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Player uses video to tell of ‘epic’ adventures within Hyboria – Hyborian Adventures
Jul 17th
Player uses video to tell of epic adventures within Hyboria
GameZone interviews leader of the Order of Silver Dragons and creator of The Last Bastion machinima Paul ’Zoltan’ Nagy.
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On a PvP role-playing server, you will find the guild known as the Order of Silver Dragons (OSD). What makes this clan a bit different begins with the machinima that one of its members has created to tell the tale of the clan. Zoltan (aka Paul Nagy) is the creator of the machinima and thanks to Funcom, GameZone was able to touch base with him to talk about his clan, the machinima, playing AoC, as well as playing on a role-playing server.
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This production is dedicated to a long-term OSD member named Silverar, who continues to bless the Silver Dragons each and every day, expecting nothing in return…
"Question: Tell us about ’The Last Bastion – Chronicles of the OSD.Zoltan: The Last Bastion is a non-profit, non-commercial production that was written, directed, produced, filmed and edited by myself, the series creator. As well, I’ve scored the majority of the soundtrack for this production, relying on Funcom’s Age of Conan soundtrack and More >
MMORPG.COM: The Assassin – Hyborian Adventures
Jul 16th
MMORPG.COM: The Assassin
MMORPG.com Age of Conan Correspondent Garrett Perkins gives us a look at the hard-to-play assassin class in Funcom’s Age of Conan.
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"The assassin is the classic dual dagger wielding stealth class found in nearly every MMO, able to dish out a great amount of damage while not bringing attention to themselves before melting silently into the shadows. The assassin of Age of Conan has markedly less crowd control than its counterparts found in other MMOs only wielding a fear, knock back and short stun when talent points are put toward it. This means that an assassin focuses on nothing but damage and avoiding aggro in any fight, whether it be PvP or PvE.
As of the new 1.05 patch: The Gangs of Tarantia, the assassin, like many other classes, has seen some significant changes. Now with more hit points and better armor returns the assassin can take a little more punishment as well as take advantage of the now improved lotus feat tree that allows for more flexibility against casters…"
Seeking more information on Assassins? Garrett Perkins has what you need with this wonderful and informative article on some of the styles and changes post Update More >
Massively Speaking: Age of Conan's Rebirth – Hyborian Adventures
Jul 16th
Massively Speaking: Age of Conan’s Rebirth
Massively Speaking Podcast discusses the latest changes and rebirth to Age of Conan for this months Episode 61
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This months episode features Massively’s Shawn Schuster and special guest Beau Turkey of Spouse Aggro and Realmcast as they discuss ever so candidly about their views on the MMO genre.
"…Age of Conan it’s just better than so many other games… …I think maybe comparatively it’s a whole new light now…"
–Shawn Schuster (Massively Managing Editor)
Tune in only on Massively.com!
DevBlog: New Character Statistics – Hyborian Adventures
Jul 16th
DevBlog: New Character Statistics
The latest blog takes a look at the new character statistics and how they are performing on the live server
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On the last entry we talked about the overhaul of the RPG system to Age of Conan with the character statistics and itemization enhancements. With today’s blog well go into more detail about those statistic mechanics and how theyre shaping up on the live servers.
Find it exclusively on MMORPG.COM
CROMCAST #6 - Die große Wiederkehr – Hyborian Adventures
Jul 16th
CROMCAST #6 – Die große Wiederkehr
Alt bekannte Gesichter tummeln sich im Forum und auf dem Server und auch wir sind wie altbekannt kein bisschen leise.
Das Age of Conan Wiedereinstiegsprogramm ist in vollem Gange und die Server sind voller bekannter Gesichter, aber was müssen wir da hören, diese Woche kein Lenny? Richtig, diese Woche wird der CROMCAST nur von Listertan und Waldgeist aufgenommen, da unser Moderator ein klein wenig zu viel Geburtstag gefeiert hat – an dieser Stelle HERZLICHEN GLÜCKWUNSCH! – und nicht von seinem Schlafplatz unter dem Schreibtisch ans Mikro kriechen konnte.
Wir werden euch auch ohne Lenny mit allerlei Informationen versorgen und euch durch den CROMCAST geleiten.
Der CROMCAST wird euch jede zweite Woche am Donnerstag um ca. 18:00 Uhr zu Verfügung gestellt und ihr könnt ihn auch als Podcast-Feed abonnieren!
Folgende Themen werden wieder dabei sein:- Der Stadtschreier – Neuigkeiten rund um AoC
- Croms Zorn – Euer größter Aufreger die letzten 2 Wochen
- Die Schmiede – Ein Ausblick auf kommende Updates
- Mitras Gebet – Wir beantworten eure Fragen
Letzte Beiträge
- [19.11.2009] – CROMCAST #15 – Der November hat ein neues Gesicht!
- [12.11.2009] – Computerbildspiele interviewt Craig ’Silirrion’ Morrison
- [11.11.2009] – Besondere Abonnement-Angebote und doppelte Erfahrungspunkte im November!
- [10.11.2009] – Interview mit More >
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning: 1.3.0b on Public Test Server Now!
Jul 16th
The upcoming 1.3.0b patch mentioned in Jeff Skalski’s Producer’s Letter yesterday is now available on the Public Test Server. The patch features the return of the AoE standardization changes from the 1.3 PTS phase, as well as the promised Shaman and Archmage changes, an improvement to crowd control immunity timers, and numerous RvR updates.
Highlights are available below:
- The Archmage and Shaman Careers have undergone several improvements. Due to these changes, all Archmage and Shaman players have had their Mastery points refunded. Please visit a Career Trainer to reallocate these Mastery points. Please see the Combat and Careers section of the notes for more details regarding these changes.
- All area-of-effect abilities have been standardized based on type (Melee "Cleave", Conical, Line, Point-Blank or Ground-Targeted). Please see the Combat and Careers section of the notes for more details regarding these changes.
- Version 1.3.0b brings several improvements to crowd control systems. While crowd control abilities remain a key part of strategic battles and dynamic gameplay, we are also working to ensure that they do not become a frustrating element for our players. We are implementing several changes to improve crowd control in general, the first of which is a change to the "Unstoppable" buff, which can More >
Xfire: Age of Conan Video Capture Contest! – Hyborian Adventures
Jul 15th
Xfire: Age of Conan Video Capture Contest!
Xfire is holding an Age of Conan Video Capture Contest for July 10th to the 24th!
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You have a limited amount of time to get your friends to vote, so get out there and record your Conan video now! The categories for the contest are the following:
Category #1 – Best PvP VideoConan PvP Show us your skills in one-on-one PvP or just randomly griefing n00bs! Just remember, no editing or post-production allowed and the most "cool" votes wins!
Category #2 – Best Death or Near-DeathConan Death Did you get video of a narrow escape from death? Or, show us your most humiliating defeat! Remember, no editing or post-production allowed and the most "cool" votes wins!
PrizesThere will be two winners from each category:
First Place- 6GB Reaper PC3-15000 RAM
- OCZ Fatal1ty Series Power Supply 700W
- OCZ Alchemy Series Illuminati Keyboard
- OCZ Gladiator Max CPU Cooler
- Age of Conan Lifetime Subscription
- OCZ nia – Neural Impulse Actuator
- 16GB OCZ Rally2 Flash Drive
- OCZ Behemoth Laser Gaming Mouse
- OCZ Behemoth Regulator Mousepad
- 30 Day Age of Conan Subscription
The Grand Prize will be awarded to the 1st place contest winner with the most overall More >
Curse: Re-Visited, Re-Analyzed, and Re-Reviewed! – Hyborian Adventures
Jul 14th
Curse: Re-Visited, Re-Analyzed, and Re-Reviewed!
Curse takes a second look at the major improvements made over the past several months with Age of Conan.
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Now with the re-review campaign underway the guys over at Curse.com leaped into action and re-visted the game. The guys went over many changes made to the game since launch and have compiled their own list that highlights the most important ones in their eyes.
You can find the full article only at Curse.com
Interview at IGN PC
Jul 13th
Marissa Monera, who you may know a little better as Trinity Divine, got a chance to speak with Executive Producer Fernando Paiz and Senior Producer Kate Paiz to discuss the upcoming release of Eberron Unlimited for IGN PC.
IGN: Let’s talk about future content updates. Do you have any plans beyond Module 9? Is there a Module 10 in development right now?
Fernando Paiz: Oh absolutely. It’s actually really cool. We’re working on a couple of adventure packs in that series. We are actually restarting the numbers so this will be update 1 for the new Eberron Unlimited, so it’s the update formerly called Mod 10. Dreaming Dark is a couple of adventure packs for high-level players. It will be about these creatures that are taking over people’s minds and trapping them in their nightmares. The players get to adventure in these nightmares, trying to liberate these people trapped in there. It’s very cool and we’re very excited about it.
There are some interesting tidbits throughout the interview and Dungeons & Dragons Online: Eberon Unlimited releases August 6, 2009.
Gamespot: Age of Conan revisited – Hyborian Adventures
Jul 10th
Gamespot: Age of Conan revisited
Gamespot took another look at some of the significant changes Funcom has made since launch.
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"While Age of Conan had a rocky start, it seems like the game has made several turns for the better and continues to have a devoted team of about 100 people hammering away at both improving and expanding the game." — Gamespot
Find the full revist at Gamespot.