Or bunnies. Nah. Whatever it is this Priest of Mithra is doing with this spell rotation in Age of Conan, it certainly looks pretty cool. Today's One Shots comes in to us from Oz, who snapped this a few days ago. We have no idea what area in Age of Conan this is, nor why one might want to stand there and put on the mother of all light shows.

This morning sees the arrival of one of the larger patches for Age of Conan. To get the bad news out of the way first: the new PvP changes, including the fugitive system, PvP XP and PvP gear, aren't in yet.

Not sure if the class you've chosen in Age of Conan is right for you? Feel like trying out something different? As of a few days ago, the promised level-bumping facilities are now active on the Testlive server, to a limited extent. Players can now go and speak to a special NPC who will boost their level, as well as giving them gear and a pile of gold.

Say whatever you will about Age of Conan, but it's been one of the only games to actually put a tangible dent in Blizzard's ten million ton monster truck of an MMO, World of Warcraft. The news came from Blizzard president Mike Morhaime who recently said on an Activision Blizzard earnings call, "Age of Conan released with some initial success a couple of months ago, and we did see some of our players leave to try the game.

It's time for another round of changes over in Age of Conan, and the Funcom developers have served us up with a hefty bunch, scheduled currently to go live on August 6th. The patch can currently be accessed on the Testlive server. The revised PvP system is also still on Testlive only, along with a level-bumping NPC, so there are plenty of reasons to go and do some intensive testing if you haven't already.

This was the first time that we saw the DirectX 10 version of the game running, although it was very much in the early stages of development. Still, it clearly looked sharper and better than the DirectX 9 version of the game. In particular, the longer draw distances stood out, as well as the abundant shadowing and self-shadowing effects everywhere.

Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures was named GameSpot's Best Massively Multiplayer Game of E3 2006. The game is also headed to the Xbox 360, but no release date has been announced. For more information, read our previous coverage.

"We have been waiting for this day since we started development on Age of Conan, and it will be an epic moment as we see large waves of players charging into Hyboria," said Gaute Godager, founder of Funcom and Game Director on 'Age of Conan'. "

So, what's new with Funcom's entry to the MMORPG series? The fact that you not only get to decide what to whack your opponent with and how you're going to go about it, but also decide on just how particularly gruesome your enemy's death will be.

He also admitted that the solution isn't as simple as plugging an Xbox 360 controller into your PC and playing the game with the same results. While the Xbox 360 port of the game is still currently in production, we shouldn't hold our breath waiting for it to be released anytime this year. As mentioned, AoC Gold is one of the most coveted virtual items in the world.