by Cody Bye on Jul 03, 2007
Lots of Conan Love.
With the San Francisco event out of the way, there is a horde of Conan love being thrown around the Internet. This time around, CVG has dropped their Age of Conan preview onto their site for all to see. Although many general facts are displayed, their are a number of interesting elements that can be drawn from the CVG preview, including some facts on player vs. character skill.
Ellingsen explained that dynamic blocking and parrying in an MMO as you see in single-player games is simply not possible with present day technology. "Also," he continued, "we want Age of Conan to be a mix between character skill and player skill, and we feel that real-time twitch-based blocking could jeopardize that. Instead, blocking and parrying is more of a calculation thing as in other MMOs."
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