From an OGaming interview with game director Gaute Godager of Funcom...

Due to the Age of Conan Gold game being in rumored development since 2003, an online virtual community had steadily clustered around various fan websites regarding Age of Conan Gold game: Hyborian Adventures.

From an IGN interview with game director Gaute Godager of Funcom...

at level twenty, the player may choose from one of four prestige classes which provide an additional, parallel, path of development. Each of these has extremely valuable advantages that can be used both in solo play and in team play, and each has specific skills and benefits that can make a great difference.

For the first five levels the Age of Conan Gold gameplayer is a "commoner," without a class, but of one of three origins. Then at level five, the Age of Conan Gold gameplayer chooses from three of four archetypes (in bold), affected by racial origin.

In development since 2003, Age of Conan Gold game: Hyborian Adventures is an upcoming online action role-playing game based on the Conan the Cimmerian stories written by Robert E. Howard in the early 1930s...

Age of Conan Gold game (commonly abbreviated as AoC) is a fantasy-themed massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Funcom for PC and the Xbox 360. With Funcom developers estimating the release date to be March 25, 2008,[10] Age of Conan Gold game began internal beta testing in Summer 2006,[11] and opened the beta registration process on April 3, 2007.

Discover the most efficient path to hit the level cap...

Age of Conan Gold Making: Not having enough gold can ruin your experience in Hyborian Kingdoms. Age of Conan Gold is not everything in this barbaric world but it makes life a lot easier with better gear, more consumables and guild recognition. The Age of Conan Gold game guide offers various alternatives of highly efficient gold-making strategies.

AoC's real time combat system is revolutionary but requires a lot of keys in a quite a few different combinations to fight effectively. Those who master the control system will dominate. However, the default control layout can be improved upon and most people will need to to be effective. This is meant to be a guide to different control layouts