There is (or at least appears to be), within the Age of Conan Gold game community, a universal acceptance that Funcom are treating the development and eventual release of the game like the landing of a jumbo-jet on airport tarmac...

Tall poppy syndrome. This is not a social condition very well known to those living outside of Australia or the UK, but basically it is a tendency of others to criticise an individual or group of individuals on their success.

I have to admit that I was quite humbled when I opened my email one morning to discover a message in there from Funcom inviting me to attend their Age of Conan Gold game community event in mid-January. I was well and truly gob-smacked at the thought of being physically present in the Funcom offices, and even now, not even a week after being there, I'm still finding it quite difficult to sedate the little geek inside of me (okay, I lie; the geek all over me) after seeing what I saw in the Funcom offices on Friday, January 19.

A full month has now passed since I first found myself washed up on the shores of Tortage with nothing but a trusty broken wooden oar and sheer primal instinct, and a lot has happened since then (I guess it goes without saying).

For sanity's sake, only one question per reader/participant will be accepted. If you submit more than one question, then only one of them will be answered...

I think I've probably seen the cutscene that plays before you begin character creation time and time-over (in gameplay videos and so forth), so I really wasn't fussed with that, but it did look very cool "in the flesh", so to speak.

Every character in Age of Conan Gold game has three feat trees and they can be viewed at any time by clicking the appropriate icon in your interface. There is one general tree specific to your archetype (Soldier Feats, Mage Feats, Priest Feats or Rogue Feats) and two trees specific to your class.

NOTE: Currently by tests done in game it appears as if attributes are not working and provide NO BENEFITS to the players...

Abilities are the combos, the spells and the stances that you will acquire through leveling. As you gain new levels you will be able to find shopkeepers who sell spell scrolls, and some might even be found through adventuring. The stances and combos, however, will be automatically granted to you as you level up...

During the character creation process Age of Conan Gold gameplayers will select a class and race, and will then customize the looks of their character.