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• • Dark Templar = shadowknight?

  • (I've got a 70 SK but only 25 DT so, hopefully, someone more familiar with higher-level DT's can chime in and correct me.)

    They are close in "spirit of the class" but different how they are implemented. Dark Templars use poison-based and lifetap combos and spells, like a SK, but do not have a pet and cannot use 2H weapons. AFAIK, no class in AoC has Feign Death. Of the three Soldier classes DT's are the most "evil" and I'm surprised that Stygians cannot be DT's. A Stygian DT would be like a Dark Elf or Erudite SK, physically weak but mentally strong.

    Guardians are probably better tanks in large groups but I like DT's better for small groups since they contribute more DPS. I think DT's solo better too for the same reason: more DPS.

    Guardians can wear heavier armor (=higher [i]physical[/i] damage mitigation) than DT's but DT's have a higher damage mitigation to certain types of [i]magical[/i] damage; not all types though.

    DT's extend their life with lifetaps as opposed to number of hit points and defenses. This might make a Guardian a better main tank in a raid against a single tough mob since they have a better chance to survive burst damage but DT's might be better against multiple mobs.

    Note that most of the healing in AoC is heal-over-time so burst damage will be a problem for any tnak.

  • Posted: 5/22/08 1:17 PM
    Age of Conan
• • almost bought it, but...

  • Two CPU's are reported for a single-core CPU if it supports Hyper-Threading (HT).

    EDIT: Oops, the above poster beat me to it!  ;-)

     

  • Posted: 5/20/08 7:22 PM
    Age of Conan
• • Two simultaneously running accounts on the same PC

  • I think this would be problematic in AoC for several reasons:

    • AFAIK, there are no "safe" zones in a PvP zone so you can't just park your buffbot in a realm-owned keep, for example, while your active characters goes hunting.
    • Buffs have limited durations so you'd have to frequently move your active character back to your buffbot whenever they expired and the best buffs have very limited durations.
    • Group buffs, AFAIK, have limited range.
    • Targetted buffs have a very limited range.

     

  • Posted: 5/20/08 5:50 PM
    Age of Conan
• • When Will We See the First 80?

  • Any bets that the first person to reach 80 will actually be six people that reach 80 nearly simultaneously and all from the same guild?

    As a side bet, I wager the guild with be E***L*** for reasons I won't get into here (because they are not nice things to say about another guild, especially one I don't know personally).

  • Posted: 5/20/08 5:41 PM
    Age of Conan
• • whats wrong with instancing

  • Apparently some people think AoC uses instancing like Guild Wars instead of Tabula Rasa, CoX or EQ][. They may be confusing instances (private dungeons/missions) with instancing (creation of multiple outdoor zones when the zone has too many PCs) though the terms are similar so I understand the confusion.

  • Posted: 5/20/08 5:01 PM
    Age of Conan