Age of Calamitous yay or nay?

[Valor]

I was really hoping to get some opinions from the general community on AOC as a mod, I have been talking to a friend who is not a fan of it but is running it anyways and I started to make a pro/con list in my head and really was hoping to get some solid feed back from the community as a whole.

I do want to say first and foremost, I have no intention of crapping on AOC, It's a fantastic mod with a lot of great devs working hard on it, but with anything it has it's issues. So I made a pro and con list to get my thoughts out and I'd like to know what others have to say about the mod.

Pros:
-Unprecedented customization in all aspects, armor, character creation, weapons, etc.
- Adds in a lot of great building pieces, some that clearly inspired Funcom to add (better fountains, etc)
- More in depth crafting for unique weapons
- More levels + skill points to make better builds (For those of us who want those T5 talent benefits)
- Unique and really well thought out items, (Light gem, Astral Waterskin)
- An interesting faction system with lore that isn’t forced on you but is available.

Cons:
- Level very high, grindy system for a server that intends to wipe on a regular basis (Specific to her server).
- Game made more into a crafting game than dungeon and exploration.
- invalidates a lot of the current end game content, Starmetal, Dungeons & (most) Legendaries. (Due to level bloat + Gear inflation)
- You would need custom content (dungeons) to keep AOC interesting, but the pace of leveling
needed to run AOC on seasons would also cause the dungeons to be fairly useless.
- Server bloat - mobs in AOC shrink the explorable world by a lot - taking up large portions of the map

[Valor]

Malimber님이 먼저 게시:

I went a magic faction but I refuse to deal with the grind they added given the very poor damage output and utility for it.

I've heard this complaint a lot, that the magic system isn't overly satisfying and that it's just a grind to get. I'll have to keep that in mind for my future conversations about it.

[⛧NecRoBile⛧]

The grind really isn't that bad, but I supposed that all depends on your server settings. Last server I played on had a x3 harvesting bonus, so once I got everium tools the grind wasn't an issue anymore. Even better once you hit kronyxium. All depends on those settings.

I'm currently playing single-player, since I just want to mess around with my own builds, and I set my harvest to x5. Makes the grind even easier.

Now if you're a "purist" that has to be default settings on everything, then yeah, the grind is going to suck.

[Valor]

I played on X2 and found there was an abundance with Kronx. However a lot of the people on the server didn't have any AOC tools and complained on X2.

I get what you're saying and don't completley disagree but it's bad game design.

[msjadeflower]

I tried and had to many headaches with it. Online games was glitchy. lagged alot. the idea is good but to many headaches

[Viking]

NEY! NEY I SAY! NEY!

AoC is by far IMO THE SINGLE WORST MOD THAT WAS EVER PRODUCED. It is resource intensive on the server running it causing lag issues as well as long af loading times for just about everything that requires loading.
The extra benches force players to build massive bases in order to house all of them, this blocks resource spawns in many cases and also cause a even heavier load on the server running it.
It is disrespectful of player time constraints. With the gather x to make x to refine it into x mechanics solo players on a low rate server will never accomplish anything.
The mobs shred through t3 blocks like they are made of paper, a purge can completely destroy a t3 base in minutes and even t4 named thrall fighters with amazing stats and armor will get 1-2 shotted by orc plague.
I can go on and on. DON'T DO IT! It is a horrible mod, lacking both balance and optimizations.

[Valor]

msjadeflower님이 먼저 게시:

I tried and had to many headaches with it. Online games was glitchy. lagged alot. the idea is good but to many headaches

I felt I had a lot of lag issues running it to but it's been awhile since I used it so I am not sure if anything has changed.

[Evo]

I love AoC and think it adds a great middle game play with EEWA , I am on a PVE server with heaps of mods and its fantastic given me more life out of the Conan Game.

[Valor]

Evo님이 먼저 게시:

I love AoC and think it adds a great middle game play with EEWA , I am on a PVE server with heaps of mods and its fantastic given me more life out of the Conan Game.

Yeah, I can appreciate that some people like it, but objectively I was looking for a "why" I mean, I have friends who enjoy it simply for the Fantasy feel. But that doesn't make it objectively "good" just a tone you enjoy, if there was a better made mod with the same feel would you like that more?