News: Age of Conan - Female Characters hit more slowly? @ YouGamers

There are other issues with basic game mechanics as well. As an example, at early levels your stamina pool lets you sprint for about five seconds. Then you wait for a few seconds and your stamina has filled back up and you are set for another small speed boost. The duration you can sprint is always the same as each "tick" of sprinting uses up 12% of your stamina pool. But... as stamina pool regeneration is not percentage-based, the higher you level up the longer it takes for your pool to fill back up, and less you can sprint over time. One more trophy for Age of Conan; in addition to abilities and stats that do nothing, we have abilities that get worse as your character gains experience and levels. Or how about the silly fact that Age of Conan's weapon swing time depends on the duration of the visual swing animation, and female characters swing their weapons about 25% slower than males - so every female melee character does 25% less damage over time!