only some small questions

[void]

when is this game going to be realesed? think i read something about next week?

how many chars can u have on one acc and can u delete them?

will it cost money each month if so how much?


*more questions may be asked later

[Volw]

1. 20th for pre-orders, 23rd for everyone else.
2. 8, yes (WTF is there an mmo where you can't delete characters?!:p)
3. 12 eruo?

[void]

1. 20th for pre-orders, 23rd for everyone else.
2. 8, yes (WTF is there an mmo where you can't delete characters?!:p)
3. 12 eruo?

thanks well for the odd questions i blame that im half drunk/drugged and tired.

so anyone that can name steal Void so i can have my name on a char onceagain?

[Volw]

Well, if you give me a shout on 20th the prolly yes.

[void]

ok will try to remember than then, thanks

[Tapja]

1. 20th for pre-orders, 23rd for everyone else.


Bzzzt! WRONG!

The launch date for early access in Europe has been moved forward! Both the US and EU servers open on the 17th of May (5pm GMT). This date used to be the 20th for the EU servers, thus European players are now getting 6 days of early access until the regular launch on May 23rd!

Ooh I love being an arsehole :D

[Volw]

Ah, nice! :p

[Genya Arikado]

When is the download available, it mentioned the 10th when I purchased the early access.

Edit:

Tarib
Senior Community Manager

Early Access Download

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The possibility to download the Early Access client will be available soon. The links were up for a short moment today but they didn't link to the correct client yet. Some forum users posted those links so if you are at the moment downloading from that source, you are getting the wrong client.

The correct clients will be made available soon (today or tomorrow). Please wait for an official announcement.

Thank you for your patience.


Due to technical issues with the updater the Early Access client will not be available until later afternoon tomorrow. The opening date for the Early Access (17th of May) is not affected by this though. It just means the starting time of the download will start a tad bit later than initially planned. Thanks for your understanding.

[Khammar]

This afternoon.

[Gunhead]

Closed beta servers went just down, estimated downtime: 12 hours. :(
So guess they're deploying the early access client on their fileservers. :D

It's going to be a long week for me at least, i can feel it in my water...

[Daymare]

rofl, can't wait to see the dragged faces of my mates working at Funcom next week, prolly gonna be a fucking nightmare :p

[Khammar]

A long week for a lot of us, yeah . . . but I'm mainly worried that I paid money for a dog of a client.

I just hope for one of two things:

1) The client at release performs well enough on my desktop.

2) The client at release performs well enough on my laptop.

Lappy comes next week (top spec Aspire 8920G), and desktop has had unbelievably bad performance to be honest. I mean last night playing with some of the Gallactic Alliance guys I had to run around following them and swinging at whatever air they swung at . . . no NPCs loaded, no PCs, no ground, barely any building textures, etc. This PC runs EQ2 at playable framerates with quite a bit of detail at 1600x1200 . . . I was really expecting given their own specs (and the performance of the game on my wife's far superior PC with shit 7600GT card) that I'd have a playable game.

This is with a machine that, sadly, actually manages right under rec specs on multiple sysreq sites. :( (Athlon64 4000+ single core, nVidia 7900GTX 512MB, 3GB RAM, Vista Home Premium 32) I *should* be seeing playable framerates at low-med in 1280x1024 . . . but I get about 10 to 15 fps max and I drop to about 5 often enough in combat, and stutter like crazy. I 3DMark06 at right around 4500, and I know my performance is definitely being limited by my CPU to some extent (it was at the time the fastest single core AMD short of an FX) but I find it really hard to believe that that's the only problem here.

I know that there are people playing with far better results than me, even though everything on their PC is less than mine. So I tend to place a great deal of the blame on Funcom at this point.

(Before anyone suggests it, I am already running 175 nVidia beta drivers, and during OB last week they had given me a bit of a boost . . .)

[Ludicrouse]

I think in terms of a PR Gaff the OB has been a big one. The client just wasnt stable and still isnt for alot of people.

Whoever's idiot idea it was to use an outdated client should be fired imho.

[Volw]

Have you tried switching to Shader model 2.0?

[Prince]

prices...


Europe

Monthly Per Month Total Total Incl. VAT*
1 Month 12.99 EUR 12.99 EUR 14.94 EUR
3 months 11.99 EUR 35.97 EUR 41.37 EUR
6 months 10.99 EUR 65.94 EUR 75.83 EUR
* VAT only applicable in EU member states


United Kingdom

Monthly Per Month Total Total Incl. VAT
1 Month 8.99 GBP 8.99 GBP 10.34 GBP
3 months 8.39 GBP 25.17 GBP 28.95 GBP
6 months 7.69 GBP 46.14 GBP 53.06 GBP

ps: cant sort out this diagram, it wants to remove the damn extra spaces i put in

[Volw]

Put dots instead :p

[Khammar]

Yeah it doesn't matter which SM I use, they all suck equally.

Today I've been busy with various cleanup/OCing.

Newest of the new nVidia drivers (175.16), CPU @ 2.64GHz, and working on finding a stable OC for the 7900GTX now.

3DMark06 nearing 5k up from just under 4.5k.

Worst case scenario at least my rig will run whatever MMO I go back to better. :P

Gotta do something on a sunny Sunday afternoon. ;)

[void]

so when is it going to be released for those who get the extra playtime 20th?

[Gunhead]

EU head start kick-off 17th, official launch 23rd.

[Ardesco de la Furia]

Is the game region restricted via ip or where you purchase the game?

[Gunhead]

I'm pretty sure it's client-based which set (EU/US) of servers you'll be able to join Ard. Basing that on the fact that FC needs to do some localised versions due to some nations' censorship laws.

[void]

getting more and more bored for every day that passes and now im wondering what kind of internet conection do u need to play AoC? and if anyone have a buddy key to spare so i dont have to buy the game and then notice that i cant play it ;)

[Dodgerius]

sry to dissapoint you but:


Buddy Key

The buddy key program will open as soon as server capacity allows. Please check back later.



As of just now ....

CHeers!