One of the longest running MMORPG’s is getting a much needed upgrade. Runescape, which is the successor to DeviousMUD, is a popular persistant online world that has been running since 2001 and has retained a respectable player base, due in large part to it’s free to play option.  For the past 7 years, the game …

If you’re like me, you probably get bored playing the same game day in and day out.  You don’t necessarily want to abandon your favorite game but you want to break the cycle a bit and find a few others to play when that favorite MMO starts feeling more like work than play!  That’s how …

AoC is a very polished and bright game. The launch was the best I’ve ever seen in an MMO with smooth gameplay and a fairly small number of major issues. No launch is ever likely to be perfect. That being said, the Early Access was disheartening to say the least. If you are in the …

Looks like server start time for Early Access has been bumped up to 8 PM GMT. Which is 3 PM Eastern Standard Time. That gives you a little more time to finish your download and patch your client. Get ready!

As predicted, when I woke up this morning the download client reported download complete and I began installation before heading into work.  Gotta love Funcom, the installation message “This will take a long time” haha.  Anyway, if you haven’t already tried the auto pause/resume method using the AI Robot or some other macro tool, I …

While waiting for my early access download to complete for AoC, I was playing around with Star Wars Empires at War single player.  I was having a blast attacking planets one at a time, first conquering the area of space surrounding the planet with my fleet of Star Destroyers, then launching a ground campaign with …

I understand that pausing and resuming the early access download is another solution to keep the download speed up at normal levels.  This works for me when I try it this way but slows back down to a snails pace after about 5 minutes or so.  You can just pause and resume again every five …

The download has been going painfully slow since it began, sometimes getting up around 40kpbs at it’s peek but hovering in the 30’s. I was wondering why it was so slow, and my internet connection was unbearable while it was running. I have more bandwidth than that!!

Today I started messing with the settings and it …

It’s been 24 hours since I began the Early Access Download for AoC.   This morning my download was at 17% completion, which if it keeps at this pace means it should be complete early Saturday morning my time.  I’m not planning on waiting up until midnight on the 17th to start anyway, I’m not that …

Well I finally got the email I’ve been waiting for. Sometime during the night I got the email from Age of Conan that my Early Access Download payment had been processed and I was cleared to begin the download of the AoC client. I started the download this morning, not feeling like I was in …