AoC patch adds veteran points, new dungeon, plastic surgery

by Kyle Horner Oct 28th 2009 at 10:00AM

Filed under: Fantasy, Age of Conan, Patches, News items

The most recent Age of Conan newsletter is out and it features a lot to discuss. The big news is that update 5.6 aka Nights of Lost Souls is fully loaded on the live game servers. With it comes new seasonal content, the Veteran Points system and a brand new dungeon. This is the kind of stuff an aged MMO thrives on, especially the Veteran Points -- but there is a small hitch.

So this Veteran Points system, it's pretty cool. You gain special points the longer you stay subscribed and then use said points to purchase things like basic riding training, free character reset potions, a nice bag to expand your inventory... oh and larger breasts! Mission control? This is palm, we're on course to dock with face. Being fair, male players can also make their arms buffer, but none of it really seems necessary. In fact, it seems a little counter-intuitive towards bringing back reluctant former subscribers, which is exactly what Funcom has been trying to accomplish.

Even still, there is a lot of cool free stuff coming for the game. Just be aware that, well, this is still Age of Conan in spirit and so, yeah, breast enlargements.

Tags: age-of-conan, aoc, aoc-5.6, funcom, iron-tower, nights-of-lost-souls, patch, update, veteran-points

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Phil said on 11:07AM 10-28-2009

I got this game when it first came out, played it for a month and got rather bored of it. With all these updates I'm debating on picking it back up again. Any suggestions?

devo said on 11:31AM 10-28-2009

This game had its issues at launch but if you liked it at launch you will find it much better now. Lots more content and much more polished.

Alarie said on 2:10PM 10-28-2009

Depends why you left Phil. Bugs, gameplay, content?

I would suggest if you are curious sign up for the free trial on an alternate email account and see if the game has improved enough for you to resub.

Best way to tell....

Neurotic said on 11:35AM 10-28-2009

Access to the 'Boob slider' is hardly facepalm material, unless we're minding our manners for the PC crowd. Nice analogy with the spaceship docking though, I like that! :D

Phil said on 2:14PM 10-28-2009

It wasn't so much the bugs or anything, i would have to lean more towards the content/gameplay. However you had a fantastic idea Alarie, ill have to do that (the sub under another email idea). Thanks!