The Waiting Game : Age of Conan
June 14, 2008
I pîcked up AoC on release day. I have it installed on my PC, but I have yet to activate my account and play it. You see, like many “veteran” MMO players, I have a “wait and see” policy regarding newly released massive titles. Some suggest to wait six months before even touching a new MMO. I don’t go that far, my waiting period usually being around two to three months. Having just come across this Funcom announcement about future AoC developments, I now find myself being happy that I waited before jumping in and leaning more and more towards waiting an actual six months before playing. The main reason for this is that Funcom is not only planning on lauching several new features in the game but also enhancing old content and adding quests, which means that compared to initial players, I should have a vastly improved first contact with the game if I refrain from jumping in now, a fitting reward for my patience !
This just confirms my future “MMO consumer behavior” regarding new title launches. That being said, I’m curious to see if I will really be able to restrain myself from playing Warhammer Online at launch, me being a long time Games Workshop groupie. If I could manage that then I would truly be a master of self control !
We shall see.
