Depends on the company, and the project being worked on. It is quite common in big game development studios that employees work lots of overtime (probably even 80+ hours each week), especially in the last months before a big release. We don't really know what Funcom's policy is on that matter though. If I had to warrant a guess, I would say their employees don't work all that much overtime.
What is new with this update now? I can't play for some weeks now but would like to know what they added.
Check the update notes
http://forums.ageofconan.com/showthr...te-Notes-4-5-5
The patch notes seem to be incomplete. I don't see the new feature where you have no guild and cannot be invited to groups / raids after the update ... I'm glad they always patch on Tuesdays after ID reset where most guilds schedule their main raids.
GROGOR!!! *grunz*
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This troubling issue should now be resolved, thanks for your patience!
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The issue actually also "solved" itself if you stayed logged in for ~30-45 minutes. But thanks for fixing it.
Still you should consider not always releasing patches on a Tuesday when many guilds have their main raids. Why not patch on a Monday and have another day to fix serious issues which prevent people from raiding? It's not like this has been the first time it happened (actually, it happens quite frequently after those Tuesday patches).
GROGOR!!! *grunz*