Age of Conan

• PvP Player cities
• PvP resources
• PvE Player cities
• Raiding
• Solo content
• Group content
• Mature rated
• Mounts and mounted combat

Aion

• Flying
• Two factions that can't interact with each other outside of PvP
• Seperate leveling areas for the two factions
• PvP happens in a PvPvE area, where those not interested in PvP can participate in PvE quests/raids to help the war effort
• Elves
• Can't solo past level 15 atm
• Compulsory quests are group only quests

That about sums it up, quite different from each other. I personally am more interested in AoC for the player cities and sieges, but Aion could be interesting if they add some solo content past lvl 15.

Originally posted by bobfish

Aion

• Flying (yep, 1 minute of flying, 2 of cooldown, to make it strategical, with skills which can be used only on aerial stance and with vulnerabilities when flying)
• Two factions that can't interact with each other outside of PvP (true, its complete RvR)
• Seperate leveling areas for the two factions (true, though the best leveling areas are in the pvp area)
• PvP happens in a PvPvE area, where those not interested in PvP can participate in PvE quests/raids to help the war effort (true, tho there is pvp also outside that area, duels or random portals connecting faction's worlds)
• Elves (huh?)
• Can't solo past level 15 atm (while a beta reporter said so, another one pointed out he leveled solo all the way to 20 on beta (max level released out of 50) with ease)
• Compulsory quests are group only quests (where did you get this info from? O.o)

That about sums it up, quite different from each other. I personally am more interested in AoC for the player cities and sieges, but Aion could be interesting if they add some solo content past lvl 15.

Originally posted by bobfish

Age of Conan

• PvP Player cities
• PvP resources
• PvE Player cities
• Raiding
• Solo content
• Group content
• Mature rated
• Mounts and mounted combat

Aion

• Flying
• Two factions that can't interact with each other outside of PvP
• Seperate leveling areas for the two factions
• PvP happens in a PvPvE area, where those not interested in PvP can participate in PvE quests/raids to help the war effort
• Elves
• Can't solo past level 15 atm
• Compulsory quests are group only quests
• players will be able to influence the world
• The world is dynamic, it will respond back to the playerbase, which means that Server A could be completely different from server B
• A third NPC faction is included, which will have their own motives and strategic decisions, acting like a player faction
• Crafting will play an important role
• player housing will be included

That about sums it up, quite different from each other. I personally am more interested in AoC for the player cities and sieges, but Aion could be interesting if they add some solo content past lvl 15.

there, added a few important things. Also, can't solo past level 15 has not been confirmed yet.

Why do people get all excited about city sieges? its not like AoC will be the first to have it............im confused

Originally posted by Gameloading

there, added a few important things. Also, can't solo past level 15 has not been confirmed yet.

True, it's not confirmed, but then very little is. It is however an important issue that will decide whether many people will play it or not, so probably the main point out of all those mentioned that needs confirmation on.

Aion

• Can't solo past level 15 atm

I find that completely hard to believe. Too say that you CAN'T solo past 15 is just bs and ill prove it with a video of a ranger soloing a "elite" mob. Also the area the ranger is in is a party/group area :O

http://www.stage6.com/Aion-Forum-Zen/video/1955743/Ranger-elyseene-PVE-Kralls

Originally posted by Whiskeyjack1

None of em. WAR is my pick. I want PvP. I want to see a whole server doing it , not as a side-game or a small part of the gameplay. But as something that matter every step of the way.

AoC look not too bad but with the latest info i've seen , they are trying to cater to the pve crownd as much as the pvp one. If they invest to much time into the pve raiding/gear gathering aspect , how can the guild vs guild don't suffer? And the crafting just look weak imo. Come on , beside architect it's all rehash . UO , FFXI and WOW had a more complex system. It's a step backward. (WAR didn't released any info about crafting , so it could be even worse... but I doubt they fail so miserably. time will tell)

Aion , i don't know much about. Graphic look good and it has some fairly original ideas ( flying combat) but , i don't know. Just doesnt grab me. Lore is average and flying pvp doesnt sound that good to me. Pvpve only take place in the abyss , limiting pvp to an area only is a failure imo. Classes and races look blend. I guess i've been spoiled by warhammer 25 years old amazing lore and just can't get hook on half-assed settings. Even if they are trying to not make the game a grind , am sure they will use the pvp from lineage ( for the asian audience who loved it) which is just sad.

Assaulting keeps in formations , Collision detection and sacking capital cities. 24 iconic elite classes. A full on world war , where every pvp action you make is toward winning a faction wide fight. That's what I want to play.   

Wj

That pretty much sums it up...

There is definately nothing more boring than clicking a monster and tapping your F(x) buttons so aion is gonna suck.

And AoC is probably gonna have a clunky and crappy combat system.

So my opinion is that both games are gonna suck unless AoC's combat system turns out amazing, but thats unlikely.

my vote is with Aion. NCSoft is directly developing this title just like they did with L2. L2 is an incredible game, but it is only brought down by the extreme grind! NCsoft claims that the grind won't be nearly as bad as L2, and this gives me high hopes of the potential of this game.

While on the other hand AoC looks like it will be a good game in the end, but I don't particularly care for the graphics style. Although I love AO for its immense depth and interesting characters. AoC looks like it can potential have a similar amount of depth, and may grow into a very damn good MMO over time.

Originally posted by turnipz

There is definately nothing more boring than clicking a monster and tapping your F(x) buttons so aion is gonna suck.

That's encouraging.

There are no F(x) ^^, there are skill chains, party combos, and aerial strategical combat, added to mobs with the highest AI ever seen in a mmorpg (hell, the AI is so worked out that one of the 3 factions is NPC one).

Funny thing when people talk like if they knew what they are talking about.

Originally posted by turnipz

There is definately nothing more boring than clicking a monster and tapping your F(x) buttons so aion is gonna suck.

 

And AoC is probably gonna have a clunky and crappy combat system.

 

So my opinion is that both games are gonna suck unless AoC's combat system turns out amazing, but thats unlikely.

And from experience, and several press sites there is nothing clunky about AoC's combat. Its pretty dam fluid ;)

Okay, so the Ranger can solo fine, that's one class what about the rest? The mage would use his whole mana bar to take down one mob then spend the next five minutes regenerating..

I'm not saying it's intended, but at the moment, information from the Korean Closed Beta indicated that more can't solo past 15 than can. It obviously is unconfirmed being a beta leak, but it's an issue that is concerning.

I know age of conan isnt auto attack, did you misunderstand me or is aion gonna have something to make combat slightly interesting?

And to the guy above, skill chains, party combos, and whatever else are trash in my book; your still not doing anything except tapping 1-10 are you..  If a 6 year old can do it I dont mark it as any way revolutionary.  As for the AI I dont take some extra enemies attacking the winner to be great AI, I take it as something to be abused and later complained about because they made you lose and thus removed.

TCoS and WAR for me (WOW CLONE!!!1111) though AION looks interesting....so ill pick that for this topic

Originally posted by turnipz

And to the guy above, skill chains, party combos, and whatever else are trash in my book; your still not doing anything except tapping 1-10 are you..  If a 6 year old can do it I dont mark it as any way revolutionary.  As for the AI I dont take some extra enemies attacking the winner to be great AI, I take it as something to be abused and later complained about because they made you lose and thus removed.

Enlighten me with a successful mmorpg where you don't use 1-10 f1-f12 or skill bar at all. I beg you. Or at least set an example with what you'd consider "revolutionary", and then tell me how it failed misserabily.

You can make it rounder, you can make it in another color, you can call it awesomespinningcircle but you won't reinvent the wheel.

And bobfish, that ranger is killing a party area mob (krall) with ease (notice how he gets almost an entire xp bar), mana recovery is way faster than what we are used to also, and there are already 200 quests from level 1-20 with xp/money rewards, at this stage.

If I would be forced to pick one of these two, it would definitely be Aion.

Originally posted by turnipz

I know age of conan isnt auto attack, did you misunderstand me or is aion gonna have something to make combat slightly interesting?

 

And to the guy above, skill chains, party combos, and whatever else are trash in my book; your still not doing anything except tapping 1-10 are you..  If a 6 year old can do it I dont mark it as any way revolutionary.  As for the AI I dont take some extra enemies attacking the winner to be great AI, I take it as something to be abused and later complained about because they made you lose and thus removed.

You don't like MMO's, we get it, please go back to first person shooters and STAY there. MMORPG's are not frag shooters like Halo or Unreal Tournament, get over it already.

Why must it be an a vs b situation? The more games that come out that are GOOD/GREAT/BLAHBLAH and FUN the better it will be for all of us as gamers.

Trying to be as objective as possible, this pisses me off.

Edit: If you want to spend money on a game, just spend it on whichever one comes out first. AoC is right around the corner, n'est-ce pas?

why do you want the game you select so badly? what cause you such attraction to this game? (aion or aoc)

AOC will crush Aion.  Aion looks really asian and gay and AOC has nipples and blood and gore... which would you choose? LOL