by Chris Noll on Apr 06, 2008
With the launch of Ten Ton Hammer's
href="http://forums.tentonhammer.com/showthread.php?t=24948"
target="_blank">Ask the Devs feature, the forums
have been overflowing with questions that Age of Conan fans want
answered. Jason "Athelan" Stone has stepped up as Funcom representative
to answer those very questions. For those of you who like just the meat
and potatoes, we have compiled a list of this week's questions and
answers.
Athelan kept up the posting marathon, answering 18 more questions this
week. Here they are in summary:
href="http://forums.tentonhammer.com/showthread.php?t=25543"
target="_blank">boomshank asks: "How are you going
to prevent people underage from subscribing to the game?"
href="http://forums.tentonhammer.com/showthread.php?t=25025"
target="_blank">wujenfist asks: "My question is
when an item has been crafted is there or will there be
an opportunity to upgrade an already crated item to either do more dmg
or be stronger than its current state?
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href="http://forums.tentonhammer.com/showthread.php?t=25315"
target="_blank">Zakas asks: "Has Funcom made any
improvements to patching processes to minimize
server downtimes? Will the servers be all brought down at once: either
globally, Internationally by Zone (ie North America, Europe), or will
they be upgraded on a smaller scale (server by server?).
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href="http://forums.tentonhammer.com/showthread.php?t=25323"
target="_blank">Erinnje asks
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amazon.com) only avaliable to the USA or
are there any plans for europe. What Stats/how powerfull can i expect
this bow to have/be?"
href="http://forums.tentonhammer.com/showthread.php?t=25474"
target="_blank">diavolos asks: "I was wondering in
what form the 3-days headstart some shops offer will
be. I mean, we will be able to download the game 3 days earlier or the
shop will ship the game 3 days earlier?
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href="http://forums.tentonhammer.com/showthread.php?t=25406"
target="_blank">Arda asks: "Will there be player
made addons, if so what script language will it be
in and how much freedom will players have to create their own addons.?"
href="http://forums.tentonhammer.com/showthread.php?t=25003">Graffix
asks: "Will guilds be able to hire themselvs out as mercs
with the built in system?"
href="http://forums.tentonhammer.com/showthread.php?t=25660"
target="_blank">waku asks: "Please say that Dark
Templars can spellweave. Just respond, "Why yes they can", and I will
be very happy?"
href="http://forums.tentonhammer.com/showthread.php?t=25672"
target="_blank">Naug asks: "I've heard that when
you start a combo you must be standing still for a
while. Is this true? If this is the case, this shouldn't be much of a
problem in PvE but it would be truly devastating for melee classes in
PvP. Is it possible for you to elucidate this matter?
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href="http://forums.tentonhammer.com/showthread.php?t=25636"
target="_blank">ILikePonies asks: "Can you confirm
I've got the instancing setup for Conan correct (just
to be sure we're talking the same language, by instancing I mean merely
making a copy of a zone for any reason [for instance I'd call DDO
completely instanced, even the city zones], and not just limited to
dungeons/raids/etc.)?
Outdoors - not instanced
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Cities - not instanced (?)
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BKs - not instanced, no
player cap (?)
City building interiors -
instanced (?)
PvE cities - instanced
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Tortage nighttime -
instanced
PvP minigames - instanced
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Some (all?) dungeons -
instanced (some have caps of 100 players)
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Anything else I'm missing?
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href="http://forums.tentonhammer.com/showthread.php?t=25622"
target="_blank">Exilium asks: "Some times its the
little things that can get under a players skin.
Having to buy water one at a time, not having a repair all button,
having to retype a player's name in the mail box for all 20 items you
are sending them, and not having an officer chat built into a guild's
chat (difference between /gu and /o).
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So are the little things
like the one's mentioned above, and maybe some that I'm forgetting,
already in AoC?"
href="http://forums.tentonhammer.com/showthread.php?t=25556"
target="_blank">diavolos asks: "No shop (at least
that i can buy from) has both mounts in a single copy
of the game. My question is, if i will be able to enter a code for
rhino and a code for mammoth from separate copies to a single account
so i can have both mounts, even by buying two copies of the game?
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href="http://forums.tentonhammer.com/showthread.php?t=25296"
target="_blank">
href="http://forums.tentonhammer.com/showthread.php?t=25404"
target="_blank">Drayen asks: "Will the merc system
have any type of compensation for the merc's themselves? ie money or
extra experience etc etc."
href="http://forums.tentonhammer.com/showthread.php?t=25330"
target="_blank">Papagenu asks: "When you make a
weapon, will you be able to name it? Like if you made a
(going out on a limb here) level 3 bronze sword, would it be called
"Level 3 Bronze Sword"? Or could you name it? What about when you gem a
weapon?"
href="http://forums.tentonhammer.com/showthread.php?t=25031"
target="_blank">Beefheart asks: "I pre-ordered and
just want to know if i need to pester gamestop
everyday, or just check in with the official AoC website the 17th and
put in some kind of code?"
href="http://forums.tentonhammer.com/showthread.php?t=25745"
target="_blank">nicholaitabor asks: "Will there be
a list available to everybody with mercenaries for hire?
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href="http://forums.tentonhammer.com/showthread.php?t=25731"
target="_blank">Khalathwyr asks: "What is a Hub
exactly? Does it include the resource harvesting playfields or is it
just the confines of the NPC capital cities?
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