I want to like AION really I do. I looked forward to it, even attended the launch party in Seattle. But like every other Asian title mmo I have played it has been a letdown. Spammers and bots run rampant. The grind is still there (like every other Asian MMO). Yes there are more quests, but not enough. Coming from LOTRO I was amazed at the lack of customer service (although every Asian MMO I have ever played has had poor to very poor customer service). When I filed a ticket for a GM in LOTRO I got a repsonse in 20 minutes....usually less. In AION you will be lucky to EVER hear from a GM.
Asian games I have played include Maple Story, Fiesta, and Perfect Wrold. They weren't even close to the American games I have played such as LOTRO, Guild Wars, and WoW. Arena Net (Guild Wars) is owned by NCSoft but still American made and ran.
I am looking forward to SWToR, STO, and GW2 (and whatever secret project Turbine is working on...I may not like everything Turbine does, but at least they communicate with their player base). I will still play AION for now and hope for better things down the road.
well thats a shame because you might just miss out on a gem that might be FFXIV, Especially if your a PvE fan. I Personally think you should say "I will never play another Korean made MMO."
Wed Oct 28 2009 1:31PMAhhh ok. I will never play another Korean mmo.
Wed Oct 28 2009 4:21PMAgree with both of you. :-) In three weeks I did not get any response from GM (filled at least 15, in addition there have been at least 20 spam reports, that did absolutely nothing, same spammer was spamming at least after 10 days after first (out of i.e. 5) reports. Later at least they added ignore shortcut. After 3 weeks I decided that Korean MMO's are not meant for me .... then I have returned after 1 week (after reading few suggestions) only to discover that in this single week gold spam has increased by 100! And I mean at least 100! I have expanded chat window to full screen and was completely filled up in less then 5 secs with pure gold spamming crap!!! I must admint it looked really impressive, no matter how much I really hate gold spammers.
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