Age of Conan Raiding! - Page 3

Pinski · 05-13-2008, 02:27 PM

Did you hear, the graphics in Blake Stone wtf p0wn Wolfenstein 3D's?

Meta · 05-13-2008, 04:16 PM

Only dragon in EQ2 that looks anywhere near that is Naggy. Especially the fire breathing bit. (What does that tell you? Oh yeah, EQ2 was quite good in T5).

I love the way Trakanon sorta floats through the air with all 4 legs sticking straight out underneath him. He's kinda like a reptilian helicopter. If you can't make retardedly huge dragons work and not-look like shit then make them a bit smaller k???

Riska · 05-13-2008, 05:15 PM

cant await playing aoc.. 4 days left.

Diomed · 05-13-2008, 05:51 PM

Welcome to Dissolution if anyone is looking for a high end PvE raid guild in AoC.

WIZ235 · 05-13-2008, 06:03 PM

More screenshot for Vistrix

These two are the "original" models for it.

I have been testing the game for months, and I think AoC is too linear. Anyway, I am looking forward to WAR instead of AoC.

Virulence · 05-13-2008, 06:06 PM

Will be on PVP until Im assured the griefing situation is completely and utterly out of hand AND Im on the receiving end of the hurt.

Im sick of only "group" sense of accomplishment PVE raid brings. I want the personal relishing of occasionally owning someone by my own hand alone...

Rokkual · 05-13-2008, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by firamas

Yes, i've seen trak's lair on high settings. Yeah, a few of the boss models like trak could use some more detail in EQ2, but the game overall (overland zones, dungeon models, etc) looks great when run on max detail. I'm just tired of people crapping on EQ2's graphics ("couldn't hold AoC's jock strap"... are you fucking serious lol?) when they're actually quite good. And if you consider that they HAVE been this good all along since release in 2004 (just unplayable on most systems then), that's pretty impressive too. SoE saw the longevity of EQ1 and went into EQ2 with a forward-looking approach to design.

Playing this game in 2560x1600 with max settings and AA/AF turned on is a pretty impressive MMO gaming experience. If they fixed some issues with UI rendering my framerate would be absolutely silky smooth on raids with 30+ models on screen too.

Post some of your absolute max quality AoC screenshots, and I'll post some max quality EQ2 ones, and we can see who's jockstrap is where. I'm not saying EQ2 is the pinnacle of graphical excellence, but aside from a few underdeveloped boss models it's certainly right up there with anything else. And if they expected more than 0.1% of the subscriber population to ever even see mobs like Trakanon, they'd probably spend more time on that model, eh? =)

The AoC screenshots look great, but they really don't look close to actually playing it. You just have to run through one of the zones and experience it for yourself. EQ2 doesnt even compare.

And that EQ2 "built for the future" bullshit is just that, a bullshit excuse for shoddy programing. EQ2's graphics are ok, but the game should run much smoother. If it were built right, with the level of EQ2's graphics, it should run smooth on todays low end machines, but it still runs like shit even on most high end rigs.

dakkota · 05-13-2008, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Virulence

I want the personal relishing of occasionally owning someone by my own hand alone...

Thats what FPS are for, and they do a helluva better job at giving the feeling.

Rokkual · 05-13-2008, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Eventinex

Those are my screenshots, shit moves quick on the net i guess. I have done test raiding in AoC and don't get you hopes too high lol. Nothing that impressive or original.

I got them off another thread in here, great screens! I'm in the closed beta, but unfortunately didn't get in soon enough to level to 80 and sign on with Raiders of Azura, so I won't get to the raid content until after AoC goes live

dakkota · 05-13-2008, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Rokkual

The AoC screenshots look great, but they really don't look close to actually playing it. You just have to run through one of the zones and experience it for yourself. EQ2 doesnt even compare.

And that EQ2 "built for the future" bullshit is just that, a bullshit excuse for shoddy programing. EQ2's graphics are ok, but the game should run much smoother. If it were built right, with the level of EQ2's graphics, it should run smooth on todays low end machines, but it still runs like shit even on most high end rigs.

If you tweak the graphics its fine. Yeah Eq2 allows 30 maximum spec lights, but that is hard for any machine to handle. Eq2 was built for the future same way Crysis is. Theres not even systems out that can run the game 100% the intended way/framerate (well I havn't checked in the last month). Theres no way systems on Eq2s release were pushing maximum resolutions. I mean I run mostly maxed settings and don't drop much lower than 30fps. That seems about right....Eq2 could use lots of optimization in its engine. Doesn't mean it wasn't a pretty beasty graphics engine for its time. Well they mostly leave the optimizing to the user, in their plethora of settings.

Put Eq2 side by side some other 2004 games, it was a really pretty game. Eq2 vs AoC graphics shouldn't even be a discussion, theres a 4 year gap in technology so whats the point? I'll compare the graphics to Cod4 or Crysis, thats a bit more fair if your going to be critical.

ps. I'm personally waiting to see if people bitch because its too easy and everyone can kill things...or if they bitch becaues its too hard and such a small amount can kill things. OR let me guess, AoC is the new wave of the future and like the 3rd bowl of pourage its going to be juuuuuuust right. Bullshit