Gamesource talks about the past and present of Conan with the mighty Erling Ellingsen

Erling covers some key concerns and questions with some of the issues on launch, trials, PvP and much more!

"GS: Before May 2008 AoC had one of the higher hype in MMO history, so what¡¯s the biggest mistake you have made that absolutely you wouldn¡¯t commit again at launch?

EE: That¡¯s a good question but it¡¯s hard to name just one thing we would like to do differently. I think many of the design decisions we made could have been done differently, while others worked very well. One of the things we have realized did not work out so well was the way items are handled in the game, their importance for character advancement and what impact they have on your statistics. We believe that this system should have been better and that it would have made the game last longer for many players. So in the next update we are actually launching a revamped item system that makes items matter more and have a much more clearly defined impact on your character..." --Featured on Gamesource.it