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New Age of Conan novels

bdus033 — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:17:47 +0000

We caught up with Jeff Mariotte, author of the new novel trilogy Age of Conan: Marauders to find out a little about what its like to be working on the Conan license!

Here is what he aoc gold had to say when we asked what it meant to him to be part of the license team!

Age of Conan is more than just a game—it’s a multi-pronged effort by Conan Properties International and some talented creative partners to expand upon parts of Robert E. Howard’s Hyborian Age that Howard, during his too-brief career, didn’t have a chance to thoroughly explore. To be asked by CPI and Ace Books to become part of that process, by writing the first-ever young adult novels set in the Hyborian world, is an honor and a privilege for a long-time REH fan like me.

My trilogy is called Age of Conan: Marauders, and involves three young characters, two Aquilonians and a Pict, who find themselves thrown together by circumstance and must pit themselves against the dark and brutal Hyborian world. The first book, Ghost of the Wall, has just been released by Ace, with the next two scheduled for late March (Winds of the Wild Sea) and late May (Dawn of the Ice Bear).

On my website I wrote an essay about what Conan and the works of Robert E. Howard have meant to my life. You can find that essay here: Conan and Me . I also supplemented the essay with posts on my blog that expanded upon some of the topics it touched on. Those posts start here , and continue for about the next week. I post occasionally about Conan and REH-related things, so you may want to check back occasionally.

My great thanks to Funcom for giving me the opportunity to spread the word to Conan fans worldwide. We all love spending time in the Hyborian world, and Funcom’s new game will be an amazing way to make the experience real!

–Jeff Mariotte

Thanks to Jeff for taking the time out to talk to us about the books aoc gold and what Conan means to him!

You can find more information on the new books over at Conan.com, so make sure you drop by and keep an eye out for them at your local bookstore!
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Mature Guild - Serenity - Dagoth

bdus033 — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:16:39 +0000

4. You’re willing to download, install and use Ventrilo. We already have a long established vent server and we expect folks to use it. The best way to get to know your fellow guildies is to spend your time talking to them. Some exceptions can be made for those who have technical difficulty, but if you don’t get on vent with us, you’re going to miss out. Trust me.

Very shortly a new guild, Serenity, will be forming on Dagoth. A very tight few are hoping to build an incredible guild base from this point forward.

We only have a few requirements:

Please feel free to send a tell to Moanaie or Adothastep in game for more information. We look forward to talking to you and thanks for your time!

Moanaie

2. You’re drama free - This should go without saying, but no one pays for this game to deal with petty arguments and bullshit. We are looking for a group of fun loving, mature, easy going people to progress with us. If you can’t play nice, please don’t bother with us. We just want to go our own way and see content. We understand that not all personalities mesh, but it’s how you handle it that matters to us.

5. Last but not least… Never be afraid to speak up. As we build aoc gold this guild from the ground up, we expect input and ideas from the people who choose to join us. Just as a machine is only as good as a sum of it’s parts, so is a guild like this. Guilds are NOTHING without those who spend their time in it.

Afternoon folks,

3. You’re a loyal and commited player - Starting and keeping a good guild takes alot of time, patience and effort. We want to build something that lasts and we need dedicated people to make that happen. We can’t promise you riches or naked women/men at this point, but we are working on it.

1. You’re over 18 - I aoc gold imagine that seems a bit redundant considering the mature focus of AOC, but I feel it’s necessary to cover the bases here.

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Guild Monolith Recruiting - Manannan Sever - PvE

bdus033 — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:15:42 +0000

1. Sense of humor. if you cant take a joke nor express enjoyment while joking around, this might not be the place for you.

monolithaoc.guildlaunch.com

2. Reiteration of rule one. cant stress how important it is to have fun. We dont the 50 dkp dude in the guild. (Many wow raiders will remember the infamous 50 dkp dude leading onyxia)

1 Assassin

1 Herald of Xotli

3. A need for accomplishment. We want to get things done and have fun doing it. Only way to get things done is with a drive. Whether it be to see the end game in a well structured guild…..or just to get to a end game boss and flash him some boobs.

All players seeking membership need to be level 40+ to apply.

On behalf of Monolith thank you for taking the time to read this.

Lastly….. Activeness. While more members is awesome age of conan gold , getting the lone ranger in the guild who is like a mere shadow saying nor acknowledging a thing is sometimes annoying.

Hello AoC’rs. My name is Junglist and i am the gm of a guild called Monolith. We are a guild built around members who have played many mmos and are quite adept in it. Ranging from the earliest version of eq all the way up to now including the latest ones of that as wow and lotro. Skills ranging from high end raiders to simple have fun while questing.

1 Bear Shaman

Currently looking for certain classes….

1 Dark Templar

We are seeking more active members that are looking forward to having fun while adventuring the land. We have a website setup already and as well as constructing our city. As for the people we seek its simple….

1 Demonologist

1 Ranger

Other then that we are simply about the fun of the game. So please pay a visit to our website and put in a app.

2 Tempest of Set

We are making our push into the end game content such as aoc gold raiding and also pvp content. Feel free to contact me in game on manannan, my chars name is Junglist. Or via website.

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Herald of Xotli Gear Upgrades and Progression

bdus033 — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:14:48 +0000

Levels 60-69

Kel’Avashk Robes - +21 Max Health, +1.2 Natural Mana Regen, +71 Max Mana, +0.2% Crushing Invulnerability, +12 Defense Rating, +0.6 Heroic Defense Bonus - Princess Akivasha, Sanctum of the Burning Souls

Skrymir - 55.5 DPS, 3% Fatality Chance, +2.2 Damage (melee), Chance on Hit: Gelid Strike (19-28 points of frost damage) - Drops from Lodnur (or Lodur), the final boss in the Conall Valley quests.

Levels 1-19

Outcast’s Grievance - 56.0 DPS, +5% Fatality Chance, +4.2 Str - Quest from Outcasts in Wildlands of Zelata.

Level 80

Swordmaster’s Flambard - DPS 62.8, +4.4 Damage (melee), 2.7 Fire Damage (melee) - Located off the Swordmaster Boss in the Pyramid in Khopshef.

Levels 20-29

Kurbankohl’s Anguish - 97.8 dps, +2% fatality, +3 damage (melee) age of conan gold , +0.4% health tap, +0.7% stamina tap - Drops in the level 60 destiny quest private instance from the optional boss, Kurbankohl. There is a random chance for any kind of weapon to drop.

Earthwrack (level 72) - DPS 131.4, +3% Fatality Chance, +8.4 Damage(melee), +1% Tap Health - Drops from the last boss of the Halls of Eternal Frost.

Kel’Avashk Schenti - +27 Max Health, +2% Out of Combat movement, +71 Max Stamina, +.1% Crushing, +3.6 Defense Rating, +.2 Heroic Def - Princess Akivasha, Sanctum of the Burning Souls

Kel’Avashk Sandals - +2.4 Non combat Stamina Regen, +71 Max Stamina, +4.4 Dexterity, +2.4 Natural Stamina Regen, +0.2 Defense Rating - Princess Akivasha, Sanctum of the Burning Souls

Default Herald of Xotli Gear Upgrades and Progression

Robe of Apprenticeship - +4 Defense Rating, +2.4 Defense Rating Proficiency, +1.5 Natural Mana Regen, +0.1% Crushing Invulnerability, +1.3 INT - Quest Reward from Tortage destiny quests.

Malefactor’s Claymore - 42.1 dps, 40-65 (1.25s), +1.8 int, +4.8 fire dmg (magic), +0.7 slashing damage (melee) - Quest Reward from finishing Tortage destiny quests.

Jeger Greataxe - 82.4 dps, +3% fatality chance, +6.4 strength - Quest in Eiglophian Mountains to kill cannibals

Luctus - 64.7 DPS, +2% Fatality Chance, +4.6 Strength, +1.4 Slashing Damage - Final reward for completing Captain Falco’s quests in the Tarantia Noble District.

Crafted Armor Explanation

Nggoth - 44.9 DPS, +1.5 Poison Damage (melee), +2.2 STR, +2.5 INT - Quest Reward from Captain Nut’s quest line near the entrance to Khopshef Province.

Talion - DPS 84.5, +6.3 Strength, +7.3 Intelligence, +0.6% Tap Health - Field of the Dead Quest to kill Toirdealbach in the Tomb

Bloodtainted Hoop - +5.1 Constitution, +5.1 Intelligence, +4.8 Fire Damage (magic), +4.8 Unholy Damage (magic) - Ancient Blood Defiler, Sanctum of the Burning Souls

Vashian Tunic - +6 Max Health, +71 Max Stamina, +5.1 Constitution, +6 Hiding, +0.2% Crushing Invulnerability, +12 Defense Rating, +0.6 Heroic Defense Bonus - Princess Akivasha, Sanctum of the Burning Souls

Levels 40-49

Bloodtainted Band - +4.4 Str, +5.1 Con, +4.4 Dex aoc gold , +.4% Cold/Fire/Elec/Holy/Unholy - Ancient Blood Defiler, Sanctum of the Burning Souls

Lamentatus - 130.6 DPS, +8.7 Str, +52 Dmg (magic), +33 Fire Dmg (magic) - Onyx

If you want to save up gems for when the slots do work, I still wholeheartedly believe that +2h edged damage is the best possible stat. The gems which can be cut for this stat (still random chance) are, in order of rank: Spinel (40), Jasper (50), Garnet (60), Blood Opal (70), Ruby (75), Star Ruby (80).

Frostmaim (level 30) - 52.5 DPS, 1.1 Slashing, 1.1 Cold, 2% Fatality - Mayhem in the Fortress quest in Conall’s

Vashian Treads - +2.0% Out of Combat Movement Speed, +71 Max Stamina, +4.4 Dexterity, +6 Hiding, +0.2 Defense Rating - Princess Akivasha, Sanctum of the Burning Souls

Trader Items

Vashian Schenti - +71 Max Stamina, +4.4 Dexterity, +6 Hiding, +0.1% Crushing Invulnerability, +3.6 Defense Rating, +0.2 Heroic Def - Princess Akivasha, Sanctum of the Burning Souls

Vashian Keffiyeh - +0.4% Cold/Fire/Elec/Holy/Unholy, -1% Hate Modifier, +6 Hiding, +1.8 Defense Rating - Princess Akivasha, Sanctum of the Burning Souls

Warstorm - 85.3 dps, +7 str, +4.3 slash damage, - Arena quests in Tarantia Noble District

Currently, crafted armor’s gem slots aren’t functioning, and won’t until FC decides to fix it. At least, they are broken on anything I can make (lv 40/50 armor). While crafted armor DOES give significant defense rating bonuses far above and beyond other armor of the same level, the game caps your defense rating at an absurdly low number per level. If you put on a Quilted Robe (lv 50 crafted), you will probably more than max out your defense rating from that alone. It reads something like (in white) 230(242), meaning you WOULD have 242 defense rating, but the game is limiting you to 230 because of your class/level.

Vyre - 62.6 DPS, +2% Fatality Chance, +4.4 Strength, +0.2% Tap Health, +0.4% Tap Stamina - Acheronian Warlord, Sanctum of the Burning Souls

Kel’Avashk Cap - +74 Max Mana, +5.1 Intelligence, +4.8 Unholy Damage (magic), +1.8 Defense Rating, +0.1 Heroic Defense Bonus - Princess Akivasha, Sanctum of the Burning Souls

Keen Claidhmore - 52.1 DPS, +2% Fatality Chance, +3.2 Strength, +1.8 Damage (melee) - Random world drop from Ymir.

Levels 30-39

Cimmerian Greataxe - 85.3 dps, +4.3 cold (melee), +4.3 slash (melee) - From the scout overlooking the Vanir camp north west in the Eiglophian Mountains.

Bonecleave (level 59) - DPS 113.4, +7.1 Strength, +7.5 Damage(physical), Chance on damage: Rending Strike (12-17 points of slashing damage, 6-8 slashing damage a second for 4.5 seconds) - Dropped from Karvel Vernus in the Catacombs

Levels 70-79

Player crafted items and random green or blue drops often will fill out many of your equipment slots. I am currently under the opinion that +2h Edged Dmg is the most important stat. The keyword, when searching vendors for this gear, is Scything.

This thread will list where to find some of the best HoX gear as we progress through the game. The database will have, as they become available, item locations and stats. I’m going to try to restrict this list to items of Blue quality or better (levels 1-19 excluded). That said, there are definitely times in your progression where Green or even White vendor items will actually yield higher DPS. This list will only improve if people contribute, so please post whatever you have. Please note DPS numbers are approximate - they are affected by level and other equipped gear.

Cry For War - 80 DPS, +6 str, +7 int, +0.3% health tap - Arena quests in Tarantia Noble District

Levels 50-59

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This is supposed to be gimped?

bdus033 — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:13:53 +0000

I have also noticed that this class relies on quick execution of manymany combos. You basically want to setup yoru character to have non stop combo usage throughout fights. Especially in PvP. Once you start using regular swings, your damage goes way down, unless you have some unholy damage added to your weapon strikes.

Unlike most of the other classes, I noticed that this class has to be absolute in one thing or another. You either stack as many buffs, attacks and auras that provide damage, or you stack them all up for healing.

Ok I played a Dark Templar up to about 22 now. Where is this total gimp action people keep whining about?

But so far I’m not seeing this gimpyness everyone claims.

I’m guessing at higher levels, I will still be age of conan gold using 2 and 3 hit combos over the 4 hitters. I still have to see how this class handles in a group against epic monsters.

After dodging my way through aoc gold the gank fest of Tortage, I found myself able to win about 50% of my PvP encounters. A few of those battles were against classes about 3 levels higher than me. (a few of them a PoM and ToS)

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Van Diemens Demise - Gwahlur

bdus033 — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:12:58 +0000

~ Drax

We like to think we are a friendly bunch, that will help you out if we can.

We do have a website, but we have pulled it down for rebuilding

We do have a voice chat server that is age of conan gold up 24/7, and we do ask our members to use it if they can, even if it is just to listen (if ya don’t have a mic or something)

There we have a Application Form that will let you know what to do.

We are tring to set up a main US playtime in game aoc gold as well, as we have done with other games in the past

Our main Prime play time is in between 7pm to Midnight Australian eastern standard time, but we also have members that play at other times as well during the day, so it shouldn’t be a problem to find someone on at most times.

(leave a post here or at our forums and we will get back to you asap)

Van Diemen’s Demise is a guild playing on the Gwahlur

We accept, and have, members from all over the globe..

We do ask all members to sign up to our forums (and be active in them)

Please feel free to ask any questions you may have…

Most of our current members have a long history in Online gaming, and a few of us where Open and closed beta testers.

Visit our Forums: http://www.armleg.com/vddpotbs

server.

We are into all aspects of the game, PvP, PvE, Crafing and such..

You can find me in game (on Gwahlur) as Draxonfly

thanks for reading.

How to get an invite into Van Diemen’s Demise?

We are looking for mature minded, but fun loving members..

Every member has a voice and will be heard!

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Level 80 Ranger PVP Movie

bdus033 — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:12:09 +0000

I really think I have completely mastered the Ranger class aoc gold and I think on watching it you will agree.

http://files.filefront.com/slappywag…/fileinfo.html (also has a Filefront stream, though it’s pretty low quality. Just download it, it’s only 65mb)

I’ve been level 80 for awhile now (I was one aoc gold of the first 10 to hit it on my server) and I have seen a lot of people complaining about how effective Rangers are in PVP. I don’t know what game you guys are playing because I completely destroy anyone I come up against 1 on 1 and I figured what better way to energize the Ranger community that make a video of me doing just that.

So here it is:

Basically I just made this movie from a couple of clips in only like 1 day of PVP — but the clips are such high quality that I don’t think you’ll be able to tell. Unfortunately it’s all been filimed in Khesh since that’s pretty much the only place where 80 v 80 world PVP occurs atm =(

Hi guys.

I hope you enjoy the movie. There’s no fancy editing or anything but I don’t think that that subtracts from the overall quality. Afterall, the best WoW PVP movies (at least that I enjoyed) were raw arena matches.

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Not just contributing, but SEEN to be contributing.

bdus033 — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:11:16 +0000

So developers in history have either had to turn hybrid aoc gold classes imba in order for them to grab attention in the FotM, or sit around wondering why noone rolls these classes after a year or so.

Having played a few games, like many others here, I have come to a conclusion that for a class to be wanted for a party, they not only need to be contributing, but also to be SEEN contributing. Let me explain.

Noone really sees the small but consistent pressure laid down by the DoT or HoT guys, or like in Guild Wars, the damage mitigated by a Mesmer or Ranger interrupting skills and spells. There’s no big numbers or clear visible signs that these classes are doing their job.

This is most commonly a PuG problem, and everyone can say L2Guild, or whatever. Just because people are in your guild does not mean they are any less ignorant or prejudiced.

This might not sit well with people who do not like skill visual effects, but I believe that the effects do not just serve a self satisfaction role, it shows your team members that you are working and doing stuff.

Back to my earliest point, these classes need to be SEEN contributing. If not by big numbers, then by specific graphics that cannot be mistaken with other classes. If everytime we proc an Aura or Covenent or whatever, the mob looks like he’s drenched in dark blood, then others in the raid can see when we’re procing stuff. Could be anything from a cloud of flies or skill over their heads whatever.

The Holy Trinity is case in point. The DPS class are visibily seen contributing, you see the mobs health bar drop when they get the attention of the DPSer. The Healer class are easy to spot, watch your own health bar stay up, or watch it shoot up and you know you are covered. The Tank is the focus of a fight’s attention, the mobs are visibly on him.

Of course, for variety, game aoc gold developers make hybrid classes. Those hybrid classes that lean close to these 3 extremes also share their visibility. The trouble are for the ones that are somewhere inbetween these classes, worse, the DoT/HoT guys.

So here we are, the hybrid of hybrids. We look like tanks, we DoT a bit, we HoT a bit. When we grab aggro, the healers work overtime, when we attack a mob, the Tank and DPSer wonder if we’re even doing anything.

The combat log jets pass really fast, and quite frankly normal humans are interested in reading your parced damage before they let you join their raid.

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Righteous Dawn - Dagoth - NOW RECRUITING

bdus033 — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:10:24 +0000

Basically we’re looking to build our community on Dagoth and add some quality people that enjoy pvp and raiding. If you’re looking for an established guild with laid back veteran MMO players, then we’re probably the guild for you. Contact us in game or on the website if you’re interested in applying.

You can apply at our website, or contact Aeneas, Devilbliss, Balkis, Sagasha or Sylvester in game for a trial invite.

GUILD HISTORY:

Now that AoC has the first month under its belt, Righteous Dawn has decided to open up recruitment to the public.

Here’s our WoW website so you can see what we’ve been all about for the past 3 1/2 years.

www.righteousdawn.com

http://www.righteousdawn.dkpsystem.com/news.php

Righteous Dawn started as a raiding age of conan gold guild in World of Warcraft over 3 1/2 years ago on the Azgalor server. Throughout that time, Righteous Dawn has maintained its position as the premier raiding guild on Azgalor with server first kills in every major raiding instance from Molten Core to Sunwell.

Now that AoC is out, the guild is branching out to another MMO while maintaining its presence in WoW. We’re a laid back group whether we’re PvP’ing or raiding. Most of the time we’re drunk when we do either (Grappler and aoc gold Paragon are always drunk and will take on all comers in a drinking contest).

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Blowing my free respec to experiment with all the pet feats

bdus033 — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:09:33 +0000

* Arcanists now cast in 1 to 1.5 seconds. They seemed to tear **** up! Damage range was slightly lower than Reapers but of course that’s to be expected given their rapid cast time.

First, the spec.

* Necrotic Bombs seem to deal about 700-900 damage when detonating and pulse for about 100 a tick each. The poster that implied popping No Rest and mass summoning them was incorrect, as it seems their age of conan gold deaths don’t count as detonations in that situation.

* Harvesters regenerate 45-49 mana per tick and 32-35 stamina per tick. You must be in closish proximity to them to receive stamina and mana healing. Ticks occurred anywhere from around once every 2 seconds to multiple times per second.

* Magus Damage so far seems identical to that of Reapers, but I’m still not noticing any splashing taking place. I was hoping they’d splash like they were advertised. How many updates later and the feats are still busted.

Frozen Hatred no longer seems to spawn from pet kills.

* Void performs as it originally did, only for around 218 a tick to both Stamina and Mana. This may or may not be based on a percentage of their maximum, so these numbers may vary greatly vs players (as has been the tendency in the past.).

Reanimation Spells

* Blighted Ones now drain 174 Stamina a tick and 216 mana. Usual proc rate is between once every 2 seconds to multiple times per second. The PVP implications of this pet are obvious.

* Reapers heal 32-41 a tick. Their actual range seems longer now than before. Damage was consistently 184 vs a level 80 Spotted Sabertooth in Purple Lotus Swamp, sans Walk with Death.

* Life Stealers’ heals ranged from high 30s to mid 50s naturally and could crit in the 70s to 90s range, and they happen seemingly about the same as other pet procs, anywhere from once every two seconds to up to twice or three times in a single proc.

* Damage on 8x mutilators is pretty consistent, between 40-80 damage per hit on level 80 mobs, although I’m not sure which of those numbers is the result of bone horde and which is the Mutilation dot. They behave as expected under Walk with Death.

I’ll take some samples and get back with you guys on my findings on what pets I think are useful and which aren’t.

Okay, the big update with my findings:

* Arcanists now use the Ice Strike animation for their spells, and Arcanist’s Knowledge stacks up to +2.5% magic Damage for your whole group. Likewise, that boost to damage would multiply your +Magic Damage by that amount, so having a Nightfall/DtS necro in a group with someone running Arcs would be pretty good.

* Consider Cabal to be = Bone Horde for Mage Pets. This is the long and short of it, and I think BH and Cabal may stack so having 5x BH and 5x Cabal will buff damage across the board better than loading up with all of one pet type.

* Frenzy is 20 second duration, 60 second cooldown with maxed Unholy Fortitude. That means you may have a pet tank for you 33% of the time after this update.

The mana and stamina are NOT Drained from the mob, the Harvesters instead just heal you of Mana and Stamina as an attack proc.

* Corrupters still tear some amazing amounts of ass, especially with Flesh to Worms affecting the target.

Pets

* Archmagi seem to be doing about 278ish vs age of conan gold 79-80 in PLS. Not too bad. I wasn’t expecting them to be doing the 370+ they were doing before but I could still kite and 2x archmages took 5 shots to take them down each rather than the 3 it took before.

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