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After a moment of sheer panic this morning, I finally realised that upgrading to the Age of Conan – Rise of the Godslayer was going to have to be done through the Funcom account page. Having originally pre-ordered via Play.com, I was expecting my retail copy to be delivered for the launch date of the 11th May 2010.

However, a post on the Age of Conan forums titled “Play.com” alerted me to the fact that they had no retail versions in their warehouse. So a quick phone call to them confirmed this, as did a call to both Game and Gamestation. I quickly logged into my Play account and cancelled my pre-order for my Rise of the Godslayer and instead ordered via Funcom.

I’m now the proud owner of a new loyal kappa (of which its Japanese lore is more than funny) and a Ravager of Jhil bird as a fighting companion. Although the Play.com Puma sounds far more “my thing”, the buffs that the Kappa gives seem pretty good. I opted for the Rise of the Godslayer CE (Collectors Edition) which gives some extra double XP pots (I loved them during Funcom’s time limited claim) and new Alternate Advancement pots. A selection of male and female tattoos and a Ring of Dreaming Demons completes the collector’s edition.

Now I just have to wait until launch to enjoy the new lands of Khitai. I don’t think I’ll be doing too much gaming on the launch day though after all, the downtime is scheduled for 4:00am BST and will last for 12 hours. And then the patching can begin, a 3GB download will be needed for all who purchased the digital download so we hope the Age of Conan servers will be able to cope. All being well, I guess I should be online and playing by about 6pm. I hope! I cannot wait!