the good 'ol games, which doesn't require that I invest up to 12 hours (for some addicts) a day.

jimmeripper135829d ago

Multiple accounts, multiple MMORPG games... FOR WHAT????
Get a life...

Montrealien5829d ago

said the anonymous guy in a commnents section.

Montrealien5829d ago (Edited 5829d ago )

But does this game have multiple starting zones? or is it always the same. Being a huge wow player, one thing I enjoyed was starting in different`(noobie) zones. Helps the repetitive feel starting a new toon may have.

nm, it is in the article, lol.

For the only newbie zone in the game I guess it could be worst. WoW has eight good noobie lve1-20 experiences, that dioes help with alts I guess.

Percy5829d ago

I think for now everybody starts in tortage it is like the first island in eq2 where you get your training after you do you destiny quest and learn the game you head to your real starting town based on your race. So technicly everybody starts in the same place but then goes to a racial starting zone.

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Happy Birthday Age of Conan

It's another Birthday for a successful MMO, this time Age of Conan.

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Age of Conan Patch Adds Facebook Integration

Funcom has released an update for free-to-play Hyborean RPG Age of Conan. This update adds Facebook integration to the game, allowing users to post certain achievements and screenshots directly to their Facebook accounts.

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Are these the top 10 best MMORPGs out there?

MyGaming rounds up the best of the best reviewed MMORPGs release to date

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kevnb4444d ago

Reviews are worthless. List doesn't even have everquest.

TitanUp4443d ago

the best mmorpg in this list,guild wars,wow,rift

missing everquest

least favorite game bought it like 2 days ago and i find it to be a wow clone star wars old republic.

got a level 6 and a level 4 one sith other bounty hunter.