New Solo Series Ep 1 - Age of War Ch3 | Conan Exiles

[@Anabriella]

I restarted the Solo series after seeing the problems with chapter 3 combat. Check out the first episode from chapter IV here: kzbin.infoJ130Lo9X-PY

[@RichyN25]

The fact Funcom said they'd address issues with a patch in MID-JANUARY is absolutely unheard of for a professional software company, that's just insane, they released a major update to their flagship product and major core gameplay loops of that update aren't even functioning, not to mention the other broken things added and all the false-bans, and it seems Funcom has basically just said "aight here's the broken update, good luck, we are going on vacation now, and we'll fix issues next year!"

[@aresgalamatis7022]

Funcom has very bad management, planning a major release before xmas, overpromising and leaving community managers and devs to handle their managers' and owners stupidity, they will just leave, even though their sector is the bottom of the barrel for software developers and community managers are the alias of customer support in a call centre :(

[@aresgalamatis7022]

@Druss_The_Legend I disabled the bazaar, and only do the battle pass for fun and free items. Should they offer them again in concise out of game purchases, like their DLCs, I will probably buy them all, yet never in-game.

[@pandalover900]

For harvesting using the pick, swing then immediately crouch to be able to reach eggs. It works for grubs, feathers, crystals, branches, gossamer, and especially mushrooms with a sickle. Makes harvesting much less grindy when using tools instead of hand gathering.

[@moozoowizard]

Life is too short to play through the whole game from the start each age so I'm glad we have youtube content creators to do it for us.

[@Anabriella]

I love a fresh start 🙌

[@aresgalamatis7022]

What? even with the combat bug/feature punishing skilful players, the game can still be completed in 8-10 hours around level 45, should one be strategic about it.

[@Anabriella]

@@aresgalamatis7022 it can be beaten really fast. Always been that way

[@Anabriella]

Like, Comment, Subscribe! I now multi-stream both on Twitch Twitch.tv/anabriella and here on KZbin! Watch wherever you like

[@roy2x257]

Rough wraps for sandstorm early game is actually a great idea. At least better than me lugging a small tent around and trying to wiggle myself to find the fully sheltered spot in the tent :D.

[@glyph68]

I always just went extract. Quicker results and can be used on the move.

[@sindahir3]

yeah most of fights you need something of distract the enemies for a small attack window. so you need a good thrall to tank for you. my first thrall was the named one from the starting points with around 600 health. when they are lvl 6 they can fairly tank and around lvl 10 they can tank a boss that you can get your bleeds off. i think thralls are the best way right now.

[@cernunnos_lives]

I'm hoping the company is listening to you. It's about time they listen to what their customers wanted. I realize not every Dev can be Larian, but come on.

[@Anabriella]

I have given feedback directly to funcom 🤞

[@crestonspar64]

Oh man...I've seen some other feedback. @@Anabriella

[@aresgalamatis7022]

Sadly, this is not how companies work. At best, should the higher management see a massive drop in revenue, they will fire workers and replace them with cheaper ones overpromising, issuing an apology and continue with the business model they chose based on their fantasies. CA and warhammer is a good and recent example of how higher management has trashed their own product.

[@courier11sec]

I have been waiting for your video to come out for this. Everything I've seen so far has been extremely negative. My download will be finished tomorrow so i can't see for myself yet.

[@southernantman]

Yes needed someone to watch while me and my daughters started our new server.❤️

[@Anabriella]

Hope you enjoy 🙌

[@paollopiettrobrunoro9979]

I couldn't agree more!! And not only that, I'm pretty sure both normal attack and heavy attack are consuming more stamina!! 😮

[@aresgalamatis7022]

Doesn't matter, with the WASD bug/feature, the only efficient way to fight right now are rolling thrusts.

[@Cameroo]

This games been in my Steam Library for a good while here and I never played it until like this week. Been really loving it. Sadly I have no idea how the original combat worked. Been noticing some wacky moments with the camera though when I kill enemies where it'll bounce around dizzingly when after it when it was a lock on target kill.

[@zombiereagan4813]

No longer attacking where you are looking with mouse is frustrating to say the least. Now having to rotate with WASD and the mouse. They had to be drinking when they said this is OK.

[@GrimrDirge]

Yeah I've been fighting katana for so long and now it's terrible.

[@johnwicks4936]

Fashionist is broken for me. It crashes every time I enter the bench.

[@michaelvial125]

Recruit friends with persuasion techniques..lmao might try this technique at our next recruitment drive at work...will make it so much more enjoyable. Not impressed with the new 1 shot ability of purge bashers destroying gates tho.

[@patrickdemars852]

So i did mention in the beginning of your stream yesterday that i fought a Spider and your were going to be surprised. Yup..the targeting system has changed. I knew you would be throen off. It was difficult.

[@randallporter1404]

Is there an Ep. 2?

[@Anabriella]

I started a new series after chapter 3 combat was so broken. Here's the first episode kzbin.infoJ130Lo9X-PY (check the timestamps)

[@destroyingangel9838]

Did a level 3 purge yesterday and it worked first time, but they can one shot the doors, so kill the demolishers first and fast. Got the barkeeper a T4 dancer and a T4 archer from the cages. The combat changes, I didn't notice anything when clearing the Unnamed city and had no problems. Was not banned like many people were, when I logged on. The state of this game in the hands of Funcom is shameful, they keep burning down any good will by their half hearted updates.

[@Anabriella]

The demolisher damage is listed as a known issue, so won't be permanent at least

[@randallporter1404]

1:43:30 LOL, IIRC there were nerfs for the player which made a lot of people mad and I thought just fix your Boss AI FunCom. And they did, be careful what you wish for. I stopped playing CE at AoW Ch. 2. I came back at AoW Ch. 4 and I had to relearn how to fight Bosses. I had to Git Gud again. IMO Boss Crocs are the worst, previously you would get stuck in their mesh and get hit before you could get out, now they are super fast and their attack rarely misses. I hate Boss Crocs even more now. Recently I watched a Wak video about getting OP early (Overpowered in 40 minutes). The next time you start a new playthrough you might want to consider starting this way. You can even get better daggers early. I also was lucky (got an Acheronian pick) looting the chest outside Al Meryah near the wagons.

[@Anabriella]

I have played a lot since this video from 5 months ago

[@randallporter1404]

@@Anabriella So you got gudder! 😉😉😁

[@at930pmgames]

Heelp! 😂😂 Went to Sepermeru to catch some thralls and a huge vortex opened and Cimmerians started to fall from the sky 😆😆 I saw like a sorcerer with a force field which idk how to break, so maybe you have to kill all the mobs first but they are a loooot. Tip: you can run where the stygians are and make them fight each other 😂

[@alexm7741]

that is event

[@Anabriella]

Yeah those events are from the age of sorcery 😊

[@at930pmgames]

I see. Too bad i havent played since before Age of sorcery so im finding a lot of things new. Thanks for your answers.

[@fttsen]

no thralls with this new combat system will be happy days.. 😅 i tried it just now.. man i hate this new combat system so much 🤣🤣

[@Anabriella]

It's so bad. I pray at least our combat will be reverted...

[@matthewdougherty1159]

lol at least you did not get the Crom Coin ban 😁

[@brycefelperin]

After watching your game I'm afraid it must be said that the preferred way you want to fight with rolling and daggers is no longer as good as it was in the previous version of the game. Watching WaK's channel he seems to think the new combat changes are not a bug, but a feature and the new way they want you to play. So the game's combat system now sucks worse than it used to be. That means you have to change to better armor and more tanking fighting styles to succeed at this game now. The combat style of daggers is no longer the best choice probably.

[@HalcyonDaze33]

Maybe so, but chasing META is it's own kind of cringe.

[@Anabriella]

Tanking is not fun for me. This has to be fixed 🤞

[@hans-joachimbierwirth4727]

Yeah, "feature" as in: let's take away your game and force feed you another one that is designed against your personal taste. Those who can't design challenges design frustrations instead.

[@courier11sec]

Wait they changed the opening cut scene?

[@Anabriella]

No it's the same

[@Gladers.]

Is it bad... or just harder? I mean as the way it was you could solo every boss in game by just dodging.. It always felt too.... easy somehow..

[@Anabriella]

It can be both right? Harder combat is fine, but the jankiness is the issue here. The bosses' nose being basically attached to you is crazy

[@Gladers.]

@@Anabriella I totally agree! What they've made is beyond making it harder, its just wierd :)

[@Kaziklu]

The Changes they made were not this bad I don't think in Testlive either... I think they their internal build as the NPC "Q lock" very high... it was an absolutely terrible decision to put an clearly untested or not tested enough internal build out live. And then they did so right before vacations of their staff so it couldn't be fixed... I mean... why would anyone in their right mind do that? Why would you not put the intended build on to the test server to be looked at and then use THAT build. I really hope Enshrouded or Nightingale has a good feel to it. If they can give me the same enjoyment I will be happy. Conan lets me build, progress, adventure and defend but at my pace really (when played solo/co-op) I really want that. But you know... not funcom. I've played Age of Conan, Conan Exiles and Secret World and they are all games with amazing potential and great worlds but just so much jank. The Combat changes are annoying... the NPC Q lock is the big killer. If dodging, is not possible and you basically have to sacrifice thralls more often to you have moments to actually do a combo or get behind a boss... that is just dumb. I really don't think funcom cares about the player base anymore... they only care about selling crom coins.

[@FailedPoet444]

The big croc has gone from a fairly trivial adversary - I used to farm them a lot before and if you know their attack patterns they used to be easy to avoid - to an utterly lethal one. Their attacks are almost impossible to avoid anymore. You dodge, but nine times out of ten their attack will hit anyway. Now, you're basically forced to hit once then run away and repeat, making the fight take ten times as long as before. It's not fun. I practiced a lot to be able to defeat the big spiders and crocs and it was fun to test yourself, taking them on without getting hit. Can't do that anymore. It feels cheap and unfair.

[@Anabriella]

Agreed. This is a bigger deal with our need to farm more legendaries to replace our unrepairable ones.

[@BudGie1979uk]

dad joke.. Why did the hedgehog cross the road ... To see his flat mate ..

[@Sithicas]

No Dalinsia?! Inconceivable!

[@crestonspar64]

Greetings Exiles! Today's adventure tries to guide us thru the slippery first steps of Age of War - Chapter 3. Watch as Ana attempts to tiptoe around the recent updates with quiet dignity and grace. Live, love, burn with life, slay and survive as Ana begins the next amazing adventure in the Exiled Lands!

[@Anabriella]

Appreciate you 🙌

[@xavior54]

Ch3 is a mess and sounding like any fixes will come later in january. Be warned, Purge mobs are hitting for over 150k damage and can one shot T3 foundations. So you might want to avoid activating one.

[@aresgalamatis7022]

Demolishers one shoot everything now, I did call a level 5 purge, with two 20 level berserkers guarding the front gate and another one following me. Not many problems to kill the mobs, all easily survived, but the base got wrecked from the demolisher that we four missed to allow them deliver 1-2 hits... still worth it to get the bartender, IMHO. But in no way does this justify that they released the chapter of countless bugs, failed content and one kind-of-working feature (the bar).

[@Kushbombs]

Hi, Looks like they censored your newest vid on the awful changes. Thanks for the vids.

[@Goku-ot5gz]

I think it’s hilarious people want to be able to change direction MID combo. Try that, see how well it works…

[@Anabriella]

That is what they implemented last chapter...

[@HalcyonDaze33]

I haven't tried the combat much, but I did get robbed of 1,200 crom coins upon logging in yesterday.

[@guiltygearV]

No FIGHTER THRALLS!?!? oh my goodness.

[@Anabriella]

I've been meaning to do this for a while lol

[@crestonspar64]

Ana = Fearless 😁

[@elizabethmcfarland9223]

😅😅 everyone bashing the combat system change. On ps5 with remote its smoother right now. Locking on and off turns you quick. And the maces are easier to dodge from npcs.. granted only 30 minutes in so only have 1 round through mounds. Or im a lunatic🤣🤣🤣

[@crestonspar64]

IMO everyone should give it a go and see how the changes affect their play styles. In some battles, I felt very comfortable (jumping on the new siege castle Solo) while others felt more "lively" than ever (taking on Purge waves with a full group of thralls - nearly losing a thrall).

[@Anabriella]

Glad to hear it's OK on console 🙌

[@aedryk]

Nobody on PC uses combat lock or wants to

[@glyph68]

I was pretty excited about Dune... then I saw Funcom's name. (All I really needed to know was in the title, the combat was bad to begin with. I walk on with no regrets)

[@EdVIP-]

Yes 👏🏻 🎉

[@johnwicks4936]

Well, I was watching everyone complain the game was too easy and you could cheese everything instead of actually fighting. I guess they listened..lol

[@Anabriella]

Making the fighting bad was not the answer lol

[@Vocu]

is the reindeer a combat pet or just a useless one that stands there ? this battle pass is super weaksauce

[@Anabriella]

Not a fighter

[@Vocu]

@@Anabriella just unlocked it in the bp, the alphas are fighters not sure about the others

[@matthewdougherty1159]

was watching Waks video on the combat update and yeah mobs can auto correct and aim for you so now rolling is useless and you need to stop doing combos to aim at mobs now so fighting more than 2 mobs without a thrall is way harder and you can't do purges the guys with the rams can one shot all the buildings even tier 3 now😞

[@ehallam08]

They took our fridge of midnight Grove potions!

[@Anabriella]

It's missing?

[@fttsen]

@@Anabriella i believe they mentioned it on their patch note that all midnight grove potions will be removed even those in your preservation box

[@Anabriella]

@@fttsen I must've missed that 🤔

[@crestonspar64]

[@matthewdougherty1159]

with the bad combat update and the ban wave and don't get me started on console bugs i am less inclined to boot up conan now more than ever

[@scopeh2006]

I'm really disappointed, I've been so hyped for chapter 3 since the dev stream last month. Biggest issue for me is performance on Xbox Series X has tanked since the patch. I'm not even talking about the siege either. In performance mode I've gone from having 60fps even during purges, to around 40fps while idle and 20fps in action!! Sure, I can play it on my PC but my game world which I have invested so much into feels pretty unplayable right now 😢

[@Anabriella]

I'm so sorry to hear that ❤️

[@at930pmgames]

I feel combats are easier than before. Im playing with daggers and using thrall sometimes just to have company or if need a tank lol. To be honest Ana, your 2 deaths fighting the drunk were bad rollin timing, and of course would be one hit kill you if barely using clothes hehe cant blame the game there. As for Spider boss, if im a gamedev and see players beating a boss with the worst clothing and stone daggers and with no thrall, then my game is not balanced. What i do think its wrong, is the mobs chasing distance and speed is very low and their perception AI must be more clever, like if you fight a camp, they should sound the alert and call everyone. I would even make thrall crocs, lizards and human be able to chase you in the water lol

[@Anabriella]

What you don't know is I never die to szeth, and you don't know from watching what I pressed on my mouse and keyboard, and when. I have done that loads of times

[@at930pmgames]

@@Anabriella perhaps yes. You have tons more experience than me playing Conan Exiles, i wont say the opposite. I was just pointing out what i saw on your video and seemed to me your rolls where executed too soon, maybe im wrong idk. Hope the combat system gets fixed if its wrong. I do noticed in my game that the character is not changing direction while doing the combo and moving the camera, so sometimes you miss some hits or have to stop and start the sequence over. But didnt feel as combat mechanics are destroyed. Perhaps ill change my mind if i fight the champion and get killed for hitting the air while the champion looks at me thinking: ehh! Excuse me, im right here? lol.

[@imperatorjojo5276]

The bosses turning is fine but there's less of a delay between attacks and very little 'room' to work with when they do attack. Almost all of the time it's impossible to use the dodge functions to get out of the way, there's no openings to get hits in, and you're taking damage. The PvE has went from very easy for some creatures to very hard for most where only over leveled/equipped people can farm the spiders or crocodile which are supposed to be early game bosses. Also weirdly, and it may be just me, but I think it's become much easier to kill humanoids which seems strange. I'd say they need to add back in a degree of delay to the attacks or make the boss' turning speed a little slower. The problem before was that the creatures would lock into an attack super early and then have a huge delay before they started another attack. The response to this was too extreme and makes it too difficult without expending insane resources.

[@Anabriella]

Exactly we need a gap to attack

[@dniezby]

Yeeeeaaahhh....sorry but I think the changes have been great. I've been attacked already by a griefing clan and this time, the fight was balanced. I have the same build I had before and but this time, they couldn't just run up and two shot me. Now, we maneuvered around to and actually had a fight. I was finally able to counter and won that fight. The fighting is 100% better than it was before. It just takes a different approach.

[@Anabriella]

Glad to hear you've had a good experience 👍

[@Marti.Dobson]

I mean this 100% sincerely - if someone of your experience, knowledge and skill at combat (you do things I don't even try and I have more hours than even you) is finding it unenjoyable and too punishing, it says a lot. I was just playing yesterday and getting pumped for this update and swinging away in great leaping arcs with my trusty war axe, doing a deadly dance in partnership with my Dalinsia, cleaning out Sepermeru for the millionth time, and thinking how much I enjoy the free flowing combat when it gets going. I still don't enjoy the fact I get interrupted when an enemy even looks my way harshly, but I think I would hate the new combat. So now that I've cooled down: thank you Funcom for banning me today with the Crom Coin debacle so my last taste of Conan combat is not sullied by the horrendous decisions you've made. At least I can remember how good my last combat felt before I uninstalled the game. I hope I'll be back in a few months, I'm sure I will, but not if this combat change sticks. I hope there's a clever modder out there right now working on a solution, it is fixable. Just a shame modders have to undo the damage Funcom is doing to its own game.

[@randallporter1404]

2:39:20 RiP Thicc

[@Anabriella]

I know :(

[@hans-joachimbierwirth4727]

Bad? No! Catastrophically BAD!

[@TheFatalintention]

The new combat system, is not new, is just how Souls games like eldenring,sekiro or "skyrim", black desert, uncharted, tomb raider etc etc works, also it was in conan exiles from the beginning and a entire servers have been playing with this combat system for years cuz is a better system overall(in conan and many other games), you just have to track your target while you move around input W and click... The only bad thing is funcom not given the option to unable and disable like it was in original in the game until now. But is not a bad system and also makes the game a bit more skilled, lets be honest conan exiles is an easy game in terms of pve Also I think that the main problem is the lack of superarmor % in the skills you should not be interrupted so easily because there is a combo system but rigth now you cant just perfom a full combo because of this.

[@ickisdogg3779]

Hate to say it's broken bad, have my storm glass wall flatten with one hit !. so no patch till mid Jan, I'll break from CE till they fix the bloody thing proper. dunno in my server partner will keep it going after this balls up with ban.

[@sesimie]

to see you ...a veteran of the game get hit...yup i just tried and the mobs spin on a dime...we have to relearn combat

[@brycefelperin]

Bets the combat system WON'T be patched and we're stuck with it. If you liked the old combat system, well you're SOL.

[@Anabriella]

I seriously hope not 😔

[@plasmodesma7569]

I hate the new combat changes so much that I had to go outside my normal process (dislike it in silence) and go look online to see if it was an actual bug. LOL! Found this video, and yeah... combat changes are garbage! Looks like they removed other minor abilities for no good reason - like gathering only insects from plants via tools (instead of sickle, where you get all the fiber too). So many little things changed and I can't get a decent thrall till later, which means I can't defend a purge till late game, which means the whole point of a barkeep is made pointless! By the time you can get a barkeep, you can already capture top tier thralls outside that whole system. Ugh. Normally I'm easygoing but this update sucks.

[@CosmicPilgrim48]

Very tan for a Nord 😂😂😂😂

[@Anabriella]

😬

[@FriedrichVSS]

Funcom's code control is terrible and needs to improve.

[@Anabriella]

The game was made in haste and the current devs have spaghetti code to deal with. A re-write would be ideal but expensive

[@TedTheAtheist]

Your accent is sexy AF.

[@zazoreal5536]

Combat is Awful? The last time it was good was before Age of War. They attempted to make it better but made it worse in "my opinion".

[@Anabriella]

I was really happy in chapter 2 😔

[@MHLGF]

They buffed NPCs in the age of war, like, they keep hitting you even when you keep your distance... and you can't stun enemies like before, It's a bit harder in online pve BC my ping in all servers is above 100 and it takes me 3 working days to die after get a deadly hit from a NPC🥲