Laodaron

And here Gaige and I agree. For the record, I don't always go against what you think Gaigie-poo.

Rothrek

So I have a question, I understand that the combat system is very active, and I saw how melee classes sort of worked in a video and I'm wondering how do mages work, do they melee and cast spells or what's goin on there?

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Calbiyum

Prolly the same way. IMO they should have made the combat to where you hit a button and then need to look for "open spots" on your opponent and hit them.

For example all the arrows do are give you something else you need to do beside hit 1 button. If they made it so you can use Attack 1 and then have a couple seconds to decide where you wanted it to land I think it would be a little more fun.

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Dantel

I've played 13 levels of it so far (restricted open beta) and I like it better than at any point playing EQ2.

About the starting races, it's like EQ1. Whatever race you start with determines the class.

As for the female armor stuff, it's based off sword and sorcery, where less armor = more protection...somehow.

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Dantel

The combat system was going to be the make or break point for me when it came to this game. So far testing it out, I think it's fairly decent. It's definately more involved than anything EQ or WoW related. With collision on toons, body blocking becomes a good tactic, surrounding your cleric for example or maybe plugging a hole to prevent breaches in your wall.

The shielding system is only really relevant in PVE environments as most players don't bother changing their shields on the fly. Attacks come from all directions so it's never good to have a weak side, also I don't believe I've ever seen the shields show on a player in the PVP minigames, which are a blast.

I like the game so far, we'll see how the later levels go upon release.

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arieste

Melee, cast spells, summon pets and spellweave:

IGN: Age of Conan's Spellweaving Revealed

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Rinion

dont supose anyone knows a fix to the stalling issues AoC has with Nvidia 8600 cards do they?

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Dantel

Try updating your drivers to the beta versions.

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Rokkual

Hehe, that reminds me of when EQ2 launched and all the peeps who bought the then top of the line 6800 cards had all sorts of issues, and Nvidia was the way it was "meant to be played"!

Tater

Anyone have any beta keys? I am starting to get bored with WoW and wouldnt mind giving it a shot. Message me if you have one.

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