Thank you for the report. Aquilonian Necromancers are still intended to be available, and that will be fixed in a future update. Sorry for the trouble!

Hey all,

As of today, everyone who logged on TestLive to help test Onslaught before launch received a “TestLive Badge” item in their Claims. Claiming this item grants the TestLive Badge to all characters on your account. You may display a badge from the Achievements window (CTRL+L). Thank you for helping make Onslaught happen; you were a huge help

Special Enemies

Hordes of minions, mini-bosses, and champions aren’t the only obstacles you’ll need to overcome during Onslaught. As you continue your survival, you’ll encounter special foes designed to keep you on your toes. Each special enemy has unique properties and acts as a force-multiplier for the hordes, so groups will need to quickly react to their appearance and dispatch members better suited to facing a single strong threat over a horde of weaker threats. For example, special enemies spawn with a “Chosen of Khotan” effect which heals the unit over 20 seconds. Rogues will want to purge this effect using Tainted Weapons.

Special Enemies are marked on the minimap with a Skull:

Ancient Kuthcheman Guardian ...

WEAPONS

What kinds of rewards can you expect from playing through Onslaught? Let’s take a look at the really important stuff: THE LOOT.

As you battle your way through each wave of enemies, you’ll discover and collect Mythical Relics. These new tokens are exclusive to Onslaught and may be spent from a new vendor found in Old Tarantia.

Rewards from this vendor include:

• A case of Onslaught Potions
• Epic- and Legendary-quality Onslaught Gem Pouches (more on Gems later!)
• Rare-quality Onslaught Gems
• New weapons for each class!

New Stat: Ferocity

New Onslaught loot all features a new stat: Ferocity! Ferocity boosts your character’s area-of-effect damage potential. As you increase your Ferocity, AoEs become larger, additional targets are struck, column and cone attacks go farther or wider, and splash damage increases.

Here’s a few examples of the kinds of weapons you’ll find:

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Bloodshed Meter and Champions

A new, key feature exclusive to Kuthchemes Onslaught is the Bloodshed Meter. As you score fatalities and chain kills, the ensuing bloodshed fills this meter - once completely full, a Champion boss is summoned. The Champion summoned depends on the type of army you’re currently facing off against. The type of army changes based on the number of waves completed during Onslaught.

Defeating a Champion spawns a boss chest with handsome rewards that scale based on the difficulty (e.g. current wave) of your run.

GEMS

Onslaught features two new gem types to collect, simply known as Onslaught and Kuthcheman gems. Onslaught gems are found from a new Mythical Relic vendor in Old Tarantia, right next to Oracle Vateesa. Kuthcheman gems are found only as loot drops from bosses you’ll encounter within the Onslaught game mode itself.

Onslaught gems come in two base varieties: Fatal, and Ferocious. The former grants bonuses to your Fatality Rating, while the latter boosts Ferocity. More powerful rarities of Onslaught gems confer additional blessings; Epic Onslaught gems have one special blessing, while Legendary Onslaught gems have two. If you’re familiar with Age of Conan’s endgame content, you’ll find the blessings found on high-level Onslaught Gems to be similar to that of Chaos Gems.

Here’s some examples:

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Thanks for reading! We’ve been hard at work on this new feature and we’re looking forward to watching you face the endless hordes of Thurga-Khotan. How far will you make it? See you in game!

Kuthchemes Temple Onslaught

“From horizon to horizon no sign of life: only the sheer breathtaking sweep of the naked desert, bisected by the wandering line of a long-dry river course; in the midst of that vastness the glimmering fangs of the ruins, the columns standing up like broken masts of sunken ships—all dominated by the towering ivory dome before which Shevatas stood trembling.” - “Black Colossus”, Robert E. Howard, 1933

A new face arrives in Old Tarantia, seeking the aid of King Conan and his allies. Known as Vateesa, the Oracle, she brings dire news: The ancient sorcerer, Thurga Khotan, has awoken and marches on the destroyed city of Kuthchemes. His temple, known as the Ivory Dome, still stands; in it, ancient relics of immeasurable power…and the whispers of a slumber...

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Kuthchemes Temple Onslaught

Do you hear the earth trembling from the unending horde before you?

A classic story brought new life; now’s your chance to experience a slice of Hyborian lore! Introducing Kuthchemes Temple Onslaught, a brand-new scenario inspired by the original “Black Colossus” story by Robert E. Howard! Discover all-new challenges, enemies, and rewards - Click here to learn more!

Onslaught Leaderboards

New Leaderboard tracking is now a part of ...

The servers will come down for an Update on April 28, at 13:00 GMT/ 8:00 AM EDT/ 5:00 AM PDT. (check this link to see when this is in your timezone). The downtime is estimated to take 2 hours.

"D’un bout à l’autre de l’horizon, il n’y avait pas le moindre signe de vie, rien que la beauté stupéfiante du désert, coupé en deux par la ligne sinueuse du lit d’une rivière desséchée depuis longtemps. Au cœur de cette immensité, les ruines étaient tels des crocs scintillant au soleil. Les vestiges des colonnes se dressaient comme les mâts brisés de bateaux échoués sur les rochers, dominés par l’imposant dôme d’ivoire devant lequel Shevatas se tenait, tout tremblant."

“Le colosse noir”, Robert E. Howard, 1933

Un nouveau visage vient d’arriver à Tarantia-la-Vieille, pour demander l’aide du roi Conan et de ses alliés. C’est celui d’une femme, une oracle du nom de Vateesa, et elle est porteuse de bien mauvaises nouvelles : Thurga Khotan, le sorcier du temps jadis, est sorti de so...

Looking into it, thanks.

Edit: Should be back up now.

Servers are online.

AGENT SYSTEM

• Diviciacus passive Ritual of Oak now deals damage to attacking enemies.

ROSENBRAWL

Heavy Gloves:

• Innate damage reduction reduced to 15%
• Base damage of Heavy attacks reduced by 10%. Don’t panic, keep reading. The good stuff is coming.
• Increased range of Power Left/Power Right to 5m
• Defend reworked:
  • While channeling, the user is immune to CC (including interrupts)
  • Being attacked knocks down the attacker (once per attacker per Defend)
  • When Defend stops being channeled, the player receives Stalwart for double the duration that Defend was channeled
  • Stalwart reduces damage taken by 40%.
  • Anyone who attacks the Heavy while they are casting Defend, or protected by Stalwart, is affected by Intimidated.
  • Intimidated snares the target and prevents using active dodge. It lasts 3 seconds, and its duration is refreshed when the victim or the Heavy hit each...

The servers will come down for a small update on April 21, at 13:00 GMT/ 9:00 AM EDT/ 6:00 AM PDT. (check this link to see when this is in your timezone). The downtime is estimated to take 2 hours.

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Test server is online. See you there!

It ill be adjustments based on feedback. Patch notes are up. You can use the same character you had last time; they were not wiped.

Just a couple more hours until the test!