Difficulty:

Hard

Time Spent:

100 or More Hours

The Bottom Line:

"Mixed reactions"

Intro:
I played in the closed Tech and general betas for Age of Conan so it really doesn't surprise me to see it in this state Incompleteness. Every MMO seems to have rough launches, but Age of Conans was rather good compared to a few others that I have experienced. I still have an active account and belong in an active guild called Imperium.

Graphics/character/gear
The best graphics I have ever seen in an MMO. You can fully customize you character from the shape of his or her body parts(even the boobies) to tattoos and scars. You can even bend your nose into funny shapes. For all the flash this game offers your unique armor is very limited. My armor looked exactly the same from level 20 to level 60 and then I got to wear fullplate from 60 to 80 but all fullplate armor looks exactly the same except for the raid drops and the recent pvp armor that was added. The funny thing is the npc have all sorts of awesome looking armor that player can't get. This was a real let down for me.

Guild cities:
Guild cities were one of my favorite things to read about before launch. There are 3 tiers to guild cities and your guild must collect tons of mats and money to progress your city. This feature feels very incomplete to me. You have several building that don't really serve a purpose yet and no individual houses for your guild members. You to get access to a vendor of each craft to buy common crafting material and you also have a trader that lets you access the market. Other than that it is only good guild meetings and RP events.

PVP:
PvP was the whole reason I got this game and so far I have very mixed feelings about it. The castle sieges were never player tested in beta so I knew they would be full of problems and as it stands they still do not function correctly today but they have fixed many of the issues. It is finally possible to win on offense.

The classes have been getting nerfed since launch but now that the gem nerf was placed in it seems a bit more balanced and fun. PvP takes alot of skill in this game, you need to time your combos and maneuver your character around the area to get the advantage. Group PvP is very fun if you group with the right people and have solid communication. The satisfaction you get from performing a fatality on an enemy is priceless!

Community:
I play on a RP-PvP server called Cimmeria. Every weekend my guild has huge rp battles with another guild and some other guilds usually join in. The server is filled with many nice people since most of the lame guilds moved on to Warhammer and other games. Most guilds seem to get along now and set up RP events with each other. I am very glade I got to meet some of these fine people and it is honestly the only reason I still have an active account.

Conclusion:
I still have very high hopes for this game, but I have become very bored with it recently.I see a very fine future for this game and believe it can still live up to the potential it had before launch, people just need to give it a chance to mature. I would recommend trying this game out just for yourself and coming to your own conclusion.