The Age of Conan Game Director sent out a new etter recently discussing the upcoming changes to the game.  One thing that stuck out is their "level 50" plan; basically once you hit the level 50 milestone in Age of Conan with one character you are allowed to instantly create another level 50 character of any class on that same account.  This is a quick way to get a comparable level character from another class to experience the game from a different perspective I...

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...

Highlights

* We’re pleased to announce the addition of a new regional chat system. This item has been one of our most requested features, and you can find the details below.

* We have made additional improvements to the functionality of the /ignore command. This command should now work more consistently.

* A “new mail” icon has been added to the edge of the minimap to alert players when new mail messages have...

Beta 4.1.1 Producer's Letter - Open Beta  Hello Everyone,   It's great to see all of you enjoying Open Beta! The past few days have been exciting and eventful and we couldn't be happier with the feedback we've been receiving. Even so, it's clear there are still some pesky bugs that need...

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...

The big patch tomorrow is rumored to be the following... although not confirmed:

GENERAL

* Removed the Miss Chance from Shield of the Risen.
* You will no longer be zoned after speaking to a Feat Fixer.
* Several combat related animation issues - such as sheathing and unsheathing spears, holding swords - have been tweaked.
* Added a male animation for the dance_sexy_f emote, and renamed it to dance_sexy.
* Many typos corrected in...

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...

Massive PvP

* Player city keeps now contain a vendor that sells siege weapons.
* Players will now get teleported out of the zone before the battle starts.
* Traders that would not spawn at the Battlekeep Tradeposts will now spawn. Traders will now be available at Battlekeeps.
* Ballista NPCs will no longer spawn at an unbuilt tower.
* The Boarder Kingdoms has had its environments adjusted. This should reduce...

Player Characters

ArchetypeNew buff counters were added to a number of mage and soldier effects.All gathering feats should now have the correct proficiency suffix in their name (e.g. 'You need Woodcutting Novice to perform this action' messages).The Goad ability can be trained and used on a NPC that does not have aggro on you. You must be in combat to use this ability.The buffs from...