Age of Conan

I'm back after my MMORPG.com induced vacation from the forums.  On that note:

To understand how Age of Conan can do as an MMORPG the gaming community must know how many players/subscribers it has.  An MMO which builds a lot of its essential features into a large guild format needs a sufficient player base to support the said features.

Unfortunately, Funcom refuses to be upfront about its subscriber numbers, which prevents anyone new to Age of Conan from making an educated decision on its purchase.  Funcom also lacks the internal mechanisms (procedurally or substantively imposed) to merge the playerbase. 

So a prospective new player is left wondering:  Are there enough people playing Age of Conan to justify 49 servers?

To help answer this question, the mmorpg.com community in the Age of Conan forums have attempted to parse financial reports, stock information, and independent prospectuses to figure out what that number actually is.

It is a tough job.  There is a lot of prognostication involved...and errors will be made.  However these are good faith errors and at worst these opinions will give potential new players vital information to help make an informed consumer purchase.

And oh ya, so far the community's answer is a resounding no. 

Just thought I'd clear that up!

Lit

AOC has some technical issues that prevent seiges that involve more than 100 players vs 100 players.   In order to allow seiges to happen, Funcom is reducing its current subscriber base to below that number.

This forum is so much fun, I hope I never get banned.

I know how you feel! It was my second ban and since this forum is my guilty pleasure at work it really hurts my heart when I get banned.

Originally posted by Litigator_AB

I know how you feel! It was my second ban and since this forum is my guilty pleasure at work it really hurts my heart when I get banned.

 

 

Amen brother and I totally share your feelings towards AOC and FUNCOM.  A resounding NO on both for me as well.  DONT buy AOC, dont become a FUNCOM customer if you can help it!
 

Originally posted by Azrile

AOC has some technical issues that prevent seiges that involve more than 100 players vs 100 players.   In order to allow seiges to happen, Funcom is reducing its current subscriber base to below that number.

This forum is so much fun, I hope I never get banned.

LMAO
 

I guess Funcoms not too happy with Warhammers breaking the preorder sales record for EA's 27 year history either. Can't wait for Proteus and Avery to jump on that one.

But when you release a terrible half finished game you obviously get what you deserve.....GO FUNCOM.

Good to have you back Lit.

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Analysis of Funcom's Q2 numbers and Age of Conan's (AOC's) future.
Not News: No server merges. News: Let's relabel some servers as high population. Fark: And permanently hide them from server selection.