New Class Interview: The Guardian

Ten Ton Hammer has posted a new interview with Jørgen Tharaldsen, Product Director for Funcom. In this interview Jørgen talks about the Guardian class and what players can expect.

Ten Ton Hammer: In MMOG terms, the Guardian appears to be the epitome of the "tank" sort of class; his greatest asset is his armor. How much difference does it make between wearing a piece of light armor (leather) compared to wearing the full-plate type of armor that the Guardian will possess? Will the blows simply bounce off his armor or does the armor itself mitigate the damage?

Guardians are the only class in Age of Conan that can wear Full Plate.
Jørgen Tharaldsen: The Guardian will be a fantastic tank that is for sure, but I definitively wouldn't say that their greatest asset is "only" their armor. The armor of the Guardian is naturally very important since the Guardian is the only class that can equip Full Plate armor (for one example), but he also has many other strengths. For instance, in Conan the Guardians can also deal significant amounts of damage.

In general, we have tried to innovate on several fields to make the tank classes more interesting than in many other MMO games, and I will expand on this a tad more in this Q&A. When it comes to the damage; the armor will mitigate the damage in most cases.

I found this King Conan quote from one of the lore documents that our lore master have made, and he thinks it's quite fitting for this particular class..."Guardians are the unassailable rock upon which the waves of battle break." This points towards having great defensive qualities, but if you read along you will also see that class has a lot more to offer than just protecting.

You can read the rest of the interview over at TenTonHammer.