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Eurogamer checks out Rise of the Godslayer

Rickard Olsson — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 03:14:03 +0000

Need more on Rise of the Godslayer? Eurogamer presents their own preview of the spectacle which you can digest right here.

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MMORPG.com Profiles the Revamped Assassin Class

Thord Daniel Hedengren — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:23:28 +0000

MMORPG.com has a great article profiling the updated assassin class, and I must say I concur with their finishing statement:

It is notoriously one of the roughest classes for PvP or PvE and should not be rolled lightly which is why I will not recommend it for any players completely new to MMOs or to those who are extremely unfamiliar with the AoC combat system. However an assassin in the hands of a skilled player is a force to be feared, to some even hearing a rumor that a deadly assassin is close by will cause them to look over their shoulders constantly while sweating bullets at the slightest hint of someone breaking out of stealth. So if you are looking for a challenging, fast paced and highly respected/feared end game class the tried and true assassin is the way to go.

The assassin is a favorite of mine, I have always enjoyed the sneaky gameplay it offers, but in PvP it just falls a bit too short. Sure, you can have fun with snares and be a nuisance, but if there’s a full fledged battle going on, you’ll find yourself in a nasty spot indeed.

The MMORPG.com article agrees, and it should come as no surprise that the Pro section is a lot short than the Cons ditto.

I just started a new Stygian assassin (on the Hyrkania server actually) to try out the updated Corruption feat tree. My previous one didn’t bother with that, so I’m interested to see if it is in fact one of the strongest trees in the game.

Full article here.

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Re-evaluate Age of Conan for Free

Rickard Olsson — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:53:18 +0000

Wanted to return to Hyboria for so long, but not knowing whether it’s worth your money or not. Ponder no more. Funcom has now a time-limited offer for all you insecure Conan wannabes. Just visit the re-activation page, log in and get going. Two free weeks of playtime is waiting for you!

As there have been a lot of improvements to Age of Conan since you last visited, we would like you to check out the changes yourself.

This time-limited offer lets you re-activate your account with no obligations and receive 2 weeks of additional playtime for free. To read more about to updates to Age of Conan from launch click here.

This offers ends on 22/07/09.

That’s all you need to know!

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PvP Guide at MMORPG.com

Thord Daniel Hedengren — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:14:13 +0000

Want to survive on a Player-versus-Player server? Then the two page guide over at MMORPG.com might be the solution for you. Granted, most of the stuff in there is pretty basic, but it is worth a read nonetheless.

The first thing you should do is form a group. Being a lone wolf or participating in some sort of honor bound duel is fine and all but chances are you will just be fodder for a gank group (which usually consists of 3-6 players), so make a few friends that you can call on if things ever take a turn for the worst. A group is the biggest deterrent for would-be PvPers. That Assassin that has been eying you from the shadows isn’t going to step up when he sees you have a few friends with a general dislike for his sneaky tactics watching your back.

Read the full thing here.

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Craig Morrison live on Eurogamer

Rickard Olsson — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:02:54 +0000

Just a quickie. Tomorrow, January 22nd, Craig Morrison will answer your questions during a live interview on Eurogamer at 2pm GMT. Check out the details here.

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Craig Morrison answers Eurogamer

Rickard Olsson — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:26:36 +0000

Gaming site Eurogamer had a chat with Funcom’s not-so-very-new-anymore director, Craig Morrison. Some interesting parts about PVP and end game related stuff. And what’s his take on getting old players who left the game earlier on back? Check it out.

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Why I Love Playing Barbarian

Thord Daniel Hedengren — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:58:34 +0000

I’ve tried several classes in Age of Conan, but there’s one I always come back to, and that’s the Barbarian class. Rogue classes overall are my favorite, I play an Assassin character too, but it lacks the flexibility of the Barbarian. Ranger isn’t an option, I don’t think it is particularly fun to shoot at people at a distance, even though I do it every now and then to get the party started, if you know what I mean.

So why do I favor the Barbarian class then?

Well, it is a mix of these things:

Pretty good in close combat.
Can both dual-wield weapons, and swing a two hand one. No shield though…
Sneaking around is fun.

I enjoy sneaking around a lot, actually, which is why I started playing with the Assassin in the first place. However, while it is cool to whirl around those dual daggers, it becomes a bit limited, I feel I have more freedom with the Barbarian. Then again, the Barbarian doesn’t really excel in anything. No heavy armor, for instance, and the Assassin is a better skulker.

Still, the Barbarian is my number 1 choice. That won’t stop me from playing other classes, though, and I’ve yet to try to play a priest/shaman of any kind. Maybe that’ll change my mind?

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The Big Mount Guide

Thord Daniel Hedengren — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:13:46 +0000

Getting ready for your first mount in Age of Conan, or perhaps it is time to get another one? Then IGN’s mount guide on the Age of Conan Vault website is a nice stop to get some information on what to get, and where to get it, as well as how much it’ll cost you.

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Running Age of Conan on a laptop

Rickard Olsson — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:59:20 +0000

If you don’t have quad cores and a wicked bunch of RAM like my friend Daniel in the previous post, like me, you would probably set almost everything to low just to get a fair amount of FPS in the game. Get this though! There’s a bug (as I’m writing this) making the game perform almost worse on low settings, so what you can do here is to set everything to high and remove at least shadows. Not only may it perform equally to low, you will also have a much better looking game, of course.

Personally, I’m running a Sony Vaio with Core 2 Duo 2.2GHz, 2GB RAM and a GeForce 8400GT 256MB DDR3. Not exactly a stallion, but when I switched from low to high there wasn’t a single drop in FPS. Be aware though that this for some reason doesn’t work for everyone, but you should at least try!

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Running Age of Conan on a Mac Pro

Thord Daniel Hedengren — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:35:02 +0000

You can run Age of Conan on a Mac Pro (and possibly some iMacs and MacBook Pros, if you can upgrade them enough), but it takes some tampering since the game isn’t available for Mac OS X.

So what do you do if you’re sitting on a Mac Pro powerhouse, like I am, with multiple processors and a wicked bunch of RAM? The solution is called Boot Camp, which is Apple’s dual-boot solution which will let you pick between OS X and Windows at startup. You need a copy of Windows of course, I’ve got Vista 32-bit running smoothly using Boot Camp, and will get my 64-bit version in there soon enough.

However, make sure you’ve got a decent graphics card. More or less the only Apple approved card that works, available today, is the GeForce 8800GT for Mac Pro. As I said, there might be options for iMac and MacBook Pro as well, both being rumored to be upgraded soon.

If you’re a Mac user eying Age of Conan, hoping it’ll arrive in Mac version soon (it won’t, probably not ever since it’s a Games for Windows key title), and starting up World of Warcraft with a sigh, then get Boot Camp with Windows and give it a go. Works like a charm.

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