I'm looking forward to playing Age of Conan since launch. I have always loved funcom and their games. AO mainly so many years spent on that game and love how complex the game is with the complex quests and the terrible grind and I don't say that in a BAD way at all I enjoyed hecklers. More when they dropped ingots. <-- Secret word confirming I'm not some rebel scum haha.

I have a few questions about the game and not looking for things to discourage me but to learn more about the game.

Some these questions super basic like just login and see but my connection it's going take me forever and id like to hear about the game before it's in my hands.

I also plan on making several Let's Play Age of Conan!



1) The game now offers F2P model and the sub system sort like AO but less split up (me likes). I'm encouraged to try the F2P model on my 2003 account. (AO made it a 2003 :P) I hear we get all the character unlocks and such. How do the old character unlocking work? I have 2 maybe 3 old chars I would consider wanting to just have access to drain cash and delete.

2) What server offers the best PVP experience? I hear there is a 1 slot server but I guess it's tained with the F2P and multiple accounts?

3) What would you say is the top 3 solo PVE classes. Please make it more if there is no melee in the top 3 as I do enjoy melee and I just love soloing. (WoW Tainted there haha DK, Paladin, Druid (Wrath))

4) Like I said I have not played since the start. 2008? (Confirmed June 2008) What major top 5 changes have taken place.

5) If I remember their was the cool gathering zones and the siege zones or something. Is that still in place and has it become 10 times more fun? I hear F2P can't do it though.. I think that was a stupid choice and no because I will prob pay I just dislike not having more players for sieges.

6) I heard Age of Conan Unrated. Is this true are breasts and nudity back or was this just slogan for something totally different?

7) End game. Before I think it was just sieges and a raid? Maybe 2... Has this changed much?

8) Since 2008 has the game become even more active and faster or slower or has even the engine been tweaked to perform better making more smooth?

9) What is the max level and how is the level speed these days?

10) What forms of pvp is there now?

11) is there guild houses, player houses, guild keeps, Things like that?

12) Any siege toys that might really add fun?

13) No flying mounts right haha?

14) How many new zones do you think since 2008?

15) when can you get a mount and whats the speed of mounts at what level?

16) Can you somewhat twink a bit like AO to get something that most level say 20's don't have and be OPED?

17) How is the auction house/ market system? Can a player who enjoys farming resources make a good coin on the broker system?

18) The new item shop points tradeable in game or better yet can you trade some of the special items off the item shop in game to other players for in game currency?

19) did any of the new zones open up any bigger and any example maybe compared to the first large zone after 20 if I recall. I just remember 100's of us running down a mountain into a town on our mammoths.

20) Is there anything that id need to mail to my character that was rare and special or were all /claim on every single character?

21) For people who still play or recently went back (year or so) What do you enjoy more about AOC now then before?

22) I hear of some silly offline leveling system. How bad is it? How lets say unlegit is it?

1 - If already created you get the choice to unlock them at the character screen, but only the 2 unless you have previously bught/been awarded more char slots

2 - Tyranny or the new 'hardcore' server for the US, no idea for EU. The new server would start you off on an more even playing field rather than being up against PvP 10's on the older servers.

3 - There isn't really any top overall PvE classes, you'd need to be more specific on what you wanrt out of them for a proper answer.

4 -

You know, I started answering with good intentions but gave up after hardly even starting. Go and read the official forums and site, you haven't done any research yourself, which you would have if you were seriously considering playing again.

Originally posted by kanechart

1) How do the old character unlocking work? I have 2 maybe 3 old chars I would consider wanting to just have access to drain cash and delete.

This one is confusing but to my experience I had a Dark Templar old character (which as a class was locked) but when I came back all my characters were locked I decided to unlock my Dark Templar and it worked. I logged on with my DT no problem even though I didn't buy a class unlock. The free 5 classes are Guardian, Barbarian, Priest of Mitra and Demonologist. So, your old characters regardless of class can be unlocked however you are limited to 2 slots only if you want to play for free.

2) What server offers the best PVP experience? I hear there is a 1 slot server but I guess it's tained with the F2P and multiple accounts?

I play in EU server and there's only one english PvP server (fury) and there's a new server with FFA loot going to be released soon.

3) What would you say is the top 3 solo PVE classes. Please make it more if there is no melee in the top 3 as I do enjoy melee and I just love soloing. (WoW Tainted there haha DK, Paladin, Druid (Wrath))

I didn't experience them all at higher level but I would say go with a caster for the best soloers and if you like melee (like me) just go with anything you like they all solo "okay" (I went with the Dark Templar). My Barbarian was pretty decent to solo with too.

4) Like I said I have not played since the start. 2008? (Confirmed June 2008) What major top 5 changes have taken place.

1. Stats/Itemization revamp

2. New expansion (new race, Khitai asian like people)

3. Ymir's pass? (it's been awhile, I also quit and just returned recently)

That's about it to be honest.. of course the F2P part which you already know.

5) If I remember their was the cool gathering zones and the siege zones or something. Is that still in place and has it become 10 times more fun? I hear F2P can't do it though.. I think that was a stupid choice and no because I will prob pay I just dislike not having more players for sieges.

Border Kingdoms? (or border lands.. forgot the name) never been there but I think you mean these.

6) I heard Age of Conan Unrated. Is this true are breasts and nudity back or was this just slogan for something totally different?

There are nudities and adult content (prostitution, violence, your usual Conan world).

7) End game. Before I think it was just sieges and a raid? Maybe 2... Has this changed much?

Many people are into Raids there are 3 tiers as far as I know and for seiges I'm not sure if that's fun or not. I remember Aion's seiges they were zerg fests and not fun at all. If I want to PvP I'd go play a PvP game MMORPGs which focus on PvE fail to pull out a decent PvP game to be honest.

8) Since 2008 has the game become even more active and faster or slower or has even the engine been tweaked to perform better making more smooth? 

I think the performance is the same. The UI is bad compared to Wow, Rift, Aion..etc. Of the last 8 MMORPGs I've played AoC UI is the worst. As for graphic engine it was updated and the game looks more beautiful with my new graphic card (I chose to display grass for instance the amount of detail differences is huge.. it got all kind of "grass" including plants, flowers, barley..etc.. definitely makes the world different)

 

9) What is the max level and how is the level speed these days?

I have multiple character at around level 50 and I've played them the first few months of the game before I quit. I just came back recently. I think the leveling speed is the same (my new character is level 24 now) made 24 in 3-4 sessions (average 4 hours) and I play casually. The leveling speed can be smoothen out by XP potions you can buy with real money or veteran coins.

10) What forms of pvp is there now?

There are mini games and Sieges. For PvP server it is FFA in 80% of the world.

11) is there guild houses, player houses, guild keeps, Things like that?

Yes there are guild Keeps/Castles but never saw that and dont know much about them.

12) Any siege toys that might really add fun?

Never sieged a castle or defended a castle never even heard anyone talk about it in game or outside of game.

13) No flying mounts right haha?

No flying mounts.

14) How many new zones do you think since 2008?

I'd say at least 50% more new zones.

15) when can you get a mount and whats the speed of mounts at what level? 

As far as I know the first at level 40 and the advanced at level 80. There are vareity of mount types but the basic is slower (level 40) and the advanced is faster (level 80) just like WoW. There are horses, Rhinos, Mammoths..

 

16) Can you somewhat twink a bit like AO to get something that most level say 20's don't have and be OPED?

Items are level based like WoW you can buy some bundles which give you blue newbie weapons + rings + bags..etc. But EQ kind of twinkage is not possible as far as I know.

17) How is the auction house/ market system? Can a player who enjoys farming resources make a good coin on the broker system?

The auction house is dead for my level. I heard you can make money by farming raw resources and selling them in the AH.

18) The new item shop points tradeable in game or better yet can you trade some of the special items off the item shop in game to other players for in game currency?

As far as I know.. the items you buy from the store are not tradable and also the Funcom Points are not tradable. Most of the stuff is Vanity Items.

19) did any of the new zones open up any bigger and any example maybe compared to the first large zone after 20 if I recall. I just remember 100's of us running down a mountain into a town on our mammoths.

I didn't understand this question.

20) Is there anything that id need to mail to my character that was rare and special or were all /claim on every single character?

You can always /claim if you have any special account items like Bundles, CE, Pre-Order deal..etc

21) For people who still play or recently went back (year or so) What do you enjoy more about AOC now then before?

To be honest the game for me didn't change.. I am still going to pay monthly subscription because the limitations of the F2P specially at level 80 are too much. I just enjoy the fact there are at least 200% more people playing at the moment. I just need a different game and the PvE (so far) is keeping me going. I know this game will not last long and if you're hyped a lot about it I think you might be disappointed.

22) I hear of some silly offline leveling system. How bad is it? How lets say unlegit is it?

If you are a premium member (means you pay the monthly subscription fees) you get 1 level buffer every 4 days. This 1 level buffer you can apply to any of your character (must be level 30+) you can just save these +1 levels for whenever you feel you want to use them. It's not bad because 1 level every 4 days is not much when you're playing a game of 80 levels. You basically get 7.5 levels per month.

 

Hope the answers help..

Thanks yewsef, Yeah I know the part where it will not last is some what un true. The population and enjoyment might not last hehe. But Funcom will always run it even if it's just for 2 people hehe.

I'll answer your questions a little more fully since I've explored much of the game content off and on since launch,

Originally posted by kanechart

1) The game now offers F2P model and the sub system sort like AO but less split up (me likes). I'm encouraged to try the F2P model on my 2003 account. (AO made it a 2003 :P) I hear we get all the character unlocks and such. How do the old character unlocking work? I have 2 maybe 3 old chars I would consider wanting to just have access to drain cash and delete.
 

You may unlock 2 Previous characters as a free player, Even if they were "Premium classes" (IE None of the 4 free ones)

 

2) What server offers the best PVP experience? I hear there is a 1 slot server but I guess it's tained with the F2P and multiple accounts?
 

Deathwish on the US side. Tyranny as of right now is ruled over by overgeared 80's and twinks. You'll have a much more enjoyable time on Deathwish where everyone has started a new.

3) What would you say is the top 3 solo PVE classes. Please make it more if there is no melee in the top 3 as I do enjoy melee and I just love soloing. (WoW Tainted there haha DK, Paladin, Druid (Wrath))
 

Barbarian,Assassin,Herald of Xotli for groups. Conquerer/Guardian/Bear Shaman for solo play. PvE wise is relatively balanced between all the classes though.

4) Like I said I have not played since the start. 2008? (Confirmed June 2008) What major top 5 changes have taken place.

Rise of the Godslayer(expansion),Deathwish(FFA PvP server),Dreamworld update(Client stability/improvement),Introduction of new instances to existing zones,PvP/PvE Tiers of armor.

 

5) If I remember their was the cool gathering zones and the siege zones or something. Is that still in place and has it become 10 times more fun? I hear F2P can't do it though.. I think that was a stupid choice and no because I will prob pay I just dislike not having more players for sieges.
 

F2P can still head to the gathering zones. Its the Siege zones Free players cannot access, not like you'll ever need to though unless you join a major guild at 80.

6) I heard Age of Conan Unrated. Is this true are breasts and nudity back or was this just slogan for something totally different?
 

The game still offers adult content/subject manners(Breasts are among this)

7) End game. Before I think it was just sieges and a raid? Maybe 2... Has this changed much?
 

Sieges/new minigames for PvP of course. There are new tiers of raiding added offering higher grades of armor. The newest being 6 man dungeons for new sets of armors. 

8) Since 2008 has the game become even more active and faster or slower or has even the engine been tweaked to perform better making more smooth?
 

Client is much more stable. Funcom will always be known for breaking things in patches, however compared to launch the game is extremely well functioned. In short nothing game breaking.

9) What is the max level and how is the level speed these days?
 

80 still. Hardcore players may hit this in a week, casual players can hit it under a month.

10) What forms of pvp is there now?
 

Game has and will always be about FFA PvP. Minigames give objective based pvp games and Sieges give massive PvP. Its a pick your way to play type of game.

 

11) is there guild houses, player houses, guild keeps, Things like that?
 

Guild Cities exist. Provided you can construct them(Even a small guild consisting of a few players can form full tier 1 cities. There are no individual houses for players however. Cities a fully functional with merchants for crafting,auction houses and other things.

12) Any siege toys that might really add fun?
 

There are still cannons for sieges of course, however most sieges come to down players smacking walls to break through rather then building fancy thingamajiggers.

13) No flying mounts right haha?
 

Only a game aimed for 12 year olds would implement those.

14) How many new zones do you think since 2008?
 

About 6 or 7. It may not sound like much however Funcom enjoys building on zones they already have rather then implementing new ones and obscurring old ones.

15) when can you get a mount and whats the speed of mounts at what level?
 

40 for Basic. At 80 you can get Advanced mounts and/or Khitai mounts. Advance mounts move faster while Khitai mounts allow more functions(like stealth/higher damage). a Basic mount still performs well enough at 80.

16) Can you somewhat twink a bit like AO to get something that most level say 20's don't have and be OPED?
 

You may, the introduction of the cash shop makes all of it readily available to anyone though.

17) How is the auction house/ market system? Can a player who enjoys farming resources make a good coin on the broker system?
 

Resources still sell nicely, Gold can easily be farmed through solo instances at higher levels though.To answer your overall question, Gold can very readily be farmed.

18) The new item shop points tradeable in game or better yet can you trade some of the special items off the item shop in game to other players for in game currency?
 

Most if not all items in the cash shop are Bind on Pickup(bound to you and you alone)

19) did any of the new zones open up any bigger and any example maybe compared to the first large zone after 20 if I recall. I just remember 100's of us running down a mountain into a town on our mammoths.
 

The new zones are large and lush with content.

20) Is there anything that id need to mail to my character that was rare and special or were all /claim on every single character?

Claim works on every character of course.

21) For people who still play or recently went back (year or so) What do you enjoy more about AOC now then before?
 

I'm enjoying the new FFA PvP server. PvP is the games bread and butter and is always the most enjoyable form of content for me. Balance could use a little tweaking for some classes though.

22) I hear of some silly offline leveling system. How bad is it? How lets say unlegit is it?

 

Not so legit as you may think. You can't gain 80 levels worth in a month, and on the new server you can't use them at all. Use at you own risk as I like to call. Most go to about 60-65 and use their offline levels to hit 80. It's understandable if you'd like to use them earlier but theres nothing really "unlegit" about them though. Again the new PvP server you can't use them at all and using them on normal servers don't give you say gear or anything.