My return to Age of Conan: Day 1

Within minutes of entering Hyboria for the first time in months, I was killed by two ‘nice’ people.  I didn’t even realize I was getting burned and slashed repeatedly until I was dead because I was so busy studying the spells and hotkeys and trying to remember how to play.  What fun!  I can’t blame [...]

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Necromancer: Leveling Build and Feat Guide (up to level 63)

For leveling (and PvP), Necromancer’s undead minions do a great job, so most of this guide focuses on the Reanimation tree (eight pets!).  Nightfall doesn’t compare to the ease of leveling that Reanimation provides until the higher levels (post 60).  It is common for Necromancers to respec into a Nightfall build post 60, but Reanimation [...]

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Bear Shaman: Leveling Build and Feat Review (version 3)

The Bear Shaman is a great healer/melee hybrid class. It is easily the most well rounded class in Age of Conan, with strong offensive and defensive abilities as well as a utility bag of tricks. It is a strong PvP class, especially at endgame. It also has much to offer in groups, [...]

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WAR: I’m not having fun…

I’ve been playing WAR for the past week or so and it has utterly failed to grab my attention.  This is rare.  Usually, for a triple-A game, I get at least a couple weeks of solid entertainment before boredom sets in.  For me, WAR has many core problems and honestly, I’m not sure why the [...]

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AoC: PvP is fun again, but is it fun enough?

Kheshatta was the busiest it’s been in weeks…maybe even months.  Lots of battles going on all day long, even early in the afternoon when Kheshatta is usually empty.  It was a really nice change and one I hope will continue.
It was beyond great to step into a PvP fight and actually stay alive for long [...]

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Age of Conan: PvP patch delayed yet again

UPDATE 9/17 As many of you have already discovered, it was only delayed by one day (thankfully).  I’m currently downloading a HUGE patch (with an equally huge patch notes).  Considering just how many changes are happening to the game at one time, honestly, I’m rather skeptical that the game is even going to run.
The resignation [...]

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Age of Rez Camping when the PvP patch goes live?

If you spend any time on the Test servers, it soon becomes very clear that there is a favorite tactic used for farming PvP experience.  Rez camp, rez camp, then rez camp some more.
There are diminishing returns for PvP experience for multiple kills (after 5 kills, you no longer get PvP experience for killing the [...]

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Warhammer Online: My first day of open beta was boring

First, a couple disclaimers.  I only played to level 4 on a few characters.  I also realize that the game is still a ‘beta’ version.
Overall First Impressions
Surprisingly, WAR is exactly how I imagined it would be.  Unfortunately, that is not a good thing.  For MMORPG veterans (especially WoW), the low level experience is incredibly cookie [...]

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PvP equipment is finally on the Test Servers (AoC)

UPDATE Sacks posted a screenshot of characters wearing the Guardian, HoX and Demonologist PvP armor (forum thread).  Click through the image to see a bigger version.

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Funcom has finally put vendors with PvP equipment on the Test servers. Here is the thread in the Test Live forums discussing the new addition.
At first glance, all I [...]

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Age of Conan could still be a huge failure!

In counterpoint to my last post, I thought it would be interesting to take a look at reasons why Age of Conan could become a huge failure. I’ll address all 9 reasons I gave for why AoC could be a success and try to tear the arguments apart. Then I’ll focus on other [...]

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