Long awaited PvP patch goes live in Age of Conan
by Adrian Bott 
Sep 17th 2008 at 4:00PM
Filed under: Fantasy, Age of Conan, Patches, PvP
It's a red-letter day in Hyboria - red with the arterial spray of fellow players. After many iterations, tweaks and adjustments, the huge patch to introduce the beginnings of the new PvP system in Age of Conan is finally coming to Live. Of the major PvP changes, only PvP XP and gear are in so far. The notoriety system is yet to come, but shouldn't be too far away.Age of Conan players have gone for quite a while without any significant patches, and today's gets a lot of ground covered. There are several pages of changes and fixes, including an apparent fix to the annoying 'out of memory error' bug. This patch is the one many players have been waiting for as the 'make or break' addition to AoC. Of course, a lot of players have already given up waiting and left; some will be enticed back, but how many?
It's too early yet to say if AoC, which has had its share of troubles, is heading for a renaissance; but change is definitely in the air. With a new ruler on the throne, the PvP upgrades finally kicking in, and (according to Erling Ellingsen today) Ymir's Pass and the Tarantia Commons in the final stages of testing, Age of Conan may be getting some of its mojo back.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
george said on 4:33PM 9-17-2008
Friend has AOC still (yea, he's an idiot) and he told me that the game's performance dropped from this patch, which btw was suppose to be released with the game, 4 months ago... He told me that the game is buggier than ever, says he is getting the blue screen of death almost constantly now... Sucks for him... He is going to buy Warhammer in a few days after its released...
AOC SUCKS...
WAR ROCKS!!
Bye bye Failcom! =)
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Origosis said on 4:57PM 9-17-2008
These updates to PVP have me interested. I have NEVER played PVP and stuck with it for more than an hour. And these updates have made me curious enough to try PVP again.
Which is AoC's focus is PVP unlike most MMO's which focus on PVE so I would assume that PVP will be the games strong point.
I have been following the forums very closely and am aware of all the issues PVP players have been dealing with. So I am very excited to try it out.
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Hot$auce_Magik said on 4:59PM 9-17-2008
Too little, too late.
::Sub canceled::
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Abriael said on 7:56PM 9-17-2008
As the single resistance gems nerf (totally uncalled for and downright idiotic) wasn't enough, to add insult to injury the patch basically broke all the tier 1 raids.
So much for the "extended testing" that was of course just an excuse to release the (broken) patch the day before the release of warhammer online. Like such a lame change (it takes ages just to get PvP level 2, and you need level 5 to get your armor, which is crap anyway) will stop any significant number of people from making the jump.
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Jess said on 8:46PM 9-17-2008
"Too little, too late.
::Sub canceled::"
x2
My 6 month AoC sub expires just as Mines of Moria is going to be released. I cancelled re-billing the other day and will not be renewing.
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Merkur said on 2:43AM 9-18-2008
do they offer a free account for ingame commercials yet?
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Nmaster said on 5:06PM 9-18-2008
Hooooooooooooooooly shit! Now that's a patch!
Fuck the haters, that's impressive! Although I don't know why they didn't break that up over the last month. But damn, I don't even know what to complain about any more...
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recursive said on 5:12AM 9-19-2008
Not a renaissance just yet, but they're trying. I guess their expansion is the best shot at getting back up. It did look interesting, so if they can patch in enough to fix the current world before that.. We'll see if they can keep it up until then.
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