A dark future for Conan games franchise

@Draltar At the end of the day as much as I support those who speak up about bad costumer service and what seems like zero communication. It’s a loosing battle because there are far to many people who are enjoying their pve content and don’t share the same issues. @erjoh has already accepted defeat and moved to pve.

I can guarantee if there was such bugs on pve/pvec severs that affected their everyday play there would uproar.

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You surrounded the core simple issue with a huge essay that meant nothing. Let’s bring things down to the basics right?

Funcom made public notices about gods and transfer issues, yet they have remained absolutely silent on both infinite bomb glitch episodes.

There’s no reason at all for this, other than probably embarrassment.

And that’s the sad part. If they had immediately came out and made a statement and disabled something like PVP like they did transfers, people would be pissed yes, but many would be thankful in being saved of the absolute destruction of their servers.

They need to stop worrying about response and just take the L when they let a big slip in, prevent bleeding, and take flak for the fact it happened over taking flak for continuing to allow it to happen.

That’s the core difference you can’t understand.

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@Striker00X
I can speak from personal experience, when you get this angry about a video game, its probably a good time to step away and take a breath.

have a good day.

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but is there really no other solution then to have players quit and write angry comments of their experience sharing on reddit or steam review ?

you think its good for game ?

“Now” - year old article about a game that’s since been confirmed cancelled.

It’s a sad day when we run out of valid complaints and fall back to making things up

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Yeah, and that should tell you something about how likely it is that your post is going to be the one to change the status quo.

None of the things you listed – statements, pop-ups, and whatnot – are an “effective solution” for those whose servers got wiped. Talk about missing a point.

The only effective solution would be to release an update that fixes the exploit and then roll back all the affected servers to the time before the exploit started getting abused. The update will happen when it happens. As for the rollback, I’ll let you guess how likely it is.

Yes, I know. I’ve seen it posted many times. None of the three points you mention have anything to do with what I was telling you. But since you’re one of those people who likes to dismiss “essays” and long posts despite writing just as much and more, I’ll boil down my message to something shorter:

More communication would be nice, but wouldn’t solve anything. Shit like this has been going on literally for years. You’re not changing it by getting bent out of shape. And I don’t mean “you” as in “players who complain about this”. I mean you, personally, by lashing out here.

At any rate, no matter how much I write here, you won’t get the point. Before I mute this thread, I’ll try to explain once more, by replying to someone else:

It’s not about uproar. During the years I’ve played, I’ve had problems on PVE-C that made this game unplayable. When that happened, I joined the chorus of people reporting them. Thing is, when things like this don’t get fixed and I stop enjoying the game, I either try to find a mode I enjoy playing or I stop playing it until I feel like coming back.

People like @erjoh and myself aren’t saying “don’t complain about this”. We’re saying “don’t make yourself miserable over it”.

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Good for the game. Exactly.

The saddest part about all of this, including the three posters above @erjoh @CodeMage @Demonic13 is that the reason for some people speaking up is the fact they believe in this game, they love Conan, they want Conan to succeed, and will invest themselves because they know how good of a game it is.

When you’re passionate about something, you don’t sit idly by, but you get involved.

And people who love Conan know that its greatest weakness is how the devs have handled things like this. They’ve been through all the problems, watched I’m horror as droves of players quit, watched their friends list dwindle on Conan, listened to friends and fellow Exiles say one after another…

“I’m done with the game sorry.”

And people like us who love the game, convince ourselves everyday that the game will get better, that Funcom will improve and handle things better, that the playerbase will come BACK.

Because at the end of the day, Conan is an amazing game, a game like no other.

People who flame and say all the things said above… Don’t understand this.

We need Funcom to improve or eventually we, the last remaining people tricking and convincing OURSELVES everyday that Funcom will change, will also have to give up eventually

But we won’t yet, and that’s why we put a fire to the devs

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You just missed the point while using “missing the point” in the same sentence. Which is why you’re getting ignored now and I’ll no longer read your comments if you’re literally THAT clueless despite your fancy rep profile

My point was that people are getting wiped out and have no answers, no info, no response or statement from Funcom. They are all in the DARK. They DO NOT KNOW of Funcom is even aware because there is no official statement. And so when they inevitably come here, literally the only thing they have is a few randoms saying “trust me, they’re working on it.”

That is what I meant by that not being a viable solution, using forum randoms. They should be using official channels.

I feel like replying to you is like educating a 12 year old on fundamental logic so no more after this. NO MORE my dude.

I understand that may be your mindset but it’s not as transparent with everyone else in here. Personally I’ve moved on from the game as it really is In a terrible state and I’ll probably come back if when it gets better. However I don’t mind butting in and giving my opinions even if they are usually meet with a wall.

Thing is there are new threads everyday about issues from every mode and most of them are the same. Yet never anything from the company. I would guess even you find that a little frustrating?

Dude, I’m not flaming you. And I do understand you. Did you think I’ve played this game for more than 5 years because I don’t like it?

Believe it or not, I’m trying to help. I’m not trying to help the game or Funcom, I’m trying to help you. And I’m doing it out of good intentions.

Being passionate about the game is nice. But I’m speaking from personal experience when I try to tell you that it can be bad for you to get too worked up about it.

All that I’ve been trying to say is that it’s been years of behavior like this from Funcom. They have been treating the players this way since I joined the forums. They have promised to improve their communication countless times, and it’s still like this.

It’s like being stuck in an abusive relationship. It took me a while to figure out that they’re not going to change “for me”, no matter how often they promise that this time it’ll be better. I’m trying to help you realize the same thing :slight_smile:

That right there is my point. Yes, it used to be frustrating. Now I don’t really care that much anymore. When someone demonstrates that they really won’t change, there are two things you can do: either learn to accept them as they are, or move on.

These days, I play Conan Exiles if I’m having fun with it. If it’s not fun, I don’t play it, I go do something else. Same thing with the forums: I post suggestions and replies because I feel like it, but I’ve stopped expecting Funcom to do anything about it. Occasionally they’ll do something that I wished or hoped for, and I’ll go see if I actually enjoy it.

To someone who is as passionate about this game as you are, this all probably sounds bitter, jaded, even defeated, but it really isn’t. It’s just an acceptance of a reality that didn’t live up to my wishes :man_shrugging:

I hope this helps you understand my motives. :slight_smile:

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I have actually started again with 3.0 which is why I’m invested in this and whatever corrective action is taken to rectify the situation. I want it kept to a minimal since there are many folks back in the game that haven’t been affected by this and just deciding the wipe the server clean as the action needed is definitely something I am against. Full wipes to correct an exploit is just punishing those that play correctly.

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I think the problem is, some people who don’t share the same love or passion for the game can’t grasp why other people do.

And so, they perceive them as all these different type of things… “miserable”, “witch hunts”, blah blah. Because they’re trying to comprehend something they themselves are not, highly passionate about a favorite game.

That’s why I haven’t been insulted by any response here, because I KNOW this, because all the commenters share one thing in common…

A sense of “Don’t speak up, don’t get riled up, don’t try to create change, don’t BOTHER, just sit there, just do nothing, your efforts won’t matter, your voice won’t be heard.”

One of CodeMages comments specially related to “your voice won’t matter”.

I can make a perfect analogy here. There are some people IRL that get fired up about their local governments, and take action on issues and try to make their voice heard and create change.

Then there are others who sit on the couch and say “Quit your witch hunt, your voice won’t be heard, stop being miserable.”

I get involved in anything I’m passionate about, I male no distinction whether it’s a game or politics.

I literally just think people who aren’t like this cant grasp it.

I am with you on that full wipes have always been an arbitrary and knee jerk solution which would solve nothing.

Some people just personally want wipes and so they try to hijack other issues to tack on the idea of wiping.

Just like lobbyists in government try to tack on little irrelevant programs onto larger legislation.

I’m definitely against it.

See we can agree on something.

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THIS! Plus you get better service with professionalism than acting like a Karen.

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Bruh, youre based AF. Everything youve said is spot on. Do not concede an inch to the forum funcom defenders.
The pvp raid timers MUST be disabled until dupe is fixed.
Funcom MUST issue a statement, as we are their customers amd they keep telling us how much they care about the game in their propoganda videos.

As far as instant action grom funcom…its been over a week! Ivr got a solo troll flying ontop of my base with a bat and dropping like 50 bombs at a time where as before he wouldnt stand a chance of doing anything. Even my balcony filled with thralls couldnt staop him before he blew half the side of the base up. So the white knights here want us to lut up with this with no official statement from funcom until who knows when aftrr we’ve spent weeks,months,years on our server? Yea some of us have an investment in what we’ve acquired because its our TIME thats being destroyed by a game breaking issue. Not so much for pvers . O top of all this the servers are gettingncrazy lag spikes for 5 minutes at a time every coue of hours.
Wtf is actually going on with this game right now?
We’ve always had to put up with bad exploits in the last but spam dropping duped bombs in seconds is not a good state for the game. You only need 1 bomb on youre hot bar then just spam the place button. Anyone telling people to be patient just stop. Litetally stop. Youre not doing the game or community any good when you dont hold Funcoms feet to the fire. There are good thinga that came in this update certainly but the game is an absolute mess right now.

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the exploit bug make lag servers when they use it too

and this exploit have been so far the worst one, because it allows to place hundred of bombs in fraction of minutes if not even seconds. it’s bypass the crafting time and the requirement to take bomb in your inventory or to place it on the hotbar. (with a limited number of slot)

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That is not correct and you have 0 evidence pertaining to this issue and Funcom.

You may not be in the loop but Funcom has a history of ■■■■■■■■ over their players to the extent they faced a lawsuit on previous titles, with many more organized attempts at class action. It’s been a pattern on multiple games.

Being professional to them never got any favor back. You need to push them and it’s just a sad thing.

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It’s not a bad analogy at all. I guess we’ve just had vastly different experiences when it comes to that kind of stuff.

When I was 20 years old, I had the choice of: 1) staying in my bombed-to-shіt country and trying to make my voice heard and create change, or 2) taking the first opportunity to get the hell out and seek a better life in a country that (hopefully) wouldn’t keep fuсking me over. I picked the latter.

Of course, you can’t run away forever. But sometimes, it’s better to say “screw this” and bail :wink:

Ironically, I feel similar about you. All I’m trying to says is “if they treat you badly, maybe they don’t deserve your passion”, and it’s a bit frustrating to see you unwilling to grasp the idea :slight_smile:

At any rate, I’ll try to leave you alone now. If you got my point, you got it. If not, you won’t, no matter how much I flap my jaws at you :wink:

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And i agree that turn off the PVP for now is a short term triage but it’s by no way a fix because they will continue to exploit while the fix is getting resolved so inventory excision is needed. Sucks because I got friends back into the game that are prepping for assault that will be affected and my stores are getting nice and ready…but what ya gonna do?

The biggest thing with my PoV is that the interactions between players matter more to me that the stuff so if we glitch out or exploit stuff…meh…it’s dumb but not the end of the world to face the desert again…not when I still see some folks blue screening or NPC’s and enemies being invisible which is far more important to fix, IMHO since game crashes are more critical failures and NPC issues affect all server types.

While I would have loved this game to get a more finished and polished feel, that’s not the reality of games as service/online games are anymore. They vet the crashes as much as they can and then some sort of beta testing but the revisions come as play happens and sometimes, we get screwed in the process but these are only temporary set backs since knowledge is far more effective in this game than the items you collect. Most everything is pretty easy to grind out (EXCEPT MIDNIGHT ALCHEMIST IN SIPTAH! FIX THAT BECAUSE YELLOW LOTUS IS BUGGED)

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yes but it will avoid the abuse on others players that don’t want to use it.

becasue situation is people who want to play normally are the victims, and people who thinks the fhell it’s in game i use it and cheat and have a lot of fun.

and ratio is may be 50 (people abused) to 1