Horse goes homicidal in Age of Conan
Filed under: Fantasy, Video, Age of Conan, Humor
Funcom went to some lengths to make Age of Conan's horses seem realistic. The game's mounted combat system even makes it possible to use a horse as a weapon. But despite all the thought they put into this aspect of the game, Funcom probably didn't predict that a rather devious AoC player could use his horse to take out opponents as depicted in this video. Check it out to see an entirely new type of mounted combat, and learn why you should never stand behind a horse.
Via WanderingGoblin
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
6-05-2008 @ 9:18PM
Demosthenes said...
Thats great! Haven't had my good laugh for today yet.
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6-05-2008 @ 10:53PM
Marty said...
I don't even play that game, and I find that funny.
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6-06-2008 @ 12:55AM
Vort said...
That was awesome! I wonder how long he got away with that.
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6-06-2008 @ 11:46AM
danarchy said...
HAHAHA yet another reason I dont play on pvp servers, there asshatariffic ;) Pretty hilarious though, no one thought to mention he was doing that in a public chat channel? lol. BTW hes doing that in the cimmerian newbie zone so those people hes punting off the bridge are likely 25+ levels below him.
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6-06-2008 @ 12:10PM
Lemmo said...
That's good stuff. Of course, the Benny Hill theme seals the deal.
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6-06-2008 @ 12:37PM
Leshrac said...
Griefers paradise!
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6-09-2008 @ 12:29AM
Anon said...
Seems like a flawed knockback system. Although iAoC is more true to physics, the Warcraft knockback model (where the character is knocked backwards relative to the direction they are facing) prevents things like this from happening. They'll never be able to prevent this kind of stuff globally without a major change.
As for those who think it's awesome, the other players are way too low level to fight back. The hit model also prevents them from crossing any way except behind the horse. They're not stupid, they're being screwed.
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6-09-2008 @ 9:40AM
nsilva said...
The vid caused major lulz, the comments did not.
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6-09-2008 @ 7:29PM
Arkanazzt said...
That is awesome. I hope they don't fix it.. that's someone own fault if you walk behind a horse... they deserve the pain and discomfort for doing something stupid.
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6-11-2008 @ 4:39PM
Syke said...
Actually you can avoid it by going past the horse's head rather than its behind.
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6-12-2008 @ 11:20PM
Anon said...
Watch the video more closely. This guy is ONLY doing this trick in locations where the other players cannot pass around his head. Either on a narrow bridge, or against a steep cliff. He's a living toll bridge.
6-28-2008 @ 11:01PM
mobdeadmeat said...
I knew we'ld see these kind of exploits when I first read about the AoC physics model. Wait long enough and every bad idea gets reinvented, repackaged and resold as something new and wonderful...lol I might have been more impressed if the douche on the horse had tried this against level opponents, but then it wouldn't be griefing and wheres the "fun" in that.
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6-30-2008 @ 3:53PM
Joe said...
If we didn't want things like this to happen, we wouldn't play on a PvP server. And last I checked, the majority of AoC players are playing on PvP servers, according to the devs.
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