Your all idiots, AoC is the game everyone has been waiting for, of course the initial setback with all of the bugs and unbalancing makes it appear bad , but within a few months the AoC workers will fix all of it. WoW had 150 million dollars to make WoW, AoC only had a fraction of that. The combats system, graphics, features, lore, and PvP in AoC are much better than that of WoW. WoW's user friendliness is suitable to inexperianced players. WoW is SO FUKING easy to play, any nub either 7, 13 or 30 could easily master the game in a matter of weeks it is dry and requires no true skill. AoC is much harder to play in PvP combat. Seriously guys...Please don't be blinded by your arrogance.

aoc is steak... still has gristle, fat, bits of broken bone and leaves a bad after taste .. if this is the steak he is talking about the I agree with his statement.

And I like how the writer forgot to bold the second quote paragraph.

Yes, I think that is a perfect metaphor for AoC. Because with a little time, wine and steak both become much more interesting and flavorful. If people gave Funcom some slack and let them do what they need to get done without screaming "I paid for a finished game! Not a beta!" then maybe they would be able to see all of the dreams that have been realized through Funcom's hard work, and be thankful for the dedication that they've shown to their customers thus far.

I am going to go out on a limb here and say that all of you who are knocking the comments mate are being a little harsh, sure, they might be when taken in to context but at the same I am sure each and every one of you who are here flaming the comments made would be saying the exact same sort of things if it was YOUR game. Each game has it's own pros and cons. and as we all know every MMO that has launched has had a fairly shaky start. FC has came along way since the release of Anarchy Online, which if any of you remember shipped with broken trade skills, next to no content. Now you can't tell me that WoW never had any bugs at launch. and besides AoC and WoW as stated by some are for completely different audiences

I'm sorry to say this but Everquest 2 is my takeout pizza and soda when I fancy a change from my high fibre, low in fat, healthy home made stir fry World of Warcraft and it will always be that way. I don't really like steak...

I don't think that FC should have any slack on its problems. But I do think AoC deserves a good healthy chance.

Bugs aside AoC offered something different then WoW. I think they delivered. I have not had that enjoyable experience at the start of a game since, well, WoW :) I think in a short bit here AoC will finish some of its initial growing pains and develop into a full fledged MMO option. Will it kill WoW? Nope, but it will be another good choice.

I think AoC just needs some tuning, a bit more midlevel and highlevel content, and maybe some additional apells. Other than that, I had a lot of fun, just taking a two-three month break while they fix some of the major bugs and release content.

"Your all idiots, AoC is the game everyone has been waiting for"

Yes we waited for it and unfortunately we paid for a game that was not only buggy, but also unfinished. Not in the way of:

"in future we plan to release new content"

but in the way of:

"We have no content to start with, our crafting system is retarded and doesn't work. We didn't really spend much time on the classes and made some vague descriptions of class skills and feats. Most of the secondary skills don't work, including character base stats."

It is, quite frankly, a rip off. Funcom should be offering refunds on the basis of their game, as it was released not being fit for the purpose it was designed for.

Steak and wine? Give me a break. The only thing Funcom did right was their marketing. I wonder how much money was spent on that rather than making the game work.

AoC is incomplete and buggy, but many seem not to remember anymore WoW was also buggy and incomplete on launch, maybe not as much, but it was. Thing is, WoW is still incomplete, several quests broken, unfinished (and non existent) story in many parts, unmade zones in Azeroth. Did Blizzard even bother finishing the game? No. Lets make an expantion to make more money, forget finishing the game we made. And if we give away epic stuff for everyone they won't even complain.

AoC has an adult approch to games, good ideas, and hopefully Funcom will add all the content and solve all bugs in, lets say, one year. Its a good enough deal. At least the game is fun (remember that? games are supposed to be fun, not epicfest macdonalds). If you don't like it, go back to making daylies and grinding honor.

AoC is incomplete and buggy, but many seem not to remember anymore WoW was also buggy and incomplete on launch, maybe not this much, but it was. Thing is, WoW is still incomplete: several quests broken, unfinished (and non existent) story in many parts, unmade zones in Azeroth. Did Blizzard even bother finishing the game? No. "Lets make an expantion to make more money, forget finishing the game we made. And if we give away epic stuff for everyone they won't even complain."

AoC has an adult approch to games, good ideas, has a good storyline (most mmorpgs could just be mmo, because the rpg part doesn't exist. Good thing Conan is an exception and has a good immersion and story immersion.) Hopefully Funcom will add all the content (to this game, not in an expasion) and solve all bugs in, lets say, one year. Its a good enough deal for me. At least the game is fun and new, its tasty (remember that? games are supposed to be fun, tasty steaks, not epicfest macdonalds). If you don't like it, go back to doing daylies and grinding honor. Its actually good if many don't like steaks and wine, thats for adults. Happy meals for the rest.

Spartan2097;

So you like doing "dailys"? I don't, nothing is as boring as getting gold doing the same quests day after day.

You liked the extremely slow releases of new content? I didn't, we had to steal new members to fill our raids as even alts were decked out in T6.

WoW had a monopoly which they used totally for monetary gains at the cost of their paying customers.

Yes AoC is new and bugged but I can attest that WoW was unbalanced and buggy to begin with also. In a short time my prediction is a mostly bug free game that has much better graphics, better combat systems, and most of all is fun. I still run sunwell on my healbot shammy but actually enjoy AoC more.

Gaute is drinking too much wine. Actually, AoC is like a plate of liver without any carmelized onions...

But it could be more meaty.

But it isn't. This is a rat steak compared to a kobe burger.
AoC was released at least six months too early with extremely poor classbalance, lack of content, the worst tradeskillsystem I have ever witnessed etc. Suffice to say that I have discontinued playing it.
Hopeful it will be better in a six months time and I may revisit should they have fixed it.

In my completely honest opinion, many of you play WoW. I am only saying this because so few of you are saying "well WoW had its fair share of bugs, and still does". WoW is not something you can compare to AoC, unless you compare versions of similar age. Back when WoW was very young, it was very glitchy and lacked the content that AoC lacks as well. No ones stepping back and thinking hey, AoC is glitchy, but as the login screen says, 2 down times / patches a week. Thats very nice, considering how long the patch list ussually is. They fix glitches left and right, and balance things out. This is what we call Devolpment. And this is all I have to say. Things will get better. As they did with WoW, glitches will get ironed out and balance will become closer.

And before you people flame me, I play WoW alot, 3 70's. Recently bought AoC and was very surprised with how clean it was for a new release.

AoC are too optimistic... AoC is like a bad steak on a very expensive resturant. ( sorry for bad english :P )

The only thing AoC shares with a steak is the colour grey, which seems to be rather in excess in AoC, some of the blandest city design I've ever seen. Also at least when I go into McDonalds I'm not confronted with a loading scene.

To everyone saying that AoC can't be judged against WoW due to the length of time WoW has been out, I say that you're wrong.

Any good competitor will study their competition and learn from their mistakes before they release their product. Blizzard wasn't the most experienced bunch at MMORPG's when they released WoW, but I can guarantee you they were taking a hard look at EQ, DaoC, AC, SWG, and every other MMORPG out there at the time when they were developing it.

Saying that AoC can't be compared to WoW in its current form would be saying that the AoC developers totally ignored WoW patch history and player feedback, along with every other MMORPG ever released.

And as for all the hype that AoC has gotten? Fury got that kind of hype too.

I think you are wrong.

WoW has a very quick content addition turnover compared to most other MMOs and when it does add content, it adds a fair amount. Furthermore, you are comparing your T6 guild to the rest of the player base. If I remember correctly, there was wide complaint that too few guilds got to see Naxx... sooo... that implies that content was released to quickly, not too slowly like you say :s

As for AoC, I'm not going to share an opinion as it is too early. I do feel that you HAVE to compare AoC now to WoW now and not AoC now to WoW then. Funcom aren't dealing with the Blizzard from 4 years ago. They are dealing with the here and the now and that is unavoidable.