from your ring I can clearly tell you'r a Mason - its part of the supersecret JEDI initiation ritual...congrats, you've reached level 2!!

Damn, DArtagnan, I gotta admit, I am intrigued now. Not enough to drop AoC for it, but enough to keep an eye open for some kind of promotion, like a 10-day trial with a downloadable client.

as far as I understand, next big update contains a trial isle...

Are we playing the same game? Pve wise, and I'm only at lvl 16 ,I rock..even before I got repulse, could take on two mobs at a time without any trouble, now ,3 or 4 I can deal with, my same level.

Smite is a godly spell!

heck, before I got repulse I was having issues with two mobs of equal level to me..


I finally got both Stances (sniper and fire) unlocked for my Ranger at level 35, and I can't tell which is better, so I'm thinking I may have made a mistake by spending points to get both instead of maybe putting some stuff in the General tree.  I may end up doing a respec-  does the NPC that lets you respec feats tell you how much it will cost before they do it?  I've noticed it doesn't tell you how much it costs to zero out skills, and last time it didn't cost me anything even though it said it would (but again it didn't list how much).

the trick to remember is, that your Smite actually is AoE...not much, but a little, so, heal before going into a bigger fight, so that your Heal OVer time is active, hit them, and drive them together, smite, repulse, and most of them are dead now

this is all I have to say.. (remember: enable sound)

http://www.acapela-group.com/Greetings/fish-1-4-b906ae555d5ba

Because God made it that way.  You got a problem with that?!  Be careful he may just hit you with a bus or something.   

I've been hit by a bus...are you saying that was god?

to scare the living-bejesus out of the IRS when they come visit?

Change it to Daehawk2.

+2

lets ALL change our name to Daehawk2!

/Daehawk2

I think you may have missed the subtle complexity and sly genius of Ike's post....

 

does the fact that english isnt my first language, cover part of my stupidity? 

Change it to Daehawk2.

+2

lets ALL change our name to Daehawk2!

/Daehawk2

Born in Los Angeles, CA to Japanese-American parents, George was held in an interment camp as a child during World War II.

http://heroeswiki.com/George_Takei

Um, PSN is the PS3's store, so yes, there's PS3 lovin'

What would be interesting with this game is if they made it remote play compatable with the PSP.  It's the perfect game for that feature, being turn based.

my apologies, didnt know that...I dont know all the abbreviations I should appearently 

what!? Mr Sulu ISNT japanese? I'm flabbergasted!

its probably why the goat ran off and got on the bus!

hehe, dont worry - loving the game here :-)

I like it, and the developer updates makes me very happy - just not sure I want to play until they are implemented though...

hmm, seems like there will be a prison-based PvP penalty based system now.

shameless copy from the US forums:

If you havent been following this here is the dev post.

G4's The MMO Report has interviewed Jason Stone in the latest video broadcast. In it, Jason Stone tells that he has designed a PvP bounty/prison system to be implemented as part of Funcom's launch plan for Age of Conan. Below is a written description of the system:

According to Jason Stone on today's MMO Report, he's designed this very elaborate "prison system" that is AoC's take on anti-griefing, and it will be implemented fairly soon because it's essentially done and was part of the "launch plan" for the game.

In essence, it specifically targets griefers with a "bounty system" coupled with a "prison sentence".

Griefing would essentially be repeat kills of a player that provides no challenge. For example, repeatedly killing a player much lower level than you who has no chance at all to win against you (so some type of level differential). It would also encompass something like too many successive kills in a row or timeframe (I'm reading between the lines of what he actually said here).

So say you do this in Cimmeria. Enough offenses and you get a "Cimmerian bounty" placed on you. The Bounty Hunter NPCs in Cimmeria can then somehow capture you (no details here), so you can choose to flee to Aquilonia or Stygia and do your dirty deeds there instead. If you ever come back to Cimmeria, you will still have a bounty on your head (no time-out, apparently).

If you get caught by the bounty hunters, you can either bribe them to let you go by paying some amount above and beyond the bounty (one type of money sink penalty), or you can choose to serve prison time.

The prison time is meant to be actively unpleasant. You can't just wait it out. You must perform menial, boring tasks such as "take this stick and kill 300 rats" or "carry this stone to the other side of the yard, pick up a stone on that side and carry it back, do this 300 times", etc.

Finally, somehow the "prison" is visible to other players, so that you get the embarrassment of being seen serving your prison time and doing those menial quests.

interesting, if this plays out well, I might consider joining an RP-PvP server again...

hmm...I may have to tell my GF to not disturb me for a little while after this ;-)

IF I decide to give this a try, I'll look you up... It does sound intersting, and I can really appriciate the whole "waiting for AoC to be patched" thing actually. Lots of good stuff coming out this and the next month.

jealous?

probably the first goat to have TWO threads on these boards I'm sure...

oh come on!! that was just blatantly evil to do!!   

sigh... *goes to resub vanguard*

but thanks for the awesome writeup! :-)

That which makes life worth living, is the fact that you die.

Although, interestingly, all the books and movies I've perused on the subject, always deals with only ONE person who is immortal, thus making everything and everyone else around him fade to dust.

what IF we were ALL immortal, would be life still be boring because of its neverchanging state?

Fantasy books with immortal beings hint, and I'm not even sure its on purpose about this - the decline of elves, the disappearing of long lived people, the retreat of dwarves - all who love long or forever, is ultimately going away in the end anyways...perhaps its just so that we can feel better about our current state of living, but its still interesting to see fiction reflect the thoughts of the time on immortality.

one thing - is there anything to substantiate that people are dropping the assasin class, other that general whining?

Yes.

what? numbers?

You'd have to ask Funcom as they are the only ones who know for sure.  However, I can't think of any reason why they would divulge this info so unfortunately you are left to ponder it on your own.

Take a look at this very very nice survey done over at Europe AoC forums...

people appeaerently ARENT dropping assasins that fast...at least, if these numbers mean anything.

other than that, its quite an interesting poll

http://forums-eu.ageofconan.com/showthread.php?t=9079

no PS3 love? :-(

unmanned by the 2?

thanks GH.

who are you and what have you done with Remus West1?

ok you evil people.   I bought the game on the way home tonight.

HAHA! we got him! damn that was easy!

welcome to the bugfest!

;-)

Fellow Hyborians!

As you may have noticed we have had frequent patches the last two weeks. We hope this will soon start to quiet down, but as long as there are major issues – and there have been – we will dedicate the Conan team to fixing them and giving you these fixes as soon as possible! We have a plan on how to move this game forward because as you know, what you have today is but the platform – the dawn of this world. I hope you enjoy the game as is, but I can ensure you, this is but the beginning!

Our focus from now on can be summarized by these points:

We will add content, specifically in mid-late thirties and mid-late fifties and make the leveling speed smoother in those areas, reducing the need to grind.
We will have an overhaul of the PvP system – adding consequence and a host of small things.
We are fixing bugs you reported through all channels we can get information from.
We will add a new large outdoor region in the 55-60 range this summer!
This is only a small taster! More information about the exciting summer and fall Roadmap will come the end of the next week!
We are staffing up Customer Service, Quality Assurance and Community departments!

More here:
http://community.ageofconan.com/wsp/conan/frontend.cgi?func=publish.show&template=content&func_id=2510&table=CONTENT

I'd say that this looks very promising indeed!!

one thing - is there anything to substantiate that people are dropping the assasin class, other that general whining?

Yes.

what? numbers?

one thing - is there anything to substantiate that people are dropping the assasin class, other that general whining?

I had one, only to lvl 16 mind you, but, worked fine there for me...

self-fulfilling prophecies annoy me, people say "thats a bad bad class" - enoug people say it, and people end up believing it, not wanting to credit their (inevitable of course over the course of a game) defeats...

of course there are PvP issues, this is something all MMO's struggle with, year after year after year...work in progress!

sounds great! always loved the BF games so this is a definite buy for me.

Does anyone know if the servers are US/Euro divided?

LOL! 

now thats fun!

couldnt they deliver the 1st one to europe before this? seriously, I'll be getting GH IV and RB 2 before the first rockband game ever hits these shores!

other than that, that guitar looks seriously cool enough to bring downtown to the bars after some hardcore playing...

Someone sent assasins? thats overdoing it a bit, isnt it?

first, let us examine the evidence here...what proof do you bring, that you are even the original Remus West, and not some maniac, some imposter, trying to abuse the name of Remus West?

Secondly, there is the matter of exitientialistic proof of being the "2" and not the first - are you still the same as when you(if that indeed IS you) used that name, or has your life "upgraded" you to Remuswest2, thus your futile attempt of reenacting the past will fail you, and you will plummet into the abyss of your own making, rendering your life a living hell on earth.

Thirdly, the mere fact that your old (again, if this indeed IS you) name disappeared, could be construed as the universe trying to tell you something. Are you smart enough to listen?

When you have answered these questions, then we begin examining the consequences of such a move.

Razgon (1st and only one...yet)

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please inform your a and e to get a frigging room.

LOL 

looks cool, but I can't read Danish and have no audio at work so I'm not sure if it was said-  is it being brought over the pond?

I really dont know, I was trying to dig up some more info about it, but nothing yet - and yeah, it actually does look rather cool!

I wish I knew what the difference between half my skills were...like, enraging wound, and Brutal enraging wound??

Also, some feats give "More damage" to a spell, but...it doenst show up anywhere what more damage means, nor in the description of the spell. (ToS for instance)

hmm, only really bad thing about the game, is that, at least here in DK, the game is pretty much sold out everywhere!

but great to hear others who think the game is great - the official forums are..well, daunting, to read, and doesnt really give you a good view of how the game is.

What did he roll?

a critical miss, I'm sure ;-)

In other totally unrelated news, I'm rather hungry right now...

okay, this I just have to share with you, seeing as very few of you guys probably ever see danish animated movies ;-)

http://www.filmtrailer.dk/trailer/909/Rejsen+til+Saturn.html

What the movie is about,  I cant really tell, except that its about some people who travels to Saturn, and the destruction of earth :-D

anyways, looks brilliant to me!

Ugh, so, I've been unable to play for some days, but, hopefully I will get to play some either tonight, or tomorow!

I'm not sure i'll be staying that long with this. Game releases in summer don't make sense imho

leaving the game, Tals?

If you want something believeable and more real, why not take a look at Hotel Paradise then?

now THIS is freaking hilarious!!!

Greetings,

Funcom can confirm that some of the female models in the game have had the size of their breasts changed . This is due to an unintended change in data that was introduced in an earlier patch, data which controls the so-called morph values associated with character models and the size of their respective body parts. We are working on a fix for this and your breasts should be back to normal soon. The plastic surgeons of Hyboria apologize for the inconvenience.

Funcom Development Team

I love Funcom!   

Ugh, so, I've been unable to play for some days, but, hopefully I will get to play some either tonight, or tomorow!