AOC - General Information

[Korioni]

I'm the same as the above... I don't intend to make this my love and joy. Just long enough for WotLK.

[Gilgamel]

Has anyone played a conqueror in beta? A lot of people seem to talk about dual wield but from watching the videos the reach and ability to hit multiple targets from a two hander seems pretty important. Anyone have any input on the class in general or the weapon situation in particular?

[Tual]

Afaik atm you can sum them up as following: they suck.

But that will change of course, if you like the concept of the class (aura's, formations, highest dps tank) go for it.

[Gilgamel]

Well I'm going to be duoing with a ToS. When we're duoing I would assume I would need to be able to do adequate dps, and when we want to do group content I don't want to be sitting around looking for a tank. It also appealed to me that we could just add a couple of dps and go to town but maybe I'm viewing the auras for the conqueror a little bit too much like bard effects from other games.

Barb looks fun but I'm sure there will be a million of them, and the HoX is interesting but sounds like they are only really effective when their demon form is up. Bleh, this is why I wanted to get into the OB last week, so I could get a feel for the classes a little bit.

What reasons are you hearing for the conqueror being so weak?

[Flight]

Where the **** do you find your pre-order codes on the Amazon website ? I'm presuming UK one is same as .com

[Gilgamel]

Originally Posted by Flight

Where the **** do you find your pre-order codes on the Amazon website ? I'm presuming UK one is same as .com

My account, digital media library, click the age of conan item on the right side. That is for US amazon, but I would assume it would be similar. I've heard they might be out of codes however.

[Flight]

Thanks Gilg; I'm on My Account and can't see anything like Digital Media Library. Maybe .co.uk is different.

edit : Just took a look at .com and they have an extra half dozen options under 'Wheres My Stuff', including the Media Library. Bloody stupid system. I've no idea where it is on .co.uk

[Tual]

Originally Posted by Gilgamel

What reasons are you hearing for the conqueror being so weak?

Everything is there, but either to weak or not functioning. So assuming that will change will be a fun good and needed/welcome class to group. Especially the needed part is lacking atm.

[Elerion]

Originally Posted by Gilgamel

What reasons are you hearing for the conqueror being so weak?

They are the worst tanks of the soldier classes, and deal less damage than everyone but PoM, Guardian and DT. Only one of their auras is worth something atm.

I'm sure they will be brought up to par soon enough, and they have some very strong CC for PvP. At the moment they are sort of oldschool EQ hybrids. You don't really want them to tank, you don't really want them to dps, so there's no reason not to bring a Guardian, a BS or a rogue over them.

This is all hearsay though.

[painbringer]

I'm pretty much tossing a coin over which (pve) priest class to play, sigh.

If i could depend on groups where the tank could hold aggro, i'd go for ToS, hands down. Nice heals, fat dps and no mana issues... but also damn squishy.

As it is, the invuln of a PoM will probably be pretty much required to survive shitty pug tanks.

The bear is the middle ground and would be tons of fun in pvp, but i dont want to join the pvp gank partys.


Also, for soloing past 40, the bear's are really quite decent, especially against bosses.


I hate hard choices

[Tolanin]

conq does not suck, i played one to 50 in beta.. its pretty fun

oh sure the formations and commands pretty much completely blow and do next to nothing but some of the auras are good... then again some are terrible. IF they buff auras and commands the class will be godly in groups. Right now i have pretty good luck killing alot of classes.. conq is no OP pom but its not broken to the point where it loses every fight either.

[Draegan]

I played for about 6 hours last night. Performance is amazing, didn't crash/lag/hitch/stutter/freeze once.

[Aphextwin]

EB Games sent out my DVD last night so it goes without saying that there will be some heavy patching going on Tuesday, glad I won't be part of that.

[Talineth]

Man, this week between the close of OB and the opening of EA has been pretty intense. This game definitely makes me feel almost as excited as I did when I was in EQ beta waiting for release..

I can't wait until tomorrow!

[TwiNCannoN]

Originally Posted by rinthea

Bottom line, should I buy this?

If you know anyone getting a collector's edition you can try and bum one of their friend codes. I think it's worth buying for sure but if at all possible being able to try it out first would be ideal, since it does hate a love it/hate it combat system.

Originally Posted by painbringer

I'm pretty much tossing a coin over which (pve) priest class to play, sigh.

If i could depend on groups where the tank could hold aggro, i'd go for ToS, hands down. Nice heals, fat dps and no mana issues... but also damn squishy

I have aggro issues with my ToS as well. Obviously I'm not specced into any kind of aggro management feats however.

Also, damn funcom, fixing up ToS's feats and making me have to play with my build again haha... lightning strike +crit stuff seems too juicy to not have for pvp now (+10% crit chance and +60% crit damage, and a "next hit guaranteed to crit" 60 second cd skill). I'm actually thinking about omitting thunder completely from my spec, even though I like a couple of the feats in the line so much.