http://mmogamers.freeblogit.com Massive Multiplayer Online Gamers Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:48:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I’ve been a staunch supporter of Age of Conan and have been quite forgiving of the bugs. In truth I haven’t experienced that many technical problems, other than the server wide issue of lag spikes in the 4000+ milliseconds. That is one area that has affected me and is starting ... http://mmogamers.freeblogit.com/2008/07/18/starting-to-see-the-cracks-in-funcom%e2%80%99s-title/ Grinding - to work or study laboriously Questing - to go on a quest It’s not the first time this topic has been addressed but I thought I’d revisit it, for no other reason then to express my opinion on the whole subject in as few or as many words as I ... http://mmogamers.freeblogit.com/2008/07/14/grinding-vs-questing/ Looking at polls on a few of the blogs I read and on some websites I was interested to learn that the Tempest of Set and the Priest of Mitra, two of the healers in Age of Conan, were amongst the most popular classes. I had a feeling that this ... http://mmogamers.freeblogit.com/2008/07/13/healersthe-next-big-thing/ By now everyone knows that Mythic Entertainment announced some major cuts to Warhammer and the product that will hit the shelves.  Two capital cities instead of six and, this one is a doozy, the loss of four classes, to possibly be introduced in a later update.  So what's the general ... http://mmogamers.freeblogit.com/2008/07/12/sowhat-about-warhammer/ Age of Conan expansion announced "…....the introduction of two new classes…..fitted out in heavy scale armour the Shock Troop provides a much needed soldier class for the Stygians …. the Scholar, a powerful Aquilonian wizard ………discover the new lands of Darfar and Kush and venture deep into the Black Kingdoms ……take ... http://mmogamers.freeblogit.com/2008/07/12/age-of-conan-expansion/ Openedge from Simple Complexities commented on my Patching the Patches article and I thought I'd answer what I can here.  His comment; You have truly painted a different picture here than what 99% of so many other forums and websites have shown. How about your guild? How are logins? Are people still coming in on ... http://mmogamers.freeblogit.com/2008/07/11/160/ Age of Conan Game Director Gaute Godager is back to tell us about the plans for the near future.  Greetings fellow players. While it has been some time since I last gave you an update, I wanted to touch base and let you know what we are working on at the ... http://mmogamers.freeblogit.com/2008/07/11/new-letter-from-the-game-director-posted-11072008/ Well Age of Conan was patched and the results are less then desirable.  This is the patch that was held off a day too.  People have been complaining about hitching issues, lower frame-rates; I can’t even remember all the things people were complaining about in the region channels.  There seems ... http://mmogamers.freeblogit.com/2008/07/11/patching-the-patches/