human_male
Math and girls is hard.
Hiya. I'm the MMO noob from the other thread. I bought Age of Conan Hyborian Adventures and Guild Wars. I've had a little play with both but I'm focusing on Conan since my free game time runs out in thirty days, and I want to get my money's worth before I decide if I'll pay for another month. Which I doubt I will.
I have some questions if you'll endulge me, and I thought it better to start a proper thread so other people who might be looking for a thread about Conan can find it.
Question one is what do the coloured marks over NPCs heads mean… exactly? Obviously they denote quest givers, but why are some question marks and some are exclamation marks, and some are gold and some are grey? I thought the grey ones might mean there's a quest but I'm not yet at a sufficient level, but why do they bother with colour coding the quests in the journal according to difficulty if the NPCs restrict the quests to your level?
Also, as I look at some of the icons on the map, I can see quest objectives for quests that I haven't recieved yet. Is that supposed to be like that or is it a bug? It takes some of the fun out of it don't you think? Personally I'd prefer to have no quest indicators at all because I'd like to actually talk to the character to see if they have anything new for me to do, but I can live with the icons. But I certainly don't like that.
Question two is about the shields. I've noticed my character also has shields because they show up in yellow when I get hit, but hitting the shield key (Ctrl) or the shield direction keys (Ctrl+1 ect) doesn't seem to do anything. Do I have control over my shields or are they automatic and the yellow shield indicators are just, well… indicators? Also, can I set something so they don't show up at all as I find it very distracting? Sometimes they show up and sometimes they don't.
Question three is about other players. I've just arrived in Tortage and I see other players running about. So far I've just ignored them and they ignore me. This is how I'd prefer it, but the manual seems to indicate this is only an option up to level 20. What happens then? Can I continue to play by myself or not?
Thanks very much, there's sure to be more questions. Cheers.
Another question; is there a vendor in Tortage where I can offload all the bits and pieces you pick up like animal parts, pearls and pict nose bones and such?
I have some questions if you'll endulge me, and I thought it better to start a proper thread so other people who might be looking for a thread about Conan can find it.
Question one is what do the coloured marks over NPCs heads mean… exactly? Obviously they denote quest givers, but why are some question marks and some are exclamation marks, and some are gold and some are grey? I thought the grey ones might mean there's a quest but I'm not yet at a sufficient level, but why do they bother with colour coding the quests in the journal according to difficulty if the NPCs restrict the quests to your level?
Also, as I look at some of the icons on the map, I can see quest objectives for quests that I haven't recieved yet. Is that supposed to be like that or is it a bug? It takes some of the fun out of it don't you think? Personally I'd prefer to have no quest indicators at all because I'd like to actually talk to the character to see if they have anything new for me to do, but I can live with the icons. But I certainly don't like that.
Question two is about the shields. I've noticed my character also has shields because they show up in yellow when I get hit, but hitting the shield key (Ctrl) or the shield direction keys (Ctrl+1 ect) doesn't seem to do anything. Do I have control over my shields or are they automatic and the yellow shield indicators are just, well… indicators? Also, can I set something so they don't show up at all as I find it very distracting? Sometimes they show up and sometimes they don't.
Question three is about other players. I've just arrived in Tortage and I see other players running about. So far I've just ignored them and they ignore me. This is how I'd prefer it, but the manual seems to indicate this is only an option up to level 20. What happens then? Can I continue to play by myself or not?
Thanks very much, there's sure to be more questions. Cheers.
Another question; is there a vendor in Tortage where I can offload all the bits and pieces you pick up like animal parts, pearls and pict nose bones and such?
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