AoC vs WoW

Now I'm sure this will get locked in a hurry but the following is my attempt at solving that issue.

DON'Ts
Post bashes about one or the other.
Post insults towards each other.
Pretty much follow the guild rules also.

Do's
Post about the strengths and visable weaknesses from game to game.
Post your thoughts on future updates or previous updates and how they compare.
Keep it clean.

I've a seen a few of these over time and usually they turn into a WoW vs AoC brawl with no actual input. My objective here is to get a biased unbiased view on both games.


I've played both games and enjoyed certain aspects of each and hated others.

WoW Pros:
Low system requirements help dinosaurs like mine play it.
Cartoonish style graphics are easy on the eye
Due to the amount of the time its been out the amount of content in the game

AoC Pros:
Beautiful graphics, and realistic shadows and nature movement.
Fighting system is addictive.
Story sucked me in.
There is a story and people have realistic problems.

WoW Cons:
It turns into just doing the same quest and raids over and over and over.
It's getting old and I'm tired of calling up a friend only to find out they have a raid scheduled.
The fighting system is weak.

AoC Cons:
Kills my computer.
Glitchy and zone crashes ruin the environment.
It hasn't been out for too long so the content is limited.

Lets see if we can keep it clean.

I think that's a good list.
I can add

WoW pro:
Open world with few instances
AoC con:
The world is divived into instances.
Fortunately most of them are open instances so you will see people around(unlike Guild wars).

WoW cons:
No dialogue options.

AoC pro:
Actual dialogue options that in some cases can affect what will happen.

WoW Cons:
mounts are only used for travel

AoC pro:
Mounts can be used for combat.

whats Aoc stand for?

Age of Conan I think.

AoC = Age of Conan

WoW = World of Warcraft