That used to crack me up. I remember just after the official release when people would tell me that the problem was all my PC…even though I knew better. I’d be watching a dev stream and see the same things happening on their hardware. Then this little thread came out back in December '18, started by them, showing that a lot of people were having performance issues. I must say, I felt a little vindicated after taking so much flak from other fans and once being told my claims were hyperbole by a Funcom representative.
And people would and still say it’s all “your PC”. Not so. Over the months I’ve read countless forum posts here and on other sites that speak of performance issues across a wide variety of hardware.
Then there’s the bugs and glitches which, for some reason, some of the fan base is excusing and making excuses for. In nearly 20 years of gaming on and off line, I’ve never had a game in this kind of shape a year and a half after it’s official release. It’s unacceptable. Go buy any other product…a TV, a car, security software, a bicycle…anything with problems; and have the manufacturer constantly tell you “We’re aware of it and we’re working on it.” for 18 months while nothing is really getting fixed and more problems are introduced when patches, updates, and hot fixes are released. In the meantime, you’ve passed the point of being able to get a refund because you believed the devs would make it right. How is this remotely acceptable for some people whether it’s a game or any other product?
So here we are a year and a half later with another person feeling the need to make a post such as this because of his love for the game and his wanting to see it come to it’s full potential; here we are with other fans giving him flak even though this forum might be his only outlet for the frustration. And here we are again with a pending update that, to me, looks like it’s gonna create even more problems than it fixes.
I, for one, appreciate what you’re trying to do here n2wichita75. I’ve carried that mantle myself and know how aggravating and frustrating it is. It all drove me to remove the game from my high end PC and simply watch these forums in hopes that one day, the game will be a good working finished product. The light at the end of my tunnel is that there are new games coming soon that I have my eye on. Funcom had a potential GotY. It breaks my heart that the Conan franchise didn’t get to see that happen.