Funcom addresses Age of Conan beta concerns

Age of Conan Product Director Jorgen Tharaldsen spoke with MMORPG.com's Jon Wood, exploring the numerous rumors and issues that have come up surrounding the Open Beta. According to Tharaldsen, the persistent rumor that the Open client is older than the Closed one is not entirely accurate. It sounds like it was a slightly older client than the Closed one, but the problems people are experiencing can be chalked up to ambition more than anything else. According to the Director, the Open launch was delayed a few hours as they added a few last minute fixes to the client. Issues they hadn't anticipated arose, and as a result many players have had very mixed experiences.

The article discusses a number of issues surrounding the last week-or-so event: public perceptions, expectations for the game's actual launch, their rationale behind making the game such a graphics-heavy title, and their hopes for game performance by May 20th. It's quite thorough, and well worth a read for anyone who's been tearing our their hair since last weekend.