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We caught up with Jeff Mariotte, author of the new novel trilogy Age of Conan: Marauders to find out a little about what its like to be working on the Conan license!

Here is what he aoc gold had to say when we asked what it meant to him to be part of the license team!

Age of Conan is more than just a game—it’s a multi-pronged effort by Conan Properties International and some talented creative partners to expand upon parts of Robert E. Howard’s Hyborian Age that Howard, during his too-brief career, didn’t have a chance to thoroughly explore. To be asked by CPI and Ace Books to become part of that process, by writing the first-ever young adult novels set in the Hyborian world, is an honor and a privilege for a long-time REH fan like me.

My trilogy is called Age of Conan: Marauders, and involves three young characters, two Aquilonians and a Pict, who find themselves thrown together by circumstance and must pit themselves against the dark and brutal Hyborian world. The first book, Ghost of the Wall, has just been released by Ace, with the next two scheduled for late March (Winds of the Wild Sea) and late May (Dawn of the Ice Bear).

On my website I wrote an essay about what Conan and the works of Robert E. Howard have meant to my life. You can find that essay here: Conan and Me . I also supplemented the essay with posts on my blog that expanded upon some of the topics it touched on. Those posts start here , and continue for about the next week. I post occasionally about Conan and REH-related things, so you may want to check back occasionally.

My great thanks to Funcom for giving me the opportunity to spread the word to Conan fans worldwide. We all love spending time in the Hyborian world, and Funcom’s new game will be an amazing way to make the experience real!

–Jeff Mariotte

Thanks to Jeff for taking the time out to talk to us about the books age of conan gold and what Conan means to him!

You can find more information on the new books over at Conan.com, so make sure you drop by and keep an eye out for them at your local bookstore!
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You can check out the full guide here.

Gamespot journeyed through Age of Conan to test their hardware against the might of the Hyborian kingdoms.

The new hardware guide will take you through the game settings, image quality comparisons, video cards, CPU and memory reviews.

“Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures, Funcom’s new massively multiplayer online role-playing game, lets players develop their characters and explore the mythical world aoc gold of Hyboria. The game offers excellent graphics but also comes with equally breathtaking PC system requirements. Much of the game runs without a hitch, but like many MMORPGs, the true test of the hardware is in the large cities. High population counts, towering spires, long view distances, and tremendous amounts of shadowing all combine to make game frame rates about as viscous as corn syrup. Weaker computers will grind to a stop, while more powerful machines will limp along at less than half or even a third of their usual performance when faced with these large city environments. There isn’t much aoc gold you can do to avoid the frame rate hit, but you can upgrade a few key components to make the game a bit more playable…”

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primary damage range adjusted but average remains the same? i f33r ur m4d m4th ski||z. ill hold off on calling any names here. it may just mean that my 200 dmg fizzles wont happen anymore.

* The primary damage range of Lightning Strike has adjusted to be more consistent, the average damage remains the same

r u f-in kidding me? what about boss mobs of 5 or more. im just supposed to sit there and get crapped on. what f-in genius thought this nerf up?

idiots

as i told my boss when he gave me a 0.21c raise..gee thanks skippy

* Lightning Strike has been modified to deal 40% splash damage to 3 targets instead of pure AoE damage

i wasnt planning on speccing this. now i might. but what you did…when you take into consideration the other nerfs today, is change the way i need to play my tos. instead of sf -x, now its gunna be los, sc, spam ls and pots. if you are gunning to make us a dps class, you gotta give us better nerf distractions than this.

so now i have to spend more points to make sf effective again. but wait, ooo 50% more. the max is 3..so now i can effect 4.5 mobs? who is the lucky .5′er. again sarcasm. not worth it

look, very few classes have what it takes to age of conan gold solo. i play at random times and getting a group is like winning a lottery. you took away my survivability and tried to use smoke and mirrors to get me to swallow it. this was the worst thought out nerf in the history of gaming and honestly with all the freaking bugs, lags, crashes, leaks, missing content, transparent textures, visable meshes, re-used effects, circular dialougue and other assorted madness, you chose to pull out a blind nerf bat to silence the freakin nubs whining about us bcz they have never used a keyboard and mouse together b4 in a game.

* Pillar Lightning rank 2 and 3 now additionally increase the number of targets affected by Lightning Strike splash damage.

* Fury of the Storm has been decreased from 60% to 40% critical damage modifier at max rank

* Titanic Storm now additionally increases aoc gold the number of targets affected by Storm Field by 50%.

thanks for the castration. i feel a breeze, i kinda dig it…

* Storm Field is now limited to affection 3 targets at a time.

* Lightning Strike no longer has a cooldown.

no comment as of yet. maybe tasty, maybe just words in the ether.

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http://www.conanarmory.com/search.aspx?browse=111.10

This is a sample PvE build.

If you have divinity only build you would not cast Cleansing Fire and if you have a vengeance only build you would not cast Lance.

50-60 Eiglophian Mts. Questing some but mostly grinding either the canibal cave or the camps on the west side of the mountain.

If you do your destiny quest you will receive some good gear that will get you into the low 20s.

A Note on Hide - It is not necesary to max hide if there are shadows present. They greatly reduce the skill level required to hide If you are only using this as a means to get the drop on unsuspecting players in PvP 30 points should do the trick.

Is there a good spell rotation?

Run Speed - Travel speed. For some this is extremely important. I have found others that dont put any points in it at all. Your mileage may vary.

At 40 it is possible that you have selected the Purification of Mitra feat. This changes the rotation somewhat. One example would be

http://forums-us.ageofconan.com/showthread.php?t=34833

When Do I get some good gear?

You may also spec some feat points into Lance of Mitra and improved lance. This will take a damage spell and add a healing component to it that scales with the number of mobs you hit. This is the bread and butter of Divinity builds.

In addition to the HoTs you have Radiance which is a large self and group heal. Targets need to be in close proximity for this heal to work. It also casts a debuff on all those healed including yourself so that you can only reapply it every 60 seconds to the same target.

**Perception & Hide - May be more important if you are on a PvP server.

Skills that improve health or stamina regen are probably not worth investing in because you have the ability to heal these using your mana pool.

38-50 Field of the Dead. Questing a bit but 3 level of solid grinding in the forest from 47 to 50.

Griefa’s Feat Review

Perception - there are mixed reports on how useful this skill is. if you do want to find high level sneakers you need points here so that you can search for them.

http://www.conanarmory.com/feat.aspx?id=10

This guide belongs to the PoM Community. There are too many people to thank for all of the information.

Yes, Wisdom and several other stats are broken

http://forums-us.ageofconan.com/showthread.php?t=30913

http://www.conanarmory.com/feat.aspx…e2f4e2f2ef:202

In the late 30s you will want to hit the instance in the wild aoc gold lands. There is a dungeon here that drops great blue items with plenty of priest specs on it.

Visit the Feat Trainer in Old Tarantia at the steps of the Temple of Mitra. She is on the right if you are facing the temple entrance. The fee for respecs goes up the more you do it.

Conan Armory by Curse gaming is now open click below for the feat calculator

http://www.hybes.org/?s=abilities&cl…fMitra&lang=en

Everyone will find their own spell rotations and you WILL find times where you cant or actually shouldn’t stick to any single spell rotation.

Your skill point distribution will be determined by your type of server and your playstyle.

Casting Concentration - This should be maxed early on and after about level 20 or 30 you only ned to put points here when you find yourself being interrupted. You will find gear that raises this skill allowing you to spend some points in other places.

Build Database

We do and it is pretty good but dont compare it to other games. Repulse is the first form you get which is a great knock down. It is feared in PvP and a great way to break up incoming damage for PvE. You can talent it to do more dps later on in the game.

PoM Abilities:

73-80 Keshatta. GOOD LUCK. This zone is total chaos. I grinded 99% of it. I suggest saving all of the quests for level 79, then turning all of them in to get 1/2 of the level in one chunk so the final level is easier.

Conan Armory Build Database is now online and carries Mitra’s Blessing (aka Funcom)

For a good thread on the matter look below:

http://forums-us.ageofconan.com/showthread.php?t=27363

1-20 Tortage

The Priest of Mitra is a Battlepriest with flavors of Druid, Cleric, Monk and Paladin thrown in.

You dont get a classic direct target heal. This is not other games and watching healing bars does not appear to be part of the intent with the priest classes. Healing and DPS go hand in hand. To fight is to survive. A PoM does his best healing when he lets his Crowd Control interrupt the flow of damage so that the HoTs can tick away.

It is possible to collect a full set of pict caster gear from the picts on white sands. This is good for level 9-14

I dont like my spec what can I do?

40-45 Noble District (Old Tarantia). Quests mainly and some grind.

I thought we had crowd control? (cc)

http://www.conanarmory.com/search.aspx?browse=111.10

Top 10 Issues List

How Do I Heal?

http://forums.ageofconan.com/showthread.php?t=7665

30-38(or 40) Wild Lands. Questing, and some grinding at the end. Did Sanctum at osme level between 35 and 38.

EoL>Smite>Smite>WoL>Rebuke>Cleansing Fire>Repulse>

This depends greatly on the build you select. Most players if solo will precast their HoTs, use smite to pull and then follow up with a burst of damage, repulse the mobs to allow the HoTs to recover any lost health, reapply the HoTs and burst again.

Mana Attractor (may be broken) - Should sometimes increase age of conan gold the mana regen rate. I dont keep this maxed but I do keep it high. I can tell a difference in regen rate with it vs without but some are reporting that it does not appear to do much. The skill may be bugged or due to the chance based nature of it not as effective as it should be.

What about skill points?

Renew Mana - It takes quite a few points before the effects are very evident but it becomes quite noticable around 40 or 50 if you dont have enough. For many this will be a skill maxed every level to 80.

Climb - In the Old Tarantia Nobel disrict there will be a quest in the 40s which requires 300 climb skill to complete. (this quest may be bugged) There are several quests that require climb near 200. We dont know how useful climb is going to be in the endgame but if you enjoy shortcuts this may be a skill for you.

Where should I level?

As your levels progress you will end up with AOE knockback, fear, stun, blind, AOE snare, and an AOE stun that you can get with feats. The short duration of crowd control compared to other games simply forces you to choose when you use them. Use them wisely and do not spam them.

Relax. The healing really begins to take off and scale well after 25.

My heals suck and im level 5-20.

Should I use a shield?

So this is me saying thanks to everyone.

http://forums.ageofconan.com/showthread.php?t=37068

60-65 Thunder River. Grinding. Very little questing, maybe a level’s worth. Either south of the zone in point or the picts to the east. Remember: the binding guy is just by where you zone in over the river in front of a big rock.

When do I get a direct heal?

65-73 Atzel’s Approach. Some questing but mostly grinding. Wanted posters. Don’t kill the wagon. To get to the east side, go north along the frozen river, loop west through the camp with the ice demon, go up the ice stairs and through the warden camp to the bridge and cross there. Or go up the mountain to the right of the entrance of the zone, you can climb it here, just beware of snakes. hard hitting, high level snakes. Don’t try the boss, you will die.

20-30 Conall’s Valley or Khopshef’s Providence. Questing mostly.

Visit the link below to browse other builds or post your own.

EoL>WoL>Smite>Smite>Rebuke>Cleansing Fire>Repulse>Lance>EoL>WoL>Rebuke>Cleansing Fire>Lance

Dellia’s PoM Feedback Thread

Your staple heals will be HoT or heal over time spells. They are also area of effect (AoE). This means that you usually need to be close to your group to heal. Each heal has conditions like it only heals in a cone in front of you, or certain range 360 degrees around you. Proactive healing is recommended but use it carefully.

There are 2 main builds around 40 and many hybrid builds. In general you will want to choose one of these two paths. To help with mana regen it is highly advised that you put points into Ether Flow.

Without getting into a deep discussion about this: age of conan gold Divinity makes DPS spells into healing, Vengeance makes Healing spells into DPS and the general tree is for utility.

What is the main difference in the builds?

If you are solo a shield reduces the damage you take from melee mobs quite a bit. It is advised that for a limited reduction in stats from a Tome that you use a shield when soloing. There are some great shields with +Wisdom for priests.

What is the PoM?

Where should I put my Feat points?

starlight0226’s Spell Listing & Stats

Questing through the 20s is the best way to upgrade your gear with some good items coming from quest chains in Connals Valley at the Fortress. (I wont give away too much and spoil it)

For group play where you will not be the tank you can use a Tome. I have yet to find a Tome that really stood out against the benefits of a shield after level 30.

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This may have already been covered, but how many think the assassin sucks? I played an assassin to LVL 50 and restarted with a Priest because of my bordom. The assassin is always the first to die in any group quest cause he has virtually no defense, his attacks and combos (while cool) are nearly the weekest of all the classes, age of conan gold (I don’t know if you get cooler combos after LVL 50, but..) alot of other classes at least have a knockback. Now while hiding and striking your opponent is a cool thing to do, it’s not really something any other class can do.

Am I right or wrong about this? The melee attacks are cool but when it comes to combat I prefer pretty much any other class, should I feel like this even after the assassin is support to be a “executioner supreme?” Now I realize the assassin does critical damage attacking while hiding, but com’on - with only a few places in hyboria you can aoc gold actually get a black diamond?

I wish I am wrong about all this, I’m asking that people please post the good things about the assassin to hopefully change my mind about this aparent useless class. Does it not say in the manual, “The assassin is the most lethal killer in the game,” and “should be the most feared” and “those aspiring to the top of this profession are executioners supreme?” So far I’ve been extremely dissapointed seeing as how the assassin doesn’t do anything better than any other class - I’ve even maxed out my hide skill and can’t hide better than a LVL 20 ranger.

Thanks for listening to my rant.

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• A Guild that takes Pride in Orientating New Members

If intrested in joining, you can find our application at

The Black Knight Brotherhood (BKB)

• Monthly Guild community News letter

• Dedicated Guild Web Site with Highly Active secure Guild Forums

• Dedicated, VENT Voice Communication Server

If you

• A Guild that will Work Towards Being Fully Self-Sufficient, but Willing to Reach Out and Work with Other Guilds to Enhance the Enjoyment of All Members

Our other goal will be to simply have fun and to strive while doing this to make BKB one of the most respect guilds on the PVP server we play on. We all have lives, jobs, and social lives. A game such as AOC is designed to be open ended. Do what you want, and have fun doing it. We don’t expect you to follow strict raid times, minimum play time per week, or ridiculous membership requirements. The community that BKB offers will provide an overwhelming amount of friendships, memories, and good times.

BKB will maintain a large active player base

WE are not a Zerg guild. We have clear Code of Conduct and rules and REQUIRE GUILD TEAM WORK

• A Guild that Stresses Teamwork, Respect and Loyalty! Our Core Principles

Does this sound like a community that you would be interested in? You are in luck, because you have a chance to be a part of our conquest. BKB is currently following an open recruitment policy based on trust and respect. We are seeking skilled PvPers, talented crafters, ruthless pirates, rich merchants, and witty diplomats. Our open policy does, however, require the regular use of our forums, Mandatory use of Vent and the following of our code of ethics. This should be no problem, as our forums are highly active and our Vent Server is always occupied. We welcome all players and offer an initial amount of respect to all, but as soon as anyone gives us a reason to disrespect them, we will ask them to leave our ranks.

If you don’t think Team work and guild events are a critical part of being in a guild then BKB is NOT for you.

Questions? PM one of our Officers? Novwi Cam, Cyrus, Webco, Mlucas

• A Guild that Stresses Maturity Over Age; We All Know that Age does not Guarantee Maturity

If you are looking for a guild whose primary purpose is team work & FUN while striving to be one of the most respect guilds on the server then you have found a home

Our guild Black Knight Brotherhood, or more simply BKB, was formed almost 9 years ago. During those Nine years, we have accumulated over 2500 members from 16 countries with experience in many MMORPGs including WWII Online, SWG, DAOC, LOTR and EVE and many, many other games. In each of these games, BKB has set a precedence of forming well known, respected, and highly successful guilds. Our officers and members together have experience in hundreds of different games.

• A Guild that is Open to Both New and Experienced Players

Here are a few more of the advantages Membership in BKB has to offer:

• A Group of Dedicated and Skilled Players and officers with Experience in Managing Large Guild with over a combined 25 plus years in running a large guild

• Opportunities for Both the Casual and Hardcore Gamer

• Group Experience from Several various aoc gold Team-Based PVP Style MMORPGs

Currently we are in Full Ramp up for AOC. We need player input on city building, economics, diplomacy, and combat tactics. As soon as you are accepted, you can jump right in the member forums and Vent Server and give your own input. Everyone’s opinion matters.

http://www.bkbhq.com

To start the recruitment process, first take a look around our website, http://www.bkbhq.com/index.php?pageid=darkfallinfo, Browse the general forums, check out our Code of Ethics, Feel free to make a post introducing you and proclaiming interest in our community. If you have a question just post and you will be welcomed by all and soon be contacted by an officer.

~BKB AOC Community

Our main goal in AOC is to be a fully self-sufficient aoc gold GUILD. We will begin our adventure with the establishment our GUILD ASAP then creating our player city/Kingdom. From there we will control our City with the help of our strong player base. We welcome all types of players, from Role-players to pure PvP characters, highly skilled artisan crafters, and everything in between. We will rely on in-house crafters to supply us with all needed goods and supplies. This will ensure that all gold stays within guild, making us all richer in the process. Our members will defend our kingdom vigorously from all hostile forces, establish vital supply lines, and work tirelessly to put the BKB name on the front pages of AOC news.

WE hold regular guild events and due to our strength and large number of active player 24/7 we also hold events and guild raids many time on the spur all days and times of the week The Black Knight Brotherhood (BKB) will be playing on a PVP server to accomplish its goals. Players interested in Joining BKB Must Abide by our Player Code Which can be read at http://www.bkbhq.com/index.php?pageid=coc. Failure to do so will be ground for removal.

A Quick note on What BKB is NOT…

If you don’t think you need to use a voice Communication server 100% of the time, Then BKB is not a guild for you.

If you are a “lone wolf “type player looking to just get in a guild and do 99% “your own thing ,then BKB is not a guild for you.

• Role playing is not Required, but will be Encouraged

• A Focus on FUN!!!

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The desire to be a team player is a must and is strongly encouraged. Rp is to be expected but we are not in IC mode at all times. We are building our guilds city and expect all members to contribute to this cause in some way or another. In return you can expect all the help that you need when it is available to you and a relaxed and friendly aoc gold atmoshpere to play in.

OOC drama is not tolerated and those who live for that might be happier elsewhere. Bring a sense of humor and be ready to use it. The uptight, humorless or overly sensative need not apply. If you are looking to join a growing group of players with a strong background in Rp, Pve & Pvp then perhaps you should look no further.

The follwing is our website: http://www.guildportal.com/Guild.asp…&TabID=2077748

It is said that those of us that have survived were to be slaves and become a part of a growing army under the control of the Stygian mage. But, as it seems fate dealt with us kindly and we were freed . An Aquilonian by the name Triarius Metzer said to have been the founder of the Order lives.

Audacia, Furtim, Subdolus.

It was an Order founded with one design and aoc gold purpose. To bring about a force from all nations to oppose the vile Stygian mage Thoth-amon. Little is known outside of this or of much of what has taken place. Our minds as they are, are still stained with foul magics that keeps our past from us.

In the Latin tongue means Daring, Stealth & Cunning. The very words provoke images of shadowy, passion and fire.

If you feel you have the steel and nerve then join us. If you are looking to enjoy your play experiance with a fine group of players then join us.

The Order Of the Obsidian Flame is currently taking applications from all races & classes. We are looking for mature minded casual players who want to progress into AoC in every direction that is available, but at a pace that is enjoyable. You must be at the least 17+ years of age and have Vent if for nothing more then to hear what is said on it for the sake of co-ordination.

Once again he is seeking out those who survived from the great destruction of our ranks and those who are just like minded and feel the desire to serve. The Order looks for those who wish to aquire both honor and glory, for those who are strong enough and willing to face the greatest evil of the age.

We will answer all membership requests as quickly as we can on the website.

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Overall I feel the Necro’s natural damage needs to be aoc gold increased though. If its our dots and not our icestrike/pest blast then fine. But there still feels a “lacking” for a cloth class that rangers/barbarians/HoX/PoM/ToS/Conq/BS etc.. can easily destroy 1on1. Often 2-3 shots. For how quickly we die our damage still feels much too low.

2. The most recent patch did help the Reanimation tree. Made it good.

4. After a night of play the Necro isnt in the horrible shambles many are crying about but they are not 100% fixed. Yes they are a pet class. You go in choosing a necro if you like undead armies and want a variety of pets.

For this we do not have huge burst damage. Many need to realize this. Necros take strategic play. I for one, enjoy this.

1. AoC development really needs to get the necro 100% fixed soon. People cannot take all the ups and downs.

With the correct pets out for the situation, the correct spell rotation a necro can do quite well. We needed the damage shield buff badly, this helped a bit.

3. The most recent patch hurt the age of conan gold Nightfall tree, this needs immediate attention.

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Now that AoC is out, the guild is branching out to another MMO while maintaining its presence in WoW. We’re a laid back group whether we’re PvP’ing or raiding. Most of the time we’re drunk when we do either (Grappler and Paragon are always drunk and will take on all comers in a drinking contest).

Now that AoC has the first month under its belt, Righteous Dawn has decided to open up recruitment to the public.

Righteous Dawn started as a raiding aoc gold guild in World of Warcraft over 3 1/2 years ago on the Azgalor server. Throughout that time, Righteous Dawn has maintained its position as the premier raiding guild on Azgalor with server first kills in every major raiding instance from Molten Core to Sunwell.

Basically we’re looking to build our community here on Dagoth and age of conan gold add some quality people that enjoy pvp and raiding. If you’re looking for an established guild with laid back veteran MMO players, then we’re probably the guild for you. Contact us in game or on the website if you’re interested in applying.

GUILD HISTORY:

You can apply at our website, or contact Aeneas, Devilbliss, Balkis, Sagasha or Sylvester in game for a trial invite.

http://www.righteousdawn.dkpsystem.com/news.php

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Build #3

My current build - http://feats.goonheim.com/tempestofset//8129

Build #4

Build #5

Build #2

My personal leveling build:

Max DPS, mobile pvp build (great for soloing, back line fighting)

Great survivability, decent dps, good support role.

This build has all the goodies for PvE. Reduced agro (shroud of gods to get rid of that unwanted agro from healing/dmg), better healing in terms of spread/regen, good survivability (serpent transmutation), set’s age of conan gold life spark to rez yourself if a pull goes bad, + triumphant life of set to help with dmg as you’re healing your group.

This was my build that enabled me to get to 80 fast. It had great mana regen, so that was never an issue. HoT up, put up storm crown (doesn’t tick until the 5th second for the first time) and then pull the pack. Once the pack is on you, throw up storm field (provided the mobs don’t stun/knockback, in which case you need to get this up beforehand to avoid wasting time). You have elemental fury which helps add a little pbae dmg as well as column lightning which is fantastic to nail the hardest mob and put them in par with the others. The key is to fight like level mobs or higher to get the “chain kills.” You get roughly 300-400 more exp per chain killed mob, which adds up quickly. I was able to tear through mobs with great efficiency and without exploiting totems or w/e else others were doing.

This build has some of the best survivability that you could ask for: serpent transmutation, maxed out feat resists, good mana regen. It also has triumphant life of set which IMO is currently broken. It heals your group members and hits pretty darn hard (also drawing alot more agro on yourself).

Negatives: Poor CC (lack of visions of hatred, brain spasms). Poor survivability/sustainability: lack of Set’s life spark to rez and be right back in the fray, no serpent transmutation for 5 sec of invuln when needed.

http://feats.goonheim.com/tempestofset/8126

http://feats.goonheim.com/tempestofset/8127

In conclusion, you may notice that I don’t use cyclone of set in any of the builds because I don’t think the points warrant the use of it. Sure, you can have 3 cyclones that do some dmg, but at the cost of 11 important points that could be better utilized elsewhere. Also, Aura of Nebthu is pretty useless atm as it only provides a minimal pulsing pbae. Puppets of set only works in PvE from the testing that I have done. This might prove useful later on in PvE encounters where you could charm an add when fighting a boss to help with the fight. I guess we shall see on that one. I will continue editing this thread as I conduct more tests and see how things work out in PvP and PvE situations.

This build has all the magical bonuses with a lightning strike age of conan gold focus. Plus you have the CC from visions of hatred to enable a quick overcharge, vengeance of the gods, 1,2 punch. I like this build, but fear it will have problems with regen in prolonged battles as well as major problems when getting focus fired on. A big plus with it is that you will have a big insta heal which can help you during those clutch moments.

http://feats.goonheim.com/tempestofset/8125

PvE build, reducing agro (as temptest draw quite a bit of agro), great heals and support.

Since I mainly PvP this is a solid build for 1vs1 and group play. It’s a mobile build that incorporates the currently OP Puppets of Set. I fight hundreds of 1vs1 a week and rarely lose with this build. When I do lose it’s usually to a really good demo that catches me with my pants down, an exploiting barb that Qs combos and 1 shots, or the currently most OP class - the Bear Shaman. This build gives you the 1-2 punch with puppets then inner charge, overcharge, vengeance of gods => bang 1 shot or almost dead. Of course that’s oversimplifying it, but you get the idea.

Ok, so I’ve been getting overloaded with PMs to the point of no return. I simply can’t answer all of the PMs any longer as it’s becoming a second job. Therefore, I have decided to post a few age of conan gold builds and briefly go over their strengths and cons. Hopefully, this will be of help to you all!

Overall, great leveling build, poor pvp/pve build at 80.

http://feats.goonheim.com/tempestofset/2396

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