Age of Conan Dev Journal: Bear Shaman & Barb Changes

Age of Conan developer, Dave Williams, gives readers an inside look at the recent changes to both the Bear Shaman and the Barbarian. Find out why and what below:

When we took a look at the Bear Shaman, we identified several areas that could be combined and refined in order to improve the gameplay experience with the Bear Shaman. This has lead us to these changes where we have consolidated some of the more cumbersome elements of the class and added in a new mechanic to improve both the Shaman's damage output and ability to utilize different strategies in different situations.

For the Barbarian changes we wanted to solidify the identities of the individual trees, to give each option a much more defined and meaningful feeling to it. Players shouldn't feel like they have to go with a hybrid build to be viable, and we want each of the feat trees to present a different set of options.

There are a lot more specific details to read so head to the link above.