Funcom announcing Age of Conan expansion in August

Does anyone know how much has this game improved since launch? I remember complaints that there really wasn't much to do beyond lvl 30, but I assume much of that has been fixed by now. I started Lord of the Rings Online less than a month ago, and I like it much more than WoW, but I'm not too invested in my character yet. Is AoC finally worthwhile?

I've heard AoC is quite good now actually.
I think it's sad that Funcom didn't get the success they deserved.
Hope things goes better with The Secret World.

The game has defintely improved since launch by a country mile.

All in all its never been a bad game but they launched it before it was ready for prime time and now they carry that stigma of bad press with them.

What is the actual playerbase for AoC these days?

This isn't me trolling I just didn't think that many people played it anymore... which is a shame, always kinda wanted to try it.

I hate announcements of announcements.

The expansion is placed in Khitai so we will see samurais, oriental demons... i am really tired with the oriental-japanese lile mmorpg. Until now i loved AoC. Hyborea is really big to implement Khitai, before that would come Balck Kingdoms, Hoth, Vanaheim... the middle kingdoms. Why fall in the easy mode bringing oriental aadventures?

This time, axe loses to tree.

Hello,

Age of Conan on/off player here (always depends if I have the money to pay that month) nonetheless, I played last month (not this month :() so I can answer a few of the questions being asked.

Yes, the game is much better than it was on the day of its release, much, much better. There is quite a bit of end game content (it isn't WoW level yet, but its solid).

People are talking about the community dwindling, but I have actually seen quite the opposite, it actually seems to be growing. There was a huge drop in the first 3 months there is no doubting that (they closed over half their servers) but since then the forums and the game are loaded with "Wow, just came back to age of conan) and I have always noticed people in every area of the server I play on (which is actually the one known for having the smallest community).

So, why not give it a try guys? I love the Conan book series, so maybe I'm a bit biased, but if you tried it at release and put it down I recommend giving it just one more shot. If you haven't played it yet, its 20$... thats a month of playing so why the hell not?

This game was and is a giant piece of shit. Avoid at all costs.

I see deals on the game pretty frequently, like GoGamer had the CE for $9.99 recently. You can get the regular version shipped for $12.99 at NewEgg:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832174001

Ive been playing age of conan almost from the start, and in the beginning it really felt like it wasnt complete, i also stopped playing for a while, and since 1 month now iam playing it again, and the new changes they made are really good, the game feels almost finished now :D this was the first mmo i played, after this i tried wow, but believe me, right now , wow SUCKS balls compared to age of conan, believe me ppl,

AGE OF CONAN RULES NOW !!

like any mmo it takes time for it to get good . WoW when it first came out it was like that , they been around for a long time , and age of conan is the same its been out for just overe a year , and i ve been playing it since the new changes and i think it better the WoW now thats just me but what ever . in 1 to 2 years this game is going to kick ass. the graphics alone is so good compaired to WoW it makes WoW look like lego lol .