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*Double stance, food, buff, icons are all bugs for every player, new with this patch

3. Ability Issues

* Dexterity does not affect many of the assassins stats such as attack or defense rating and evade.

* Passive abilities and feats can not be triggered without breaking stealth.

* Crossbow has no abilities offered, as well as takes a long time to get off a shot.

Tsuga - 80 Assassin - Doomsayer “Evil Deeds”

* Instant abilities not accessible while sprinting. (Affects all Classes)

1. Hide

* Golden Lotus Extract

* Lunge does not affect stealth attack damage properly.

* The following list of abilities will not register if the assassin uses them in conjunction with another ability too soon or if knocked down.

* Fallen NPCs can still observe the assassin, this disallows the use of the hide ability.

* Curse of the Lotus

* Casters do not require stamina to be efficient in combat. (Balancing Issue)

* If the target does not have any flesh rot counters, all combat and abilities will lock up, this forces a log out.

* Cloth armor has no bearing on evade chance.

I am a good assassin.

* Snap kick does not appear to be working as intended.

* Light gem does not accurately portray the assassins cover in the shadows.

* Corrupting Strikes

* The amount of stamina the assassin has - has no bearing on the distance he/she can sprint.

* The assassin can be knocked down during a fatality.

5. Equipment

Feedback from players keeps age of conan gold this list up to date. Play hard and report all bugs you happen to come across.

* Combos that are 3-4 moves in length stick at the third or fourth key in the chain. (Slow Death Strikes, Swift Strikes etc.)

* Stealth attack will occasionally miss a target that appears to be in front of the assassin.

The list contains anywhere from major issues to minor inconviences.

* Daytime stealth is inconsistent even when approaching enemy from the rear.

* Vampyric Nature

* Pets continue to follow the assassin after reentering stealth mode.

2. Combat Issues

* Dagger range is too short. The assassin must be nearly on top of his/her target in order to land an attack.

* Skulk does not greatly affect movement speed in stealth. General feat tree does. http://forums.ageofconan.com/showthread.php?t=58845

* Evade chance for an assassin generally low.

* Directional movement WASD requires a large amount of stamina.

* Soul Prison

* Falling short non-damaging distances breaks the assassin out of stealth.

* Lunge

* Hide will randomly not be available. No ‘being observed’ message is given.

* From the Darkness send the assassin to aoc gold the last known location, not where the target currently is.

My stealth skill is 800, I am level 80, I stealth attack for over 2000, but level 20 wolves can still detect me.

This thread is a community powered list of reported bugs.

The Official Assassin Bug List / Wishlist

* Combat while in a group disallows the assassin to enter hide mode even if not engaged, as well as combat by group members located across the instance.

* Life Leech

Reported Bugs

* Cat’s Paw

* Opportunistic Strike

* No differentiation between the rogue classes and their hide abilities.

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* Katars now have damage, but speed remains at 0.0.

* Female assassins swing more slowly than male assassins. http://forums.ageofconan.com/showthread.php?t=55674

* Lack of level 80 itemization. (Not inclusive to the assassin class}

* Assassin stealth attack damage may need a slight raise.

* Necrotic Leech

* Excellent Balance

* Assassin can occasionally generate multiple stealth attacks.

4. Character Sheet Statistics

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Think of every assassination you’ve ever heard of, dreamt, read, watched, or considered (I hope not, but it’s here anyways). What is the common theme? More than likely, it’s that your ‘mark’ or target, is otherwise occupied. By this I mean that they have no inkling about what is to transpire.

We can view this in the historical sense of political assassinations. We have the sniper fire, usually during a speech or event, that takes down the mark while they’re unaware or occupied with their surroundings. The same can go for the crowded room pistoleer, who leaps out of the crowd waving a firearm.

I believe there is a reason for age of conan gold this, and I applaud Funcom for having the guts to take such a stance.

This, in my opinion, is how Funcom intended the Assassin class to be played.

Historically, Assassins don’t declare their presence until they act. They don’t tell the mark that they’re going to be assassinated at such and such time, doing such and such things. The Assassin stacks the odds in their favor in order to achieve the best possible outcome. People who are seeking ‘honorable’ fights might be best served elsewhere, as this is probably not the role of the Assassin class.

We rely on distraction, deception, and devastating age of conan gold attacks.

How can we translate this to AoC? We’re in an environment surrounded by distractions. This can come in the form of resources, quest items, mobs, npcs, other players, or even real life events that pull us away from the keyboard. These are all activities which places your mark in the same historical scenario as those who have fallen in the past. Busy, unaware, and unsuspecting of the malicious intruder stalking them.

The common thread is that the mark doesn’t know what is going to happen until it’s already happened. That their ability to react to any given situation is hampered by the pace at which such event is unfolding.

There have been quite a number of posts/threads recently, with folks struggling to come to terms with what it means to be a member of the Assassin class. It’s true, we’re rogues, that is our Archetype. However, unlike the other two classes within the Rogue Archetype, we’re not very good at fighting toe to toe.

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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.

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The Black Knight Brotherhood (BKB)

• Opportunities for Both the Casual and Hardcore Gamer

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.

If you

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BKB will maintain a large active player base

• Dedicated Guild Web Site with Highly Active secure Guild Forums

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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.

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

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

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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.

• Role playing is not Required, but will be Encouraged

Our main goal in AOC is to be a fully self-sufficient age of conan 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.

• Monthly Guild community News letter

• 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

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.

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.

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.

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.

• 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.

• A Guild that takes Pride in Orientating New Members

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

• Dedicated, VENT Voice Communication Server

A Quick note on What BKB is NOT…

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Level: 80

Intel Q6600 2.4ghz Quad Core CPU

Class: Barbarian

Vista 64 Premium Home Edition

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The combo animation plays, age of conan gold but none of your hits appear to land. Once the animation plays FULLY through you will see DODGE/PARRY/MISS/BLOCK.

Name: Saber

The current evade levels are rediculous. When fighting an opponent who is not moving I often hit clobber (hitting thin air so I move-cancel), hit clobber again (hitting thin air so I move-cancel), hit clobber again now it is connecting so I let animation play through —>> load up a 4 direction combos (hitting thin air so move cancel), use stunning punch (hitting thin air so move-cancel), reuse stunning punch and let animation play through because its connecting, load up a 4 direction combo and it lands, player starts to run and im hitting his back (dodge, parry, dodge, miss, dodge).

Thats right, if you cancel a combo that is hitting thin air (because at the end of the animation is was going to be evaded) and simply move during the animation you will be able to relaunch your combo. This will still cost you the stamina of the combo but will prevent your combo from going on cooldown so that you can reuse it.

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This is how rediculous evasion is right now. To test it aoc gold yourself simply swing at a friend who is afk 100 times. He will auto dodge and parry 30% of your attacks.

EVGA 9600GT Superclocked Edition x2 in SLI

Example of a fight with the current level of evasion in the game:

One can only assume that evasion rates are currently bugged considering how high they are. Now here is a general gaming tip to everyone which should help them drastically until the evasion bug is fixed. Cancel your combos.

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Edit: The June 23 Patch has not alleviated this issues. All physical damage attacks continue to be avoided through dodge/parry at a rate of 30% or more in PVP on characters who have a listed 6% evasion rate.

After doing several tests I have discovered what is actually happening with combos (note: all testing was pvp testing against pvp opponents). The latest patch has made evade rates so high that 30%+ of combos and melee attacks you launch will be miss/dodge/parry/block and simply not land. Here is what happens when you launch a combo that is going to be evaded:

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So, having said all this, HoXs are one of the best solo AoE grinders in the game. I actually got paid for allowing a ranger to group with me since they XP so slowly. As soon as you can learn to AoE grind. I was getting 9-10 chain kills by myself with this strat. ven with DE and AoX down you can still effectively take smaller groups with HFB, HS, whatever. I use WoC a lot in PvE as well to set up combos outside of combat to maximize my damage deal and minimize mine taken.

Hi, I’m Lashkor, the Self proclaimed Demon King of Bluesteel. You may remember from such threads as, ‘Concerns about the Herald,’ and ‘My Demon Form is a Soccer playing Swamp Predator.’

Step 2: Root them all. There may be some fly aways, let them beat on you while you cast HFB for initial damage.

The Herald in PvE

UPDATE, Raid Build: http://www.conanarmory.com/feat.aspx…2e2fef13efef14

Explanation: http://forums.ageofconan.com/showpos…0&postcount=90

But, on to the Herald.

If you take a good look at the feats you’ll notice it’s a very PvP oriented spec, however it also performs well in PvE. Lets go over the feats, and why we have them:

UPDATE: New Proposed Feat build: http://www.conanarmory.com/feat.aspx…fefe3f3ef9ef16

So, the Herald is very susceptible to CC and you’ll die a lot from getting chain KDed in this area, and probably any other area with large groups that KD. But if you execute perfectly these manuvers, you will survive.

Possesion

I’ve been solo farming the East ruins in Keshatta age of conan gold since level 72. I’ve died a lot, I’m not going to lie, but I’ve been leveling like crazy. Yeas, the Herald can effectively handle large groups of mobs. And, I’ll tell you how. Keep in mind this is more focused around level 74, where you can have Aox, HVoX and Molten Flesh. You can probably get them sooner, I think, but this is how I specced.

-It’s an AoE. Yes, and AoE. If 10 guys are hitting you, then 10 guys gt hit aoc gold back for each person who attacked. So, in their 1 attack, assuming Molten Flesh retaliates every hit, and I haven’t confirmed this, you’re looking at them getting hit 10 times each. (It’s more like 7-8, I’m pretty sure.) But basically, they fall over and die.

5/5 Butcher: Again, PvE.

1/1 Undying Glory of Xotli: While I wish I didn’t have to cast the buff because it’s annoying, it’s still helpful in soem situations so you don’t have to run back to your grind spots. Just sit dead until your potion/De cds are up so you can insure you survive if you’re around mobs.

5/5 Demon Within: 37 seconds of Demon Form even if it isn’t AoX (Even though not bing in AoX makes me want to cry a little inside.) is amazing. Get it. Why? Because you have to.

3/3 Roots in Hell: Da plane boss, da plane! (Sorry, I was tyring to distract you from how much this feat needs fixing.)

5/5 Imp Fiery Weapons: More damage for your procs, another no brainer to have, and far better than Spreading Flames.

1/1 Thundering Flames: It’ll get fixed, I swear!

Avatar

5/5 Demonic Leech: More mana back from BaSW is a ‘yes’ for PvE mostly. The mana gain is huge, shouldn’t be ignored, and provides more bang for your buck than anything else you can pick.

The Herald is a power class at high levels. Early in the game it suffers from some issues though, in that it has very limited ability to control anything, and without upgrades to skills its damage flounders. Many people quit their Heralds before getting past this point, but some don’t. Now, on with the show!

This is all I’m going to cover for now, I’ll be posting about the HoX in raids as soon as I’m able to do them, hopfully have a good rotation down, but I can guess my Rotation is going to follow a fairly simple pattern: MSS -> HS -> BaSW, while spamming HFB. Perhaps I’ll be able to fit in BtD as well. Since I have points in Butcher, I want to maximize it’s use.

1/1 Avatar of Xotli: Avatar makes dead babies cry. Some people will tell you not to get it, it’s cookie cutter! So what, the other 70 feats suck, and so do the feats leading up to them. This line is really the best for PvP and PvE, hands down. If you wanted an IWIN button, Avatar is this button.

Step 3: Cast DE to activate HVoX (Or Avatar, your choice.) and stun the group. Cast HFB again for more damage.

5/5 Hellfire: This one’s really a no brainer, I’m pretty sure that every HoX can agree it’s imperatitve you have this feat.

Step 4: Cast Exultation of Xotli. The moment HVoX wears off, cast Molten Flesh. Everything dies, white swings and HFBs finish the group off quickly.

5/5 Fiery Weapons: A suprisingly good feat, procs do more damage than my normal white hits, and probably increase my damage substantially.

3/3 Mindless Brute: Large gain at little cost, a must have.

5/5 Desecration: A minute and a half CD on DE? Yes. Yes. YES.

1/1 Blood Pit: I got this because of my current grinding spot, and I’ll probably kep it. 200+ Health regen at my level is very good, and it spawns quite often.

2/2 Wrath of Xotli: A 50% damage increaser to Demons form DoT that works on Avatars insanely high damage already is a must have. Great for PvE and PvP, get damage where you can.

Explanation: http://forums.ageofconan.com/showpos…&postcount=125

3/3 Fury of Xotli: A PvE wonderchild, really helps out your mana bar by removing the cost of at least 50% of the HFBs you do. Helps sometimes in PvP too, where I go through my mana very fast.

2/2 Reaching Flames: The reason I got this is because to be PoF has a really wonky hitbox. Taking this helps to insure I actually hit the person and has great PvE functionality as well.

My end Feat build: http://www.conanarmory.com/feat.aspx…fefe3f3e2fef23

3/3 Burning Words: DoT to root? I think so! Mostly I couldn’t find anything better to put my points into.

3/3 Flame of Xotli: You’ll read a lot of posts from 80s telling you that BtD sucks at later levels and I can assure this is not the case. Ys, the casting animation is slow, I won’t lie, but the DoT ticks for 400-500. To me, this combo is my opener against tanks and healers. See ‘PvP’ for details.

3/3 Horrible Visage of Xotli: The bread and butter of a PvP build, and amazing for PvE as well. If I had a silver for the amount of times HVoX has saved my life I could buy my own guild city. The stun lasts a good 5 seconds. Enough time for most combos.

You don’t take a ton of damage, but sometimes you might get KDed before you get WoC off, if this happens, spam potion and WoC and hope for the best. Mobs can chain KD, and it sucks, you’ll die. Oh well. It’s a short run. Shorter if you have UGoX up. One of the reasons this is so effective at farming is because of Molten Flesh. This ability is fairly lackluster by itself, except for a few things:

- .5 second cast, NO MANA COST. It’s totally free for you to use. I am all about free fast casting spells. Especially effective ones.

-It gets +Fire Damage from Demon Form. Avatared Molten Flesh hits for about 200.

2/2 Molten Flesh: Many people will tell you this sucks, and I disagree, so much. I’ll explain why in my ‘PvE’ section of playing a Herald.

Step 1: Sprint along the edge of mob groups until you have the size of the group you want. Usually I pull about 10-12, and sometimes 20 mobs. Get them as close together as you can.

1/1 Renewed Exultation of Xotli: Some people say this sucks, I disagree. As it is now I use EoX a ton. At my level it’s a +30% damage increase! The downfall is only -20%, and I can kill a pull in 10 seconds, easy.

1/1 Fire Lance: Even if it got nerfed, I’ll still use it. It still serves a purpose as a high burst damage attack. The reduction to 3 attack combo means I can EoX bfore the final hit more reliably.

A few things to notice: I did not take any general mage feats, after much thinking I decided they really aren’t worth the cost, and the survivability return is low. Having more damage and more options in the end gives you far more survivability. Now onto playing your HoX:

2/2 Improved WoC: Amazing feat to be honest, and also I don’t know if it’s the feat or the fact that I’ve leveled up but WoC rarely ever breaks on damage anymore, making this an amazing thing to have, and WoC and amazing CC for us.

3/3 Rage of Xotli: Personally, I’m a big fan of Hell Strikes. It’s really mostly all I use in PvE, so I wanted this build to implement some of teh good things of PvE while having the best of PvP, and I’m not a huge fan of Pillar of Flame, because to me it’s hitbox seems to suck. So I went Hellstrikes instead, I think it provides more utility, while also holding it’s own in PvP.

1/5 Spitfire: I picked this up because I heard report of it increasing the damage of your next attack by something like 25%. I haven’t seen this, but I had no where else to put this point, so I have it, sometimes I use it, but mostly filler.

3/3 Demonic Link: Another stunning feat near doubling the damage dealt in Demon and Avatar forms. There is no reason not to have this.

5/5 Flame Tongue: This feat is crap. Horrible. At my level 5 stacks gives about +30 Fire damage to melee. It lasts about 8 seconds, so you basically hav to spam HFB to keep it up. We have it for one reason.

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People only care about classes being OP. They clearly don’t care about the heading of the game.

So, in a couple of months, AoC will be swarming with lack age of conan gold lustered classes that aren’t unique or defined in anyway.

The direction the classes are heading isn’t anywhere good. Everything is getting toned down and less exciting to play. Sooner or later, Barbs, Demo, Assassins, HoX, Ranger will only be a shell of themselves also.

Now that ToS got nerfed or fixed aoc gold or destroyed, some are yelling for more, most are laughing and pointing. Yet, they don’t see how the AOE nerfs totally destroyed the class’ identity.

they needed the nerfed. Fine. A nerf. Tone down our damage, but not our class definition.

Before people jump up and down and point and say but but…

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Guild Interview: http://conanvault.ign.com/View.php?v…s.Detail&id=37

Is Canada America’s hat?: Absolutely

o You may break the back of anyone who refuses to bend a knee to the Herd. This is not figurative, our motto is “Join or Die” and we mean it.

o All deserters and outcasts will be slaughtered on sight every time they dare to enter our presence. Our loyalty to each other is the most valuable asset we have, anyone who breaks it, will be hunted, forever. Oh, and that goes for the people we boot as well.

* V Only the dead may leave the Herd.

Web Site: www.MurderHerd.com

o You never run from a opponent, never. If you’re out numbered and/or out leveled… just close yer eyes and start swinging. Take as many heads as you can or at least break some knee caps before you go up on the mountain to meet Crom. Oh, and spit on them too… Crom loves spitting.

In a nut shell, the Murder Herd is a mature, age of conan gold rp (role play), pvp (player versus player) oriented online gaming community currently focused entirely on the Age of Conan.

Leader: Matriarch

Basically you may murder, pillage and bully to aoc gold yer hearts content… but if you ever run away from a fight, talk smack, horde yer loot or are in any way disloyal to the Herd then we will hunt you down and eat you for dinner every night.

We don’t have a mission statement because mission statements are for bland, pathetic cubicle workers who need motivation. We are not here to grind away our lives for “phat lewt” or to look for “e-girlfriends” while sucking on cheeseburgers in smelly computer chairs. We are here to have a good, laid back time, kill a plethora of players, steal their “phat lewts” and then to kill their “e-girlfriends”.

* I Mercy may not be given unless bartered for.

Server: Cimmeria

Total Members as of 5/18/08: 218

For those who desire to know, Conq is the Herd’s sub leader and my partner in crime. My officers include Monkey, Bowzer, Throbbert(Penetricia), Cheshire, Phukkju(Sordes), Vesrix, Arrocken, Thorbrand, and Nala. Please contact any of these men if you have a heartfelt need to be insulted, have your tush meddled with, or if you need help with any covert sheep smuggling operations.

o It pays to be evil… a lot and especially a lot if they put item looting in. So it’s simple… when we go on drunken guild rampages killing everyone we find… all the spoils are divided evenly, same goes for general game play. Keep it in the Herd.

* II There is no path for retreat.

* VI Kill everyone who defies the Herd!

o This should be pretty clear… everyone not in the Herd is prey. Consider them like fluffy bunnies.. you can tease them and pet them and hug and cuddle them but eventually they go in the god damn rabbit stew, got it? Good!

o None of that “come on you little bitch, attack me” or bragging “lolz I just wtf pwnt you” crap. If I hear that coming out’ta yer mouth, I’m gonna shove you in the stew with the dead rabbits.

There are some rules though, six of em and they are very serious because violation of any of these will not only mean your immediately dismissal but also subject you to an intense amount of physical harassment *puts on a serious face*

Though the thread we now bring to you is baren, lonely, and, as yet, devoid of all things sheep related, fear not, bovine befrienders! For we are still the same beloved boisterous barbarians that you have grown so attached to. Ok, enough of that girly man bologna, on to business!

* IV Taunts and boasts are for love play.

*Ridiculously rockin R-alliteration and ascii cows courtesy of conveniently creative Conq

Matriarch, here, presenting our brand spanking new recruitment thread: Welcome to the renowned residence of the roughest, rowdiest, most ruthless and rambunctious rapscallions ever to ravage the roads of Hyboria!

* III All spoils are divided equally.

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[Reported] - The improved lightning feat is not updating the tooltip with the updated damage. (Added 5/31/08)

[Reported] - Mark of Set Rank 5 has no casting animation. (Added 5/30/08)

[Reported] - Improved Lightning Strike has no damage on the tooltip.

[Reported] - Idol of Set can still be cast twice if you activate the 2nd idol while the first is still being cast. (Added 5/27/08)

[Reported] - Mark of Set and PoM’s HP buff do not stack properly. They have adverse affects when both are active. (Added 5/27/08)

[Reported] - When zoning a heal over time buff icon may appear indefinitely. You do not receive the buff but the icon remains. (Added 5/27/08)

BUGS

[Reported] - Mark of Set does not refill to the full health bar. (Added 6/3/08)

[Fixed] - Erasing feats erases gathering skills. (Updated 6/7/08)

[Reported] - Upon death some buffs do not go away. (Added 6/3/08)

[Reported] - Thundering Command is not silencing as intended.

While I’m not a harcore MMO player any more (wife and kid will do that to you) I still have a deep passion for MMORPGs. In Conan I’ve grown fond of the Tempest of Set class.

While I’m not very high level I’d like to see the class age of conan gold thrive. I wanted to compile a list of issues (bugs, balancing, or otherwise) with the class using the great knowledge you guys possess.

Tempest of Set - Bugs and Balancing Issues - Compiled List

I’d like to update this thread as often as possible to include status updates on fixes as well as a listing of issues. I appreciate all the hard work everyone puts into these forums.

[Reported] - Currently any passive damage we give to the team be it from storm nimbus, storm crown, idol of set’s power upgrade to idol of set or even that of the building storm is seen as our damage not the damage of the person it procs off, leading to large agro additions on top of our otherwise high agro. (Added 5/27/08)

[Confirmed] = A dev confirmed issue. Most likely in coding or testing phase for Funcom.

[Reported] - Faithful of Set procs but is not increasing healing spells. (Added 5/30/08)

[Reported] - Aura of Nebthu duration and cooldown time make this skill less than desirable. (Added 5/27/08)

[Reported] - Degredation of Set is causing agro issues that are not intended.

[Reported] - Growing Storm feat is not working correctly. Tooltip with 5/5 says its supposed to reduce my Life of Sets mana by -25 per stack (25/50/75), but it only reduces by 9(shown by hovering over life of set spell and looking at the mana cost everytime you get a stack). Could be a tooltip issue. (added 6/7/08)

[Reported] - Storm Crown will sometimes trigger from a Desecration tick.

[Reported] - Static Blood appears to be lacking in potency.

[Reported] - Power of the Serpent Ring has an incorrect tooltip percentage.

[Fixed] - The combination of Triumphant Life of Set and Guiding Spirit appears to be overpowered in a group setting. (Updated 6/7/08)

[Fixed] - Idol of Set is able to be cast more times than intended. (Fixed 5/27/08)

[Reported] - In Team Annihilation Arena if you cast Idol of Set before it starts it will attack your team’s rez pillar. (Added 5/27/08)

[Reported] - Thundering Command tooltip and debuff icon tooltip both indicate the target (both npc and player) has had their fizzle chance increased by 1%. This is thought to be an error and should be 100%, especially considering its depth in the thunder tree. (Added 5/28/08)

[Reported] - Life of Set Rank 3 has no casting animation. (Added 5/27/08)

[Reported] - Wisdom, when modified by equipment with a +wisdom stat, does not affect Magic Rating. Displayed and Actual heal amounts don’t change. Displayed and possibly actual damage amounts don’t change. (Added 5/29/08)

[Reported] - Lightning Strike can skip cooldown if pressed at a certain time.

[Reported] - Spark of Set is not functioning properly. (Added 6/3/08)

[Fixed] = The issue was resolved in a patch. I’ll try to include a date as well.

[Reported] - Mark of Set on occasion will recast itself continually. This also appears to overwrite a PoM buff and create unintended agro effects.

I will use a system of [Reported], [Confirmed] and [Fixed] to represent issues.

[Reported] - Vision of hatred seams to break itself on PVP use. unable to stun. (Added 5/31/08)

BALANCING ISSUES

[Reported] - Cyclone of Set appears to be underpowered for the tier of the feat.

[Reported] - Divide and Conquer — buff icons are inconsistent and duplicative. Spell in general requires significant coordination for theoretical gain — suggest having very visible “+” and “-” icons on peoples’ heads (or something else very immediately visible, like a heavy glow color or something on the players).

[Confirmed] - Spellweaving has been removed for the time being due to bugs. (Fixed 6/2/08)

[Reported] - Lightning Strike for pulling a mob appears aoc gold to be evaded (resisted) multiple times before taking. (Added 5/27/08)

[Reported] - Casting Idol of Set or Cyclone of Set near a resource node will “damage” the node down to 0% (Added 5/27/08)

Other

[Reported] = A player reported issue.

[Reported] - Lightning Strike’s fatality animation sometimes is not shown properly. (Added 5/27/08)

[Reported] - If you have multiple ToS in a group the heals do not stack.

[Reported] - The level 30 quest should offer a magic rating and currently is not.

[Reported] - When casting Mark of Set 2 while another ToS has Mark of Set 1 - Melees (Specifically Atleast Conq’s) will suffer HP drainage. Disabling one or the other Marks of Set will fix this issue. (Added 5/27/08)

[Reported] - Many have stated that the refresh timer on Idol of Set (1 minute) makes the feat highly undesirable. Proposed lowering of recast timer while retaining the one idol at a time rule. (Added 5/27/08)

Spells

Feats

[Reported] - Reseting your feats while you have the Set’s Spark of Life spell does not remove this spell from your knowledge; however, it does become unusable. (Added 5/29/08)

[Reported] - Fury of the Storm is believed to be nonfunctional.

[Fixed] - Cyclone of Set is able to be cast more times than intended. (Fixed 5/27/08)

Related Topics:

• Comprehensive PoM Spell Guide
• The Assassin Bug List (Community Input Needed)
• Official Guide: Salvo and You
• Khorphir - A Premier RP Guild (Cimmeria RPvP)
• Dark Templar FAQ

- Faster animations on most/all combos(the two best suggestions that came up include either reducing damage proportionately, or making the cooldown longer by adding the ‘cast time’ of the final part of the combo to it)

- Hair disappears/changes and weapon sometimes ‘floats’ after demon form fades; sometimes player gets locked into sprint mode

BUGS:

- There seems to be an overabundance of feats that add DoT effects to existing combos. Perhaps change some of these to be more creative/unique(such as adding/improving debuff effects, adding a CC effect, etc)

- Rage of Xotli has an unclear tooltip. Clarification would be helpful

- Pillar of Flame in it’s current state is not very useful. It is meant to be a big AoE combo, however the radius is not much bigger(if at all bigger) than MSS. The damage is also lower and the cooldown is 3x longer. My suggestion to improve this would be to increase the base AoE radius.

- Desecration is reported as not working

IMPROVEMENT/BALANCING CONCERNS AND WISHLIST:

- Customizable demon form(supposedly in the works already? I could be wrong, but this is what I’ve heard)

- Better stun/knockback resistance(the only form of knockback resist we get needs to be specced into, plus it’s only for demon form. Something a little more reliable would be preferable)

- Malefic Chant does not work often, and health returns are small(not verified; tooltip too vague)

- Hellstep affected by the same bug as Soldier charge

- Fury of Xotli has a typo in the tooltip

- Balance Fire Lance to be more economical/viable at lower aoc gold levels and lower stamina pools(perhaps just scale back the damage and stamina cost a bit)

- Flame Cleave does not work

- Female characters apparently have slower attack animations than male characters(general bug that pertains to all classes, but worth noting)

- Of the four top-tier feats, only Avatar of Xotli is claimed to be worth spending a point on. All reports on the other three claim they are vastly underpowered for their placement within the feat trees.

- Many feel Contract of Protection should have a longer duration. This is mainly for convenience, so players don’t need to refresh the buff quite as often.

- Blood Pit does not work 100% of the time when using IEYH on minions

Other topics regarding bugs/balance:

- Crimson Shield and Mirrored Iron do not work

- Hellfire Feast reportedly does not return the proper amount of mana

- Many feel Word of Command is weak compared to other root abilities. Some suggestions include an increased base range, or to have it not break on damage. Improved WoC also is seen as weak, but strengthening the standard spell may solve this

MISC:

- Thundering Flames does not silence like it should

- Improved Burning Skull is seen as very weak; perhaps make it lengthen duration?

Tarchannen’s bug/balance thread

- Reports of Wrath of Xotli not adding as much as it is supposed to(two conflicting opinions on this; more input would help

- Spitfire is viewed by most as very weak, with too little gain on too long of a cooldown.

Okay, I’ve noticed that this forum doesn’t have one of these(at least not one that’s ever on the first couple pages), so I figured I’d get the ball rolling. I definitely don’t know of every bug out there, so if I miss any definitely let me know. I’m also including a wishlist of some of the more popular balancing suggestions I’ve seen around here.

- Some feel this class needs a larger stamina pool

szarmadar’s suggestion/fix thread

- Many feel that the Demonic Fortitude feat should give more stamina per use and/or have a shorter cooldown time. Another suggestion is that this feat should be removed and a stamina gain effect should be added to the feat that adds a mana gain to Body and Spirit Wrack

- Pillar of Infernal Flame fails to damage nearby enemies when the target dies before it goes off

- Horrible Visage of Xotli feat line drains player’s stamina, not the target’s

- Roots of Hell is not working properly

- Better itemization(not class specific, but the more unique classes such as the Herald seem to have very few, if any, pieces of equipment tailored to them outside of Tortage)

Lashkor’s concerns thread

- An attack’s area of effect is determined at the start of the attack animation currently. A suggestion to make combat more fluid and dynamic would be to change this so anything caught in the arc of the swing takes damage, regardless of whether or not they were in range at the start of the animation.

- Many feel that Hellstep should afflict the target with a age of conan gold short-term stun/root/snare, making it easier to catch runners.

- Many have trouble telling when Fiery Weapons goes off. Adding a visual and/or audio effect to signal a proc would be helpful.

- Molten Steel Slash rank III animates faster; does less damage than rank II(possibly intentional?) FIXED(I’ve tested this myself, and MSSIII does indeed do more damage than rank II)

- Purge is not working properly(not verified; tooltip too vague)

Related Topics:

• Rebuke (Rank 2)
• Mages (Magic DPS) Herald of Xotli, Demonologist, Necromancer
• Legion of Vengeance~Dagoth~Adult Casual~PVE Raiding
• The Stances
• Compilation: Dark Templar

First, I would like to thank everyone for the great amount of interest expressed here, on our website, and in game about becoming apart of Disdain. Over the last few weeks we have gained some great people and have grown at a good pace. With that said, because of our growth and level increases throughout the guild we have decided to raise the level in which we will be recruiting. This is not done because we have changed our aspirations into being hardcore, but because we feel guild grouping is a very important aspect of what we are looking for. We believe that by raising the level in which we recruit that we will not only increase the amount of players that are able to guild group without mentoring, but we will also increase the likelihood that our recruits will stick with their characters and not enter an endless Tortage loop, which is not a bad thing, it just makes it more difficult to group with the rest of the guild.

In-game Contacts:

Server:

Website:

Dagoth

Recruitment Needs:Level 60+

**If you are a lower level and are interested this will be decided on a case by case basis.

Zacore, Lillyona, Senjiyah, Chainsaw, Murderotica, Bongo

Goals:

Classes:

http://disdainaoc.gamerdna.com

If you would like to delve a little deeper into what we are about, please contact anyone with a Disdain guild tag in game and they will be happy to answer your questions or refer you to an officer. We also have a website that I will list below in which you can use for contact. However, keep in mind that the website is still undergoing major construction and will not be fully updated for another few days. Thank you for your time and happy hunting.

With the above said:

We currently have around 60 unique members. The majority of the more active members of the guild are 80 or a few levels away. Because of this we will soon begin the raiding and large pvp process, and are recruiting people who will be able to do so on a regular basis. Applicants who would like to join but may not be as active will still be considered aswell. It is also important to note that we do run a private ventrilo server that all members are encouraged to use.

Time zones:

We currently have a wide variety of all classes but are not aoc gold overloaded on any so we are recruiting for all classes.

Members:

We are not currently limiting our recruitment to any particular time zone and do not have any future intent to do so. We currently have a good spread of west coast and east coast players, with a few in the middle.

Disdain is a group of adults who are looking age of conan gold to fully experience everything AoC has to offer in PvP, PvE and crafting. However, do not misconstrue this to mean that we will be a hardcore raid/siege guild. We will siege and raid, but we are not looking to do it 24/7. We are more looking to just have a good time, meet good friends and play at a realistic/average pace. We will do everything in Conan, but IRL is a priority.

Related Topics:

• Jayde, Idea for One with Death and minions
• One Stop Shop Demonologist FAQ
• 2.1.0 Generic combat questions
• Relax about the nerf (unless you are pure LS)
• Dark Templar FAQ