[Rathothis]

Originally Posted by Scythie No release date official on GW2. Anywhere. As for WoW, Blizzard's army of coders have come up with, wait for it... POKEMON and PANDAS! Big whoop :P Diablo is about as intresting as Skyrim.

True for the few of us who still can't quit AOC. But when you look at the media buzz, you can't help feeling that these companies are doing something right. Hell, WoW's Pandas and Pokemons are top news in each of the weekly shows filmed by buffed.de (the leading German MMO portal), and I'm sure they have top priority with IGN and the like as well. Not to mention the hype about Diablo 3.

And ArenaNet have carved out a nice niche for themselves with their image as innovators. Which in turn gets them some good coverage.

Truth is, we would probably need a significant influx of new players for Funcom to devote more resources to this game. But with Funcom not exactly trying hard to sell it, people are certainly right to wonder where the new players should come from.

All that said, if it is difficult for FC to accomodate for an online feat planner tool within the resources allocated to AOC, the situation is more dire than I thought.

[Scythie]

Originally Posted by Rathothis True for the few of us who still can't quit AOC. But when you look at the media buzz, you can't help feeling that these companies are doing something right. Hell, WoW's Pandas and Pokemons are top news in each of the weekly shows filmed by buffed.de (the leading German MMO portal), and I'm sure they have top priority with IGN and the like as well. Not to mention the hype about Diablo 3. And ArenaNet have carved out a nice niche for themselves with their image as innovators. Which in turn gets them some good coverage. Truth is, we would probably need a significant influx of new players for Funcom to devote more resources to this game. But with Funcom not exactly trying hard to sell it, people are certainly right to wonder where the new players should come from. All that said, if it is difficult for FC to accomodate for an online feat planner tool within the resources allocated to AOC, the situation is more dire than I thought.

They are doing a lot of things right for sure. (With the exception of WoW. That game is big because it's big. It is what it is and i will refuse to see it as anything worthwhile for anyone over 10.)

But yes, to provide a feat planner should not be a big todo for FC. Not really. The need should be evident for them.

They should not hold out for someone to make one of their own kind heart.

[Azanath1979]

Originally Posted by Rathothis True for the few of us who still can't quit AOC. But when you look at the media buzz, you can't help feeling that these companies are doing something right. Hell, WoW's Pandas and Pokemons are top news in each of the weekly shows filmed by buffed.de (the leading German MMO portal), and I'm sure they have top priority with IGN and the like as well. Not to mention the hype about Diablo 3. And ArenaNet have carved out a nice niche for themselves with their image as innovators. Which in turn gets them some good coverage. Truth is, we would probably need a significant influx of new players for Funcom to devote more resources to this game. But with Funcom not exactly trying hard to sell it, people are certainly right to wonder where the new players should come from. All that said, if it is difficult for FC to accomodate for an online feat planner tool within the resources allocated to AOC, the situation is more dire than I thought.

The prob is that especially Buffed is living from WOW, it started originally as a WOW-Database. Also for most MMO-Gamers there is only WOW. These MMOS will eat alot of your time and who does want not to play the best game than?
I mean WOW is definately not the best game out there but yet no MMO portal or magazine dares to acknowledge that as they will quickly anger the fanboys otherwise(Yeah a rating of 95 % as the last one given by Buffed).
This is especially true for print magazines as they are mostly financed through advertising. Also every big publishing company has at least one WOW/Runes of Magic/SWTOR magazine in their sortiment.
So do you really believe that any writer working for such a company is allowed to publish a critical view which might endanger their golden cow? If you were such a writer, good luck finding a new job.

Funcom has alot of potential with TSW as it seems to fill a niche, which is not yet occupied, like it happened with WOW back in 2004. If they make this right this might rekindle interest in AOC again.
Development would be easier as well, as both games use the same engine now, though I can imagine that TSW might use a more advanced version simply because it is still in developement. Funcom can test and adjust things there quite easily.

As for resources: They have a set deadline with TSW, there is no set deadline for AOC, unless you count games like GW2 who have not even received a release dat yet.
I´m sure Funcom will pick up the development speed after TSW has been sucessfully launched. Heck, we AOC Players will not even have to feel like guinea pigs anymore as single server tech will be tested for TSW first.

[Kurt777]

Originally Posted by Scythie Easy solution here. Funcom should give Kentarii the means and funds to expand his site to include the stuff happening in YG as well. He obviously had the skill to do it. I know he isn't playing. Doesn't matter. His site is invaluable and if FC simly bought that site from him and then funded him to do the rest as well, we'd be home free. Consultants come and go, but sometimes it is a good thing to use what is aready there and expand on it.

I am a bit outdated on server hosting space costs, but years ago it was a few euros a month...even an outdated but still valid database should be worth that money. Even if they don't want to actively support it, like you suggest, they could at the very least pay his hosting costs and link from their official site to make sure it does not disappear from the net.

[Nukeface]

Give featplanner.

[Cerrano]

Official feat. planner would be awesome. I've been waiting a long time for an updated PoM planner, but nothing yet what I've seen.

[Nolenthar]

Originally Posted by lycanthropic1 Diablo 3 releasing 15 may.

Guild Wars, WoW, ok. But what the hell Diablo 3 has in common with AOC ? It's like you would be saying : with olympic game this summer AOC is freaking dead !

Yes, that's how retarded this is.

[Ieronon]

OMG forgot about the olympics ! we're doomed !

[Melekaiah]

I think a updated official feat planner would be a nice thing . Contemplating taking base stats of each class without gear. and creating a combined AA and Feat Builder for a university project. if that could have been used in conjuction with AOC armory, you would have an imba resource.

but meh, i think im taking a break. im now only logging in for updating time training. kinda sad. but there are way more fun things to play for a while.

DIII, Tera, GW2 when released, ME3 etc. im so sick of doing the same thing over and over . i think id need like 2 khitai sized expansions more. and remade oldworld content (for lvl 80's) and much more story and rewards to get back into AoC now. Raids are just not fun anymore.

[Mayn]

wrong thread xD