Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures Previews
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Players begin as a slave, working and fighting their way to freedom in one of three regions. All characters start out classless (without a class, not without class) and penniless. At level five after adventuring for a while to get used to all controls including the real-time combat system (which will get more into in a second), players will have the opportunity to pick a basic class like warrior, mage, priest, and rogue and start learning specialized skills. When players reach level 20, which will mark the unlocking of the greater world of Hyboria, they'll have the chance to specialize farther in their chosen profession. Even later at level 40, more branches will be available to increase specialization and character differentiation.
And a snip from GameSpot's article:
Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures will be a PC "online action RPG" that will be a mix of "story-driven single-player experience and a massive and brutal multiplayer endgame." According to Funcom game director Gaute Godager, it will begin as a single-player RPG adventure, and when that portion's story is complete, it will let players bring their characters into an MMORPG universe. Said Godager, "Have you not felt the urge when a great single-player RPG ends to have your character live on and interact with other fellow travelers? To enter an even greater world? This is that opportunity, to have a detailed RPG all about you, your choices, and your character, and if you win, to share that victory at an even greater stage."
