Age of Conan loses two classes

by Mike Schramm on Jan 18th 2008 12:45PM

Age of Conan, Classes, Game mechanics, Launches, New titles

TTH has word that Funcom has dropped two more classes from Age of Conan, bringing the total down to twelve instead of fourteen. If you were really hoping to play a Scion of Set (upgraded from the Priest archetype-- you choose an archetype at level 5, and a class from that set at level 20) or a Lich (upgraded from the Mage archetype) in the upcoming MMO, then let your hopes fall away like so much dust into the wind, because those classes are no more.

Can't say yet whether this is a good thing or a bad thing-- on the one hand, it could be because Funcom couldn't make them work, which doesn't say much for the game we all want to play. But on the other hand, it could be good news-- Funcom may have more time to work on the other classes and get them up to speed. And maybe it's just our optimism for this game, but the fact that Funcom plans to spread the abilities of these classes back around to the other ones should mean that they're just cutting the fat, not bailing out a sinking ship.

[Thanks, Boltar!]

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Tags: age-of-conan, archetype, breaking, classes, lich, mage, priest, scion-of-set

Reader Comments (3)

I know quite a few people actually who wanted to play a Lich. Myself included.

They are merged not deleted.

In otherwords, key elements such as skill tree's, spells are being added to another excisting classes to add more diversity to that class and still giving the player the abilities they found interesting from the scion and lich in this case.
So you'll still be able to play the scion or lich route in while picking another class.

And this is far from the first class merge that happend as in the past alot of classes were merged just because they weren't that fun or not that great on their own or even lacking dept and diversity.

"on the one hand, it could be because Funcom couldn't make them work, which doesn't say much for the game we all want to play"

I don't think it necessarily reflects badly on the game. Just because a single class (or two in this case) isn't working doesn't mean the rest of them are bad. In fact it's probably a good thing to remove something that isn't working from the game.

Blizzard are renowned for this. They've actually cancelled games rather than release something that's not fun.

If Funcom are taking this approach, rather than releasing a class that is someones pet idea or has popular support but isn't fun, then I have more confidence that AoC will be a good game.