Hi there,

Luckly I'm in a position to ask some questions to the developers of Age of Conan (Funcom) in a few weeks time, from a prize that I won.

Obviously there are alot of questions with which we havent had all the answers yet so I expect a few similar or duplicate questions to come up. I'll be making a thread on the official forums too, but if you could present some questions in a decent manner, I'll try to collate them all up and see if I can get some answered for you guys, within the realms of reasonability, NDA and companies own marketing guidelines and schedule. Remember some things might just not be answerable when I'm there.

Just remember that right now some questions just cannot be answered, but it doesn't mean that I can't ask and maybe get a reply or further insight into something.

I'm taking a decent Camera, buying a Camcorder and will be making lots of notes. Remember things that I'm allowed to visually present, might answer your questions too.

Some AoC fansites have been invited to Oslo too on the Saturday while I'm there which I'm looking forward to as well.

Remember as I'll be going around different area's, questions can be on anything from the music in the game, to full motion capture as well as gameplayand technical aspects.

What would help, would be if you imagined yourself there, what would you most like answered?

Also some questions you might want asking might of already been answered so try to check first if possible, asking to expand on previous answers is reasonable, but again, I might be just in a situation where things can't be said at that point in time.

Thanks for any help, and try to keep it nice and professional! If you could state at the start which type of question it is:

example:

[Technical]  Can you give any idea of the computer requirements of the game, or further expand on what you have said before?

[Gameplay]  How many players do you invision to take part in a siege in the Border Kingdoms, is there a limit?

[Crafting] When are we going to see more on crafting in the game?

You get the idea, its just easier to collate them all properly to be aimed at the right people this way =)

I'm thinking of doing a series of reports for each area of the game.

Deadline for asking is the 14th January!

Avery

Cool beans and grats on your oppurtunity.

My question is GAMEPLAY related.

Q: Will there be some type of restriction placed on high level buffs being able to be cast on low level players by high level characters.    I. E.  will a level 80 be able to cast some high level buff on a level 20? Or will there be some type of  level restriction that will not allow that.

Reason why I ask this is due to the fact in AO level 200+ characters could buff level 17 characters with their top of the line Buffs.  Which in turn would imbalance PVP since you would have level 17 characters running around with lvl 200+ heal over time, str/stam, shield buffs, etc.   Which in turn would forced others to do the same thing, which eventually turned PVP into BuffVP.  Not only that but this type of game mechanics also encourages people to create buff bots.

Grats Avery, sounds like a good time.  I'll edit here if I think up a good question.

ok, had to edit this out since i found all my questions pretty much answered in conan forums and i made an ass of myself pretty much for not looking

i will edit this too when i can come up with even little bit more decent question.. geez

I would like to ask this question:

-Is the current release date of March 25 2008 still valid, or have you changed it?

-Regarding the mounts...if something attacks you while riding will you fall off? Or will you keep riding. I.E, I am riding my horse along the forest, and suddenly a bear attacks me, will I fall off? Or can I keep riding away. Because I heard you could attack things while on your mount.

Those are my questions, I hope you get them answered! :)

- Will we be able to physically knock other players and NPCs backwards using melee attacks, arrows, or spells? It's always great fun to send someone flying.

The only thing i can think of right now is a question on mounts.

I would like to know more on the different types of mounts, for example, if camels will be able to go as fast as a horse would, because I would really like a camel, but I will be forced to go with horse if they can move faster.  Speed is everything for me lol.

I know it is a pretty lame question lol.  But I cant think of anything else to ask.  I will probably edit this if I can think of anything else.

Thanks

[PvP]

- Can you manually aim catapults under sieges? - Can the defending guild intercept firing of siege engines by attacking them before the walls are destroyed?- What happens if siege engines are destroyed? Can you build new ones during the battle?
- Any chance of inventory looting on PvP servers?
- Will shadows, noise, and positioning relative to visual cone affect your chance to stay stealthed in PvP?

[Crafting / Trade]

- Any plans of implementing stats to crafting resources?
- Any plans of implementing traderoutes / caravans between cities and tradeposts?- Can vendors be placed by players, or only by guild officers?

[Combat]

- Is mounted combat formations still in?

[PvE Raids]

- Will there be other end game raid dungons besides Black Ring Citadel at launch?
- Is there a reset timer for raid dungeons?
- Will dungeons have traps and hidden doors a rogue could detect?

Great questions so far! *Starts writing down* !

Not sure what cathegory this should be placed in but it is regarding PvP:

Q: Will there be an FFA PvP server with no restrictions on who you can attack and where? If not what will be the closest thing?

Originally posted by Yamota

Not sure what cathegory this should be placed in but it is regarding PvP:

Q: Will there be an FFA PvP server with no restrictions on who you can attack and where? If not what will be the closest thing?

 

The PvP servers are by definition Free For All. The only ones who cannot attack you are party members and guild members. And you will only be safe a few limited places, like hubs etc.

Originally posted by Xantonos

 

Originally posted by Yamota

Not sure what cathegory this should be placed in but it is regarding PvP:

Q: Will there be an FFA PvP server with no restrictions on who you can attack and where? If not what will be the closest thing?

 

I know the answer to that one.

 

The PvP servers are by definition Free For All. The only ones who cannot attack you are party members and guild members. And you will only be safe a few limited places, like hubs etc.

Excellent!

[releasedate] is it gonna be in march?

Any information you can find about the FFA PvP server(s) you can find out would be appreciated.

[technical] What will the system requirements be like? Age of Conan looks very well polished, will it be possible to play on a computer that isn't brand new?

Will players be able to reduce the graphics to prevent lag?

(bad english)

[crafting] more infos please. Especially about raws.

[misc] What else is there to kill time in game ? Any game has "downtimes". At some point you are level caped and well equiped. You have to wait for the right PUG team/guildies to do the right dungeon/raid/PvPSiege/CTF/Whatever. Is there anything to do ? Collections (lore or shells or stamps  :P) , building something, anything to do not combat based ? 

[combat] Curious about CD. Basically its clear how it works. How does size matter ? Well, there are no gnomes, but could a gnome run through the legs of a huge barbarian. Or in AoC terms, does a small and slender woman (or man) have a small advantage when it comes to find a break in the  wall (formations and mounted formations, escaping a PvP attack, and so on...)?

[itemization] Are there fixed sets of armor and weapons or are we able to customize our looks ? Anything like dyes (Lotro) or fashion slots (eq2). Or are we forced to look like we look if we want those stats on the items ?

[Technical]

Regarding the weather system:

• What kind of weather can we expect to see(snow, hale, rain, thunder)?
• Will it be fully dynamic or a static/triggered event?
• Will it affect gameplay(hindered movement, bad visibility, death by lightning )?

What are the rewards going to be for playing the CTF games? I hope nothing that affects gameplay or we will have a BG grind a la WoW.

Will the xbox 360 controller be supported since release?

I'm dying to know the answer of this question since MMO's give me tendoncitis thanks to the goddamn mouse.  So please ask this question.

Originally posted by blakheart666

Will the xbox 360 controller be supported since release?

I'm dying to know the answer of this question since MMO's give me tendoncitis thanks to the goddamn mouse.  So please ask this question.

Well I heard the game is going to be ported to the 360 a few months later so if thats true I see no reason why you will not be able to.