Anarchy Online update adds raid interface, turns zones into instances

by Samuel Axon Sep 29th 2008 at 9:00AM

Filed under: Sci-fi, Anarchy Online, Patches, News items

Anarchy Online's version 17.1 update went live last week. It added a complete raid interface to the game, allowing players to combine up to six teams into a raid group with its own chat channel and loot rules. The interface will allow raid leaders to move players between teams, and every player in the raid group will be able to monitor the vitals of other raid group members.

Additionally, a handful of AO's existing playfields -- Sectors 13, 28 and 35 to start with -- have become raid instances. That means that raid groups can take these encounters on at their own pace and without competition. Funcom plans to do this to more playfields in the future.

The update also features your standard assortment of bug fixes and gameplay and balance tweaks. Read the patch notes at the AO website for details.

Tags: anarchy-online, ao, ao-17.1, funcom, instances, interface, patch, patch-notes, raid, raid-groups, raid-instances, raid-leader, raids, sector-13, sector-28, sector-35, teams, ui, update, user-interface

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

george said on 9:39AM 9-29-2008

Funcom = Failcom

This game came out before Age of Conan and it still has the same bugs... Seems failcom did not try to update their crappy game engine for AOC because they never updated Anarchy Online...

AOC Sucks...
Funcom Sucks...

I hope their company burns to the ground and dies...

SgtBaker said on 12:24PM 9-29-2008

Can moderator please ban george again?
Tired of that drivel in every damn post.

lateris said on 10:43AM 9-29-2008

I like Anarchy Online. Please troll elsewhere.

Doom said on 2:54PM 9-29-2008

re: AO bugs...

What bugs are you referring to? After the horrible launch, AO has time and time again proven to be a solid and innovative MMO in many ways, and today you find it to still be a solid and entertaining game WITHOUT bugs. Please, take thee back to the forums where you may once again troll with impunity.