Age of Conan

i played for a couple months i dont remember the server but the guild i was in was called SPARTA lol. i had a nice lvl 35 Barbarian and our guild city was looking very good

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Unlimited Free Trial of the first 20 levels in Age of Conan now available.
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December 14, 2009 - Durham, USA - Funcom is delighted to announce a unique holiday offer for its massively multiplayer online game `Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures'. Anyone who downloads, registers, and starts playing the trial before January 1st 2010 will be able to enjoy all of level one to twenty – the entire Island of Tortage experience – without ever having to upgrade to a full account or pay a subscription fee. This unique Unlimited Free Trial campaign is only available until January 1st as a special holiday offer to anyone who wishes to experience the sexy and savage world of Conan.

"Our original seven day trial has been very successful so far," says Morten Larssen, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Funcom. "But with the holiday season coming up this is the perfect time to shake up our trial offer a bit and try out something new. So everyone who downloads the trial before January 1st will be able to play the first part of the game for free, forever. We are confident that many of those taking advantage of this offer will choose to become permanent players, allowing them to experience all of what the game has to offer including all the additions and improvements introduced since launch."

Celebrate the holiday season by downloading the trial today, and experience `Age of Conan' in all its savage, sexy and brutal glory. Go to http://www.ageofconan.com/trial to download the client and start your barbaric adventures today. Players can level up as many characters as they want before choosing to move on and explore the rest of the game. Players will be able to enjoy all of what Tortage Island has to offer, complete with player vs. environment and player vs. player gameplay. Users must take advantage of this offer before January 1st, and will need to log in to the game for the offer to take effect.

Launching in May last year `Age of Conan' quickly became a smash hit in retail, shipping over 1.2 million copies around the world. In North America, the most prominent online gaming market in the west, `Age of Conan' became the third best-selling PC title of the year in 2008. In the weeks after launch `Age of Conan' simultaneously topped the charts in 17 countries, and the game received critical acclaim from gaming press across the globe. `Age of Conan' is now available in English, French, German, Spanish, Russian and Polish localized versions, and is being prepared for launch in Korea as well.

For more information and how to purchase `Age of Conan' please visit http://www.ageofconan.com

ABOUT FUNCOM
Funcom is an independent developer and publisher of online games for PC, consoles and mobile platforms. Funcom has provided outstanding entertainment since 1993 and continues to expand its track-record of more than twenty released games. Recent titles include 'The Longest Journey', 'Anarchy Online' and 'Dreamfall: The Longest Journey'. For corporate information please visit. For information about Funcom games visit http://www.anarchy-online.com http://www.dreamfall.com , http://www.darkdaysarecoming.com or http://www.ageofconan.com. Funcom is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange under the ticker FUNCOM.

ABOUT CONAN PROPERTIES INTERNATIONAL
Conan Properties International LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Paradox Entertainment Inc., controls rights to Conan, many associated characters and the Hyborian world, as created by Robert E. Howard and various rights expanded upon by many acclaimed authors and artists. Many consider Conan the world's best-known fantasy character. For more information about Conan Properties International LLC, visit http://www.conan.com. For information about Paradox Entertainment Inc., visit http://www.paradox-entertainment.com.

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Damnit - see now I'm tempted all over again In fact I only stopped playing it because it hated DirectX10 at the time and wouldn't work on either of my pcs...

Well it must be succesful if they're giving it away
I'll download it and try it not that I hav'nt got enough already and more on the way

Funcom the norwegian producer has fired half of staff. and its may be time to play the game again.

I still have the original disc - can I sign up again after my last sub lapsed? does anyone know?

Have no idea LW

hmmm cheers anyway, I'll give it a go at some point. I was only able to play it on my bro's computer like...twice or something, but I did enjoy it - very brutal.

Due to the lack of MMO love I've found myself checking out Age of Conan again since the release of Rise of the Godslayer and apparntely AoC has actually now become the game it was supposed to be in the first place. I was wondering if anyone is still playing and can confirm that it's improved a fair bit?

frayed I cant. I didn't last long in AoC. it was a real shame they hadn't finished the game propperly before release becouse it was decent but could have been so much more.

Sureshot wrote:

Due to the lack of MMO love I've found myself checking out Age of Conan again since the release of Rise of the Godslayer and apparntely AoC has actually now become the game it was supposed to be in the first place. I was wondering if anyone is still playing and can confirm that it's improved a fair bit?

iam also wondering to start playing Conan again since the update, but iam not sure yet if some more will join i will give it a try again

Well I'm playing Runes of Magic on and off but I'd be up for giving this a go if a few other people are; I only stopped playing because nobody I knew was on - the game itself I rather liked

I'll think about playing again if others are.

I may not come for Age of Conan, first of all because I don't like Conan, second because I'm too busy atm.

Well I'm installing it just in case.

im tempted, i could really use a game that can keep me entertained.

I'll try reinstalling when I get home tonight but I STILL need my debit card to be delivered (yay for UK banks) before I can activate an account....even paypal wont work because it has my old card details linked to it.

/sigh

I'm playing on a RP, PvE server I'll find the name in a bit I'm Greylock a Dark Templer. I forgot how good the combat is in this game

LW you need a credit card or Clickandbuy

Really? They've not updated it to accepting Debit Cards? Well I don't actually HAVE a credit-card...

Do you get a month or so free access etc? I could get it through steam via nefarious means...

just ordered the expantion pack to conan so i will be online in some few days

Same. I put money into my brothers account then here ordered it HERE. I received it as a 'gift' lol.

I only hope that I don't need to register a card with it to open an account now that I've got it through steam.

One way to find out I guess....

the Norwegian are greedy thats way we need the credit card account so we can earn some more money in Norway

Lunarwolf wrote:

Really? They've not updated it to accepting Debit Cards? Well I don't actually HAVE a credit-card...

Do you get a month or so free access etc? I could get it through steam via nefarious means...

Yeah I quoted myself

Here's the good news from the Steam Forums:

PhX wrote:

Yes you can, the game in included so is the expansion.

Since the original game comes with 30 days, you're good to go.

Hooray!

How is the guild in Conan i only played some few days when the game original comes out so i dont remember

Never got that far Nord :S

I thought it would make sense (if a few of us might play it) that we consider what to play, to make sure we have a good group dynamic.

The classes: (from AoCWiki)

PRIESTS

Priests in Age of Conan are a step beyond the stereotype of a vulnerable healer - they can call forth the power of their deities to smite and expose their enemies whilst protecting and aiding their allies. While the priest is certainly the cornerstone of a good team-in that they provide the vital restoration skills required to keep their allies standing in battle-they are much more than just a simple healer.

Priest Types:


Priest of Mitra
Tempest of Set
Bear Shaman

ROGUES

Unconventional and devious fighters, characters in the Rogue Archetype are those intent on causing maximum harm to their opponents through any means necessary.

These classes are not the disciplined soldiers of the warrior archetype, but cunning and often vicious opponents that their enemies would be unfortunate to meet in one of the many dark corners of Hyboria.

Capable of dealing great amounts of damage to their victims, they typically wear lighter armor for the sake of mobility and secrecy. Rogues use a variety of weapon combinations based on situation and necessity, dispatching their enemies in a brutally efficient manner.

Barbarian
Ranger
Assassin

SOLDIERS

Able to wear heavier armor than any other class, the warrior is able to soak up damage like no other. The heavy armor also allows the warrior to resist knock-back attacks more than any other class. Later specialization classes gain a defensive and offensive stance, the warrior is able to decide whether to hunker down when under attack, or go into a battle frenzy and significantly increase damage output while lowering defense. This class is great for anyone who is familiar with hand to hand combat.

Conqueror
Dark Templar
Guardian

MAGES

The Mage archetype is based around inflicting damage. While they're all able to do magical damage, their primary method of dealing damage varies, from the Herald of Xotli doing primarily melee damage, to the Necromancer which animates the dead to provide powerful pets. Mages wear either cloth armor or silk armor, so they are unable to withstand much direct conflict, however classes like the Herald of Xotli are able to fuse with the bones of the dead, which gives them great physical strength to withstand melee damage, and deal some themselves.

All the mage classes draw their powers from dark sources, whether demonic or undead. While this enables them to dish out huge amounts of damage, it comes with a price. Through spellweaving, the mages are able to bind together spells to create more powerful attacks. However, the more powerful their spell becomes, the larger is the chance of ill-effects as a result of spellweaving.

Only Stygian and Khitan players can play the Mage archetype.

Herald of Xotli
Demonologist
Necromancer


As far as I'm aware, Tando's a Dark Templar. Apart from that I know nothin'