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Age of Conan: Class Preview: Guardian
Szark
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The Age of Conan official site has been updated with a look at the class known as Hyborea's walking Fortress, the Guardian.
Clad in heavy armor that would break the backs of lesser creatures, the guardian strides Hyboria, a walking fortress of steel, iron, and leather, wielding mighty polearms or one-handed weapons and great shields. Where others would waver or fall, knocked back by a skillful foe, the heavy plate armor of the guardian insure such hits fall aside like so many pebbles. The guardian stands tall and resolute in the face of foes, secure in the finest of armor and wielding the most deadly weapons.
Guardians are not just hulking figures in heavy armor, however. While Guardians have access to a full range of armor, from simple cloth to imposing suits of full plate armor, no fortress is complete without a way to strike back at its attackers, and guardians have an array of combat abilities that focus on their strength: letting their opponents wear themselves down trying to penetrate impenetrable steel, then striking with all the fury of a raging wind. Members of this class can choose one-handed weapons of the blunt or edged variety and pair it up with a shield, or they can forsake the shield entirely and take up one of the many polearms Hyboria's weaponsmiths offer.
As with the barbarians, one-handed weapons are used mainly for one-on-one battles and individual feats of strength, while polearms are perfect for sweeping attacks when charging into massive groupes of enemies. Guardians aren't limited to melee weapons alone, however, as they can also use thrown weapons. Higher-level guardians also gain the ability to use the deadly crossbow, for those who dare to try and attack at range. The guardian is another class that eschews spells, preferring to entrust their safety and that of their charges to solid things like steel and leather, rather than to the etheral whims of strange and terrible powers.
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Read more about the Guardian here.
Comments
Now that's a class I could learn to love
"Life is too short to play nerfed characters."
another one of those hack and slash classes for the 1337 ueber pwn0rs who enjoy having the biggest sword
people including me are waiting for a mmorpg that is offering more than just combat... something that gives you choices and that includes combat and neutral game play...
I cant see age of conan beeing the number one game, when its main focus is combat...
"You must be either retarded or a fanboi..."
I got alittle worry when i did read about all classes before. Since im not gonna play a Barbarian i looked alot for something....and found the Guardian. Everything sounded good.
Then i did read up about the Barbarian profession......and damn......is it just me that have a feeling that Barabarians havbe many more class features then everyone else?
I really want to play a Guardian......but i dont want to choose a "weak" class.
One class is as good as another as long as you have fun playing. Learn the class, play them well. Doesn't need to be a the l33t 'build'.
for some reason, I don't think he was talking about the game.
click on the pictue to enlarge it.
OMG those babes are hot
I would settle with a woman half as hot, but the chances of even that happening are close to nill 
The Guardian sounds like the best defensive class in the game. Probably a good 'starter' class, as you learn.
Those two will definetly attract people to come to look at the booth and they might take a look at the game when they are there. But they may be too good looking that everyone is staring at them and not paying attention to game features and such so essentially they aren't helping to promote the game. But they are nice to look at though
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Judging from the pic the Armor Types apparently are
- Cloth
- Leather
- Chain
- Scale
- Plate
- SILICONE
2-Handed Greatswords just bounce right off em!
another one of those hack and slash classes for the 1337 ueber pwn0rs who enjoy having the biggest sword
people including me are waiting for a mmorpg that is offering more than just combat... something that gives you choices and that includes combat and neutral game play...
I cant see age of conan beeing the number one game, when its main focus is combat...
Ummm-wait. You're even interested in Age of Conan and you DON'T want it focused on combat? Umm..alright. Ever read the novels? Movies? heck even the old Savage Sword of Conan comics. Remember them HUGE black and white comics from the 70s and 80s? LOL. Boy I'm old..But seriously. No offence, but Conan is a whole world about barbarians, evil wizards, and huge wars. It's BEEN about that sicne day one. I agree 100% that we need a MMO focusing on other things, but Conan? I knew right off what to expect. it's a game about big swords and kicking butt. It's CONAN!
As cartoony as it is- I'd suggest you try the Lego MMO when it's out. or Blockland perhaps? those are building games. TSO is building and well..*AHEM* you know what bored people do when they not hitting something... Sadly, not sure if there are any other MMOs out there with something new, not involving combat. But to expect Conan to be that game? Eh.. Not likely. Though I would give it a shot, the new magic ideas, and cities sound amazing.