dark elves were storm howlers, sorcerers were human ^^ XD

aion bring me back the good ol pvpve feelin. ^^

when someone rolls into my hunting grounds, if they can't ask for space politely, i have no problem learnin them a lesson in manners. >.>

I only played FF for a short period of time as it just didnt fit my play times and I pray to god Aion isnt group only having a 9 month old daughter she dictates my playtimes and she is generallly ok but odd occasion when teething she is up every hr or so,  so having a game youcan dive on for 30-45 mins and do a little bit of soloing is good for me.

TBH it was the reason I quit VG I just couldnt spend 1-2 hrs LFG for Daughter to then wake up and have to leave and soloing in VG wasnt realy a option.

Originally posted by dirtyklingon

dark elves were storm howlers, sorcerers were human ^^ XD

aion bring me back the good ol pvpve feelin. ^^

when someone rolls into my hunting grounds, if they can't ask for space politely, i have no problem learnin them a lesson in manners. >.>

By any chance, do you mean teaching?

Originally posted by PyroAmos

from the gameplay videos it looks like its more in line with lin2 combat style rather than a wow death in 2 seconds style, but, we wont really know until we get to beta it.

I hope not, i remember Hawkeyes and some Mages 1 hit kill me with crits.

I played FFXI for 4 years. The number one thing that kept me playing was the fact that I could use a controller. I grew up on Consoles... my typing skills are not good, using a keyboard for me is difficult. I liked the slow pace of FFXI I could sit back and relax while I was playing it. But I have yet to find an MMO that I'm not sitting here hunched over because I gotta use this damn keyboard. Also I have yet to play an MMO where the animations where as good as FFXI. I've played WoW, EQ2, LOTRO, Lineage II, City Of Heroes, Earth and Beyond, Vanguard, Guild Wars and pretty much every free-to-play MMO there is.  I guess I gotta face defeat. My keyboard OWNED me.

I for sure hope it is.

that was the original reason i got into aion. it looked like (and in some ways better) than FFXI. the music is pretty good also.

what im hoping is that the story line will be really good, like the FFXI story line which was absoloutly amazing. and the music for FFXI made u feel so pumped in whatever u did, and it matched the situation perfectly each time. The PvE end-game was extremely hard, but u felt so acomplished when u got that one item that u can now go get a group and pop the monster hopefully kill, and HOPEFULLY get the drop. lol but i kid.

i know im putting aion up to a lot, but it seems like it will fill it.

If Aion takes the goodness in FFXI and leave 1/2 the bad in FFXI it would be enogh for me to play it for at least 3 years

P.S

I wish they apply a job system like FFXI but it seems like a dream with the game being so close to release

Originally posted by PyroAmos

from the gameplay videos it looks like its more in line with lin2 combat style rather than a wow death in 2 seconds style, but, we wont really know until we get to beta it.

WoW isn't really that bad anymore.  Pre-BC geared chars, particularly mages and rogues of certain specs, could simply one-shot undergeared 60's.  This was achieved by getting a critical with certain very powerful abilities.  This was made even worse by the fact that both of those specs could open with a CC to incapacitate the target, pop their talent CD for a guaranteed crit, then finish the person off with one strike.  Even if this method wasn't used, geared characters would still completely dominate newbies.  Sometimes fights would simply be very unfun non-fights for the person on the receiving end.

That's why Bliz implemented resilience and started stacking sta on PvP gear in huge amounts.  They also made baseline PvP gear relatively easy to acquire.  End result?  Unless one sucks, two geared characters is rarely a clean encounter with one simply dominating the other.  Even 100>0 Stunlock is impossible on a target in heavy PvP gear, unless they completely suck, even if they don't trinket out.  Yeah, getting stunlocked at the opening of a fight hurts quite a bit, but it's not impossible to avoid, and it's not impossible to recover from.

So yeah, you still get the occasional one-sided fight in WoW.  If I end up fighting a 70 in full greens (essentially the lowest quality items, meaning they probably just reached 70), the chances of me losing are essentially nil.  Most 70's who PvP are wearing PvP gear, though.

While I like the idea of "forced" grouping, it doesn't work so well. Now if you just hit a button like in BG and got partied with the first 5 people that are trying to do the area and then you all are teleported there and do it, that works. Have to say "LF Healer" and "LF Tank" and "LF1M DPS" for 45mins, and then having to get to the spot and figure everything out, you just spent an hour doing virutally nothing.

I don't mind wasting my life playing a video game, but I do mind wasting my life standing around jumping in circles, waiting to play. AKA, I got to level 13 in FFXI and quit, don't have time for that and I hope they never make another game with that forced grouping unless its easily accessible to do. And its really sad because if I had endless time, FFXI seemed quite amazing.

Originally posted by Cereo

While I like the idea of "forced" grouping, it doesn't work so well. Now if you just hit a button like in BG and got partied with the first 5 people that are trying to do the area and then you all are teleported there and do it, that works. Have to say "LF Healer" and "LF Tank" and "LF1M DPS" for 45mins, and then having to get to the spot and figure everything out, you just spent an hour doing virutally nothing.

I don't mind wasting my life playing a video game, but I do mind wasting my life standing around jumping in circles, waiting to play. AKA, I got to level 13 in FFXI and quit, don't have time for that and I hope they never make another game with that forced grouping unless its easily accessible to do. And its really sad because if I had endless time, FFXI seemed quite amazing.

i see where u coming from because it was a bitch to level up, but when u c that "Dragance gained level 75" you feel so achieved. so even with the 2 years i spent getting to 75, i loved it to death.

This made me lol!  I played ffxi for 4 years on the Caitsith server.  I decided I was just too addicted and needed to stop before the latest expansion came out.  I have tried a few other MMO's to repace ffxi but I haven't really found anything that has held my attention.  I also enjoyed the need to work together and that is what is making it so hard to find another MMO that satisfies.  I went from L2 to Tabula Rasa and most recently quit AoC.  AoC almost did it for me but the game just lacked that deeply fantasized world that I have come to enjoy.  I have come across more ffxi players than anyone else while navigating the forums and chating with my guild.  I sure hope the ffxi vets can accept that this game won't be ffxi , but it will be fun!

That is our problem us FFXI Vets , we aim too high because we played a great game for a long time. I guess the only company that is going to give us another FFXI is S,E with the new ( Codename Rapture)

no news yet of the game but from what i have read Rapture is in almost in alpha stage or maybe it will be beta soon , the consept video looked great and FFXI ish

Concept video?  Got a link? I would sure appreciate it ^_^

Originally posted by Rio_Aion

Concept video?  Got a link? I would sure appreciate it ^_^

here ya go

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9nrV1Oi6Ak

Oh yeah, I've seen that.  It isn't confirmed that this video is related to the new MMO though right?  Even still, everytime I see it, it brings me back to the good ole' days.  I will like AIon im sure, but no game will stop me from playing the new SE MMO ^_^

It is Confirmed from S,E to be the new MMO Concept Video , What is not confirmed thogh is that will it be another FFXI or dragon quest MMO.

If it has Jobs and HNM it will sure be my most anticipated MMO , Till then I have WAR , Aion and PS3 to kill my time

Hmmm I thought that 'trailer' was just a Square Enix demo for the 360. And not actual pre alpha footage of anything, there will be another SE MMO, but yeah we don't know what exactly. Dragon Quest MMO was the last I heard. Guess it's worth another look into it.

EDIT: Could not find a single piece of official word on what the game is, they just don't say. BUT! There will be a few juicy tid bits to be learned at Leipzig.. So maybe we'll hear more about it then.

    OP make some research first before you post and i will help you to doo soo .Here i will post some sites to help you.

http://www.aionsource.com/

http://aion.curse.com/

 Inform yourself before posting!

     Just stay still,dont move and i will be quick.I am here for Sparta and i will have my bloodbath!!!!

Originally posted by alin1209

    OP make some research first before you post and i will help you to doo soo .Here i will post some sites to help you.

http://www.aionsource.com/

http://aion.curse.com/

 Inform yourself before posting!

OK I usually agree with these, and make statements like them myself, but in this case I'm not sure it's deserved.... OP didn't make any silly misconceived comment, he was asking a question or a verification on what he had heard.

*chill pill*

If Aion can somehow combine FFXI's social aspects, PvE content, and other positives (such as job system, economy, crafting, etc.) with AoC's PvP combat system (which is unbalanced but very fun and NO AUTO-ATTACKS), along with Guild War's PvP mini games system and good PvP class balance, then we have a near-perfect MMO.

Hoping for all of this is just a dream though. I don't think there will ever be another MMO nearly as good as FFXI was (minus the grinding, greed, drama, and RMT issues).