Funcom, developer of Anarchy Online, is taking a lot of the best from that long-running game to create the Conan MMORPG Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures. The team doesn't lack for ambition, which certainly shows in a few of the astonishingly innovative features we've seen from the new game.

Player towns are going to be a focus of a PvP and PvE servers, allowing player organizations to seize resources around the world and begin the process of creating not just armor or enchantments, but actual towns. A guild is necessary to found a town, but free-roaming characters and groups are necessary to keep a town thriving and growing as NPCs fill crucial roles in it. As the town grows, marauders, bandits, and eventually even a monster hive will grow up alongside it. This hive of villainy will provide the players targets for quests and raids that are guaranteed to be within easy reach of the town.