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Age of Conan Class Interview #2: The Guardian
AmazingAvery
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Over at Ten Ton Hammer: http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/14547
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Questions by Cody "Micajah" Bye, Managing Editor
Answers by Jørgen Tharaldsen, Product Director for Funcom
Ten Ton Hammer's bi-weekly Age of Conan class interview series continues this week as we shift our focus from the Dark Templar to the Guardian, another class in the Soldier archetype. This in-depth, Q&A style interview was delivered to us by Funcom’s Product Director, Jørgen Tharaldsen, who has continued to amaze the Ten Ton Hammer staff with his thorough answers and enthusiastic attitude. Being the second interview in the series, Cody “Micajah” Bye delved deep into the previously released information concerning the Guardian, and his questions focuses on the Guardian’s reliance on armor, his nature in the Hyborian world, what his best abilities are, and the sort of players that might be attracted to this reinforced warrior. After you finish reading the Guardian interview, check out the Dark Templar Q&A and drop by again to read up on the next AoC class interview!
Ten Ton Hammer: In MMOG terms, the Guardian appears to be the epitome of the “tank” sort of class; his greatest asset is his armor. How much difference does it make between wearing a piece of light armor (leather) compared to wearing the full-plate type of armor that the Guardian will possess? Will the blows simply bounce off his armor or does the armor itself mitigate the damage?
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Guardians are the only class in Age of Conan that can wear Full Plate. |
In general, we have tried to innovate on several fields to make the tank classes more interesting than in many other MMO games, and I will expand on this a tad more in this Q&A. When it comes to the damage; the armor will mitigate the damage in most cases.
I found this King Conan quote from one of the lore documents that our lore master have made, and he thinks it’s quite fitting for this particular class…“Guardians are the unassailable rock upon which the waves of battle break.” This points towards having great defensive qualities, but if you read along you will also see that class has a lot more to offer than just protecting.
Head over and check it out! Its a nice Q&A.
Comments
Heeey! Daarco changed your mind yet? Guardian or Dark Templar ?
Im thinking I might have to make one of these now after the Druid.
Thanks for all of your content updates here, Avery.
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