To give players a means of impacting the world, Age of Conan enables guilds to build both Player cities and battlekeeps. Multiple players are also able to weave a spell together, enabling a mix of spells from different classes that can perform feats that a single character cannot.Īge of Conan also includes siege combat: large-scale Player Versus Player battles over battlekeeps, giving access to siege engines and special mounts used to bring down great enemies in these epic battles. While spell-using characters have normal spells to cast at their opponents, spellweaving allows several spells to be sewn together, dealing devastating damage in a single attack. Spellweaving is a new way of doing magic in Age of Conan. Combat from mounts is limited and different from ordinary ranged or melee combat. Mounted combat adds a level of gameplay not seen in previous combat systems. Rather than just using mounts as a means for traveling from point A to point B, you can actually fight from the back of your mount, be it horses, camels or one of the other, more unique mounts in the game. Mounted combat in Age of Conan is a unique system. Not selecting a single target enables the player to deal damage to more than one opponent at a time in both melee and ranged combat, depending on the weapon he uses and the method in which he attacks. There are several ways of aiming at your opponent some require more skill but deal more damage, while others makes it easier to aim, but are less effective. Instead of targeting a foe and merely auto-attacking that target, the player has the option of aiming, making skill an important factor when playing the game. The ranged combat system in Age of Conan also differs from many other MMOs. The game also has a combo system, enabling players to follow certain attack chains to deal more damage to their opponent. Age of Conan is designed to make the player feel more involved in the game, removing auto-attack but giving the player complete control over when, where and from what angle he or she wants to hit their opponent. Melee combat has in many MMOs been reduced to an auto-attack feature with certain abilities you can use to do more damage. The combat system in Age of Conan is probably the most revolutionary element the game brings to the MMO scene. Age of Conan brings several new and unique features to the hobby, as well as bringing together the best features that other games offer, creating a fantastic experience for the player.Ī gory combat scene, typical in Age of Conan. There are many MMOs out there to choose from, and there are more on their way.
Conan is featured as a non-player character that players' characters can meet in the game and interact with. Conan is not playable in the game instead, players create their own characters and experience their adventures in the Hyborian Age. The timeline of Age of Conan starts shortly after the events of The Hour of the Dragon, after Conan has regained the throne of Aquilonia.
In Howard's stories Conan is presented in many different roles: a penniless wanderer, a captain of the guard, a leader of brigands, a pillager of nations, a pirate and eventually a King of one of the largest nations of the world, Aquilonia.
The world is large and contains many diverse nations and races, filled with mighty-thewed warriors, wicked sorcerers and beautiful women. The world of Conan is called The Hyborian Age, the time between the sinking of Atlantis and the beginning of recorded history. The stories of Conan are numerous and varied, and the lore of Conan's world has been extended by other authors of novels and comics since Howard's death. Howard's original works about Conan, a Cimmerian. Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures is an MMORPG based on Robert E.
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