Rise of the Godslayer, the much-awaited first expansion for Age of Conan, went live today with minor hiccups usually seen in major content releases. The undisclosed glitches seem to be centered on the EU community and will have a domino effect on the US release, according to a post from Senior Assistant Community Manager Oliver ‘Tarib’ Kunz:
We are extending the downtime for the US servers by 4 hours due to the issues that have cropped up during the EU deployment of the expansion. Unfortunately, the EU regions have already been delayed and we are expecting their release to come very close to their expected uptime.
This means that we must delay the US uptime so that we can fully launch EU first and the follow up with the US launch like every other major update released. Overall, we are aiming to come up within the 2 hour extended delay, but it highly depends on how the EU deployment goes when it’s fully launched.
Rise of the Godslayer is set in the Asian-inspired continent of Khitai, and opens up 12 new team dungeons and quests for Hyborian heroes. Funcom Game Director Craig Morrison also said in an interview that progression will revolve around the 12 new factions in the expansion. Players will have to deal, scheme or battle against these factions to obtain faction armors and other rewards. With so many factions advancing their own agenda, it becomes crucial to choose the side that offers greater rewards or a more exciting storyline.
The land of Khitai is a sprawling landscape broken down into five game play regions. Newly made characters will still have to start in Tortage before heading to the Gateway of Khitai for level 20-40 quests. Existing players will be taken straight to Gateway of Khitai via caravan in Khemi then proceed to explore the level 80 quests hubs in Northern Grasslands, Chosain Province, Kara Korum and Pai Kang. Be sure to get tiger and wolf mounts which lend and exotic feel to Khitai travel.
Check out the full Rise of the Godslayer patch notes to learn about the cool new features, including the Alternate Advancement System that grants bonus abilities when you’re logged. Yeah, how cool is that?
