Another day, another piece of drama surrounding the Age of Conan launch. The official EU Age of Conan forums (still open only to subscribers of the game, even for reading) are currently erupting in a massive storm of good old "nerd rage".
It turns out that some (but not all) product keys found in the more expensive Collector's Edition (european version) are not working.
No definite pattern has emerged yet, but the problem appears widespread with 17 pages of complaints so far - and this is only from people who were in the Early Access - those with shiny CE boxes but no Early Access are still locked out of the forums if their product key turns out to be a dud.
To make matters worse, Funcom has continued their tradition of offering customer support only via email. So the only potential solutions at this point are both pretty bad - either return the copy for a refund and get a normal version (assuming the retailer even accepts the game back), or toss an email to the Funcom support and hope you get a reply someday soon...
In addition to the product key woes, there are reports that some of the limited and numbered Collector's Edition copies are missing the number. Either the holographic sticker is missing, or there is a sticker, but no number. Eidos and Funcom are apparently having some quality control issues with the physical product...
Normal edition seems to be unaffected at this time. No official word yet on either issue from Funcom, but I'm sure there is mad scurrying going on at their Norwegian headquarters... before the restless natives turn up at their offices with torches and pitchforks.
No DirectX10 For Age Of Conan At Launch
