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500,000 New Player Accounts Created for Mythic Entertainment's New Fantasy MMORPG
FAIRFAX, Va. - September 26, 2008 - The Armies have assembled and the Worldwide WAAAGH! is Underway! Mythic Entertainment, an Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) studio, today announced that in the first week since launch over 500,000 new players have registered for fantasy MMORPG, Warhammer® Online: Age of Reckoning™ (WAR), in North America, Europe and the Oceanic territories. EA's...
General Tips
Always restock your potions (they stack to 50) and food (stack to 20) whenever you run low and are near a vendor....
The Herald of Xotli (HoX) is all about damage and more damage. For many people, it is the most exciting class to play in Age of Conan. I’ve heard it referred to as a glass chainsaw and it is a very apt analogy. They dish out huge numbers, but the combination of cloth armor and a relatively small health pool for a melee fighter means a HoX is always at death’s door.
This leveling build is primarily focused around increasing the HoX’s core damage dealing abilities,...
Blood Fever vs Untamed Regeneration
With the significant reduction in Untamed Regeneration’s regeneration and increase in vulnerabilities, it becomes a good situational tool instead of a skill you run all the time. Blood Fever’s 20% damage increase becomes a more attractive option.
Untamed Regeneration (UR) is no longer a must have skill for many BS’s. It is still a very good skill, but one that should be managed properly. Preliminary testing has shown...
The most effective leveling build is no longer as obvious due to the many recent changes to the Tempest of Set. This guide includes two leveling progressions. One is based on building a balanced toolset focused around Lightning Strike and Storm Field. The other is a build focused on maximizing AoE damage and grinding static mob camps or instances.
NOTE: I place a high priority on acquiring the more important feats as soon as possible. As a result, the feat progression is a little...
This build is focused on creating a Priest of Mitra (PoM) capable of solo grinding efficiently, while maintaining the core skills required to be an effective group healer. For the most part, the PoM community has a consensus about the important feats for leveling. This guide will explain the best order in which to select the feats and the reasons for picking them.
Summary
10-14 Improved Smite
15-19 Cleansing Fire
20-23 Holy Vengeance
25-25 Revivication (2...
Funcom releases their latest edition of the Hyborian Insider, #4. In this edition they discuss upcoming content as well as reviewing the upcoming DirectX 10 features that Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures will soon be having. The DirectX 10 changes in particular will make the game look considerably different if your system can actually manage to have all of the bells and whistles turned on high enough to appreciate them... the underwater example they showed looked like something...
Funcom announced the release of much anticipated and greatly delayed pvp patch. many new changes and in light of Warhammer Online's almost simultaneous release one has to wonder about the timing of that patch. Anyway, the patch looks to be an improvement and provide some much needed pvp love. PVP leveling system and new pvp gear sets in particular will motivate people to go hack one another up in Hyboria. We will have to see how the general player base feels about...
Funcom announced a changing of the guard yesterday. Apparently the former Game Director for Age of Conan resigned amidst rumors of his disappointment in how Age of Conan turned out. How does this impace the game's future? Read the press release below and you decide, maybe a new face in charge might be what the game needed. Then again.....
Durham, USA – September 17, 2008 – Funcom announce that Craig Morrison has been appointed as the new Producer...
While this guide focuses on PvE, it delves a bit into PvP as well since many of the higher-end conflag feats/spells can be used very effectively for both...
Greetings!
While we've provided this information in the past we wanted to be clear on how and when you will receive your Collectors Edition rewards on the characters you create during head start.
In order to receive the in-game items from your Collectors Edition you must have a valid CE Product Key entered (The one that comes with the box) this means you will not be able to use the items and faces during Head Start, however, you can use them on the character you...
WAAAGH!!!!
What an awesome week it's been!
Not only has the feedback been terrific but with your help we've been able to get the game in great shape for launch.
Beta started over a year ago and it's truly amazing to see how far things have come, the community has grown and game just continued to improve more and more.
This has been an awesome experience and we are proud to have shared it all with you. Celebrate this moment because for...
Mythic released a new video which shows you what it means to be serving the forces of destruction. nice PVP / RVR footage included there for your viewing pleasure. Fun stuff!
The forces of Destruction, Warhammer Online Video ...
A quick update from Mythic for al you daytime players or guys playing hooky from work or school just to squeeze in some extra play time. Bad news too I am afraid.
"At 8:00 AM EDT we will be bringing down all of the Open Beta servers for patching. We anticipate the servers being back online by 10:30 AM EDT. Stay tuned for updates and thank you for your patience. We will get you back into the WAR as soon as possible."
Now far be it from me to be overly critical about the words coming out of someone's mouth, but this particular exec kinda lit a fire under my rump to say something. It seems that with the announcement of Lord of the Rings Online's upcoming first real expansion, The Mines of Moria, the management decided to toss out some of their Public Relations / Marketing spin.
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Greetings fellow Hyborians. Jeboyb has put together a great guide on Polearms and why you want to use one basically. It is easy to tell that Jeboyb put a bunch of time into this guide so we be thankful that there are good players out there like Jeboyb that are willing to share and make us all a bit less newbish in the process. The following is all Jeboyb's writings:
Why should I use polearm?
Polearm is very fun to level with. I tried...
Here you can find an alphabetical listing of the various zones within the online world of Warhammer Online, Age of Reckoning. For additional information each overview is linked to the more descriptive text from the official Warhammer online site
Avelorn : Official Warhammer Zone Overview
The verdant realm of Avelorn is...
When the first reports of the Chaos Plague begin to appear in the fringe settlements of the Empire, they are dismissed as fanciful tales conjured to frighten away unwanted visitors. When the plague appears in the streets of Altdorf, however, the situation changes completely. By the time the Emperor issues his first quarantine order, the vile disease has already spread across most of his lands. The...
The infamous PvP patch which has been pushed back more times than anyone cares to think about. The current date for this to go live in Age of Conan's live servers is September 10th. While the patch is largely a fix to PvP and how it works or in some cases does not work right now, there are other aspects which are stirring considerable debate.
The Gem Nerf is a sore spot for many players who spent considerable effort trying to acquire a great set of gems for the...
Greetings fellow denizens of Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures. Faustina, Herald of Xotli of much reknown (Wiccana Server, Exodus guild) has made a great article reviewing how the new +fire (magic) bonuses are working. The is a great guide on the actual benefit of going with a heavy +fire (magic) gear set. I'll not give away the results prematurey though, give the review below a read fr Faustina's insight into this matter.The text that follows was written fully by...
