World premiere of AOC's upcomming expansion

Elaywasted

If anyone is intrested in seeing a full hour of footage of the new upcomming expansion for age of conan

Be sure to tune in here http://www.xfire.com/cms/xf_tnss/

They will be showing 1 hour of footage at the 7th of december !

 

Be sure to tune in

Thorgrimm

BUMP!!!

PLEASE, do not forget to check out the LIVE STREAMED DEMO on MONDAY, DEC 7th. Convert to your local times and be there to watch the DEMO with all these published updates included. PVP updates were not advertised as part of the expansion because UPDATE 6 will have most of it improved long before the Expansion comes out. 2010 is the YEAR of CONAN, the YEAR of the PHOENIX on the SWORD!!!!

Watch the World Premiere LIVE Broadcast of the Age of Conan: Rise of the Godslayer Expansion, Monday, Dec 7th (via LiveStream)

December 7th - 12:00pm PDT (20:00 GMT) {2:00pm CST, 3:00pm EST}

http://www.xfire.com/cms/xf_tnss/

What has only been glimpsed in trailers and screenshots is now coming to life as Funcom and Xfire team together for the World Premiere Broadcast of the highly anticipated Age of Conan: Rise of the Godslayer.

Watch December 7th as the Game Director for Age of Conan takes you along with a team a players through several of Rise of the Godslayers new lands and features.

About Rise of the Godslayer:

Embark on the most savage, sexy and brutal Conan adventure yet as you descend into the shadows that have fallen over Khitai, the fabled empire of the east! Ride across the grassy steppes and see the purple pagodas of Paikang rising from the vine-choked bamboo jungles. Unravel the corruption that threatens to taint the very heart of this beautiful land forever!

 

• All New Character Race - Khitan
  
  
• New Content for players of all level ranges
  
  
• Countless new monsters and rewards
  
  
• Hundreds of new quests
  
  
• Two new mounts - the Wolf and the Tiger
  
  
• Choose a side in the war of Khitan!
  
   

Axeion

any one planing on recording it for you tube?

Xerith

It was stated by a forum mod that the live broadcast will be recorded and you will be able to view it on I believe the same website after it has occurred. Lucky for me as Ill be in class while its being broadcast.

AmazingAvery

Yep will be at work looking forward to seeing it when get home tomorrow.

DiSpLiFF

 did they change the melee combo combat system? really the only thing that would get me to return.

Rydek

Im really looking forward to watching it, seen a few trailers and gameplay vids lying around on the internet, the combat looks better than ever, vast open world, with this new seamless exploration more content for all levels, and the mounts look kickass haha.

So should be great, and hopefully it will bring new players and old players because this game deserves it, many said it would be dead by now but aoc is hanging on and slowly pulling in more players and next year is a tough one, Star Trek, Star wars, wow expansion ect ect and this may bring AOC back to life.

caalem

Originally posted by DiSpLiFF


 did they change the melee combo combat system? really the only thing that would get me to return.

 

I like the combo system until you get into PvP and casters have the traditional click and nuke system, and melee have a shitty combo system.

DiSpLiFF

Originally posted by caalem

Originally posted by DiSpLiFF


 did they change the melee combo combat system? really the only thing that would get me to return.

 

I like the combo system until you get into PvP and casters have the traditional click and nuke system, and melee have a shitty combo system.

exactly why I was asking if they changed it at all. 

Thorgrimm

Originally posted by caalem

Originally posted by DiSpLiFF


 did they change the melee combo combat system? really the only thing that would get me to return.

 I like the combo system until you get into PvP and casters have the traditional click and nuke system, and melee have a shitty combo system.

 

I like the idea of having Casters use the COMBO SYSTEM as well.  Traditionally, spellcasters have a Concentration skill.  In AoC, Concentration would reflect the combos involved, and a skilled mage would have their combos memorized to cast faster.  If Melee has to use combos, Casters should use Combos.

Amorien

yeah and those combos should take longer to cast or something. i hate being a Tos Getting Wiped by a Demo. if this expansion i still want an assurance from funcom that they will pay a bit more attention to the game and Fix some issues.

thundersteel

cant wait!! already saw the pax coverage on ten ton hammer and it looks really great!!!!

Sevenwind

I can agree that casters should get some type of combo system casting spells. I don't play pvp, but on paper it seems like a good idea that would balance classes a little.

I do have to admit that I sometimes play my alt casters just so I don't have to do combos.

Falfeir

Originally posted by caalem

Originally posted by DiSpLiFF


 did they change the melee combo combat system? really the only thing that would get me to return.

 

I like the combo system until you get into PvP and casters have the traditional click and nuke system, and melee have a shitty combo system.

 

well, i found the melee combo system very good and refreshing. whats there to not like

Aceundor

 Looking forward to this as well. Lets hope they talk about release date as well

Tarka

I completely agree that casters SHOULD have a caster specific combo system.  There have been detailed posts in the forums on how this could be achieved and it's benefits to not only enriching gameplay but how it helps with combat balance.  But FC are not interested.  They even said so.  It's probably due to the fact that FC just cannot work any faster than they are doing.  And that is contributing to AOC's downfall.

On the subject of the expansion, in the past FC have gained a track record of being very literate when it comes to what they are working on.  Therefore, I'm not expecting any staggering changes to the formula that they already have.   Regardless of its glaring gameplay issues.  However I will give them credit that this time around they HAVE realised the advantage of creating adjacent zones that you can look into (like in Anarchy Online and Vanguard) which help add to the feeling of a more open world.  The fact that you portaled across to the other side of the world in the original AOC game was an issue for some people. 

With regards to the premiere, I think we'll most likely see the usual crop of flybys on certain areas in the game, plenty of shots of the new tiger mounts and some shots of the new armour drops and a bit on the actual storyline (but not much to give it away).  That will most likely be about it, in short nothing much different from what we already know.  Of course there will be Craig Morrison chirping his usual lines of "We're considering all options and it will be done when its done".

Turntable

 The live-stream is now live

 

http://www.xfire.com/cms/xf_tnss/

Capn23

Wow...that was pretty kickass

 

and the zone was MASSIVE. Can't wait to see more!

Deadman87

I didn't think I would be, but I actually was a bit impressed by how large the lively the zone was.

I would say that FC has been one of the best of luring people with hype, so I shouldn't get my hopes up, but by providing a live video from a beta server, I kinda feel I'm getting a more direct and honest report from FC about how this is going to end up. Craig was awesome listening to during the longass video.

 

I might consider subscribing again when this expansion hits.

Thorgrimm

For more Rise of the Godslayer Updates, please check out our pinned thread:

http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/thread/261370/RISE-OF-THE-GODSLAYER-UPDATES.html

 

artemisentr4

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Originally posted by DiSpLiFF

 did they change the melee combo combat system? really the only thing that would get me to return.

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 The change they are working on has to do with stamina. Casters can not use pots to get away from melée. Also with CC. They are going to decrease the distance CC can be used. You have to be within melée I think they said. It will be out with the 1.06 update, possibly. It may have gone to far the other way, but combs with the current system can't work for casters. I would like it, but it won't happen.

Thorgrimm

Originally posted by artemisentr4


 

Originally posted by DiSpLiFF
 
 did they change the melee combo combat system? really the only thing that would get me to return.

 The change they are working on has to do with stamina. Casters can not use pots to get away from melée. Also with CC. They are going to decrease the distance CC can be used. You have to be within melée I think they said. It will be out with the 1.06 update, possibly. It may have gone to far the other way, but combs with the current system can't work for casters. I would like it, but it won't happen.

 

 

Update 6 should be hitting Live sometime around the beginning of January.  This should be a really great addition to Age of Conan.

SirPaco

it has to hit Test Live first doesn't it?

 

we are almost mid December and even if it hits Test Live this week (which means today or tomorrow at the latest) I think it is reasonable to believe that such an important patch requires at least 3 weeks of testing on the test live server.

Take into account that our Funcom friends will be going on holliday and I don't think it is reasonable to believe that this patch will hit live until end of January if not later.

 

Also take into account Funcom's history in introducing bugs and providing incomplete patches, this might lead me to believe that it will stay longer than planned on Test Live also.

 

However if I am wrong, then it's a pleasant surprise and I would only be too happy for it to be so.

Krewel

Originally posted by Thorgrimm

Originally posted by artemisentr4


 

Originally posted by DiSpLiFF
 
 did they change the melee combo combat system? really the only thing that would get me to return.

 

 The change they are working on has to do with stamina. Casters can not use pots to get away from melée. Also with CC. They are going to decrease the distance CC can be used. You have to be within melée I think they said. It will be out with the 1.06 update, possibly. It may have gone to far the other way, but combs with the current system can't work for casters. I would like it, but it won't happen.

 

 

Update 6 should be hitting Live sometime around the beginning of January.  This should be a really great addition to Age of Conan.

 

I guess your powers of extrapolation really fail.