Patch report for Age of Conan's July 10th update

by Matt Warner Jul 11th 2008 at 6:30PM

Filed under: Fantasy, 9Dragons, Age of Conan, Bugs, Classes, Forums, Game mechanics, Patches

The never-ending quest and struggle to improve Age of Conan continues. Yesterday's patch introduced a multitude of changes including partial remedies to the female avatar DPS bug. Age of Conan players are well aware that not every patch goes according to plan. In fact, after a new patch goes live, players create and maintain a thread detailing the undocumented changes and also report on its aftermath. This is a great service performed by Age of Conan players, and it keeps everyone informed of the unintended changes and mishaps.

The latest dissection is underway and on the surface it's not looking very good for Funcom. There are two threads representing the latest changes and issues on both the US player forums and the EU player forums. The patch builds are identical thus the results from each report mirror each other. Listed below are some of the more significant items present. It's important to note that both lists are continuously updated as more changes, bugs, and yes even fixes not listed in the official patch notes are uncovered.

Invisible walls everywhere
Mapping keys seems to no longer work. [Example: Can't change W to Y]
Stances getting stuck
Stamina regeneration decreased
Rare resource drops increased

Tags: age-of-conan, aoc-player-report, aoc-update-july-10, bugs, conan, funcom, patch-report, stealth-nerf, undocumented

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

mikejl said on 8:11PM 7-11-2008

I patched AoC and played and...

* Invisible walls everywhere
(no different from what happened in WoW long tim ago.. di dnot run into any "walls" that one would not expect)
* Mapping keys seems to no longer work. [Example: Can't change W to Y]
(have not tried to remap any keys)
* Stances getting stuck
(Have not ran into this on my 34 Conq.)
* Stamina regeneration decreased
Did not notice any difference ... I have a few hundred points in the regen skill.
* Rare resource drops increased
They added nodes on the map. I only did a few copper pulls .. no tin on the three times I tried.

Other items folks posted about:
*Framerate increase/decrease
Mine was the same .. no difference
* increased loading between zones
Again no difference

I suggest to try it out and don't always believe what is posted .. especially on AoC general

starbolt said on 9:02PM 7-11-2008

This "news" is made up by pure speculation.. While Massivily.com should be free to report what they want, the negative tone in the article seems kinda biased. Also, to source one forum post and present it as fact ("Listed below are some of the more significant items present") is quite surprising..

Matt Warner said on 9:53PM 7-11-2008

We have covered the undocumented patch threads in the past. I'll list the full notes and add a disclaimer next time. I can't speak for the other bloggers but I'll be sure to suggest it. Thanks for the input!

pufonthis said on 9:56AM 7-12-2008

Oh thank god Mikejl has told us there really was nothing at all wrong with the latest patch. Everyone else was wrong, just a mistake. Please Massively, consult with Mikejl before you post any more articles about Conan so we can save a lot of trouble.

mikejl said on 11:02AM 7-12-2008

LOL .. the disclaimer "you experience may vary" always applies to all PC games. Just wanted to post what I experienced post 1/10 patch.
I was at work and started reading the AoC general forum on the undocumented patch notes .. almost felt like quitting the game after that. Went home, patched and was not as bad as I expected.