Age of Conan news and tidbits


Funcom released some more details on AoC lore. You will now find entries for The Ymirish and their champion Grimnir Stormbringer. Full details at the AoC community site.

As far as we know there has not been any official beta invites sent out yet. I really don't see the beta starting this month. It will take Funcom some time to organize and select the right participants. after all they received over 100k applications. I would look for something in early May, although the NDA might prevent these kinds of news altogether. You can discuss this topic in the AoC forums.

The latest AoC video is available for download (High Def version!) at Gamers Hell. It has almost 5 minutes of gameplay, and the file checks in at 136MB.

Windows Vista and DX10 look to push the graphics on PC games. THis is from. Lompocrecord.com: Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures, due in October, will put players into a persistent online fantasy world of barbarians and mythical monsters.

"What we tried to achieve with the graphics is something that we called 'magical realism,'" said Jorgen Tharaldsen, product director for Funcom, which is developing the game in Oslo, Norway. "With DX10 we can just add a lot more bells and whistles. We can start pushing graphics to the stage where it almost looks realistic."

Complete article here.

Finally, lots of great new videos and pictures from the Role-Playing Convention in Germany. Thanks to AoC forum poster Firderis for sharing those!

Age of Conan leveling guide

I have never been one for power leveling in an MMO, but I do enjoy making progress, and knowing where to go to complete quests that are appropriate (and fun!) for my level.

Keep in mind that this is based on my limited experience as a level 38 Bear Shaman

Level 1-20:
It is all about Tortage for the first 20 levels. The single player awakening quest line is the most interesting IMHO and it also the quests that give the most experience points. So whenever you have awakening quests available, do them! I also did a lot of quests on White Sands, and killing Picts outside Tortage.

Level 20-25:
At this point I started out in Conarch Village, and I did a lot of quests moving farther and farther west. I started out killing wolves, and moved to Vanirs and boars.

Level 25-30:
I spent most of these levels in the Wild Lands of Zelata. I really like this area a lot. There are a TON of quests, and plenty of players to team up with.

Level 30:
You can now do another Awakening quest, mine started in Conarch Village

Level 30-34:
Start moving west in Conalls Valley. There are some very good quest lines killing Ymirish and another that takes place in the Fortress. These are hard, and require a team of 5-6 players.

Level 34-38:
Questing in the Wild Lands of Zelata and a lot of runs in the Sanctum of Burning Souls instance. The Sanctum gives great experience points, and nice loot for level 38-40.
I will probably stay in the Wild Lands of Zelata and Sanctum until level 40. After that I am not sure where to go, but there are plenty of places left for me to discover and explore in Hyboria.
(the picture above is my Bear Shaman Kacyn at level 38. Most of the gear is rare loot from Sanctum)

Barbarian Skills Guide

A few people have asked for this, and I'm sorry for the delay. Barbarian Skills Guide, adding what % of max you should keep each Skill at. Keep in mind this is a very flexible guide, I believe skills can be distributed a number of ways and still work well.

While Leveling:

  • Bandaging - 70-85%
  • Recovery - 50-70%
  • Fast Recovery - 1 Point
  • Endurance - 20-40%
  • Run Speed - 15-20%
  • Skulk - 0-10%
  • Climbing - 70-80% (Need 350 for a mid 40's quest, working on a list of climbing spots.)
  • Hiding - 100%
  • Perception - 0-5%
  • Subtlty - 0-5%

Projected End-Game PvP - Highly Speculative due to the unknown nature of end game PvP.
  • Bandaging - 70-90%
  • Recovery - 70-90%
  • Fast Recovery - 1 point,until FunCom fixes it.
  • Endurance - 60-75%
  • Run Speed - 30-60% (Mounts?)
  • Skulk - 40-60%
  • Climbing - Minimum required to climb player buildings, if possible
  • Hiding - 100%
  • Perception - May be more useful, 10-20%
  • Subtlty - 0%

Projected End-Game PvE (Group/Raid based)
  • Bandaging - 50-70%
  • Recovery - 60-80%
  • Fast Recovery - 1 point unless fixed
  • Endurance - 0-20%
  • Run Speed - 0-20%
  • Skulk - 0-20%
  • Climbing - Minimum for climbing the world
  • Hiding - 100% (Or, 0%, depends on playstyle. Probably won't need to hide in raids.)
  • Perception - 0-10%
  • Subtlty - 60-90%
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