Age of Conan relaunching free and unrated this summer

@Delrothness That is only the beginning area after level 20 the game goes to a more open world where you dont have to worry about night and day missions atleast thats how it was durring launch when i played it.

*playing cod all day long* *hear about aoc coming f2p* J*** IN MY PANTS!!!

@emperiox I guess you're not the only one who would get angry at this news, but going into court to get those money back is rather rediculous. I'm pretty damn sure there are other people who spent much more money than you that are angry as well, but probably have the decency to accept it as it is and not pull FunCom to the court.

@Frosty192 They'd be paying the court fees as usually standard for the winner.

@emperiox small claims huh? ok lets break that down: State rep. $600 Court fees:$300 May lose: Pay for all those fees yourself May win: Pay half the the win to the State rep. Your total gain: -$200 Yep, not worth it sorry bro.

And whinig continues lol. I spent in "EVE" more than $1500 and now I don´t like it anymore. oo my god give my money back!!!

I've spent over $165.00 on the game, expansion, and 3 times cards. I better get a refund, or I'm taking Funcom to small claims court -.-

i remember the disappointment when i left the starting area, it felt like i was playing an entirely different game, one that waas unfinished.

Another MMO goes free-to-play. I wonder why people still surprised?

Heh..it's free and I still can't try it. Ho-hum.

I tried this game about six months ago, it is definitely a unique mmorpg. The combat is pretty cool but I couldn't get into the game enough to get past the beginning area. I didn't like how enclosed it was, it didn't have that sense of freedom an mmorpg should have. I also really didn't like how a lot of the quests had to be completed during night mode which when activated, basically turned it into a single-player rpg. But like I said, I only played the beginning of the game, I have no idea if the whole game is like the beginning area or not. So I can't say the game sucks since I barely played it. I just couldn't get into it but I think I might try again soon.

Failcom has done it once again. Disappointing me, and I'm not even playing the game right now. Kudos.

I just read the FAQ section, and this is honestly horsesh*t I was a loyal customer for 2 years, from Beta, until the expansion, and If I decide to go Free to Play, I get sh*t on by not being able to play my Sin, or my HoX who have full T3? I stopped playing because monthly subscription is too expensive, whats the point of going F2P in Conan when in this game, where EVERYTHING you have done shines endgame with raids and seiges. By reading this, I would doubt you can even hit the 80 max from only being able to go around the free play stages.

@FriendBear, you should have seen Anarchy Online. They actually had to shut it down for a month after the launch date. Worst launch ever. Now FunCom is going to be releasing Secret World. If they don't get this launch right...

So the premium model pricing will be the same $14.99/month model, I assume? It sounds to me like what a person can do to save money is power there way as much as possible in free mode with the two characters they have available to them (assuming they're fine with the available four classes), then switch over when absolutely necessary. Stuff like sieges aren't advisable until upper-levels anyways.

i'm hooked, was planning to give it another try anyway :D

Anyone have an idea of what I'm going to get for buying the retail version of both AoC and the expansion? Thanks.

Nice. I'll definitely be giving this a go.

only way to save the game go f2p.

Digital only because stores ban unrated games...funny because unrated movies are received with open arms.

Hellgate London, Ghost Recon, Battlefield, LOTRO, Age of Conan... Everything's turning free-to-play now.

I hate MMOs, but I had a lot of fun with this one. I will definitely be playing it again now!

People still played AoC after 2008?

Agree with FriendBear. Eightied a ToS in the first two weeks, got nerfed to death and found myself with nothing to do and quit. I picked it up again twice before the first exp pack and nothing really changed other than fixes for those things that shouldn't have been broken in the first place (Wounded Child, oh my).

@FriendBear In other words, you only played when it was free?

I played the game from closed beta to launch and then quit after the failed promises of content, and bug fixes which never really happened, I logged in several months ago during a 'free' welcome back trial only to see that things hadn't really changed, a lot of rare weapons that had literally no stats at all still hadn't been fixed so even though this is going free to play, I still have my doubts.

Yes!!! Its about time.

I liked the game but I stopped playing it because I didn't feel like paying a monthly fee.

Every thing is free. Battlefield F2P , Ghost Recon , and Age of Conan.

I played the game on release for about a year and a half. It was a fresh addition to the MMO world and I loved it, especially the beginning, if only it would have maintained that polish throughout the end game. I'll most likely try the free to play version to see what's changed, but I'm waiting for that "next big step" in the MMORPG genre.

Played this when it launched (took a 1.5 yr break from WoW) and I was impressed; it was obvious this game was both fun and had a lot of potential. Heard they've really added a lot to it. Can't say I'll ever drop WoW for it, but I hope it pans out for them. It's definitely one of the better MMOs out there.

Great News! This will get a lot of new players to the game, i will sure try it.

that was my main issue with this game. seeing i read the books and played a bit of this game and thought they took alot of content out of it

@ziproy sure it may seem nice at first but it's a sort of compromise.Free games definately have some content that you pay for.But it makes sense to wet your whistle first before telling you what content you *may* wanna pay for.Depending on what they offer for sale on their market.It would be ncie to have a "cost saving" sub available for those who want to appreciate the full package without having to pull out the wallet every now and then.

I checked out LoTRo when it turned into free to play, and I must say its awesome; it has the quality only a pay to play game could have to offer, and it's free now, and it's being more lucrative than before. Great, always wanted to try Age of Conan!! Someday, we will have only 2 kinds of mmo: World of Warcraft, and the f2p ones.

yay more free mmos!

hh. haven't played a mmo in years.. been tempted since quite a few MMOs are free to play now. nice move funcom, ya got me thinking about it

Might give this another look then

So many Subscription based MMO's going Free to Play, this is why I wait it out before investing in an MMO.

this is the future of mmo's.

Free Sex is their new business model. I can't see how this could possibly fail.

nobody cares