Age of Conan Dev goes on berserk question-answering rampage
by Adrian Bott 
Jun 11th 2008 at 1:15PM
Filed under: Fantasy, Age of Conan, PvP, PvE
What was in LordOrion's coffee this morning? The FunCom developer began by making two parallel threads on the Age of Conan forums, one on the US forums and one on the EU. Each one was a 'leak', with the EU getting a preview of PvP gear, and the US getting an image of what looked like a dungeon of some sort, with no further hints as to what it might be.That done, he began to answer direct questions. The players on both sides of the Atlantic wasted no time in firing them off, while expressing their gratitude (and disbelief) that FunCom was actually talking to them for a change. Now that the flurry of posts has died down, we've collated all the new information from both sides, presented in interview format and edited for relevance and context.
severity3: When can we take part in sieges, realistically?
Ah, but that's such a boring answer. In short: soon. There is nothing preventing a siege taking place now, it's just that no one has built a tier 3 city yet. Once that happens you will start seeing battlekeeps pop up, and that means sieging will start soon after.
severity3: Well played orion. You ignored the fact that you can't realistically build a t3 city. I don't blame you though, and I'm not mad.
That is correct, there is a bug that prevents you from building a tier three city right now. However, I just talked to the designer working on this and the fix for this should be in the next patch or the one after that.
No promises, but that's what we aim for.
ruktuim: Do you plain to implement a "Jail system" to AoC?
There are no plans for a jail system.
Frogs99: Hmmm..the jail system for high levels repeatly ganking grey players was announced before and the subject of much debate here on the boards. Will another system be taking its place eventually?
Yes, there is a system taking its place. Keep you eyes open for more info very soon on that. VERY soon.
ruktuim: Can you give us any details on the specifics of the PvP system and what it entails?
No, this will be revealed on Friday.
ruktuim: Is crafting going to be revamped?
We will be enhancing it, yes.
ruktuim: Are Feat problems being worked on?
We are working on all problems.
ruktuim: Will quests be added for 60 - 80 level range?
Yes, actually quite soon.
derka: Are stat points such as strength and dexterity currently working as intended?
No, they are not working as intended right now. This will be fixed either in the next update or in one following soon after. We are on top of it, and I just discussed this with our senior designer.
LordOrion also gave an indication of when players can expect more information:
Now, our aim is to have one large announcement every month (newsletter, basically) where we tell you about what is going to happen in the future. We will also try and answer some questions on a weekly basis once we get settled a bit and this first month after launch is over.
Trust me -- we really want to keep you as close as we can!
Whether this was planned in advance, or was just the spontaneous question and answer session it appeared to be, doesn't really matter. What matters is that LordOrion has done a lot of good here, upping FunCom's PR score singlehandedly in the space of about an hour. And we're even more excited to see what's going to be unveiled on Friday.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
OrganiClockwork said on 12:38PM 6-17-2008
While I'm very happy about the onslaught of new stuff, if they wanted to "keep us as close as they can," they wouldn't be pulling stealth nerfs around and thinking we don't notice.
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Nadril said on 1:39PM 6-11-2008
@Organi: I honestly do think it was just a last minute thing they forgot to put in the notes. Lots of companies do it, including Blizzard.
It's great to see a dev take such an interest in the community, and the great thing is he answered questions that we actually care about.
Looking forward to friday, and also thursday's patch.
Origosis said on 1:53PM 6-11-2008
I have loved Funcom since my Anarchy Online days, then I loved them when they made TLJ, then again when they made SL for AO, then AGAIN when they made AO basic free, then they release Dreamfall, and now with AoC's quality and all thier support! I think I have officially become biased!
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Origosis said on 2:21PM 6-11-2008
You know what would be cool, is if that was a king of the hill PVP map and you have to stand around that pit to hold the 'hill' the downside your an easy open target. and tanks can knock you back into the pit with... knock back..... coolness.
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reuben said on 3:07PM 6-11-2008
*not a dev btw* Hes a Product Manager, but yes he certainly answered enough by saying little. Most were vauge answers, but they really did give enough to satisfy the lack of info. It was great!
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Bob said on 3:36PM 6-11-2008
actually funcom answers quite a lot. They just dont do so as much on the general boards and do it on test due to the many rabid trolls and fanboys such as some of you, and the blogger.
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Bob said on 3:41PM 6-11-2008
wow adrian i amking another aoc trolling post...what a surprise...
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tom said on 6:01AM 6-12-2008
"They just don't do so as much on the general boards and do it on test."
What does this even mean? The developers are answering player questions on the test server? I highly doubt that, and I would hope they have better things to do. Besides, if you want to keep your customers apprised of your progress and intentions, you have to actually let them know what those are by releasing information on the general boards or your website. Look at what Blizzard does, they have in-depth notes of upcoming patch changes and future plans, and there are dozens of moderators as well as devs who frequent the boards.
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