In this month's letter from the Game Director, Craig Morrison goes into great detail about the new faction armors that are coming with AoC's new expansion.

It seems like this month's Letter from the Game Director for Age of Conan is a little bit on the hefty side, as Craig Morrison has decided to inform players all about the new faction armors that will be coming in the Rise of the Godslayer expansion. Of course, these changes are certainly not final, but you've got to give credit where credit is due, and this new information is certain to make a lot of players interested. Specifically, Craig notes that each class will have five sets of armor specifically designed to be unique to their class. Visually speaking, these armor sets may be similar in some ways, but the Craig says that they wanted to offer as many choices as possible to suit as many play styles as possible.

In this way, there will be "one set that offers a general increase in DPS," "one set that offers a general increase to your health," and "three that offer different class specific utility." As an example, Craig points to the Ranger class, and how, for his "specialized" sets of armor, one will focus on critical damage, evades and hit rating, while the second set will focus on protections and immunities, and the third set will focus on taps and regeneration. As well, different factions will grant access to different pieces of armor, so players will certainly have to think long and hard before they make their decisions. Craig also notes that this form of decision making with consequences is something that the AoC team really wanted to focus on for their RotG expansion. So if you wanted some gear to help with your crazy build, Rise of the Godslayer may just be the expansion for you!

You can read the full Letter from the Game Director here.