Funcom announced the release of much anticipated and greatly delayed pvp patch.  many new changes and in light of Warhammer Online's almost simultaneous release one has to wonder about the timing of that patch.  Anyway, the patch looks to be an improvement and provide some much needed pvp love.  PVP leveling system and new pvp gear sets in particular will motivate people to go hack one another up in Hyboria.  We will have to see how the general player base feels about...

The infamous PvP patch which has been pushed back more times than anyone cares to think about.  The current date for this to go live in Age of Conan's live servers is September 10th.  While the patch is largely a fix to PvP and how it works or in some cases does not work right now, there are other aspects which are stirring considerable debate. 

The Gem Nerf is a sore spot for many players who spent considerable effort trying to acquire a great set of gems for the...

At launch, There will be three basic kinds of servers to play on.

PvE: PvE (or player-versus-environment) servers focus largely on players fighting against computer-controlled monsters and characters, with PvP limited to areas set aside expressly for that purpose.


PvP: PvP (or player-versus-player) servers have more widespread PvP rulesets, encouraging players to fight against each other.

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Age of Conan sports a number of choices for the PvP player, everything from casual, instant fun minigames to massive siege battles to an entire PvP server with friends to make and foes to kill.

Your PvP options include:

PvP Minigames
Age of Conan’s PvP minigames are intended as “pick up and play” fun, something easy to get into solo or with a group of friends, a way to hop...