Age of Conan

Age of Conan players are in for a few treats and many epic surprises as the game celebrates its 5th anniversary today, May 23rd. Grab your best hunting gear because you won't want to miss what this monstrous event has in store!

The Stygian Desert holds the newest content for Age of Conan players - the Dragon's Spine. It might sound familiar, and that's because it's actually a location that was present in the original Robert Howard stories. Now the question is, what dark power is at work down there? Is it the Emerald Lotus, trying to find the power of the Serpent Men? Or is it something darker and more sinister?

There's changes in store for Age of Conan, developers at Funcom said in a post today. The most significant one is the highly-demanded change to stamina, which drained through spellcasting, abilities, and sprinting. It was hard to balance, so a new sprinting bar - a completely separate one from stamina - will be introduced instead. This is only the beginning though, as they also talk plans for multiple feat specifications, updates for the Tempest of Set, and faction vendor changes. 

Fashionable, m'lord. A new sweep of capes is hitting Age of Conan, some for a limited time. Two at a time, they are available in the store for one week. But you can also spring for the entire cape collection and pick them all up at once, at any time, in the store. Check out all those cloaks on the Age of Conan website!

Capes are fashionable in spring, right?

The Paikang skyline and the Emperor are now open for business - 3.3 carries a new raid on the Jade Citadel. 

Thematically, they detail more about the Citadel, and the mysterious sargazer that's tampering with powerful forces. But what's important is the Senior AI Designer Matthew Bennett talking about the raids themselves, and how the fights scale through the plants in the garden, the Khitan zodiac, and finally to the Emperor himself.

It's well worth a read if you're in the land of Conan!