Age of Conan Gets Largest-ever Update

by Nick Breckon, Jun 24, 2009 12:20pm PDT

Related Topics – Age Of Conan: Hyborian Adventures, xbox 360, PC

The fifth Age of Conan update, dubbed the "Gangs of Tarantia," has now gone live, bringing the most significant changes yet seen to the Funcom-developed MMO.

In addition to the new region of Tarantia, which the developer says will add "several hours" worth of content, the game has also seen fundamental changes to its item and questing systems.

"Items now have statistics that are easier to understand and that are more similar to what you find in similar MMO games," wrote Funcom on MMORPG.com. "With items being more important, questing and raiding will turn out to be a lot more rewarding than before."

Other changes include the addition of PvP minigame experience, population growth in player cities, social pets, and a reworking of the gem system.

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Is there a demo?

Jun 28, 2009 1:57am PDT

Is there a demo? : Angry Max

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I had a great time with this game for the first two months of its life. What really killed it for me is the lack of an open world and instances for regular world zones. Same thing that killed guild wars for me. Now guild wars doesn't have a monthly fee but for Conan its unforgivable imo.

Jun 24, 2009 12:54pm PDT

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  honestly though, they couldn't have pulled off graphics like that (world gfx i mean) without instancing. ... : vertdang
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    What does that have to do with anything? Its client side after all. : Johnnsen
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      And no one's PC would be able to handle a render like that. (unless you happen to work at pixar) Just ... : vertdang
      
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      The sheer geometry of what? Graphics have nothing to do with it, man. That's not how it works - the da... : Arceihn
      
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      who said anything about connection? first you say graphics have nothing to do with it, then you say le... : vertdang
      
      You did. Here: "they couldn't have pulled off graphics like that (world gfx i mean) without instancing." ... : Arceihn
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  People need to stop treating Guild Wars like an MMO because it's not an MMO. If you go into it looking f... : IndigoAK

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People still play this? I thought they'd closed the servers or announced bankruptcy or something.

Or did they just consolidate? Anyways..The only reason I enjoyed that game for the brief week or two I played was the idea behind the combat system. Oh and boobies.

Jun 24, 2009 12:31pm PDT

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it was fun to play.. for some time. but i still wait for the new renderer for anarchy online. i love the complexity of anarchy online. :)

Jun 24, 2009 12:38pm PDT

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it was fun to play.. for some time. but i still wait for the new renderer for anarchy online. i love the ... : fw_rams
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  are they actually plannign on doing that? I'd seriously consider re-subscribing if they did. : galewind
  - ya it look amazing : Frush81
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  I never heard about the new renderer. I would definitely get back on board with Anarachy Online for this. : bstrad
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    Here you go :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRmk0hZam7A : fw_rams
    - watch it with sound. it's awesome. : fw_rams

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Is there DX10 support in this game yet?

Jun 24, 2009 2:52pm PDT

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- AFAIK is still beta. : Dantarios

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Loooool, they redid gems ... ... ... again.

Jun 24, 2009 3:31pm PDT

Loooool, they redid gems ... ... ... again. : xebra

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I'm actually tempted to reinstall and try this again for a month. I am over WoW, tried WAR and no MMO's really seem to keep me interested. The thing I found lacking in AoC was a active community which is kinda why i enjoy MMO's in the first place. (not a overpopulated kiddie community like WoW.)

Do any shackers still play this? I have a 63 assassin, I think on the "set" server.

Jun 24, 2009 1:07pm PDT

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  Is Conan the one that has lots of instancing? Kinda like Guild Wars? : Zerbyte
  - I think that's correct. I only played the trial for a few days and there were definitely several instance... : bstrad

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Good stuff

Jun 24, 2009 12:33pm PDT

Good stuff : GenBanks

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