Age of Conan

Will Warhammer be the death knell of Age of Conan?

Mark Jacobs thinks he needs 500k subscribers to keep War profitable.  Numbers of subs to AoC are being flaunted at 400k - I think this is garbage personally, and is more likely in the 300k range.

My feeling is War will take half of what they have now, leaving them with 150k - 200k subs.

On those numbers, I don't think it can survive.

Q:  How many players will AoC lose to WAR?

A:  The rest of them.

That figure was as of end of July. I really don't think they have maintaied that.

I think as with most new games there will be an initial rush of people wanting to try out what is another long awaited title - but it will of course settle out after a while.

I think part of the problem facing any game these days is to attract the numbers it requires to keep going in the face of so much competition. (just take a look at the number of games presently in the game list).

And of course it wont just be AoC players who make the switch.

Personally, I'd like to give WAR a try at some point, but for now it doesn't look to be what I'm looking for in a game. I'll wait awhile yet.

Besides, I'm a happy AoC player at the present time :)

They are going to get reamed by the WAR release.

IMO, they'll lose 60% - 80% of what they have remaining.  FunCom has become the new Flagship Studios. 

Honestly, based on all of the dishonesty and flat out lying to the players by FC, I have no problem watching FC burn.

AoC still has players?? lol jk

I won't make any guesses, that's a hard question to answer. You have to first ask why those who are playing enjoy AOC. Secondly, why would they bother to play right now considering WAR is right around the corner (if they plan to play WAR). Features the two games offer differ greatly. Graphically they are worlds apart, the same goes for the atmosphere.

I would guess anyone who disliked AOC because of its flaws or lack of content, would have quit by now. /shrug

Probably alot.. I think your estimates are accurate. The last time I visited the official forums, almost every thread in the off-topic section was a WAR roll-call or discussion thread.. I've never wished ill for AoC, but I think it's safe to say that Warhammer will severely cripple the game. Server merges, dev layoffs.. it's very possible.

AoC will not lose any(more) players to WAR....

why?... because the only people left playing AoC are brainwashed followers of FunCom chanting "boobs boobs boobs" until FunCom tells them to stop...

fact: AoC has only fanbois left.... they are blind and wont leave for WAR....

Originally posted by mscouts77

AoC will not lose any(more) players to WAR....

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With all due respect, I couldn't care less about mature content. It has no bearing on game play.

I'd also like to know how you came to your factual conclusions. They're a little close to baiting IMO, however I'm not going to bite.

Instead I'll respectively kind of agree, not with the terms given though. I'd consider myself a bigger fan of AOC than WAR at this point for sure. However, I'm definitely not blind to what I just paid for this weekend. My decision had nothing to do with having faith in anything Funcom has said or done. It was based on the amount of coherant information floating around.The term blindly is a suitable description though, honestly I had no clue what to expect at this point.

What I discovered is, exactly what i thought I would though. Everything you read has a certain amount of truth to it. From fans to haters it's all kinda true. yet often exagerated. Improvements have been made, yet the extent is both under and over exagerated from both sides. At this point I'd give them a moderate score on stability, compared to very poor at the last point I played.