This is a translated version of the interview with Funcom German CM Tarib on Age of Conan from the allvatar.com-TV program from 11/23. The questions were asked by community members in our allvatar@quakenet IRC-Chat after the show.
Interview
Question: Is the Age of Conan team the same as the one which worked on Anarchy Online?
Tarib: Some Developers who worked on Anarchy Online, are working now on Age of Conan but the team of Age of Conan is much more bigger than the Anarchy Online team so there are also many new Developers.
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Question: Is there any need of a DKP System for Raid Groups?
Tarib: Raids will be included in Age of Conan and the maximum limit is 24 player. A DKP System would be really helpful to organize your Raidgroup.
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Question: Is it possible to reach level 80 just with staying in the first level zone, for example Stygien?
Tarib: To reach level 80 you will need to explore the whole world of Age of Conan, just staying in the first location won´t result in success.
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Question: Are there any plans for Auctionhouses in the world of Age of Conan?
Tarib: We have plans to include Auctionhouses.
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Question: I am a really big fan of Age of Conan and I am scared that the release date won´t be adhered.
Tarib: We aspire to release the game in March 2008.
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Question: Is there going to be any feature which allows you to try out how Armor items are looking on you?
Tarib: It´s not planned to include this feature, yet.
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Question: Are there plans to include "Bind on Pickup" items?
Tarib: I am pretty much assured about this.
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Question: Is it possible to link other player items trough the chat?
Tarib: Sure!
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Question: Is the focus of Age of Conan the PvE part or the PvP part?
Tarib: Age of Conan will include both aspects of gaming but you don't have to play PvP to succeed in the world of Age of Conan but there are really exciting things like siege-gaming coming with the PvP-part.
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Question: Will there be PvP-Servers?
Tarib: Yes, PvP Servers are planned
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Question: Are there any plans to make instanced cities or will every player be in the same area like in World of Warcraft.
Tarib: Supposable we will make instanced cities so if there will be a number of players in a city a second instance will be created.
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Question: Is it possible to choose PvP Server from the beginning?
Tarib: We need to see at the start if there will be enough players for every language to open PvP-Servers for all languages. There is a chance that for the start only english PvP-Servers might be offered.
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Question: Will there be imps in age of conan like in anarchy online?
Tarib: There won´t be imps in that particular form but there will be many options to train your character with skills, combos, attributes....
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Question: Will there be an Open Beta?
Tarib: If there will be an Open Beta it will be shortly before the release of the game.
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