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WarCry Network : Latest News: The MMO Report: Thursday, November 19th
Casey is back yet again to bring a fresh, steaming helping of MMO news. This week we'll tell you about a possible hint towards the release schedule for Guild Wars 2, a bunch of news about the game we all know too well, World of Warcraft, and how you can get a beta code for The Secret World by playin...
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Funcom...riddle me this..: Funcom - Silence is golden
Or maybe this is what Funcom believes, and they think gold will pour out of their a** if they continue to not update Age of Conan and just sit silently as their financials show progress is downward. The fact that Funcom is siphoning off Cash on Hand, this bodes ill for their continued efforts.
Tuesday, Nov 17
Massively: Funcom publishes sharp revenue drop for Q3
Funcom remains optimistic, though, thanks to numerous upcoming projects. The Secret World is reported to be "progressing well", Age of Conan is planning a launch in Korea, the "Rise of the Godslayer" expansion for AoC is on its way, and Funcom recently received a grant to create an extrem...
Friday, Nov 13
Massively: Age of Conan community interview: Your questions answered!
Filed under: Fantasy, Age of Conan, Interviews, MMO industry, Massively meta, Community Q&A Age of Conan community interview: Your questions answered! originally appeared on Massively on Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Wednesday, Nov 11
WarCry Network : Latest News: Age of Conan: Re-Up and Level F-A-S-T
Funcom has announced some new incentives for former players to return to Age of Conan. Chief among the enticements is the double XP boost throughout the month of November. Check out the details!
MMORPG Games & MMO News - MMOCrunch: Funcom Offering Incentives To Returning (And New) Age of Conan Players
In an attempt, possibly last ditch effort, at regaining Age of Conan’s hundreds-of-thousands of lost subscribers Funcom has announced some brand new incentives. For starters, there’s double experience gain through the end of the month. Should you continue to subscribe for two month...
Massively: Subscribe to Age of Conan and receive The Secret World beta access
Having fun in Conan's homeland? Make sure to check out all of our previous Age of Conan coverage, and stick with Massively for more news from the Hyborian Age!Subscribe to Age of Conan and receive The Secret World beta access originally appeared on Massively on Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:00:00 ES...
Tuesday, Nov 10
Massively: One Shots: We could use a vacation here
We love to look around the lands of Conan, but we need all of you players to send in your screenshots! All you have to do to show off the parts of the world you like best is to email your images to us here at oneshots AT massively DOT com. Be sure to add in your name, the name of the game, and a quick desc...
Monday, Nov 9
Massively: Age of Conan community interview: Ask Funcom!
As anyone who has been following Age of Conan for the last few months knows, Funcom is working hard to get their MMO back on the top of everyone's playlists. Launch-day bugs have been fixed and they're focusing on more incentives to get players back into their game.
No Prisoners, No Mercy: Oh Cr*p
Me: “My armor crafting seems to be stuck at 28 – no matter how much I craft these stupid t-shirts my score won’t rise.” FE Dev.: “We did…” Me: “No you didn’t.” Me: “Well…yes.” Me: “Well…no.” Me: “How so?” See you online Side Notes Now THAT'S Music!
Friday, Nov 6
Funcom...riddle me this..: Is the "Never Give Up" strategy working?
This time around, the 3rd quarter financials are due November 12th of 2009. Luckily Funcom came through and patched Age of Conan. But, they also made the mistake of introducing a multitude of bugs. Then again, they recently lowered the monthly subs for multiple month subscribers...so, could t...
Thursday, Nov 5
Funcom...riddle me this..: Age of Conan - Who else worries about AoC?
Looks like Gamestop and Barnes and Noble are worried about Age of Conans longevity as well as me. 60 Day Game cards, normally 30 bucks, now going for $12.99 B&N Price Drop Gamestop drops price of AoC time cards Ouch!
Funcom...riddle me this..: Age of Conan - Truth or Dare?
From July and on, Funcom started a MAJOR revamp of the classes in Age of Conan. Melee took some hits as their capabilities were diminished. Casters were spiked to be more powerful and even sometimes harder to kill.A disconnect took place over the issue of Stamina versus Mana (Stamina runs out...
Wednesday, Nov 4
Massively: Funcom receives grant to create extreme sports MMO
In between navigating the sometimes-choppy waters of Age of Conan and working toward the launch of The Secret World, Funcom is having a busy year, but it looks like they are adding one more project to the pile as well. Work on the project is expected to begin in January 2010, and we can expect m...
Tuesday, Nov 3
Keen and Graev's Gaming Blog: The time has come for another Fantasy Sandbox
Combat Traditional is always better. Age of Conan, Darkfall, and even Fallen Earth’s (even though FE’s isn’t terrible) combat illustrates that nothing is better than traditional. For those having a hard time understanding, just think about the basics of WoW’s combat system or EQ’s co...
Monday, Nov 2
MMORPG Games & MMO News - MMOCrunch: Aion’s Issues
PvP I like to break the PvP elements in Aion into pretty much 3 different categories. First you have your rift PvP into enemy territory, then the fortress fights, and finally your small scale encounters that occur in the Abyss. 1) Rift PvP 2) Fortress Battles 3) Small Scale PvP
Saturday, Oct 31
No Prisoners, No Mercy: Crank up the Sound
The sound production in video games seems to be one of those odd dichotomies in that no one seems to notice it until it is done poorly. I know there are those of our readers out there who pay little attention to the sound. In fact it was just the other day I read the following in guild chat:
Massively: Massively wishes you a happy Halloween
Filed under: Age of Conan, Aion, City of Heroes, EverQuest, EverQuest II, Fallen Earth, Final Fantasy XI, Guild Wars, Lineage, Lineage 2, Warhammer Online, Star Wars Galaxies, Exteel, Free Realms, Champions Online, Runes of Magic, Legends of Norrath
Friday, Oct 30
Hyborian Spoken Here: Age of Conan - Issues all make sense now
Age of Conan's issues have all been explained now..We understand why the game is where it is at! From Craig Morrisons blog...(Source) Alas there is one thing I am bad...really bad...at and that is actually finishing work."
Massively: Official Age of Conan database offers easy info
MMOs see updates quite frequently, and with games that have developers actively posting on forums an attentive community member can absorb plenty of useful information. However, not everyone is up to the task of tracking all news, dev posts and dev blogs on every little topic. This is wher...
Thursday, Oct 29
Hyborian Spoken Here: Age of Conan - BROKEN game!
Age of Conan truly has hit rock bottom. Ongoing issues and then new bugs as well causes the game to become an almost unplayable mess. Age of Conan is just on it's last legs. Maybe someone finally needs to put her out of her misery...or mine at least, as I just do not want to play another MMO. Maybe if they...
Massively: More Age of Conan subscription incentives coming
Funcom's Erling Ellingsen recently informed Eurogamer about future Age of Conan subscription "initiatives" being planned, which are to follow the new price reduction of multi-month subscriptions . It's of particular interest that Funcom is planning further pricing specials, as th...
Wednesday, Oct 28
Massively: AoC patch adds veteran points, new dungeon, plastic surgery
Even still, there is a lot of cool free stuff coming for the game. Just be aware that, well, this is still Age of Conan in spirit and so, yeah, breast enlargements.AoC patch adds veteran points, new dungeon, plastic surgery originally appeared on Massively on Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:00:00 EST. Ple...
Tuesday, Oct 27
WarCry Network : Latest News: Age of Conan: Iron Tower Screens
Age of Conan developers are back with new updates and content for their Hyborian MMO, introducing a brand new quest zone: The Iron Tower and much more. Screens and details after the jump!
Monday, Oct 26
Massively: King Conan lowers prices on long-term subscriptions for all
This brings the prices to $99 for the 12 month, $63 for the 6 month, and $36 for the 3 month. Certainly good news for anyone who's been sucked in by the barbarians, or looking forward to the release of Rise of the Godslayer.Filed under: Fantasy, Age of Conan, Business models, MMO industry, News...
Saturday, Oct 24
Massively: Fourth annual MMO calendar now on sale
This year's calendar includes artwork from: Age of Conan Dungeons & Dragons Online Eve Online EverQuest II Free Realms Guild Wars 2 Lord of the Rings Online Runes of Magic RuneScape The Secret World Warhammer Online World of Warcraft It promises to be a gorgeous calendar, but just in...
Thursday, Oct 22
No Prisoners, No Mercy: Because I said so . . .
To my knowledge (and I may indeed have it wrong), neither NCSoft, nor Cryptic Studios has announced how many subscribers they currently have for their respective games, Aion Online and Champions Online. If I were to hazard a guess, it would no doubt be safe to say that neither game has one m...
Tobold's MMORPG Blog: What audience do I write for?
The point is that I am not afraid to admit that I'm just human. I make mistakes, I get hurt, I get angry, I react, just like everybody else does. And I do have a social relationship with my "community", however you want to define it. There are rules, but there is also respect, and mutual appreciati...
Wednesday, Oct 21
Massively: Rock the jailhouse with Age of Conan's Iron Tower
For whatever reason, MMO gamers have a low opinion of prisons. We always seem to assume that rather than being filled with fuming criminals kept under strict control, every one you venture through will be full of escaped criminals staging an elaborate prison break. Then again, it does have...
Tuesday, Oct 20
Massively: Thrice the Halloween update hath patch'd
Filed under: Age of Conan, EverQuest, EverQuest II, Guild Wars, Lineage, Lineage 2, Culture, Events, in-game, Star Wars Galaxies, Free Realms, Runes of Magic, Legends of Norrath Thrice the Halloween update hath patch'd originally appeared on Massively on Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:00:00 ES...
Hyborian Spoken Here: Age of Conan - Ending? Beginning?
But, the money is the key. I like having the guild city be a goal, and not raiding nightly. For myself, I have started to break my time up in game with some Single Player RPG's. I have went back to playing the Witcher (so love that game) and am playing Risen. Risen is truly enamoring and has kept me wan...
Sunday, Oct 18
WarCry Network : Latest News: Age of Conan: Night of Lost Souls
Continuing today's theme of Halloween-related MMO events, WarCry has discovered Age of Conan's "Night of Lost Souls". The event will reward players with some really nifty stuff so be sure to keep reading!
Friday, Oct 16
Hyborian Spoken Here: Age of Conan - Upcoming Halloween Event
With two brand new solo quests, and an additional team quest, players will have to track down and defeat three Lost Souls. The quests will take you to places you thought you knew, but this time of year casts a shadow over things you once found familiar.
Wednesday, Oct 14
Opinion: Hyborian Spoken Here: Age of Conan - Defensive, On Message or Right?
This is a really tough situation right now for Craig, with updates being few and far between for Age of Conan, layoffs, subs seeming to disappear (based on visual acuity as well as sources like Xfire).
Sunday, Oct 11
Massively: Age of Conan's PvP developer interview
If you're curious about the direction that Age of Conan's PvP is going right now, both in the near future and with the upcoming expansion, the interview should provide a meaty read. And if after that you feel the urge to pick up your sword and go find someone unsuspecting to test it on, well, so...
Saturday, Oct 10
Massively: MMOGs rated in Australia. Warcraft a bit late, no sign of Conan, Warhammer
Continue reading MMOGs rated in Australia. Warcraft a bit late, no sign of Conan, Warhammer MMOGs rated in Australia. Warcraft a bit late, no sign of Conan, Warhammer originally appeared on Massively on Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Wednesday, Oct 7
Hyborian Spoken Here: Age of Conan - Progressions
Ethalos of course travels with the family pack, and progression is FAST due to being grouped and being able to tackle quests quickly and efficiently.We have been in Kheshatta, but have still some quests in Atzels Fortress zone. But, all of this is moot, as the big news is the Guild City.
Tuesday, Oct 6
Hyborian Spoken Here: Age of Conan - Bizarre downtime for Oct. 7th
Tomorrow, October 7th, Age of Conan will come down for maintenance. This in itself is not bizarre. What IS bizarre is first...we had maintenance last week. We have never had more than one maintenance in a month... except once.
Monday, Oct 5
Hyborian Spoken Here: Age of Conan - Economy?
Anyways, I have been having a Twitter discussion with Sevenwind, another regular player of AoC, as he has seen someone start a thread called "Another reason not to play...Age of Conan - Economy". Platinum, one of the more expensive crafting pieces needed to make the "Culture" armor I noted ab...
Thursday, Oct 1
Opinion: Hyborian Spoken Here: Age of Conan - As we go into October...
With the announced layoffs, it seems that the forums have started to fill up at the community site for AoC with discussion of where Funcom is headed with Age of Conan. Several posts really speak out for how everyone is feeling both in the community and in the game as well...
Wednesday, Sep 30
Hyborian Spoken Here: Age of Conan - Middle Class Performance
Not too much loss there. But still, noting how washed out some of the screens look. This seems odd. I tried adjusting gamma and contrast, colorization...but not with too much luck.Also of note (which does not show up in the screenshots) is a strange "sparkle" to textures the further out they are. Li...
Tuesday, Sep 29
WarCry Network : Latest News: Funcom Reduces Staff & Delays The Secret World
Funcom has announced a 20% reduction in staff as well as the delay of the just-announced "The Secret World", though the Age of Conan expansion is still on track. Read the official (and short...) press release.
Hyborian Spoken Here: Age of Conan - Upcoming report - Nvidia
Hey all...before I forget, I am finalizing my report on the next system in class performance for Age of Conan...an Nvidia GTX260, E8400 and 4 gigs DDR3.
Hyborian Spoken Here: Age of Conan - Insanity sets in
But, talk about insanity. The Simple Complexities guild (our small family guild) finally hit level 70 (our characters did anyways).When we went to go about doing crafting for the level 70 quests...we hit a snag.Seems most of the goods we need to craft must have a guild city in place with Tier 1 bld...
Hyborian Spoken Here: Age of Conan - Funcom announces layoffs
By way of Twitter and the Hudson grabbing all news as it immediately happens (Mad News Skillz!)...seems Funcom is rolling in a 20% reduction of staff. I will have more to say on this later based on some conversations I have seen on the Testlive forums and the main forums as well.
Monday, Sep 28
Hyborian Spoken Here: Age of Conan - New survey circulating
If you were a game developer for Age of Conan how would you prioritize the need for development in the following areas with 1 being a top priority and 5 meaning this area does not need immediate attention?Class balance PVE Class balance PVP Combat mechanics GUI Tradeskills Sieges Charact...
Saturday, Sep 26
Hyborian Spoken Here: Age of Conan - ATI 5870 By the Numbers
So, again, the loss is minimal (about 10%), and hardly noticeable. Now, these numbers may seem low, but it is because I am purposely choosing "long view" scenes.The distance in this game is huge and causes massive slowdowns depending on what is in the view (the example here is water. Bogs down...
Friday, Sep 25
Hyborian Spoken Here: Age of Conan - 5870 Preliminaries
Suffice it to say, I have it with one goal in mind...Age of Conan frames.
Thursday, Sep 24
Hyborian Spoken Here: Age of Conan - System one!
Well, it is a go. System one will be complete come tomorrow. So, I wanted to stop in real quick and set ya up for what it would cost to make this monster machine... ATI 5870 1GB - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150443&cm_re=ati_5870-_-14-150-443-_-Product
The Many Relms of Relmstein: NCSoft's worry over server consolidations hamstrings Aion
I had been looking forward to Aion for awhile now since I heard a lot of good reviews from people who participated in the beta tests. The combat looked similar to World of Warcraft with a couple of additions like "combo chains" to make things a bit more interesting. Also the mobs and artwork loo...
Hyborian Spoken Here: Age of Conan - This is a ..uh ..setup
Age of Conan is the ONLY MMO on the market that is 100% DX10 compliant (note: uses all features...DDO does not, LOTRO does not...not even EvE). And yet, it is still in "test" mode (lol). But, all reports point to the fact that the DX10 implementation is fully realized, thus lets see how it makes our sys...
Wednesday, Sep 23
Massively: Direct2Drive offering $5 MMO downloads for their birthday
What are you waiting for? Go! Get some inexpensive MMOs! Oh, also - happy birthday Direct2Drive! (And thanks for that $5 copy of Bioshock!)Filed under: Events, real-world, News items Direct2Drive offering $5 MMO downloads for their birthday originally appeared on Massively on Wed, 2...
Hyborian Spoken Here: Age of Conan - Performance and what it will cost ya
As we all know, Age of Conan really runs like a dog at times, and at other times runs very well. My plan is to find out what sweet spots for settings work for each of these PC's. Several use different resolutions due to monitors (system 1 is on a 42" TV at 1360x768, 2nd system at 1650x1200 and 3rd at 1...
Hyborian Spoken Here: Aion - Really?
All I have to say though is..."Thanks sheeples" as you have made it possible for NCSoft to now finish up Guild Wars 2 and really put some polish in. I can go back to Age of Conan and enjoy just a little more in regards to unique gameplay. And eventually we will see players go back to WoW...but for now, and t...
Monday, Sep 21
Tobold's MMORPG Blog: Is the MMORPG market saturated?
Compared to the hype and disappointment cycle from last year for Age of Conan and Warhammer Online, maybe the muted reaction of MMORPG players this year is a more reasonable one. But I get a certain vibe that the MMORPG market is so saturated now, that nothing much excites players any more. Ma...
Thursday, Sep 17
Hyborian Spoken Here: Age of Conan - Podcast? Hmm
What interests me is maybe discussing some of the things going on in game. For example, economy and what is selling, not selling and maybe selling prices (a very harsh point right now, as due to some stupidities, some players continue to crash the market..). Maybe a discussion on some of the mai...
Hyborian Spoken Here: May return? Discuss
I really got flustered about a month ago over the MMO industry as a whole. I just could not see any reason to discuss these games, as the developers and the people who talk about these games all really turned into idiots. Recently though, I have noticed that as I think about taking a break from Ag...
Tobold's MMORPG Blog: Aion: Up or Down?
Not so fast! It turns out that this curve is not quite as universal as Raph thought. Both Age of Conan and Warhammer Online announced huge box sale numbers, but then lost up to three quarters of their subscribers in the first month! Warhammer Online for example sold over a million copies, but...
Tuesday, Mar 24
A falling out
I started out playing video games on systems with names like Sega, 3DO and Playstation before it had a number after the name. (I could ride the nostalgia train back to the 1970s when "videogames" only had text and a friend showed off a brand new game called "pong" but that is another story). By t...
Friday, Mar 6
Dichotomy of the Gamers Blogosphere: Age of Conan - My Destiny
Having committed to this path, I must do everything in my power to hunt down Thoth Amon and his minions, with all the strength I can muster. His death is paramount to the safety of Hyboria!
Wednesday, Mar 4
Massively: Massively Speaking Podcast Episode 45
Massively Speaking Episode 45 returns this week as a one-on-one interview with Glen "Famine" Swan, Funcom's Community Manager for Anarchy Online and Age of Conan. Shawn and Glen chat about the newest content patch introduced recently for AoC, as well as community management in general.
Thursday, Oct 2
Patch: Massively: Major revisions in Age of Conan crafting revealed
Filed under: Fantasy, Age of Conan, Patches, Crafting Okay, Funcom, we get it. You're deadly serious about fixing Age of Conan. First the beginnings of the PvP patch went live, 'Patch 2', giving players PvP XP and gear. Then we got to see the reworked notoriety system on Testlive, along with s...
Saturday, Sep 27
MMOdus Operandi: Why I quit Age of Conan
4) The combat is repetitive. Sure, it looks better than in most MMOs, but that's only due to the quality of the animation of the player characters. The actual combat system is average, from what I've seen of it. I'm not saying that the standard MMO combat model is particularly good, either, but...
Opinion: MMOdus Operandi: Warhammer Online - the next big thing?
Finally, onto the combat itself. From what I’ve read, the game’s combat is somewhat slower than in other MMOs, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. I’d have to play it myself become I commented more on it, but don’t expect to be see casters being killed in two seconds flat like they can be in o...
Opinion: MMOdus Operandi: Age of Conan Player Diary Introduction
Age of Conan is probably the closest anyone will get to a WoW-killer at any point in the next couple of years. There are plenty of MMOs coming out, but few have garnered the attention and hype that Funcom (the company behind Anarchy Online) have with their latest effort - in fact, over a millio...
Wednesday, Sep 17
Opinion: MMORPG - MMOCrunch - World of Warcraft: The Steak Just Walked Out
While I wish Gaute the best of luck in his new career - and speculation on where that will be will only cause fear in the collective MMO community - I think it’s safe to say that MMO’s probably aren’t your forte. That might be a bit harsh, but for those keeping count, that’s 0/2 for Mr. Godager - Ana...
Tuesday, Sep 16
Opinion: MMORPG - MMOCrunch - World of Warcraft: Hell Froze Over: An Interview with Funcom’s Erling Ellingsen
Erling Ellingsen: I disagree with you that the game launched without a PvP system. You could PvP players from day one, both in mini-games, in the open world and in sieges. One of the things we received the most positive feedback on was actually PvP, and Age of Conan is unique in regards to the fa...
Monday, Aug 18
WarCry Network : Latest News: Age of Conan Aug. 19th Patch Notes
In case you missed the Age of Conan August 19th patch notes leaked last week, we have them for you again. Click below to see what the Funcom worker bees have created.
Thursday, Jul 17
Massively: Massively Speaking Podcast Episode 14
Filed under: Culture, Massively Event Coverage, Massively SpeakingMassively Speaking Episode 14 is a another special episode! Two in a row! This week we're in Los Angeles for E3, and the minds behind the site's direction sat down for some jawwing about what we've seen. Alongside Leads K...
Massively: Age of Conan patch notes for the 17th of July
The next weekly update for Age of Conan has been deployed, and while it's not the PvP patch, there are a number of things to be happy about this time around. Along with the expected patch notes, Funcom decided to post their reasoning behind the bigger changes in the patch, something which the...
Wednesday, Jul 16
Massively: Scheduled AoC patch postponed by a day again
Filed under: Fantasy, Age of Conan, Bugs, Patches, Server downtimeAge of Conan players will be feeling a bit of deja vu today. As was the case last week, today's scheduled patch is not in a suitable state to go live. A fix relating to "Bind on Equip" items in fact made certain items totally un-e...
Thursday, Jul 10
WarCry Network : Latest News: Age of Conan: July 10th Patch Notes
Patch Notes for the July 10th build are now available! Amongst a myriad of bug fixes and tweaking are class changes affecting the following classes: Herald of Xotli, Necromancer, Ranger, Assassin, Barbarian, Dark Templar, and Priest of Mitra.
Wednesday, Jul 9
Patch: Massively: AoC update pushed back to tomorrow, July 10th
Filed under: Fantasy, Age of Conan, Bugs, Patches, Server downtimeThe weekly update for Age of Conan won't be taking place today as would be the norm. During the testing of the latest patch, Funcom's QA department discovered an issue that needs to be fixed up so that it isn't unleashed on th...
Sunday, Jul 6
Tobold's MMORPG Blog: Age of Conan longevity
And then there is the alternative that players suffer from Bartleitis: "I already played Age of Conan, it was called World of Warcraft". How many people started Age of Conan for the simple reason that they were bored with WoW? But if you have been questing, and leveling, and fighting monste...
Monday, Jun 23
Patch: WarCry Network : Latest News: Age of Conan: Big PvP Fixes
Age of Conan has undergone a massive patch including big changes in PvP among other bug fixes and improvements/balances. Check out the full list by clicking below.
Thursday, Jun 19
Heartless_ Gamer: Epic Fail: World First Age of Conan Siege
I will compare this situation directly to Pirates of Burning Seas (PotBS). PotBS took a huge delay to put in Avatar Combat. Avatar Combat failed miserably and painfully took away development time from polishing what did work: ship combat and the economy. PotBS could easily be enjoying life...
Patch: Massively: No scheduled update for AoC today
Filed under: Fantasy, Age of Conan, Patches, Server downtimeMost players are already well accustomed to Age of Conan's scheduled updates, (especially those of us that get them during prime time), but you will still be able to log in today. According to a post on the official European foru...
Tuesday, Jun 17
Joystiq: Massively Week in Review: June 11-17
News Are female characters really penalized in Age of Conan?First glimpse of Age of Conan PvP gear!AoC grinds out the fixesLinden Lab's big content takedownNew Final Fantasy XI update drops big changes into Vana'dielAT&T says internet data caps and overage fees 'inevitable'Is C...
Monday, Jun 16
Tobold's MMORPG Blog: Best AoC review evah!
Of course he is writing about the Herald of Xotl, the class I played too. Scott says: "Age of Conan clearly has staked out a niche: people who like burning things. My suspicion is that this may be a fairly large niche." And my problem with AoC is probably that setting virtual people on fire only am...
Opinion: Tobold's MMORPG Blog: AoC and the future of story-telling in MMORPGs
I finally had a bit more time to play this weekend, and thus leveled my Age of Conan Herald of Xotl to level 30. I was looking forward to that, because the destiny quest which stopped at level 20 in Tortage continues at level 30. A friend of mine had the problem that his quest journal was full or som...
Thursday, Jun 12
Broken Toys: It’s The Fun, Stupid
Age of Conan has also done some pretty impressive market jiu jitsu, whether intentional or not. The insanely high system specs limit their market to the PC gaming hardcore (at least until the Xbox 360 version is released). The mature environment (which, in addition to immolations, decapi...
Wednesday, Jun 4
Tobold's MMORPG Blog: Free Everquest
So I'm not planning to take up SOE on their generous offer. There is a list of things I'd like to do in Age of Conan before unsubscribing from that again: see how the level 30+ destiny quest is, play the level 1-20 destiny quest line with other characters to see the story in a different angle, and...
MMORPG - MMOCrunch - World of Warcraft: Age of Conan Review: Lev 1-20 Demonologist
As many of you know I was in the AoC beta where I only managed to get to lev 15 or so with my barbarian, but since last Thursday, when I finally managed to get a copy of the game, I’ve been battling it out in Hyborian and currently have a lev 20 Demonologist. So I thought I’d give you guys my thoughts o...
Monday, Jun 2
Podcast: Massively: Age of Conan proclaims death to false metal
To the delight of the Age of Conan development and community support team, a German metal band by the name of Linkin Purpz has produced a song all about, well, how much they love playing Age of Conan. Entitled Gods of War, it appears to be a melodic rant about the three principal deities of AoC,...
Tuesday, May 27
WarCry Network : Latest News: Age of Conan Patch Notes
Characters should now always get zoned back from a PvP game Characters should now be able to move away from their spot, without the server thinking that they are hacking Using a lower rank ability should not lock up your character anymore Quests
Tobold's MMORPG Blog: What AoC means for WoW
Age of Conan will reach between half a million and one million subscribers this year. Most of which will be ex-WoW players. A good number of them will have stopped playing WoW anyway, with or without AoC, but a couple of hundred thousand will be pushed over the edge and quit WoW for the prospect...
Sunday, May 18
Tobold's MMORPG Blog: Age of Conan first day
So up to now Age of Conan is a mixture of having fun and getting frustrated often, a feeling I know from many previous bugged game launches. AoC is "playable", but don't expect a high level of technical excellence and customer service.
Thursday, May 15
WarCry Network : Latest News: Age of Conan Server List for Sold Out Early Access
The gates to Age of Conan open in just a few days from now and legions of adventurers can hardly wait to set foot on Hyborian soil. Many want to chose their future home (also known as 'Server') beforehand and we know the list below has been eagerly awaited.
Wednesday, May 14
Massively: Naming your AoC characters
So there you are, sitting at the AoC character creation screen. You've just installed the game, created your perfect character that you will be playing for the next few months or years, but now you stare blankly at the little box with the blinking cursor asking for your character name. Argh!
Opinion: pΘtshΘt: Age of Conan Closed Beta Impressions– Part III
I did both single player instance (Tortage night) and multiplayer instance (Tortage day) quests. I didn’t do any PvP minigames having tried them in the stress tests which was enough for me. I liked the idea of the destiny quest and ultimately how well it was executed in single player RPG fash...
Opinion: Tobold's MMORPG Blog: Age of Conan announces 250 hours to level cap average
Via Massively I got the news that leveling a character from 1 to 80 in Age of Conan will take 250 hours on average. For comparison the orignal Everquest was considered to take about 2,000 hour to reach the level cap, and the average number of hours to reach level 60 in World of Warcraft when it ca...
Tuesday, May 13
pΘtshΘt: Age of Conan Closed Beta Impressions– Part II
None of the quests in Tortage where particularly interesting– the usual kill this, pick up that sort of stuff. Some intrigue which at times I found engrossing. As a matter of fact, early on with the heavy single player RPG feel to it, I was beginning to get a bit of that Oblivion feel, but unfo...
Monday, May 12
Joystiq: Massively Week in Review: May 6-12, 2008
This week has seen news across the MMOGosphere -- Age of Conan information, lots of City of Heroes and City of Villains information on upcoming Issue 12, the skinny on APB, and exclusives in Vanguard. Of course, added to this was the not-so-small media blitz by Blizzard with both Wrath of th...
Opinion: pΘtshΘt: Age of Conan Closed Beta Impressions– Part I
Combat The vaunted combat system is a welcome departure from typical Diku MUD autoattack combat but not without its limitations. Attacks are left, middle, right (1,2,3 keys). You don’t swing, you don’t attack. As you progress, characters learn combos that are special attacks you can init...
Wednesday, May 7
Opinion: Tobold's MMORPG Blog: Share your impressions of Age of Conan beta
What I did like in Age of Conan are the destiny quests in the single-player part of the game. For my first character, a Tempest of Set, they were not very class specific, I just had to kill stuff. But for my Barbarian, which is a rogue sub-class, I had several sneaking quests. The destiny quests ar...
Monday, May 5
MMORPG - MMOCrunch - World of Warcraft: CrunchPreview: Age of Conan, The Necromancer…
As many MMO gamers already know, Age of Conan is boasting a new combat system unlike any other MMORPG out there. It is fast paced, action-oriented, and near-useless to the mage classes of the game. So where does that leave all the struggling magic-seekers during the beginnings of the game? P...
Saturday, May 3
Opinion: A ding world: Is this the Age of Funcom? Conan open beta impressions
For one that has been generally a bit tired of fantasy MMORPG titles, Age of Conan feels different enough that it may be worth getting back into fantasy a bit - there are no elves, orcs or dwarves with beards or anyone called Legolass running around. Hopefully it stays that way later also.
Wednesday, Apr 30
The Common Sense Gamer: AoC’s State
The very first thing you need to know: if you are fearing a debacle, you can relax. There are many, many elements to Age of Conan that are polished and well-designed. Prospective players who have been looking forward to the game’s realtime combat can rest easy. Hyborean hopefuls looking for g...
Sunday, Apr 27
Opinion: Keen and Graev's Gaming Blog: Where I stand on the Issues
1. PvE Raiding Gear that influences the outcome of PvP 2.1 Epic Dungeons and Raids can be fun if you design them that way! coming soon* 3.1 PvP Death Penalties and Progression coming soon* 4. AoC Specific: Battle Keeps and who gets them. The role of the Mini-games.
Friday, Apr 25
Podcast: WorldIV: The (virtual) hills are alive … with the sound of music.
As far as favourite goes, I’d say it’s a toss-up between Anarchy Online and Lord of the Rings Online. Special mention goes to Ultima Online : eight years later and still a memorable score. As far as upcoming MMO, it’s gotta be Age of Conan. Although, I really haven’t been following that many gam...
Friday, Apr 18
Opinion: Massively: The Daily Grind: AoC collectors or regular edition?
Filed under: Age of Conan, New titles, The Daily Grind We've asked if you were a collector or not, but now we're curious about one specific title. Namely, are you going to buy the CE for Age of Conan or will you be settling for the regular edition?
Wednesday, Apr 16
Massively: Massively Speaking Podcast Episode 1
Massively Speaking" episode one sees co-leads Krystalle Voecks and Michael Zenke, writer Kyle Horner, and accomplished podcasting veteran Shawn Schuster setting down to a banquet of MMO news. Check out our commentary on the Lich King alpha announcement, LOTRO Book 13, and City of Hero...
Tuesday, Apr 15
Opinion: Tobold's MMORPG Blog: Looking forward to Age of Conan?
I will play some Age of Conan. Preferably in the free form of an open beta, but if that shouldn't be available, I'll buy the box and play for the free month. But if a reader hadn't asked me to, I wouldn't even have written about the game before playing it. Age of Conan isn't really the game I've been w...
Monday, Feb 18
Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures Preview
The first thing I said when I walked into the Age of Conan demo at this week's GDC was "Show me them titties." I had seen former 1UPer Patrick Klepek's write-up of the first mature rated MMORPG in MTV's Multiplayer blog last week and I wanted to see what all the hubba-hubba that coined the term '...
