It took a few weeks, but I finally made it to level 20 in Age of Conan. It was an intense time getting through quest after quest, killing random mobs, and starting to mark my map with waypoints in anticipation.

Funcom, makers of Age of Conan, are dealing with some serious financial flux. Since the launch of AoC, their stock has tumbled from $54 to $24 a share on the Oslo Stock Exchange (last price as of the end of the trading day on Friday).

For all that the game may still have a way to go, many people are very fond of the looks of Funcom's Age of Conan. This landscape including volcanoes and cliffs comes to us from Oz, who said it was taken some time ago. Oz writes: Here is a shot from a while ago when I explored the wild lands of Zelata on my Ranger.

The Covenant, a 350-members-and-growing guild on the European Age of Conan server, Dagon, released this video to recruit members. Viewers be warned, this short clip contains some heavy violence, but that's to be expected in AoC.

Now the developers have mentioned that this class is still a work in progress. Well, from the looks of things, very little work will be needed since the class looks really cool. Although, might we suggest a little balancing since it might be a bit too powerful.

Funcom will release Age of Conan this spring, so we better make ourselves prepared. Here's what you can expect for your adventure in the Hyborian era. Soldiers' camping grounds, evil bat demons, and forests blanketed in shadow...

It is a true joy for me to be working on ‘Anarchy Online', and I am very eager to begin the job building on the remarkable success that the game has had for the last five years. The game is still a top priority for Funcom, and we aim to provide both new and existing players with an abundance of new and exciting content in the years to come.

Age of Conan also has plenty of space to grow; the game offers its players a very interesting and exciting adventure, which is abundant with the fascinating lore of the Conan universe. The combat in Conan suits the more mature gamer and is one of the best RPG games to date. With that said the game does lack a little polish on some of the quests available and in certain parts of the game play.

While these top-notch guilds are able to relax and cut down on their hours played each day, only to remain the best guild on the server, other guilds have players farming around the clock just to compete.

Some gamers have even taken the strategies in these guides and used them to start their own gold selling business. After all, gold can sell in game for upwards of $10 a piece. For this story, we interviewed several gamers who were using these guides to make well over $200 a day for basically having fun playing a game they love.