Conan exiles how do you get thralls

Funcom is up to some stuff today. Over in Conan Exiles, the Pets Update is live, or rather half of it is live, and it’s not the half with pets, and it’s only on PC for now. OK, let me start that over: Midnight Grove, the thrall hunger system, and the new Jhebbal Sag religion are live. Pets themselves are coming next week. … [Read more...] about Funcom roundup: Conan Exiles’ thrall hunger system, Mutant Year Zero’s new video, and Secret World Legends’ Masquerade

Conan Exiles developer Funcom continues the year-end tradition of almost every other company in the world of looking back at the past year and giving hints about what lies ahead in their latest newsletter, scantily-clad barbarians with Santa hats included. … [Read more...] about Conan Exiles Looks Back At 2018, Talks About Plans For 2019

On the world of Conan I’m not personally big on the Conan IP, but it definitely boasts interesting elements: nudity, limb-chopping, and Pokemon-esque collecting of people to bolster my town against my enemies (ignoring the slavery part) is fun. The way it plays out internationally is curious too. For example, perceived American sentiment on nudity means that’s going bye-bye on consoles (cannibalism, slavery, and decapitation made the cut). Andersen mentions the EU is fine with nudity and will have access to all of it. I mention that Japanese anime allows simplified male genitalia on screen, but Conan’s detailed male bits are why it needs to be censored. (Interestingly, when I’d talk to fellow teachers in Japan about what really stood out as inappropriate in American movies, they generally had an issue with decapitation and the loss of limbs more than anything else!) … [Read more...] about GDC 2018: Funcom’s Tor Egil Andersen on Conan Exiles’ early access, launch, and beyond

The thralls are an interesting concept but seem a bit tone-deaf in our modern real-world climate. Worse, if you’re the exploring type as I am, they’re virtually required. During exploration, you may be exposed to “Corruption,” a permanent debuff that can be cured only with the help of an entertainer thrall. That means constructing the right tools and buildings, kidnapping a random NPC, and breaking its will so it’ll obey you. They also function in optimizing crafting and keeping your property safe while you’re offline. Admittedly, I spent a lot of time on my private server essentially playing a dark kind of Pokemon. It’s a guilty pleasure I didn’t expect, and honestly, in some ways, I’d like to see more. But it’s still mildly disturbing. Maybe the world of Conan treats it more like the late Roman ideal of slavery, but it’s off-putting and probably why the game uses the term … [Read more...] about First Impressions: Struggling to survive in Conan Exiles

Funcom also laid out a distinction between hotfixes and bigger updates, in case you all are new to online gaming. “We are currently doing a lot of smaller hotfixes for crashes and other critical issues either reported by the community or highlighted through internal testing,” the studio said. “In this case, for the hotfixes, our next focus after stability will be server performance and anti-harassment game mechanics.” … [Read more...] about Conan Exiles brings PlayStation 4 up to parity, is still working to address critical issues