Please ask them why I am the A-Town G.

[Gameplay] How far can you fire with bow and are there penalties for range? Is there a difference between crossbow and bow?

[Gameplay] Does it take time to switch between weapons?

[Gameplay] Is there global cooldown? Are there any abilities which don't have a cooldown?

[End-game content]

Do they have anything planned other than the typical raids and sieging?

(Badges/Honors - think SWG, Special quests you need to be max level to get, and so on)

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[gameplay]

Does attack speed increase with leveling? For example does a lvl 80 barbarian perform a combo faster than a level 30 using the same combo?

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[gameplay]

Will there be any Guild vs Guild modes other than the Battlekeeps and player cities? Maybe in a future expansion? (several guilds attacking each other, for instance)

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G-RATZ AVERY ! YOU ARE OUR HERO!!!!

I have this question:

I am roleplayer, and also a member of fusion of many hardcore roleplay guilds that plan to be the single  biggest ROLEPLAY guild on EU side of AOC.

My question is , how much will AOC cater to roleplayers like us ?

Will we have RP flag ? What about diferent emotes like sitting, drinking, smoking...etc.
Non fighting activities like fishing , or tavern games like gambling. Will there be instruments ?

All in all , how much Funcom belives in Roleplayers and how much game features will they make for roleplayers ?

For those players who like mostly solo play. What do you have in store for them after you reach level 80. Are you going to be adding stories and quests frequently to keep the destiny quests or different quest lines going? 

 i really would like to leave pvp or anything else that requires another person out of this answer. this is strictly a single player question. thanks alot Avery!

Originally posted by Tyro

[End-game content]

Do they have anything planned other than the typical raids and sieging?

(Badges/Honors - think SWG, Special quests you need to be max level to get, and so on)

i would liek to add to this question. do they have any  plans to build systems that we can do that are realistic to hyboria for end game content?

ie: assasination missions, mercenary missions, country army missions, ect...

Do they have any plans to do anything out of the normal box with this?

Do Rangers get tracking,  and how will it work?

How will you make sure that the same thing that happend to ShadowBane, will not happen to Age Of Conan ?

Will they have an Oceanic Timezone server?

Not a server physically in the region, but one set to that timezone.

Can you ask them if there enitre game world is instanced?

Also can you ask them IF THERE ARE LOADING SCREENS FOR EVERYTHIGN LIke QUESTS AND GOING INTO BUILDING AND CHANGING WORLD AREAS?, and why they feel they need to make a game 100% instanced and not seamless?.

Can you ask them if they have any meaningful pvp, besides from WSG in the jungle?

Can you ask them are they going to delay the game again?

Can you ask them what is the state of large scale pvp and sieges and player cities with only a couple of months till launch.

Can you ask then when the game gets delayed again, to give a very detailed explaination as to why they are delaying it yet again for the 4th time.

Can you ask them what is so next gen about their comabt system?

Can you ask them why they fail at maiing Aoc.

Thank you for your time, being shown what they want you to see:).

Well as someone has already posted I just want to know if the world is open and big. If it is going to be anything like DDO becuase i hated that game for all the instanceing. Also if most things are an instance is there atleast going to big some big areas you can go through? I just don't want to see people walking through a town I want to run into people from adventuring in open areas too. Not sure how you are going to word that one lol, but I feel strongly that I will not enjoy the game if it doesn't have some kind of openness to it and I would just like that question asked before I buy it and find out the hard way.

The game world is instanced like GW, and each city and area has ID numbers you can select.  It is not seamless.

My question(s):

1) Will AoC "require" PvP to advance/compete in PvE. Not just talking about armor/abilities, but *anything*. Some games like to put the advanced 'materials' for crafting in PvP areas only to try to draw 'victims' into the death zone.

2) Will a mostly PvE player be able to PvP in balanced scenarios like WoW's battlegrounds? I've never been fond of the open PvP area "6 on 1" griefing, whether it be me in the 6, or the 1. I do enjoy teamwork and fair play. Most MMORPG's rely on just 'having the best gear + having far more numbers'. While valid tactics for real warfare, they don't make for fun or compelling gameplay for the 'victim'.

Originally posted by eric_w66

My question(s):

1) Will AoC "require" PvP to advance/compete in PvE. Not just talking about armor/abilities, but *anything*. Some games like to put the advanced 'materials' for crafting in PvP areas only to try to draw 'victims' into the death zone.

2) Will a mostly PvE player be able to PvP in balanced scenarios like WoW's battlegrounds? I've never been fond of the open PvP area "6 on 1" griefing, whether it be me in the 6, or the 1. I do enjoy teamwork and fair play. Most MMORPG's rely on just 'having the best gear + having far more numbers'. While valid tactics for real warfare, they don't make for fun or compelling gameplay for the 'victim'.

I did not like the idea that WoW was very 'who ever has the best gear wins'.  But I didn't really mind the 6 on 1 stuff, because it makes you feel like you need to be careful when you enter those lands, it is all part of the game.  Also in alot of the battlegrounds, people on your team would hardly ever listen to any teamwork ideas, and just did their own thing, unless of course it was an organized team.

Originally posted by Reccoo

The game world is instanced like GW, and each city and area has ID numbers you can select.  It is not seamless.

I dont think you really understand what the game is like. 30plus zones each up to 4x4 kilometers, 185square miles of gaming total. This doesn't include Tortage, which is the tutorial island, has various instances and switching between day and night cycle (single and mmo style) to get you used to the game.

Originally posted by Reccoo

Can you ask them if there enitre game world is instanced?

Also can you ask them IF THERE ARE LOADING SCREENS FOR EVERYTHIGN LIke QUESTS AND GOING INTO BUILDING AND CHANGING WORLD AREAS?, and why they feel they need to make a game 100% instanced and not seamless?.

Can you ask them if they have any meaningful pvp, besides from WSG in the jungle?

Can you ask them are they going to delay the game again?

Can you ask them what is the state of large scale pvp and sieges and player cities with only a couple of months till launch.

Can you ask then when the game gets delayed again, to give a very detailed explaination as to why they are delaying it yet again for the 4th time.

Can you ask them what is so next gen about their comabt system?

Can you ask them why they fail at maiing Aoc.

 

Thank you for your time, being shown what they want you to see:).

Wait for the video footage mate, and the important announcments coming soon (they arent what you think)

Hey Avery, congrats on winning the contest!  Would you mind telling me when in january they are going to release all the new info? i don't know if it has been announced yet but i cant find it. Also i was wondering how group looting and exp. distribution will work, especially if a high lvl person is grouping with a low lvl buddy or something. Thanks in advance

This is a Very Good Question i know Much People would like to be answered.

Q: Do you Know a release date for the Xbox 360 Version of Age Of Conan?

To the previous poster, I have heard many times that the 360 version will be released in Q2 of 2008

Originally posted by Reccoo

Can you ask them if there enitre game world is instanced?

Also can you ask them IF THERE ARE LOADING SCREENS FOR EVERYTHIGN LIke QUESTS AND GOING INTO BUILDING AND CHANGING WORLD AREAS?, and why they feel they need to make a game 100% instanced and not seamless?.

Can you ask them if they have any meaningful pvp, besides from WSG in the jungle?

Can you ask them are they going to delay the game again?

Can you ask them what is the state of large scale pvp and sieges and player cities with only a couple of months till launch.

Can you ask then when the game gets delayed again, to give a very detailed explaination as to why they are delaying it yet again for the 4th time.

Can you ask them what is so next gen about their comabt system?

Can you ask them why they fail at maiing Aoc.

 

Thank you for your time, being shown what they want you to see:).

1st Question:It isn't seamless because the advanced graphics coupled with all of the people would crash most computers,they are taking measures to cater to a wide range of computers.This means the areas are instanced,you can still see people everywhere,there is just loading between zones.(hope I am not confusing your idea of instancing and mine.

2nd Question: I am hoping you are being a smartass,and are not oblivious to the answer. It is called the border kingdoms,it is a large sprawl of land that has 9 capturable fortresses called battle keeps,once captured by a guild,that guild can build and custimize their fortress and defend it against other player guilds,there are also resource nodes and small forts to capture.

3rd Question: Confirms the fact that you are being a smart ass in the last question.This question is one of your few questions that is reasonable.

4th Question: If they were going to delay,and avery asked whether or not they were,they would give some bullshit response like "We are on track for the launch",we all know this.

5th Question: Nothing is THAT next gen,it is a improvement,but I wouldn't be characterized as relelutionary.This is something I suppose you yourself would have to test,the dev's of coarse would give some out of their ass reasons why it is next-gen,you can't blame them,wouldn't you do the same thing?

6th: I am ignoring this one since it is obviously a "one-up" comment.

Please,I don't know what made you so offended by this game,but there is no reason why you have to bash it.

Avery

Thanks for doing this. I apologize in advance if this has been asked - I started to read through this post but eventually got frustrated with all the irrelevant comments about the inevitable doom of this game. Sigh.

Anyway, I understand that we’ll be able to fight from horseback – very nice. My question is for those of us who shun weapons and armor (I’m a born and bred caster). Will we be able to Cast from our mount? And if ‘Yes’ will the same conditions apply for mounted casting as does for regular (feet on the ground) casting? i.e. do you have to be standing still? (I have no idea what rule surround casing in AoC – I’m just going by previous experience in every other MMO I’ve played that for the vast majority of spells a caster needs to be still for casting). Perhaps there will be a limited number of spells you can cast while mounted? It would be very cool to do fly by heals…

Thanks and safe travels.