Funcom implements PvP XP rollback in Age of Conan
by James Egan 
Nov 10th 2008 at 5:00PM
Filed under: Fantasy, Age of Conan, Events, in-game, Exploits, Forums, Game mechanics, PvP
Funcom has sent a clear message to the number of Age of Conan players who've been exploiting a flaw in the PvP XP system: START OVER. Oliver 'Tarib' Kunz, Senior Community Manager for Age of Conan, addressed Funcom's recent decision to roll back the experience gained by some players who unfairly saw a meteoric rise in gains, as confirmed in a player-by-player investigation. Kunz stated, "We have then taken what we consider to be appropriate action against those players by reducing their PvP Levels to what they were before it was possible to take advantage of this flaw and removing all PvP Gear." Of course, Kunz says, Funcom is open to discussing the removal of experience and gear from those who believe they were unfairly targeted, and have stated that if they've misidentified an exploiter, the character(s) in question will be restored to their former status.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
John said on 5:49PM 11-10-2008
That is so good to see...I'm so tired of these companies being so scared to lose a few subscribers and in the process...ruining a good game. I feel Warhammer Online is a game that is so afraid to anger the players that they won't fix what's broken. Eventually what you'll have is a few hardcore players cause the remainder of them will move on.
DAoC has a lot going for it... they just need to make it fair for all otherwise its as good as Warhammer Online...BUSTED!!
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JP said on 6:25PM 11-10-2008
You're saying Funcom is more responsive then Mythic in regards to listening to players and making things better.... BWHAHAHAHAHAHA!! You're hilarious!
Abriael said on 6:27PM 11-10-2008
DUH! I didn't notice that. Truly laughable. I doubt there's a software house that's more responsive and communicative with their playerbase than Mythic (not to mention, less afraid to piss off some players).
MightyIdle said on 10:11PM 11-10-2008
Just look at John's previous comments on other articles and you'll see where he's coming from. Ignore him. He has nothing positive to contribute in and discussion, especially ones where he can find an opportunity to slag WAR.
We could be discussing the Easter Bunny and he'd figure out a way to bring up WAR and proceed to trash it. His own flaming bias sucks away all credibility.
Abriael said on 6:04PM 11-10-2008
Eheh, DAoC... Nice slip :D
I finally canceled my account for AoC today, unrelated to this though. Unfortunately Funcom doesn't really have what it takes, and even future plans seem really too little too late, or even in the wrong direction completely.
I waited and waited, in a server that dwindled as far as 100 people online on sunday evening, scraping the barrel to find even enough people to organize the easiest raid. Merges are coming "maybe" for the holidays... population problems were evident since july, and having to wait for a consolidation until december really killed the game for so many that it isn't even funny. Even more than the evident flaws of the game.
Too bad. I'm sure that, If successful, Conan would have had more than something to bring to the MMO industry as a whole. Now my hopes reside in Warhammer, that most definately has a developer more in touch with reality behind the game.
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Nmaster said on 10:25PM 11-10-2008
FunCom's doin' pretty damn well these days considering they don't have Blizzard's size or EA backing them...
My insiders put a huge server merge in the next couple weeks...
Abriael said on 12:16PM 11-11-2008
mmmh your insiders must be a bit out of touch, considering that funcom itself talks about december.
In any case it's too little and expecially too late. Many servers have problems reaching 100 people online on a sunday evening. How many are they gonna merge? 10? because 1000 people online are the bare minimum for an healthy population.
Server merging should have come when the problem shown it's head (back in june). Funcom preferred to censor all data about that. Now the population has bled too much to be really consolidated.
Graill said on 5:49AM 11-11-2008
These folks have a lousy track record of customer service, one of the primary reasons AOC tanked so early on. It looks as if they are trying to recover lost subs by doing the right thing, but word of mouth is still a bitch.
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david said on 3:36PM 11-11-2008
AOC has already died... this will not help them... If I knew someone still playing this crappy game, I would suggest them to move to another game before this one burns... Failcom's customer support is already known for being quite pathetic, why/how could this help? Failcom has already gone from $55 a share in their stock to $3.44 a share today... Pathetic company... AOC has already failed... Screw 'em...
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