I'll post more info tomorrow, but for now here are some quick screenshots of my intro to Age of Conan. No action shots here, this is strictly social stuff for starters. =)

Creating my first character in Age of Conan, an Aquilonian Guardian ready for some polearm action.

Nelg and Narkis hang out in Tortage.

When Michelle said she was going to roleplay a flaming male Priest of Mitra, I was pretty sure she could pull it off, but she's doing it better than I imagined.

Narkis here would look perfectly at home at the PumpJack.

Our first encounter with a GM was an early one, just inside the gates of Tortage this 9foot monolith was standing.

Nelg cries, realizing already on his first day, that at level 10 he has no hope of ever matching the awesomeness of the 9ft GM.

I took some video too, also character-centric, but I'll upload that later.

I've spent most of the first hour at the character creation screens, so it's really my first two minutes with the actual game. All I've got to say so far is I think Funcom underestimated demand for Age of Conan. The servers seem very crowded, or at least the only RP PvP server is.

They've already added two PvP servers, I think there will be more soon. I noticed the Deathwisper server also maxed out, which is expected because a few large PvP guilds had announced they would be headed there.

So far, in the miniscule time since clicking the login button, it's reminiscent of most MMORPG launches.