There r allways ppl that have "duty" to cry for no use,well this is a situation that is very complicated,

1st This game is BIG inovation in MMO
2nd U cabt mesure it with WoW coz WoW is outdated for money "we" r paying monthly
3rd AoC is fresh game with g8 attitude for future MMO's - grafic,gameplay etc etc
4th personaly i dont have problems with DC or lag....and i have adsl 2mbit connection+am playing 7-8 hourc AoC per day.
5th ofc there will be 1000 of patches,there will be probably 2gb more of patches coz they will "kill" expliots and add some new fetures like LOG OUT button,diffrent UI,etc etc.

6th this is probably ur 1st mmo coz ur reaction is childlish.

over and out

Deadage...

1. What innovation? You mean because melee has to press funny buttons to attack? Because of the shields which are mostly impossible to work with at the same time as the attack buttons? AoC is NOT innovative, its wow with some tidbits added that are not worth a crap.
2. "U cabt mesure it with WoW coz WoW is outdated for money "we" r paying monthly" What does this mean? I'm going to guess you are suggesting wow is older than AoC. The nice thing about wow is the graphics they are really really good without overwhelming typical systems today.
3. "AoC is fresh game with g8 attitude for future MMO's - grafic,gameplay etc etc" how so? What great attitude? Do you mean the lame promises by their PR in the inverviews and such?
4. You don't have lag? You don't speak a word of truth? And you probably have never seen low fps. Mmmhm.
5. 1000 patches = beta.

Every user interface detail of this game has been ignored.
It should be less for free until it is out of beta.

I recommend 5/mo.

CoreTwo i have Good Fps and very low Ms... while at WoW till recently i had the double or triple ms of lag.

1) its more complicated yes. now you need something more than a good gear to top dps...if you cant handle it then im just sorry for you.

2)WoW can Have issues with low Fps at very good machines,while it gives crapy graphics.. so lol

3)i dont see promises my self.. i see improvments every single day. very good gm support ,i dotn even wanna remember about WoW gm's LOOOL!!

4)as i stated at stat..i have good fps (about 30ish-65fps) and VERY low Latency while at WoW i had alot more... (AoC 90-115ms,, WoW 130up to 2200ms? LOL)

5) 1000 patches isnt beta..is Funcom good care...should blizzard learn something by it. so Blizzard might not lose the rest of their subscribers for warhammer next time!
Oh and btw...i remember WoW at the first 3 months of release...omg what a joke it was... people falling endlesly from the sky unable to do anything for hours while waiting GM support(?!), Tons and Tons of Quests that we were unable to complete.... mobs Evading ...still, even now btw!and many MANY others problems...crashes.....LAG....omg it was terrible..and it was for more than 3 months of the realease and still they couldnt make it playible..while Funcom has fix alot more bugs/issues in what 1 month now? :p So LOL LOL AGAIN AND AGAIN.......

CoreTwo...lol and lol again and again like my friend sodade21 sayd :)

1000 patches IS beta, it defines beta. Beta, incomplete, overpriced.
You are saying that wow was beta to start also, this is irrelevant, whatever.

I have much experience with FC (f the customer) from Anarchy, I can tell you whats going to happen with AoC. They will smooth out some of the things which should have been done before release, then they will randomly poke at the code now and then, mostly ignoring the users comments on the forums, and at best, choosing a lame solution rather than the one bumped up 1000 times.

It's too bad FC takes a lame approach to customer service. I'd still be playing Anarchy today if it weren't for the clunky interface. Anarchy is a much much better game than Wow or Aoc, but they refuse to fix the interface bugs. Wow was a huge relief from the nonsense, a smooth interface, great graphics, addons to enhance the game like no other has ever done. But I got tired of the constant code mangling, screwing up the addons, hokey new area's, rep grinding to get one item. The biggest issue with wow is there's no player / guild city, nothing to fight for as a group.

I bet your shoes have no soles, but you are ok with them, because the manufacturer is still working on it. Maybe next patch...

Combat IS too keyboard intensive. The extra keypress system to perform attacks is workable, but to adjust your defenses at the same time? Ridiculous.

Once the initial investments in AoC are drained, the support will equal Anarchy and wow, game over.

Maybe War will get it right.