Posts: November 2008

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[] Heavy Metal Objective List for unlocking new classes

submitted by lifebane on Nov 28th, 2008 - : - 0 comments

The Heavy Metal Event will be coming to an end very soon.  If you still have not gotten your chest reward which will give you early access to the new classes then you better get moving quickly.  The rest of this article should help you a bit in sorting out what to do and where.

There are many different tasks to complete which divide up nicely into 2 categories, Reikland Factory or Non-Reikland Factory.  The tasks within the Reikland Factory group require you to get in...

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[] Is Age of Conan finally about PVP ?

submitted by lifebane on Nov 28th, 2008 - : - 0 comments

We all know that Age of Conan under delivered on their PVP promises.  PVP Rankings and consequences in particular were missing. And of course the drunken brawling which promised a bit of humor and a break from the norm in the game world.  While regrettably I cannot say that you can now jump in game and drunkenly pummel your friends, I can say that recent patches have gone a long way to making the PVP aspect of the game much more interesting and inline with what original...

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[] The Heavy Metal Event Clarification

submitted by lifebane on Nov 27th, 2008 - : - 0 comments

An update on the new classes from EA:

 

"You may have already noticed that we have opened up the last 7 events for the Heavy Metal Event so you can take part in them all, at your leisure, over the extended Thanksgiving Holiday.  We want everyone to have a chance to unlock the Black Guard and Knight of the Blazing Sun. You can now finish the event and redeem the Heavy Metal Chest from a Herald.  When you redeem the chest, it is important that you open (right...

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[] Open RvR Update

submitted by lifebane on Nov 26th, 2008 - : - 0 comments

Folks,


   Over the last few months I’ve spoken about our continued focus on improving our open RvR systems.  While we have taken some major steps in the last month, we believe that there is much more we can do to encourage people to take part in oRvR throughout the entire evolution of their character(s).  Over the next few months we have some very exciting changes and additions taking place.  Please note that as always, this does not represent...

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[] Craig ‘Silirrion’ Morrison Community Letter for November

submitted by lifebane on Nov 19th, 2008 - : - 0 comments

Letter from the Game Director - November

The latest outlook on planned updates and changes from the Game Director Craig Morrison .

With the latest game update launched and on the live servers I thought it was a good time to catch up with you all and let you know what is on the horizon for the coming game updates and give you all a general status update.

With the new PVP systems now in place and Ymir’s Pass now available for you to explore we move on to the...
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[] Game Update 1.0.5 now live

submitted by lifebane on Nov 18th, 2008 - : - 0 comments

WAAAGH!!!

Game Update 1.0.5 arrives Tuesday, 11/18 and with it comes a number of great an exciting changes.

Prepare for the coming of the Blackguard and Knight of The Blazing Sun! These two tank careers square off and provide players with even more means to crush and conquer their enemies and defend their homelands!

All North American Servers will be brought down at 6:30AM EST to begin the update. Oceanic Servers will follow at 9AM EST. We anticipate all...

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[] Heavy Metal is coming!

submitted by lifebane on Nov 17th, 2008 - : - 0 comments

The Age of Reckoning has dawned

Across the Old World and on the island home of the High Elves, bitter enemies clash in bloody skirmishes and mighty battles. For the soldiers of Order and Destruction, there is no respite and no mercy. Now, the warring factions will gain new allies in the form of the fearsome Black Guard and the cunning Knight of the Blazing Sun. These heavily-armored soldiers race to the battlefront to anchor their...

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[] Patch 1.0.5 / 1.0.6 and Career Updates from Mark Jacobs

submitted by lifebane on Nov 17th, 2008 - : - 0 comments

"Folks,

   When we launched our Public Test Server last week our goal was to create a place where we could test and iterate on ideas/initiatives/bugs with our subscribers in a non-LIVE environment.  Our plan was that no patch would make it through the PTS until we were sure that it was tested thoroughly and properly.  Patch 1.0.5 (Combat and Careers) is a perfect example of how this system is supposed to work. Thanks to the data and feedback we’ve...

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[] BIG PATCH - 10/29/2008

submitted by lifebane on Nov 5th, 2008 - : - 0 comments

GENERAL

* Fixed several causes of crashes and assert errors.
* Many exploit fixes have been included in this update.
* The drunken animation will now play when you are seated.
* All reactive damage and healing gems can now proc their effect a maximum of once every 5 seconds.
* The logout timer has been changed from 30 seconds to 15 seconds.
* Female characters should no longer display jaw movements when idle.
* After each...
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