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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Tempest of Set: Leveling Builds and Feat Review (version 3)

The most effective leveling build is no longer as obvious due to the many recent changes to the Tempest of Set. This guide includes two leveling progressions. One is based on building a balanced toolset focused around Lightning Strike and Storm Field. The other is a build focused on maximizing AoE damage and [...]

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Herald of Xotli: Leveling Build and Feat Advice

The Herald of Xotli (HoX) is all about damage and more damage. For many people, it is the most exciting class to play in Age of Conan. I’ve heard it referred to as a glass chainsaw and it is a very apt analogy. They dish out huge numbers, but the combination of [...]

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Herald of Xotli is great fun!

UPDATE 7/12/08 My leveling build guide for HoX’s can be found here.
I’ve been having fun lately rolling baby characters and trying out different classes in Age of Conan. I’m on a roleplaying PvP server, so the added fun is coming up with a back story and reasons for why I occasionally go on murderous [...]

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Priest of Mitra: Leveling Build and Feat Advice

This build is focused on creating a Priest of Mitra (PoM) capable of solo grinding efficiently, while maintaining the core skills required to be an effective group healer. For the most part, the PoM community has a consensus about the important feats for leveling. This guide will explain the best order in which [...]

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Bear Shaman: Revised leveling build and feat advice

UPDATE Sept. 27.  Updated this leveling guide.  Here is the latest version.
Blood Fever vs Untamed Regeneration
With the significant reduction in Untamed Regeneration’s regeneration and increase in vulnerabilities, it becomes a good situational tool instead of a skill you run all the time. Blood Fever’s 20% damage increase becomes a more attractive option.
Untamed Regeneration (UR) [...]

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My Bear Shaman is reborn! Leveling builds to 50 and lots of feat advice.

UPDATE 6/14/08 Finished the revised leveling build guide.
UPDATE 6/12/08 – Today’s patch apparently reduced the regeneration rate from Untamed Regeneration by ~40% and increased the vulnerability from 10% to 15%. It’s still a good skill, but the increased vulnerabilities means that Bears should always be ready to cancel this aspect. For leveling, the [...]

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Age of Conan’s combo system: revolutionary or a pain in the ass?

I’ve played several combo-enabled characters now to level 20′ish. I have to admit that the combat system is starting to wear on my patience a bit. I appreciate the concept. It really is a big step in giving the players more control over their characters. Press swing left and the character [...]

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Priest of Mitra feat advice to level 45

UPDATE 6/26/08 The latest version of the PoM Leveling Build Guide to 80 can be found here.
Now that Purification of Mitra has been relegated to a ‘nice bonus’, rather than a primary damage dealer, making the feat selections are no longer straightforward. There are a lot of very good skills at the top of [...]

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Age of Conan: feat calculators, spells, combos and wiki

Here a few really useful tools and applications I’ve run into so far for Age of Conan. I’ll try to keep it updated with the latest and greatest from the Age of Conan community.
Feat Calculators
Feat calculator at conanarmory.com
Has a lower browser requirement, which makes it usable for more people.
Feat calculator at feats.goonheim.com

Most commonly referenced [...]

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