Age of Conan Formal Apology

To:  Funcom

We understand that developing a game, managing a team and producing a product is a tough thing to accomplish. We also understand that companies have a right to keep certain information from prying eyes. This petition is to request a formal apology from Erling Ellingsen, Gaute Godager and others from this team. This formal apology is to be in a format the general public can view on the internet (Flash or WMV). This formal apology will be based on talking about deceiving and manipulating the public into thinking Age of Conan was a finished product on launch. Here are some of the things that was promised on launch but as of the date of this petition has never been produced:

1> DirectX 10 Support: DX10 was stated very clearly on the box. It was also on the website and was on numerous other review sites as well. DirectX 10 support in Age of Conan was pulled shortly after launch to correct bugs and memory leaks and when Funcom pulled DX10 out of AoC, they promised by Mid August 2008 that DX10 would be back in the game.

2> Questlines after Tortage were horribly broken. Pyramid quests were not ready as were a lot of the different dungeons. I am told that the Pyramid quests are not broken anymore so this may not be an issue.

3> DirectX 10 in August 2008 never appeared: This was promised shortly after pulling DX10 support from launch. DirectX 10 was annouced at a German gaming convention and people were allowed to test Age of Conan with Direct X 10 during the month of August 2008. Still, No word on DirectX 10 emergence as of this petition date.

After careful review of Funcom's Website, I notice that there is a Formal code of Ethics that they adhere by. Located at: http://www.funcom.com/wsp/funcom/frontend.cgi?func=publish.show&func_id=1194&table=CONTENT

To wit:

"Customers

All our customers shall be treated with respect, integrity and understanding. We shall deal with customers' needs in the best possible manner within the business and ethical parameters that apply to FUNCOM."

So with this petition, We request a Formal Apology on behalf of Funcom for deceiving us and over-hyping their product, Age of Conan, which was not ready for launch.

1. We want to know why Age of Conan was released when it wasn't ready.
2. We want to know what went wrong.
3. We want to know why you lied to us.
4. We want to know what are you going to do to correct these problems.
5. We also would like to seek monetary rebates for our launch purchase in the form of a cheque and not in free played time.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

The Age of Conan Formal Apology Petition to Funcom was created by and written by Chris Faulkner (cfaulkner70@gmail.com).  This petition is hosted here at www.PetitionOnline.com as a public service. There is no endorsement of this petition, express or implied, by Artifice, Inc. or our sponsors. For technical support please use our simple Petition Help form.