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Age of Conan UPDATED OP What is best in life? (NSF56K)
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Important Information
Where the PA people are playing:
US
PvP: Stormrage - Broodax Imperiate (Contact Zek) Temp forums: http://broodax.freeforums.org/index.php
PvE: Thog - Fangspire Legion - (Contact Zilo)
Europe
PvP: Fury (Contact Zzulu) -Non PA affiliated, Arcadians welcome.
If you are starting a guild on another realmtype, send off a PM and it will be added to the OP. There is also a guild/player registration thread here, it may behoove you to sign up there as well.
Mini-Leveling Guide (Technically spoilers)
"To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of the women."
Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures
General Information
Screenshots of awesome:
It's got...good graphics!
Mounted Combat!
Decapitation! (This should be enough for you)
Pretty water + Rhino's
Scary lizardmen...oh my! :shock:
Climbable terrain + Lava! Take that EQ2!
Playable Races
Aquilonians
Cimmerians
Stygians
What sets it apart from those other MMO's on the market:
Features:
Revolutionary PvP(Up to 100 people!)
# Take part in massive and epic PvP battles, and fight for the right to control large battlekeeps in the Border Kingdom
# Build your own guild city in regions outside of the Border Kingdom, and protect it from computer-controlled invaders
# Engage in brutal PvP mini-games such as last-man-standing
# Fight it out in the unique PvP form called drunken brawling -- get drunk, stir up trouble and make mayhem as you crush your enemy with fists, tankards and broken table-legs
# Earn Blood Money, a separate PvP currency which can only be gained on the battlefield. Crush your enemies and use the riches to acquire benefits
# Let the catapults sing their merry song of death as you defend your battlekeep with siege engines, or destroy your enemies' fortifications with the same means
# Buy a piece of land, collect resources such as wood and stone, and then erect functional buildings such as the blacksmith, the city hall, the barracks and much more
# Build fortified city walls to defend your city from invaders
# Become a resident of your own city, walk around between its buildings and invite other players to come and trade on your streets
# Like in a real-time strategy game, computer-controlled enemies will start building their own city next to yours, eventually launching attack
# Lay siege to computer-controlled cities, and let the catapults sing their merry song of death as you crush their defenses
# Guard your city with computer-controlled guards, and allow vendors to sell their merchandise in your city
Revolutionary Combat
# A real-time, dynamic combat system that let sword-wielders, spellcasters and archers fight their own battles in real-time -- no more combat on autopilot!
# Choose where to attack with five directions of impact in melee combat
# Archers get to string their bow, zoom in on their targets and manually let go of the arrow to make deadly real-time strikes
# Magic-wielders get to create powerful spellweaves -- a series of combined spells that can lead to devastating destruction other powerful results
# Fight from horseback -- mount your creature and bury your sword into the backs of your foes as you crush through them
# Enter player-made battle formations to maximize your damage and defense
# No more targeting -- when you swing your weapon, you can hit many enemies in one blow if you're close enough
# Discover and equip hundreds of different weapons
# Got a game pad? Use it to fight like you would in a console game
In-depth Character Customization
# Race - Chosing your starting race will of course be the first choice you have to make!
# Skin Coloring of character.
# A wide selection of hair and facial hairs.
# Texture Layering for Tattoos, scars, facepaint and more.
# More info will be added after release.
The 12 classes of AoC:
Where the PA people are playing:
US
PvP: Stormrage - Broodax Imperiate (Contact Zek) Temp forums: http://broodax.freeforums.org/index.php
PvE: Thog - Fangspire Legion - (Contact Zilo)
Europe
PvP: Fury (Contact Zzulu) -Non PA affiliated, Arcadians welcome.
If you are starting a guild on another realmtype, send off a PM and it will be added to the OP. There is also a guild/player registration thread here, it may behoove you to sign up there as well.
Mini-Leveling Guide (Technically spoilers)
For those having some issues with leveling. I'm not sure where this came from originally but it was reposted by my guild leader, and contains some decent info about how to find quests at higher levels.
*Where to Quest at Level X*
-General Tips-
-Accept every quest you see.
-Visit every zone.
-Explore since some quest givers are in wierd locations.
-All dungeons pre 40 are soloable so go explore them.
-If you are stuck in a zone on quests, as in they are too hard or simply bugged, go to a different one.
-Spend some time to randomly kill stuff, yes some stuff drops items that start quests.
-Revisit the main towns to search for quest givers.
-Leaving an instance and reforming/joining a group supposedly resets the instance unless it is a single player instance, like the vila quests in Noble District.
-By the minimap there is a button that allows you to change your instance so if the one you are in is crowded click it and switch to another that might be empty.
-When questing kill EVERYTHING along the way. Don't avoid mobs
1-20 finish your destinay quest in Tortage.
20+ It is possible to pick up gathering professions at 20 in Poitain, Purple Lotus Swamp, and Lacheish Plains(DONT GO HERE IT IS BUGGED ATM). These quests give about 5k xp each but you can level up gathering with them. *WARNING* Respecing feats while having crafting/gathering skills will reset those but you won't be able to get the quests again *WARNING*
20-40 Do every quest you see in Connal Valley, Kopshef Province, and Wildlands. Everytime you finish one of these run it through again to make sure you didn't miss anything. Then run through the others. once all are done run through them all again, some quests only become available at upper levels. Make sure to run through Conarch Village, Khemi, and Old Tarantia a few times to see any quests. There should be quests for the 20-40 instances as well that you get as you level up. At 40ish get all the Burning Soul quests(Zelata has about 4 chains into here which you should get if you cleared the first 3 mentioned zones). In total I hat 7 Burning Soul Quests. Also some of the Wild Lands quests lead you into Border Ranges.
35-40 I ran through Black Castle/Pyramid of the Ancients/Treassury of the Ancients at about 38/39 in Kopshef Province and that got me 2 good levels. Although there are few quests in each of these until you hit their level range.
40-50 Do Noble District in Tarantia and Field of the Dead. If you need more XP try grinding mobs in eiher the vilas in Noble District or the big NPC camps in FoTD.
50-55 You get 7 quests for Cistern/Main System in Noble District at 50 and then I think 2-3 more at 52. This is a world zone that has VERY quick respawn so don't attempt without 5-6 people. It also means you can see people not in your group. If you get a good group its a decent walkthrough. I didn't enter the undead area much but in the Main System sewer area the mushrooms were scarce.
50-60 Eiglophian mountains
52-57 It is possible to grind these levels in the cannibal caves in Eiglophian Mountains. I will grind here till about 59 since it doesn't look like Eiglophian mountains will have enough quests to take me to 60.
*Bugged Quests Section*
-Noble District-
-The Thief- As you get to the second floor on your left will be an entrance with vines on either side. Go to the left set and run by them spamming U to try to climb. After that there is another set of vines that can't be click but must be instead climbed using U. Experiment with positioning. You need between 300 and 350 climbing I believe.
-Noble Beauty(sp?) - The NPCs don't turn hostile after talking to them so you can't kill them. I have heard rumors of trying to swing and them turning hostile but haven't had any luck.
-Arena in Noble District Bar - All these quests are buggy. If you can't do it drop it and try to restart it. The first part where you have to kill Aquilonius(sp?) is very bugged so try to talk to him and swing and eventually you will kill him.
-Black Skulls - One guy is by a pool of blood by the Cistern Dungeon. Another guy patrols in the north of the Noble Open Square type area, Middle north of the zone, The last guy is by the burning bodies in the barracks area if I recall correctly.
-Hopshef Province-
-Enter the Pyramid in Pyramid of the Ancients- Quest doesn't Update so you can't get the next part of the chain.
-Body part quest in Pyramid of the Ancients - The body parts sometimes bug and don't respawn. You could try to exit instance and reform group then go back in.
-Rescue Chick in pyramid of the Ancients - Won't respawn after first person gets it. You could tyr to exit instance and reform group then go back in.
-Destinty Quest - There is a climbing point near the stone arch by the bandits, need 100 to climb it. DON'T KILL THE DEMON BEFORE YOU DO THE LOTUS ON THE ALTAR. If you do you have to either exit the instance and re-enter or relog. (Thanks jattomcat)
-Wildlands of Zelata-
Wounded Child - The child has a VERY long respawn time. One trick is to check your instances, by the minimap there is an arrow where you can click to change it, and if you see a new one pop up switch to there and run to here location, she is at the bottom of the cliff, to see if she is there.
And for any of those getting griefed in a zone: just switch instances. It's the little arrow by the mini map. There's usually around 3-5 instances per zone.
"To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of the women."
Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures
General Information
Screenshots of awesome:
It's got...good graphics!
Mounted Combat!
Decapitation! (This should be enough for you)
Pretty water + Rhino's
Scary lizardmen...oh my! :shock:
Climbable terrain + Lava! Take that EQ2!
Playable Races
Aquilonians
Cimmerians
Stygians
What sets it apart from those other MMO's on the market:
Features:
Revolutionary PvP(Up to 100 people!)
# Take part in massive and epic PvP battles, and fight for the right to control large battlekeeps in the Border Kingdom
# Build your own guild city in regions outside of the Border Kingdom, and protect it from computer-controlled invaders
# Engage in brutal PvP mini-games such as last-man-standing
# Fight it out in the unique PvP form called drunken brawling -- get drunk, stir up trouble and make mayhem as you crush your enemy with fists, tankards and broken table-legs
# Earn Blood Money, a separate PvP currency which can only be gained on the battlefield. Crush your enemies and use the riches to acquire benefits
# Let the catapults sing their merry song of death as you defend your battlekeep with siege engines, or destroy your enemies' fortifications with the same means
# Buy a piece of land, collect resources such as wood and stone, and then erect functional buildings such as the blacksmith, the city hall, the barracks and much more
# Build fortified city walls to defend your city from invaders
# Become a resident of your own city, walk around between its buildings and invite other players to come and trade on your streets
# Like in a real-time strategy game, computer-controlled enemies will start building their own city next to yours, eventually launching attack
# Lay siege to computer-controlled cities, and let the catapults sing their merry song of death as you crush their defenses
# Guard your city with computer-controlled guards, and allow vendors to sell their merchandise in your city
Revolutionary Combat
# A real-time, dynamic combat system that let sword-wielders, spellcasters and archers fight their own battles in real-time -- no more combat on autopilot!
# Choose where to attack with five directions of impact in melee combat
# Archers get to string their bow, zoom in on their targets and manually let go of the arrow to make deadly real-time strikes
# Magic-wielders get to create powerful spellweaves -- a series of combined spells that can lead to devastating destruction other powerful results
# Fight from horseback -- mount your creature and bury your sword into the backs of your foes as you crush through them
# Enter player-made battle formations to maximize your damage and defense
# No more targeting -- when you swing your weapon, you can hit many enemies in one blow if you're close enough
# Discover and equip hundreds of different weapons
# Got a game pad? Use it to fight like you would in a console game
In-depth Character Customization
# Race - Chosing your starting race will of course be the first choice you have to make!
# Skin Coloring of character.
# A wide selection of hair and facial hairs.
# Texture Layering for Tattoos, scars, facepaint and more.
# More info will be added after release.
The 12 classes of AoC:
Classes
In Age of Conan, classes are divided into four archetypes. Not all classes are playable by all races, but there is a lot of overlap.
Soldier:
Guardian
At level 20
-Guardians are the most heavily armored and well drilled soldiers in Hyboria. Capable of withstanding punishment like no other, they also have an array of deadly attacks that deal devastating damage.
Playable Races: Aquilonians, Cimmerians
Conqueror
At level 20
-Conquerors are a sword-wielding fusion of heavy armor and battlefield command, rare individuals rising from the ranks of Aquilonian generals and barbarous Cimmerian war-leaders.
Playable Races: Aquilonians, Cimmerians
Dark Templar
-Dark Templars wear heavy armor into battle, have lethal offensive capabilities, and conjure vile sorcery. Their spells can leech life to enable them to heal themselves or their allies, conjure protective wards and unleash occult energies against enemies around them. They can even sacrifice their own life-force to power their invocations.
Playable Races: Aquilonians, Cimmerians
Mage:
Herald of Xotli
At level 20
Demon form
-Hybrids of the mage and soldier archetypes who wield alien spells and two handed weapons.
Playable Race: Stygian
Demonologist
At level 20
-The demonologist is the mightiest of sorcerers, wielding the power of hell and earth and capable of conjuring pillars of flame or titanic storms of electricity.
Playable Race: Stygian
Necromancer
[ -Necromancers summon and command the undead, and their legion. Their ghoulish minions are capable of tearing men apart or casting their own death magic.
Playable Race: Stygian
Rogue:
Barbarian
At level 20
-The barbarian is one of the most dangerous and feared sights on the battlefield. Their combat style focuses on strength, aggression, and relentless assault.
Playable Races: Aquilonians, Cimmerians
Ranger
At level 20
-Rangers are the finest marksmen in Hyboria, capable of stalking an enemy and delivering devastating shots with pinpoint accuracy.
Playable Races: Aquilonians, Cimmerians, Stygians
Assassin
At level 20
-Assassins are the most lethal killers in Hyboria. Those aspiring to the top of this profession face the most deadly regime of training, discipline, and study, but the ones that survive are executioners supreme.
Playable Races: Aquilonians, Stygians
Priest:
Bear Shaman
Not in-game
-Bear shamans are able to equip the heaviest priest armor (medium) and are the sturdiest of all the priests. Capable of mighty combos with their two-handed weapons, and a complement of druidic enchantments, this makes them fearsome enemies in combat.
Playable Race: Cimmerians
Priest of Mitra
At level 20
-Priests of Mitra also have the strongest healing powers. They also have the ability to bombard the enemy with holy damage. Their powers to augment those around, heal wounds, and impair enemies make them indispensable to any party exploring Hyboria.
Playable Race: Aquilonians
Tempest of Set
At level 20
-These followers of Set are renowned for the obliteration and ruin that follows in their wake, but like other priests they have the power to heal en masse and restore life. As well as a variety of martial weapons, light armor, and shields, they can also wield magical talismans in the form of ancient tomes or the hearts of slain monsters.
Playable Race: Stygian
In Age of Conan, classes are divided into four archetypes. Not all classes are playable by all races, but there is a lot of overlap.
Soldier:
Guardian
At level 20
Playable Races: Aquilonians, Cimmerians
Conqueror
At level 20
Playable Races: Aquilonians, Cimmerians
Dark Templar
Playable Races: Aquilonians, Cimmerians
Mage:
Herald of Xotli
At level 20
Demon form
Playable Race: Stygian
Demonologist
At level 20
Playable Race: Stygian
Necromancer
[ -Necromancers summon and command the undead, and their legion. Their ghoulish minions are capable of tearing men apart or casting their own death magic.
![http://images.wikia.com/aoc/images//3/3e/Necromancer-1.jpg[/IMG]](http://images.wikia.com/aoc/images//3/3e/Necromancer-1.jpg[/IMG]){kind=link}
Playable Race: Stygian
Rogue:
Barbarian
At level 20
Playable Races: Aquilonians, Cimmerians
Ranger
At level 20
Playable Races: Aquilonians, Cimmerians, Stygians
Assassin
At level 20
Playable Races: Aquilonians, Stygians
Priest:
Bear Shaman
Not in-game
Playable Race: Cimmerians
Priest of Mitra
At level 20
Playable Race: Aquilonians
Tempest of Set
At level 20
Playable Race: Stygian
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Just not PA associated, we're mostly a bunch of people from the community on my WoW realm. Everyone is quite welcome though, after official release we'll only recruit by referral but PA people are quite welcome to hook up.
It's pretty cool that early access starts in Europe on Norways "independence day". I had a guy at work that wasn't going to celebrate at all, he was just going early in on AoC. What an awesome guy. So, you guys better be sure to tell us how the game is this early on!
steam
... I really hope Funcom doesn't fuck this up :x
Oh, and it warrents mentioning and I didn't know this... recent nVidia driver release on May 13th. If you're not up to date...
Everyone I know who has been having graphical issues is playing on an nVidia card. I've had no issues with any of my games since switching to an ATI about 6 months ago.
My friend was getting constant lockups and black screens just trying to launch the game. I'm not sure if he ever resolved the issue.
Marketing tactics are all jokes.
Side note: I only bought an ATI card because my 7600GT died after ~4 months of use and I wasn't going to replace one faulty card with another faulty card.
All of my ATI cards have lasted at least 2 years, all my nVidia ones less than 6 months.
That said, I'm gonna hold off on updating my drivers right now, updating them right before I want to play a new game is just asking for something to really fuck up in the last minute and me being unable to play.
I assume all said issues will be gone soon enough.
CUT SOMEONE UP GOOD
I'm more blind going into this game than I was going into WoW and my first character there was a Paladin >.>
I think I'll give Conq a shot and will probably end up re-rolling a few times during the EA period, and maybe re-roll again on a different server when my friends start playing on the 20th.
The EA servers will all likely be super super high pop and when you're only playing with a few buddies, beyond Blood Money from world PvP it will be very hard to leave a foot print on servers that are the target of organized efforts.
I just really hope AoC maps don't end up like EVE online.
So giving up at level 10 or whatever will be wasteful
I hope exactly the opposite
AoC is less prone to the "I've played longer than you... suck it" system EVE has. That was more what I was implying. AoC should not have an artificial 'win condition' when you take over the world.
I did before, and it would bring up the patching window automatically. But now it just goes straight to the game.
I assume I need to patch when the server comes back up?
Free For All.
Also, wooo hour and 20 minutes wooo!
Updating drivers go!
So it doesn't matter what faction I am, since i going to have to kick the crap out of everyone or is that there are three factions and everyone kicks the crap out of each other?
Learn the term TK as well (trust killer) because backstabbing can happen
But I think of it this way. Douchebags of the same faction can no longer hide behind the fact they are unattackable by you and be douchebags. You can kick thier ass.
It seems silly to have consensual PvP if there are limited keep locations.
... I think I'm in love.
Yays!