This new promotion comes just two weeks after Funcom went on a price slashing spree.
Uh, Funcom, just between you, us and the wall ... you're starting to come off as a bit desperate. Just a skosh.
This new promotion comes just two weeks after Funcom went on a price slashing spree.
Uh, Funcom, just between you, us and the wall ... you're starting to come off as a bit desperate. Just a skosh.
Reader Comments (18)
Posted: Nov 12th 2009 8:07AM (Unverified) said
Ok, now its just sad.
Funcom your done just shut down servers and save the energy.
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Funcom your done just shut down servers and save the energy.
Posted: Nov 12th 2009 9:22AM TwistedBishop said
Funcom's last quarterly financial report indicated that Age of Conan had 300,000 subscribers based on their amount of external revenue coming from MMO subscribers. They've done a good job updating Conan with new content for current players, running ads on gaming sites and using promotions like this to keep it in the public eye. It's actually doing so well that they announced an expansion pack, Rise of the Godslayer, back during the summer gaming conventions.
Whether these promotions come off as desperate or not? Silence doesn't help MMOs. They need to aggressively pursue new customers. I think moves like WAR's endless free trial of the Tier 1 experience, or DDO going micro-transaction based, are also quite smart decisions.
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Whether these promotions come off as desperate or not? Silence doesn't help MMOs. They need to aggressively pursue new customers. I think moves like WAR's endless free trial of the Tier 1 experience, or DDO going micro-transaction based, are also quite smart decisions.
Posted: Nov 12th 2009 8:03PM Larz said
"Ok, now its just sad.
Funcom your done just shut down servers and save the energy."
What a retarded statement. That's like saying if you aren't a billionaire you should just kill yourself. There's plenty of room for the little guys, and AoC is a really really good MMO.
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Funcom your done just shut down servers and save the energy."
What a retarded statement. That's like saying if you aren't a billionaire you should just kill yourself. There's plenty of room for the little guys, and AoC is a really really good MMO.
Posted: Nov 12th 2009 8:21AM (Unverified) said
Well, in that case, I suppose I'll have to make an account and grind away in your "game"!
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 10:52AM Digital Viking said
I think also if you subscribed a whole year, you'll get the coming expansion pack for free...
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 11:38AM emperorzeroxx said
I went back the last free month they offered.... got bored pretty fast... the beginning of the game is fun but it just gets worse....
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 11:52AM (Unverified) said
I tried AOC recently and thought it was great - the design is lovely, some of the areas are really amazing and the combat is better than any other MMO by miles and miles
2 things stopped me signing up beyond the first month tho.
One was that the server I'd chosen (in the EU) was very very quiet and a quick peek onto other servers showed they were also fairly short of players - there were times when it felt like a single-player game.
The other was that the monthly subs (in UKP) is a fair-bit more than WoW (and they're not discounting that) and I just think that WoW £8.99 figure is a benchmark you need to be doing something VERY special to exceed.
For me, it did create the world of Conan tho - and I didn't find the game got boring as I levelling-up either - in fact it was one of the least 'grindy' MMOs I've played.
I tried Aion after it and that felt like a massive step backwards...
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2 things stopped me signing up beyond the first month tho.
One was that the server I'd chosen (in the EU) was very very quiet and a quick peek onto other servers showed they were also fairly short of players - there were times when it felt like a single-player game.
The other was that the monthly subs (in UKP) is a fair-bit more than WoW (and they're not discounting that) and I just think that WoW £8.99 figure is a benchmark you need to be doing something VERY special to exceed.
For me, it did create the world of Conan tho - and I didn't find the game got boring as I levelling-up either - in fact it was one of the least 'grindy' MMOs I've played.
I tried Aion after it and that felt like a massive step backwards...
Posted: Nov 12th 2009 6:51PM (Unverified) said
Sorry - Aion felt backwards, a return to "kill X of these" and combat against 1 thing at a time gameplay which Conan moved away from quite well.
Aion also felt horribly, horribly generic wheras Conan had a real feel of the REH books - I genunely felt like a Barbarian and all that stuff
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Aion also felt horribly, horribly generic wheras Conan had a real feel of the REH books - I genunely felt like a Barbarian and all that stuff
Posted: Nov 12th 2009 1:44PM Neogeek2734 said
Just started playing this game about a month ago and i enjoy it thoroughly. I was going to play it when it came out but i had heard about all of the problems so i decided to wait. The only thing that sucks is that it's underpopulated.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 1:44PM StrikeFear13 said
I don't care what they do with Conan to be honest...just update Anarchy Online to the new engine asap so we can start bringing it back into the spotlight. That is still my all-time favorite MMO.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 6:52PM (Unverified) said
You were clearly not there at launch then - I still can't really think back to that without shuddering...
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 10:39PM Neogeek2734 said
Im on tyranny, i guess im just used to the high pop of the other mmos i've played.
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