I think that quite possibly we might see some of the things from the new movie like seen in the new trailer out today: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLtyuLGsj8Y  Some parts already look like Stygia and and other countries.

Ahh Funcom did this with Age of Conan ^ ^

Sounds like OP already wants to play rift and is looking for a handout.

Originally posted by AG-Vuk

Saw the game play video , color me un-impressed. It's too bad they keep sticking the Star Trek IP on crap. Legacy , STO , now this . There was plenty of crap before Legacy , but they're on a losing streak now , imo.

Armada 1 & to some extent # 2 were great. Legacy was evil. STO is picking up good. I hope Infinite Space appeals to the pre Legacy crowd.

Some AoC news (partial quoted below) read more here: http://templeofxotli.blogspot.com/

The interesting part is about the comboskipping changes! Makes for an interesting read, check it out if you are thinking about coming back to the game or wanting to catch up on what is coming.

Check it out if just for the superb editing : click on the red text (you tube)

Age Of Conan - No Love No More - from HENRY YUKI FRANK

Made me laugh a lot! 

Originally posted by Theonenoni

If you are looking for skins then it is worth it. Otherwise it is not since weapons are scaled(so i hear).  If you want the black widow spider or the black moa it is worth it. If you want the gun that looks like a fish it is worth it.   The rewards are like novelty items since they wont give you an advantage over someone who doesnt have their HoM filled.

That's how I see it. Do you want different skins that won't be that unique as a hell of a lot of people will be running around with them anyways. Probably can't sell them either, so no profit there. But if you loved the first game then maximum respect to Anet for having some carry over. Personally I will be running around with all the new stuff.

The Anvil of Crom: Would F2P solve the population problem?

Massively's column asks the question (link above) 

Interesting points and I have to agree. Maybe by Year End or to start New Year off next year? Even at a push this fall would be cutting it, but it would be a fresh start for many. 

Finaticd, the dude is asking for info on the new PVP server not some history lesson. 

Just curious if you could share the last time you logged on as I am seeing much discepancy with the things you are writing. Maybe if you let us know it would give what your saying some weight. You see there has been skill updates all along. Definately looks like your just bashing without any know how...

DarkAsmodeus summed it up great.

King Arthur is good

Nice content updates incoming at last!

Originally posted by Cleffy

Its pretty difficult to go wrong picking a new hard drive.  SSDs sure, but the HDD market is so cut-throat that you are assured to get a high quality, high capacity HDD for a low price.  The only thing you have to do is not pick a Hitachi, get a large cache, and make sure you get one that supports SATA 2 or 3 inputs.

Western Digital now own Hitachi. I've never had any issues with 2 Hitachi's used in the past years batch.

Originally posted by Quizzical

A Western Digital Caviar Black is pretty nice for a hard drive, but it's also relatively expensive for a given capacity.  If performance matters, then go ahead and get one.

If you just want cheap bulk storage and performance doesn't matter, then you're better off getting a big, slow hard drive like this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136514

Double the capacity of the ones linked above, and cheaper, too.

I can recommend that Drive too. Put one in my DVR :)

Originally posted by Jackdog

the game has always had stunning graphics so would someone explain why this is a big deal? The quality of the graphics was never the reason  people quit playing. Even at release the game was the prettiest MMO I ever played, but the game play was just not there for me. I always thought AoC as a sexxy but dumb as a box of rocks cheerleader of the genre

Remember back in the day when instances were born and used by Funcom first in the genre. In many ways this game engine update whilst not as profound is still important as it pushes the behind the scenes elements.

Trying playing Khitai and thinking the game is dumb.

Nvidia has put it up on their youtube channel too now. 

I am loving the new light sources and changes to the engine now. Shadows were always good but the quality is better now and can be cranked up without the FPS hit.

For those interested:

Here are the statistics for Crysis 2 weapons and modules. Taken from Crysis | DenKirson 



WEAPONS 

 


HIT DETECTTION 

 


SUIT MODULES 

Armor: 
Air Stomp: Velocity based attack, more speed = more damage. Requires elevation beyond a Power Jump. 
Minimum Velocity Damage = 40 out to 2 meters 
Maximum Velocity Damage = 220 damage out to 7 meters 
UPGRADE II - No damage from falling 
UPGRADE III - 0.5x recovery time after Stomp 

Proximity Alarm: Sense enemy in 30m horizontal radius (not vertical), updates every two seconds 
UPGRADE II - Sensor updates every second 
UPGRADE III - Sensor updates every half-second 

Armor Enhance: 0.5x Energy Consumption 
UPGRADE II - +25% movement speed in Armor Mode 
UPGRADE III - Immune to Nanosuit Jammer Bonus 

Threat Tracer: Highlight Bullet path within 6m 
UPGRADE II - Highlight Grenades within 15m radius 
UPGRADE III - Highlights Explosives within 15m radius 

Nano Recharge: 2x Health regeneration 
UPGRADE II - 2x Suit Recharge (60 per second) 
UPGRADE III - 0.5x delay before health regeneration 

Detonation Delay: +2 seconds to grenade fuse when in blast radius 
UPGRADE II - +2 seconds to C4 fuse when in blast radius 
UPGRADE III - Fires Chaff against enemy JAW missiles 

Energy Transfer: Restores 20% energy with a kill 
UPGRADE II - Restores 30% energy with a kill 
UPGRADE III - Restores 50% energy with a kill 



Stealth: 

Stealth Enhance: Transition time to/from Stealth is halved 
UPGRADE II - No shadow cast in Stealth mode 
UPGRADE III - 0.5x energy drain rate in Stealth mode 

Covert Ops: No Player footstep sound 
UPGRADE II - Invisible to Ceph Airstrike 
UPGRADE III - 2x Enemy footstep sound 

Cloak Tracker: Creates particles on Cloaked enemy within 20m 
UPGRADE II - Causes enemy Cloak to flicker after 7 seconds in radius 
UPGRADE III - Causes enemy Cloak to flicker after 5 seconds in radius 

Jammer: Scrambles the radar of enemies within a 10m range 
UPGRADE II - Provides protection against enemy Radar Jammer attacks 
UPGRADE III - Scrambles the radar of enemies within an increased range 

Blind Spot: Invisible to Maximum Radar 
UPGRADE II - Immune to Visor Tagging 
UPGRADE III - Become less visible to enemies in Nano Vision 

Tracker: Tracks enemy footsteps within 25m, updates every 0.6 seconds 
UPGRADE II - Footstep direction tracks 
UPGRADE III - Doubled track updates, 0.3 seconds 

Visor Enhance: Automatically Tag enemies when zoomed in 
UPGRADE II - Enemy Flashbang grenade effect lasts 0.1x as long 
UPGRADE III - Nano Vision energy drain 0.5x 


Power: 

Side Pack: +1 Primary magazine 
UPGRADE II - +1 grenade/explosive 
UPGRADE III - +1 Attachment ammo 

Weapon Pro: 0.6x Reload Time 
UPGRADE II - 0.5x Aim Down Sight time 
UPGRADE III - 0.4x Weapon swap time 

Aim Enhance: Reduced recoil (unique to weapon) 
UPGRADE II - 0.4x view shake from explosions 
UPGRADE III - 1.6x movement speed when aiming down sights (versus whatever negative speed it offers) 

Loadout Pro: Two Primary weapons 
UPGRADE II - No Mobility loss from Attachments 
UPGRADE III - 1.5x speed while carrying HMG (Versus its 0.6x speed scale) 

Rapid Fire: Higher rate of fire on Primary Weapons (unique to weapon) 
UPGRADE II - Higher rate of fire on Secondary Weapons (unique to weapon) 
UPGRADE III - Higher rate of fire on Mounted Weapons 

Point Fire Enhance: Reduces spread of primary weapons (unique to weapon) 
UPGRADE II: Reduces spread of Secondary weapons (unique to weapon) 
UPGRADE III - Reduces spread of Mounted weapons 

Mobility Enhance: 0.5x Sprint and Jump Energy cost 
UPGRADE II - 0.5x Ledge grab climb time 
UPGRADE III - 0.25x Fire after Sprint time 

Retriever: Automatically collect Dogtags 
UPGRADE II - 1 less dogtag required for support bonuses 
UPGRADE III - 1.2x Support Bonus time

In my opinion the game needed a bit more time.

Several bugs popping up, those that are used to regular Crysis, mousewheel to change suit ability, often in C2 this bugs out and you are stuck.

I hate how it says press left or right to view next player and you can't - bugged.

As I've steadily been leveling up seems like quite a few servers are unstable, search functions of servers are shit, poor choices compared to previous versions of the game.

It seems like COD4 had a big influence character is not as responsive, machine guns are a favourite and most importantly levels - I hate the levels, never had them in Crysis Wars multi. Everyone was even. The levels are there for the console folks as well as the limited amount of players per multi map game.

I like some of the multiplayer maps and game variants but some are too small.

Single player story and game is great.

Multiplayer is not so great, very disappointed here - nothing like Crysis Wars Multiplayer which I think needs the most skill out of any FPS I have played to date. Small maps, no sandbox type, vechiles... bit of a let down to be honest.

If anyone is wondering about short term plans on the game, now the Engine update is done Craig recently posted the following:

This is a level 80 solo instance located in Kara Korum. Picture of entrance area is below.

Here is a pretty new interview with Craig: http://www.mmorpgitalia.it/site/content.php?1286-Age-of-Conan-Game-Director-Exclusive-Interview%21/view/1

Here is talks a a bit about the design of the game and the Dreamworld engine update, plus pvp, comboskipping and future content.