AoC patch adds veteran points, new dungeon, plastic surgery
Filed under: Fantasy, Age of Conan, Patches, News items
The most recent Age of Conan newsletter is out and it features a lot to discuss. The big news is that update 5.6 aka Nights of Lost Souls is fully loaded on the live game servers. With it comes new seasonal content, the Veteran Points system and a brand new dungeon. This is the kind of stuff an aged MMO thrives on, especially the Veteran Points — but there is a small hitch.
So this Veteran Points system, it’s pretty cool. You gain special points the longer you stay subscribed and then use said points to purchase things like basic riding training, free character reset potions, a nice bag to expand your inventory… oh and larger breasts! Mission control? This is palm, we’re on course to dock with face. Being fair, male players can also make their arms buffer, but none of it really seems necessary. In fact, it seems a little counter-intuitive towards bringing back reluctant former subscribers, which is exactly what Funcom has been trying to accomplish.
Even still, there is a lot of cool free stuff coming for the game. Just be aware that, well, this is still Age of Conan in spirit and so, yeah, breast enlargements.
AoC patch adds veteran points, new dungeon, plastic surgery originally appeared on Massively on Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Rock the jailhouse with Age of Conan’s Iron Tower
Filed under: Fantasy, Age of Conan, Interviews, Previews, PvE
For whatever reason, MMO gamers have a low opinion of prisons. We always seem to assume that rather than being filled with fuming criminals kept under strict control, every one you venture through will be full of escaped criminals staging an elaborate prison break. Then again, it does have a cool factor going for it, which is doubtlessly why Age of Conan has dipped into the well with its upcoming Iron Tower. MMORPG.com has recently featured both a rundown of the upcoming dungeon’s features and a short internal interview offering more details about the tower’s design and purpose.
Concluding the game’s lore regarding the conflict in the Common District of Tarantia, the Iron Tower is embroiled in a war between a group bent on releasing a specific prisoner and a warden dedicated to preventing that same prisoner’s release at all costs. Neither side is benevolent toward the players, with the warden at the edge of madness and the invader releasing prisoners to help supplement her forces, and the battle up the tower requiring high-level players to deal with both forces amidst the deranged captives. If that sounds like a good time to you — and if you’re fond of Age of Conan, we can’t imagine it wouldn’t — take a look at both the rundown and the interview, and get ready to break in to a prison.
Rock the jailhouse with Age of Conan’s Iron Tower originally appeared on Massively on Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Age of Conan’s patch plans laid out
Filed under: At a glance, Fantasy, Age of Conan, MMO industry, Patches, News items
Timelines are always subject to change, but it’s still nice to know them, right? Age of Conan’s patching timeline was just laid out by community manager Oliver “Tarib” Kunz in an informal manner on the forums.
Patch 1.05.6 is currently on the test server, and it will be staying there for about another 2 weeks before it makes its way to the live servers, barring any unforseen testing mishaps, of course. That’s the patch that has the new Iron Tower instance and the veteran rewards system.
Once 1.05.6 is out on the live servers, patch 1.06 will be pushed onto the test server. Patch 1.06 is the big one, featuring new tier three dungeons, the House of Crom “social dungeon” where multiple teams of players will work to overcome unknown obstacles, guild renown, and tower PvP. 1.06 will be added slowly to the patch server, however, focusing on the bigger updates like guild renown and tier three dungeons before moving on to the other features of the patch.
Age of Conan’s patch plans laid out originally appeared on Massively on Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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