Age of Conan director's letter unveils veteran rewards and level 80 instance
by Seraphina Brennan 
Sep 26th 2009 at 10:00AM
Filed under: At a glance, Fantasy, Age of Conan, Game mechanics, Patches, Endgame, News items
The veteran rewards program works a bit differently than most other programs, utilizing the new currency of "veteran points" instead of a reward per-month interval system. Each month players will be rewarded X amount of points that they can either save or spend in a new veteran reward shop, which contains items of convenience. The points rewarded will increase after each six month interval passes, giving the players more options the longer they play.
Veteran items are meant to be items that are convenient or social, but not more powerful or unbalancing to the game's dynamics. Things like an item that summons Casilda (NSFW), the slave from the tutorial, to cheer you on as you fight things.
The Iron Tower, the new level 80 team instance, will be featuring some of Aquilonia's worst criminal scum as the antagonists. Players will be put to the test by five different bosses, four mini-bosses, and even, perhaps, a special rare boss. As to what else is hidden in the Iron Tower, few know. But, high-end content is always a good thing to keep veteran players happy, as now they have a new storyline to explore!
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Anticrawl said on 12:02PM 9-26-2009
Yep that picture seems about right.
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Skuz said on 12:41PM 9-26-2009
I wonder if this veteran reward system is a pilot for taking AoC into the F2P market in a similar way to how DDO did........
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Hub said on 7:44AM 9-27-2009
God I hope not, but there can't be any real point as that game must of seen real growth this year anyway.
Surely that wouldn't rock the boat just as they have a working product that people actually want to try. Oh wait...
Jack said on 11:36AM 9-27-2009
For what I seen Age of Conan is the only MMO they did recover from the release date and is getting to really be the best mmo out there still the lag of content is there but the people behind the game did make a road map and are sharing same like Blizzard and having plans for you MMO and share this details with your clients is noting more them healthy!
starzzareblind said on 1:19PM 9-26-2009
EQ2 has a veteren reward system. It's had one for ages. I think Vanguard does as well.
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Jess said on 10:51PM 9-26-2009
Great idea, but not enough to make me go back.
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Bluefunk said on 12:14AM 9-27-2009
AoC is kicking arse now it has to be said. Of course I tend to say this regularly on the Massively forums but well it's true.
Give the free trial a go instead. Very few bugs and AoC is on the up!!!
AoC ROCKS!!! (now) :)
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Omega2k3 said on 1:14AM 9-27-2009
Or get the full version for $5 on direct2drive because of their 5 year sale. :D
Digest said on 3:55AM 9-27-2009
I really wanted to go back to AoC. Right now the $5 with D2D is the best deal. Too bad its limited to US & Canada Regions only. I'm from SEA. And I wanted to play with a bang that will run AoC in max settings. Now my videocard is only HD 4670 which runs AoC great in Medium to slight high in DX9.0c.
Wish I can have HD5870 or HD5850 by this Holiday season.
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