Funcom has officially announced their first expansion for Age of Conan at GamesCon! I halfway expect this news to slip under the radar since the blogosphere has all but ignored and written off AoC after its dramatic (albeit deserved) fall from grace after launch. The new continent is Asian-themed, which so tempts me to refer to it as Age of Conan: Factions but only because I’ve been playing so much Guild Wars lately!
Eurogamer has a preview article posted already, with some great information. It seems Funcom will be simultaneously addressing the complaints of the amount of content while also breaking from what is becoming the “standard” for MMORPG expansions, namely: no new classes and no increase to the level cap!
There’s no raised level cap in Rise of the Godslayer. There is a new continent, the Asian-themed Khitai (which comes with a new player race, the Khitan), but it contains lower-level content – for level 20 up – as well as a high-level challenge. There are no new classes, and no more levels, but there is an alternate advancement system that will broaden the range of each existing class as well as increase its power. There isn’t just more stuff to do, but there’s a greater variety of it; raising wolves and tigers from cubs to fighting companions to mounts, taking sides in factional struggles.
Eurogamer also has a Rise of the Godslayer screenshot gallery and the first video trailer as well. Check ‘em out!
I must have that new tiger mount…
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Not just that…what about RAISING that tiger from a cub? What about Factions (yes, very Guild Wars…but why not copy THE BEST GAME EVAH?)…and just by adding a new race and having a new progression system for classes and levels that already exists is even more of a bonus to me.
Now, the only issue is “time” and how long they take for this.
Cheers mate!
Openedge1, I think you are just playing AOC to kill time until Guild Wars 2 comes out.
I don’t see how this expansion is indicative of a trend. While I think horizontal expansions are best, the other major MMOs are increasing their level caps. At least, the rumor is the WOW expansion will, including new classes. And it’s confirmed that the upcoming EverQuest II expansion will. No new classes in EQ2 though, but they had too many to begin with.