The update you've all been waiting for, 1.0.6, is almost here! We wanted to thank everyone who tested and provided feedback on this update's content.

On Tuesday, 12/2/08 all servers will be brought offline to begin the update. North American servers will be brought down at 6:30AM EST with Oceanic servers to follow at 9:00AM EST.

New Careers Released! - With this version we are happy to announce the release of the Empire’s Knight of the Blazing Sun, and the...

Art and Animations Bats will now flap their wings properly.
Tweaks have been made to improve the animations of the Hydra.
Female Dark Elves will no longer appear to have distorted faces when in a sitting position.
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Pressing 'R' will once again cause players to begin a reply to the last player who sent them a /tell.
Chat font settings will now once again save properly upon relogging.
User settings for graphical options will now save properly.
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GENERAL
Basic Riding Skill price changed to 25s. Advanced Riding Skill changed to 50g. /guild should now always work after zoning. Assassin Epic Tier 3 chest piece no longer hides arm pieces, and texture clipping on shoulders has been fixed. COMBAT
Cannot charge a player/npc that is already charging someone else. The charge gameaction will now check if you are already charging, and will not start another charge until the...

As announced, today's update is a small maintenance that fixes some issues. The update which is currently available on the test server needs some more testing and is planned to be ready for the live servers soon.

The update today includes the following:
Resolved several issues with the Arena access quest, hopefully it should work correctly this time, and this time we really mean it! (or poor Aquilus might meet with a very unfortunate end if he insists on being so...

CLASSES
All Assassin, Barbarian, Bear Shaman, Conqueror, Dark Templar, Guardian, Herald of Xotli, and Ranger combo damage and stamina costs have been rebalanced to match the newly adjusted animations.

Priest Archetype
Spirit Aegis will now give 0.5% invulnerability to Holy and Fire instead of 1% Fire with the first rank trained.

Assassin
Combos granted by feats should now deal significantly more damage than before.

Dark Templar
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Greetings fellow Hyborians.  Today the gods at Funcom have chosen to grace us with another patch, a surprisingly small one yet potentially important one.  You will see for yourself but the big change of note is that the memory leak problem has been tackled and is supposed to have been dramatically reduced.  Judge it for yourself once you get back in game!  See you in Age of Conan!

"Today's update is aimed at helping address some of the memory leak issues...

Player Character

* Dead team members will now get quest kill credit if they are within range.
* You now only prohibited from entering stealth mode if team members are in combat nearby.
* All your team members and their pets will now get the fatality buff when a team member performs a fatality.
* The mentor and apprentice will see an onscreen message regarding confirmation or declining of pending apprenticeship requests.
* Mesh effects during...

Classes

Mage (General) Dark Meditation is now a self-only channeled spell and will no longer stun the user. Dark Meditation now has new effects associated with it.Rogue (General) Mountaineer will now reduce duration of the effects of Bruised Body by 50%/100% and Broken Bones by 25%/50% per respective rank.Soldiers (General) Surging Health will now increase in...

Player Classes

Mage

* Tome of Erlik now has effects and sounds.
* Purge now has sound and particle effects associated with it and should now go on the appropriate cooldown. Purge now provides 5 seconds of immunity in addition to removal of effects.
* Misdirection now has received a better visual and should no longer look like a lightning strike.
* Weakened Protection will no longer refresh itself after the player cancels his own Absorb buff....