General Discussion

MMORPG.com has received an exclusive English version of Funcom's most recent Hyborian Insider. In it, Erling Ellingson tells us about some of the new content that is being added into the game as well as some information on (and a good look at) some of the DX 10 features that are planned for the game.

Watch the interview here

 Too little too late.  By the time the get this out, War and Wow's expansion pack will be up and running and AoC will be strictly an afterthought.    Look for server merges after the first of the year because AoC will just be a small niche game after that.  Too many bad initial design decicions to correct to ever resurrect this game.

Agreed, a little too late Erling.  No one cares anymore about DX10 and the content that was promised on launch.  

Worst thing I read here is that they are just sharing some DX10 features that are PLANNED.  I was expecting months ago to see someday that the DX10 features were completed.  This company has no clue how to build a successful game.  I'm sure DX11 will be out by the time they get 10 up and running.

I'm sorry, Erling but it is too little, too late.

ALL of that was promised AT launch.  You will never get those subscribers back after you horrific launch and subsequent "patching" since then.

Try used car sales -- you'll be better at it.

I actually went back to AoC as Warhammer just did not work for me. But, I do not expect to stay long.

With still no new content, no PvP patch (promised for Tuesday...wont hold my breath) nd DX10 just a talking point...this game is falling fast.

I saw first hand the low population of the servers (the best excuse on the AoC fourms? Ike is causing lower player pops...but, for some reason did not prevent players from logging inot WAR more on X-Fire than AoC), and if this patch does not deliver Tuesday, then I agree.....

Server merges will happen, and AoC can join LOTRO, Tabula Rasa, Vanguard and other illustrious low scrip games for their niche.

I think I'd rather play a nice game of chess than re-subscribe to that funcom mess. Nice graphics and boobs do not make a great game.

And War is an Epic Failure....WOW 2.0 with low end graphics (I was in CB and OB).   AOC maybe will rise again...

Maybe DARKFALL or TCOS will be what we expect?

Until that ..I remain to AOC....I hope from Wednesday I will not play AOC Beta any more :)

Ok so,

Wait wait wasn't DX10 a supported feature on the release box? You mean to say this wasn't in the game on release?

Can you cough Scammers?

I could never get past AOC's performance.  So if that improves and they offer a free trial I might give it a go.  It would have to be a trial worth reinstalling the game on my hard drive, not some weak Tabula Rasa like 3 day trial.  Two week trial would be good.

If performance is unchanged or even worse, then I am over a year away from even trying the game again because that is when I will be buying/building a new computer.

I have an Xbox 360/pc controller so I would be curious to try out the functionality and implementation as well.