www.massively.com/2009/07/07/age-of-conan-to-unveil-new-expansion-at-gamescom/

Funcom's Erling Ellingsen confirmed the news:

"Yes, we will be revealing the first expansion for Age of Conan at the GamesCom show in August. We have lots of exciting stuff to reveal and Conan players and gamers in general are in for a real treat, but for now, our lips are sealed until then!"

Originally posted by Nadia

i wouldnt mind an expansion, that would be a good thing for AoC players.

So this announcement just announced another annoncement to be made in August? 

This is good news for AoC players.

It will be well received especially after they tweak 1.05x and add all the enhanced 1.06 features which *should* give people a lot more to do end game and while leveling.

One thing AoC has been struggling with is primitive guild control and no alliances / factions.

People enjoy FFA but they want some control over it so they don't randomly hit players in their NAP.

I think 1.06 will give AoC some more functionality in that department.

The Expansion is suppose to be centered around Asia I believe ?

Originally posted by TheNinjaboy

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The Expansion is suppose to be centered around Asia I believe ?

thats what i heard too, but i personally prefer a raised level cap with exponential dificulty and some real professions like good transporting, pirating etc...

Originally posted by Nadia

www.massively.com/2009/07/07/age-of-conan-to-unveil-new-expansion-at-gamescom/

Funcom's Erling Ellingsen [...]

barf.. im sorry, what?

Originally posted by clearSam

Originally posted by TheNinjaboy

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The Expansion is suppose to be centered around Asia I believe ?

thats what i heard too, but i personally prefer a raised level cap with exponential dificulty and some real professions like good transporting, pirating etc...

 

One thing in the initial stages was that they were toying with a very high level cap or none at all at one point.

I wouldn't mind seeing a few of these with an expansion;

• 2 extra classes
• Content in size of Aquilonia + bit extra
• Crafting focus
• Goods from new Content transparent in other area's such as sieging equipment / goods / new locations
• Trade routes, as is Asian themed
• Epic dungeons, Open world PvP bosses
• Massive Gear type influx in themed design
• Level 100 cap or higher
• Some kind of concept focus to get more people into sieges

Let's see the expansion was announced a few weeks after launch, than again a few months after that, and this post seems to be announcing the link to an announcement of the future announcement.

Seems like any time FunCom is desperate for attention to AoC they say  "Lookie! Lookie! Were announcing an Expansion!!"

I am guessing in August they will be announcing a long wait, one that will most likely be pushed back 'till it's ready'. Without an Internal QA staff subscribers maybe playing it for free on Test Live for half a year or more.

With anything gaming you can always expect Hype, but crying wolf every few months tends to turn hype into white noise.

I hope they fix the gross caster / melee imbalance by then.

Originally posted by Unfinished

Let's see the expansion was announced a few weeks after launch, than again a few months after that, and this post seems to be announcing the link to an announcement of the future announcement.

Seems like any time FunCom is desperate for attention to AoC they say  "Lookie! Lookie! Were announcing an Expansion!!"

I am guessing in August they will be announcing a long wait, one that will most likely be pushed back 'till it's ready'. Without an Internal QA staff subscribers maybe playing it for free on Test Live for half a year or more.

With anything gaming you can always expect Hype, but crying wolf every few months tends to turn hype into white noise.

It is only upsetting it you let the announcements upset you. Reading your post seems like this pains you, or anything to do with FC / AoC in the public eye. Maybe it is just me /shrug

I would weigh in since the release of 1.05 people have been asking left and right about the expansion and about the vet trial and about the Xbox 360. Majority of these questions are asked by the press.

With E3 just gone people were tweeting Sil, posting on the forums asking if they will be there, as well as upcoming events this year. TSW will have devs at DragonCon next time round announced today too.

I am not upset that they keep tabs on informing those interested as time goes on for one.

I suspect that they said this today as there will be two online interviews coming out soon from IGN and Gamespot which will have this info in.

So if they add new classes what do some of you think they will be?

I can't think of any in the Conan lore other than a pirate, but I don't know how that would play out in AoC very well.

Anyone with some guesses?

i'm coming back to AoC..seems like a lot of good has happened, and it may be headed in the right direction.

Originally posted by Sevenwind

So if they add new classes what do some of you think they will be?

I can't think of any in the Conan lore other than a pirate, but I don't know how that would play out in AoC very well.

Anyone with some guesses?

 

I think they will create one at least from scratch. The HoX and the Demo are pretty unique classes.

I think another Rogue and maybe another mage type.

For reference too only picture released for it as concept art:

Originally posted by AmazingAvery
 

I think they will create one at least from scratch. The HoX and the Demo are pretty unique classes.

I think another Rogue and maybe another mage type.

For reference too only picture released for it as concept art:

 

That is a fair guess. The Hox and Demo I agree are quite unique classes to the game a ton of fun to play too. I hope they have a unique class if they do introduce a new class or two. I have seen that picture before. I can't wait till August. They should tease out some images till the official announcement.

Originally posted by AmazingAvery

Originally posted by Sevenwind

So if they add new classes what do some of you think they will be?

I can't think of any in the Conan lore other than a pirate, but I don't know how that would play out in AoC very well.

Anyone with some guesses?

 

 

I think they will create one at least from scratch. The HoX and the Demo are pretty unique classes.

I think another Rogue and maybe another mage type.

For reference too only picture released for it as concept art:

I can def see where ppl get the guess that it's gonna be in asia..

My main concer as of now is getting class balance sorted out.

I love this game for the pvp. I like the pve too, but mostly as a mood setting for good ol' rp-pvp.

That said, I don't mind an expansion. I hope they will open op some big-spaced pvp-areas as a part of that.

Wow, no wonder content updates have been so slow and virtually no endgame additions . Hope it goes well for funcom cause i sure as hell aint buying their steaming pile of poo

There track record says High Seas and Heavy Winds with an expansion its been well over a year from release and there are still problems with the original game. I think there are enough folks who finally understand that Funcom does not release a finished product or with everything they hype in it. I for one will not be paying for there beta testing of an expansion.

Originally posted by Nadia

www.massively.com/2009/07/07/age-of-conan-to-unveil-new-expansion-at-gamescom/

Funcom's Erling Ellingsen confirmed the news:

"Yes, we will be revealing the first expansion for Age of Conan at the GamesCom show in August. We have lots of exciting stuff to reveal and Conan players and gamers in general are in for a real treat, but for now, our lips are sealed until then!"

This is how I see it.

Expansion are a double edged weapons. In one side, you are making some kind of relaunch giving players something shinny and new. So loyal fan base will probably give you an income. But in the other side,  people not so happy with the game will probably not buy it. And some of them may eventually leave because they dont have all the content. They are asked to go places they cant, they see stuff they cant have.

Seeing how badly AoC player base is, I see it as a bad move. It's just my opinion, but they should release this content for free. I know they need the money, but they screwed people a lot and as soon as they start doing things right, they ask for money again. But is a matter of opinion, of course.

Nice, more goodness for Aoc, and some thought that Funcom had financial problems and that the game will die hehe.

Well it time to eat words. My server Crom (EU) is full with players, patch 1.05 is all good and with an expansion in the works there is much rejoicing for the AoC massive!

Just to be clear the xpac isn't coming out in august. They're just 'revealing' it. Which, considering they've made announcements about it in the past means this doesn't amount to much.

Originally posted by dhayes68

Just to be clear the xpac isn't coming out in august. They're just 'revealing' it. Which, considering they've made announcements about it in the past means this doesn't amount to much.

An annoucement about an annoucement for something that has already been announced how exciting.

Still though interested to see what it brings if it's coming in the near future, if they can make pvp and citys more meaningful I'd be interested. They need to have a win back campaign first though, they have another thing coming if they think those people they lied to and mislead the first time will pay them again before seeing first hand what has changed.

Needs to be coming realativly soon though, atm there is alot of bored people, it's been ages since a good new mmo launched, if its not coming in the next 4 or 5 months they are going to be going against the next gen of mmo's and there are some exciting titles there. If the game doesn't start to grow strongly during this period of no mmos it's only going to be downhill population wise once aion hits.

Originally posted by noggy1980

Originally posted by dhayes68

Just to be clear the xpac isn't coming out in august. They're just 'revealing' it. Which, considering they've made announcements about it in the past means this doesn't amount to much.

 

An annoucement about an annoucement for something that has already been announced how exciting.

Still though interested to see what it brings if it's coming in the near future, if they can make pvp and citys more meaningful I'd be interested. They need to have a win back campaign first though, they have another thing coming if they think those people they lied to and mislead the first time will pay them again before seeing first hand what has changed.

Needs to be coming realativly soon though, atm there is alot of bored people, it's been ages since a good new mmo launched, if its not coming in the next 4 or 5 months they are going to be going against the next gen of mmo's and there are some exciting titles there. If the game doesn't start to grow strongly during this period of no mmos it's only going to be downhill population wise once aion hits.

 

 

This made me laugh

How typically Funcom and EE. 

*Drumroll* - Let they hype begin!!!

Originally posted by AmazingAvery

Originally posted by clearSam

Originally posted by TheNinjaboy

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The Expansion is suppose to be centered around Asia I believe ?

thats what i heard too, but i personally prefer a raised level cap with exponential dificulty and some real professions like good transporting, pirating etc...

 

 

One thing in the initial stages was that they were toying with a very high level cap or none at all at one point.

I wouldn't mind seeing a few of these with an expansion;

• 2 extra classes
• Content in size of Aquilonia + bit extra
• Crafting focus
• Goods from new Content transparent in other area's such as sieging equipment / goods / new locations
• Trade routes, as is Asian themed
• Epic dungeons, Open world PvP bosses
• Massive Gear type influx in themed design
• Level 100 cap or higher
• Some kind of concept focus to get more people into sieges

yes, that would be great, my only hope is that Funcom gives dynamic content more attention and set it as a priority for the expansion, for example: if the goods are limited to a region, and people can actually transport those gods between zones using some kind of 'caravans' to make good cash, that would generate hours and hours of perfectly repeatable gameplay on all servers and  give the market and item's price some real sense. the caravans could also be attackable/lootable by anyone, that would create a pirating profession which would lead to bounty hunting , why not have bords with wanted players on them?

they can even add feat points related to those professions...  the possibilities are endless and the only limits are what devs are setting upon themselves because AoC as a technical application can be crafted easilly to do any of the above and much more... it uses DreamWorld Engine which other mmo devs can only dream of...

Reached level 31 bear Shahman last night, I am having a fun time playing but unfortunately when Champions Online comes I will not be subbing to AOC. I still encourage people to play AOC because it truely is a fun game now. Perhaps if Champions Online fails in some odd way I'll be back playing AOC again.