Funcom's Craig Morrison, Silirrion on the official Age of Conan forums, has returned with another Letter from the Game Director. Morrison, who also serves as executive producer on the Robert E. Howard-themed MMORPG, looks into his crystal ball to give fans a bit of a teaser in terms of future updates.
"So overall, the answer to the 'what next?' question is more of 'a little bit of everything' rather than one specific theme for the time being. We want to continue to improve the game and build upon the progress we have seen so far. That means now that the expansion is out, we will take the opportunity to address a wider selection of smaller and back-end or performance updates," he writes.
What's involved in the "little bit of everything?" We're glad you asked. According to Morrison, everything entails new Khitai quests, performance tweaks for all of the recently released expansion content, and significant revisions to the Dreamworld game engine as well as various DirectX10 functionality. Oh yeah, tweaks to PvP gameplay (specifically Shrines of Bori issues), possible vanity options, GUI enhancements, and cross-server minigame options are also on the table. "We are also though looking at a few things that offer longer term benefits. Included there are things like changing the way the mini-games queues work at a fundamental level to ensure fairer fights, and also starting to investigate further the possibility of offering cross-server PVP games," Morrison says.
Check out the full letter for all of the details.
Reader Comments (7)
Posted: May 31st 2010 8:59PM (Unverified) said
Anybody who CMs for AoC has an appetite for madness.
Posted: Jun 6th 2010 11:28PM Lateris said
I just reached lvl 80 SIN! I have madness to share!
Posted: Jun 1st 2010 1:26AM (Unverified) said
Nice to see them looking at Bori, but the Bori glitches pretty much perma-borked the PvP reward system. Guilds have been farming materials and have their members up to PvP rank 8 and 9 and such craziness without touching another player. If they just fix the problem without addressing the enormous advantage gained by those guilds farming the PvP XP then basically anyone who didn't take advantage of the exploit before the date of the patch will be at a permanent disadvantage. Having just reached lvl 80 myself and looking forward to PvP, the horizon looks pretty bleak unless I exploit with the rest of them and start quickly.
Posted: Jun 1st 2010 1:24AM (Unverified) said
Nice to see them looking at Bori, but the Bori glitches pretty much perma-borked the PvP reward system. Guilds have been farming materials and have their members up to PvP rank 8 and 9 and such craziness without touching another player. If they just fix the problem without addressing the enormous advantage gained by those guilds farming the PvP XP then basically anyone who didn't take advantage of the exploit before the date of the patch will be at a permanent disadvantage. Having just reached lvl 80 myself and looking forward to PvP, the horizon looks pretty bleak unless I exploit with the rest of them and start quickly.
I hope Funcom addresses both points in their fix.
I hope Funcom addresses both points in their fix.
Posted: Jun 1st 2010 1:25AM (Unverified) said
Forgot to add that I think cross-server PvP minis would be awesome.
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Posted: Jun 1st 2010 1:22PM Joshua Przygocki said
GUI... Lol they let this go too long, I think they should just give everyone DarkUI with the game, it's great and doesn't look like a third party UI.
Posted: Jun 1st 2010 2:07PM Deadalon said
Little bit of everything is used alot when there is no long term plan.








