It was useful to a beginner player of Age of Conan.
DateTime:9/27/2009 11:20:23 AM

While this could be useful to a beginner player, particularly if they're inexperienced to MMOGs all together, I didn't find the built-in hotkeys very useful. In fact, it would take me longer to find the specialized key on the z-board than it would to just hit "N" for my feats, or "R" to reply to a friend's message. With a bit of use though, eventually I did get used to the hotkey's locations, and could use them relatively quickly. I still, however, found it difficult to justify why I would ever prefer using the customized keys as opposed to their in-game defaults.

The keyboard also has the Age of Conan font for its decal letters on the keys. Beneath the letters are descriptions for various in-game functions. For instance, there are movement arrows on the W,S,A and D keys, and "assist" written on the F key and so on. Again, while this could be useful for a beginner, I had little use for it personally. Additionally, the writing is fairly small in order to fit it on a standard-sized key, so it's often difficult to read the descriptions.