AoC vs. WoW – Combat

Published by Alinden under World of Warcraft on June 6, 2008

You have probably heard about the AoC “Real-combat” system. The question is whether, when you really get down to it, the AoC combat mechanics are better than WoW, or just different?

From the user’s point of view there is a bit more involved in the multipoint attack and defense system, but is it really that revolutionary? There might be a bit more to it in PvP, but for PvE it’s not the night and day difference I expected. Once again eye candy/immersion adds something here with nice graphics depicting combos and finishing moves, but I suspect that’s more due to the age of WoW, not the “revolutionary” AoC combat system.

As I said before, I only have limited experience in AoC, and there is certainly a lot I haven’t seen, such as mounted and siege combat, but I’m still to be convinced that AoC has a revolutionary combat system. Evolutionary maybe? Different? Yes, to an extent.