Force of Will is not increasing the damage of repulse at all. (supposed to increase damage by 90% according to forum mod)...

New quest for the 5th villa is available (Villa Camillus)...

Gems still do not appear on the Trader after being searched for.

The Age of Conan Gold game: Hyborian Adventures servers were pulled down (and are still down as of this article's writing) to give the developers from Funcom some time to apply the latest updates and fixes.

If this is one of your concerns, you will be happy to know that I am personally feeding our stock of proud hyborian steeds some extra vitamins this week; which should result in an overall speed increase for all types of Horses. The increase won't, by any means, be massive; but it should go a long way towards making these mounts more useful and desired.

Yes, they are both very slow creatures in-Age of Conan Gold game. I know that this has been, and most likely will continue to be, a topic that is being discussed to great length; but a decision was made shortly after new year that, for the sake of balancing things out, we needed them both to have the same movement-speed.

If, by useless, you mean ineffective in PvE combat scenarios or as traveling mounts, then yes; you are indeed correct.

I need to purchase Basic Riding in order to get my Mammoths/Rhinos special abilities ...

Funcom has released word that the Age of Conan Gold game soundtrack is now available for purchase or digital download. The music length is the equivalent of 2 CDs and features full orchestral numbers and several special tunes by Turbonegro.

Horses move faster