Age of conan - Rise of the Godslayer. Expansion details released

[corasked]

Funcom has revealed its new expansion pack for Age of Conan, which has been dubbed Rise of the Godslayer. Eurogamer has posted first impressions from the new content, which does not raise the current level cap of 80 for players.

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.

Information gained

GENERAL INFO
-No level cap increase
-No new classes
-New abilities, spells and combos
-Alternate Advancement Point system for new feat trees

NEW CONTINENT
-A new continent named Khitai based on Chinese and Korean culture
-A new race of Chinese and Korean culture named Khitan
-Khitai will have a larger area to explore
-Playfields will be linked in the region thus eliminating the need for travel NPCs and gated doors.
-Khitai is split into five large gameplay regions and players will be able to travel there from one or more of the major hubs in the game.

KHITAI REGIONS
-Gateway to Khitai (Level 20-40)
-The Northern Grasslands
-Chosain Province
-Kara Korum
-Paikang

KHITAN CLASSES
-Unknown at this time

NEW MOUNTS
-Tiger mount
-Wolf mount
-New mounts cannot be bought from a vendor
-New mounts can be tamed as a cub and trained to fight
-Player must craft a saddle before being able to ride new mount

NEW FACTIONS
-Ranks and titles which are faction based in Khitai
-Ranks unlock special rewards, titles and additional tiers of quests.
-Players will have to choose which faction they ally themselves to!
-Separate quest lines for each faction
-Betrayal quests
-Four separate tiers of armor for each different faction

NEW DUNGEONS
-Pillars of Heaven

[Yrandir]

Sweet, that's all there is too say =)

[TheBeast]

WAIT a minute, i thought expansions are for games that have nothing left to update in them, so they release new content to keep their player base, i think i herd wrong?

[SnOwBunZz]

WAIT a minute, i thought expansions are for games that have nothing left to update in them, so they release new content to keep their player base, i think i herd wrong?

You did.

You don't need a game without any content left to make an expansion for it, do you?

[poeticas]

i think the game is resurrecting from dead ...

[snubi]

let the ship sink FFS aoc is one big phail. no way they can save it lolz

[Noto2]

Sounds more like filling up the empty spaces in this game, than actually expanding this.. I'd lol if this costs money.

[Alivada]

let the ship sink FFS aoc is one big phail. no way they can save it lolz

You started your sentance without a capital, you then managed to spell fail wrong and finished with lolz. Firefox it's there for a reason.

Anyway looks good, it is great game may go back to it
Also having to train your mount? Thats pretty cool.

[Fortify]

let the ship sink FFS aoc is one big phail. no way they can save it lolz

Wooooow.

You say this game "phail"s? I'm sorry bro, but your an idiot.

Anyways, this looks pretty awesome. I just hope that the expansion is free (probably won't be though )

[Zender]

Sounds nice. Hopefully it will be at least given a chance by players who gave up on the game.

[Serotonin678]

Played AoC in closed beta and throughout all the "phail" and to tell you the truth. It's still pretty entertaining I guess some people can't handle that they get owned in pvp. :/

[ChickenDewd21]

Played AoC in closed beta and throughout all the "phail" and to tell you the truth. It's still pretty entertaining I guess some people can't handle that they get owned in pvp. :/

QFT. ;B I've witnessed people ragequit completely at level 80 'cus they were tired of gettin' pawned in PvP. I'll kite yeh to kingdom come, or 'til yeh bash yer computer monitor so hard yeh can't see the game anymore.

and then I'll pwn yer blinded @ss some moar. 8D

[Cingal]

Whoa whoa whoa, wait one second.

Not one of those guys is wearing a skirt with bare legs.


This isn't AoC.

[korncob]

Whoa whoa whoa, wait one second.

Not one of those guys is wearing a skirt with bare legs.


This isn't AoC.

lmao........

[cinderboy]

Whoa whoa whoa, wait one second.

Not one of those guys is wearing a skirt with bare legs.


This isn't AoC.

im shure the one beside conan is a guy.

[cinderboy]

Funcom ain't exactly rich like Blizzard to give out free patches/expansions before a retail one. Game is only for those who like it initially I guess.

[corasked]

I hope this expansion lives up to its name

anyways theres still alot more to be released

[Bernhardt]

I was a part of the Early Access and all, but had to stop playing for a year due to my military service. I just recently played the game for a couple of weeks and I must admit, I liked what I saw. Eventhough I enjoyed the game even when it was released - I know, crazy me, right - the game had more content and it was more polished now.

I'm excited to see the expansion.