Comments on: Hell Froze Over: An Interview with Funcom’s Erling Ellingsen http://www.mmocrunch.com/2008/09/16/hell-froze-over-an-interview-with-funcoms-erling-ellingsen/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:57:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Mark http://www.mmocrunch.com/2008/09/16/hell-froze-over-an-interview-with-funcoms-erling-ellingsen/comment-page-1/#comment-36144 Mark Sat, 30 May 2009 09:09:41 +0000 http://www.mmocrunch.com/2008/09/16/hell-froze-over-an-interview-with-funcoms-erling-ellingsen/#comment-36144 I just bought AoC a week or two ago on the recommendation of a friend who left WoW for it and will "never go back to wow". As far as stability I've had two crashes in the two weeks, but WoW crashes on my computer too, and since its homemade I attribute the crashes to my computer and not the game. I am finding the game a little slow and boring, but I picked Dark Templar, and found out later most AoC players consider it the worst class. I think the combat system is innovative, with the different direction of attacks and the ability to hit more than one enemy at a time. I also like the realism and grittiness of the world and the IP. Open world PvP was quite vicious in the newbie area, and it took awhile to adjust to the fact that anyone can kill you at anytime, unlike WoW where you only have to keep your eyes peeled for the opposing team. I want to level at least one character to endgame before I throw in the towel on this one, and checkout other PvP venues. I don't think it warrants the venom of playeres who left it after launch, its not half bad, and even in low level areas theres more people available for groups than in WoW. Most of the bad taste in my mouth seems to come from the fact that the dark templar is a pain to level and play properly, and not the game itself, so I'm trying out a Barbarian. I just bought AoC a week or two ago on the recommendation of a friend who left WoW for it and will “never go back to wow”. As far as stability I’ve had two crashes in the two weeks, but WoW crashes on my computer too, and since its homemade I attribute the crashes to my computer and not the game. I am finding the game a little slow and boring, but I picked Dark Templar, and found out later most AoC players consider it the worst class. I think the combat system is innovative, with the different direction of attacks and the ability to hit more than one enemy at a time. I also like the realism and grittiness of the world and the IP. Open world PvP was quite vicious in the newbie area, and it took awhile to adjust to the fact that anyone can kill you at anytime, unlike WoW where you only have to keep your eyes peeled for the opposing team. I want to level at least one character to endgame before I throw in the towel on this one, and checkout other PvP venues. I don’t think it warrants the venom of playeres who left it after launch, its not half bad, and even in low level areas theres more people available for groups than in WoW. Most of the bad taste in my mouth seems to come from the fact that the dark templar is a pain to level and play properly, and not the game itself, so I’m trying out a Barbarian.

]]> By: Dauntless http://www.mmocrunch.com/2008/09/16/hell-froze-over-an-interview-with-funcoms-erling-ellingsen/comment-page-1/#comment-36001 Dauntless Thu, 28 May 2009 17:15:53 +0000 http://www.mmocrunch.com/2008/09/16/hell-froze-over-an-interview-with-funcoms-erling-ellingsen/#comment-36001 I just started playing this game 30 days ago and am impressed. The content appears to be good to me as there are multiple quests to speed levelling, interesting epic quests, and plenty of PvP action. I have not had stability issues with the game, one advantage of coming in one year after launch. So you know where I am coming from, I began online gaming with UO which in my opinion should be heralded as the best PvP and in game economy game of all time. After the population crashed there I tried EQ but became bored, went to DaoC and muddled through that, Did WOW beta, SWG, and a few other online games that shall not be mentioned. Having bored you with that information, the one thing I loved about UO and no other game matched was the skill level and ruleset required to have a vibrant PvP environment. AoC appears to be on the right track. They are not there, but every journey has to begin somewhere. I just started playing this game 30 days ago and am impressed. The content appears to be good to me as there are multiple quests to speed levelling, interesting epic quests, and plenty of PvP action. I have not had stability issues with the game, one advantage of coming in one year after launch.
So you know where I am coming from, I began online gaming with UO which in my opinion should be heralded as the best PvP and in game economy game of all time. After the population crashed there I tried EQ but became bored, went to DaoC and muddled through that, Did WOW beta, SWG, and a few other online games that shall not be mentioned.
Having bored you with that information, the one thing I loved about UO and no other game matched was the skill level and ruleset required to have a vibrant PvP environment. AoC appears to be on the right track. They are not there, but every journey has to begin somewhere.

]]> By: Syphon http://www.mmocrunch.com/2008/09/16/hell-froze-over-an-interview-with-funcoms-erling-ellingsen/comment-page-1/#comment-25637 Syphon Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:48:06 +0000 http://www.mmocrunch.com/2008/09/16/hell-froze-over-an-interview-with-funcoms-erling-ellingsen/#comment-25637 You need to see the game now lol.... It is on the UP & UP and its a lot of fun. Just cam back after not having much fun with warhammer. (played a Magus wow what a bad class) If you liked the idea of AOC (great lore/play) give it a 2nd go they have fixed so much. PS Ellignsen is doing some great stuff!! To Daedren Its easy to see that your were hurt from your play time in AOC, you may be a bit over the top..... give it a 2nd go! You need to see the game now lol…. It is on the UP & UP and its a lot of fun. Just cam back after not having much fun with warhammer. (played a Magus wow what a bad class) If you liked the idea of AOC (great lore/play) give it a 2nd go they have fixed so much.

PS
Ellignsen is doing some great stuff!!

To Daedren
Its easy to see that your were hurt from your play time in AOC, you may be a bit over the top….. give it a 2nd go!

]]> By: baron http://www.mmocrunch.com/2008/09/16/hell-froze-over-an-interview-with-funcoms-erling-ellingsen/comment-page-1/#comment-10446 baron Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:07:42 +0000 http://www.mmocrunch.com/2008/09/16/hell-froze-over-an-interview-with-funcoms-erling-ellingsen/#comment-10446 oh btw if you think its not appropriate to say funcom shares dropped from $55 to $8 , today its a cool $6.66 :) ,and people blaming the `launch bubble` month ago are all silent.. oh btw if you think its not appropriate to say funcom shares dropped from $55 to $8 , today its a cool $6.66 :) ,and people blaming the `launch bubble` month ago are all silent..

]]> By: baron http://www.mmocrunch.com/2008/09/16/hell-froze-over-an-interview-with-funcoms-erling-ellingsen/comment-page-1/#comment-10403 baron Wed, 24 Sep 2008 05:03:59 +0000 http://www.mmocrunch.com/2008/09/16/hell-froze-over-an-interview-with-funcoms-erling-ellingsen/#comment-10403 I played this game from day one (ymir) ,i leveled a necro and a guardian to 80 and with all my honesty this was a boring game from day one, but i was persistent and was trying to find some attraction from any part of the game , joined a serious guild with a t2 city and half way to t3 ,almost completed my tier 1 set with necro ,got my fast horse did few `not so fun` sieges . Now , i dont give ratsass about the glitches or technical problems even class inbalances , because all of them are programming errors which can be fixed ,but the real problem is this game inability to give you that `oh man i cant wait to go home and play some aoc` feeling , i simply didint want to log on to this game ,some night i just clicked aoc shortcut on my desktop to find myself staring at my characters then simply closing the game again and finally uninstalling and closing my account after 4 months.And i was the last one leaving of the 12 people i migrated into this game. This game was all hype now the hype is gone so the %90 of players ,but if this game is fun for you then keep having fun and dont mind what people saying ,to each his own. I played this game from day one (ymir) ,i leveled a necro and a guardian to 80 and with all my honesty this was a boring game from day one, but i was persistent and was trying to find some attraction from any part of the game , joined a serious guild with a t2 city and half way to t3 ,almost completed my tier 1 set with necro ,got my fast horse did few `not so fun` sieges .

Now , i dont give ratsass about the glitches or technical problems even class inbalances , because all of them are programming errors which can be fixed ,but the real problem is this game inability to give you that `oh man i cant wait to go home and play some aoc` feeling , i simply didint want to log on to this game ,some night i just clicked aoc shortcut on my desktop to find myself staring at my characters then simply closing the game again and finally uninstalling and closing my account after 4 months.And i was the last one leaving of the 12 people i migrated into this game.

This game was all hype now the hype is gone so the %90 of players ,but if this game is fun for you then keep having fun and dont mind what people saying ,to each his own.

]]> By: Journeys with Jaye » We’re Not Press, but WAR *is* Everywhere! http://www.mmocrunch.com/2008/09/16/hell-froze-over-an-interview-with-funcoms-erling-ellingsen/comment-page-1/#comment-10245 Journeys with Jaye » We’re Not Press, but WAR *is* Everywhere! Sat, 20 Sep 2008 21:52:11 +0000 http://www.mmocrunch.com/2008/09/16/hell-froze-over-an-interview-with-funcoms-erling-ellingsen/#comment-10245 [...] recent interview of Erling Ellingsen by Daedren of MMOCrunch is one example of that blurring line between journalism and ownzj00 forum [...] [...] recent interview of Erling Ellingsen by Daedren of MMOCrunch is one example of that blurring line between journalism and ownzj00 forum [...]

]]> By: Daedren http://www.mmocrunch.com/2008/09/16/hell-froze-over-an-interview-with-funcoms-erling-ellingsen/comment-page-1/#comment-10008 Daedren Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:51:45 +0000 http://www.mmocrunch.com/2008/09/16/hell-froze-over-an-interview-with-funcoms-erling-ellingsen/#comment-10008 @Openedge1: Constructive comment alert! *brain explodes* I think getting rid of Gaute was a great move for Age of Conan. The game will probably never properly *die* -- worst case scenario is that Funcom will explode and SOE will pick up the pieces. That wouldn't be such a bad thing - even Vanguard is improving under them. Anyway, maybe now with an actual PVP system in, the game might look up. Unfortunately for Funcom they now have Warhammer and soon to be WoTLK to deal with. Tough cookies. @Openedge1: Constructive comment alert! *brain explodes*

I think getting rid of Gaute was a great move for Age of Conan. The game will probably never properly *die* — worst case scenario is that Funcom will explode and SOE will pick up the pieces. That wouldn’t be such a bad thing – even Vanguard is improving under them.

Anyway, maybe now with an actual PVP system in, the game might look up. Unfortunately for Funcom they now have Warhammer and soon to be WoTLK to deal with. Tough cookies.

]]> By: Openedge1 http://www.mmocrunch.com/2008/09/16/hell-froze-over-an-interview-with-funcoms-erling-ellingsen/comment-page-1/#comment-9922 Openedge1 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:54:03 +0000 http://www.mmocrunch.com/2008/09/16/hell-froze-over-an-interview-with-funcoms-erling-ellingsen/#comment-9922 Wow, may I interject? I was also a refugee of AoC. I left in June, and vowed to not return unless I saw some action. Then WAR OB began. I tried it, and could not believe how horrible it was. I hated it, my wife hated it. It was very old school, and we just felt that we were not wishing to play a game that lives in the past, no matter how good "grouping" is. On a whim, I went back to AoC. I at least felt one month to mess around with other classes would be worth my 15 until another game launched. I rather enjoyed myself. The game was stable for me, and I got right back into the action (I use a 360 controller for combat and it was great fun pulling off my combos and fatalities, and Vista 64 with 4 gigs is super snazzy with my ATI 4870) But, I knew the game was dying, based on the servers being so empty... Well, the one I was on. I went to Cimmeria and Set (was on Wiccana) and saw a marked difference in player counts. Now, believe me, I am very outspoken and when I do not like something or feel the game is giving me the shaft, I say it. But, some people are still playing and staying dedicated. The fact Funcom stepped up to the plate, and Gaute is gone, and decided to push out a large patch like today, there may be life yet. All I know is the game is built for the future, and WAR is living in the past. WAR does not suck, but will not be for everyone. I wish for some changes to take place in the MMO genre, and playing WAR feels like a step backwards. I think I will stick out AoC and see where they go. Wow, may I interject?

I was also a refugee of AoC. I left in June, and vowed to not return unless I saw some action.

Then WAR OB began. I tried it, and could not believe how horrible it was. I hated it, my wife hated it. It was very old school, and we just felt that we were not wishing to play a game that lives in the past, no matter how good “grouping” is.

On a whim, I went back to AoC. I at least felt one month to mess around with other classes would be worth my 15 until another game launched.

I rather enjoyed myself. The game was stable for me, and I got right back into the action (I use a 360 controller for combat and it was great fun pulling off my combos and fatalities, and Vista 64 with 4 gigs is super snazzy with my ATI 4870)
But, I knew the game was dying, based on the servers being so empty…
Well, the one I was on.
I went to Cimmeria and Set (was on Wiccana) and saw a marked difference in player counts.

Now, believe me, I am very outspoken and when I do not like something or feel the game is giving me the shaft, I say it.
But, some people are still playing and staying dedicated.
The fact Funcom stepped up to the plate, and Gaute is gone, and decided to push out a large patch like today, there may be life yet.

All I know is the game is built for the future, and WAR is living in the past.
WAR does not suck, but will not be for everyone.
I wish for some changes to take place in the MMO genre, and playing WAR feels like a step backwards.

I think I will stick out AoC and see where they go.

]]> By: Daedren http://www.mmocrunch.com/2008/09/16/hell-froze-over-an-interview-with-funcoms-erling-ellingsen/comment-page-1/#comment-9917 Daedren Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:26:32 +0000 http://www.mmocrunch.com/2008/09/16/hell-froze-over-an-interview-with-funcoms-erling-ellingsen/#comment-9917 JC, I think your cheese and whine is enough for both of us. Age of Conan is so great, the Game Director just got fired. Clearly a sign all is well. -- D$ JC,

I think your cheese and whine is enough for both of us.

Age of Conan is so great, the Game Director just got fired.

Clearly a sign all is well.

– D$

]]> By: JC http://www.mmocrunch.com/2008/09/16/hell-froze-over-an-interview-with-funcoms-erling-ellingsen/comment-page-1/#comment-9910 JC Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:30:18 +0000 http://www.mmocrunch.com/2008/09/16/hell-froze-over-an-interview-with-funcoms-erling-ellingsen/#comment-9910 Rob, Yeah, guess my $700 dollar system that runs AoC on high with a few custom settings with 20-40 FPS is a god computer. Daedren, Want some cheese to go with your whine? Rob,

Yeah, guess my $700 dollar system that runs AoC on high with a few custom settings with 20-40 FPS is a god computer.

Daedren,

Want some cheese to go with your whine?

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