Conan Exiles: Age of Sorcery Review | Update 3.0

[@Eradicati0nn]

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[@genericcatgirl]

I don't play the game enough to be interested in the Battlepass normally, as I just like to build in creative mode, so being able to do all the challenges in creative mode is amazing. It's completely ridiculous that a couple items cost more than an entire dlc pack though

[@Eradicati0nn]

Yeah being able to progress the BP in any mode with any settings is great. The Bazaar is very overpriced though, I really hope it's brought more into line with where most people think it should be

[@brotatochimp]

@@Eradicati0nn I think something else that is wild. Everything in the bizarre is featured with marked down prices. These are brand new as far as I'm aware so why would it be marked down already. I feel it's the same situation Fallout 76 had with releasing a pack in their shop that was already discounted to give a sense of urgency to customers.

[@Eradicati0nn]

@@brotatochimp Yeah I did notice that. I would have mentioned it but honestly, every in-game shop I've seen has this practice. It's pretty trash, but people see right through it

[@2005tcooley]

Instead of making separate items for the Bazaar or making the Battle Pass come back or able to be done after it is over, they should just make the Bazaar a place to buy the individual items that were in the Battle Pass after it is over. Charge more than it would cost in the Battle Pass, but not ridiculous either, like a couple bucks for each item so you can select what you want to buy from the pass.

[@Eradicati0nn]

Idk about the Bazaar being solely for returning BP items, I think that would just be seen as a super lazy method of recycling content. For all the price criticisms, at least the stuff in the Bazaar is new, alongside being well designed

[@apocalypseapostle8319]

Honestly how they added the sorcery is in my opinion top notch. It's rooted in the gritty world of Conan, with all the gory details on pont. Yes there are bugs and lag galore on official servers at the moment, but I would assume that it will be a temporary issue and choose to look past it and try to see the good that was done. Hence the update itself is something I would consider a success. The additions to the game are things that can be further built on in the future, opening the door for loads of potential content. The bazaar came as no surprise really as it has to be monetized somehow. Some items are overpriced and some are not. The thing about the bazaar is that it's a type of market. If the prices are too high, most people won't buy the item, and if it's too low, everyone will most likely buy it. This is their first test of it in this game, and yes I am aware of certain history of the company, but this test will hopefully balance it all out in time. Now the fact that one has to be connected to the servers to keep using what you have bought in the battle pass and bazaar has to be fixed. Hopefully they can resolve it like they did with the regular dlc's, as they don't bug out in that manner. That issue feels more like renting, not buying, and if it's ment to be renting, then that is not going to pass by easily. On a positive note, the fact that the vanilla building sets are getting a facelift is something that I personally at least have hoped for in at least a few years. Yes some of it had to be bought, but it's a step in the right direction. Being someone that likes the building system in the game in general I might be a little bit biased about it. Hopefully the pvp people will also get some upgrades so it helps them out. The tier 2 building upgrade is a start. Having seen some of the issues there, it will take time, but it can be corrected, as it requires specific tweeks to work properly.

[@RoyAnderson]

Just an FYI about renting vs buying. You’re already renting the game to begin with. Actually, you’re leasing the game to be legally accurate. All Steam/Epic/etc. games (and any game without a physical copy) are simply leased.

[@thorwulfx1]

In general, I really like the update. The new way perks, skills, buffs, and armor works allows us to re-think how we build our characters and thralls. The Sorcery system is pretty fun, but can be left alone if you aren't into it. I think that the vanilla game is the best it's ever been, and that's from someone who had previously considered playing without mods to be a deal breaker. (Not that I won't add them back in when the modders have caught back up with the updates.) In terms of the Battlepass, the ability to pay in once, then earn in for as long as you're steadily playing is a pretty cool model. The premium buy-in seems very niche. In terms of the Bazaar, it's a wholly optional thing, so I don't quite see the anger. I've bought a few things out of there, but I knew I was getting skinned a little when I did. I probably have a charitable view of the game, and want to give them a little cash so it keeps flourishing.

[@ehallam08]

I just started playing a little over a month ago and I want all the dlc. I hope to see a sequel as well. The game is incredible and I'm addicted.

[@boneboy9246]

been playing the game for 600 hours straight cant stop playing, this is one of favorite game right now

[@iljagobeyn8914]

Have a bit the same problem about the game atm. If they would lower the prices in the bazaar I think they would sell more to me personally. 100% agree that feedback has to be respectful. I gave some friendly feedback to them on Twitter and had a response. But I see some "feedback" I think of "happy I don't have to answer that". I get emotions can get high but some civility goes a long way :-)

[@Eradicati0nn]

Honestly I don't even blame the community management team for not replying to the constant "greedy devs" or "reee zendesk" comments. I've had all sorts of comments here about the Battle Pass, and whilst it's not my game to defend, I don't think anything productive comes from just arguing about stuff when one or more parties have already made up their minds. It's just a shame that the more respectful majority of the playerbase are overshadowed by the loud minority

[@FelineElaj]

One can easily make a melee-oriented Strength build even with maximum Corruption. For example, I've corrupted bith Strenth and Vitality to max, then maxed out Stamina. The last Stamina perk that allows you to take no more than 25% of your health in damage makes it work. Edit: moreover, a good sorcerer never fights fair. Why bother, if you can bring several zombies or a big-ass demon to a swordfight?

[@bhec7715]

I just don’t like the scaling corrupted strength benefit of resistance. Authority gets a massive damage boost.

[@FloridaMan71]

I have a pretty similar reaction to the 3.0 update.. the bazaar prices are insane. Should be halved at LEAST, probably more in some cases like a candle item should be a dollar max IMO. I think the BP is fair so far. I do want them to put in a way to revisit older passes, maybe have once or twice a year where you can go back and just outright purchase an entire age or specific Battle passes. My reason for wanting this is for new players. I hate when you find out about a game after it’s been out, and you missed out on timed content. It’s punishing new players which seems like a bad idea to me. Plus it’s just extra money for funcom without having to do more work. They get to still make profits off of the older BPs. The actual content it’s self is pretty good!

[@FloridaMan71]

@Druss The Legend like I said in my comment the main reason for having access to them later was for new players who never got the chance to buy them in the first place. All that does is punish new players. The BP in Conan seems easy to complete in time so I'm not worried about finishing it, however if something did happen and I wasn't able to finish one, it would be way more immoral to take my money and not give me the content that I had purchased because of an arbitrary time gate some monetary specialist made up to induce FOMO. Someone else can have access to the same cosmetic's as you? sorry, get over it.

[@Eradicati0nn]

Yeah the Bazaar prices are far too high for what I think is reasonable, but everything else is pretty fine. I've just been doing my daily challenges with the XP boosters and flying through the Battle Pass at a pretty good pace, especially with being able to do them in Admin Mode. I wouldn't be against the idea of outright buying a past battle pass rather than progressing it alongside another one, that's a suggestion I haven't seen yet

[@FloridaMan71]

@@Eradicati0nn Yeah so far the BP progression is good to where I don't feel like it will be an issue to complete them. I'm already half way through the current one and I have not been online everyday. I host my own server so I'm able to do the challenges significantly faster. However for normal playing I think the longest part would be the travel time to the different areas if you get a bad set of challenges that are spread all over the map even after rerolls. That would be a worst case scenario though and even then shouldn't be an issue.

[@Zanthorr]

A lot of people are only buying them for their exclusivity. You're punishing players that spent money on what they thought was going to be unique.

[@retromegabitsegadude]

Conan Exiles is the first time I’ve participated in a Battlepass. I don’t mind having to play to unlock stuff but I hate that you might not get what you paid for because the Battlepass is time limited. Now that I understand it better I’ll only continue if I manage to earn enough Com Coins to pay for the next one.

[@acerba]

New to Exiles, having only started with the sorcery update, so I never experienced what they were like before, but I feel like the thralls are very useful even with only 10 dip into Authority.

[@Eradicati0nn]

Yeah thralls are definitely still useful, especially with the Authority investment. Prior to this update, they were pretty much a must-have

[@clnetrooper]

Well, if you took the time to find, tame, train and equip a good thrall, you could just sit back and sip your drink while he was doing all the work killing the various bosses of the game. That's how powerful they were.

[@stupedcraig]

@@clnetrooper Sounds boring.

[@acerba]

@@stupedcraig if you try using busty female thralls wearing armor has been transmogged into something skimpy, then you might find it more engaging.

[@gravesidepoet5405]

@@acerba this is best in life.

[@clnetrooper]

Honestly, i feel like corrupted strength and vitality are not worth it. You get a little boost compared to non corrupted perks, that right but in exchange you loose half your life and stamina.

[@retromegabitsegadude]

Thank you for the video! I enjoyed it. I’m shocked that Conan Exiles cost as much as it does. If I was willing to purchase from the Shop/Bizarre it would not take long until I’ve spent money equal to the cost of a new game. Compare the value of an entirely new game next to a relatively small amount of cosmetic items added to a game you’ve already paid for. The value of Conan Exiles 3.0 is horrible. And saying ‘you can ignore’ the shop isn’t good enough. I would like some of those items but I don’t want to support Funcom with these tactics they are using; including ‘fear of missing out’ and the need to buy more coins than you need for your desired item. Everything is stacked against the consumer and I now have to vote by not spending. I really love the game and I want to support it but not when we’re getting exploited.

[@nuggsy7085]

So the building pieces that come in the battlepass are going to end up being limited time? =[ that would be really unfortunate

[@bear3384]

I am very frustrated with the challenge/bazaar system I very rarely can get mine to load. I have restarted everything including my modem, when it works I love it

[@AngryDuck79]

My biggest gripe about the building overhaul is that they still WONT SNAP PILLARS TO THE CORNERS OF THE FOUNDATIONS >

[@Eradicati0nn]

Yeah that is a shame. There are ways to get around it, both with and without mods, but having it natively would be very nice

[@AngryDuck79]

@@Eradicati0nn My problem is that the stair method of tricking the game into accepting snap points on the corners and edges causes me problems because sometimes it blocks wall snaps afterwards or wont allow the pillar snaps afterwards and I hate half building a structure just to tear it all down because the pillars and the walls interfere with each other.

[@Eradicati0nn]

@@AngryDuck79 I've had that a few times myself. If you're building in creative mode, use Stable Pillars first. They're the smallest and thus cause the least problems, then you can replace them with Nemedian, Arena etc

[@mrmalcolm]

Casting spells on ps4 causes crashing most of the time, especially the gather resources spell.

[@robdebone]

are people playing the newest content on isle of siptah or the OG world?

[@hagron5702]

Wow. I'm really surprised at how much the game changed since I last played. I just reinstalled it and I was astonished at all the new changes, then I watched this video... that's a lot to take in. I've been a fan of Exiles for many years but I'm not sure I like everything I'm seeing here.

[@RoyAnderson]

Good video! I do have to say though that I prefer battle passes not be obtainable past their initial date. Having unique stuff that not everyone has is the real value of time-limited items.

[@iFINNIX]

I got the sandstone set 2 and didn’t even get all of the pieces listed, not sure if or when it’s getting fixed :(

[@Eradicati0nn]

That is an issue the devs know about, it's on the list to fix though I think it probably fell behind the crashes and invisible building pieces in terms of importance

[@einwolf]

"It doesn't help you with combat" he says, while showing the lightning storm spell that can tear down an entire tier 3 base on it's own lol

[@fergalmoore862]

Have blunted and explosive arrows become useless for everyone or is it just me? I can make and equip them and I can even fire the blunted arrows but they don't hit their target and they aren't expended from my inventory. This makes getting named thralls very difficult.

[@Eradicati0nn]

Sounds like that might be a glitch, if so it'll probably get addressed pretty soon

[@LeeBuddy]

The only major thing that I don't like about the attributes is that they made everything better except for archery, indeed it seems they somehow made it worse.

[@Eradicati0nn]

I think archery feels a bit better but could do with another buff in the future. The damage from a distance perk is pretty nice, but horribly impractical if you're not with a group that can take that aggro

[@M4gl4d]

Thanks to your video, I now actually care about the challenges. I had no idea they gave you rewards. Since they mentioned exp rewards, I thought it was just a way to level my character up and since I've been lvl 60 for years now, I really didn't care about the challenges. Now I am gonna log in and try to do the rare ones at least

[@timbaker2024]

So is there a way to get just the sorcery update? I have the base exiles, but seems they want 100 bucks for sorcery along with all the other expansions.

[@Eradicati0nn]

The Age of Sorcery update itself is free and included in the base Exiles game. All the other expansions are just cosmetic aside from Isle of Siptah. All future expansions will also be free

[@sanguiniusszuiriel4984]

Destiny 2 let’s people play previous battle passes if the current one is purchased with silver, their in game currency. It’s a valid approach that’s already successful.

[@patatacaliente8270]

Great video - sums up my own thoughts on the update really well, including the criticism of the Bazaar prices. I think Funcom looked at what other games ask for cosmetic content (and some are frankly ridiculous) and thought 'Hey, if they do it, we can get away with it, too', but IMHO they overdid it. I don't mind spending money on games (in fact, I'm a bit of a whale in my other favorite game), but at the moment, the value just isn't there, especially when considering the amount of content we got used to with conventional DLCs. Items in the Bazaar should either be cheaper or contain more content (either would be fine by me). Other than that, I'm pretty happy with 3.0. I used to be pretty sceptical about the future of CE, but now I'm carefully optimistic.

[@mausolus8466]

I have to agree, the prices of the Bazaar and the FOMO style of battlepass is something we should attempt to convince Funcom to change. However, as you said, it must be in a civil way. Angry screeching "F**k this game", "Funcom - worst company ever", "Age of Greed" etc. will get us nowhere. We will look just like trolling kids, and as such, our voices will hardly be taken seriously. I have to say, I agree with you in almost all things said, but I'm a bit nervous about thrall change. As a solo player (seroiusly, my entire Conan Exiles experience is in solo single-player mode xD), I'm a bit worried about bosses (and not just Arena Champion, although she takes the top) and Purges (I defaultly turn Purges on IoS off, because default Purge is with Accursed madmen with Star Metal weapons, and even setting it to level 1 doesn't help too much, at least as far as I know). I hope some content would not be near-impossible for solo players.

[@stupedcraig]

AWesome video! I just started playing the game last week. It's super fun. I definitely prefer the idea of having thralls as support(archer, healer, hauler), not the main character. And have pets be on the same level as thralls.

[@petroandras]

5:50 - How did you find these enemies on the Exiled lands? Id quite like to loot them :-)

[@Eradicati0nn]

They were spawned on the Admin Panel for this clip, I think they're found on Siptah during the Maelstrom and from the spawning pool figurines (when it's fixed)

[@petroandras]

@@Eradicati0nn Oh :-( I hoped to get my hands on Ghoulish humours etc. in the Exiled lands :-)

[@Eradicati0nn]

@@petroandras I don't think it's possible I'm afraid, unless server transfers are re-enabled. If they are, I'd prefer to see Siptah content become available normally on TEL. I wouldn't be surprised if Sorcery is a way for that to happen, there already are some Siptah-only creatures like the Blood Moon Beast available on TEL now

[@jkwyuken5582]

I have to agree on the prices of the Bazaar being too high. I Love the building in this game and would like to get the updated Sandstone set but yes it is priced too high. I have been debating on getting it or not to get it, due to not knowing when it may cycle back through to purchase again. It is a tough choice for sure. Keep up the great video's.

[@Eradicati0nn]

Yeah the prices are a bit too high. It's good to know that nothing in the Bazaar is gone forever, and the designs are much better than even more recent traditional DLC packs, but not knowing exactly when they'll come back is a bit rough. There's some obfuscation around that system that could be removed to improve it

[@davidclingerman7668]

everything stated is fair honest and realistic. one thing I will say though as a big fan of Conan and Howard's writings is that the world of Conan does have fireballs and battle magic it's just a slower cast but it's 100% there. take age of Conan unchained for example. you can cast flame spells from hell itself lol it's not in the game other than the lightning storm but the people keep parroting that those types of things aren't in the universe at all and they're simply incorrect on that. it's essentially sorcerer's are great from a distance and at range with a variety of illusions and spells but once within the range of Conans blade they die like any other man

[@Eradicati0nn]

I'd definitely say I'm more familiar with the game's lore than that of the source material, but I've heard a couple of times now that battle magic is indeed present in said material. I do think that the ritualistic magic suits the game a lot better, though I wouldn't be against maybe one or two battle magics in the future, if they're balanced correctly

[@stormlands]

i missed out on some of the battlepass iteams that is build related and i hate not having them now. 😭😞😞😞

[@jimbeam8338]

Ever since a couple updates ago, all in game shadows got disabled. No shadow related commands turn them back on. I've reinstalled the game a couple of different times and nothing works. Thanks, Funcom.

[@Eradicati0nn]

In-game shadows as in player/thrall-cast shadows, or shadows in general? I've just spent the best part of two days recording a video and I didn't notice that myself

[@mcrich1978]

Hey let's break up a reskin of sandstone and sell them off in little sets on the bazaar for 3 times of what set is worth.

[@jollyroger1516]

I agree with the player taking lead role in the game BUT I find that thrall survivability is now too low while having thralls has become more necessary. To explain, if I have to take more combat skills and combat focused gear to take the brunt of the fight, my carry capacity is reduced to a laughable level - I need to dedicate a whole bunch of points either to expertise to carry stuff myself or to authority to make the bearer himself better. If I fight alone though as a melee I would want most points in neither category. Since the update I have found myself constantly worrying about a follower or constantly stopping to drop off things. That hasn't been much fun and losing thralls to a single T4 fighter isn't great either, especially early game lesser named thralls like Tarman feel too weak to be worthwhile. Just my two cents - also the bazaar is an atrocity, for me this is a massive mix between builder FOMO (and sandstone should never be paid to begin with) and being super selective about buying an armour as it is wildly overpriced. Which brings me to my usual point of several months now - when will DLCs see an update for missing building pieces and weapons like vaulted ceilings and short swords - the Khitan pack is like half the content at this stage.

[@HendyVelarius]

Based on my experience thrall can be much more tanky once you gear them up. I don't have much problem and never have any of them die during fights once I got them the level 60 armor sets (unless of course you're using low tier faction fighters). If you're not on that level yet though, pets are the way to go. My greater bears have been a godsend for my leveling process. Another alternative is to just make yourself a very strong fighter and bring caravan pets along. You can also use the potions and armor sets to increase your max weight. Lots of options I'd say, and I think a much more interesting one. Before this thralls have been way way too strong, and a somewhat comical contrast of your character being this genius guy that flops after few hits, and your thralls being brainless hunk of steel that can just stand in one spot and yawn while being beaten.

[@ZannacrossG1]

So question, if I buy something with Chrome coins on one PSN account would it be on another account as well? I have one account for the UK version and another for the American version so, don't want to waste money on coins if what I buy won't show up in the other profile.

[@Eradicati0nn]

I'm not 100% sure. If it's the same PSN login then I'd assume yes. If it's two separate accounts, no.

[@ZannacrossG1]

@@Eradicati0nn Yah they are both my accounts, one I just use for UK games, I used it to buy the DLC for the UK version and then it worked for the American version to so I was hoping the same process would apply here.

[@ZannacrossG1]

@@Eradicati0nn Ugh, it did not transfer, I bought coins with the UK account and bought a emote but it did not transfer over to my US account. I also bought one of the DLC sets and that DID transfer over to the US account so that does still work. Still, this is a drag, I don't know how to be able to buy the emotes for the US version now, ugh.

[@gooutandsungaze]

Not enough people talk about this, but I have no qualms with bringing it up. We should be given the option to play without the admin panel in single player. Minecraft, NMS, Elden Ring, and other games make it so you can play with at least SOME CHALLENGE. I get that a lot of people want to have an admin panel, so why not make a separate creative mode for it? What's the point of a survival game if I am two buttons away from getting everything I need? I will die on this hill. All redditors and people on the forum can say about this is "learn some self control bro". To those people I say this- kick rocks. Funnily enough, the reason this bothers me so much is because imo Conan is THE BEST survival game on console at the moment and I want my achievements in the game to actually matter. The only solution is to play online and suck up seeing people build in the spot that you want to be :/

[@theprecipiceofreason]

They stopped allowing any criticism or dissent in their steam forums and are holding each comment for review. This is after already being infamous for locking anything they see as critical of their game. Now, they just don't let it happen in the first place. No thanks. Never again.

[@Eradicati0nn]

I'm not sure if Funcom has direct control over Steam Discussions content moderation or if it's somewhat automated like it is for Steam reviews. If it is indeed automated, it doesn't surprise me given the conduct of some of the criticisms

[@theprecipiceofreason]

@@Eradicati0nn It is not. It is individual moderators locking anything that is remotely critical of funcom. That is the only consistent factor. Noncritical discussions are almost entirely unmoderated unless they mention social issues like trans people.

[@Eradicati0nn]

@@theprecipiceofreason Idk it looks automated to me. The disclaimer states it's an automated system, and I've just scrolled through probably 10 topics unrelated to any criticisms, just people asking for advice on perks and such, and everything is temporarily hidden there

[@leightonrud66]

Archery was very op with snake arrows

[@daledrakewriter4912]

Still on PS4 at the moment and the sorcery is really hit and miss can cause multiple blue screen and lag when with multiple zom Thralls. I also like archery but as usual hardly any perks to speck into the skill. I was loving being a necromancer but with all the crashes when using the staff. It's just not worth actually using magic on PS. Hope they send us a fix soon to help us PS4 players out.

[@Eradicati0nn]

I know they've already addressed some of the issues on PS4 and Xbox so I think more hotfixes and patches will be coming pretty soon

[@danielpace5207]

Yeah I'm on PS4 and haven't been able to load the game and run for more than a few minutes before it blue screens (I'm near my largest base and thinking of trying to flee into the desert where hopefully there is less to load). Wonder how many Crom coins a working PS4 version of the game would cost?

[@clipdumpforspace]

Congrats on the Funcom sponsor, glad you are getting your deserved recognition

[@Eradicati0nn]

Thanks Justin! It definitely came as a surprise haha

[@fyrfly8768]

I wouldn't know how 3.0 is going because I (and many others) cant play our servers thanks to the infinite mod update loop problem and I don't really want to play vanilla Conan without he QoL improvements

[@Eradicati0nn]

I haven't encountered that issue myself, though I'm only running a handful at the moment (Pippi, SvS 1 & 2, LBPR & Shani's Stuff)

[@mageofsin]

Zombies fly in the face of thrall changes, absolute units

[@briiiiiight4598]

I agree with a lot of what you said, especially the Bazaar, such an overpriced shop. I'd argue, literally 5-10X as expensive as it should be. Compare it to the old style DLC for example. One thing I don't agree with is battle passes returning. If I purchase something with the impression it's a times exclusive... it should stay that way, and if I put actual time and effort into unlocking stuff, I want to feel like I earned it, and brandish my items like a badge of nerdy honour.

[@Eradicati0nn]

A nerdy badge of honour 😂 Yeah I can see both sides of the time exclusive argument. My main reasoning behind the BP being replayable in the future is that, if these new lifetime systems really raise Conan's popularity, it'll leave a bit of a sour taste in new player's mouths when the join a year from now, or at least it would for me. Aside from that though, I think the Battle Pass is fine apart from the weird Premium option. The Bazaar needs some looking at though

[@briiiiiight4598]

@@Eradicati0nn actually yeah, the premium version is odd. An easy compromise for bringing back BP's would be, during the original BP; at key tiers (armours, weapons, thrall variants maybe) they simple have a unique variation that isn't available upon re-release. Add feathers, or jewels, nothing to make it a totally new set but something to show that you as a player earned this during its original run. I do have other concerns with this update, but I'm just being picky, I'm honestly glad that we're getting regular updates!

[@briiiiiight4598]

@mrE365 in fairness, when it comes to building I agree. I'd hate to come across a base, see it made out of something amazing and then find out its never going to be available to me, that I agree with.

[@pitchdark5]

I can't wait to see what's still to come. I assume as we head deeper into he Age of Sorcery, we'll see more spells, more dark rituals, and Corrupted Attributes. For the Bazar... it does feel like there used to be a "Sorcery Aesthetic DLC" that they ripped up so they could sell in overpriced chunks. I'm fine with running the battle pass knowing I'll see a return on it, but I have no interest in getting anything from the Bazar with its inflated prices. I'm sure they're trying, but there's still some things on PS4/PS5 that don't render properly (Derketo's altar and birds), and the rendering overall seems to have gotten worse (Where is the next-gen update for PS5, Funcom?)

[@Eradicati0nn]

Yeah I could kinda see each Age being a massive DLC, maybe like three or four DLC's combined, and then split up to make a schedule of rolling content for the age. The Bazaar is unfortunately overpriced, but hopefully that gets adjusted. I know the Update 3.0.2 patch just came out for Steam and EGS to fix some issues, I think that's coming to consoles soon

[@timothycosta3693]

It's buggy as he'll and crashes on ps4

[@cancerbucket2245]

Most things were fixed as far as i saw wihle playnh

[@SticksAandstonesBozo]

Most underrated survival game ever.

[@dusk1947]

This is a sound and fair-minded review, I found it difficult to disagree with most of you stances. I personally enjoy their direct taken on game play, including a positive opinion of the traits and thrall reworks. I find sorcery underwhelming, and lacking. However, I think it's somthing they can build upon, chiefly by adding diverse appearances or effects to the same spells. For example: adding a demon or elemental alternative to the risen zombies... And while I wanted to see combat magic, I understand why they veered away from it. But, that's part of the system feeling underwhelming. And I greatly agree with your characterization and feedback concerning the battle pass and bazzar. I don't take issue with the battle pass, but do take repeated issue with the bazaar. Items are overvalued, and I don't appreciate the current esthetic (which matters for a shop).

[@TheThanatos007]

I am glad that battle pass multipliers just stack if you miss a few days. Makes it easier to get caught up and the coins on battlepass means i dont need to pay again for the battlepass as long as i dont spend them. My problem was the amount of glitches and crashes that this caused to the point i cant play isle of siptah since it crashes within 10 minutes of playing.

[@shanemaroney7812]

It would be nice to play but the game has bugs and glitches on PlayStation 4 that need to be fixed

[@dinoslayer1353]

besides nerfing the thralls they should have just buffed the main character

[@boneboy9246]

Dont see a problem with the battlepass this game needs money to flow, personally i dont mind giving them money cos the content is worth it. Far more better than those other devs "cough EA".

[@lishiping84]

TBH I prefer the old DLC way rather than BP and bazaar thing. You can even double the price of the DLC. You see, in the big supermarkets in Australia, every price tag has a price per unit (KG, meters, piece) along with it. And about the battle pass, I have already paid money for the content, why should I pay extra time, attention and work to gain the reward? It's a Fucking Game. Luckily I can use admin mode to grind it. But still the whole BP thing, I don't understand why so many people like it, and why it's getting more and more popular in game industries. This is totally irrational for players. But well, playing games itself is not that rational as well. And about the rotation of all the items available for sale. Sorry, I don't think any digital content is worth any kind of FOMOs. It's like taking advantage of the flaw of human nature, to fulfil some sick recognition needs by just some marketing trick. TBH there is no true work or value added. Think about it, capitalism did a successful job to educate its market to accept DLC, microtransactions etc. On the other hand, video games are still one of the cheapest modern entertainment. That's why the industry keeps doing these kinds of tricks and actually work.

[@daledrakewriter4912]

Think we caught you playing with stamina off lol.

[@Eradicati0nn]

I almost always play with Stamina & Health Loss off. I did have health loss enabled whilst testing the damage reduction with corrupted perks though 😂

[@BertMerlin57]

Good review, and agree about the bazar.

[@flea1985]

Corrupted perks are not worth 50% Hp and stamina łoss

[@unverifiedverified4418]

I feel like I should retire my gaming life and done back in 10yrs.... If the earth is still here and if devs start making good games.

[@jbwooten89]

I honestly feel like some of this content is on par with prices of Rust cosmetics. But ehhhh. Yeah.

[@huntertjohnson521]

Surprised such a low overall review score given the high opinions of each of the main features. Especially because the main drawback is fully optional and more of a business decision than a game one.

[@Eradicati0nn]

It was originally an 8 until the Bazaar released, which then brought it down to a 7. I also took some points off for some of the sparse spell categories too, though they'll likely end up filled by the end of Age 1. I'd put the average game at 5 myself, I know some people have different ideas of where the average sits on that scale, and thus I plus and minus from there

[@glenmenas9424]

Crom shows no pity for the weak!

[@bhec7715]

They just need to make a brand new game. The underlying engine just seems too buggy.

[@shanehunt3019]

Content, cool. Monetization, ugh. Exiles in a nutshell

[@DeimosDread]

I don't know if you've played Fallout 76, but the Bazaar reminds me of 76's "Atomic Shop". The pricing & 'deals' seem like a carbon copy. Fingies crossed they don't follow them down the same path.

[@_.azar04._]

I love your videos🙌

[@Eradicati0nn]

Glad you enjoy them man!

[@danielmartinez5505]

I enjoy the game, I just don’t enjoy building and farming endlessly

[@GoldenDaemonas]

i wouldve been fine with battle pass if those one time rewards didnt exist in them, they are absolutely stupidly unfair and undesirable. they are literally there just to extend the grind and fill the gap where actual content couldve been added... hopefully they remove these for the next passes.

[@Eradicati0nn]

The one-time potions are meant to encourage people to try sorcery, but I don't think people really needed encouragement seeing as magic has been so heavily requested. I'm not sure why the illusions are one-time use either, that's a really weird choice. I don't expect to see more spell potions in the future, I think those one-time potions are more of an advertising Sorcery thing

[@mistergriffin3239]

"Fireballs... Don't fit in the world of Conan the barbarian"?!? My brother, that's simply wrong. It doesn't fit in Conan EXILES because the band reduces magic abilities... The game goes over that when you talk to the Sett Priest.

[@derekdehaan8913]

I assume, when discussing the cost of items in the bazaar you are taking into account that they, like the battle pass, are subsidizing the current (and potentially future) 'free' content. If so, the question isn't whether a candelabra is worth $2, it's whether the candelabra AND supporting the development of 'free' content is worth $2. And in case you are looking at this from a 'make it up in volume' perspective, consider that the items do still have a fixed cost of development as well, so a minimum markup is necessary. I'm not saying the items aren't overpriced, I'm just saying we don't know all the facts behind the pricing and can't arbitrarily say they can be cut in half.

[@gg829]

They absolutely can be cut in half. Just change a few integers in the database and voila! They are half of what they used to be.

[@Eradicati0nn]

I am indeed taking that into account. I've seen a lot of people that want the game to have zero monetization but also receive bigger and better free updates, and those two factors just can't co-exist. However, I do think some of the other items, like $9 for Sandstone Set 2 or $6/7 for a bookcase is a bit too steep. We'll likely never know the details of the cost per item created or the markup details, that data will stay with Funcom, but I do think a volume over price approach would surpass the current approach in terms of overall revenue

[@gg829]

@@Eradicati0nn The whole argument that we do not know the costs of development is nonsensical. If companies feel that it is ok to sell AAA game for $60, they presumably earn money on it. And there is no way in hell that production costs for a simple candlestick are 1/12th of the production costs of a full AAA game. Items should not be free and they should be used to finance development of the game, however, as it strands, Bazaar is a pure rip off and a huge miss.

[@elitereptilian200]

I have always wondered that wouldn't these companies make overall more money by selling cheaper mtx to more people but, there has to be some market research/study that clearly shows selling more expensive items to fewer people = more money because so, so, so many companies keep doing it.. I'm not a smart person so what the hell do I know, it just seems a bit wonky to me..

[@mj3113]

just made 2 zombies

[@hubert5924]

just made like 20 with the fog spell

[@1firstamendment]

👍

[@madmick6275]

Was the Age of Conan better than this game?

[@Eradicati0nn]

I have no idea, I never had the chance of play Age of Conan whilst it was popular. I think it was an MMO? So it was likely quite different

[@AngelOfDeath420]

It's JUNK! I wasted $15 for the game.

[@themetalpig7613]

I'm thinking of getting into this game. I'm still on ps4 in Australia. Is it worth getting the Isle of Siptah and Age of Sorcery DLC's, or just play the base game? Noob question but whats with all the servers? Can't I just play alone, or is it recommended to play with others. Not interested in dealing with other players who kill me.

[@venataciamoon2789]

As a new player it's not overwhelming because we don't know how the game was. We are just learning as we go. The DLC is underwhelming and lazy. They don't offer much, I was going to get the Japanese one but their is no furniture to go with the building style. The weapons and armour are vanity and not very useful. The DLC is rubbish far as I can see as a new player.

[@Greger1971]

Sorcery is useless, don't buy this game if you want to fight with magic, there are better games for that

[@indiependent9084]

Long story short. 3.0 is shite. Still early access in disguise as a final product

[@jopera2087]

Just meh, good ideas but shit execution as always for Funcom games..also they seriously need to do something about the abysmal combat, its one of the worst things in CE. Not to mention the survival aspect of the game is a complete joke..