Age of Conan News

Saw this over on Curse.com:

“Battlegroup9.com is going to be organizing a server selection for a Free-For-All PvP Server in Age of Conan. Some of the best players in WoW and even many of AoC’s top Closed Beta players will be joining the BG9 community to create a truly epic gaming experience. Don’t forget to set your bookmarks because we will be announcing instructions on how to roll with us on May 10th, three days before the pre-release.”

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In the 2nd half, IGN goes into what you can expect from the Rogue and Mage archetypes.

“in Age of Conan, you can pick a racial type of character before selecting a class, though doing so doesn’t actually affect your statistics. Instead, it limits your class selection. Picking a Cimmerian restricts you to picking between guardians, dark templar, conquerors, bear shaman, barbarians, and rangers. An Aquilonian get access to guardians, dark templar, conquerors, priests of Mitra, barbarians, assassins, and rangers. To get access to the Mage-types you’ll have to be Stygian, whose available classes include tempests of Set, assassins, rangers, demonologists, heralds of Xotli, and necromancers.”

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IGN has an in-depth look at the character classes available in Age of Conan. First up a look at the Soldier and Priest, check out the video also, it contains more details on the combat system.

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Funcom and Eidos announce that Age of Conan pre-order programs are now fully available in all major territories, including USA, Germany, France, Spain, UK, Oceania and the Nordic countries. Conan fans and MMO gamers are already raving about the incredible pre-order items, including the War Mammoth and Killer Rhino, and today Funcom ups the ante and confirms that everyone who pre-orders may access Hyboria several days prior to the retail launch.

Players may enter Age of Conan as early as the 17th of May. Mere weeks away, early adopters can now live, fight and explore in Hyboria, as well as getting an essential head-start before the hordes invade.

Pre-order the Age of Conan: Collectors Edition now!

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You might be starting at this for awhile, so here it is!

“The very latest, cutting-edge, ganked from the developer’s desktop, version of the character selection screen. What’s interesting is that has a life of its own, like a day-night cycle (it’s night in the clip you’re seeing), plus wind and all sorts of things.  Some of this is still not even ready for beta, much less public viewing, but we’re bringing it to you anyway!”

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The Age of Conan wiki is running a contest to find, Mitra. Follow a series of clues to find Mitra, and compete for five beta keys as well as five three month pre-paid game cards! This dosen’t seem hard, so I suggest trying for a chance at a key!

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