Age of Conan at Ten Ton Hammer - Taking MMOG Gamers to the Next Level!

Ten Ton Hammer: How will the new Khitan race differ from the current ones, and how will their destiny quests play out?

Craig: I don’t want to spoil two much there. While the destiny quest for Khitan players will share elements from the existing destiny quests, the story behind the Khitan seer is very different from those that aided you through your quests in the original game. She has a very different agenda and attitude towards King Conan!

Ten Ton Hammer: With the addition of wolves and tigers as a potential mount or pet, how will players earn these creatures as either? Once they do have them, how will the player level them up and what kind of benefits can they provide as a mount and as a pet?

Craig: The new mounts are earned through new epic quest lines at the top of certain factions in the expansion. Getting them will be no small endeavor and will be one of the highlights of the expansion for many players.

We have taken a different approach to the new mounts in the expansion. They aren’t just about speed increases. We didn’t want to invalidate all the work players have put into getting their swift horse mounts. So the new special mounts in the expansion, the Tiger and the Wolf, instead have special abilities that mean they offer something different for players. So the Tiger for instance has stealth options as it is able to stalk silently with it’s rider aboard. We basically wanted to ensure that the new mounts offered the players more options rather than just raising the bar for speed boosts.

Ten Ton Hammer: What kind of new dungeons and raids will be in Rise of the Godslayer and what sort of bosses and enemies will players be facing in them?

Craig: There are quite a few really interesting locations and encounters, literally reaching from the sky in Pillars of Heaven to under the ground in the Mines of Chosain. The team is really concentrating on adding new dynamic, fun and interesting encounters that I think players will enjoy. We have been able to do this well with the new encounters we have added to the live game lately and we want to keep that going throughout the expansion.

What kind of new, shiny loot will players be able to obtain in the new expansion?

Craig: A lot! Each of the twelve factions (ten main factions and two hidden ones) have armor sets that come in four complete tiers, and offer other rewards, like weapons and consumables. In each of the four faction ranks an entire armor set becomes available to you, so it’s not just boots and gloves at tier one, helmet at tier two etc, each rank you achieve allows you to get your hands on a complete set! Then there are the new tier four class armors and weapons on top of the general dungeon and quest rewards that players will be able to attain.

Ten Ton Hammer: Have you set a general timeframe for when the expansion may be released?

Craig: I am afraid not just yet. We want to get some of the testing phases done first before we consider the release window. A lot of good progress has been made, and much of the expansion is already complete, but there are also areas we are still working on, so we will be waiting a little while before discussing release dates and such.