Thursday 24 January 2008 - Nima

Source fofo officiel : ici

Choisissez entre craft simple ou plus dur :)

sondage
Mot de passe = cottoncap

J'ai voté Hard core :)...

Thursday 24 January 2008 - Echo

Mitra's Report
Les feelings d'un reporter sur son expérience du jeu lors de son Week End à Oslo. (très bonnes infos)
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Raids et Montures (vidéo)
Infos intéressantes. En vrac : les 'vrais' raids concernent les joueurs level 80. Il y aura 8 donjons, (3 pour le Tier 1, 3 Tier 2, 2 Tier 3). Il faudra faire plusieurs fois les donjons Tier 1, pour être prêt (surement pour l'équipement) pour le Tier 2, et dans tous les cas, il faudra tuer les Boss Tier 1, pour accéder au Tier 2. En tout, il y aura 19 raids encounters.
Voir la vidéo

Combat dans un donjon (vidéo)
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Wednesday 23 January 2008 - Echo

Source : http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/21145

Questions by Cody “Micajah” Bye, Managing Edtior
Answers by Evan Michaels, Designer for Age of Conan

Arguably, the most important aspect of any massively multiplayer online game is the player’s relationship with their character. Through thought provoking gameplay or solid balancing, every gamer should have the opportunity to love the class that he or she plays.

Evan Michaels is one of the group of individuals responsible for making the classes in Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures fun for players of the game. While we were in Oslo, the Ten Ton Hammer staff sat down with Evan to discuss a few of the more intriguing problems faced in MMOGs today and how AoC is dealing with them. His answers are quite candid, and his enthusiasm for building these classes is really apparent.

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Wednesday 23 January 2008 - Echo

Vidéo sur les Keeps de guilde, et le système siège. Pour ceux qui comprennent l'anglais, il y a plein plein d'infos sympa.

http://files.filefront.com/BattleKeep+Infowmv/;9490997;/fileinfo.html

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Tuesday 22 January 2008 - Thor

How would you describe the armor and weapons in Age of Conan? Are the items going to be as “fancy” looking as what we see in other games?

Thomas: We are using graphical assets to reflect that this is equipment intended to be used. We don’t have huge flaring shoulder pads, we don’t have pants that are burning in six places. We have equipment that serves a purpose, and it looks the part.

That said, the amount of detail that is in our equipment is astounding. If you equip a full set of chainmail, for instance, you’ll be able to see every link in the armor. It has specular as well, so it reflects light, casts shadow, and so on.

And that’s just how it looks.

In some games, we’ve seen a tendency to just toss items at the player without giving it any thought. We will not be dropping loot, equipment, or items that aren’t suitable for the monster you’re fighting. Chickens will not







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Tuesday 22 January 2008 - Echo

A priori, il y aura 1500 sets d'armures.
Bon, on peut voir que les modèles féminin existent tout de même :p.

http://www.stage6.com/user/AcolyteAvery/video/2113457/

Source forum officiel...

Monday 21 January 2008 - Thor

Ca se passe sur tentonhammer: http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/21062...

Monday 21 January 2008 - Nima

Lettre de Game Director Gaute Godager sur le reportsource

In this, Game Director Gaute Godager discusses the latest developments surrounding Age of Conan.

It feels to me I am the Herald of bad news (no, it is not a new class). Rather, I am the grey faced postman always arriving with the bills. I am the guy with a yellow post-it on your windshield confessing a fender bender. I am the only one in the elevator when the door opens, and a pretty lady enters reaching for her nose. It seems I only write to you with bad news – that’s all I do! I want to write this update to encourage you – we are on the right track, and by Crom we are close to the finish!

Although you might not see it this way, and you are frustrated, we delay because - it is right. It is the right thing to do! Naturally I sound righteous, haughty and bordering on arrogant when I say this: This is the





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Monday 21 January 2008 - Thor

Can players meet the gods of Hyboria in the game?


Joel Bylos: This is one for the lore people. If they've ever read "Conan Antics" by, I believe, Don Henley, there's a very in-depth argument that he presents that the gods in Conan's world are as hard to prove that they exist as the gods in our world. A lot of the other writers beyond Howard took liberties with his original text to make the gods more palpable and to give them a bigger presence in their books. Howard never had the gods really present, and Henley argues that the gods are really spiritual entities rather than physical beings.

So you won't actually be meeting the gods in the game, but that's also because we don't want to go against Howard's wishes.


Will there be any quests where you have to pray or show your religion in any way?

Joel: During one part of the game you actually get a quest to go to the Speaker's









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Monday 21 January 2008 - Lokidor

http://forums.ageofconan.com/showthread.php?t=52776

Funcom sets new release date for Age of Conan
The highly anticipated MMO gets eight more weeks of polish


Durham, USA – January 21, 2008 – Funcom announces a new release date for Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures. The highly anticipated MMO receives 8 more weeks of development, allowing Funcom to deliver a more polished MMO experience when the game launches on the 20th of May 2008. Despite great feedback on vital aspects like immersion, fun factor and the exciting combat system, the management of Funcom has decided to polish the game even more. Eight weeks of development work is therefore added to stress game systems and polish the game further leading up to launch.

Funcom is fully committed to its communities and the quality-level they demand and deserve, and has previously postponed the Age of







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