There’s a difference between PvP not being available to someone who wants it, and PvP being forced on someone who’s not interested, ya know? But yeah, hopefully people who were upset know that they can choose a PvE server and decide when and where they might want to PvP.

That’s just my two cents; I don’t mean to offend.

Bildo, you’re right about PvP/PvE, although I’ll likely try both if I do buy the game. There’s stuff to like about AoC, but there are a lot of obstacles to the fun, not the least of which is that brilliant blinding light every time someone casts a spell or I hit an individual light source that sends that cathedral beam across my screen

I haven’t completely decided against it, but I probably won’t be in at launch. I think. I’m still considering it Might depend if I stumble across the Gamestop on the way home from work one night next week! Impulse buys aren’t impossible in my world.

Like I said before, I have a huge predisposition to liking all things Conan so I thought the quests were engaging and had the right pulp-fantasy flavor, mastering the fatalities was really fun, and the combat system is more appealing than clicking auto-attack and then running to the fridge (haha).

It seems like we’re all in the same boat though – excited about the potential but fairly concerned about what feels like a general half-arsed approach to a great many things on the part of the developers.

I just hope they’re not relying a few cool aspects outweighing a bunch of bad stuff to sell people on the game…a Mature-rating and bloody fatalities in a poorly-made game is going to attract a kind of graveyard-camping fanboy punk that will make the true believers that are playing out of love for the material not want to play even more than the aforementioned poorly-madeness.

Hopefully these fears prove to be unfounded on release but either way, I’m gonna be there, bringing bloody ruin to my enemies, frothy mead to my allies, and sinewy battle-hewn shoulders that welcome the weight of Hyboria’s golden dreams and dark destinies!

You won’t feel too disjointed once you know why you’re there and you’re actually led into the wild with the continuation of the 1-20 quest line.

Though I liked Cimmeria much more than Keen did. I haven’t played around too much in Stygia. But Acquilonia is top notch for a starting city too, if a bit maze-like at first. It’s always easy to get lost in a new MMOG, but even worse when you’re dropped into the world unaware.