Forums Anger Crom
So, I was reading this story on Kotaku about how the DirectX 10 version of Age of Conan will not be available until the end of August. I had questions: Will an upgrade be free? What do players think about this? Where in the world is Carmen Santiago?
I decided to check the official forums. I've visited them before but I don't have them in my favorites. So I started on the main site. After the age verification thingy, I surveyed the page and figured "Community" was the best choice. Clicking that for some reason launched a new browser window and brought me here. I looked all down the left hand side and did not see any mention of forums. Eventually I looked under "Links" on the right hand side of the page. Finally...
But no, I was denied. You have to enter your retail box key. So if I don't buy the game, I can't browse the forums? That seems like a really bizarre decision to me. Browsing the forums is often what lures me into trying a new game. Hopefully this is temporary.
posted by Aggro Me at 1:26 PM
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Isn't that one of the most absurd things you've come across in MMO's? It was for me! I too use the forum(s) as a guage on deciding whether to get the game now or let it mature; I suspect many others do too.
My first thought was "what are they hiding? Posts saying that it is not THE greatest games ever?" Then I thought with all the hype for what, the past year; the collector's ed. sold out before launch! I figured they were sparing their game owners the annoyance of people like me crashing their servers out of curiosity. I would hope that they open them as things settle down
Funcom has said it's temporary, until the "dust settles" on the launch.
Honestly, I can't believe anyone would base a decision on the contents of a forum at launch, unless you were a professional at figuring out exactly what the signal/noise ratio is on that site.
Crom laughs at you from his mountain.
My memory is not what it once was, but I seem to recall that Star Wars Galaxies had the same policy around launch time, too (it was lifted a while later)? Seems odd to me that this practice is still being used today...
An impressive share, I just given this onto a colleague who was doing a little analysis on this. And he in fact bought me breakfast because I found it for him.. smile. So let me reword that: Thnx for the treat! But yeah Thnkx for spending the time to discuss this, I feel strongly about it and love reading more on this topic. If possible, as you become expertise, would you mind updating your blog with more details? It is highly helpful for me. Big thumb up for this blog post!
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