For those of you who have pets in-game, you may have noticed that this patch did not repair the issue with pet ai that was introduced with last week’s patch. This issue occurs when players lose control of their pets, resulting in pets that do not attack. Pets that do not respond are simply useless.

Funcom is aware of this issue and has issued a statement promising that a fix would be put in place next week, on July 30th. This “fix” will not only repair the new issues with pets but will improve the overall AI of pets. In fact, pets should work better than they ever have before after next week’s patch.

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Mephs has gained a bit of a reputation in the Age of Conan community for being a guru on Assassin and melee PvP tactics after his melee tutorial video and his first PvP movie: No Gimmicks.

Well, Mephs is not one to disappoint so he has released a brand new video entitled No Gimmicks: Part 2. This video has all of the action of the first video and more, such as the very entertaining sing-a-long at the beginning of this movie (great job on this guys!). Mephs writes:

“By no means am I out to show anything more than that there’s more to AoC PvP than walking up to people and hitting 2 buttons, underneath that exterior is an engrossing and robust combat system that, when taken advantage of, can make even the most “gimp” of classes a powerhouse. While I’m constantly told I should roll another class that is more powerful, I’m constantly drawn to using an underdog character to make my claim.”

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Jayde has provided some insight for all of the necromancers as to what to expect over the next few updates in terms of changes to core class functions. For tomorrow’s patch, necromancers should expect these changes:

“-The bonus gained from +magical damage has been increased on all damage over time spells. Lifestrike coefficient increased by 600%, Flesh to Worms coefficient increased by 375%, Gelid Bones coefficient increased by 360%, Mark of the Devourer coefficient increased by 265%. Other small adjustments were made to all direct-damage spells.
-Despoil the Soul duration has been substantially increased
-Despoil the Soul is no longer removed on death
-Frost Blast’s area of effect has been changed to be a 90 degree cone in front of the caster
-Shatter now additionally works on targets affected by Frost Blast and Ice Shackle
-Dark Knowledge and Vile Insight will no longer appear as Hostile spells. (They will still persist after death.)”

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Many of you may remember Meph from his amazing PvP instructional video that we featured last week, but now Meph is at it again with a whole new video! This new video is a straight-up PvP movie and documents the true power of assassins in Age of Conan.

A big thanks (once again) to Meph for another incredible video!

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In order to respond to the mixed feelings over the recent necromancer changes, Jayde, a Funcom system designer, has posted a detailed analysis of the changes made to the necromancer class. Jayde writes:

“Necromancer
-The bonus gained from +magical damage has been increased on all damage over time spells. Lifestrike coefficient increased by 600%, Flesh to Worms coefficient increased by 375%, Gelid Bones coefficient increased by 360%, Mark of the Devourer coefficient increased by 265%. Other small adjustments were made to all direct-damage spells.
-Despoil the Soul duration has been substantially increased
-Despoil the Soul is no longer removed on death

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Who said that bear shamans couldn’t PvP? Well, if you did then you better shut up and watch this video because it will blow your mind. A big thanks to Shinanigan of Doomsayer for this incredible video that shows everyone that bear shaman are not to be messed with.

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Necromancers were expecting a big buff after today’s patch, but most necromancers are actually reporting lower dps! As a result, many necromancers are feeling cheated. In order to respond to these angry feelings, Jayde, a Funcom System Designer, has compiled a thread detailing the changes and the developers explanation of them. Jayde writes:

“AoE Damage Modifications
Parasitic Soul Swarm and Unholy Hands were dealing significantly more damage than similar spells and rebalanced to do the correct damage for AoE-based spells.

Similarly, the Archmagus pet was dealing roughly 25% higher base damage than intended and was lowered. This was a decrease of roughly 25% without feats, and 20% with feats. This is also in line with other AoE effects in the game.

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