Age of Conan Class Interview #3: The Conqueror

[Cody Bye]

The wait is over! The long weeks have finally passed by and your patience has been rewarded with another Age of Conan class interview! As I stated in the official Age of Conan forums, this class interview focuses on the last of the Soldier archetype classes, the Conqueror. With his ability to dual wield and call up Auras to buff himself and his allies, the Conqueror is the a formidable opponent on the battle field. In the exclusive article, Funcom's Jørgen Tharaldsen talks about the lore of the class, the Auras, the differences between the Soldier archetypes, and much more!

When it comes to the concept behind the class I asked system designer Andrew Griffin on the reasoning he had when he first started to flesh out the class several years ago, and he said “The concept behind the Conqueror class was for a non-shield using offensive type tank. They were envisioned to be the warlord type of character, who led from the front by virtue of their martial might and inspiring leadership, a more rugged and raw fighter than the Guardian. Hence they focus on either dual-wielding or using two-handed weapons, forgoing the defense of a shield in favor of rending their opponents apart.”

Check out the full interview here!

Oh my gawd.....this interview was amazing! Since I plan on making a Conqueror my main for the launch of AoC, I couldn't help but drool over the entire article.

But what did you all think? Do they sound cool? Let me know!

[Alongiv]

Once again, excellent interview Mica! I really can't wait to try out all the classes to see which one I feel is the most fun. The dual swords really makes me think I'll try a Conqueror and give it a test run...thanks again for these class interviews, they are the best!

[matham]

I'm very interested in knowing more about the available classes in Conan, and this gave enough detail without being too much (at least, I think so). I'm definitely looking forward to more!

[Cloudscraper]

Very nice interview man..But i didn't understand one thing..Conqueror has auras/buffs that he put them before combat..If he wants to change aura/buffs in combat they will work but they will be weaker?Just this..

[Cloudscraper]

Ah..And one more thing ..''For the Conqueror, as this buff increases, he starts to get a proc that triggers a team heal, which in turn increases in power the higher his Furious Inspiration is. ''..When it says team heal it includes himself (coz for example priest's prayer of healing at WoW (at start) it was only for other party members)..

[Cody Bye]

Originally Posted by Cloudscraper

Very nice interview man..But i didn't understand one thing..Conqueror has auras/buffs that he put them before combat..If he wants to change aura/buffs in combat they will work but they will be weaker?Just this..

I'm actually not sure on this one. I haven't had any good play time with the Conqueror at the conferences, so we'll just have to wait and see.

[Malaclypse23]

Originally Posted by Cloudscraper

Very nice interview man..But i didn't understand one thing..Conqueror has auras/buffs that he put them before combat..If he wants to change aura/buffs in combat they will work but they will be weaker?Just this..

The way I interpreted it (I've never played the game, let alone the Conqueror), is that you CAN change auras in combat, it's just not easy to do. It sounded like there was a long cast time on the auras, making it impractical to switch during combat.

As said by Mr. Tharaldsen in the interview: "Yes, you need to initiate them, of course, but they are mostly all long duration buffs that can't easily be changed in combat due to the long casting time. This means that you basically select which aura you want to run with before combat starts, and go with that. Trying to change it in the middle of combat won't be too effective."